Chapter 278: Children cannot be taught

Hangzhou, west from Qinwang Mountain, along the Qiantang River to Jianggan, near the West Lake to Baobao Mountain, resembling a waist drum, has jurisdiction over Qiantang, Renhe, Yuhang, Lin'an, Yuqian, Changhua, Fuyang, Xindeng, Yanguan nine counties, with more than 20 million households, nearly two million people, of which the urban population is five or six hundred thousand, is one of the states and counties with the largest number of people in the south of the Yangtze River.

As the place where the two roads are governed, the economy of Hangzhou City is very prosperous, the flow of people on weekdays can be described as endless, the merchants who come and go from the north to the south between the markets gather, even some remote alleys are bustling, very lively, but today, the streets of the state city of Nuoda, except for a few people who are in a hurry to pass by, but there are no pedestrians.

This made the proprietors on both sides of the street very puzzled, even if today is the Midyear Festival, everyone is busy worshipping the ancestors and crossing the soul, but there is no need to be in such a hurry, it is in a hurry, as if someone is chasing after it.

After a while, one of the shopkeepers suddenly felt that something was wrong, although today is the Midyear Festival, it stands to reason that in addition to those shops that sell candle wax paper, the shops that operate other businesses are indeed not very good, but they are not so deserted, besides, the people who were full of people just now disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Realizing that something was wrong, the shopkeeper walked out of the store to find out the reason, and found that a young man with a hurried step and a cloth bag on his back passed in front of him, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

The young man was obviously very anxious, concentrating on walking, when he suddenly noticed that someone was in the way in front of him, and his footsteps did not stop, and his body naturally leaned to the side, intending to walk around.

"This little brother is a little slower." The shopkeeper had no choice but to stretch out his hand to intercept him, with a smile and a gentle tone, and said with a hint of apology: "Can you stay?" ”

When the young man saw someone blocking the road, he looked up in amazement, although he was in a hurry, but his temperament was not impatient, his footsteps stopped, his eyes flashed a trace of anxiety, and he said, "What's the matter?" ”

The shopkeeper bowed and asked politely: "I see that the little brother is in a hurry, but I don't know what to be busy with?" ”

"Why, haven't you heard?" Seeing that the shopkeeper shook his head in confusion, and didn't wait for him to ask again, the young man kindly reminded: "The price of grain has risen, and it will cost 180 wen per bucket, and I heard that it will rise to 800 wen if it is late." ”

"I had known, I should have had a few days ago." Shaking his head and sighing for a moment, the young man ignored the shopkeeper and walked straight towards the location of the rice shop in the east of the city.

"Eight hundred texts? Nonsense. The shopkeeper obviously didn't believe it, and returned to the store for some reason, thinking about how this rumor spread, but saw a guy in his store who had just come home from leave and ran back in a hurry.

"Shopkeeper." The guy was out of breath, and said with difficulty: "Something is wrong, please." ”

Wheezing, as if he was going to have a convulsion at any time, he didn't say anything for a long time, and the shopkeeper was also anxious for him when he watched from the sidelines, and hurriedly said: "Say something slowly, don't worry." ”

After taking a deep breath and exhaling, the guy felt more comfortable, remembered the business, and hurriedly said cautiously: "Shopkeeper, can you, borrow a small amount of money first." ”

"Little San, didn't I just pay you a few days ago? And I heard you say that you want to go back to your hometown to visit relatives, and I also specially prepaid you half a month's salary, what. Borrowing money? The shopkeeper's forehead wrinkled subconsciously, and he said earnestly: "Little San, listen to me, don't always go to Si Ming, you are still young, you should save some savings, marry a daughter-in-law in the future, start a family and have children, quite a year." ”

The shopkeeper is also a little older, and people of this age are a little preachy, and when he recalls how he went from a small man to a big shopkeeper today, half an hour has passed.

The guy who had been calm almost wanted to interject, but he couldn't find a gap, so he could only nod his head depressedly and listen to the training, and finally waited for the moment when the shopkeeper was ventilated, the guy hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper, you misunderstood me, the money you gave me is here, and I didn't spend it indiscriminately." As he spoke, he took out the money bag from his bosom, tore it open and showed it to the shopkeeper.

