The soldiers at the east gate of Liuzhou City couldn't help but re-examine this group of people when they saw that Huang Baihu, who had always been extremely arrogant, was treated like this, and their eyes focused on Lin Pingping.

Everyone already knows the amazing origin of this girl. Not to mention that this girl is in the position of Nanyang Patrol, even if it is only the status of the sister of the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, I am afraid that no one in Liuzhou City will be able to lower her.

Lin usually looked at Huang Chengsheng, who was beaten with blood in his mouth, and admonished him seriously: "You are all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and you are the hundred households of the Ming Dynasty, if you hear such a big rebellion in the future, this patrol will definitely not be spared!"

Seeing that Lin Ping had already spoken, the rice jar no longer taught this Liuzhou Wei Baihu who didn't know the height of the sky.

"Yes, I don't dare!" Huang Chengsheng knew that he had encountered a hard stubble, and he had never been a bloody man, so he hurriedly confessed.

Lin usually didn't want to stand up, but he knew that Liuzhou City needed to get through the difficulties together, not that the word "you Daming" still existed at this time.

She saw that Huang Chengsheng was already honest, so she asked Niu Dongsheng of Maping County: "Maxian Cheng, is Lord Fuzun in the mansion?" ”

"If you return to your lordship, your lordship should be working in the government at this time!" Ma Dongsheng thought about it for a while, and then responded honestly.

Drive......

Lin Ping immediately patted his horse and left, and went straight in the direction of the Liuzhou Mansion.

She is only a Nanyang patrol and has no direct jurisdiction over Liuzhou Prefecture. Whether it is to resettle the victims outside the city, or to open a warehouse in Liuzhou City to release grain, this requires the approval of the Liuzhou prefect.

Liuzhou Mansion is located in the northwest of Liuzhou City, just like the government of the world. In front of the yamen is a lively street in front of the house, in front of the door there is the style of the yamen of the state government of the world, and the two stone lions look very majestic.

Lin usually led a group of people to the front of the government office, and she handed the horse to the entourage behind her to report the official name of the government office. It wasn't long before someone led her inside.

Gao Yan, the prefect of Liuzhou, was a thin little old man, wearing an old official uniform with a few patches on his sleeves. It can be seen from this dress that this prefect has been in office for some years, and he is a relatively frugal official.

Having delayed the meal due to official duties, Gao Yan was sitting at the tea table outside the signing room eating a bowl of Liuzhou snail noodles. It's just that snail noodles don't have condiments such as snails and peanuts, just a soup and vegetarian rice noodles, but they are delicious to eat.

After eating the two taels of rice noodles in the bowl, he licked his lips unsatisfied, and saw a small piece of rice noodles falling on the table, so he immediately reached out and picked up the rice noodles and prepared to put them in his mouth, but he saw Lin Pingping, who was led in.

Gao Yan put the rice noodles in his mouth without feeling inappropriate, and hurriedly said to Lin Pingping, who came in: "This mansion has long heard that Lin Xunji is a heroic female general, and when I see it now, I really have the wind of Mulan!" ”

Although the Nanyang patrol in front of him can't control his head, his elder brother is the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites of the current dynasty, and there is an in-law who serves as the secretary of the Ministry of Justice. If you really want to deal with him, a small Liuzhou prefect, it is like strangling an ant.

It was precisely because of this that he was respectful to Lin Ping, and did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and respectfully invited the other party to take a seat.

Lin Ping is wearing a military uniform, dressed capably, the whole person looks serious, and there is a heroic spirit between her eyebrows, which is indeed a rare image of a girl in this era.

"Kochifu, it's ridiculous!" Lin usually bowed his hand in return at first, and then sat down and asked seriously: "Gao knows, I don't know why you want to drive all the refugees out of the city?" ”

Gao Yan drank the soup down, and then explained seriously: "The Inspector doesn't know that the refugees are making trouble in the city these days, which makes the squires in the city have a lot of opinions. These squires came to the government today and strongly demanded that the government expel the refugees from the city, and the government had no choice but to take this policy! ”

Each group has its own interests, and in the face of the influx of refugees from all over the country, the property of the gentry and wealthy families in the city is naturally threatened to a certain extent, so they have reason to put pressure on the government to drive the refugees out.

