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Zheng Fei now finally knows why the people who bought rice just now have a sad face,

Ten buckets of rice, is this rice?!

Zheng Fei didn't care about the big words he just said, and asked the guy again, "Ten times and one fight?" It's also too expensive! Can it be cheaper? ”

The guy smiled indifferently, "I'm sorry, this price is already the cheapest price, and now the price of rice is already expensive during the famine, and our family officials have taken out a lot of rice to make righteous porridge and distribute it to the victims, and now there is less and less rice in the city, so the price has naturally doubled several times." ”

Zheng Fei retorted, "But how many meters can you use with such a sparse porridge?" But the price of the rice you sell is so high, this ...... Something doesn't make sense, right? ”

The guy said impatiently, "This little one is not clear." Do you still buy it? The shop is very busy, please forgive the villain for not having time to chat with you here. ”

After this person finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the store, but before entering the store, he turned back to Zheng Fei and the others and said,

"Remind you, now there are only 700 buckets of rice left in our store, and the rice will be sold out in two days, if you want to buy it, you have to hurry, and when the rice is sold out, ......, hehe."

After that, he turned his head and went into the store, following other guys in the store without knowing what they were talking about, and pointing at Zheng Fei and the others from time to time and sneering.

Zheng Fei and Zhu Wu stood in front of the store and looked at each other,

I wanted to come to buy grain and thank Lu Shisang for his righteous deeds, but I didn't expect this to be the result.

To buy or not to buy?

If you buy it, 5,000 guan is only enough to buy 500 buckets of rice, which is no different from a drop in the bucket for disaster relief!

If they don't buy it, countless people outside the city are still struggling to starve to death.

Zheng Fei sighed and said, "Let's go back first, and see how Brother Deng and Brother Wang are doing." ”

So they got on their horses, and rode back the way they came, with a whip on their horses.

After a short time, he returned to the agreed place,

But I saw that there were two people waiting there, who were they if they weren't Wang Jin and Pang Wanchun?

As soon as the two of them saw Zheng Fei, they immediately greeted them,

As soon as he got closer, Zheng Fei asked anxiously, "How did you buy rice?" ”

saw that Wang Jin and Pang Wanchun's faces suddenly flashed with a trace of anger,

Pang Wanchun shouted, "That Meng Ji grain store is too outrageous!" It's going to be ten times a fight! It was too expensive, we didn't dare to buy it, and then we rushed back and asked the owner what you meant. Did you buy it, master? ”

Zheng Fei and Zhu Wu glanced at each other when they heard this, and they were both shocked again!

Two of the three major grain banks are actually ten and one fight!

'M afraid...... Although Deng Yuanjue hasn't come back yet, it seems that he can't run this price there! Otherwise the boss there is either a fool or a madman!

Zheng Fei couldn't help frowning, he always felt that something was wrong with this matter, but he couldn't see what was wrong.

But at this moment, I only heard Zhu Wu say coldly, "This grain store in the whole city is really doing a good job!" ”

Zheng Fei's heart moved when he heard this, and he looked at Zhu Wu, and saw Zhu Wu's gloomy face, and there was a trace of angry sneer on the corner of his mouth,

Could it be ...... Zhu Wu saw what couldn't be done?!

I only heard Zhu Wu continue, "Master, I finally understand why this government doesn't open a righteous warehouse now. The government's move must be inseparable from several major grain stores in this city! ”

Zheng Fei was shocked, "What did Brother Zhu say?" ”

Zhu Wudao, "If the government does not open a righteous warehouse, it is to raise the price of rice, so that the grain store in the city can take the opportunity to make huge profits!" At the same time, in order to prevent the people in the city from going out of the city to eat righteous porridge, they sent troops to guard the city gate, nominally to prevent the victims from entering the city, but in fact, they wanted to put the people in the city under house arrest, forcing them to spend a high price to buy rice from the grain store! ”

Zheng Fei was dumbfounded when he heard these words!

This...... This is also incredible!

I only heard Pang Wanchun Qi say, "But isn't the government afraid of the disaster victims making trouble?" ”

Zhu Wu sneered again, "That's why they took out a small part of the rice to make righteous porridge for the victims to eat, the purpose is to prevent the victims from making trouble." Just now, Lu Ji's guy said that there were only 700 buckets of rice left in their store, and I don't think he was telling a lie, and it should be not only their family, but the rice of the other two families is almost sold out. If my guess is correct, when these three rice shops are full of money in a few days, it will be time for the government to open its warehouse. ”

Zhu Wu smiled at Zheng Fei, "Master, I think we can save this money, in a few days, there will be no rice to buy in the city, and the government will open the Yicang, and the disaster victims will be able to get relief food." There's nothing going on with us here. ”

