Boss Zhao has never experienced such a dangerous thing.

The person in front of him covered his face, and only a pair of dark eyes could be seen.

The short knife in the masked man's hand glowed a faint green light in the dark night, which was the light of the gem on the short knife.

Such a cold short knife is on Boss Zhao's neck, as long as he dares to move, it is estimated that he will be in a different place.

Boss Zhao was so frightened that he was about to pee his pants: "Hero, don't do it, I don't sell high-priced rice now." ”

"Nonsense, I heard that your rice sells for one tael of silver and one catty."

"The hero is mistaken, there is no white rice in our Zhao Ji rice shop now, the Yuelai rice shop opposite is selling high-priced rice, and the fourth boss raised the price of rice to one or two silver pounds, and it was he who raised the price of rice. But seek revenge on him. I, Zhao Ming, pity the people of Yongxing City who don't have rice to eat, and they can't do anything like that. ”

The masked man withdrew his short knife: "Then let you go for the time being, and let us know that you raised the price of rice, and you don't have a head." Brothers will do the right thing for heaven. ”

The masked man flew upwards, to the treetops, and through the treetops to the rooftops, and disappeared.

The guy got up from the ground in horror and hugged the trembling Boss Zhao: "Shopkeeper, when did these people have an enmity with us?" ”

"There are some people who specialize in standing up for the people, and I sold high-priced rice for a few days, and they didn't want to, phew."

Suddenly, a small pebble bounced down from the roof, and it hit Boss Zhao's knee without being biased or oblique, and Boss Zhao immediately knelt down: "A good man spares his life, I don't dare to talk nonsense anymore." I don't dare to sell high-priced rice anymore, and in the future, only the four bosses of Yuelai Rice Shop will sell high-priced rice in Yongxing City. ”

The masked man on the roof was none other than the emperor's secret guard.

The secret guard only used some final effort, and he scared Boss Zhao to death.

Sure enough, I went to the Qinglou and gained a lot.

At least Zhao Ming, a big grain seller in Yongxing City, was willing to sell the goods in his hand to Min Jian at a high price in order to transfer the risk.

Boss Zhao's choice, Min Jian naturally couldn't ask for it.

Sure enough, within three days, the limelight in Yongxing City changed.

I heard that Min Jian bought white rice at a high price, and the big millet shops were willing to deliver to Min Jian, among which Boss Zhao had the widest supply of goods, and even the rice merchants in Luo Licheng heard the movement, such a high price of rice, rice merchants near and far either chartered ships or land transportation, and began to supply rice to Yongxing City uninterruptedly.

On another day, Boss Zhao sent 500 catties of rice again, and Min Jian accepted the original price. But the rice sold by Yuelai Rice Store was 400 wen a catty, and Min Jian paid a loss.

Boss Zhao patted Min Jian on the shoulder: "Young man, you are young, how can you sell it for four hundred yuan a catty." ”

"There's no way, Boss Zhao, look at how much rice I've collected in the past few days, Yuelai Rice Shop can't fit it, so I have to sell some." But it doesn't matter, anyway, I'm the dominant family in Yongxing City now, let them taste some sweetness first, and I can increase the price in the future. ”

Another day passed, there were more merchants transporting white rice back and forth, and dozens of cargo ships were now docked at the usually deserted wharf, and the workers at the wharf could not unload the goods, and some horse-drawn carriages were transported by land, and they also stopped at the door of the Yuelai rice shop to wait for unloading.

The five hundred catties of rice sent by Boss Zhao waited until it was dark to pass the acceptance, and the price this time was thirty percent lower than last time.

"Boss Zhao, I don't want to lower the price, but you see, there are too many people who come to send rice when they hear the wind, and the price is 30% lower, and everyone is still rushing to send it."

Boss Zhao secretly complained, because Yuelai Rice Store bought a large amount of white rice, he thought that he could make money by pouring white rice from it, and he didn't have to sell it himself, so he also handed over the silver in Luoli City, and ordered 5,000 catties at the price of 100 wen per catty of rice.

Now that white rice is pouring into Yongxing City, the price of rice is getting lower day by day.

The sign on the Panda Rice store changes every day.

"Today's white rice, two hundred wen per catty."

"Today's white rice, one pound and one hundred wen."

"Today's white rice, seventy wen per catty."

"Today's white rice, thirty wen per catty."

After another two days, the price of white rice was only ten wen per catty, and it was back to the price before the disaster.

Ten pounds of rice, Yuelai Inn wantonly supplied, and the people carried sacks and wooden carts to load, grinning happily one by one.

Those businessmen who send rice back and forth and are ready to sell it at a high price secretly complained, they were ready to sell it at a high price, but who knew that there were too many rice, and the price could not be high, so they could only ship it back if they did not sell it, whether it was land transportation or ship transportation, the freight was a large expense, and after it was transported back to the original place, these rice could not be sold at a high price, in this case, they could only grit their teeth and unload the goods in Yongxing City.