Looking at the strings of copper coins in front of him, the shopkeeper was sure that the man had not deceived himself, and couldn't help but be puzzled: "In that case, why do you still borrow it from me?" ”

Afraid that the shopkeeper would speculate again, the guy said eagerly: "The shopkeeper, you don't know, this year's small family harvest is not good, the family letter said that the food is about to run out, ask the small one to buy some back, so I just told you a holiday, just arrived at the rice shop in the market, and I didn't have time to buy grain, but I didn't want the price of food to skyrocket, and the small money and silver were insufficient, so I had to come back." ”

"Is it true?" The shopkeeper muttered to himself: "Eight hundred wen a bucket." ”

"Eight hundred wen!" When the guy heard this, he shook his head again and again, "Shopkeeper, where did you hear the news, maybe you heard the news, Yidou is only one hundred and eighty Wen." "The price of one hundred and eighty wen is already daunting, if it weren't for this moment, I'm afraid no one would want to buy it, if it's really a high price of eight hundred wen, then I don't want people to live.

"What's going on? Yesterday it was only ninety-three, how did it double overnight. "Thinking about it, the guy shouldn't have the courage to deceive himself, there is absolutely no falsehood in this matter, the shopkeeper suddenly exclaimed, no wonder there were many people missing on the street, it turned out that he was running to buy food.

"The small ones don't know." The guy shook his head, hearing that the price of food was soaring and the rice shop was crowded with people, he didn't think to inquire clearly, so he ran back directly.

sighed, the shopkeeper seemed to think of something, and asked suspiciously: "Little San, where did you buy grain?" "I don't blame the shopkeeper for having many eyes, mainly because there are many profiteers in the city now, taking advantage of the drought and lack of food, they have raised prices aggressively, so the shopkeeper naturally thinks that the guy has mistakenly entered the profiteer shop and is slaughtered as a Kaizi.

"Chengdong official shop." The guy obviously understood the meaning of the shopkeeper's words, and hurriedly patted his chest to show his innocence: "If the shopkeeper doesn't believe it, you can go with Xiao, but now it's crowded with people, and it's so boring that it may make you a little tired." ”

"Well, look at this situation, there is no business in the store, so it's better to go and have a look." After thinking for a moment, the shopkeeper nodded slowly, you must know that your shop is a pastry business, which is closely related to rice and grain, the price of grain on the market has risen, and the cost has naturally increased, although there is still storage in the warehouse, but who knows what the drought will pass, when the grain price will come back steadily, the autumn harvest is hopeless, the season of the barren landscape, and the winter, not more rice and grain, how can this heart be stable.

People with this heart, not only the shopkeeper has this thought, at this time the east of the city can be described as a sea of people, look around, it is quite a spacious street, every corner has a head in the crowd, not to mention tens of thousands, there is not even a trace of space between people, tightly attached together, this face is not enough to describe with shoulder to shoulder, or only the peak of the Spring Festival in later generations can be compared.

Fortunately, because there were too many people who came to buy grain a few days ago, and there were occasionally a few small accidents, in order to ensure safety, the government had already arranged for soldiers and servants to maintain order, and Fan Zhongyan also took this into account when announcing the increase in the price of rice and grain.

Since it is a rice market, of course, there are not only a few official shops, but there are also dozens of rice shops in the east of the city, and the street where everyone is located is the most prosperous in the east city, and there are more than a dozen rice shops, among which there are seven or eight that are open to do business, but compared with the official shops, the price of rice and grain in these shops is too high, and it is more than dozens of Wen.

Even if there are only a few extra pennies, before the rice and grain in the official store are not exhausted, ordinary people who are thrifty and budget-conscious would rather be tired than come to buy it, so relatively speaking, the inside of those grain stores is too deserted, and there are a few long queues outside the store.

The long queue is endless, endless, standing on top of the tall building, looking at the extreme, still can't see the end, someone can't help but sigh and say: "If half of the people come to help our business, then everyone will not have to worry about the second half of their lives." ”

"Haha, Brother Gu doesn't need to worry, he will definitely get his wish in a few days."

"That's right, looking at this situation, the official treasury rice grain will definitely not last long, and when the time comes." Speaking of excitement, smug laughter overflowed the high-rise buildings, and seeing the price increase of the official shop with their own eyes, everyone no longer doubted, if it wasn't for the sake of maintaining a demeanor in front of people, I am afraid that they would have already danced with their hands.

"Brother Zhang, the matter has come to this, we should also open our doors for business." The lively scene in front of him made many people restless.

"Again, don't rush for a while." Zhang Dongzhu looked very calm, and said with a smile: "The price of rice has just risen, and it is not yet hot." ”

"Zhang Dongzhu is right, the fish only bite the bait, and they haven't hooked it yet, it's unstable, how can they catch a big fish."

