Grain, like a farmer, is heavy and simple. Both fairness, no hard work, no gain. When you are indifferent to him, he is calm, and when you look forward to him, there is no joy or sorrow.

For the people of Datang, this summer of Tianbao's fifth year is obviously not easy.

Since the Dragon Boat Festival has passed, the people in Chang'an City have often heard some rumors, bad rumors! It is either from Aunt Wang, who sells noodles next door, Aunt Li, who works as a helper in the front house, or from the second brother Sun who works on an errand in the yamen, or from the shopkeeper Wu of the street grain and oil shop......

There is always no shortage of rumors on the street, and after tea and dinner, there are always some parents who are short and interesting in the market.

But this time, it's different!

Perhaps it is more targeted, naming names and names, and the truth is changeable! As a result, rumors are not only rumors! As a result, the people will not be able to deal with them calmly!

"Chang'an City is short of food!"

This is the result of all the rumors that came out of the people, and as time goes by, the sense of urgency that comes to the face confirms the truth of this news!

The most intuitive table is that the price of food has risen!

Before the Dragon Boat Festival, a bucket of rice in Chang'an City only cost 20 copper coins, but after more than ten days, it rose to 100 yuan per bucket of rice!

Chengdong City, Chang'an.

The once prosperous East Market now seems a little deserted. It's not that there are no people, it's just that they are all concentrated in a limited number of shops.

There is no doubt that they are naturally grain and oil shops.

In the northernmost part of the East Market, near the Fang Gate, there is one of the largest grain stores in the East Market.

At this moment, the queue in front of the grain store was winding for miles.

"Grandpa Liu, weigh me some rice. The guests in front of them walked away with rice bags, and a teenage girl walked in, her white face was not powdered, but there was a quiet atmosphere like an empty valley.

The old shopkeeper who was busy raised his head, looked at the girl and greeted with a smile: "It's Xiao Jue!"

"Grandpa Liu, please help me weigh some rice. The girl smiled, and the house was full of color.

The old shopkeeper was too old, so naturally he didn't have much reaction, but the young guys in the store were distracted.

"How much do you want to weigh?" asked the old shopkeeper with a smile.

The girl made an estimate and asked, "Grandpa Liu, what is the price of rice today?"

The old shopkeeper shook his head slightly, and sighed: "It has risen to one hundred and twenty wen a bucket!"

The old shopkeeper is just a shopkeeper, but not the proprietor, and he works here like a man, and he is paid. Now that the price of food is high, a few hundred dollars a day can only be exchanged for a few buckets of rice, and the family has a large population, which is really unsupportable!

Originally, when the price of grain was low, the shopkeeper and the guy privately deducted some grain, and even if the owner knew, he would only knock a few words. But now in this season, grain is much more useful than gold and silver! The proprietor of the grain shop personally sat in the store, up to the shopkeeper and down to the guys, one by one, trembling, how dare they make some small moves, once they are caught, they are afraid that even these buckets of white rice will be gone every day!

"How come? Didn't it only cost a hundred dollars a few days ago?" the girl frowned slightly, her face a little surprised.

"Alas, it's gone up, it's already going up......"

Before the old shopkeeper finished speaking, a man in brocade came over on the side of the counter, the man looked in his thirties, burly, and had a scar on his face.

The scar man walked straight over and shouted at the girl: "One hundred wen was the price of a few days ago, not to mention a few days ago, even this morning's price is not the same as the current price! ”

Looking at the sudden scar man, the girl's brows were furrowed, and there was a trace of disgust in her pupils, but she didn't say anything more.

"I'll buy it!

As she spoke, the girl took out two copper coins from the money bag of the healthy woman behind her.

"Wait a minute!" Scar said again.

"What?" the girl looked at him and said lightly.

"The rules of our store are that you can only buy a maximum of five buckets of rice per person per day!" said the scar man jokingly.

"When the rules are, why don't I know?" the girl also understood at this time, and asked in a moment's time.

"It was just decided today. "The scar man really wants to see the angry and corrupt appearance of the girl, and the beauty is good-looking even if she is angry!

