On the streets of the outer city of Tokyo, the horse-drawn carriages that eat for the sky have disappeared, and dozens of horse-drawn carriages sell food to every resident in a day, and the efficiency and speed are staggering!

Moreover, each household is limited to three days of grain, and the people know from the coachman's shouting that the grain from Huangzhou will also enter Beijing after three days! Maybe the price of food will be cheaper. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 As soon as this statement came out, the people all rushed to tell each other and cheered.

This is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the city of Tokyo, which has been devastated by disaster! All the grain stores in the outer city were closed, and the grain was transferred to the grain stores in the inner city for sale, but the price was still 80 wen a dou, and the eunuchs in the city began to complain.

Although Yan Song's food is very high, the middle and lower-level officials can't bear such a high price of grain in the city, and I heard that the price of food in the outer city is only forty wen and one dou, which is half cheaper than the inner city.

They are the privileged class of society, and this gap makes their hearts extremely unbalanced, and many officials meet to go to the grain store to ask for explanations. Even the prince of the dynasty, Wang Anshi, was discussing this matter with Sima Guang.

In the side hall of Zhongshu Province, after the attendant handed over the tea and withdrew, Sima Guang picked up the tea bowl and took a sip lightly and said: "Recently, I often hear the waiters under him complain that the price of food in Tokyo City has skyrocketed, and each bucket has reached a huge amount of eighty Wen, what does Jiefu think?" ”

Wang Anshi was surprised when he heard his words, but said quietly on his face: "The price of grain for eighty wen and one bucket is indeed too high, this is obviously a price hike!" However, the grain from Huangzhou will arrive in two days, and if you endure it first, the price of grain will naturally drop. ”

"But I've heard that the price of grain in the outer city is only forty wen! Why is the gap between food prices in and out of Tokyo doubling? ”

"Those who are clear are self-purifying, and those who are turbid are self-turbid!"

Wang Anshi's words went straight to the point, the grain merchants in Tokyo City had no one to buy in the shops in the outer city, and they all transported the grain to the shops in the inner city, so that there would be a clear distinction between the grain prices in the inner and outer cities. At the same time, he also compared food to the sky to a clear stream, and compared the grain merchants in the inner city to a turbid stream.

Sima Guang shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Brother Wei's family also has a grain store, and the shopkeeper will report it, and if it is sold for less than eighty yuan, it will lose money!" ”

Wang Anshi didn't say anything, and sneered in his heart: I said why did you change your personality and take the initiative to raise the price of grain, it turns out that your family also has a store! When I'm a showpiece? I don't know how much the grain will cost?

Wang Anshi, who had been the third envoy, scoffed at Sima Guang's words, and the price of eighty wen was already four times as high as when the grain was collected! The Sima family has a lot of industries in Luoyang City, and they still want to come to Tokyo City to make a profit, but now they are going to complain when they are hit by food, what did they do earlier?

"Jiefu has a note, I don't know if I should talk about it?"

"But it doesn't hurt to speak!"

"Kill the shopkeeper of your grain store in the market, and reduce the price of grain will inevitably turn losses into profits!"

Sima Guang was shocked by his words, and his face turned pale: "This is to kill people on the street!" Is it the work of a gentleman? ”

"Gentleman?!" Wang Anshi took the case and shouted: "The grain collected by your grain store is only twenty wen!" The stone is no more than two hundred! Now the people of Tokyo City are waiting to be fed every day, and Brother Junshi actually said that he would lose money if he was less than 80 Wen? Is this what a gentleman does? At this point, he was already furious, and his voice was fierce.

His family knows about his own family affairs, and the price of eighty wen is indeed excessive, Sima Guang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Jiefu is not worried!" There is no way to be a brother, it is the case for all families, how can the Sima family be an exception? ”

This is also true, the price of grain in Tokyo City is negotiated with the same industry, and the discussion between Sima Guang and Wang Anshi this time is to test his attitude. There are already many middle- and lower-level officials who have begun to report this problem! When I was on duty, I complained about this matter every time I talked about it.

