The number of waterwheels entering and exiting the north gate of Iwakai City suddenly increased. The returning car owner wore a long robe, revealing the mud on his trouser tubes, and walked on the road with difficulty.

"Dude, what's going on?, why are you covered in mud?" said the face of a middle-aged man as an oncoming waterwheel stopped.

"You'll know when you go! The water level of the Bunin River has dropped by three feet, don't go through the mud, don't try to get water!"

There are three major water systems around Yanhai City, the Tonghai River at the south gate could not take water yesterday, and the Jingshui River at the east gate is too close to the residential area, and the water in the river is not drinkable at all.

If the Bunin River is no longer able to draw water, how can the drinking water problem of millions of residents be solved?

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The Minke Yamen is not far from the Law Yamen, and there are no officials or drums at the gate, so anyone can enter through the gate. However, there is a courtyard after entering the gate, and the gate at the front of the courtyard is the lobby of the civil science yamen.

"Shopkeeper Hong, why are you here? Today is a negotiation meeting on the purchase price of medicinal herbs, so it seems that it has nothing to do with you!" asked a pharmacy shopkeeper.

"My teahouse is closed today! Do you know why? I can't buy water even if I have money! If I don't go to the Minke Yamen to solve the problem, who will I look for?" said the shopkeeper Hong, who kept looking into the lobby.

Luo Tongzhi of the Minke Yamen did not come, and the two officials standing outside the door did not dare to let anyone in.

Slowly, there were more people in the courtyard, there were pharmacy shopkeepers, teahouse shopkeepers, and some residents who wanted to see the excitement, the reporter of "Yanhaidi Daily...... Hundreds of doors surrounded the door, waiting for Luo Tongzhi to appear.

"Can you make way for me?" shouted a post station attendant with a package on his back, raising his hands above his head in the crowd.

At this time, someone outside the crowd shouted: "Shopkeeper Fan is here!"

This time, the civil science yamen cracked down, and the culprit who maliciously raised the price of pills was the shopkeeper Fan of Huibaolou, and it was also the shopkeeper Fan who suffered heavy losses, who didn't want to see how the shopkeeper Fan looked?

As a result, the crowd crowded at the entrance of the lobby began to retreat again.

---The burden behind the handymen at the post station was scattered, and hundreds of letters from different towns and villages were scattered on the ground. Some were kicked out of the circle, and some kept leaving footprints on them......

"There are 50,000 farmers affected in Fulin Town, and the affected farmland area accounts for 70% of all cultivated land. Please ask the Yamen of the Civil Science Department to formulate disaster relief measures as soon as possible, otherwise, it will cause a civil uprising!"

A shopkeeper standing on the periphery picked up a letter from the ground and whispered the open document.

There are also millions of peasants outside Yanhai City, and according to this ratio, the number of peasant households affected by the disaster is not a small number, and if the civil science yamen does not deal with it in time, it will definitely cause a chain reaction.

The residents who heard the news did not crowd up, and slowly gave way to the site, waiting for the post station handyman to clean up the official documents on the ground.

There has been no rain for more than two months, and I believe that the civil science yamen, Du City Lord has already received a similar official document, why hasn't he formulated countermeasures to actively relieve the disaster? Do you have to wait until everyone dies of thirst?

Slowly, everyone silently gathered at the door of the lobby, waiting for Luo Tongzhi to appear. As for the shopkeeper Fan, if there is no open road, he can't squeeze into the front row at all.

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"Lord Du, Lord Mincha, Lin Junmen, Xia Hulang, Fan Junmen... Isn't it just to negotiate the price of medicinal herbs? Why are there so many people who can't get along with the Minke Yamen?" the audience outside the door muttered quietly.

In the lobby of the Minke Yamen, every two chairs are in a group, and there is a coffee table in the middle.

There was no quick catch in the yamen, and a few handymen finished serving tea, all of them were posted on the wall, waiting to be called. Except for a few shopkeepers related to medicinal herbs, the others could only stand outside the door.

"Lord Mincha Envoy! You said that Liu Hong's kid is not angry, and he said two sentences, and he slipped away without letting out a fart!"

Lin Junmen and Xia Hulang sat at a coffee table, and in front of them were the Lord of the People's Procuratorate and the Lord of Du.

"What is there to be nostalgic for a broken military camp? Lin Junmen doesn't know yet! One of his new-type paper talismans has reached a maximum of 50,000 taels, and it has no price!" Xia Huyun interjected.

The envoy of the people laughed and teased: "Xia Huxuan may not know yet! Baicaotang will soon have the surname Liu--"

Baicaotang is the property of my Xia family, how can it be surnamed Liu? No matter how much money Liu Hong pays, it is impossible for Yuxian to sell it. Don't... Seeing the smile of the envoy of the people, Xia Hulang was a little confused.

"Tiandao Commercial Bank, Boss Liu has arrived!"

With the shouts of the officials at the door, Liu Hong's figure appeared at the door of the lobby. He nodded towards the envoy of the people, and his eyes fell on the back of the Du City Lord.

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"According to various considerations, the purchase price of the three medicinal herbs for refining Juyuan Dan is 6 taels per catty, what are the different opinions of everyone?" Luo Tongzhi, who was sitting in the middle of the lobby, said the decision of the Minke Yamen.

"6 taels per catty, starting from this year, all the herbs in Yanhai City will be purchased by your Minke Yamen, and our stores can't afford to lose money!" shopkeeper Fan snorted.

The purchase price of each bottle of pill is 8 taels, and the price you sell it is 10 taels, which is said to be the price of the medicine, but it is actually making money in the middle. 6 taels of herbs? Do you think you can use this price to buy herbs from the private sector?

"Didn't Shopkeeper Fan read the announcement in the Yanhaidi Daily? The ultimate purpose of our purchase of medicinal herbs is to ensure the supply of elixir for the soldiers of the city guard, not to compete for profit for the people!" Luo Tongzhi retorted.

"If Luo Tongzhi hands over all the herbs he received to my Huibao Building, I can also guarantee the supply of pills for the city guards!"

With the support of the city lord Du, Luo Tongzhi slapped the table vigorously and said: "Shopkeeper Fan didn't eat in prison, and he felt very uncomfortable, didn't he?

Once the charge of price gouging is confirmed, the herbs of each family will be confiscated in real price. You are left with only two options: fine, jail. I still want to sit in the yamen and negotiate the price with all the adults, don't even think about it?

The few shopkeepers who wanted to take the opportunity to coax the ground just now were all dejected.

"Luo Tongzhi, I don't know if I can post the charges of my Heavenly Dao Trading House now! Even if the herbs are confiscated, I have to be convinced!" Liu Hong's voice broke the atmosphere of the scene.

After our careful investigation, the Heavenly Dao Commercial Bank did not sell its Juyuan Dan at a high price. ”

"Therefore, our civil science yamen decided to buy the herbs of the Tiandao Commercial House at a price of 8 taels per catty. Luo Tongzhi, who had been prepared for a long time, was still a little short of breath when he spoke.

"Don't say 8 taels and one catty, that is, 10 taels, 20 taels and one catty, and the herbs of my Tiandao Commercial Bank will not be sold to the Minke Yamen!"

Liu Hong's voice echoed in the lobby of the Yamen of the Civil Science Department, and the scene where no one made a sound seemed very strange.