A banquet in Yuchun Tower was lively at that time, but out of the Yuchun Building's Accomodation, except for these grain merchants present at the time, no one knew how much impact this Suzhou City would have because of this incident.

When Xiang Yuzheng came out of the Yuchun Tower, he was already deeply drunk, but his mind was very clear, and his heart was full of excitement.

"If I can really say to Shen Yuanwai, according to the current market price, it will rise by another fifty percent, then I will really make a lot of money if I bring these two thousand stone grain!"

The abacus that was automatically conjured up in his heart clanged, and soon he sketched out vivid numbers in Xiang Yuzheng's mind.

"However, it is unknown how long I can last this little food!"

"Is it necessary to ask Xiang Fu to take people back quickly, and then go to the countryside to collect some grain?"

Greed is human nature, and the current situation in Suzhou City is not caused by their own greed.

However, after many grain merchants in Suzhou reached a consensus, Xiang Yuzheng, who was already greedy for the imminent surge in grain prices and the huge benefits that followed, began to be a little dissatisfied with the amount of grain in his hands now.

The banquet in Yuchun Building, the final result was very smooth, there were not too many waves, although some people did not agree with the price increase at first, but under the leadership of Shen Wanliang, who has a pivotal position in the Suzhou grain business community, and with the support of most of the businessmen who almost included half of the grain merchants in Suzhou, even if they were unwilling, they could not stop the general trend.

The day after this banquet, the people in Suzhou who were struggling to persevere suddenly found that the price of grain in the vast majority of grain shops in the entire city of Suzhou had skyrocketed again, and the price of one tael of silver and one stone had risen to one or two cents in just one night, and the prices of other grains such as millet and rice had also skyrocketed.

The sudden surge in grain prices soon had a great impact on the people, and a small number of grain shops that had not yet raised prices to maintain the original price were snapped up by the people, and countless people held grain bags high, squeezing their scalps to squeeze into these shops that had not raised prices, and using their last savings to do their best to hoard future rations.

And more coolies and people who have lost their savings and have no money to buy food can only watch this farce without the slightest action.

Soon, the few grain stores in the city that had not yet increased their prices hung up closed plaques because the stores had sold out of grain, blocking more people who had not bought food.

"They still have food, they just don't want to sell it to us!!"

The voice that came out of nowhere seemed harsh, but it just grabbed the tendon in the hearts of the people in front of them who had not bought food.

"Open the door!!"

"Open the door!"

"I want to buy food!!"

The chaotic crowd is always easy to be agitated, and when one person starts slamming the door, more people start to follow suit.

"It's gone, it's gone!"

"Don't smash it, there is really no grain of food in our store!!"

The clerks and men blocked the door and yelled pleadingly, and the crowd outside the door gradually became frenzied, making the guys in the wooden house feel uneasy, trying to calm the crowd outside the door.

But the result was obvious, the crowd outside the door did not have the slightest calm movement because of the men's explanation, but a shout from one after another, resounding throughout the street.

"Liars, you're lying to us!"

"If you really don't have one, open the door and let us check it!!"

The shopkeeper inside the door was already trembling with fright, this is no more than the ruffians and hooligans and business disputes encountered in the usual business, just looking at the dense heads of people from the window, it will make people feel daunted.

"Hurry up and inform the adults in the torture room, and ask them to send someone to maintain order!"

Helplessly, for the safety of the grain store, all the shopkeeper could think of was to send someone out of the remote back door to find someone from the government to help.

The last bottom line of the commotion in the city was gradually broken, and when the first grain store was smashed open by the people above, the situation became uncontrollable.

"Let's go, rob this gang of profiteers!!"

"Find a way to live!"

At this time, the craziest people were the poor people who could only watch the drama before, who had no financial resources and savings, who worked hard, and those ruffians and hooligans who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

In order to embolden themselves, everyone gathered into a long long snake, sweeping through the shops that had not yet closed before they had time to react, and the passing places were in a mess and littered with debris.

"My lord, it's not good!"

Xu Chen, the history of the torture room, walked quickly into the official residence where the Suzhou prefect was located, with a panicked face, and shouted as soon as he entered the door.

