"you! I'm back! ”

In Xiaohe Village, under the jurisdiction of Anhe County, the men who had been working outside for a day finally came back from the county seat in groups when the sun was about to set.

It's just that today, these men have sad faces on their faces, and they no longer have the happy smiles of the previous days.

As soon as he returned to the door, Sun Dazhu shouted, and immediately called out the mother-in-law who was cooking at home.

As soon as Sun Li heard that it was his man's voice, his face suddenly showed joy.

casually wiped his hands sticky with water on the hem of his skirt, and hurriedly ran to the door to open the door for his man.

"Master, you're back! My meal is ready, let's wash and eat, I'll go and call Erya back, I know all day long that I'm running blindly with a group of bastards, I don't look like a girl at all, how can I marry someone in the future~"

As usual, Sun Li first asked his man to prepare for dinner, and then began to complain about his own girl, but after talking for a while, he didn't hear Sun Li's words that his man smiled as usual and said that the girl was still young and didn't care about her, so he finally realized that his man's expression was wrong.

His heart was lifted up at once, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly pulled the man into the house.

"Hey~"

Following the strength of his mother-in-law into the courtyard, Sun Dazhu casually threw the grain bag he was carrying on the ground.

Only then did Sun Li notice that the grain in this grain bag was actually half less than usual!

Hurriedly asked: "Boss, this ...... What's going on? Why is it that today's grain is half less than yesterday's? ”

casually found a stool and sat down, and Sun Dazhu explained with a sad face.

"When I went to work to get the grain today, the little official who distributed the grain told me that the above had ordered that the grain would be changed to half of the grain and half the money in the future, and then today I was given two catties of grain and twenty cents, No, it's all here."

As he spoke, Sun Dazhu took out twenty copper coins from his arms and handed them to his wife.

Sun Li's hands trembled and he took the twenty yuan, and his face also had a sad face, and said, "The one in charge, isn't it the official who has lost our food?"

Now that the merchants have been killed by the Huns, what is the use of this money!

Isn't it that those officials deliberately took useless money to greed our food? ”

Sun Dazhu shook his head when he heard this: "It shouldn't be, I inquired today, not only ours, but everyone else is also sent with half money and half grain, and even the officials who give us food are also sent like this, saying that the news from Bianjing made it like this."

Didn't the officials who were greedy for ink and resell grain before all have their heads cut off by Emperor Lao Tzu? In such a short period of time, those who are officials will definitely not dare to be greedy anymore. ”

"Huh? It's not that I'm greedy, so how can I send it like this? ”

Speaking of this, Sun Li's face was shocked, turned pale, and said tremblingly:

"In charge, do you think it's possible that the imperial court is running out of food?

But I've heard that this time the Huns have harmed the entire north, so many people have to eat food, do you think the court can supply it?

Isn't it that the food is running out, so the imperial court has reduced the distribution of food, but gives money? ”

Sun Dazhu shook his head: "I don't know, but I'm always unsteady in my heart." ”

After thinking about it, Sun Dazhu instructed: "Child, mother, don't cook so thick rice these days, let's save some food just in case, eat two less, maybe it will save your life in the future!" ”

Sun Li hurriedly nodded: "I know, I know!" ”

But then there was some embarrassment: "But the master, you have to work, if you don't eat more, where will you get the strength to work?" ”

Sun Dazhu sighed: "If you are tired, you will be tired, it is better than starving to death, so do what I say." ”

Sun Li nodded, looked at the ten big steamed buns on the table, thought about it, picked up five and put them back in the pot in a basket.

Even half of the pickles with steamed buns were collected, and then three steamed buns were put in Sun Dazhu's bowl, and he and his daughter were relieved after one each.

"Boss, you have to work, you eat more! Niel and I don't have to do heavy work at home, so it's okay to eat less. ”

Sun Dazhu didn't refuse, he still has to go to work tomorrow, and he really can't do it if he doesn't eat more.

Such a scene did not only happen in the Sun family, but almost the same scene happened in all the northern regions that were suffering.

Because of the problem of half of the money and grain, the people mistakenly thought that the imperial court was going to run out of food, and immediately used various methods to save food in case of emergency.

As for the copper coins, they almost ignored them.

Without merchants, money is really of little use at this time.

The imperial court naturally quickly collected relevant information, and when Zhao Jun received the news, he felt that he couldn't delay it any longer, otherwise these people might do something outrageous, and they couldn't explain it at this time.

People sometimes only believe what they have guessed about the truth.

Soon Zhao Jun's urging spread to Yunzhou County.

Yunli in Yunzhou County received the news and immediately sent messages to several other major shopkeepers, and quickly received a reply.

When they learned that the caravans from all over the country had already prepared the first batch of goods, they immediately let them set off, and all of them gathered in Yunzhou City first, and then entered the customs together.

The mighty caravan pulled countless goods, from the body poison, from the Lingyun City, from the Cloud City, from the Dingbian City, one after another.

Due to the attributes of each place, the goods that everyone brings are not the same.

Most of the merchants who came with poison were grain merchants, whether it was wheat or rice, they all had everything, and along the way, these merchants also arranged stations along the way to facilitate the transportation of goods in the future.

And because the Lingyun Mutual Market is a Tatar business, most of them are all kinds of meat and livestock.

Beef, mutton, cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys, mules, and more.

Cloudsdale and Jeongyang are mostly industrial products.

All kinds of canned food, vegetables, fruits, meat, etc., all kinds of daily necessities, towels, clothes, toothbrushes, needles and threads, all kinds of farm tools and other miscellaneous goods.

It's all things that people use every day.

Yunzhou City is relatively complete, and there are some caravans.

After discussing the itinerary, the team finally hit the road, heading towards the Liaoyun Pass, preparing to enter the customs from here.

Less than half a month later, the caravans that had already entered the customs began to take root along the way.

There are gradually merchants in all major counties, and in order to enter the customs this time, the merchants can be said to have exhausted their means, in order to be able to cultivate more independent shopkeepers, etc., all the schools in Yunzhou County have not been admitted to the civil service, and they have all been recruited.

Only then did we reserve enough staff to open the store.

The people were pleasantly surprised by the variety of shops that were blooming everywhere, and when they carefully took the money to buy the goods they needed in these shops, they were all overjoyed.

The grain store was surrounded by the first time.

However, how could the grain merchants, who had already established a stable grain transportation route along the way, be afraid of many customers?

They gave as much food as the guests wanted.

They didn't raise the price either, they were all ten cents a pound.

And when the people gradually accepted the news that some merchants had returned to the north, the imperial court also quietly gradually increased the proportion of labor and grain, and initiated more money.

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(End of chapter)