In times of war, food and medicine are the most valuable things, but life and dignity are not cheap. War is supposed to be a military thing, but at any time, it will be connected to ordinary people.

Regardless of whether Zhu Youxiao was willing or unwilling, Huang Taiji finally came to Beijing with his army, as recorded in history, no matter how Zhu Youxiao, a butterfly, instigated his wings, he could not change.

For more than a month, although the ordinary people in Beijing already knew about it, the Houjin army actually entered the Guannei and burned and looted in the Dunhua area. But he never thought that one morning when he woke up, he would suddenly find that Houjin's army was stationed outside the city.

This may also be the same sex of human beings, after all, the matter has not been involved in him, and the attention will naturally not be too high.

How long has it been, and when have there been foreigners outside the city of Beijing in the Ming Dynasty. Perhaps it will be recorded in the history books that the Mongols appeared more than 100 years ago, but more than 100 years is enough time for two or three generations to live and reproduce. Those who lived through that tragic moment have long since turned into dry bones. Time will fade away, and the current people have long forgotten the shameful scene at the beginning.

When the people woke up and found that the outside of the city was full of troops, they suddenly rushed to buy all kinds of supplies like headless flies like later generations.

Marx once said that when the profit is as high as 300%, the capitalists can sell their souls to the devil.

At this time, some shops in Beijing also raised prices on the ground, and they didn't care that the army outside the city had already sharpened their knives.

For some daily necessities, there is a price per day, which has caused the people in Beijing to be restless.

This is also the biggest difference between ancient society and modern society, because the ancient emperor could not directly and effectively control the entire country, and needed to rely on the indirect management of the gentry at all levels, and there was no way to unify the behavior of the lower classes.

If this is placed in modern society, if any region dares to privately raise the price of some ordinary people's daily necessities, I believe that the government will definitely hammer you to death with its iron fist.

Although there are such things as garlic and ginger and your army in modern times, these two things are not like rice and white noodles, which belong to the people's essential daily necessities and will have an accident if they don't eat them for a day.

If anyone dares to make food like this, he will definitely die without a place to bury.

However, Zhu Youxiao was very happy to see such a situation. Although it is a little bitter for the people, there will be sweetness in the future, and it can be regarded as bitter first and then sweet.

"Shopkeeper, you see that all the things of other commercial banks have increased in price, should we also increase the price with them, if you seem to be a maverick, it is easy to find the exclusion of other commercial houses."

Qian Donghai was dressed in a white robe and looked at Li Fumin nervously.

Qian Donghai himself is an ordinary family, and he has also attended private school for three or two years, so he can read a few words, and was specially invited by Li Fumin to be a bookkeeper. Five taels of silver a month, plus a large bag of rice or white flour can be regarded as an increase in the happiness index of this somewhat poor family.

These days, seeing other commercial banks are constantly raising prices wildly, and their own commercial banks have not moved, which can't help but make Qian Donghai a little anxious.

Of course, the anxiety is not that they can't make money, but that the price of their own trading houses is much lower than that of other trading houses, so that many people go to their own trading houses to buy things, resulting in a large number of items being sold. It's okay for a short time, but if it's too long, your own business house won't have anything to sell.

Li Fumin pondered for a while, now that the army is crushing the city, I believe that the emperor has more important matters to deal with urgently. If he went to the emperor now, wouldn't it make the emperor even more distracted. If the price of his business bank does not increase now, it can be regarded as helping the emperor to do something within his ability.

It's just that if the price really doesn't increase for a long time, it is really possible that there will be no goods to sell as Qian Donghai expected.

"In this case, you go out and inform it, and let the price of all the things in the comptoir increase by half." make

After thinking about it, let's raise the price first. However, although the price has begun to rise, the price is still relatively much cheaper than other trading houses.

"This, the shopkeeper, if this is the case, what is the difference between the price rising and not rising, the people will still come to us to buy supplies."

"And I've also noticed that there have been many other trading houses lately, employing ordinary people, who buy our goods in large quantities."

Speaking of this, Qian Donghai frowned even more.

Qian Donghai naturally knows what ideas those firms have. Now that the army is besieging the city, I don't know when it will be able to retreat, and the supplies from other places cannot enter the city, so it is better to buy more to supplement your own shop. Regardless of what happens in the future, at least the money lost now has been made elsewhere. Think about things that shouldn't be thought about, if the Jiannu army surrounds it for three or five months, I believe that the materials you buy can make a lot of money.

"Well, let's go down and say that each person is only allowed to buy a certain amount of material to ensure the livelihood of their family, and to prevent them from changing hands and selling it to others at a high price."

For such a thing to happen, Li Fumin can't deal with it. After all, there are so many people coming and going every day, and no one can remember whom, so they can only control the situation by this blunt means.

"Okay, then I'll go down and let you know."

Although Qian Donghai didn't understand why his shopkeeper didn't take advantage of this great opportunity to make a lot of money like other businessmen, he posted money so upside down. But maybe it's because of this character that I do things for it willingly.

If Li Fumin knew what Qian Donghai was thinking, he would definitely cry out for his injustice.

"Whoever doesn't want to make money is a bastard. It's just that I can't calculate the money, once I really dare to adjust the price of the commodity like other trading houses, I believe that I will definitely be the result of my head landing in the future.

The reason why the emperor opened this trading house is not only to make some money to subsidize himself, but more importantly, he wants to take this opportunity to benefit the ordinary people of the world."

"But do you want to write a letter to report to the emperor, if the emperor's mind is all on the streets outside the city, if he doesn't know anything about the things in the city, if he doesn't understand, will the emperor be suspicious of himself?"

Li Fumin thought about it, suddenly realized, and hurriedly picked up the pen and wrote the folds.

"Emperor, as you expected, all the commercial houses in the city have begun to increase their prices on the ground, and the prices of some commercial houses are even several times the previous ones."

Wei Zhongxian said with a flattering face.

Zhu Youxiao didn't care about this, of course, because he knew what the morality of this group of people was like. If you don't make a fortune at such a good time, it's simply unnatural.

"Record all these firms, as well as the proprietors behind them. After this army, let's have a good time."

Although Zhu Youxiao had a smile on his face, the cold killing intent still made Wei Zhongxian, who was standing on the side, give a cold war.

At the same time, he is also praying that those people under him must not raise the price at this time, otherwise he will not be able to save them in the future.

"Anything else"?

"Oh, your lord. This is a recital handed to His Majesty by Li Fumin to the old slave."