With the rooster crowing, Suzhou City woke up from sleep, these days the people have developed a habit of going to the front of the grain store early to line up, for fear that one step too late, the whole family will be hungry.

When everyone arrived at the grain sales point, the wooden sign that usually hung on the flagpole with the word "restricted" written on it disappeared, and the mountains of rice noodles could be purchased openly. The big guy couldn't help but cheer, and the elderly lady clasped her hands together and kept chanting Amitabha.

The nightmarish days are finally over, and Suzhou City is going to be normal again!

With good wishes, carrying bags of food home, the sun is clear overhead, shining warmly on everyone, not to mention how comfortable.

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"Hmph, a bunch of fools and stupid women!"

There was a contemptuous sneer from the private room of the teahouse, Ye Yongxin likes to sit at the top of the teahouse very much, what he wants is the feeling of looking down on the common people!

He does have the money, because victory is not far off!

Zhang Ke raided the Xu family, but only asked for 100,000 stone of grain, and did not take further action. After their careful analysis, there are no more than two conclusions.

The first is that Zhang Ke is a dirt bun, thinking that 100,000 stone of grain is already a lot, which is enough to deal with the current crisis. The abolition of purchase restrictions and the open sale of grain are proof of this.

The second is that Zhang Ke doesn't want to offend the big family, so he is merciful and gives the big guy room to maneuver.

No matter what the reason is, it proves that Zhang Ke is still a stupid person, and he can't see the form of a fool worm clearly!

At this time, either you die or I live, who dares to underestimate the determination of the big families, just wait for the head to break the blood!

Ye Yongxin looked at it for a long time, put away the small fan, and smiled slightly: "Zhang Daogong, it won't be long before you will know who is the real master of Jiangnan, let's see!" ”

Sure enough, after half a month of fighting, the big families seem to have seen through Zhang Ke's ability, he is indeed more shrewd than ordinary Ming bureaucrats, and his means are more powerful.

Whether it was restricting purchases or decisively raiding the Xu family, they all made their eyes shine. But Qian donkey skills are poor, Jiang Lang is exhausted, and it is time to watch their performances next.

Soon a secret letter was sent out from Suzhou, from Nanzhili to Zhejiang and other places, and there was a crazy procurement army. They waved the silver tickets in their hands, firewood, rice, oil, salt, silk and satin, as long as it was a necessity of life, they hoarded it wantonly. Buy as much as you want, and ship as much as you want.

As soon as the business travelers from all over the country entered the territory of Nanzhili, the goods were snapped up. The price was 20% higher than usual, and the trafficker beat his chest, hating himself for not having any more luck.

In a few days, the grain store ran out of grain, the silk village ran out of silk, the salt shop ran out of salt, and the prices of all daily necessities rose upside down.

Unlike Suzhou, which was strictly controlled by Zhang Ke, the government in Songjiang, Yangzhou, Hangzhou and other places was basically paralyzed, and could only watch prices soar and the people could not make a living.

The people complained, sat at home behind closed doors, the disaster came from the sky, they didn't know the situation at all, and the prices flew up, which was too tricky!

They can't eat salt, the Liba people are listless, they can't afford to buy japonica rice, the children can only nibble on hard flour cakes, and the newcomers who want to do happy events run all over the city, but they can't buy silk and red cloth......

All of these are too numerous to mention, as if returning to the founding of the country overnight, the people seem to be in a fog and confused.

There was panic in the surrounding cities, and this intense panic naturally spread back to Suzhou, and the momentum was even more ferocious than the last time.

The queue to buy grain was discharged again, and the Xu family's 100,000 stone grain lasted less than seven days before it was declared out of service. Immediately, I heard that the Duke of Pingliao took out 20,000 stone from the military rations to stabilize the price of grain.

This is the third time that the Duke of Pingliao has used military rations, and the people are more panicked in addition to being grateful to the grandfather of the country for loving the people like a son!

How much military rations can be had, I'm afraid it won't be long before it runs out.

In the city of Suzhou, the drama of general mobilization was once again staged, and every household sent people to join the rush to buy the army. This time it is not only food, but also other daily necessities, such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, cloth and satin, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, chicken, duck and fish!

The people seemed to be crazy, and now they didn't frown at what they had to bargain for in the past. The silver has been hot in my hand for a long time, and it must be spent early.

Behind the people, there seems to be an invisible black hand, as long as they snap up something, what will rise.

In just three days, the price of grain, which had been suppressed, jumped again, and every stone of grain in the black market broke through the 10 taels mark in one fell swoop, but the result was still priceless.

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When the literati who experienced the food storm later wrote about this period of history, they still had lingering palpitations: prices in the city had skyrocketed, and ordinary people could no longer afford to eat banquets, so they could only eat noodles at street stalls. And when you eat it, you have to eat it in three bites, for fear that the price will rise again.

No one knows what happened and why prices of good goods suddenly skyrocketed! Everyone is like a condemned prisoner on the court of justice, allowing the executioner to chop and chop with an axe at will, without the slightest power to fight back. It's even worse than the death row prisoners, because the common people know that looting will raise prices and create a stricter panic, but they still can't help but join in, so that the wave of panic buying will be higher and higher, and they will never see the momentum.

This crisis, which pervaded the south of the Yangtze River, was often mentioned in later history books, and was even considered a sign of China's shift from agriculture to industry. It is this crisis that has reshaped the functions of government. The Qin system, which had been in existence for 2,000 years, was most strongly challenged, giving rise to a completely new system......

