In the next few days, the price of grain in Jizhou fell into a state of climbing, rising three times a day, gradually reaching thousands of yuan. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info some poor people really have no money to hold on, they can't afford to buy one stone at a time, so they have to buy by bucket, how much can they buy.

And the four businessmen are also ruthless, managing that the price of grain continues to rise, the four major chambers of commerce still transfer funds and arrange people to buy grain, and under the leadership of the chamber of commerce, the people also buy grain like crazy.

In the entire county seat of Jizhou, the people lined up a long line outside the grain stores, up to the capital of Yecheng Prefecture, the capital of each county, and down to the county seat and market. People buying food are everywhere, even those living in rural areas outside the city.

The people of Jizhou have only one thing in their hearts, buy food!

All over the country still don't care, buy it at such a high price? If you are willing to buy it, I will buy it! Anyway, to make money, many big families take out the food they have hoarded at home and sell it.

There is a Qinghe County in Jizhou, which is located in the south-central part of Jizhou, and is separated from Wei County, where Yecheng is located, by a Yangping County.

In Qinghe County, there is a prominent family named Cui's family, Cui's is very famous, from the Western Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, they are all famous families. Cui Yan in the Three Kingdoms era was the Qinghe Cui family, and the five surnames and seven wangs in the Tang Dynasty, the top family in the family, the Qinghe Cui family is one of them.

In addition, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Cui family also had a famous figure, Cui Hao!

Cui Hao, Wang Meng, Zhang Bin and other three people, known as the three major strategists of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Cui Hao is outstanding, like a god, and everything he says is true.

Cui Hao is a descendant of Cui Lin of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, Cui Lin is also Cui Yan's younger brother, and Cui Hao is also a member of the Qinghe Cui clan. Cui Hao was born last year, and he was the member of Chen Qingzhi's lone army that went deep into the destruction of Yuan Shu.

And Cui Hao, unsurprisingly, has also implanted the identity of Qinghe Cui's family, but the generations have been separated, and he is the brother of the ancestor Cui Yan.

Qinghe County, in the Cui family's mansion in Qinghe County, a subordinate hurriedly ran into the inner courtyard.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" At this moment, a voice sounded from the rear, and the subordinate looked back and hurriedly said: "Second master, the price of grain in the city has risen wildly, and the grain in the grain shop of our clan in the city has been sold out, I have come to ask the eldest lord whether to use the grain hoarded in the clan."

This second master is Cui Hao, who is about seven feet tall, dressed in white, with a delicate face and a white beard. She looks like a woman.

"The price of grain has risen, what's the matter, didn't the clan order that the price of grain should not rise?" Cui Hao asked with a frown.

"I don't know what's going on, inexplicable people are coming to buy grain, the price of grain is rising, if we don't rise, won't other families suppress us?" The subordinate said with a puzzled face.

"The whole city is rising, when is it?" Cui Hao said with a solemn face.

"It's only been these two days, and now the grain has been sold for 5,000 yuan a stone, the second master, you haven't been out of the door for the past two days, so I don't know. I'm going to ask the lord, the people outside the store are waiting! The subordinates ignored Cui Hao, obviously there were a lot of people who bought food, if they didn't bring food, they were afraid that the people would make trouble.

Cui Hao stood in place, frowning and muttering: "In two days, the price of grain has risen from 500 yuan to 5,000 yuan, an increase of ten times, and it is still an uncontrollable increase, there must be someone in this who is fueling the trouble, no, I have to go and see!"

Saying that, Cui Hao walked out of the mansion and walked towards the grain shop in the clan, the Cui family is a big clan in Qinghe County, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first. And Qinghe County is also the seat of Qinghe County, and its prosperity is not much worse than that of a big city in the world such as Yecheng.

And the Cui family's grain shops, all over the city, there are more than 20 of them, with the Cui family's financial and material resources, the accumulated grain, actually sold to use the stored grain, which really surprised Cui Hao.

Cui Hao walked like a fly, came to the largest grain shop in the clan, and before he arrived, he saw the bustling streets in the city, and at the door of his own grain shop, there was a long queue like a long line, and there was no end in sight.

Cui Hao squeezed to the door of his grain store, the people blocked the gate tightly, and they couldn't get in at all, so Cui Hao had to go in through the back door, standing in the hall and looking at the people who bought grain like a tide at the door.

"Why is the second son interested in visiting the store?" The shopkeeper in the hall saw Cui Hao's arrival and joked with a smile.

Obviously, the grain is sold at such a high price, and the shopkeeper is in a good mood, and he has made money for several years in a few days, which is a great thing.

However, Cui Hao was not happy, looked at the crowd outside the door, and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" Why did the people flock to buy food? ”

The shopkeeper explained in a deep voice: "I heard that the Son of Heaven is going to raise troops to attack my Jizhou, this year's harvest in Jizhou is not very good, in addition to the imminent war, I am afraid that even the cultivation will be delayed, and the people are worried that they will not be able to survive next year's harvest, so they are crazy to buy grain."

