Jingzhou, counties and counties within the territory.

Because Jingzhou is located in a remote area, it is also the land of fish and rice, except for Nanyang, which is north of the Han River, which was poisoned by Yuan Shu, Yellow Turban, Cao Cao, Zhang Xiu, etc.,

In the rest of the states and counties, the people are still living and working in peace and contentment.

At least it's much better than the people living in the Central Plains.

And in the downtown area, looking at the prices inserted by many grain merchants, it also made many people frown slightly.

"Boss, yesterday's grain price was 15100, why is it 18000 today?" A strong man couldn't help but ask.

"Can you afford it? I can't afford to buy rice bran over there, so don't delay my business! "The boss is a little angry, compared to the rich businessmen a few days ago, these people are poor.

"But boss, your price increase is too much..."

"Boss Zhang, you can count it, today is all high-grade corn, one thousand hundred and eighty-one hundred, how much do you want?" The boss saw the wealthy businessman coming from afar, and flattered him.

"It's all over!" The wealthy businessman waved his hand, unimpressed.

"Okay, I'm going to bag it for you!" The boss said with a smile.

Seeing bags of grain being bought, many grain merchants began to close their doors, but the people were a little depressed, they never expected the grain to rise so fast.

Depending on the situation, I am afraid that the price of grain will exceed 2,000 tomorrow.

If this continues, the common people can't afford to eat food at all!

"Huh!" Someone shook his head and sighed, and turned away.

And then, in just a few months, the price of grain in the city was directly raised to 8,0100, you must know that it was only 1,23 at the beginning, which was six or seven times higher.

Moreover, with the rise of grain prices, the salt, cloth, etc. of the salt merchants in the city have also risen, and the economy of various places has been directly raised by a group of inexplicable wealthy merchants.

This makes the people in the city cry bitterly,

They couldn't imagine why all kinds of things were suddenly so expensive, and they were ridiculously expensive, some doubled, and seriously doubled by seven or eight times.

However, it is not difficult to imagine that if there are suddenly tens of thousands or even tens of trillions in the country, then one watermelon may be two hundred, in short, all kinds of things will rise.

The only solution is to find a way to prevent this capital from flowing in, and at the same time use goods to suppress inflation, but the funds in various places have long been arranged.

As for the family, they do have grain in stock, but this kind of opportunity to cut leeks, the family doesn't want to say more, but wants to sell the grain at a high price.

Coupled with all kinds of bribery, the family is even more lazy to care about the survival pressure of the people.

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In the blink of an eye, summer is mid to late April.

Jingzhou, in the city of Xiangyang.

Yangyang City is the least affected place, but it has also increased slightly due to the influence of various places.

At the moment, the house will be inside.

Liu Biao slowly closed the paper and asked, "Hasn't Chu Feng moved yet?" ”

"Back to the lord, there is no movement yet." Cai Mao hugged his fists and replied, but he was also curious, because according to Chu Feng's character, now Yuan Cao is fighting along the Yellow River,

It is absolutely impossible for Chu Feng to wait, right,

Now that it's been almost four months since the beginning of spring, Chu Feng is really calm, or is he really not going to attack Jingzhou? But it shouldn't!

Hearing this reply, Liu Biao was very dissatisfied, he now wanted to hear the news of Chu Feng's attack, but it was all news of Chu Feng eating, drinking, and having fun.

It annoyed him.

"Lord, will Chu Feng not plan to attack our Jingzhou? Or is he waiting for Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to start a complete war? Wen Ping stepped sideways and clenched his fists and asked.

He is a recently promoted general, and he has some talent.

"Chu Feng has lofty ambitions, he is definitely not a good person, he can't be careless, I'm afraid he will hold back his bad heart now, and send a message to inform Huang Zu of Jiangxia, let him be sure to take the embankment."

Liu Biao waved his hand and said solemnly.

He doesn't believe Chu Feng who is a good person, yes,

This person is a mouthful, the warship that came to Jingzhou to deceive him has not been returned, how can such people not be greedy for Jingzhou? What's more, Jingzhou is still upstream!

"No!" The messenger nodded in response.

At this moment, Kuai Liang groaned slightly, but still spoke: "Lord, there is something that needs to be guarded against. ”

"What?" Liu Biao frowned.

"Nowadays, there are many wealthy merchants in Jiangxia and Nanjun inexplicably, and these people are buying all kinds of cloth, grain and other items at prices much higher than the market price."

Kuai Liang frowned and said solemnly.

"Isn't it normal to have a few wealthy merchants?" Liu Biao waved his hand.