Zheng Fei naturally completely believed Zhu Wu's speculation, but he thought of one more thing in his heart and asked, "But after a few days, what if the government quietly transfers the grain in the righteous warehouse to the grain store and continues to sell it at a high price?" ”

Zhu Wu smiled and shook his head, "Absolutely not, even if someone is suspicious of reporting the prefect's current actions to the imperial court, if they can't get evidence of the prefect's collusion with the grain store to seek huge profits, the prefect will have all kinds of good reasons to respond, such as not opening the Yicang because there are still grain merchants to help with disaster relief, and the victims are still starving to death, and they are also worried that the disaster will be too long in the future, and the grain in the Yicang will be kept until the critical moment and so on." Even if the court really wants to blame it, the prefect will only end up with a mishandling mistake. Neither he nor his career will have any impact, and maybe not only will he not be punished by the imperial court, but he will also be rewarded for not having trouble with the people! Therefore, the prefect will never dare to move the righteous warehouse, and the righteous warehouse will leave evidence as soon as it moves, and the court will know it as soon as it checks, this is a big crime of filling the private pocket in the private warehouse, whether it is the grain store or the prefect, it can not afford it! ”

Zheng Fei nodded and sighed deeply, if it was really as Zhu Wu guessed, then the government and grain stores here really understood the great principle that it was good to see good.

And this matter is also arranged very cleverly and hidden,

Who would have thought that a few big families acting as good people were the main culprits responsible for the high price of rice?

From ancient times to the present, as long as there is collusion between officials and businessmen, the people will be played with!

The reason for this is the lack of effective supervision of power!

Zheng Fei secretly kept this matter in his heart......!

And the image of Lu Shisang in his heart also plummeted in an instant! This kind of person who colludes with the government is definitely not a hero! I think that Lu Shisang was able to follow Fang La at the beginning, but it was only because he contributed a large amount of grain and grass to Fang La, and now it seems that this person is just a villain who speculates and drills camps!

Now that everyone knows the real reason, there is no difference between buying and not buying this grain, just continue to wait for Deng Yuanjue to come back here and discuss how to use this money again.

But waiting left and right, but Deng Yuanjue's figure was still not seen for a long time.

Zheng Fei was suspicious in his heart, could it be...... Is Deng Yuanjue so face-saving that he has already bought food, so he can't come back? Then he said to Wang Jin and Pang Wanchun, "Brother Wang, Chunzi, you continue to wait here, and I will go with Brother Zhu to find Brother Deng." ”

Wang Jin and Pang Wanchunqi claimed to be,

Zheng Fei and Zhu Wu turned over and went south again.

After inquiring all the way, the two traveled a long way, and finally came to a big grain store, and on the door was a plaque larger than Lu Ji Grain Store, with four big words on it: "Fengdeng Grain Store"!

But the scene in front of them before the grain store surprised Zheng Fei and the others!

The grain store was actually surrounded by people on the third floor and the outer three floors, Zheng Fei and the others thought at first that the cheap rice here attracted the people to buy it.

But when I looked through the crowd, I was surprised!

I saw that in front of the gate of the grain store, the rice bags were scattered on the ground, and the benches and baskets were all crooked.

The door of the grain store was crooked to one side, several windows were damaged, and a few men were limping to pack their things, their faces were blue and swollen, and horror was written on their faces.

And what's even more terrifying is ...... On the ground in front of the grain store, there was a large pool of blood, which was particularly conspicuous among the rice grains scattered on the ground!

But Deng Yuanjue's figure was not among the people present!

Zheng Fei and Zhu Wu glanced at each other, and they both saw deep worry in each other's eyes! Intuition told them that the chaos before the grain store must have something to do with Deng Yuanjue!

Zheng Fei and the others immediately turned over and dismounted and came to the crowd,

At this time, it happened that a person had just finished watching the excitement and was walking in front of Zheng Fei and the others.

Zheng Fei hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him and arched his hand, "This brother, may I ask what is going on inside?" ”

"Oh," the man said excitedly, "you didn't know it when you first came to see it, there was a death in there!" ”

Zheng Fei was taken aback, "Please tell me more about it, who died?" How did it come out? ”

The man's eyebrows fluttered and he said, "You are asking the right person, I happened to be passing by and saw the whole process, it was a tall and mighty monk who came to buy grain, it seems that because the price is too expensive, and the attitude of the guy in the shop is arrogant, the monk is furious and begins to smash the shop, but he is not careful, and he killed, and a guy in the shop has been arrested by the officers and soldiers who rushed to hear the news. ”

Zheng Fei's complexion changed greatly, this clearly means Deng Yuanjue,

He...... How did he kill someone?!

How good is that!