But not every prefect is as tough as Lin Haoran, Gao Yan is a dignified non-commissioned officer who can only suffer until he is old in the Liuzhou prefect, which proves that he has no backstage in the court at all.

If you really offend these squires in Liuzhou City, not only will you not get a good test language in next year's external inspection, but you will even lose the black yarn hat that you have obtained so hard.

Lin Pingping did not come this time to ask the teacher to ask for the crime, but mainly to urge the government to carry out disaster relief, but continued to ask: "Kochifu, then how do you plan to resettle the refugees outside the city?" ”

"Lin Xun, please rest assured, this government has already asked people to plan a resettlement point outside the city gate, and set aside a place for them to live temporarily!" Gao Yan saw that Lin was usually a reasonable person, so he told his plan.

Lin Ping's face softened a lot, she knew that it was indeed easy to cause chaos if all the victims were allowed to enter the city, and his brother had also arranged the refugees in a specific area outside the city in the past, so he asked: "Kochifu, how can their rations be solved?" ”

"The big families in the city have promised that the government will build a porridge shed outside the city for disaster relief, and the government will also do a little bit, which is some of the savings prepared by the government, and I am willing to help the people of Liuzhou through this disaster!" Gao Yan pointed to a money box next to him and responded with all his might.

Lin usually looked at the prepared money box, and then glanced at Gao Yan, who was dressed in shabby, and guessed that this Gao Yan was already a good official.

She knew that this was probably the limit of what Gao Yan could do, so she frowned again and asked, "Kochi Mansion, hasn't the imperial court's order to open grain for disaster relief have been issued yet?" ”

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, a standing liquidation system was established, and each prefecture and county had a standing position. I just want to open a warehouse for disaster relief, and I have to consult the imperial court for this matter.

After all, disaster relief is essentially spending money, and if there is no overall planning, local officials will open warehouses and release grain, which can easily cause local officials to be greedy for food in the name of disaster relief.

"My lord, the court has the laws of the court, and according to the regulations, you can't put grain until you have to. The government is well aware of the bad situation of this year's disaster, and it is also Shangshu who asked the imperial court to open a warehouse to release grain, and explained that the disaster in Liuzhou this year is more serious than expected. It's just that May hasn't passed yet, and the imperial court hasn't approved it, and the government can't release grain! Gao Yan sighed heavily and said his difficulties.

Lin usually knew that this was a fact, the imperial court usually did not open a warehouse to release grain in May, but she knew better in her heart that the situation in Liuzhou was bad now, and it was time to release grain.

She thought about it seriously for a while, and then made a decision: "Kochifu, I will explain the situation with you, and let the imperial court order Liuzhou to release grain for disaster relief!" ”

"This is very good, on behalf of the people of Liuzhou, I would like to thank the patrol here!" Gao Yan knew that the other party had more weight than him, and immediately surrendered happily.

After learning about the relief measures of the Liuzhou Mansion, Lin Ping did not stay here, but left the Mansion in a hurry and went to the United Restaurant non-stop.

With the increasing capital of the United Business Group, it is not only expanding in the south of the Yangtze River, but also developing in Guangxi, and there are already industries such as United Restaurant, United Salt Industry and Yipin Sauce.

"Miss, why are you here?" The shopkeeper in charge of the United Restaurant is surnamed Chen, but he has a relationship with Lin Ping, but he respectfully salutes.

Lin usually came to the table and took a sip of tea, and then asked seriously: "What is the current situation of the rice market in Liuzhou City?" ”

"This really doesn't let people live, it's already killing four birds with one stone!" When Shopkeeper Chen heard this, he immediately said bitterly.

Although Lin Ping knew that the price of rice was not low, when he heard this price, he couldn't help but say in surprise: "How can it be so high?" Who is driving up the price of rice? ”

"The shopkeeper of the four rice banks in Liuzhou City has formed an alliance, and the current price is up to them! If I hadn't seen the situation as wrong and hoarded some more rice, I'm afraid I would have to let him slaughter it now! Shopkeeper Chen confided in the truth.

Lin Ping took another sip of tea, and asked with a straight face: "If you raise prices like this, you will be beheaded, do you know who is the backer behind them?" ”

"I also inquired, and the backer behind them is the Liuzhou Governor and Liuzhou Wei Tongzhi Hanhui! This person's ancestor Han Zhong was canonized by the imperial court as the chief official of Liuzhou, and his power in Liuzhou should not be underestimated, and Han Hui is still the brother-in-law of Liuzhou Mansion and Qian Huilong! Shopkeeper Chen said in a low voice.