"Lord, these wealthy businessmen have been scraping for nearly half a month, and they are not short of money at all, obviously there is a purpose, and now there is an imbalance in prices in various places, food prices are soaring, and the people are complaining!"

Kuai Liang clenched his fists and said solemnly.

"Price imbalances? Is there a solution? Liu Biao raised his eyebrows, he didn't want to see the people complaining at this juncture.

"Release the government's grain stockpiles and stabilize grain prices. At the same time, send people to find out these wealthy businessmen, be sure to find out, I am worried that they are people sent by Chu Feng or Cao Cao. ”

Kuai Liang suggested.

"Release the stockpile?" Liu Biao hesitated: "How much food do you need?" ”

"It's... I'm afraid it will take a million Hu, "Kuai Liang was a little embarrassed to say, after all, the million Hu grain was filled in for no reason, who would want to!"

"Millions? It doesn't matter if the price affects some, the people will naturally subside when the grain is harvested next year, after all, the government has limited grain stocks, and in this year of war, it cannot be wasted. ”

Liu Biao waved his hand and didn't think about it at all.

Although he treats the people well, it does not mean that he will unconditionally support these people, not to mention that he still needs to spend millions to calm down, which is too much.

"As for the grain merchants who are in trouble, send someone to find out, and if it is Cao Cao or Chu Feng's people, they will be arrested immediately." Liu Biao said again,

"No!" Kuai Liang nodded, he had to investigate thoroughly.

"Oh yes, just read the paperwork, Cao Cao sent Cheng to Yecheng to guard against our army, I don't know what you think of this upcoming battle between Cao and Yuan?"

Liu Biao stroked his beard and asked curiously.

As he spoke, all the civil and military officers glanced at each other, except for a few generals, the rest of them all said in unison: "Wait and see!" ”

In their opinion, Liu Biao was originally a puppet, and it was obviously impossible to help Liu Biao expand his territory, as long as they retained their strength, anyone stationed in Jingzhou had to act according to their faces.

"Since this is the case, then be more vigilant, and send a message to Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei, so that they can have the opportunity to lead their troops to repel the soldiers and horses stationed by Cheng Yu."

Liu Biao waved his hand, thinking that the arrangement was not bad.

Cao Cao in the north, Chu Feng in the east, he can face it with ease, but the most important thing at the moment is to solve Zhang Xian, this person is still thinking about fighting hard, it's not easy!

After solving Zhang Xian, Jingzhou can sit firmly in Diaoyutai, at least it has been unrealistic for so many years.

"Okay, let's go down and prepare, and report any problems immediately!" Liu Biao waved his hand, feeling a little helpless in his heart.

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On the same day, Liu Biao's various news spread far and wide, so that when the people below went to search, those former wealthy businessmen disappeared in an instant, leaving behind all kinds of messes.

However, a group of grain merchants took the initiative to sell grain at a low price, and the price of grain in the market was 8,000 yuan, and all of these grain merchants sold it at a price of 500 yuan and 1 hundred.

Not only food, but all kinds of other things are sold.

The only curious thing is that the purchase of this grain must be exchanged for a new coin, and after a group of people exchanged it in person, many people chose to believe it,

And according to 500 yuan per hundred, you must know that after the exchange ratio of four to one, this grain is only 2,000 yuan per hundred, which is much lower than the current 8,000.

The most important thing is that these new coins are said to be the coins of Yangzhou Chufeng, and the people of Yangzhou are famous for living and working in peace and contentment, so that the people believe in it a little more.

On that day, an unknown amount of grain was sold.

This also made the merchants in the city nervous and wanted to try to reduce the price, but the other party's price made them retreat, and they could only watch.

In just one day, the prices of these grain merchants fell again.

From the beginning of 500 yuan a hundred, directly reduced to 400 yuan a hundred, converted, a grain is a drop higher than the initial price,

But this initial price is a thing of the past.

For a time, the people everywhere knew about it, and some people even got up early in the morning to line up, all of them had to exchange for new dollars to buy grain, cloth, etc.

These things are excessively cheap, and some are even lower than the initial price, which makes Jingzhou's local merchants have no power to fight back.

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On the third day, more people from all over the country heard the news.

As for the city and county orders in various places, first of all, they took bribes, and secondly, they calmed down the people's grievances, and they didn't see anything bad, but the people were happy.

and can take money and appease the people's grievances, good things,

It's all turning a blind eye to this kind of thing.

After all, exchanging 10,000 copper coins for 2,500 new dollars, there is no risk at all when changing hands and using new dollars to buy grain, which makes officials everywhere not care at all.

