"Yes, there really isn't any princess of the right age to marry now?" Chongzhen's face began to wrinkle again.

To tell the truth, Zhu Youzhen still inherited the tradition of the old Zhu family, and he is still very capable of being a person. So far, Zhu Youzhen has given birth to a total of twelve children, including six sons and six daughters. But due to the poor medical and health conditions in this era, five of the twelve children died, so far Comrade Zhu Youzhen has only two daughters, the eldest of which is only eleven years old, because he is too young, Zhu Youzhen did not think about it, but he didn't expect that it didn't matter, there was a Queen Zhou next to him.

After thinking about it, Queen Zhou gritted her teeth and asked her husband, "Your Majesty, what do you think of the concubine?" ”

"What...... Who's going to be a whom? ”

Chongzhen was immediately taken aback, and looked at Queen Zhou with wide eyes and a look of surprise.

"Zitong, you're only eleven years old, so you're willing to do it? Besides, Yue Yang has already become a relative, and there is already a main room in the family, how can my dignified royal daughter be a concubine, this matter must not be! ”

Because four daughters died in a row, Zhu Youzhen loves his two daughters very much, especially the smart and clever Zhu Yujiao is his heart, and he will never let his daughter be wronged.

"Huh...... Your Majesty, where do you want to go? Seeing that her man was a little displeased, Queen Zhou couldn't help but pat her husband's hand with some amusement and said coquettishly: "Although Yu Jiao is not born to the concubine, the concubine has always regarded Yu Jiao as her own flesh and blood, will she be willing to let her be wronged." After speaking, Queen Zhou twisted her delicate body and ignored Chongzhen.

Seeing that the virtuous Queen Zhou turned out to be petty, Zhu You smiled and held her hand a little embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, it's not that I shouldn't say that about you, you are also the mother of several children, and you are not afraid of people's jokes if you play with children's tempers." ”

Hearing Chongzhen say this, Queen Zhou turned to anger and glanced at her husband, "The emperor is really, you don't want to think about it." Although Yue Zhenghong has a main room, who is his main room? His main room is just a Mongolian Fanbang woman, how can he be worthy of my identity as a loyal and brave marquis? Although we can't let Yue Zhenghong leave his main room and marry our daughter, we can let Yu Jiao be his equal wife. Do you think, in the future, if you have a son and a half daughter, will the title of Marquis of Zhongyong be passed on to the child of the Mongolian woman or to the child of the concubine? ”

"Well, that's true." Chongzhen was right when he thought about it, he knew the temper of Yue Yang, he was very strong, if he wanted him to bow his head and divorce his wife and remarry, it was probably impossible, and their old Zhu family couldn't do such a thing. Otherwise, you have to make people laugh for a lifetime, but you can let your daughter be a flat wife, and if you take 10,000 steps back, the grandson who will be born in the future will be born even if you can't inherit the title of Marquis Zhongyong, it's a big deal that you can seal another one, anyway, the right to be knighted is in your own hands, although the old Zhu family wants to be stingy with the title, but it is still very generous to their families, and more importantly, if Yue Yang is willing to marry his daughter, then the two sides are in-laws, Yue Yang can't always oppose his father-in-law, right? At that time, the hundred battles in Yueyang's hands and countless money and food......

Thinking of this, Chongzhen felt that the corners of his mouth were a little moist.

"Your Majesty...... The Emperor ......"

Suddenly, Empress Zhou's voice remembered in Chongzhen's ears. Only then did Chongzhen suddenly find that the corners of his mouth were a little wet. In his heart, he hurriedly wiped it away with a night, and then pretended to be calm and said: "This matter is not trivial, let's wait for me to ask someone to try to ask what Yue Yang means." ”

Empress Zhou could understand Chongzhen's mood, after all, although it was their Zhu family who took the initiative. But the emperor's family also wants face, if Chongzhen takes the initiative to speak but is rejected by the courtiers, what is the royal face, so she also agreed: "This is indeed the truth." ”

The two gossiped for a while, and then went to bed hand in hand, resting together.

