The days of the Yang family have added a lot of joy because of the arrival of Mei'e, and every day the little girl runs around the yard, and timidly calls her brother, sister, mother, so that the family can't stop laughing. But the situation in Henan, as Yang Chengzu estimated, is getting worse and worse.

Soon after, several pieces of bad news followed. There was a civil uprising in Weihui Mansion, and the victims attacked the rice warehouse, and they almost ended up with the armor storehouse. Fortunately, it was the officials and soldiers who suppressed the bullets in time and arrested the leaders of the victims and beheaded them on the spot, so they could barely suppress them.

Rao is like this, there are eleven rice shops where Wei Hui was robbed in this turmoil, the general sentence in the house was beaten to death by the rebels, the prefect is closed to participate, and he actually seals and ignores government affairs, and the situation has a tendency to get out of control. Then there was the Ji County side, where some people set fire to the official warehouse, and it was said that the grain loss was heavy, and the price of grain was somewhat uncontrollable.

The rise in grain prices in Ji County in turn stimulated the grain prices in Huaxian County, after all, the two sides are neighboring counties, and grain merchants exchange news and can work together to push up grain prices. Now that the price of food has risen to more than four times what it was normal to, shops are starting to lay off their buddies again. Many people do not have enough to eat, and more and more people are borrowing money, and those who lend money are becoming more and more careful, for fear that if they are not careful, they will become bad debts.

In Xiangmanlou, more than a dozen old Ji who were not very popular were all dismissed by Jiuniang, and the redemption money was only half of the usual, in order to save some food. These women had nowhere to stay, so they all came to Ruxian, Ruxian was righteous, and they took everything as ordered, leaving them to help in the store. For a while, there were countless warblers and swallows in the Ruxian Teahouse, as if they had arrived in the daughter country, and they also made a lot of trouble and caused a lot of gossip.

Fortunately, now that Jinyiwei has public opinion, these gossips and rights and wrongs have not been suppressed before they can cause enough effect. It's just that many of the men who go to the teahouse to drink tea and listen to music now have some different thoughts, and they have to beware of the eldest woman of their own family who comes to the door with the women's army to arrest people.

On Huaxian County's own side, there were also several fires. First of all, someone wanted to burn the warehouse where the grain was stored like immortals, and he didn't want people and horses to be ambushed there, but the fire was not set off, and he was also caught.

These people were hired outcasts, and they didn't know who their employers were, and they couldn't find out who was behind them, so they had to be sent to work as coolies on the embankment. Later, a few of the ones that caught fire were the rice merchants' own homes.

They were silent when the fire first started, and they didn't start reporting until the fire was big enough, but now that the weather was in the rainy season, the fire was not out of control. Moreover, after Yang Chengzu received the news of Ji County, he organized a special firefighting team in the county to patrol day and night, even if the big households themselves were silent, as long as the water society saw the fire, they would rush over to put out the fire, and the fire in the county did not cause any loss.

Several large households outside the county town are said to have gone through the fire and suffered heavy losses, and the Zuo Wannian Zuo family, who put rice as soon as he came up, even said that the family had almost exhausted the grain. In desperation, he could only close the porridge shack, and the people who ate his food went into the city to ask the government for food.

Yang Chengzu looked at the news, his brows furrowed slightly, and his fingers lightly tapped on the table, "Food war, this is the first thing they want to provoke a decisive battle." The government has just decided to bail out the market and stabilize food prices, and they will come to this point, which is forcing us to follow the rise. There is a shortage of food, and the grain is burned, so who can not panic? ”

"But are they willing to burn rice? Why don't I believe it, they are willing to burn that grain, that is the magic weapon of their wealth. So I guess that all this food is still there, as long as you find a place, don't blame me for being unkind. ”

Zhang Jiayin also rushed back from the construction site, shook his head and said, "It's difficult, it's really difficult." Fortunately, we have food in the county treasury and can support it for a while. But the rice shops have closed, the people are panicking, are desperate to grab rice, people say that I don't know how much, I am afraid that the price is not easy to control. ”

"Quadruple rice prices are already the upper limit, and they must not rise again." Yang Chengzu snorted, what was he afraid of? Ruxian saved rice in his hand, in addition to leaving a part of it for his own use, half of it was disposed of at twice the price of the county yamen, and he made a good reputation, and the other half made a lot of money at the highest point of the fourfold, and now he can rest assured that he can boldly smash the plate.