"Why is food for forty wen and one bucket?"

Sima Guang was speechless, how should this be said? Did you tell him that Shi Weitian was not with them?

At this moment, someone outside the door hurriedly shouted: "Wang Xianggong, Sima Xianggong is not good!" Shou Junyuan of Yushitai led people to find the grain merchant theory, but for some reason there was a conflict and was injured unconscious, and the two sides beat each other and were detained by Xiang Yu Hou on the street! ”

"Can Shi Shou Junyuan, the servant in the palace, be sent to the hospital, and how is the injury?!" Sima Guang immediately asked.

"It has been sent to the Wang family's crude medicine shop, and when he sent it, he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and he said that he was more than lucky."

This is not only Sima Guang, but even Wang Anshi, who was going to watch a good show on the side, was shocked, this is worth it, the palace servant Yushi and the grain merchant in the palace do not know whether they live or die after the conflict and each other, this is a big joke! What is the majesty of the imperial court? Where is the safety of officials?

Wang Anshi hurriedly walked out and scolded angrily: "How can this be true! Rampant! ”

Sima Guang saw this situation and his legs were numb, he was a humble gentleman, he was bound by the interests of the family and offended his old friend for many years, thinking of this, he couldn't help but regret and scolded: "The family is unfortunate!" ”

At this time, the door of the Dingjia grain shop on the East Cross Street was already full of people, from the Xianggong Wang Anshi in the middle of the court to the Marquis of Yu, and it was the tradition of the Chinese people to see the excitement. This is especially true in Yan Song, which is not rich in amateur cultural life!

The reason why they are all gathered here is because a horrific incident happened here just now, and the palace attendant Yushi was actually injured by the work of the grain store! As soon as Wang Anshi arrived at the scene, he immediately separated everyone for questioning, and after cross-collecting evidence, he basically understood the ins and outs.

The palace attendant Yu Shi Shou Junyuan originally just brought a group of officials from the Imperial Shi Tai to ask for an explanation, why there was such a big difference in the price of grain between the outer city and the inner city. Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper of the grain store was rude and unreasonable, and Shou Junyuan was angry and wanted to grab the shopkeeper and go to Kaifeng Mansion to understand.

How can the shopkeeper be willing? So the two pushed and shoved, causing the crowd on both sides to beat each other, and at some point someone picked up a stepping stone at the door and smashed it on Shou Junyuan's head, and he fell unconscious on the spot. Later, the Marquis of Yu, who patrolled the city, came to control the people.

Wang Anshi's face was pale, this Ding Ji grain shop was opened by the former prime minister Ding Wei's family, so he was so unscrupulous. It wasn't until Wang Anshi revealed his identity that Ding Mingxin, the shopkeeper of Ding Ji, restrained the arrogance on his face.

Although it was the first conflict between the two of them, after all, it was not he who injured him, but Xiao Er originally wanted to scare Shou Junyuan, but he didn't expect the stone to come out of his hand and hit him on the head.

The ins and outs of the matter are obvious, the cause is the price of grain in the inner and outer cities, and the incident is that Shou Junyuan of Yushitai led people to find the grain merchant theory, and the result was that there was a dispute between the two sides, and the child accidentally injured Shou Junyuan!

A woman squeezed out of the crowd, walked quickly to Wang Anshi, knelt on the ground and cried under the obstruction of the officials: "Slave Zhang, please ask Wang Xianggong to be the master of my family's officials!" He was originally a servant in the palace, and his monthly salary was thirty yuan, and the price of eighty wen was not a big problem for my family, and the slave family persuaded him last night not to bring people to come to theorize.

He said: The food of the king divides the worries of the king, and the imperial history is the supervision of the turbidity and the purity! How can you see your colleagues suffering because of the profiteers who have inflated the price of food?! ”