Early the next morning, the capital ushered in a new day as usual.

The mansions of the ministers and many princes and nobles living in the inner city are still quiet and very quiet. But the people and homeless people living in the outer city climbed out of the bed early to start a new day's work.

Some people who were already short of food at home came to rice shops all over the capital with rice bags on their backs to buy rice, but they almost despaired when they looked at the almost sky-high price of rice written on the wooden board in front of the rice store.

A middle-aged man in his forties who looked honest asked the people in the rice shop angrily: "Shopkeeper, why is the price of rice only 28 cents per load a few days ago, but today it has risen to 4 taels." Do you sell rice like that? Are you selling rice or gold? ”

Looking at the man who was so angry that he was almost out of control, the fat shopkeeper picked up a large tea jar and drank a sip of hot boiled water, and then said slowly and methodically: "I said that you don't know the rules, we are selling rice, you are buying rice, one is willing to buy and one is willing to sell, if you think that our rice is expensive, you can not buy it, no one forces you to buy it." ”

Hearing the shopkeeper's words, the man's face suddenly turned purple, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak, pointing at the shopkeeper and stammering: "You...... What are you talking about, what do we eat if we don't buy rice? ”

"Oh...... You're going to eat! The fat shopkeeper deliberately lengthened his voice, sneered at the other party and said sarcastically: "You also know that you have to eat, but ...... What does it matter to me what you eat? We can't just because you want to eat, we have to give you rice for nothing, if you are like you, our rice shop will not sell rice, just give this rice to you for nothing! I'll tell you honestly today, this is the price of these rice...... If you like to buy it or not, if you don't buy it, get out! ”

"Why do you talk like that, this is too bullying!"

"How can this be...... Isn't this a money grab! ”

"Damn profiteers...... I only bought a few catties of rice with this little silver! ”

There was a wail from the surrounding crowd, and while the people scolded the profiteers, they counted the copper coins and broken silver in their pockets, and calculated how much rice they could buy.

Although the crowd was turbulent, the fat shopkeeper was not worried at all, just looked at these ragged people with two fat hands on his shoulders, and his eyes showed undisguised disdain and greed, in his opinion, there were so many rice shops in the whole capital, and the prices were also set by them, and these Diao people had no other place to buy food except to buy rice in their rice shops. There is no other way than to obediently hand over the silver in his hand and let them slaughter it.

It's just that the fat shopkeeper was too happy, and at this moment, a lean young man in a short shirt suddenly ran from not far away and shouted loudly to the crowd who were queuing up to buy rice: "Ladies and gentlemen, fathers and fellow villagers, more than ten rice shops have opened in the capital, and their rice is only sold for one or two dollars a load, everyone hurry up, there will be no rice if you go late!" ”

"What? One or two dollars and a load of rice? ”

"Really, you're not fooling us, are you?"

"Where did you come from the wild boy, you dare to come to entertain your uncle, I don't think you want to live, right?"

The surrounding people naturally didn't believe it at first, once one or two coins were met, it would have to be the old yellow calendar many years ago. Is there still such cheap rice? This kid isn't here to entertain everyone.

Seeing the suspicious eyes of everyone, the young man was anxious, and he almost swore a curse as soon as he stomped his foot, "Uncles and uncles, who lied to you, if I lied to you, I will not die well, there is really a rice shop next to the tea shop on the left corner of the front door, the grain is really at this price, if you don't believe it, you can go and see it yourself!" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and when they heard the news at first glance, they didn't believe it in their hearts. But I can't stand the young man's swear, if what the young man said is true, if they come here to buy four taels of silver and a load of grain here, won't they become a big wrongdoer?

In the end, the middle-aged man who spoke first just now said suspiciously: "That's it, I still know this kid, it's the kid from the old Wei family next to my house." He would never dare to lie to us about this kind of thing, so let's go to the front door to have a look, if it is really like what he said, we may be able to buy cheap grain today. ”

"Right...... Look at a lot of meat, everyone go and see it! ”

Humans are blind animals. Seeing that many people said this, the people around them were also moved, and they all turned around and ran towards the big front door, and after a while, there were only two or three big cats and kittens left in front of the originally crowded rice shop.