When Cui Hao heard this, he felt that something was wrong and immediately retorted: "Nonsense, the Son of Heaven has just pacified Yuan Shu not long ago, where is the ability to attack Jizhou, the battle of Jizhou is of great significance to him, there must be no mistakes, otherwise he will fall into a place of no return, I have checked his information, although he is risky, but he is in a camp step by step, how can he attack Jizhou in this situation." Where did the rumors come from? ”

Where does this shopkeeper understand national affairs, and he was in a fog when Cui Hao said it, so he had to explain: "It's not a rumor, the Son of Heaven did hold a court meeting to attack Jizhou, and our clan has already got the news." It's just that the second son is studying in retreat, and he doesn't know yet. Now not to mention Qinghe, the people of the entire Jizhou are stockpiling grain. ”

"Woe to you, woe to you!" Cui Hao's face changed drastically, and he stood aside and muttered to himself.

"How is this a disaster, in just two days, the money earned by our clan is worth the income of last year, which is a great thing." The shopkeeper's face is not the same.

Cui Hao seemed to understand something, stared at the shopkeeper and asked, "How much grain has been sold in the past two days, and how much grain is left in the clan now."

"This year's harvest has been bought, and the food hoarded in the clan has also been used, and there are still about sixty percent left, and it is estimated that there are still 50,000 stones!" The shopkeeper replied.

"Fifty thousand stones? If you can't sell it, you can say that the food is out of food, and drive these people away quickly! Cui Hao immediately ordered.

"How's that going to work? I have already asked people to get grain before, if I don't sell it, the other families will gain benefits, and I am afraid that my clan will be suppressed," the shopkeeper said with a sad face.

"Listen to me, my clan only has 50,000 stone left to hoard grain, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that it will not be able to stop if it is sold out, how will my clan live at that time? Expel the people quickly! Cui Hao said.

"Now that the price of grain is getting more and more expensive, the people are afraid that they will not be able to buy much, if my clan does not have enough grain and grass, I am raising the price." The shopkeeper said what he could do.

"Hugh a lot of words, go quickly!" Cui Hao turned a deaf ear, glared at him, and ordered the shopkeeper to carry out his orders.

"Yes!" , the shopkeeper's face was displeased, but after all, he was still a subordinate and couldn't be the master.

Standing at the gate, the shopkeeper shouted loudly: "I'm sorry everyone, my store has run out of food, and I don't have to buy it, so go back."

If you don't have to buy it, where are the people willing?

"Why don't you have to buy it, you will increase the price of grain in the store again and again, and now you will not sell it when you have earned enough?"

"Uncle waited for a day, you called Uncle Bai to wait?"

"Don't you just want money? I have money and only need food, and if you raise the price, I will buy it. ”

"Didn't you just ask someone to carry the grain? What do you mean when you say you don't have to sell it now? You have to be honest when you open your door to do business, this Qinghe, and it's not just your Cui family that sells grain? ”

The people scolded and scolded, but there were also a group of people who left the Cui family's grain shop and went to other houses to buy grain. But more of a day, unwilling to stand in such a long line, standing in front of the Cui family's grain shop, with an expression that he would not stop if he did not sell grain.

"Second son, you can't get rid of it at all!" The shopkeeper looked at Cui Hao with a complaining expression.

Cui Hao's face was gloomy, looking at the people who were making trouble at the door, he slammed his fist on the table, and said in a deep voice: "What a big stroke, this is to turn Jizhou upside down, who did it?"

Seeing Cui Hao muttering to himself, the shopkeeper couldn't find a way, so he had to come to the gate again to appease the people. At this moment, the previous subordinate rushed over with dozens of family members pushing a few carriages, and shouted: "The grain is coming, let it go, let it go."

At this moment, in the crowd of the people, a person shouted: "They are rich and unkind, let's not buy it, go and rob it!"

Grab food, if they don't dare to kill them on weekdays, they don't dare to offend the Cui family, but now that the people on the street are like an ant tide, they don't have so much to take into account when grabbing food. What's more, food has been sold for thousands of dollars a stone, and many people don't want to spend this huge amount of money.

I don't know who took the lead, and the people rushed towards the grain cart, like mad dogs, carrying the grain on the grain cart and running. And some people couldn't grab it, so they grabbed what their companions grabbed it, and suddenly the streets were chaotic, and food was spilled all over the ground in the scramble.

"What a boldness, dare to grab my Cui family's food?" The man who was carrying the grain was furious, and immediately drew a simple knife from the carriage and slashed at the people. The servants of the family are no different from soldiers, and the Cui family has a big business and has a lot of private soldiers.

The other family members who carried the grain also picked up the simple knives hidden in the carriage and looked at the people, but after a while, the people cut down several people, and the people were also afraid at this time, and retreated aside in fear.

The families collected the grain and carried it into the store, but the people hesitated and did not dare to buy it. The shopkeeper still wanted to do business, and Cui Hao stopped Cui Hao and said in a low voice: "You have also seen it, the people have begun to be in turmoil, and when the time comes, you are raising the price of grain, and the people will be in turmoil if there is no grain to sell, and when the time comes, not only what, but the people of the whole city will be like this, you quickly take advantage of the fear of the people, scold them and close the shop."