Chapter 385: The people are miserable
On the same day, the secret agent arrived in Henan City with an important will.
When Zhou Tong heard the news, he was shocked and rushed to the door of the government to wait. And he saw a man coming on a horse.
"Henan City Government Receives the Order!" Seeing that the man was holding the holy decree in his hand, Zhou Tong saw this and hurriedly knelt down to take the holy decree.
He unveiled the holy decree and looked at the emperor's handwritten decree above: Recently, the plague has become more and more intense, and for the safety of the people in the world, it was decided to block Henan City to prevent the further deterioration of the plague......
After Zhou Tong read the holy decree, he ordered his subordinates to immediately carry out the action of sealing the city.
Zhou Tong exhaled, it seemed that this plague had been taken seriously by the saints, and then the news of the closure spread in Henan City.
No one who is not from the city is allowed to enter, and no one from the city is allowed to go out. The spread of this news made the people in the city panic, and I am afraid that this will be a big chaos.
I saw that before the news spread, the people in the city began to procure, because the lockdown blocked the relationship between the city and the outside world, so materials became the most important thing.
It's all to support their families, and the people naturally have to fight for it, and of course there are some businesses that take this opportunity to make huge profits.
"What? Aren't you a scam? I saw an old woman pointing at the shopkeeper and scolding, and saw that she slapped the pound of rice angrily.
"You also have to see what period it is, everyone is scrambling to grab it, don't you mention this price, isn't it being robbed!" The shopkeeper looked smiling, but he shot back unceremoniously, obviously not knowing how disgusting his behavior was at the moment.
"Everyone looks, this merchant is black-hearted, and a pound of rice costs a tael of silver! How do you buy this......
Now that the city has been locked down, I still have to work hard to make a living, such an expensive price, how can people live! I saw the old woman crying and shouting, there are many such examples, and many people are miserable.
However, the merchant did not see it, but had a bad attitude.
"If you can't afford it, don't join in the fun here, there are a lot of people here who want to buy it. Look at the back, it's all people in line, if you don't buy it, hurry up! "When the shopkeeper sees the old woman occupying the position but doesn't buy rice, doesn't that hinder him from doing business? So they started to chase people.
"You...... Why are you still driving people! Isn't this pushing our family to a dead end? No matter how much the old woman cried, there was nothing she could do, and the shopkeeper was scolded by many people for being so hard-hearted, but everyone couldn't do anything, after all, it was a matter of their own lives.
What's more, there are many situations like this, and many people can only watch from the sidelines, but they can't help anything, because they themselves can't protect themselves.
The old woman stood bitterly on the side, looking at the people who came and went to buy rice, but she could only look at it, and finally disappeared with a long sigh.
Ordinary people can't afford to buy the current goods with their money, so can they just resign themselves to fate?
From time to time, I can still hear many people complaining, "If this continues, we won't die in this plague city?" ”
"Alas, what can be done, if the plague spreads, then it will not be this Henan city that will suffer......"
"Alas...... It's all fate! God willing, let us get through this. "Ambiguous 43
This dispute in Henan City gradually spread to Ji Qiang's ears.
"How can this be true? Is there such a thing? When Ji Qiang heard this, a wave of anger was wanton in her heart, and she saw that her eyebrows and eyes suddenly turned cold.
If this continues, those ordinary people will not be able to last a few days at all. Then the entire Henan City will be silent, how can she bear to see such a situation.
The cold face showed a faint worry, and this situation could not be allowed to continue to develop. Ji Qiang went to find Xia Jinnian without saying a word.
"Your Majesty, do you know about the Henan incident?" Ji Qiang showed a trace of sadness between her eyebrows and eyes, and now they can still live in peace, but
Those who are in dire straits can be described as miserable.
"Well, I just got it." Xia Jinnian pondered, and his worries were also seen on his melancholy face.
"What do you think?" Xia Jinnian wanted to hear Ji Qiang's opinion, and Ji Qiang came here for this matter.
"The city is naturally going to be sealed, but those merchants who sit on the ground and raise prices should be punished, how can they take this opportunity to carry out such a black-hearted transaction, how can those people live.
So you have to make a decree and let the government manage it. In addition, the resources in the city are limited, and other cities have to raise donations to tide over the difficulties together. "Ji Qiang's words are reasonable, this is all for the sake of the safety of the people in the world.
"It makes sense, and I will carry it out." Xia Jinnian looked at Ji Qiang, her eyes were full of joy for her, her woman always surprised her like this, and she couldn't put it down.
"Hmm." Ji Qiang showed a shallow smile, she thought that this crisis would definitely be overcome.
The joy in Xia Jinnian's eyes was explored by Ji Qiang, and the two looked at each other and smiled. Ji Qiang tacitly leaned into his arms.
"Qiang'er, you say...... Can we get through it? Xia Jinnian looked at the world, but there was a little worry in her heart, and she didn't look at her delicate eyebrows, and there was a trace of comfort in her eyes, at least she was still by her side.
"Of course, why not?" Ji Qiang rubbed his eyebrows, knowing that he had been busy with Henan City recently, he didn't have time to rest at all, and now he was afraid that he was by his side, so he took off his disguise.
"Haha, why not!" Xia Jinnian laughed out without laughing, hugging Ji Qiang and looking at the great rivers and mountains, and naturally saw the hidden crisis later. He understands everything, and naturally understands.
It didn't take long for the Holy Lord's will to descend to Henan City. The days of the people's bitterness finally subsided for a while, and Xia Jinnian's move calmed the people's hearts and received many praises.
And those black-hearted merchants also got the punishment they deserved, thanks to Zhou Tong's favorable work, which was also applauded by the people.
But this is only a small matter, because the most important thing is that the plague has not been resolved.
However, the powerful people in the rich families bought the city guards and fled from Henan City before the holy decree arrived. But they didn't know that this was also extremely irresponsible, which may have been a major reason for the spread of the plague.
However, Zhou Tong has carried out a strict investigation for this and has done his best to reduce the occurrence of such things.
In the days that followed, except for the plague, things were normal, but the goods were getting less and less. This made the people of the city very frightened, and they feared that they would die not of the plague but of starvation, and that the cause of such death was very sad.