However, the girl didn't let him get his wish, but just smiled indifferently and said, "Okay! Then I'll only buy five buckets!"

The scar man was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting this young female baby to have such a good cultivation, so he decided to increase his efforts: "It's late!"

"What?" the girl looked at him.

"The price of rice has gone up!" Scar smirked.

"How much?" the girl remained calm.

"One hundred and fifty wen a fight!" said the scar man proudly.

The girl was silent.

"Look at how you pretend to be a girl!" Scar Man laughed inwardly.

Unexpectedly, the girl still just smiled, so she said decisively: "Okay! One hundred and fifty wen is one hundred and fifty wen! I want five buckets! This is seven hundred and fifty copper coins! Take it!"

The girl counted out seven hundred and fifty copper plates, still strung them with a rope, and handed them to Shopkeeper Liu.

Shopkeeper Liu took it stupidly, since the scar man came, he didn't dare to say a word, just lowered his head and pretended to settle the account. At this moment, when he took the copper plate, he took the time to smile apologetically at the girl.

The money and goods were cleared, and the girl asked the woman who followed her to carry the rice bag and walked out of the grain store one after another.

The scarred man behind him rubbed his chin and watched thoughtfully at the girl's departing back.

"The owner, this girl is so ignorant, why don't you let my brother find a few people...... Not to mention, he looks quite handsome!It's just that he's thinner, no meat, and he doesn't feel anything!hehe!" Behind the scar man, a man with two mustaches smiled obscenely.

The scar man glanced at him, and reprimanded him sharply: "Are you kid looking for death?

When the mustache saw it, his neck shrunk, and he asked stupidly, "Which prince is you?"

"Wei Wei Shaoqing Wang Zhun, Wang Gongzi! He is the head of the household department, and the Jianghuai rent and transfer envoy Wang Jie, and he is the first person under the right minister!" said the scar man, and his heart became excited.

The scar man was originally just a gangster on the street, relying on some underworld hard work to accumulate some money, and later opened such a grain store with the help of the little connections he climbed. This guy is ruthless enough, his hands are black enough, his heart is flexible, he can bend and stretch, after many years of operation, the business of this grain store is getting bigger and bigger, and now it has become the number one grain store in the East Market.

In these years, few people dared to open grain shops, and there were few people behind them, and almost all of those big grain merchants were from wealthy families. The scar man is a gangster, and he can do this, I don't know how much sweat and blood he has paid.

And now, he has encountered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! It is this Wang Zhun, who somehow set his sights on this girl, and after a long time of fruitless pursuit, he took advantage of this food shortage, and privately issued an order to all the grain shops in the capital as his son and the god of wealth in the current dynasty, strictly limiting the amount of grain that this girl can buy, in an attempt to use this as a coercion to force her to comply.

The scar man who knows the importance of Houtai will naturally not let go of this opportunity, no matter whether Wang Dagongzi sees it or not, he will work hard as always.

What's more, compared with other grain stores, he has an unparalleled advantage. Because the girl's family lives in the East Market, their store pù is also in the East Market!

But he said that the girl had left the grain store and walked to her shop. The woman behind her was carrying a rice bag in one hand, chatting with the girl with ease: "Miss, this grain shop seems to be targeting us!"

The girl nodded slightly: "Yes!

"Ah, why, we didn't offend him!" asked the woman, scratching her head with her other hand.

The woman was in her forties, a foreigner who had fled to Chang'an, and her husband and son had died on the way to escape. Since then, my brain has been a little confused and my reaction is a little slow, but fortunately, I have the strength to help people work, and I can earn food.

Later, the girl's family recruited a servant, and Renyazi recommended her, originally the girl's family didn't want to use it, but the woman said that her husband's family name was Wu, and everyone called her "Wu Ma", so the girl's family hired her.

In Wu's mother's opinion, the girl's family can be regarded as a very good person! Not only is she well fed, she is paid on time, she also has red envelopes during the New Year's holidays, and she also gives out several sets of new clothes throughout the year. What's even more rare is that a family of three treats their subordinates very kindly, just like their own family!

Therefore, Wu Ma doesn't understand, why would someone embarrass such a good person?

