Looking at Xie Tang and the others' demoralized appearance, Zhao Mengqi smiled more and more brightly.

"What you said scared me, think about it carefully, most of the grain in western Zhejiang is controlled by you, if you really carry it and don't sell it, the consequences are really serious......

Xie Tang put on a posture of breaking the jar and breaking it, "This is all forced by His Royal Highness, and the ministers can only do this, it is nothing more than a defeat for both sides, and the fish is dead and the net is broken!"

"No, no, no......" Zhao Mengqi raised his middle finger and shook it at Xie Tang and the others, "Is it possible, in fact, only one side will be injured, the fish is dead, the net is still there, maybe it is stronger."

At this time, there were cheers outside, and they became louder and louder, more and more high-pitched, as if the entire Gusu City was boiling.

"Do you know why they cheered?" The ridicule in Zhao Mengqi's eyes became more and more intense.

yes, what do these grass folks have to cheer about?

They can't even fill their stomachs now, where is the strength to scream!?

Could it be that King Yan gave them the gold and silver just now?

But though gold and silver are good, they cannot be eaten for food, and they cannot buy grain at this time, and they are no different from stones.

The gentry are confused, you look at me, I look at you, all feel inexplicable.

Xie Tang felt bad in his heart, what these people were most worried about right now was food, and it was naturally food that made them so happy.

But how could King Yan still have food?

And it seems to be sufficient?

Could it be that he will conjure up tricks and conjure food out of thin air!?

These doubts made Xie Tang scratch his heart and lungs, and he couldn't help but want to rush outside to find out.

At this time, Gusu City has become a sea of joy, even more joyful than the New Year.

"His Royal Highness King Yan has decreed that all the people, by virtue of their household registration, can receive two catties of salted fish or dried fish, five catties of fresh aquatic products, half a catty of refined salt, two taels of loose tea, and two taels of rice for one stone, and there is no limit!"

The officials and the forbidden army beat gongs and drums, and proclaimed them all over the city.

The people couldn't believe it when they heard about it, how could there be such a good thing?

Pingjiang Mansion is near the lake, the rivers are vertical and thin, the meat on weekdays is mainly from aquatic products, the price is not expensive, according to different varieties, a pound is also five to thirty Wen.

However, with the soaring price of grain, everything that can be eaten has also risen sharply, basically more than ten times, and even firewood has increased by three or four times.

Because in this year, the powerful not only annexed the fertile land, but also the mountains near the city and the water surface of the rivers and lakes where water lotus roots could be planted were also occupied by them, and the people who made a living by collecting firewood and planting water had to pay rent to them.

Moreover, the industry and commerce of the Great Song Dynasty were prosperous, and the powerful did not just sit on the land rent, they infiltrated into all walks of life, and they could not only affect the price of grain.

Salt tea is a monopoly of the government, and the price is determined by the government, but as a disguised tax tool, salt tea is not cheap, don't look at the offshore of Pingjiang Mansion, but the price of salt is also 200 wen a catty, and ordinary coarse tea is also 100 wen a catty.

This wave of benefits is worth 200 on weekdays, not to mention that at this juncture, the most important thing is that it is free!

There are nearly 400,000 households in Gusu City, and there must be a total of 100,000 yuan, is King Yan so extravagant?

I've heard of it before, and the people of Lin'an can occasionally enjoy similar benefits, but that was also when the imperial court was rich, which has been rare in the past ten years, and I didn't expect that this kind of good thing could actually be the turn of the people of Gusu.

It was only when the people saw that a large number of cargo ships had poured into the city, unloading a large amount of supplies at various docks, and began to distribute them, that they finally dared to believe it.

So the people were mad with joy and cheered and rushed to tell the news.

"Did you get it?"

"Hey, I just wanted to see what King Yan looked like when I went out today, and I didn't bring my household registration with me, didn't I want to go home and get it?"

"Haha, my daughter-in-law is still thoughtful, saying that when King Yan comes, most of them will bring food, and they specially told me to bring it, in case there is really food to sell, you can grab a head."

"Look at you

What did you get with a lot of packages?"

"Oh, I'll show you, this is salted fish, a whole two catties of miles, the salt flowers on it are all gushing, but it is much more cost-effective than dried fish, and the aquatic products are more miscellaneous, there are fish, shrimp and crabs, don't let you pick, they are all mixed, we can only settle it, after all, we can eat it."

It's a good one, let's not talk about grass carp, herring, carp, but this wild whitebait, plum fish, hairy crab and the like are all luxuries in later generations.

Hey, I have no food to eat, so I can only eat hairy crabs to eat my stomach, which is really pitiful, so that future generations will see it, and they can't help but cry at the corner of their mouths.

"And this salt, snow-white, pure and fine, I have never seen such a good salt in my life, it is estimated that it is sold for a pound and many rich people are rushing to ask for it, and I don't know where His Royal Highness King Yan got it, why is he willing to give it to us for nothing?"

"This tea is quite strange, it doesn't form a lump or a lump, one by one, the soldier who sent things said, this tea doesn't need to be boiled, and it doesn't need to add onion and ginger spices, you can drink it by brewing it directly with boiling water, and I don't know what it tastes like, I think King Yan shouldn't fool us with bad goods."