Early in the morning, the people were already lining up.

Pulling apart the plank and looking at the ordinary people, the boss was also stunned and a little emotional.

Then he hung the wooden sign of the grain price in his hand directly next to him, and all the people looked over, and they were instantly excited, three hundred yuan, and it really dropped again today.

Three hundred coins is 1,200 copper coins, the same as last month, but the price of last month is absolutely impossible to come back, so that the people are extremely excited.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the price of all kinds of grain today is 300 yuan per hundred, and it is also purchased in Singapore dollars, but today each person is limited to five hundreds, and you can't buy more!"

"In addition, in the future, the price of all grain will not be lower than 300 yuan, and until it is sold out, it will be settled in Singapore dollars, which will be valid forever." The boss directly made it hot.

These ordinary people are all eager to try, they are more and more trusting of the new currency, not only the price of grain here, but also the price of cloth over there.

And there are businessmen from all walks of life who recognize the new currency!

As a result, there was a long queue at the Singapore currency exchange office.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in view of the recognition of our new currency by merchants from all over the world, and at the same time speeding up the exchange, all exchanges today start at least 15,000 yuan."

The boss looked at the line and shouted.

As soon as the words came out, the team was in chaos in an instant, and countless people frowned, because of the sudden increase in restrictions, which made many people not have so much money, or dare not invest so much money at one time.

But when they think of the discounts on all kinds of things, they are itching.

"First of all, I apologize to the folks who don't have so many copper coins today, and if you have any concerns, don't worry."

"First, this new currency is a hard currency in Yangzhou, and the same is true for purchasing power. Second, all merchants from all over the world have recognized our new currency, so there is no need to worry. ”

The boss just rightly rendered a wave,

And these operations were all done according to Chu Feng's requirements.

There is a minimum standard for currency exchange, which means that these people must keep a part of the new currency in their hands if they want to take advantage of these discounts, and under the temptation of the discount, they think that the new currency will remain in the hands of these people.

And Chu Feng's layout is very large,

The coins are in the hands of these people, and if Liu Biao blocks the new coins at that time, these people will definitely be displeased, and the people will not talk about it, and even take the lead in throwing themselves to Yangzhou.

If it is not blocked, the Singapore currency will further strengthen its position and form a consumption habit that no one can resist.

The most important thing is that the new coin is really awesome!

No one can pirate the print, which ensures the status of the new currency, and this alone, Chu Feng's measures are for the country and the people.

"Although it is a little more, it can be exchanged for 6,000 for grain and 3,000 for cloth, which is very rare."

"Well, even if you run away, Yangzhou can also spend this money! Otherwise, if you buy it with copper money, you will buy three stone grains for more than 10,000 yuan, so it is better to change it! ”

"Why don't we get together, when the time comes, each person is limited to five Hu, let's buy it separately, and we can spend it directly, how about it?" Someone was very excited, suggested.

For a time, this suggestion was adopted by everyone.

The coins were put together to meet the minimum exchange standard, and several people worked together to exchange them for fifteen thousand coins, and after the exchange, the man gave them a piece of paper, which was said to be exchanged for food.

As a result, several people in the past wanted to exchange food separately, but there was no way, and the purpose of various policies in the early stage was to lock up a part of the new currency in the hands of the people.

Let the people develop the consumption habit of Singapore currency and completely let down their guard.

On this day, although the exchange was criticized by many people, it left hundreds of people with coins in their hands, and they all waited for tomorrow to exchange them.

In short, the number of new coins owned has skyrocketed in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, the end of April.

After many days of trading, the new currency not only allows the people to experience the benefits, but also allows many families or poor families to start using it, and they also start to cash out.

No way, the Singapore dollar is much stronger than the five baht coin.

The credibility of the five-baht coin is notoriously poor, and many ordinary people recognize the new coin even more, and they are full of praise for the new coin launched by Chu Feng.

And this layout, in Chu Feng's view, is a preliminary success.

Whether he can completely control the lifeline of Jingzhou in the future depends on how Liu Biao deals with it next.

If he handles it properly, maybe it will only cause some public resentment in a short time, and if it is not handled properly, I am afraid that he can only break the jar.

After all, the restriction of the new currency, then secretly Chu Feng will make people sweep the price of grain in Jingzhou, and make the people resentful, which is what Liu Biao is most afraid of and unwilling to see at the moment.

As for this economic change, when it reached Liu Biao's ears, it was already the end of the month, and the amount of money in the hands of the people was very terrifying, and they trusted the new currency!

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