Chapter 229: The Situation in the City

In the next few days, it can be described as calm, and the civil uprising that Liu Shouyou was expecting did not happen, because the day after all the shops were seized, the people found that a group of merchants opened a market outside the city of Ping'an Mansion every day, selling things including cloth and silk, firewood, grain and oil, although there were no valuable things, but most of the daily necessities could be bought in the market. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

And more importantly, the quantity is large and the quality is high, and the price is good, and even compared with the original prices in the city are reduced by about one and a half, if there is anything bad, that is, there is no original convenience in the city to buy things, can only go outside the city to buy, but this inconvenience is nothing compared to the cheap and high-quality goods outside the city.

The common people of China, or the people at the bottom, have always been good at budgeting, not to mention the price of one and a half percent, even if it is a low price of a few copper coins, they will not hesitate to run a few more miles, so although the shops of Liu Sun and Wu have been seized, the impact on the lives of the people can be said to be negligible.

Of course, this is only for the common people at the bottom, but not for the landlords and gentry, since the fall of the three families of Liu, Wu and Sun, the other landlords and gentry in the Ping'an Mansion have fallen into a panic.

The three powerful forces of Liu, Sun and Wu were uprooted overnight, and all the principals of the family were thrown into prison, and more importantly, the next day there was news that the prefect Liu Shouyou embezzled official money, colluded with profiteers, and intended to incite a civil uprising.

Maybe the people don't know the name of Liu Tuiguan, but in this Ping'an Mansion City, except for the three families of Liu Sun and Wu, who hasn't been ruthlessly cleaned up by Liu Tuiguan?

Countless landlords and gentry are afraid that they will wake up and find that they have also been robbed of their homes and destroyed their businesses, driven by this fear, there are two completely opposing voices and choices among these forces, which can be roughly divided into hawks and doves, the doves advocate immediately kneeling and licking, spending money to buy their lives, and immediately actively respond to the policy of the county government, and all the fields that have not been planted with winter wheat will be planted with sweet potatoes, and according to the proportion of previous years, the commercial tax will be sent to the county government without any discount.

I only hope that the big shots this time can let themselves go for the sake of their own obedient kneeling and licking, and the hawks' propositions are much tougher, most of them are people who are close to the three families of Liu, Sun and Wu, and they are used to acting as a prestige in the local area, and they don't believe the true or false rumors from the government at all, and even decide that the fat man who knows the county is beyond his strength!

"Your Highness, this is the list of merchants who have been active in the city recently, and some people have begun to spread rumors among the people, saying that the Hui merchants invited by His Highness outside the city are only here for a short time to do business, if you don't let the county government release the people of the Liusun and Wu families as soon as possible, the city will not survive sooner or later......"

In the main hall of King Shou's Mansion, Sun Ping knelt on one knee and told him all the news he had heard in the city these days.

"What was the reaction of the people?"

Zhu Changluo was very calm, and asked nonchalantly.

"There are very few people who respond, and even some of those who are instigated are all controlled in time, and there is no way to make any trouble!"

Speaking of this, Sun Ping couldn't help but have a glimmer of respect in his eyes, although he said it lightly, but in fact, the markets outside the city were all protected by him these days, so he knew best the uneasiness that permeated the people these days, it can be said that these rumors are like a spark in it, and if they are not handled well, they may cause disasters.

If it weren't for His Royal Highness's prediction, the Hui merchants who ordered to come had lowered the prices by one and a half as early as possible, and all the goods were supplied in unlimited quantities, so that these signs were directly strangled in the cradle.

"That's good, go back and send this list to the government and the county government to send one copy each, and the government government will send it to Shen Tongzhi's hands!"

Zhu Changluo had expected this, and there was no big surprise, so he thought for a moment and said.

In fact, the Chinese people are the most simple and realistic group of people, for them, as long as they can live, they will not take the risk to rebel, but there are countless bastards, who do not give them a way to live, and the final result is naturally to be killed by the lowly ordinary people in their eyes.

Just like now, as long as Zhu Changluo ensures that there is a market outside the city every day, the people will not believe those nonsense rumors, they just want to live their own small life.

Especially when Zhu Changluo asked Shen Tongzhi to announce in the name of the government that the fields of the three families of Sun, Liu and Wu would remain cultivated by the original tenants, and the obvious land rent would be reduced by 10%, no one would jump out and be dissatisfied.

For the common people, the big people can make trouble if they want, what does it have to do with them, as long as they don't hinder themselves from digging food from the soil, they will only support it!

"But Your Highness, Prince Su Gong has already sent someone to report several times, saying that his side is about to be unable to suppress it! Please think of a way as soon as possible......

Sun Ping frowned, and said with some worry.

It is undeniable that Zhu Changluo's idea of letting Zhang Sugong attract Hui merchants was indeed to solve the urgent need in Ping'an Fucheng, but even if the Hui merchants were different from those Jin merchants, their essence was still that of merchants, and merchants came thousands of miles just to seek wealth.

They mobilized goods from distant Hezhou and other places to transport them, and the cost had increased a lot, but now Zhu Changluo asked them to reduce the market price by one and a half percent, not to mention making money, basically these Hui merchants are already losing money.

In this case, even if there is Zhu Changluo's Prince Shou's golden signboard, even if there is Zhang Sugong's network strength in the friendship among the Hui merchants, it will not help, and by now, there have been several businessmen who have tactfully expressed that the funds they have prepared are insufficient, and ask His Royal Highness to find someone else.

Zhu Changluo had no doubt that if he hadn't uprooted the three families of Liu, Sun and Wu with the power of thunder, these businessmen might have been gone now, but even so, this situation would not last long.

The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, if it can't bring benefits to people, it can't continue to be maintained in the end, and the current situation is already the result of Zhang Sugong living in the middle of that group of businessmen for several days, and he has worn out his mouth.

What's more, now that the economic system in the city of Heian Fu has actually collapsed, if even these merchants are withdrawn, the rumors circulating in the city will immediately come true, and the people will turn the finger on the prefectural government.

This is not what Zhu Changluo wants, but fortunately, he has been prepared for this, and after a little silence, he spoke.

"In that case, please ask these businessmen to go to the county government tomorrow to talk about it, since they have helped this king, this king will never let them suffer......" (To be continued.) )