Of course, these are the summaries of future generations, and the people who are really in the crisis do not have so many ideas, and everyone's nerves are tense, for fear that there will be a little mistake and cause the tragedy of losing everything.

"Grandpa Guo, the number is out."

Tang Guang held an account book, stood in front of Zhang Ke, and said loudly: "According to estimates, in the past ten days, the silver smashed out by the big households in Jiangnan has been as huge as five million taels, and the scope of procurement has expanded to Jiangxi, Huguang, Fujian, and the prices in the entire Jiangnan are rising rapidly. For example, in Hangzhou, the price of grain has exceeded eight taels of silver and one stone, and Songjiang has reached ten taels! ”

Zhang Ke frowned suddenly, it stands to reason that Suzhou is the center of the storm, why is it that other places are rising faster than Suzhou?

Seeing Zhang Ke's doubts, Tang Guang hurriedly explained: "Grandpa Guo, Suzhou City has you in charge, and the government is fully controlled, and it is quite stable. However, when the government in other places saw the rise in prices, they thought it was profitable, and the officials not only did not open the long-term liquidation, but also joined the ranks of hoarders and raised prices! ”

"I see!"

Don't look at the fun today, be careful to pull the list in the future!

"Figure out all the officials involved in the hoarding, the coming day will be long, let's settle the accounts slowly!" Zhang Ke sneered, Tang Guang couldn't help but shudder, and silently mourned for the group of ghosts who didn't know death.

"Grandpa Guo, now that the matter is over, should we immediately sell grain and stabilize prices?"

"What? All set? ”

Tang Guang said: "The first batch of 100 ships of grain are in Jiaozhou Bay, and as long as they are needed, they will soon be transported to Jiangnan. In addition, grain transported from Taiwan, Nanyang and other places can be transported in a maximum of ten days. All of them add up to two million stones, which is enough to bring the price of grain back to its original shape! ”

Being able to participate in the food war that has not been seen for a thousand years, the cells of Tang Guang's whole body are full of excitement, and he has been waiting for a big counterattack, just like the Battle of Guangning, beating the enemy to the ground, falling flowers and flowing water, kneeling on the ground and singing conquest. That kind of pleasure is a hundred times that of a candle night in a cave room, once in life, it is enough to brag for a lifetime!

"There's no hurry!"

Zhang Ke's words made Tang Guang's fist smash into the air again, not to mention how depressed he was.

"Grandpa Guo, let's not bring this, how long are you going to play?"

"Hahaha, before and after, the silver from the big households in Jiangnan is only 10 million, far from the limit! Now that we have food in our hands, we don't panic, so why hurry! Zhang Ke said with a smile: "Pass on my order, the grain will be transported into Suzhou in batches, not more than 10,000 stone each time, half of which will be sold from the grain selling point at a low price, and the remaining half will be exchanged for silver on the black market." ”

Tang Guang's mouth instantly swelled, and he could stuff a goose egg into it.

Behind him, Fang Chongwen is even more powerful, he can stuff two!

They only thought about how to stabilize prices and restore order, but they never expected that this grandfather was not satisfied, and he still wanted to make a big profit from the crisis.

The two of them quickly used their brains, and the ordinary grain of one stone was only one or two taels of silver, and Suzhou City had reached ten taels, and it was still soaring. One stone of grain can be sold for ten stones, and it is easier to get money than to rob!

Those big families are scheming and driving up prices, but their opponents are 10,000 times more cunning, and it is already obvious who will kill the deer.

"Grandpa Guo, let's arrange it!"

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Time passed day by day, the price storm in the south of the Yangtze River became more and more severe, and the phenomenon of smashing and looting appeared in various places, the worst was Jiading, and the county government was set on fire. The urgent twists and turns were sent one after another, and they were all sent to the capital.

But the imperial court is fighting viciously, where does he have time to care about the life and death of Jiangnan, he can only hope that Zhang Ke and Mao Yilu can stabilize the overall situation.

The victorious Pingliao Gong also ran into trouble this time, he tried his best to maintain the stability of Suzhou.

Every two or three days, Zhang Ke can get a little grain, as much as 10,000 or 20,000 stones, and as little as a few thousand, some of which are shipped from Shandong, some are purchased from the countryside, and some are obtained by bandits.

Always when it is almost unbearable, the grain falls from the sky, pours a spoonful of cold water on the boiling cauldron, cools down a little, and continues to boil.

It's like a candle at the tuyere, almost extinguishing every time, but it stubbornly holds on. Those who secretly worked hard were disappointed again and again, so they had to keep increasing their chips, hoping that Zhang Ke would admit defeat......

The backyard of the prefect's yamen was heavily guarded, and Zhang Ke followed Tang Guang into the warehouse, and suddenly his eyes were white, almost blind.

Pieces of silver ingots were piled up in front of him, like a small mountain, exuding a charming light.

Tang Guang said excitedly: "At present, the grain in the black market has risen to twenty-two taels, and we can earn twenty taels by selling one stone, and in the past half a month, we have earned at least three million taels, just like a dream, and the money is too easy to make!" ”

Zhang Ke squatted on the ground, picked up an ingot, weighed it a few times, and said with a smile: "It's time to wake up, tomorrow ten times the shipment, the time for the decisive battle has come!" ”R1152