"What's going on, seeing what makes you anxious?"

Nam Suyuan, who was calmly sipping tea, looked at the history of his subordinates dissatisfied, and softly scolded the other party.

Previously, Master Han Jin reported the crisis in Suzhou to Nan Zhuyuan, and asked Nan Zhuyuan to think of a way to take precautions, but the final result was unsatisfactory.

The reason is very simple, Han Jin's several suggestions as a master have made Nan Su Yuan, who has finally climbed to his current status, a great risk, and Nam Su Yuan, who is old in officialdom, is very clear: officialdom has always said more and done less, many times more do more wrong, and do less wrong.

After a long time of psychological combat in the end, Nam so Won gave Han Jin only a few words: "Let's let the old man think about it!" ”

This thought is that more than half a month has passed, from the beginning of the frightened, to the current comfortable, Nan Zhuyuan with a fluke psychology to manage the daily affairs of Suzhou Mansion.

Day by day, although there are more and more displaced people in Suzhou, and the incidents of closed factories and workshops are also constantly occurring, but in addition to bringing a lot of trouble to the canonical historians such as the torture room, it seems that it is not as unbearable as the previous master Han Jin worried.

"There's a riot in the city, there's a riot in the city!"

Xu Chen, the out-of-breath torture room codeco, angrily told what had just happened in the city.

"Bang dang!"

"What?"

The prefect Nam so won suddenly stood up from the recliner, and his face suddenly turned pale.

"It's over, it's over, it's really over this time!"

"You, what are you doing to eat, didn't you have already ordered you to send more men to drive out the homeless people in the city?"

Nam so Won finally recovered from this news, and at the same time angrily vented his remaining anger on the classic history Xu Chen.

"The reason for the sudden riot of the people this time is also very sudden, it is the grain merchants in our city who suddenly raised the price, so that the people could not afford it, and finally under the encouragement of well-intentioned people, the current situation was created."

Xu Chen, as a classic history of Suzhou City, is quite well-informed in terms of news, and he soon has an eyebrow about why the riots occurred in the city.

"What?"

Nam so Won, who was blue with an iron face, was stunned for a moment, and then shouted murderously: "This group of damn profiteers, you should be killed!" ”

"When has it been, they still dare to raise the price, is it true that I, the prefect, dare not kill people?"

Because of this riot, Nam so Won, who has always regarded himself as a humble gentleman, finally wants to use the power in his hands to make this group of bastards who caused this chaos suffer once.

"Check, check for me, I don't believe that these guys will be so coincidental, just at the same time when the price increases, there must be a main messenger behind them!"

“……”

"This, actually, ......"

The classic history Xu Chen wanted to speak and stopped, and the dilemma fell in the eyes of Nan Zhuyuan, and he immediately knew that his subordinate still had some ability, and he already knew some inside stories behind it.

"What do you know, tell me everything, are you still afraid that you will not be able to do a few businessmen in the history of the Tang and Tang Torture Rooms?"

Nan Zhuyuan was stunned, and Xu Chen's heart tightened when he saw the classic history below, and he hurriedly poured out everything he knew.

"According to the information learned by the subordinates, the person led by the other party is from the Shen family, a wealthy man in Suzhou, and it is Shen Wanliang of the Shen family who is in charge of the grain line."

"Shen's people?"

Hearing this name, the angry expression on Nan Suyuan's face loosened a little, this Shen clan's strength in Suzhou is real, and even he Nan Suyuan himself has a lot of dealings with him in normal times.

Of course, the exchange is only a superficial statement, in fact, everyone knows that they have just received bribe funds from the Shen family to ensure the safety of each other.

Xiang Yuzheng looked at the riot at the dock under the ship, and continued stubbornly: "Our grain can only be sold at a price in this place, is it because of this risk that we can't go home?" ”

Although Anhui is not a place rich in grain, under the attraction of interests, Xiang Yuzheng, who is well-informed adjacent to Jiangsu, bought such a boatload of grain in his hometown and prepared to sell it to the people in Suzhou at a high price.

