"These profiteers should be killed!"

Witnessing the situation inside and outside the capital, Li Dongyang also gritted his teeth with hatred for these grain merchants, these profiteers are not just making money, smart as he also saw a pair of huge black hands behind them.

If it's just a price increase and greed for money, it won't make people hate it so much, after all, who doesn't like this white money, and the appropriate price increase in the famine years is also something that has been done since ancient times.

Now it is these grain merchants who have risen too much, and at the same time have restricted sales, deliberately fueling the flames, so that this famine, which is actually not too serious, has become what it is now.

"The capital is already a huge powder keg, and if it continues like this, something big will inevitably happen, and we must act as soon as possible."

Without further delay, Li Dongyang and Zhou Jing hurriedly entered the palace to report the situation in Tianjin to Emperor Hongzhi, and at the same time discussed a detailed strategy for the next move.

Just an hour after the convoy returned to the capital, the fish transported back from Tianjin began to be transported in batches to various sales points inside and outside the capital.

At the same time, in order to maintain the order of the sale of the sea fish, of course, the most important thing is to prevent someone from disrupting the sale of the sea fish, and the Hongzhi Emperor directly mobilized the forbidden army to the scene to maintain order.

At the same time, in the places where people gathered in various places inside and outside the capital, there were groups of people wearing official clothes beating gongs and drums, and at the same time, they were constantly shouting, "At noon, there is sea fish and meat for sale at the entrance of the vegetable market in the capital, as long as a penny and a catty." ”

"At noon, there are fish and meat for sale in Langfang, the capital, as long as a penny and a catty."

"At noon, there is sea fish and meat for sale in Xizhimen, as long as a penny and a catty."

With the shouting of these officials, soon everyone inside and outside the capital knew that there were sea fish and meat for sale in various places in the capital, as long as a penny and a pound of meat.

The people who learned the news quickly flocked to the place they heard almost immediately, a penny and a pound of meat, whether it was sea fish or meat, as long as it could be eaten, as long as it could fill the stomach, it would be fine.

You must know that the current price of grain has been coaxed up to nearly 200 wen a pound by these profiteers, even if these people living in the capital are more or less worth a little bit of money, they can no longer bear it, especially these people at the bottom, that is even more so.

Now when I heard that I was a penny and a pound of meat, no matter whether the news was true or not, I rushed over as soon as possible.

At the entrance of the vegetable market outside the Xuanwu Gate, many Praetorian Guards stood in armor, holding sharp blades, and with solemn expressions, so that the people who flocked to it couldn't help but stop.

But fortunately, everyone soon found that a sign was erected here, which read: Fresh sea fish, a penny a catty, each person is limited to three catties, please consciously queue up, do not repeat the queue, the offender cane twenty.

At the same time, there was also a steward from Xishan Coal Industry holding an iron horn and constantly shouting at the crowd that swarmed: "Fresh sea fish, a penny and a catty, each person is limited to three catties, please consciously queue up, do not repeat the queue, the offender will have twenty canes." ”

Hearing this voice, and then looking at the Praetorian Guards who were waiting around them, the people who were originally restless and afraid that they would not be able to buy meat quickly began to line up.

The original execution ground at Caishikou was used to execute prisoners, but now it is full of sea fish, baskets, baskets of sea fish, very large, and there are many people next to them who are busy, constantly cutting large sea fish, according to three catties of each cut.

Where there is less fish meat, cut more, and if there is more meat in fish maw and other places, it is accurate, and the uniform combination will not make people suffer.

"Where did you get so many fish?"

"Who knows, no matter where it comes from, a penny and a pound of meat, whether it is sea fish meat or any kind of meat, this is also meat, and it can be used to fill the stomach."

"Yes, this grain has risen to two hundred wen a catty, and this penny a pound of meat, not to mention the famine now, even in normal times, is simply impossible."

The common people lined up in a long line, smelling the fishy smell of the sea fish, and then looked at the baskets of sea fish piled up in front of them, anxiously waiting, and discussing with each other.

"Start~"

The crowd didn't wait long, and the Praetorian Guards in charge of guarding finally began to let them go, and the people at the front of the queue rushed almost at the speed of a 100-meter race.

"This is three pennies, give me three catties of meat~"

The man hurriedly put the three cents on the meat board, looked at the sea fish next to him, and couldn't help but swallow.

"Give~"

The person in charge of selling directly handed over a whole piece of meat, which was a piece of meat cut from the top of the sea fish, and the weight was actually slightly more than three catties, but at this time there was no time to worry too much, anyway, as long as it was not too far behind.

The first person happily bought three catties of sea fish and meat with three pennies, and immediately went back impatiently, the children and mothers-in-law in the family were hungry, and these three pennies could buy three catties of meat, which was unthinkable, no matter what, it was important to eat this meat in the stomach first.

The speed of sales is very fast, because all the people who are transferred to work are people from Xishan Coal Industry, and they also use the working method of assembly line, which is extremely efficient.

The long line continued to move forward at a rapid pace, but more and more people gathered when they heard the news, and the whole line not only did not shrink at all, but on the contrary, it became longer and longer.

"Give Lao Tzu a hundred catties of meat!"

Niu Er is a well-known lazy man, relying on his own family to have someone in Shuntian Mansion, he has always been rampant, bullying men and women, and he can be regarded as a ruthless character who is feared by everyone in the area of the vegetable market.

After waiting for most of the day, it was finally his turn, and he threw out a handful of copper coins in his arms, and said very arrogantly.

"Each person is limited to three catties, and you have a hundred Wen?"

The person in charge of selling the fish looked at Niu Er, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and came out to make trouble at this time, just to kill the chicken and show it to the monkey.

"Lao Tzu doesn't care what kind of rules you break, I have already given the money, hurry up and give Lao Tzu a hundred catties of meat, be careful to turn around and let people beat you to death."

Niu Er glanced at it and said very arrogantly, if it weren't for the people of the Praetorian Guards around him, according to his previous character, he wouldn't have lined up at all, where would he be so nonsense, and he would directly let people move these baskets of sea fish.

"General Yuan, this person is making trouble!"

The person in charge of selling the fish didn't continue to talk nonsense with Niu Er, and said to a Praetorian Guard leader not far away.

"Pull down, rod twenty!"

When the man named General Yuan saw it, he immediately said indifferently.

"Yes~"

When several soldiers heard this, they directly restrained Niu Eryi like an eagle catching a chicken, and dragged him to the open space on the side.

"Let go of me, let go of me, do you know who I am?"

"If you dare to touch me, believe it or not, I'll kill your whole family."

Although Niu Er was held down, he was still very arrogant, and he roared angrily while struggling.

"Staff Fifty~"

When the man named General Yuan heard this, he immediately said indifferently.

"Smack~"

Soon, Niu Er was pressed to the bench by several military men, and two military men beat him hard with big sticks, making a dull sound.

"Ah~"

was hit hard by the stick, Niu Er suddenly let out a scream like killing a pig, and before he could continue to shout cruel words, the stick began to fall with a thunderbolt, making Niu Er's eyes crack in pain, and tears came out.

The people who were queuing around all looked at Niu Er who was being beaten, and watched Niu Er being beaten open and his flesh opened, and he fainted directly, and was thrown aside like a dead dog.

This made many people laugh, and at the same time, those who wanted to make trouble became extremely honest in an instant, obediently lining up, waiting to buy sea fish.