Wu's mother lives a simple life, so she doesn't understand. The girl used to be just as simple, but ...... After going through the ordeal, the girl learned to wrap her innocence and kindness.

Therefore, the girl understands her situation very well!

The way home is not long, and the girl's home is in the East Market, with a shop in front and a place to live in the back.

Passing through the shop pù in front, there is a small courtyard with two entrances in the back. The east and west wings are where the girl and her parents live, and the backyard is the kitchen and the porcelain kiln where her father works.

The girl walked into the living room in the middle of the courtyard, and as soon as she entered the door, she shouted into the hall: "Father, mother, I'm back!"

There was a middle-aged man sitting at the top, and when he raised his head, it was Tang Yuan!

This girl herself is Tang Xuexue!

In the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, after Tang Yuan's case ended, he left Changshan Island and went to Beijing with Peng Ze. The relatives who have been separated for several months are reunited again in Chang'an, thousands of miles away, and it is difficult to express the mixed tastes.

After exchanging sorrows, Tang Yuan's family had to think about the way out in the future. Fuliang County is now only left with devastated ruins, a sad place, and none of the three wants to go back. For this reason, Tang Yuan's family decided to stay in Chang'an and settle down.

Fortunately, Tang Yuan is a craftsman, and he can be called a grandmaster in firing porcelain, and the porcelain craftsmen who can create the original blue and white porcelain are naturally extraordinary. No matter where you are, feeding a family is naturally not a problem.

With some entanglements given by Xu Chen that day, plus Xiao Yi's help, Tang Yuan's small shop in Dongshi will soon become famous.

There is an endless stream of orders!

In addition, after Yang Yuhuan learned that Tang Xueying's father had entered Beijing, he couldn't wait to order him to fire a set of porcelain.

After the porcelain was fired, Yang Yuhuan, who was already a concubine, really couldn't put it down. So Xuanzong Li Longji wanted to reward Tang Yuan with an official position that would be a prisoner, but Tang Yuan had already been tossed enough by the previous incident, and he was determined not to involve the officialdom, so he refused Xuanzong's reward, and only said: "The saint has a need, just give an order!"

Li Longji saw that Tang Yuan had made up his mind, and he no longer insisted on it.

Although he did not become an official, Tang Yuan's fame really spread! With the praise of today's noble concubines, Tang Yuan's blue and white porcelain is naturally highly respected by wealthy nobles. Every kiln porcelain is immediately snatched up, and the green and white porcelain is scarce because the raw materials have to be transported from the floating beam, so it becomes more and more precious and rare.

The famous concubine is also used, which is a symbol of status! What's even better is that the number is scarce, which is very rare!

One qiē and one qiē, all of which meet the needs of the upper class celebrities. Therefore, the price of this green and white porcelain naturally soared. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it is equivalent to gold!

Tang Yuan's shop was on fire in Chang'an, which naturally squeezed the business of the rest of the porcelain shops. It's inevitable to make some small moves behind the scenes. But no matter how they made a move, Tang Yuan's shop was still thriving.

After a long time, these people realized that the backs of the strangers were very hard, and gradually put out the thoughts of the black hand.

But the girl Tang Xuexue is a character who can't be idle! If you want her to learn from that lady, it is naturally impossible to go out of the door without stepping out! Besides, the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty is not like this!

Tang Yuan and his wife have been doting on their daughter since they were children, and the girl is also very sensible, and she has always helped the family to do something. After arriving in Chang'an, Tang Xueying still helped the family in the shop.

Beauty is always attractive!

This is especially true in Chang'an, which is extremely open! And the girl Tang Xuexue, even in Chang'an, a place where beauties gather, still has a unique beauty.

So this beauty is easy to provoke some swingers! especially if you are open to business......

With Xiao Yan, the internal guard "Eleven Lang", those guys with a thin foundation were naturally beaten out by him with three punches and two kicks, even if those people invited the Chang'an Mansion to catch the fast, or which Yamen officials and which military guards, a flower card is enough to withstand a qiē!

However, there are always people who can't stand it!

Wang Zhun is such a person!

