Chapter 311: Competition
After all, with Fahrenheit, those small city-states are simply not mentioned. For those who were not satisfied, the tiger and wolf division of the Tianzhu Army just used it to vent their anger, attacked and attacked fiercely, and it stopped in a few days. Half a month later, all the city-states around Fahrenheit surrendered.
Guo Jia selected many generals and officials from Qunucheng, and Liu Feng made a unified deployment, allowing them to replace the previous officials and govern the city-state separately. Generally speaking, a civilian official is paired with a military general, one governs, and the other defends, and the division of labor and cooperation do not interfere with each other.
Unlike other city-states, Fahrenheit has been ruled by Tiga for a hundred years, and despite years of war, King Rongri was also the nominal king here. But in fact, the people still trust the Tiga family. Although people are not rich, this people's desire is really not so easy to reverse for a while.
There are things that are too easy to get and not so cherished.
Liu Fengxin said this. Half of the fertile land in the country has not been harvested this season, and everyone knows that the first to be unlucky will definitely not be the princes and nobles. In every major disaster or small disaster, the first people to die of hunger are the poor.
At the grain store in Fahrenheit, a large number of people lined up to buy grain with various utensils every day.
As early as a few months ago, grain merchants began to hoard grain, and then invariably raised the price of grain. The price is still high, you don't want to buy it, they don't want to sell it. The grain in the grain store is sold in limited quantities every day, and those who come late cannot buy food with money.
The poor people sold their strength to exchange some money for a few grains of rice, and they had to come to the queue early.
Liu Feng looked at these people and shook his head secretly. Behind every person holding a bowl or basin is a hungry family. With so many city-states and so many people in the country of Gundam, how many people should be hungry? These should all be counted as their own sins, right?
"Brother madman, they're too pitiful, why don't we put food?" Asila suggested.
"Is it time? The reason for this incident is that we, now that we have taken Fahrenheit City, we should also let these people live a little better, right? Talia said.
"Not really. This season's harvest season is still more than a month, and our impact is not that big, right? Ku Lanyi said hatefully.
Liu Feng nodded, "It was caused by us, but you see this grain merchant, hoarding grain and driving up the price of grain." And then there is Nadiga, who has never cared about the life and death of the people, right? We can release food, but we have to find a way to deal with these thieves first. ”
"What's so difficult about that, I led the troops to cut them directly?" Mu Ji said hatefully.
Liu Feng shook his head, "It's too rough, we have only been in control of Fahrenheit City for a short time, and everything still has to be done according to the law." The evildoers have been punished before, and these people are just treacherous. It's reasonable to say that it's a violation, but just cutting them down like that might cause panic. ”
"Crazy, not really. These rich and unkind, the people hate them before it's too late, how can they panic? Muji didn't understand.
"Then tell me, what goal do these people have for working day and night, except for having a full stomach?"
"Hehe, get rich, what else can you have." Mu Ji scratched his head, he had been poor since he was a child, and of course he understood the thoughts of the poor.
"That's right. If we simply and rudely cut down these rich people, who would dare to get rich? If you don't have a dream, will you still pout your ass and work hard every day? Liu Feng prompted.
"I understand, reasonable and legal wealth, we must also protect them." Mu Ji said, "But these guys, don't they violate the law? ”
"Of course there is, hoarding and driving up prices. But if we think so, the people don't have to. After all, logically speaking, they use their own money to buy grain, and what they sell is also their own grain, whether to sell it or not, how expensive it is, this is their right, right? ”
"That's right, it really doesn't make sense to talk to the people about this complicated rule." Mu Ji nodded, "What can I do then?" Can't come hard, can only think of other ways? ”
"Humph! With the strength of the whole country, it is still very easy to deal with a few profiteers. Liu Feng thought for a moment and thought of a way.
After all, his previous life was a market economy, although Liu Feng didn't understand much, it was enough to deal with the grain merchants in front of him. These guys can raise the price of food, relying on nothing more than monopoly. If you want to monopolize, you have to buy a lot of grain from the market.
The next day, several new grain stores were opened on the streets of Fahrenheit, and the stock in the grain stores was not much, but the prices were very fair. First come, first served, no price increases. The people rushed to tell each other, and those who bought food wept with joy, and those who didn't buy it were ready to line up early the next day.
Several big grain stores were in a hurry, and their owners gathered in one place to discuss countermeasures. Liu Feng had already arranged for Muji to send people to keep an eye on the movements of several big grain stores, and their every move naturally could not escape Liu Feng's eyes.
There is no shortage of money on the left and right, and the way these guys come out is very rude. High price, buy them all.
The next day, several major grain stores sent men to line up overnight, and as soon as the new grain store opened, they gathered at the door of the grain store and wrapped up a round at twice the price. The people who couldn't buy it were very unhappy, they scolded and scolded, and they could only blame themselves for getting up too late.
On the third day, it was still the same, and the grain of the new grain bank had just been bought, and it was covered by a price increase. The new path that the people had been looking forward to was blocked. Although the major grain banks have spent a lot of money, they have also settled up with peace of mind.
This was repeated for several days in a row, and several large grain stores could not sit still.
"What is the origin of this new grain store? How can there be a constant supply of food? ”
"yes, where did they get their goods from? We've hoarded all the food around. ”
"We've spent a lot of money these days. We can't always let these new stores pit us. ”
"Why don't you have some yin?"
There is no treachery or business, these grain stores are in a hurry, and they are in a hurry to attack their competitors, in addition to righteousness and brightness, there is also yin damage and lack of morality. This time, they're ready to use the old tricks. Of course, none of this can escape Muji's eyes.
Late that night, several groups of men in black appeared sneakily on the streets, and they divided into several waves and sneaked towards the newly opened grain stores.
"Do it!" The leader gave an order, and the man in black began to smash and rob.
"Bang!" , "Whoa", "Whoa", the piercing sound spread far and wide in the middle of the night. These guys were busy for a while, looking at the mess all over the ground and smirking. Pulled up the food, clapped his hands and prepared to leave.
"Stop, who's who?" Suddenly, a few loud shouts startled them.
When the ruffians looked up, they were also dressed in black and short trousers, but the difference was that instead of sticks, they were holding knives.