The shortage of grain in Suzhou entered the fifth day, and all the people were in panic all day, even the most stubborn old man, who believed that there would be no shortage of grain in the hometown of fishermen in the south of the Yangtze River, secretly took out his private money and asked his daughter-in-law to go out and queue up to buy grain.

There was a long queue outside all the cheap grain sales points, and everyone waited anxiously with no end in sight, and every time someone left with a bag of rice, it attracted countless envious eyes. However, for most people, standing in line for a day may not be able to buy food.

Therefore, another kind of market has quietly emerged in the city of Suzhou - the black market!

The original black market was five taels of japonica rice, and later it rose to five taels and six, six taels and one, and six taels and seven ...... The price is like a sesame seed blooming and rising. Although the people have painful meat, they are hungry and panicked if they don't eat food for a meal, can adults endure it, and children can do it!

No matter how expensive it is, you have to grit your teeth and buy it, if you don't buy it now, I'm afraid that it will be more expensive in a few days!

Ordinary people complained bitterly, and there was also a group of people who found that this was a good business opportunity. Idlers in the city flocked to the government's affordable grain sales point to line up. The grain bought was resold and sent to the black market, and one stone could earn three or four taels of silver, which was more than a month's wages.

Deformed profiteering stimulates people's greed, and the paradise city of Suzhou is staging a farce of speculation. At the same time, all kinds of rumors flew all over the sky, and some said that it was the perverse actions of the Duke of Pingliao and the governor Mao Yilu that led to the food crisis. Some people also say that large households are unwilling to pay taxes and take the opportunity to make waves. Others are even more bizarre, they say that the imperial court resented the people of Suzhou for rebellion, and the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian ordered that hundreds of thousands of people should starve to death......

"Grandpa Guo, the hearts of the people in the city are fluctuating, the people are restless, they are abducted and deceived, and all kinds of small people take the opportunity to make trouble, it's really not easy to do!"

Mao Yilu's hair has turned gray in the past two days, and he sighs more times than in his lifetime.

"Mao Zhongcheng, public security is the top priority, and the people must not be chaotic. If you encounter a violation of the law, you must severely punish it, and use it in troubled times! ”

"Grandpa Guo can rest assured that the humble position will be dealt with severely. But ......" Mao Yilu said with a bitter face: "If the grain is delayed." There's no way to do it! ”

When it came to food, Zhang Ke's eyes fell on Fang Chongwen.

Fang Chongwen's eyes were red, and his lips were covered with a layer of dead skin, but his thinking was clear and not chaotic at all.

"Grandpa Guo. According to your plan, the grain sales point has been reduced by half, but there are still five or six thousand stone sold every day. Starting today, the Yamen's grain stocks will basically run out, and from tomorrow onwards, they will have to be supported by military rations. Fifteen thousand stones, full of dozens, it's only three days, what can I do in the future? ”

Fang Chongwen patted his head painfully, a young man who had just become an official. encountered a once-in-a-century food crisis, which was really a bit beyond his ability to bear, but fortunately, Zhang Ke has become more and more calm these days, although he doesn't know what hole cards Grandpa Guo has, Fang Chongwen and the others are still a lot more relaxed.

Zhang Ke narrowed his eyes and sneered: "In Suzhou City, there are only six or seven hundred thousand people, and it stands to reason that five thousand stone of grain a day is enough to maintain, you know why not only can it not stabilize grain prices." Is the panic still getting worse? ”

"This ......" Fang Chongwen thought for a moment and said: "It is human nature to chase the rise and kill the fall, and the common people desperately buy and hoard when they see the price of food rising. In addition, large households took advantage of the chaos to queue up to buy and sell the grain to the black market. People who are really short of food cannot buy food. When someone is short of food, the result is even more panic, and in this way, it becomes a dead knot, which cannot be solved unless it is bold! ”

Regarding Fang Chongwen's answer, Zhang Ke nodded with satisfaction. This kid does have some spirituality, and he quickly grasped the essence of the matter.

However, the vision is not limited to Suzhou, Zhang Ke said with a smile: "According to the latest news, Shandong, even Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Fujian, there are all a group of mysterious people who purchase a large amount of grain, and the funds used are at least more than five million taels!" ”

"Ahh

Mao Yilu and Fang Chongwen were all so shocked that they almost fell to the ground, these big families are really rich and rival the country, how much is the annual income of the Ming Dynasty, they can casually take out five million taels to make waves.

What a powerful monster he was facing, and I shuddered to think about it. Mao Yilu really had the heart to persuade Zhang Ke to give up collecting commercial taxes, and simply solved it with this gang of people, but when the words came to his lips, they became: "Grandpa Guo, what are your clever plans!" Obviously, Mao Yilu is still hoping that Zhang Ke can turn things around, although there is little hope......

"Mao Zhongcheng, when the matter just broke out, Benjue was indeed a little in a hurry, but after five days, I was calm."

Zhang Ke said with a smile: "When fighting, I am not afraid of how strong the enemy is, but I am afraid that the enemy will have a backhand, so as the commander of the three armies, you must have a strong reserve in your hand." The big households in the south of the Yangtze River have deep roots and strong strength. It's like an iceberg on the surface of the sea, and I don't know how huge the body is underwater! But now, they use all their connections and take out a lot of silver, and the more they toss, the more they are exposed, the more we can see their weaknesses, and we can know that we will win every battle! ”

As soon as these words came out, both of them were overjoyed!

Sure enough, Grandpa Guo has a backhand!

"Say, what should I do?"

"Hehe, I haven't figured out what to do yet!" As soon as this sentence came out, the two of them almost vomited blood, things have come to this point, there is no way, isn't this waiting for death!

Zhang Ke saw their anxiety and said with a smile: "It's just the beginning now, the real drama is still to come, just five million taels, far from the limit of the big families." ”

"Grandpa Guo means to wait?" Mao Yilu asked in surprise.

"Yes, of course we have to wait."

"But our food will soon run out, how can we survive?" Mao Yilu asked puzzled.

Zhang Ke crossed Erlang's legs and said, "Benjue transferred another 5,000 stones from the military rations, and you sold these 5,000 stones on the black market!" ”

"Black market?" These two people couldn't keep up with Zhang Ke's thinking.

"Grandpa Guo, let's make money, I'm just afraid it's not okay?"

Make hay?

Zhang Ke was completely speechless, "Mao Zhongcheng, I asked you to put the grain out, just to find out who is buying, in my expectation, ordinary people alone can't digest so much, there must be someone who takes the opportunity to hoard Juqi." Catch a few first, kill the chickens and monkeys! ”

"Oh! Grandpa Guo's idea is high! ”

The two of them woke up like a dream, and Fang Chongwen hurriedly went down to make arrangements. In the blink of an eye, the next day, the rush to buy in the market in Suzhou was better than before.

Moreover, the two grain stores that had been maintaining business suddenly reported that the warehouses had caught fire, and more than 3,000 stone of grain were burned. This news directly pushed the price of grain to more than eight taels of silver per stone.

"Grandpa Qiyuguo, we have already found out, the person who bought the grain is called Zhu Quanan, he is Xu Zhongliang's brother-in-law, and he bought three thousand stones at one time!" Fang Chongwen said happily.

Zhang Ke suddenly laughed and said: "Okay, Sun Jiawen, go and pick up the people and copy the Xu family for Benjue!" (To be continued.) )xh118R1052