The fat shopkeeper looked at the deserted doorway. couldn't help but rub his eyes vigorously, and after making sure that the door was really empty, he jumped to his feet and scolded angrily: "Girl, what kind of guy is so ignorant of the rules that dares to sell grain at a low price, isn't he afraid of being boycotted by all merchants?" ”

Just when the fat shopkeeper jumped to his feet, next to a tea shop in Daqianmen, the door of a newly opened rice shop was wide open, and the plaque of the rice shop read "Xinglong Rice Shop" in four big black characters. A middle-aged man with a kind eyebrow and more than a dozen men stood at the door of the store and greeted the crowd who rushed to hear the news with a smile, and behind him a blackened wooden board clearly wrote a line of large characters: "Today's rice price is one load and two or two coins"

At this time, the front of the rice shop was full of onlookers, and many people looked at more than a dozen guys dressed in soap-colored shirts, and many people asked loudly through the crowd: "Shopkeeper, is the price of rice written in front of your rice shop true, and there is still cheap rice for sale this year, am I not dreaming?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and arched his hand to the people around him, "Everyone...... Ladies and gentlemen...... Below is the shopkeeper of this Xinglong rice shop, the price of this rice has been clearly written, it is absolutely Tong Suo is not bullied, who wants to buy it as soon as possible. ”

Looking at these shopkeepers with kind eyebrows, the people around were a little stunned, and one of the people said tentatively: "Shopkeeper, I have three taels of silver here, you can exchange all of them for food for me." ”

"Excuse me!" The fat shopkeeper smiled again: "Our rice shop is newly opened, so the owner has set up a new rule, everyone is only allowed to buy ten catties of rice, and we won't sell it yet, so I'm sorry for you, I can't accept all your silver." ”

"Hey...... And this rule, this is new! "Everyone is a little happy, and this rice seller is still playing with limited sales.

Everyone looked at each other, and they were really a little skeptical of the shopkeeper's words, but there has never been a shortage of people who were the first to eat crabs in this world, and soon the middle-aged man at the beginning stood up and said: "Shopkeeper, this is one hundred and twenty yuan, you give me ten catties of rice!" ”

As soon as the shopkeeper saw the copper coin in the hand of the middle-aged Chinese character, he immediately showed a habitual smile, "Okay! Give this guest officer ten catties of rice! ”

As the shopkeeper's words fell, a young man next to him immediately reached out to take the copper coin in the middle-aged man's hand, counted it carefully, and immediately took the rice bag in the hand of the middle-aged Chinese character, skillfully scooped a few spoonfuls of rice, and quickly weighed the weight, and handed the rice bag to him: "Here are ten catties of rice, you can put it away, if you don't worry about the weight, you can weigh it again." Otherwise, we won't admit it when we leave our store. ”

The man opened the bag and looked at the white rice with a smile on his face, he turned the rice bag upside down and laughed: "Hahaha...... No, this is already eight or nine without ten, even if it is not ten catties, it is not much worse. ”

The guy pursed his lips and said in his heart what kind of person is this, how can he speak.

Since there is the first one, there is naturally no need to mobilize people later, and a group of people are pouring up.

"Bring me ten pounds...... Hurry up! ”

"Grass...... Don't rob Lao Tzu, otherwise Lao Tzu will be in a hurry with you......"

Seeing that it was about to be chaotic, the guys who were originally standing at the door of the store immediately gathered around.

"Everybody lined up...... Don't fuck it, don't squeeze it, and if you squeeze it again, you won't sell rice. Hurry up and get in line, hurry! ”

This kind of noisy scene was staged in more than 10 newly opened "Xinglong" rice shops in Beijing, and although Beijing was a large city, the transmission of news was also quite fast, and soon the news spread throughout most of the capital in less than two or three hours.

