"Even if you stop now, the consequences will already be serious." Ling Jing said: "This time, we can be regarded as offending several princes and kings and the wealthy families of the world. ”

"Why don't you stop for two days and report to your lord?" Song Yiming asked Ling Jing.

"What's the matter? Do you want to report to the king in person? Guo Qi's voice suddenly came from the door of the big tent.

"See the lord." The people in the big tent saluted Guo Qi.

"Get up!" Guo Qi waved his hand.

"Lord, it's so late, when did you arrive?" Ling Jing hurriedly brought a cup of tea to Guo Qi and said; Another junior official moved a stool and placed it in front of Guo Qi.

"This king has been here for a while, and I didn't bother you when I saw that you were busy." Guo Qi sat down and took the tea and said, "How is it?" I heard you mean I'm going to stop tomorrow. ”

"Lord, please look, this is the result of our calculation, you can take a look." Ling Jing sent the account book to Guo Qi and said.

Guo Qi flipped directly to the end and exclaimed, "Ling Jing, are you sure you didn't make a mistake?" ”

"Don't worry, the lord is absolutely not miscalculated, and the grain, tea, salt, and cloth in this are all things that we have inventoried." Ling Jing said to Guo Qi.

"Hmm!" Guo Qi replied and threw the account book to Ling Jing; Then he said to the others, "Go back and rest!" Yiming, Ling Jing, the two of you stay. ”

"I'll retire." After everyone saluted Guo Qi, they walked out of the big tent.

After everyone left, Guo Qi asked Ling Jing and Song Yiming, "Let's talk about it!" What's going on? Now the people of Yongcheng have sued the king, and the king has told you before, no matter how you two toss, you must ensure the order of life of the people of Yongdi; Now the price of grain has risen nearly seven times compared to before, and now the people under the rule of this king have begun to dig up the roots and eat the bark. The more Guo Qi spoke, the more stern his tone became, and finally it turned directly into a roar.

"The lord is angry, it is the minister's dereliction of duty at this time, please surrender the lord." Ling Jing knelt down and pleaded guilty to Guo Qi.

"Now it's a fart!" Guo Qi said angrily: "Think about how to deal with the aftermath of this matter." ”

"My lord, the minister thinks this is not necessarily a bad thing." Song Yiming said to Guo Qi.

"The people are dying of hunger, and it's not necessarily a bad thing." Guo Qi roared angrily: "Then you tell this king, how bad is this matter?" ”

"Lord, after the harvest tomorrow; We will get at least a few million stone of grain, and the lord can use this grain to recruit the people and carry out a ......renovation of all the roads, rivers, and cities in Yongdi," Song Yiming said to Guo Qi.

To put it bluntly, Song Yiming's suggestion is to do another cash-for-work, which can not only ensure that the people will not starve to death, but also build a large number of public works.

In fact, now that the people of Yongdi have fallen to this point, they can't blame Song Yiming and Ling Jing, in fact, at the beginning, the people had grain in their hands, but there were still a lot of them, but with the rise in grain prices, merchants from all over the country who came to Yongdi began to go to the countryside to buy grain.

At the beginning, when the price was not high, the common people did not do much, but as the price became higher and higher, the people finally could not resist the temptation of money and sold the grain to the merchants; As the price of grain rises day by day, the grain in Yongdi has become priceless and marketable, and the people can't buy grain with money.

The next morning, everything was as usual, the grain exchange in the east of Yongcheng opened normally, and the price of grain continued to rise, and soon rose to seven taels of silver and one stone.

At this moment, a tall and thin man in silk hurriedly ran in and shouted, "Oh no, no, something's wrong, something is wrong." ”

"What's wrong?" I don't know who asked.

"There was a grain store in the west of the city." Silk said thinly tall and thin.

"What should I be? Isn't it just a grain store? Now there are more grain stores. A big businessman said disdainfully.

"No, it's this grain store that is buying grain, and it's selling grain outside for eight dollars a stone." The tall and thin man continued.

After listening to the words of the thin and tall man, many people ran outside.

"Hurry up and buy it! It's over, and it's gone in a while. A businessman who ran late reminded the big guy.

As a result, the originally lively grain exchange calmed down instantly, and all the merchants disappeared in a flash of smoke, and all went to the grain store in the west of the city; But after arriving at the grain store, these big businessmen were dumbfounded, there were people everywhere in front of the grain store, and to buy food each person was limited, and there must be a household registration certificate of Yongdi, and outsiders would not sell, these big businessmen only knew that this was the grain store opened by Yongwang Mansion when they inquired.

"Don't worry! King Yong is short of food now! How much grain can he come up with to sell to these mud legs. ”

"That's it, it's limited at the beginning, how many can there be!"

……

While these great merchants were discussing word by word, a fast horse galloped from a distance; While running, he shouted loudly: "Great victory in Western Xinjiang, great victory in Western Xinjiang...... Our army seized millions of stones of grain and grass from the Xirong thief army. ”

"What?"

This news is like *** exploded among these grain merchants, and the Yongjun army seized millions of stones of grain and grass on the front line, which means that the king of Yongwang is now not short of food, and the price of grain in Yongdi is bound to fall! These merchants, who have a lot of grain and grass in their hands, will smash their hands.

The merchants hurried back to the grain exchange as fast as they could, but when they returned, they found that the price of seven taels of silver and one stone, which had been high, had now become three taels, and that the price of salt, cloth, and other things had also dropped by more than half; These businessmen are crying one by one! They want to sell the grain in their hands, but they just want to sell it, but no one buys it!

"If there is anyone willing to take over, I will sell it for two taels and eight dollars......

"I'll sell it for two or two or five dollars......"

With the heart-rending cries of the merchants, the price of the marked grain also fell and fell, and almost every tea had to change once, and soon the price of grain fell to one tael of silver and one stone. Seeing such a price, many businessmen collapsed in an instant.

At this moment, a group of Yongjun sergeants broke in, and the captain led by the captain shouted: "Get out of the way, get out of the way...... Go and arrest all the people inside. ”

"This military master, what's going on?" Qian Ding, who wanted to cry without tears, asked the captain.

"King Yong's Mansion ordered, these people wantonly raised grain prices, disrupted the Yongdi market, and made false accounts, all of them were put in prison to wait for the prince's fate." The lieutenant replied, "You merchants from all over the world, leave quickly, this place will be sealed soon." ”

"If this place is sealed, what will happen to our food!"

"That's right! That is, what about our food? ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, your grain is in the granary outside the city, which has been taken over by our army for the time being, and those who want to get the grain back, take your credentials and go outside the city to collect ......" After the lieutenant said this, he pressed the people of the exchange and left, and the originally lively exchange was also completely seized.

Without the exchange, these merchants hurriedly took the vouchers in their hands and went outside the city to receive grain, but when they arrived, they found that the grain in their hands was not 1,800 stones, but tens of thousands of stones, hundreds of thousands of stones, and if so much grain was brought out, there would be no place to put it!