Beijing Grain Bank.

There was a long queue at the door of each grain store, and at the same time, banners were hung at the door of these grain stores.

"Relief for the victims?"

"One heart with the people?"

"The Emperor's grace?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the banners hanging at the door of the grain stores, and his eyebrows were slightly raised.

He is very clear about the price of grain in the capital, a few days ago it was still sold for 200 wen a catty, but now it is better to sell it all for a penny a catty, and these slogans are shouted very well.

"Interesting, let's go check it out."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said to Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang beside him.

After saying this, Emperor Hongzhi's eyes were also looking at the long dragons, and he quickly locked on an old man who looked to be in his sixties.

Emperor Hongzhi stepped forward and asked, "Old man, are the grain in these grain stores really only sold for a penny and a catty?" ”

"How old I have grown, I have never heard of this grain being sold for a penny a pound."

The old man who was questioned by Emperor Hongzhi was slightly stunned at first, and then carefully looked at Emperor Hongzhi and replied: "At first glance, you know that you must be from other places. ”

"This capital not only has a penny and a pound of food, but also a penny and a pound of meat."

"The old man has good eyesight, I came to Beijing from other places to do business."

"There is still a penny and a pound of meat in this capital?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he thought for a while and said.

"Yes, of course there is, but it's sea fish, but it's also meat."

When the old man heard this, he showed a slightly superior demeanor from the capital in front of outsiders, and his hand pinched his gray mustache.

"Then I really want to have a good look, what kind of food is this penny and a pound of food?"

Hongji nodded solemnly and said.

"It's all good rice, rice from the south of the Yangtze River, there is not even a little sand, but each person is limited to three catties per day."

"If you want to say this strange thing, there are many every year, especially this year, you don't know, some time ago, this grain can be sold for two hundred wen a catty, and now these black-hearted profiteers don't know whether they have a conscience and don't go, or they feel that they have done too many evil things, and they are afraid that there will be no good end in the future, so they only sell a penny and a pound of grain now."

When talking about these grain merchants, the old man not only did not have the slightest gratitude, but cursed these grain merchants, and it was obvious that the grain that was originally sold for two hundred wen a pound really hurt everyone.

"I see~"

"Thank you for informing me."

Emperor Hongzhi pretended to be suddenly enlightened, but in his heart he was thinking about what kind of waist was bought in these grain merchants' gourds.

A few days ago, they sold 200 wen a pound of grain, but now they are only selling 1 penny a catty, although it is also a limited purchase, but in any case, it is very consistent with their slogan.

Selling a pound of grain in a time of famine was almost unprecedented.

Merchants who do grain trading at the end of the famine do not raise the price in the heart of the Bodhisattva, to be called a great good person, now these grain merchants sell a penny and a pound of grain, this one is the same as the Buddha, cutting meat to feed the eagle, to stand on the ground to become a Buddha's rhythm.

"What kind of medicine are they selling in their gourd?"

This is a question that Emperor Hongzhi has been pondering in his mind for the past few days.

He really couldn't figure it out, these grain merchants had no reason to sell a penny or a pound of grain.

This grain is not a sea fish, and after a long time, the sea fish will rot and deteriorate immediately, and it is possible to dispose of it for a penny and a pound if the catch is large.

But this rice is different, it is durable and can be stored for a year and a half without any problems.

Even if these grain merchants have no way to sell another 200 wen a pound during the famine, they can slowly sell these grains at a low price, after all, people have to eat, and it is impossible to really eat sea fish all the time to live.

Originally, Emperor Hongzhi also estimated that these grain merchants might not be able to hold on and start selling at a reduced price, but he never thought that this grain would drop to the point of a penny and a catty.

To Emperor Hongzhi, it feels like these grain merchants who ate human flesh and drank human blood in the past have suddenly changed their sexuality and become living bodhisattvas who sacrifice themselves for others.

This is so unusual, so Emperor Hongji has been thinking about it all the time.

I want to find out what the purpose of these people is, what their intentions are.

"What do you think?"

After thinking about it, Emperor Hongzhi also asked Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang, Zhu Houzhao and others beside him.

"This is a good thing, these grain merchants sell a penny and a pound of grain, and the turbulent situation in the entire capital has settled down at once, and the people's hearts are stable.

Liu Jian replied with a smile.

"This is indeed a gratifying thing, a penny and a pound of grain, these profiteers can be regarded as having a little conscience."

Li Dongyang also nodded and said.

"It is great that these grain merchants can change their past wrongs."

Xie Qian thought for a while and said.

After listening to the answers of the three people, Emperor Hongzhi also nodded slightly.

In any case, looking at it now, these grain merchants selling a penny and a pound of grain is very helpful to stabilize people's hearts, and in the famine era, as long as there is food, everything is easy to say, and nothing will happen.

A penny of food, although each person is limited to three catties per day, but this is enough for a family of several people to eat and drink, plus there is a penny and a pound of sea fish, there is no problem at all to survive the famine in front of him.

As soon as the grain from the south arrives, it is not afraid that these grains will come out if they want to toss something more, as Liu Jian said, this famine can be regarded as surviving.

As for Zhu Houzhao, squinting his little eyes, his eyeballs kept turning, looking at a grain store, when he saw the banners at the door of the grain store, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a hint of mocking smile.

"These profiteers, what tricks will they have?"

"Selling a penny and a pound of grain, or the best Jiangnan rice, these grain merchants will lose blood, with their urine, how could they do such a stupid thing."

"They must have follow-up actions, but it's really hard to figure out what kind of medicine they are selling in this gourd."

Zhu Houzhao's mind was thinking rapidly, and he, like Emperor Hongzhi, couldn't figure out why these grain merchants sold their grain at a penny and a pound of grain.

"It seems that I still have to ask Lao Liu when I go back, he must know."