However, the civilians in Shenghui City never imagined that the out-of-stock of charcoal and other fire-making supplies was just the beginning.

A few days later, in the ordinary early morning, before the rooster crows, there is already a lot more bustling people in the streets. Many women had already taken a step to the rice store to prepare the family's rations for the next few days, but they were surprised to find that the price of food in the city had risen silently overnight.

Rice has risen more than fivefold, wheat has risen more than threefold, and only coarse grains have been better, but they have also more than doubled.

When the news spread, the civilians in Shenghui City were like exploding the pot, before the price of charcoal and other things increased, and the people endured it, after all, although it was cold, everyone was not a homeless person who stayed on the street after all, there was a thatched hut to shelter from the cold wind, a few linen clothes wrapped around the body, and a large family relied on huddles to keep warm, and this winter might have passed.

But this grain has suddenly risen like this, which household can afford to eat it? What is chewed into the mouth is not coarse grain of rice and wheat, but hard-earned money!

The whole city was in an uproar, and there were even several riots, and many rice shops and grain shops were besieged by the citizens, and if it were not for the timely arrival of the patrol police in the city, these rice shops and grain shops would have been looted.

However, in the face of thousands of people's accusations and insults all over the city, these rice shops and grain shops were not moved at all, not only did not reduce the price, but said to the civilians who were arguing:

"Don't scold, everyone, let's buy more food while there is food now, and after a while, maybe this city will run out of food."

These words immediately caused a lot of panic, and everyone didn't understand how this was so good, and suddenly there was going to be no food.

"Did you know about last night's fire?"

"Yes. Many people looked at each other, "The whole sky burned red in the middle of the night, and I thought it was a god who was obviously spiritual." Why does this fire still have any effect on food?"

"yes, yes, isn't it just a fire somewhere outside the city? There are a few cases every year, what's the fuss. ”

"Hey, you're thinking too simply, it's a fire outside the city, it's a few places quite far away from the city, and at the same time, they all go to the water, and the fire is ignited. ”

"For example, the Manor of the Moore Family, the Manor of the Steven Family, the Manor of the Mex Family, etc., the Zhuangzi of more than a dozen big nobles have all been burned to the ground!", people in the know listed them one by one.

Everyone was taken aback, as residents of Shenghui City, they had still heard of these thunderous names, and they were all among the top nobles in Shenghui City.

There are even many people who have been far away, and when they left Shenghui City, they saw these manors from afar.

But what is even more special is that these nobles are also the largest landlords in Shenghui City, and many people in this city have worked in the fields outside the city as their tenants.

"No, aren't those courtyards quite far away from the city, why did there be a fire so much that everyone in the city could see it?"

"Silly, I don't want to think about what is the most in these Zhuangzi? Of course, it is the most grain, all the grain in the warehouse has been burned, can this fire not be prosperous?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the people around them suddenly realized. These nobles were the largest landlords in the city, and when the grain was not producing grain, the grain merchants in Shenghui City bought grain through these families and transported it to the city to sell. The granaries of these houses have all burned down, so it's no wonder that this Shenghui City is running out of food.

However, there are still many people who don't believe it, "How could it be so coincidental that all these Zhuangzi were burned at the same time?" ”

However, those in the know scoffed at this, "You think it is bluffing you, go out of the city to see, the residue of the burning, blowing all over the mountains, feet on it, can sink into most of the footprints." Now these families are organizing people to spread the residue of these rice grains into the field, hey, by next year, the land will become fertile enough. ”

There are also some five big and three rough gentlemen gloating about this, "These nobles don't do anything good on weekdays, if they encounter a famine or something in a disaster year, these families are the most fierce in price increases." Now that the fire has been burned clean, I think it is a heavenly punishment from the gods. ”

However, the men who said such things were all knocked on their bags by their own mothers-in-law, "Heaven will punish us, I think it is to punish us! Their grain has been burned, and they can always find food from other places, what should we do? What to eat? Do the whole family go to drink the northwest wind!"

Rumors of the fire spread throughout the city, and the panic did not stop, but intensified. The rice shops in the city not only did not desert their business, but they were extremely popular, and the people in the city even took out all their savings in order to buy more grain and store it in order to cope with the famine that might occur in the future.

However, after all, there are only a few people who can buy, and the price of grain in this city changes three times a day, but in two or three days, it has risen to the point that the whole city can hardly bear it. In many poor families, the family's savings can only buy two or three meals of food. However, what is even more desperate is that this is only the beginning, according to the news from outside the city, most of the grain reserves have been burned out, and due to the heavy snow blocking the road, it is even more difficult to bring in food from afar.

And those big families in the city, the rich and nobles, must have some food in their homes, but how could they take out the food for disaster relief.

It's not bad if you don't fall into the well, it's more about watching from the wall, covering the stock of the house tightly, just in case.

Even if there are some kind-hearted people, they are helpless against this situation, even if they are covered in iron, how many nails can they hit? The current food shortage crisis in Shenghui City cannot be solved by a few families alone.

As a result, within a few days, the phenomenon of selling children and women on a large scale appeared in the city, but at this special moment, who would spend precious grain to buy people? Even brothels specializing in the skin and meat business did not dare to take advantage of this opportunity to buy people at will, and even the prostitution money of customers was now changed to grain, which is ridiculous but very realistic.

What is even more frightening is that the murder of people and meat in the city has been heard, which has added to the panic atmosphere in Shenghui City, coupled with the atrocities of smashing and looting from time to time, the patrol officers of the National Police Department are forced to carry out non-stop patrols in the city under pressure.

But even this could not be eradicated, stopping the growing crime rate and the rising mob in the city.

At such a moment, many people remembered the holy religion that had always preached "God loves the world" and helped the poor, and the refugees in the city poured into the holy place like a tidal wave, but they were told with hope:

The Holy Religion has also run out of food.