Everyone is not stupid, after thinking carefully, you will understand, the price of food has just risen, the people have not come to their senses, out of thrift into a natural habit, they would rather wait in line than spend more money in vain, but after a period of time, the mood becomes irritable, especially the people in the back, waiting too long, patience is worn out little by little, in the end, there must be people who can't stand it, willing to spend more money to buy food and return, in order to get rid of this mentality.

Seeing everyone smiling silently, thinking that they were mocking themselves, someone laughed and justified: "Let everyone laugh, the little brother is just afraid of long nights and dreams, after all, Na Fan is not easy to match, who knows what tricks he will suddenly come up with." ”

"Brother, don't worry, the fish are already in the pool, can they still swim out and become a dragon crossing the river?" A pun, everyone will understand, and laugh.

"Otherwise, Brother Hong's worries are reasonable." Zhang Dongzhu smiled and said softly: "But don't worry, I have already asked someone to inquire about it just now, and he still hasn't moved." ”

"Well, I also received rumors, these days he has been buried in the case file, except for occasionally meeting with the next officials, asking about the disaster relief situation, there is no other action, and he is still waiting for the approval of the imperial court to allocate grain, obviously there is nothing to do."

These people have been operating in Hangzhou for a long time, and there are naturally insiders in the official office, although they dare not say that they know Fan Zhongyan's privacy well, but it is also a simple matter to know his every move on weekdays.

"After all, I am old, I don't have the vigor of the past, I am trapped in the city, and it is difficult to make a difference." Someone said categorically, there seemed to be a trace of melancholy and sigh in his tone?

Everyone nodded secretly, thinking deeply, according to Fan Zhongyan's previous temperament, after serving for so long, the three fires of the new official had already been burned out, but now they are plain, and there is no movement at all.

Or some people will find it strange, since they understand that sooner or later the imperial court will allocate grain for disaster relief, then why do they still behave so calmly and calmly, as if they didn't take this matter to heart, and the fact is indeed that, they all say that it is to allocate grain for disaster relief, of course, the grain is used for disaster relief, who dares to buy and sell.

Moreover, the territory of the Song Dynasty is so large, not only Hangzhou, but also every place may have unpredictable natural disasters**, there is no time for the world to be peaceful, in order to deal with these disasters that occur or are about to occur, the imperial court is of course to build a lot of Taiping, Guanghui warehouses and other warehouses to store grain for emergencies, but it is impossible to only for the disaster of a state and county and pour the whole country's strength to help, even if it is to allocate grain, there must be a limit.

When a disaster occurs, the local government reports for instructions, and the most common practice of the imperial court is to allocate only enough money to basically maintain the lives of the people according to the local disaster situation and the size of the population, which will only be less and not more, so even if the relief grain from the imperial court arrives, it will not affect the price of grain.

Thinking of Fan Zhongyan's arrogant and scolding Fang Xuan's demeanor back then, although everyone gritted their teeth with hatred for what he did, there was an indescribable and inexplicable admiration in the depths of their hearts, but now, they sighed secretly in their hearts, and suddenly lost the interest in talking, and the atmosphere seemed a little quiet.

At this moment, Lou Di suddenly sounded the sound of brisk and careful footsteps, and after a while, I saw a Tsing Yi Xiao Si walk in, saluted everyone, walked lightly to the owner of Zhang, took out an envelope from his arms, and bowed slightly.

After taking the envelope, Zhang Dongzhu waved his hand to let Xiao Si retreat, and did not shy away from it, and directly took out the letter and watched it, while the others were also very interested, and their eyes moved to other places, admiring the decorations in the building with interest.

"Hmph"

After reading the letter at a glance and ten lines, the proprietor of Zhang snorted lightly, and his expression became a little unpleasant.

"But I don't know what made Brother Zhang so angry?" At this critical moment, Zhang Dongzhu received a letter, and he also showed an angry look, which had to make everyone curious and concerned.

"It's not that kid from the Yang family." Zhang Dong's anger came and went quickly, and he changed his smiling face in an instant, shook his head and sighed: "I wanted to give him wealth for his father's sake, but I didn't expect him to be so uninteresting, and his son can't be taught." ”

As soon as everyone heard it, they knew a little, and the young man surnamed Yang showed a lack of interest in the restaurant, and reluctantly stayed, and finally did not express his position, and did not join the crowd, but the people present together accounted for six or seven meters of grain business in the city, although the surname Yang has a rich family background, but compared with everyone, it is far from it, more than him, less and he is less, and no one cares about it in particular, but I don't know what is related to him now?