Lin usually turned his head to look at Shen Yan next to him, and asked solemnly, "Shen Yan, what do you think?" ”

Shen Yan is still dressed as a man, and has been following Lin Pingping all these years, and even responded: "The upper policy asks Gao Yan, the prefect of Liuzhou, to move out of the Daming Law and cut off one of the four major rice merchants in the name of price gouging, and the other three rice merchants naturally dare not sell rice at a high price; Zhongce spread the news that the United Business Group transferred grain from Leizhou, and let them take the initiative to reduce the price of rice! ”

Lin usually listened to these two suggestions, but asked seriously: "You also met Gao Yan just now, do you think Gao Yan will have this kind of courage?" ”

"Probably not! It was only a group of squires in Liuzhou who put pressure on him, and he also agreed to drive all the refugees out of the city, this kind of person is too indecisive to show this kind of courage! Shen Yan shook her head bitterly.

Lin Ping reached out and grabbed the long knife on the table, and immediately said: "Let's go, let's go and meet these four rice shopkeepers for a while, and explore their depths first!" ”

Shopkeeper Chen looked at Lin Pingping and the others who came and went like the wind, and faintly felt that this Liuzhou City was going to make waves, at least some people would not do whatever they wanted.

Rice merchants, alongside salt merchants, cloth merchants, and herb merchants, made a profit by buying low and selling high, and in special times it would evolve into a monopoly trade.

Liuzhou's small drought last year to this year's major drought has caused rice prices to rise all the way. Especially with the lack of harvest in May, the price of rice has hit a record high, and it has reached the sky-high price of four taels and one stone.

The money shopkeeper of Liu Feng Rice had just had lunch and led a few servants to walk towards Liu Feng Rice. Due to his bad teeth, he also lost a tooth inside, and it was the minced meat that was stuffed between the teeth with a toothpick.

While tens of thousands of refugees outside the city were hungry, he ate a lot of fish and meat, and the leftovers that he threw out every day made the rats in the drains eat them shiny.

When I think of the white-cut chicken I just ate, although it tastes similar to the white-cut chicken in United Restaurant, the meat quality is stuffy. I found that the United Restaurant is worthy of being the first restaurant in the world, and this white-cut chicken also gets the authenticity of the United Restaurant, but the price is a bit expensive......

As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but want to slap himself, and found that he was so unproductive. The current rice shop can be said to be making money every day, and I even think that the dishes of the United Restaurant are expensive......

"Money Shopkeeper, Wishing you prosperity!" At the corner of the street, a smiling outsider greeted him.

When the money shopkeeper saw the person who greeted him, he responded with a smile: "Yo, isn't this the grandson shopkeeper of our famous Liuzhou City?" I don't look at the shop in your rice shop during the day, why do you have time to go to my house? ”

"Huh...... I just saw a Xiyan flying towards this side, and I followed it all the way, but I didn't expect it to fly into your house! Shopkeeper Sun pointed to the money house in front of him and said with a flattering face.

"Don't move!" The fat face of the money shopkeeper suddenly became serious, and he looked nervously at the face of the shopkeeper Sun.

Shopkeeper Sun didn't know why, but he kept a motionless posture, and his eyes followed the money shopkeeper's gaze to his cheeks, but he suddenly felt a burst of pain.

The money shopkeeper's hand "snapped" on the face of the shopkeeper Sun, and looked at his palm and said with a look of regret: "I also saw a mosquito, but it's a pity that you have nothing to do with this mosquito today!" ”

As he spoke, he led a few of the little guys away.

Shopkeeper Sun knew that he was being teased by the other party, reached out and rubbed his painful face, looked at the back of the arrogant departure, but sighed secretly.

He did not go to his own rice shop, but went straight home, because he was now at a point where there was no rice to sell, and the price of rice had nothing to do with him.

"The money shopkeeper is here!"

As the money shopkeeper came to the front of Liu Fengmi, a group of people who were looking forward to wearing it here looked excited.

In front of this rice shop, which is only four meters away from the door, there are already hundreds of people gathered, and everyone is very excited when they see the arrival of the money shopkeeper who has been waiting for it.