"Smack......

A resounding slap sounded in the study, accompanied by a roaring roar.

"The erector deceives people too much......"

A middle-aged man in a vermilion python robe stood in front of a chubby shopkeeper and roared loudly, and the saliva from his mouth kept spraying onto the other party's face, and the poor fat shopkeeper could only bow his head and dare not say a word.

The middle-aged man was of medium build, about thirty-seven or eighteen years old. has a face with Chinese characters, and at first glance it does look full of official authority, especially now when he is angry, it looks even more terrifying.

This middle-aged man with full of official authority is none other than Zhu Chunchen, the twelfth generation of Chengguo Gong, the current governor of Beijing.

The first generation of Chengguo Gong was named Zhu Neng. followed Zhu Di to create the rebellion of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen, and later the rebellion was successful, and he was crowned a Chengguo Duke when he was rewarded for meritorious deeds, and then it was passed down from generation to generation. When it was passed on to Zhu Chunchen, it was already the twelfth generation.

The national policy of the Ming Dynasty was to emphasize literature and suppress military force, and those founding generals were naturally more powerful than one another, but after the end of the Ming Dynasty. The descendants of these generals are weasel cubs, a litter is not as good as a litter, and now these nobles have basically lost all the skills of their ancestors in addition to making money.

Today's grain in the capital is generally controlled by the hands of the nobles, who control a large amount of grain, but they have a tacit understanding to use the method of raising the price of rice to earn the hard-earned money of the people. It stands to reason that the official price of grain is one or two dollars of silver per load of rice, but now everyone in the capital knows that the rice shops opened by the government have not opened for many years to sell rice, and the rice shops that sell rice are all opened by those noble relatives, which is also their main means of making money.

Zhu Chunchen, as the Duke of Chengguo, naturally wants to get involved, and now there are more than a dozen rice shops opened by his family in the capital alone, and he originally wanted to take advantage of the disaster year to make more money, but this dream was broken.

"You say...... Is that Xinglong rice shop really opened by that person? Zhu Chunchen's voice was very gloomy at the moment, and his face was so black that he seemed to be able to eat people.

This fat shopkeeper is the shopkeeper of the rice shop who sells high-priced rice at the right time, and when he saw his boss asking, he nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice, "Back to Grandpa's words, the villain has already inquired, those grain stores are indeed opened by that person, and both the guys and the shopkeepers in the grain store all speak Shanxi accents." ”

"Okay, you soup guard, you refused to sell your food last time, my country's public wanted to let you go for the sake of the master behind you, but you were so good that you wanted to kick your nose in the face. If you don't get angry, do you bully me like a sick cat? ”

Looking at the angry Zhu Chunchen, the fat shopkeeper didn't dare to say anything, but just stood aside respectfully and listened to the instructions.

After a fire, Zhu Chunchen waved his hand to signal the shopkeeper to go out, and then called in an old man dressed in a cyan robe who looked like a housekeeper and ordered: "Third steward, you immediately take my token to the barracks and tell Sù Wang Yun, and let him lead some brothers to smash all the things called Xinglong Rice Shop for me, don't be afraid that something will happen to me, I'll take it with you!" ”

"Grandpa Guo, is this appropriate?" The old man was obviously a little worried, "It's not that you don't know who is standing behind these rice shops, if he knows, we might be in trouble, or let's discuss it with someone again." ”

"I'm afraid of a fart!" Zhu Chunchen's face was hideous, "Cutting off people's financial routes is like killing my parents, this kid dares to cut off my financial routes, I want him to know what pain is!" In the future, when he does this kind of thing again, he will also weigh it carefully, otherwise there will be no income, and everyone in our Chengguo Mansion will drink the northwest wind? ”

"Yes!"

Seeing that Zhu Chunchen had made up his mind, the housekeeper could only sigh secretly, turned around and walked out, but neither Zhu Chunchen nor the people behind him thought that when this incident broke out, the consequences were far beyond their imagination...... (To be continued......)