Chapter 24: The Food Crisis

Everyone was doing their jobs all afternoon, and Jiang Yang was not idle, and chose a few masters.

With some iconic things, the location of the house, the direction of the street, etc., are roughly planned.

In the evening, because the food has not yet arrived, use the bran of the City God Temple to deal with it.

Jiang Yang was also leaning against the tree, drinking bran porridge in small sips.

There was no complaint about this.

Although they worked hard for an afternoon, they were still very enthusiastic, and they still said that they must work hard for a better life during the meal.

Seeing that Jiang Yang was also eating bran porridge, they were shocked, who is the county master?

That's the parent officer!

The old parents even ate bran, which made the last trace of slackness and complaint in their hearts gone.

At night, Jiang Yang wanted everyone to rest and rest, and didn't want to be the capitalist who sucked people's blood.

But everyone's enthusiasm is too high, and they will not rest until they finish all the finishing work.

Just as Jiang Yang was about to leave, he heard someone report that a group of people were hurrying near with torches not far away.

Jiang Yang was surprised, what are you doing at such a late hour?

Waiting for the other party to get closer and take a closer look, this is not Wen Guan and his party.

Why do you look like you are asking for food?

than the people who fled the famine.

Look at the shoes on this foot again, and one of them has run away.

"What's wrong with you?" Jiang Yang held Wen Guan, who was about to fall to the ground, and hurriedly asked.

Wen Guan gasped and waved his hand to let people come up with a large stone.

Jiang Yang took a closer look, this color, this texture! Isn't it exactly limestone?

But why are you so embarrassed to find this thing?

Wen Guan said slowly, it turned out that they rode all the way west along the road to look for it, but they found nothing.

So I decided to go back, looking deep in the mountains as I went.

As a result, as soon as I walked back, I found a horse bandit all the way.

Speaking of which, Jiang Yang and Wen Guan glanced at each other with some weakness.

Immediately after that, Wen Guan let people scatter and flee, fortunately, the target of the horse bandits was not them, but after such a commotion, they did not dare to go on the road.

Just thinking about going over the mountains and coming back as soon as possible, all the way is a rugged trail.

I thought that I would disappoint Jiangyang today, but I didn't expect to find this stone at the foot of a mountain, and according to Wenguan, it is estimated that there is half a mountain of limestone there.

With this, Jiang Yang relieved his heart and told the people who went out together to rest well and eat more.

Jiang Yang found Ma Feng.

At present, the manpower is available, the drawings are available, the materials are available, and the tools will be delivered soon.

We will start working tomorrow!

Let him arrange the transportation, the work, and the materials in charge, and take shifts.

After everything was explained, Jiang Yang and Chen Zhiyong planned to leave.

He's going to take the next step.

At present, the construction team wants to eat and drink, and 500,000 taels of silver is definitely not enough, so they have to find a way to make money.

As for Wang Yuanwai, there is no movement and I will ignore it for the time being.

If you want to make money, you must invent something, and Jiang Yang plans to start with wine first.

As we all know, there were many poets in the Tang Dynasty, what do these people like to do? Naturally, it's drinking for pleasure.

And the current wine is some home-brewed things that are not in the stream, if it is improved, the corners of Jiang Yang's mouth show a smile.

Just when Jiangyang was returning, three or five people came from the opposite side and rushed with torches.

Jiang Yang wondered, is it a crime tonight?

When I got closer, it turned out to be Wang Tong.

At this time, the fat body was covered with beads of sweat, and the hair on the sideburns was wet.

"What's wrong?" Seeing him, Jiang Yang's heart gave birth to a hint of foreboding.

"Big... Big... My lord... Big things are not good.. Oh no. Wang Tong put his hands on his knees and gasped violently.

He continued: "I can't buy food. ”

Jiang Yang frowned, what does it mean that you can't buy food? No one can ask for the silver for the white flowers?

"What's going on? Do they refuse to sell us grain or do they say they don't recognize my installment method? Jiang Yang asked.

Who knows, this Wang Tong shook his head.

This made Jiang Yang a little puzzled.

After waiting for a long time, Wang Tong spoke: "My lord... Food prices have risen. ”

"The price has gone up? How much can it go up? Buy first. Jiang Yang asked casually.

"Ten times! Ten times more! Wang Tong said: "And all the grain merchants in the county have increased their prices, except for us, some people can't afford to eat." ”

Wanton price increases? Food is people's livelihood!

Jiang Yang realized that something was wrong, it must be Wang Yuanwai who made a move, it must be them who are secretly making trouble, otherwise why is Wang Yuanwai so calm?

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Yang squeezed out a smile in front of everyone and said, "Don't panic, the road is one foot high, and the demon is one foot high, let's go back and talk about it." ”

Along the way, Jiang Yang was thinking, why did Wang Yuanwai raise the price of grain? Not only do they not afford to buy food, but they also make the people unable to afford to eat.

If you can't afford to eat, then it's a big problem, the lightest of your own black gauze hat will definitely be gone, and it's not nonsense to rebel if it's heavy.

You have to know that for 5,000 years in China, the rebels were all people who couldn't afford to eat, although most of them were extinguished, but what?

What if? According to the timeline, less than four years is the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty has only an appearance and internal decay, even a strong wind can blow him down.

Jiang Yang didn't dare to go down.

When he returned to the county office, Jiang Yangping retreated left and right, except for Ma Feng and Wen Guan, who were both at the river embankment, the rest of the people had arrived.

Looking at their worried looks, it was obvious that they all knew the news.

Li You was the first to speak at this moment: "My lord, he just raised the price of food, and he didn't tear his face, obviously he still wants to talk to us, do you want to talk?" ”

"Talk about a fart!" Ma Yan clenched his fists and said, "What are you talking about when we are bullied?" ”

The rest nodded as well.

Although Chen Zhiyong never spoke, Jiang Yang knew that he was following his own footsteps to act.

However, Wang Tong matured a lot, and looked up at Jiang Yang with some embarrassment, not knowing what to say.

Jiang Yang tapped his fingers and said, "Go to the grain merchant to buy grain first, and you will recognize it ten times!" Buy enough to eat for ten days first, and then find a way to talk. ”

"Secondly, Li You, you and Ma Yan will bring 100,000 taels of silver to the county town to buy grain, how to buy it, Wang Tong will teach you."

"The people have gone over in the past few days, and there is no need for disaster relief for the time being, just let Chen Zhiyong lead someone to clean up everything tomorrow."

Talk? It's impossible to talk about it even if you kill it! If Jiang Yang wants to completely control Xiami County in his own hands, he must not bow his head.

Otherwise, Xiami County is still the Xiami County of the wealthy gentlemen.

A trace of unhappiness flashed in Li's right eye, obviously letting him buy food was to value his ability, but letting Ma Yan go with him was a distrust of him.

Even so, Li You nodded and agreed.

The brothers did not have any major incidents under Jiang Yang's appeasement, but what did Jiang Yang need? It's time!