"Oh, this is what you haven't seen, I heard that literati like to drink loose tea, this tea is a rare commodity, I'm afraid it's not cheap...... Hey, by the way, didn't you say that there was food to sell, and it only cost two runs and one stone, why didn't I see you buy it?"

"I also plan to buy it, but my daughter-in-law said that the grain on the dock is piled up, and there will definitely be no shortage of food in the future, maybe the price of food will fall back to the way it used to be, and there will still be food at home, so there is no need to buy so much, and it will be a loss to save the future."

"This is reasonable, you have to be careful in your life, this is still a woman's family who knows how to operate, listen to your daughter-in-law......

The city was bustling with activity, some running to their homes and others rushing to the docks, all of them were elated, and their smiles seemed to be engraved on their faces, and they couldn't fall off.

More and more people are receiving benefits, and the streets are full of people carrying large bags and small bags, but there are really not many people buying rice, and the panic caused by this lack of food has dissipated without a trace.

On the side of the Confucian Temple, Wu Qian walked into the Dacheng Hall and reported to Zhao Mengqi what happened in the city in front of the gentry.

When the gentry heard this, their faces were dull and they couldn't believe it at all.

The corners of Zhao Mengqi's mouth slanted, and he looked at Xie Tang playfully, "Xie Daguan, now the rice only needs two runs and one stone, aren't you rich?" If you can buy all the food as before, you will write you a big word "service" and agree to your request, how about it, do you want to try it?"

Rich?

There's a fart for money.

In order to monopolize grain, they have already spent more than 50 million yuan, which has exhausted the "working capital" of most of the gentry in the two provinces, and now they really can't get the money unless they sell their property.

Xie Tang's eyes were distracted, and he muttered, "How is it possible...... Obviously most of the food is controlled, where can we still get food? How did this come about, he is a god and can't ......?"

Zhao Mengqi is not an immortal, just a mortal, he can't do tricks, he just knows how to carry the "Five Ghosts Dafa".

Lu Wencai was also depressed, and kept muttering, "Two runs? …… It's only two!?"

Before and after, they bought nearly five million stones from Yanwang, and also bought more than four million stones in Anji Prefecture and Changzhou, on average, it was more than one stone in five times.

If these grains were to be thrown out at this price, they would have a net loss of more than 30 million yuan, a loss of more than 60 percent!

As the backbone of this operation, Lu Wencai contributed more than 2 million yuan, but he lost more than 1 million yuan.

The key is that the real owner of the Lu family is not him, but Lu Wende, that is to say, the money was actually embezzled by him, and he also borrowed one million yuan from the Lu family's land mortgage.

Originally, he thought that this time he would not only be able to stop King Yan from passing through the realm, protect the interests of the Lu family, and show his face in front of Lu Wende, but also take the opportunity to make a big deal for himself.

Now it seems that all this will have to be beaten by chickens and eggs, if the misappropriated money and mortgaged fields cannot be used

The production recovered, and it was about a few days before it was alive.

What is worse than Lu Wencai should be the Xu family, although the assets of the Xu family are far inferior to the Lu family, but out of hatred, Xu Xueqian insisted on staking all his net worth, and mortgaged all the real estate and land, and made up more than 3 million yuan.

It is equivalent to saying that the only property owned by the Xu family now is only five or six hundred thousand stone grain, but just now he swore that he would not sell grain......

"No!" Xie Tang seemed to suddenly come to his senses, and roared with a hideous face, "Impossible! You can't have that much food! Blindfolding, all blinding, you are cheating, trying to deceive us into low-cost grain! Hahaha...... We will definitely not be fooled, you just wait, we don't sell! It won't be long before the false situation you've created will be punctured."

Then he turned around and appealed to the gentry, "Everyone steady, don't be deceived by him, whether he really has food or not, and where he got it from, but if more than 10 million stone is missing out of thin air, a food shortage is bound to occur." If we hold on a little longer, we'll win!"

The nearly three hundred gentry in the palace calmed down and thought about it, Xie Tang was right, the Great Song Dynasty had been short of food in recent years, and there had been many famines in the past twenty years, and even Lin'an, as the capital, had starved to death many people.

Food is just needed, and there is no reason to say that it will be reduced if it is reduced.

Even if King Yan uses trickery to suppress the price of grain, it will be no problem to store grain for three or five years, and sooner or later it will be able to return to its original value.

After communicating, the gentry have a bottom in their hearts, and gradually harden up, as long as they don't dare to rob openly, then let you Yan Wang Nu do all kinds of things, I will not move!

However, King Yan, who was "recognized", did not panic at all, and smiled weirdly, "Really? Are you really going to win? Is it possible that you won't be able to hold on?"

At this moment, Geng Zhi went inside to report, "Your Highness, the gentry from Lin'an, Jiankang Mansion, Zhenjiang Mansion, Qingyuan Mansion, Anji Prefecture, Changzhou and other places have been invited to come and are waiting outside the palace to receive them."

What are these out-of-town guys doing?

The gentry in the palace were puzzled in their hearts.