After a night of feasting, all the teenagers came with excitement, and after making an appointment to get together next time, they all returned happy.

After bidding farewell to everyone one by one, Jiang Wei asked the attendant to settle the bill.

Phoenix Tai Dou drank ten thousand, and he was ready for heavy bleeding.

The attendant smiled and said:

"The proprietor commanded, and the rate was even more rewarding, and the shop was really full of brilliance. This seat is the proprietor's little heart, and he doesn't dare to let the rate go even more. ”

Jiang Wei was suspicious in his heart, and secretly said:

"I was moved to the crown prince rate for only a few days, how can the unmasked Zhang family of Shu County know this? It seems that they have a wide range of sources in the DPRK...... This meal cost a lot, and Zhang's said that it would be exempt, and it seemed that there was a good idea of making friends and selling it...... The power of the family is deep-rooted, the hands and eyes are open, and they are good at being a man, and there are indeed reasons for being strong. ”

He didn't show a smile on his face, but shook his head and said:

"Thank you for your owner's kindness, but Wei has never liked to owe favors, so please take the bill."

The attendant persuaded a few more words, but Jiang Wei just politely refused.

The attendant ushered in and sent for many years, and knew that as long as he did things, he just had to show his attitude, and it didn't matter what the result was, so he had to give up when he saw this.

After a while, I picked up the bill and came back.

Jiang Wei only took a cursory look at it, and he felt a lot of pain in his flesh.

But in addition to the pain in the flesh, I was also very surprised, because this bill was settled in gold and silver.

At that time, most of the people in circulation in the world were copper coins, and few people used gold and silver.

So he wondered: "Don't you charge copper coins?" ”

The attendant smiled bitterly:

"The good education rate is even more clear, and now the prices on the market are soaring, and the money is expensive. Originally, fifty yuan could buy a bucket of rice, but now it has risen to ninety yuan, and it looks like it is about to break 100 yuan. The rest of the pig-like chickens, ducks, fish, and other vegetables have no price increases. There is no way to ...... the shop."

When Jiang Wei heard this, a trace of surprise rose in his heart.

At this time, it was the end of March and the beginning of April, which was barely a time of scarcity, and it was understandable that grain prices would rise by a doubling rate.

But the price of goods such as pig-like chicken, duck and fish has also risen sharply, which is very strange, after all, these goods are in stable supply all year round.

If it is really as the attendant said, I am afraid that other goods will not be spared, and the price will inevitably rise.

The rise and fall of the price of treasures such as silk and ironware is directly related to the implementation of the Pingqiang policy.

Thinking of this, he became more and more curious, and decided to explore the market himself tomorrow.

The attendant saw that he was contemplative for a long time, thinking that he was swollen and shy, and added:

"If you insist on knowing copper coins, it's okay. The villain will be arranged. ”

Jiang Wei shook his head, took out a piece of gold from his arms, and placed it in the hand of the attendant.

"No need, I'll reward you more."

After saying that, he walked away.

******

Early the next morning, Jiang Wei got up early and rushed to various markets in the city to investigate the changes in prices.

In a Tongyi capital like Jinguancheng, various types of markets are divided into categories and are very neat.

Jinli is famous for distributing silk fabrics such as Shu brocade, in addition, there are also medicine shops, cattle shops, slaughter shops, leather shops, fish shops and other markets of different sizes, scattered all over the city.

Jiang Wei asked all the way, and found that goods such as raw silk, pulp, vehicles and ships, bamboo and wood, lacquerware, plain wood ironware, tendons, dansha and other goods have indeed begun to rise in price, and the magnitude is not small.

Although the cities in the city are still crowded, the actual trading volume has begun to decline.

He quickly realized that this was no longer a normal rise and fall of one industry and one industry, and this had already involved industry-wide inflation.

According to the experience of later generations, if the inflation problem is not dealt with in a timely manner, it will become more and more serious, and then quickly spread to the whole country, causing more widespread chaos.

Jiang Wei was slightly anxious in his heart, if this really happened, his pacification strategy, the imperial court's Northern Expedition policy might be postponed indefinitely-

The house hasn't been cleaned yet, so what kind of battle is there to fight!

