Chapter 477: Showing Fangs
On this day, countless street guards were suddenly dispatched in Chang'an City.
These street guards are equivalent to the police in later generations, patrolling the streets every day when they are fine.
The people in Chang'an City are naturally accustomed to street guards.
But the fact that so many street guards gathered today still surprised the people.
How many years they remember not seeing so many street guards get together.
Looks like something big is going to happen today.
According to their estimates, it should be an important criminal or a Jiangyang thief in Chang'an City.
These street guards must have come to arrest Jiang Yang's thieves.
But it soon became clear that they seemed to have guessed wrong.
These street guards are only responsible for intercepting and maintaining law and order at both ends of the main streets of Chang'an City.
And then, the eldest grandson made his debut.
The eldest grandson Wuji led a team of 500 forbidden troops and went straight to the streets of Chang'an.
Seeing this scene, the people who were watching around couldn't help but feel excited.
Sure enough, something big happened!
If it wasn't for something wrong, how could Zhao Guogong lead his troops to appear?
What's going on?
Soon, the eldest grandson Wuji came to a courtyard, and then the eldest grandson Wuji ordered: "Come a team of soldiers, rush in, catch all the people inside, and seal all the goods inside." ”
Well?
Could it be that the people living in this courtyard are Jiangyang thieves?
Eh, no, no, even if it is a thief from Jiang Yang, there is no reason to let Zhao Guogong bring troops over to arrest people.
Could it be that this is a prisoner?
Just as they were guessing, a team of forbidden soldiers stayed, quickly drew their knives, kicked in the door, and broke in directly.
And the eldest grandson Wuji did not stop, and went straight forward with the rest of the forbidden army.
Those melon-eating viewers who followed from afar couldn't help but be a little embarrassed at this time.
Do you want to stay and watch the excitement? Or follow Zhao Guogong to the front to watch the excitement?
Eventually, the vast majority stayed.
I saw this group of forbidden troops rushing into the courtyard and quickly escorted out seven or eight people who were tied up.
These people don't look like Jiangyang thieves, but the shopkeepers and guys of ordinary stores.
Immediately after, batches of cloth were brought out of the courtyard, and then rushed to the ox cart to crash.
Hey?
These cloths look familiar.
This seems to be the cheap cloth sold by the King of Shu, right?
Don't look at the low price, in fact, the quality is absolutely superior.
Whether it is in terms of fineness or color, it is better than the quality of the high-priced cloth sold by the five surnames and seven hopes.
Therefore, there were a few people who had bought the cloth sold by the King of Shu at the scene, and they recognized it at a glance.
At this time, they probably guessed it.
This time, it's the cloth hoarders who are being arrested, right?
The shopkeeper and the guys who were arrested couldn't help but panic.
"What? Why are you arresting us? ”
The forbidden army said contemptuously: "Why should I arrest you? Didn't you read the announcement issued by the government? Anyone who dares to hoard cloth and raise the market price will be caught and killed, and all property will be confiscated. I'll tell you, we've been watching you for days! ”
Hearing the words of the forbidden army, these guys and the shopkeeper couldn't help but collapse to the ground at once.
There are a few more who were directly scared to pee.
This is a great sin of beheading!
If they are caught at this moment, their lives will be over, how can they not panic?
"Don't kill me, don't kill me! It's all the Cui family who instructed us to do this, don't do my business! ”
The forbidden army said sternly: "You can keep these words and say them in the yamen!" Take! ”
Soon, all the men were taken away, and all the cloth was transported.
And the surrounding people, seeing this scene, couldn't help but burst into applause.
It's really exciting!
It turned out that all this was done by the Cui family.
Well, they later learned that there was also a Zheng family.
These families are really hateful.
Taking advantage of the cold weather, he raised the market price by himself.
The king of Shu took pity on the people and sold the cloth at a very low price at a loss, but he didn't expect them to be a hindrance.
actually secretly found someone to snap up it, and then sold it at a high price.
In Chang'an City, the Cui family and the Zheng family in the five surnames and seven wangs, a total of 16 strongholds, 135 people, all of whom were arrested.
The goods inside, the cheap cloth sold by the King of Shu that they snapped up, were all confiscated.
Even some of the original cloth of their family was confiscated.
These 135 people, after being identified, were beheaded directly at the entrance of the vegetable market.
One hundred and thirty-five bloody heads were hung at the entrance of the vegetable market, which can be regarded as a warning to those unscrupulous traders who try to inflate the market price.
This incident caused a sensation in the entire Chang'an City.
Countless people were clapping their hands.
The cheap cloth sold by the King of Shu began to be sold again.
This time, there was an endless stream of people who came to buy cloth.
However, like last time, the scene of directly snatching one piece of cloth did not appear.
And this incident is not over here.
If those guys don't confess to the Zheng family and the Cui family, it's just that.
But since they have confessed to the Zheng family and the Cui family, how can Li Shimin give up?
This time, the Zheng family and the Cui family also realized that the situation was not good.
The heads of these two families personally entered Beijing to face the saint.
I don't know what they talked about, anyway, when these two heads of the family left the palace, their faces were ugly.
Next, the Cui family and the Zheng family sold all the cloth they hoarded at a lower price than the king of Shu.
This is probably one of the conditions for them to compromise with Li Shimin.
In fact, the cloth sold by the king of Shu is of better quality.
They won't be able to sell at all if they don't sell it at a lower price.
And with the cloth of the King of Shu, the cloth business of the two of them will not be done in the future.
After all, the price of the cloth sold by the king of Shu is their cost price.
And the quality is even better than theirs.
If they want to be able to sell it, they have to use a lower price.
But then they will lose money.
As soon as the king of Shu made a move, he robbed the cloth business of the two of them.
This made the five surnamed Qiwang families even more frightened and panicked.
Now, the salt and iron industries are estimated to be taken away from them by the King of Shu in a few years.
In the cloth business, after they sold the cloth they had hoarded, they had nothing to do.
For example, cosmetics, Zhenguan table, Zhenguan chair, monosodium glutamate and other businesses, they can't compete with the king of Shu at all.
As long as people launch a business, their business will not be done.
In the long run, their family's business will inevitably be robbed.
Their family will decline rapidly until it dies out.