At the very least, Suzhou is notoriously wealthy, and although the situation is now depressed, the people at the bottom should still have some savings, and the risk is lower than in other places.

But now after arriving in Suzhou Mansion, Xiang Yuzheng found that the situation did not seem to be as easy as he imagined, just now the workers on the dock who are squeezing their scalps to find work make people look goosebumps, and it is even more difficult for Xiang Yuzheng to imagine what the scene in the city will be.

However, if he gave up the food on his ship now, which he had collected after almost all his savings, because of the immediate risk, wouldn't it mean that he would be bankrupt because of it?

As for the transfer to other places, Xiang Yuzheng didn't dare to imagine it, even Suzhou Mansion, which is known as the land of heaven, is already like this, and those places that are not as good as Suzhou Mansion don't know what it will look like.

"Send someone down to find the snake thief, and ask him to pick a dozen strong and honest-looking familiar faces to help us unload the goods!"

Anyway, seeing the scene of the crowd surging under the boat, Xiang Yuzheng was not ready to come forward for the time being, but asked the guy to go down to the dock to find a reliable leader of the rivers and lakes who was familiar with the local environment and helped him do these things.

In the past, there was no need for such trouble, but it was worth the trouble and less risk in special periods.

The guy soon found a reliable snake head at the dock, brought it up to meet with Xiang Yuzheng, and with his help, he selected a dozen right-hand men to start unloading.

At this time, the crowd of people crowded together in the dock area did not disperse because the dust of coolie candidates settled, and they still gathered around the dock area, watching the coolies who were gradually getting busy.

Fortunately, some time ago, Japan and South Korea reported to the prefect of Suzhou that Suzhou City was now in danger, but in some important areas, they sent additional arresters and yacha to forcefully suppress the misdeeds in the city.

That's it, when unloading the goods, Xiang Yuzheng and the guys he recruited didn't dare to take it lightly at all, and they didn't relax until all the grain was transported to the granary he had already set.

In the meantime, taking advantage of the opportunity to unload the goods, Xiang Yuzheng quietly slipped off the boat with a few guys, and after walking around Suzhou City, looking at Xiao Se to Suzhou City, he had a little joy: the more depressed the scene, the more happy it was for speculators like them, which also meant that they could earn more profits.

"Boss, someone just sent a sticker, because you didn't send the small one to your old house."

As soon as he returned to the inn where he was staying, Xiang Chao, a confidant and cronie brought by Yu Zheng from home, whispered in his ear.

"What post?"

Xiang Yuzheng looked up and asked.

"He said that he was the proprietor of the Shen family's grain shop in the city, please ask the proprietor to take a while in Yuchun Tower in the evening."

Tell the truth.

"Oh, got it."

Xiang Yuzheng nodded, indicating that he already understood.

Back in the room of the inn, an invitation written on red paper was placed on the table of the Eight Immortals who entered the door.

Picking up the invitation, Xiang Yuzheng roughly scanned the content of the invitation, roughly asking him to go to Yuchun Tower to talk to Shen Wanliang, the owner of Shen's grain shop, around midnight and around midnight.

What made Xiang Yuzheng curious, how could the people from the Shen Clan's grain shop know their news in the short time they had just arrived in Suzhou Mansion, and they came to the door so quickly.

Peers are the truth of enemies, Xiang Yuzheng actually understands that those things in the shopping mall can't be done, and they basically go to the rivers and lakes.

Even if there is no invitation at this time, Xiang Yuzheng himself will personally take the servants and the prepared Li gifts to visit the other colleagues in the city after settling down, which can be regarded as saying hello in advance and seeking their understanding.

"What kind of medicine is sold in this gourd?"

If it weren't for the fact that he was in a hurry at this time, Xiang Yuzheng himself would even send someone to the city to inquire first to see if there was anything wrong with it, or what happened.

However, although he was surprised and surprised, Xiang Yuzheng was not so flustered, a huge Suzhou city radiated hundreds of thousands of households, and he brought this line of food to Yuzheng, but it was only two or three thousand stones, even if it would temporarily compete with the other party, in the long run, the impact was not big.