"Quasi, Wei Wei Shaoqing, enter and leave the palace, and serve the emperor with cockfighting. It can be seen that Wang Zhun is a favored minister, although the favored minister has no other skills, but he is a person who often moves in front of the emperor, and he is also a person who can make the emperor remember!

What's more, his father Wang Ji was also a servant of the household department, not long ago, after Yang Shenjin died, he also took Yang Shenjin's previous errands. Full-time is the imperial history of the middle of the Cheng, the household servant, and the Jianghuai tenant transport envoy.

It's all the vital part, and the power can be seen!

And although Xiao "Eleven Lang" is also the emperor's person, he actually doesn't look like a person!

Therefore, Xiao Yan can't do anything about Wang Zhun, and his father Xiao Yi can't compare to Wang Zhun.

For this reason, in the face of unprecedented pressure, Tang Yuan's family fell into a predicament again......

"Otherwise, let's say that our family has burned a new product, and take the opportunity to enter the palace to meet the concubine Niangniang......" Tang Yuan's wife, after seeing her daughter come in, sat down without saying a word, and her husband was also full of sadness, so he said.

Tang Yuan has really lost a lot of weight these days!

With Qingbai porcelain, their family is not short of money, but now at this time, they can't buy much food even if they have money......

Therefore, Tang Yuan is half sad, and half is really ...... Hungry!

"Alas! At this time, even if it is a noble concubine, she doesn't have the heart to spend on this!" Tang Yuan shook his head and sighed, and then said: "I heard Second Brother Sun say, these days, the court has been chaotic! Since the news of the lack of food in the imperial court spread, the saints, the prime minister, and the servants have all been worried about food. ”

"I heard that the south made a mistake in spring ploughing, and there was no yield for a whole season of rice! That is to say, my Datang has lost at least one-third of its grain this year!"

Tang Yuan's family are all southerners, so they naturally know what it means for the whole south to misunderstand spring ploughing.

"So now, even those princes and ministers don't have much food, and we, the common people, even if we have money, have no food to buy!" Tang Yuan sighed helplessly.

"That's better than buying only a few buckets of rice a day! People can at least save a little more grain if they have money, and the butcher Zhang on the street, when the news first came out ten days ago, bought more than 500 stone of grain in one go, not only for people to eat, but also for their pigs!"

"Look at us again, it's either porcelain or gold at home!Can you eat those things!" Tang glared at Tang Yuan angrily and scolded.

Old Tang Yuan's face turned red and he lowered his head.

"Mother, don't blame Dad!Dad, isn't this also inexperienced!" Tang Xueying saw that her parents were arguing, and hurriedly spoke out to persuade her.

Tang Yuan's family lives in Fuliang, Fuliang County is not only beautiful with clear mountains and rivers, fertile fields, but also surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the Changjiang River flows through, water and drought are worry-free, and there is a shortage of food in a hundred years.

Therefore, when the rumors first appeared, Tang Yuan's family did not realize the crisis of food shortage. After the news was gradually confirmed, Wang Zhun's order came down again......

Therefore, today's Tang Yuan family has empty boxes of gold and silver, but they can't buy more grain.

"Mother, it's useless! Today I didn't just go to one grain shop, but the rest of the grain shops went even more excessively, and when they saw me going, they wouldn't sell a grain of rice! I'm afraid that person would have given an order to all the grain shops a long time ago not to do our family's business, but only let this one in Dongshi sell us a few buckets of rice every day, and we will not starve to death!"

"Although those grain shops have a deep background, but that person's father is a household servant, and he holds their lifeblood in his hands, even if there are really some people who are not afraid of him, how can such a wealthy family offend that person for us?"

Tang Xuexue saw it very thoroughly.

"Well, is there no way?" said Don with a dejected sigh.

Just when Tang Yuan's family was worried, a group of uninvited guests broke into the store in front of Tang's house!

"Tang Yuan, get out of here for Lao Tzu! What kind of fucking porcelain are you selling! The tattered one dares to hack my brother's ten copper coins! If you don't come out today to give Lao Tzu an explanation, don't blame Lao Tzu for smashing your shitty shop......