readx; Luoyang was besieged, traffic was cut off, and prices, especially rice, skyrocketed, which was also expected by Zhu Youzhen. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info But what he didn't expect was that the price increase was so fast and the magnitude was so ruthless! Yesterday's rice price was only four taels and one stone, but today it has quadrupled!

Obviously, it is impossible for a big city like Luoyang to be without food reserves. And although the thieves are strong, it is not easy to besiege the city for a long time. Therefore, this panic price increase is not a real shortage of grain, but a deliberate hoarding of grain merchants. At present, these profiteers do not want to help defend the city, but take the opportunity to make a fortune and artificially aggravate the chaos in the city.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but gritted his teeth and scolded: "Don't they know the truth of 'under the nest, how can there be eggs'?" Once the city is broken, no matter how much silver there is, it will become a thief! ”

Li Zhenyan had no choice but to comfort him: "Businessmen are like this, they sacrifice their lives and money. Maybe they don't believe that Luoyang will really be breached. ”

"Originally, it wouldn't be, let them do this, but it's possible!" Zhu Youzhen said angrily, "This prefect Zhu Dadian doesn't know what he's busy with?" Now that the army is pressing the border, it is time to implement the 'wartime **', temporarily confiscate all the grain in the city, and carry out unified distribution. After the thieves retreated, they would discuss compensation. How could you not do such a simple thing? ”

"Wartime**?" Li Zhenyan and Qi Meifeng were all inexplicable.

"To put it simply, it is a ration system, and all important items, especially rations, must be distributed by the chief officer, so that the common people can be avoided from starving to death, and the time of defending the city can be maximized." Zhu Youzhen had to explain this "crossing word" again.

The second daughter didn't seem to understand it, but the red lady said with admiration: "I didn't expect Engong to be so knowledgeable, it's really wise and brave!" ”

Zhu Youzhen's face turned red, and he just wanted to be modest, but Qi Meifeng sighed and said, "Although your idea is good, it won't work at all." How are the powerful and wealthy families in the city willing to hand over their food deposits and share them with the poor people? If you don't talk about others, just talk about the blessed king, and he will definitely not agree. ”

"So this kind of thing must be enforced by the chief officer!" Zhu Youzhen also said depressedly, "It seems that Zhu Dadian can't provoke King Fu at all, and he can't control these profiteers." Now we can only hope that the thieves will withdraw from the siege as soon as possible, otherwise in ten and a half days at most, someone in the city will starve to death! ”

Sigh and sigh, but you can't help but eat full. They are still preparing to go out of the city to fight, how can they do it when they are hungry? Therefore, Li Zhenyan had to steal the dozens of taels of silver that she gave to the shopkeeper, so that he could just buy high-priced rice and come back, and still open a partnership according to the previous standard.

At night, Li Zhenyan led several special combat team members to quietly infiltrate King Fu's mansion according to Zhu Youzhen's orders. This time, they went directly over the wall and hid some important materials they carried in the treasury of the palace.

The storeroom was full of wooden crates, all covered in thick dust, and it was clear that no one had been here for a long time. Li Zhenyan stuffed tens of thousands of taels of silver tickets, gold ingots, and the treasures that had just walked away from King Fu's Mansion into one of the wooden boxes, and disguised herself a little, before she left quietly unconsciously.

By the next day, the thieves were still attacking the city, and the earth-shattering shouts seemed to be closer to the city walls.

And the guards of the palace finally began to search for "assassins" in the city, starting with the inns. Zhu Youzhen and the others had all changed their faces at this time, and besides, the valuable things had already been transferred, so they were calm. The guards searched for a long time and found nothing, and they couldn't recognize Zhu Youzhen and the Red Lady and others, so they had to leave stupidly.

At this time, everyone respected Zhu Youzhen even more, if it wasn't for his idea, those "stolen goods" would have been seized long ago.

However, only half a day later, a large group of people came to search. However, this time it was not the palace guards, but the officials of Luoyang Mansion and some of the officials and soldiers. The leader shouted: "On the orders of the prefect: the city defense is tight, the military pay and materials are insufficient, and the people in the city must help." Your inn, whether it is the shopkeeper or the guest, must immediately hand over a total of one hundred taels of silver, otherwise it will disobey the order of the prefect and will be imprisoned! ”

Zhu You almost didn't get his nose crooked after listening, thinking that this Zhu Dadian also knows how to "wartime **", but unfortunately it is not a place! Silver should not be eaten or drunk, and it can be said to be useless in defending the city, isn't this a clear excuse to plunder the people's wealth?

The shopkeeper and other guests were also dumbfounded, this one hundred taels of silver was not a small amount, and even if he sold himself, it was not worth so much money. Li Zhenyan made a quick decision, took out a hundred taels of silver and handed it over, so the officials did not arrest anyone. However, in this way, there is not much silver left with Zhu Youzhen and his party.

But that's just the beginning. In one day, the officers and soldiers came to sweep several times, and after all the silver taels were looted, they began to inspect the belongings of the merchants. It is said that it is to help the military salary, but in fact, most of them are packed into personal pockets.

Everyone was under the eaves at this time, and they had to bow their heads, and they could only dare to be angry but not dare to speak. Fortunately, Zhu Youzhen and the others hid the weapons they were carrying, otherwise they would really be bare-handed.

Later, the officials and soldiers began to pick up the houses again, saying that they wanted to defend the city with beams and bricks. In fact, Zhu Youzhen also used this trick, but at that time, it was indeed the city that was about to be broken, so it had to be so. Before the house was picked, the full understanding of the common people had been obtained. But now it is not the case, and the officials and soldiers do not give any explanation at all, and if they come up, they will pick up the house, and if anyone dares to stop it, they will be whipped and arrested at the worst, which is simply extremely vicious.

After this group of officers and soldiers left, the inn was already in ruins, and everyone had no place to live, so they could only sleep on the ruins. Looking around, it's the same thing. The streets of Luoyang are full of homeless people and hungry children begging along the streets!

That's not all, after the officers and soldiers left, another group of people began to rob openly. This time, it was the hooligans, splashers, and scoundrels in the city, who were usually rampant and domineering, and at this time, when the people were panicking, they were even more down, taking the opportunity to loot.

Some villains robbed and threatened the common people: "The king's army is about to come in, and when the time comes, it will open up the world and resettle the world!" If anyone dares to disagree, when the city is broken, let the king kill you one by one! ”

Zhu Youzhen was so angry that it was getting late, and it was about to fall into the night, and there was no trace of the officials and officials on the street. He roared and said, "Come with me and kill all these bastards!" ”

ps: Been in the hospital for a whole day, it's midnight when I came back, and the update was late, I'm sorry! There is only this one change tonight, and I will strive to be normal tomorrow~