"The matter of Weihui Mansion, if it weren't for the fact that the prefect actually got involved in the grain speculation and allowed the situation to deteriorate, it wouldn't have been so serious, old brother, you can't help but investigate."

"Yes, he can't find a shadow now, and he has to say that he is waiting behind closed doors, no one knows where the actual person went, fortunately I listened to you and didn't hand over the summer grain, otherwise, we wouldn't even have the food to turnover."

"Now the deficit of the treasury is said to be so scared to death that I don't know what to do. If we sell grain here at a low price, we are afraid that the grain will be bought by those rich people and cheapen them for nothing. In the past, when the government provided relief, this kind of thing also happened, and the grain that was finally allocated was sold at a low price, but it was bought and hoarded by the rich households, and the common people still couldn't buy it. ”

"This requires our government to play a role, and the first thing to do is to limit purchases! Each person is only allowed to buy half a stone of grain, and he will not sell anything more. And those who buy grain must check their identity, only people from the county can buy it, and outsiders are not allowed to buy it. The food in our Huaxian County is to save our people in Huaxian County, and not everyone can eat it. As for those who are homeless, they have a porridge shed run by the government, and they can also go to the river to work on the embankment, and they can exchange for food. In addition, they began to investigate the grain merchants from other places, and all the grain of the grain merchants from other places were forcibly purchased, and those who refused to sell it were not rented to his warehouse, nor were they allowed to transport the grain out of Huaxian County. Now it is time to close the nets, and all the grain is not allowed to enter or leave the city. ”

"Now the most correct way for the government to deal with it is to restrict purchases." On the other side, in the largest rich inn in the city, the White Lotus Holy Maiden sat opposite the companion Fire Wind Phoenix, also analyzing the situation. The White Lotus Holy Maiden did not bring a hat at this time, revealing her peerless face, with a chuckle on her face, pointing on the table

"Wei Hui and Ji County are the two exam questions I gave Yang Chengzu. How can he answer the question and prove that he is really a talent, and he can indeed develop into our Holy Sect. If he can't answer, it proves that he is just a mediocre person, and he doesn't have to care. If my sister is in love, she can quickly and single-handedly tie people back to Qinglong Mountain Buping Village, and be your husband in the village. ”

"Sister, you know that you will be happy with your sister, and I will ignore you like this again." Huofeng Huang's face turned red with shame, isn't it that he secretly learned to embroider purses from other women, and as a result, his hands were pierced with holes and were discovered, as for the jokes, is it endless? I knew that I would be like a girl in the mountains with the soles of my shoes, and I wouldn't be afraid.

"Okay, don't make fun of my sister, this time, our food price can be pushed up to seven times. When the time comes, will I see if Huaxian County will be chaotic? Huaxian County is in chaos, if he doesn't go up the mountain with his sister, where else can he go? Your wish will really come true. ”

"What you said is good, but he is an official, how can he enter the green forest?"

"Refusal? I'm afraid it's not up to him. The White Lotus Holy Maiden smiled, "How many people's financial routes did he block when he presided over the grain war this time?" It's no wonder these people can let him go. If this battle is lost, his black cauldron will not be able to escape. If he wins, he will become a thorn in the side of those people, no matter whether he wins or loses, I don't think he can get along with this officialdom, my sister is willing to take him in, it is his blessing, and when the time comes, I think he will take the initiative to beg you to let him join the gang. ”

"Let's not talk about that, let's talk about this grain war, what if he really restricts purchases?"

"Hmph, if he really restricts his purchases, those grain merchants and the shareholders behind them will not spare him, and he is afraid that he will die sooner than the Yellow River embankment. It's not that there are no people in the court who understand, so why doesn't anyone dare to use this trick? I just know that I can't block people's financial paths, but I want to see if he has the courage. ”