Chapter 130: Prices are skyrocketing

At the end of the tenth year of the Great Cause, Yang Guang announced at the court meeting that the Great Cause would inspect the world at the beginning of the eleventh year, and summon the Turkic Shibi Khan on the shore of Swan Lake in mid-April.

Donglai County, which is also in the plan of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty to inspect this time, after the court inspects the return of the army to the north, Donglai County is a stop on the way back!

As soon as the news came out, the world was shocked! In order to prepare sufficient money, food and materials for the upcoming inspection army, the officials along the way did not hesitate to increase the forced expropriation and seizure of the people under their jurisdiction, and the wealthy families in various places were also adding fuel to the fire, stepping up various preparations, and purchasing all kinds of materials on a large scale.

In order to stabilize the price impact of Yang Guang's imperial inspection, Su Shang took a variety of measures in Donglai County, but unfortunately, due to the lack of various materials and self-sufficiency in Donglai County, the result of soaring prices in various places still affected Donglai County.

The atmosphere of the New Year has passed for more than half a month, and the time has come to February of the 11th year of the Great Cause, but the price of Donglai City is not as before, after the New Year, it will slowly return to the normal level, but it is a price for three days, the higher and higher, the price of grain has doubled in just half a month, and it has almost reached three times the price of grain before the New Year!

On this day, in order to find out the reason for the soaring food prices, Su Shang took Du Ruhui and Wei Yunqi to visit the major rice stores in Donglai City.

As soon as the three of them stepped into the door of the rice shop, a man who looked like a shopkeeper greeted them very warmly, "Three guest officers, welcome!" Our store is one of the three largest rice shops in Donglai City, the price is fair, the children are not bullied, and it is a trusted and good store praised by the people of Donglai City......"

"Do you have Jiangnan rice in your store?"

Su Shang asked the shopkeeper while observing the environment in the store, the store is not small, but there are not many things, many of the open boxes that should have stored grain are empty, and there is not a grain of grain in them!

"Yes! Some! Guest, we have soft and delicious Jiangnan rice here, and there are also good local wheat corn, I don't know how much the guest officer needs? ”

Su Shang glanced around and asked with a smile, "What is the price of rice, wheat and corn?" If we need it in large quantities, how much more can you provide? ”

The shopkeeper was overjoyed, knowing that it was a big customer, so he hurriedly invited Su Shang and the three of them to the inner room, "Three guest officers, the price of grain in this store is currently the lowest in Donglai City, among which Jiangnan rice is twelve hangs per stone, and local wheat corn is ten hangs per stone, but this is today's price, and now the price of this grain will rise every day, if the guest officer needs it, please place an order as soon as possible!" ”

"There is not much grain stock in this store, and there are about fifteen stones of Jiangnan rice and eight stones of wheat corn in the store, I don't know how much the guest officer needs?"

Su Shang frowned a little, the third largest rice store in Donglai City, but the whole store only has more than 20 stone of grain, which is a little different from his expectations, he thought that the reason for the soaring price of this grain was because the merchant rice store in Donglai City was reluctant to sell and raise the price, but now it seems that it is not!

"Why is this so expensive? How small are the numbers? ”

"Three guest officials, since the announcement of the royal inspection by the Holy Lord a few years ago, officials from all over the country have forcibly requisitioned and plundered in order to prepare food and meat, and the surplus grain in the hands of the people is too little, and they have been reluctant to sell it, and we can't buy it, plus in the past few months, the county bandits in the surrounding places of our Donglai County have been more rampant than before, and the grain stored outside the major commercial houses cannot be transported in!"

Su Shang was pondering, and Du Ruhui asked expressionlessly: "Then the price won't rise so much, right?" I remember that years ago, Jiangnan rice was only four copper dollars per stone, and wheat corn was only three and fifty dollars per stone, and now it has tripled! I think it's all you rice banks looking for a reason to hike the price together! ”

"I think too! I remember that during the Chinese New Year, in order to stabilize the price of grain, the alliance also sold a lot of grain at a flat price in the entire Donglai County, and now even if the grain from outside cannot be shipped back, there should be no shortage of grain in Donglai City, and this price cannot rise so fast! Maybe it's you rice shops who are driving up prices! Wei Yunqi asked in a loud voice, he also thought that the vendors were driving up the price!

At this moment, the shopkeeper finally understood that these three people were not big customers at all, but court officials, and they were investigating the reason for the soaring food prices!

The shopkeeper's face turned pale, big drops of sweat instantly appeared on his face, and his legs were weak and he knelt directly on the ground, "Three adults, villains can swear that there is absolutely no price gouging!" Please also ask the three adults to be wise! ”

Su Shang looked at the shopkeeper quietly, his face was very calm, "Then tell me, why is the price of this grain rising so fast!" As long as you tell the truth, no matter what the reason is, I will not hold you accountable for the price gouging of your rice shop! ”

"The villain really didn't raise the price!"

The shopkeeper's face eased a little, looked up at Su Shang and the three of them, and found that the three of them were still calm, and they didn't care about their defenses, so they gritted their teeth, "The villain knows the reason for this, and the villain is willing to tell the adults, I only hope that the three adults can keep it a secret for the villain!" ”

Su Shang looked at him, his face still didn't change, "Say it!" As long as you're not a rebel enemy, I'll make sure you're okay! ”

"Yes, thank you, sir! The villain will talk about it in detail! ”

The shopkeeper wiped the sweat on his face, "My lord, in the past three months, the price of grain in other counties has skyrocketed, and the price of grain in the surrounding areas of Donglai County is fully double the current price of the shop. ”

Su Shang's face became very gloomy in an instant, and he asked coldly, "What families are there?"

"The villain really doesn't know! It's a very despicable thing to do business, and they don't bother to do it themselves! The business houses of the wealthy families are secretly opened in the name of others, but the villain does not know the people of these merchants, but in recent times, there are often some big customers in the shop, so the villain wants to understand the reason! ”

After speaking, the shopkeeper looked up at Su Shang and the three of them, and there was a trace of grievance in his frightened look, and the three of them understood at this time why the shopkeeper invited the three of them to the inner room, it turned out that they were regarded as the big customers of the grain purchase!

"If there are any more big customers to collect grain, you will continue to sell grain to them as usual, and you are not allowed to have any abnormalities, let alone leak what you just did!"

Su Shang confessed to the shopkeeper, didn't ask anything more, stood up directly, and walked out of the store with Du Ruhui and Wei Yunqi, but his face was terrifyingly gloomy......

Is the overlord of the late Sui Dynasty good-looking?