Thinking of this, Jiang Wei often went to Sima Mansion when he stepped forward, and his heart must remind Zhuge Liang.

******

After the communication, Jiang Wei was introduced into Zhuge Liang's duty room by a small official.

Striding in, I saw that in addition to Zhuge Liang, the white-eyed Ma Liang was also present, and both of them had a trace of melancholy on their faces.

He has worked with Ma Liang for a while, and they are no strangers to each other.

"Jiang Wei has seen the military advisor and Mr. Ma!"

Ma Liang also got up and returned the salute, and said with his chin bowed: "I haven't seen Boyo for a long time." ”

After Zhuge Liang motioned for him to take a seat, he asked:

"Boyo is going to be on duty tomorrow, come here today, is there anything wrong?"

Jiang Wei knew that he was busy with official business, so he went straight to the point and said:

Wei rushed to the market in the morning to investigate, and found that the prices on the market were soaring, which was not beneficial to the country and the people, and the hidden danger was great. I am here to remind the military advisor that the imperial court is requested to make plans in advance. ”

When Zhuge Liang and Ma Liang heard this, they looked at each other, and they were all a little surprised.

But see Zhuge Liang said:

"I don't want you to notice it. Yes, prices have been rising since a few days ago, and I don't want it to get worse, so it's hard to get rid of it......"

Jiang Wei asked, "I don't know if the imperial court has a way to deal with it?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "In fact, there are also people in the court who are good at managing money and goods, and it is Liu Ba and Liu Zichu who are also. If this person takes action, he will be able to resolve the hidden danger. ”

"Liu Ba Liu Zichu?" Jiang Wei muttered in his mouth, but said in his heart, this name is like thunder.

Liu Ba, at the beginning of the word, a native of Lingling County, Jingzhou, was a famous scholar and a master in the Three Kingdoms period, and his academic talents were all famous all over the world, even Zhuge Liang once said:

"Strategizing is in the middle of the curtain, I might as well be far away."

His life experience is also full of twists and turns, and it can even be said to be extremely dramatic.

When Liu Ba was eighteen years old, he served as the chief bookkeeper of the county office under Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

is such a celebrity, and his heart is full of a sense of belonging to the Cao Wei regime that "supported" the Han Emperor, probably because he is full of longing for a series of famous people under Cao Cao, such as Xun Yu, Chen Qun, Zhong Xuan and so on.

This also led to his extreme dislike of Liu Bei, who was Cao Cao's opponent.

At that time, when Liu Bei was still in Xinye, he asked Liu Biao's nephew Zhou Budo to study with him.

When Liu Ba heard that it was Liu Bei's introduction, he desperately excused himself, saying that he couldn't afford it, and he was very humble.

Later, on the eve of the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao and began to flee.

At that time, because of the persuasion of the opinion leader Zhuge Liang, almost all of the scholars in Jingzhou followed Liu Bei south, and only Liu Ba went north to join Cao.

Cao Cao was naturally pleasantly surprised by Liu Ba's defection, and immediately appointed him as prime minister, and sent him to appease Changsha and Lingling Jingnan counties, which was also a great task.

Unexpectedly, Cao Cao was defeated in the Battle of Chibi, and Liu Bei accepted Zhuge Liang's strategy and began to seize Changsha, Lingling and other counties.

As a result, Liu Bei and Liu Ba were once again drawn together by fate.

This time, in order to avoid Liu Bei, Liu Ba hid in Jiaozhi alone, changed his surname to "Zhang", and worked under Jiaozhi Taishou Shixie.

But he had an arrogant personality and did not get along well with Shixie, and soon transferred to the Nanzhong area of Yizhou.

As a result, he was detained by the Yizhou County Guard at the checkpoint and transferred to Liu Zhang, the then lord of Shu, and began to work for Liu Zhang.

Later, Liu Bei entered Shu, Liu Ba went around in circles, and finally fell into Liu Bei's hands like fate.

After some persuasion by Zhuge Liang, he finally accepted his fate and accepted Liu Bei's conquest.

From this point of view, the grievances between these two people surnamed Liu can be regarded as a confused account that cannot be counted at all.