"Shopkeeper Sun, I'm your old customer, you have to take care of me today!"

"Uncle Sun, when you were bitten by a snake, it was my father who carried you to see Langzhong, for the sake of my father's face, sell me more this time!"

"Little grandson, my father and I are world friends, but your father passed away early, so our two families have no contact. Whoever you limit today, that can't limit me as an old man, you have to give me four pounds! ”

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Each of the people in Liuzhou City was holding the items of rice, and many of them took the initiative to come forward and put forward their own demands while approaching the money shopkeeper.

The customer is God, and it has been reversed in the current Liuzhou City. Shopkeeper Sun is God, he is chased by the people around him, and he is already the most respected person.

The money shopkeeper grinned, like a Maitreya Buddha, and asked the little maid to let the people inside open the door of the rice shop, and at the same time said to everyone present in a righteous and solemn manner: "I negotiated this matter with several rice shops in the city!" If we don't limit the amount, I am afraid that all these rice will have to be bought by the big families in the city, and many fathers and villagers will not be able to buy rice even if they have silver! For the sake of the rations of all the fathers and villagers, I have to sell them in limited quantities like this morning, only 5,000 catties, and each person can only buy a maximum of 4 catties! ”

Everyone scolded these rice merchants for their black hearts, and this kind of behavior seemed to be for their sake, but in fact, they wanted to suck every copper plate on their bodies clean.

It's just that I shouted in my heart, and now Liuzhou City really depends on people's faces if they want to buy rice, and the price spent is ten times higher than in previous years.

In the expectant eyes of everyone, the door of Liu Feng Rice Store was slowly opened.

The money shopkeeper has a bookkeeper and several clerks, and his main job is to supervise them to work and settle some disputes, that is, he sits in a chair and drinks tea, and watches the lively scene with joy.

Since the rice store is a limited sale, only 5,000 catties of sales are clear, everyone can be said to be scrambling to buy rice, for fear that it will be too late to buy rice.

With just a stick of incense, the five thousand catties of grain in the rice shop were snapped up, even if it is now a historically high price, but this rice seems to be more sought-after than women.

A few men who came late looked quite unwilling to get the food, and the guy drove away: "The rice in the store has been sold, and it's useless for you to shout here, either go to another house to take a look, or hurry up early tomorrow!" ”

These people saw that there was really no grain of rice in the shop, and they left in despair.

The money shopkeeper put down the teacup, first asked the guy to lock the door of the store, took the money and account book from the bookkeeper, and counted the large pile of silver and copper coins on the table.

After counting the money twice, he divided the big ingot into two parts and put them in a thick box, and the copper coins were strung together, and the remaining pile of copper coins was given to the shopkeeper.

The money shopkeeper took away a thick box, handed another thick box to the bookkeeper and instructed: "Tomorrow I will pull another 5,000 catties to the granary!" ”

The bookkeeper replied solemnly, and then watched the money shopkeeper leave.

This shop is the layout of the front shop and the back house, and the money shopkeeper did not go to the front door this time, but left through the back door with the small servant. As soon as he walked out of the alley, a figure came out, and he was immediately startled.

What suddenly appeared was no one else, it was already the shopkeeper Sun who I bumped into when I went out.

Shopkeeper Sun faced the frightened money shopkeeper, but said with a smile: "I just saw a Xiyan flying towards this side, and I followed all the way, but I didn't expect to meet you here again!"

"Why are you like a fly, but for the sake of rice?" The money shopkeeper calmed down a little, and immediately asked with a calm face.

Shopkeeper Sun looked at the other party so happily, so he said with a smile: "In the past, the villain was ignorant and didn't listen to your teachings!" In the future, the price of rice will depend on the money shopkeeper's words, and the little brother will definitely obey! ”

"Do you know now that you regret it? It's late! Hugh is going to pester me again, you should know who is standing behind me, or don't blame me for breaking your legs! The money shopkeeper said cruel words with a gloomy face, and at the same time gave his subordinates a look.

The two servants stepped forward and pushed the shopkeeper Sun away, and then followed the shopkeeper Qian.

When Shopkeeper Sun heard the other party warn him like this, he knew that the matter of rice and grain could not be solved, and his rice store could only continue to close its doors.

Just when he was frustrated, he slammed into a man and was about to scold, but the other party grabbed him by the placket and dragged him into the alleyway......