Boss Zhao is so worried that he can't sleep at night, the five thousand catties of rice he bought from Luo Licheng have been delivered, and now they are piled up in Zhao Ji Rice Shop, and now Min Jian has knocked down the price of rice in Yongxing City, Zhao Ji Rice Shop reacted and wanted to sell it at a high price, there is no chance, after all, ten pounds of white rice, the people have hoarded a lot, and the supply is still pouring in, Boss Zhao is holding the five thousand catties of white rice, if it can't be sold, I don't know what the market will be in the coming year, if the rice is broken, it is really worthless. In this way, it is better to sell to Yuelai rice store, or it can only be sold to Yuelai rice store.

Although the Yuelai rice store has just opened, the lower and lower rice prices have gradually won the hearts of the people, and the people have recognized the Yuelai rice store.

Do the math, a few days ago, the people of Yongxing City were still so thin and hungry that they couldn't walk, but now it's only been ten days of work, and every household has hoarded white rice, and some families have even hoarded thousands of catties, and they can't eat it for two years.

The price of rice in Yongxing City finally fell, and in the end, it fell to six wen a catty. It's down a lot from a normal year.

Du Zhiyan calculated an account with Min Jian, when he first came to Yongxing City, he spent a thousand taels of silver, but then bought rice at a low price and then sold it, this trip out, all the expenses were only a thousand taels, but he successfully saved the situation in Yongxing City, and every household ate white rice and hoarded it.

Before Du Zhiyan and Min Jian left, Chang shopkeeper respectfully sent the two out: "The two distinguished guests from the capital have really done a great thing for the people of Yongxing City, and the people in the city are grateful for the great kindness of the two." I didn't expect the two of them to have such courage and wisdom at a young age, and sure enough, there are talents in the capital. ”

"You're wrong."

"We are far away from the capital here, and I heard that the little faint king in the capital ......"

The Emperor: "Ahem, cough, cough......"

Why did the front foot regulate the price of rice for you so that you were full, and the back foot you jumped and scolded?

Shopkeeper Chang said with a smile: "I heard that our emperor in the capital is a little faint monarch. ”

The emperor's heart is cool and cool.

"I heard that our emperor in the capital is a little faint monarch, but I don't think so. Fourth boss, you are so scheming at a young age, it seems that the people in the capital are outstanding, how can the emperor be a mediocre person? ”

"The shopkeeper is really insightful." The emperor patted the shopkeeper's shoulder: "I know the little emperor of the capital very well, he is suave, chic and uninhibited, Yushu is in the wind, graceful, mature and steady, and magnificent." ”

Du only said, cough cough.

The emperor is almost done.

The good words are all arranged for you.

The bright light of that rainy night, the couple who got off the carriage, in ten days, let the people of Yongxing City have rice to eat, these grains, I am afraid that Yongxing City will not harvest for two more years, and the people will still have surplus food.

In retrospect, Chang couldn't believe that this was true.

Boss Zhao is crooked in Zhao Jimi's shop, and the doctor he invited is pinching others.

"The surname four, you lied to me." Boss Zhao staggered and wanted to chase him out, this time he fell for Min Jian, and his family lost almost a lot, and since then he has been in a slump, and he has no ability to make a comeback.

When the people who had suffered losses in his store passed by again, they occasionally threw a tomato or cabbage gang: "It's this surnamed Zhao, I can't buy a pound of rice for 200 Wen, and now he is a newspaper from the world." ”

The emperor and Du only said that they didn't dare to stay in Yongxing City, and it was originally a private trip to Yongxing City, so they took a boat on the return trip, and they took the boat all the way up the river, which was much faster than going over the mountains and mountains.

It's just that Du Zhiyan is a little seasick, the boat is floating on the river, Du Zhiyan lies straight in the cabin, and I don't know which day, I feel that the blue waves are rippling, boundless, sometimes there are seagulls, sometimes there are water ducks, the green mountains are reflected, and the afterglow is sprinkled everywhere.

The emperor set up a small pot in the bow of the boat, and from time to time he caught a crab or shrimp in the river and stewed it in the pot. After the stew was served, it was served to Du Zhiyan, and Du Zhiyan vomited even more: "Your Majesty, the concubine is seasick and can't eat." ”

"Don't take the waterway, get off the boat and take the car." The emperor immediately made a decision.

"The concubines endure it, it's not that they can't sit, besides, take the waterway faster, the civil and military officials are still waiting for the emperor in the capital."

"Let them wait." The emperor still carried Du Zhiyan off the boat.

The guard's carriage was already waiting on the shore, and it was spacious and equipped with brocade beds.

The emperor shook the folding fan, looked at the regressing green mountains outside the curtain and sighed: "Du Changzai, this time in Yongxing City, you have made a contribution, if you are a man, I will make you an official." ”

Du didn't squeak.

"I am not a person who does not distinguish between rewards and punishments, Du Chang is here, what reward do you want, just tell me."

Du Zhiyan still didn't squeak.

The emperor stretched out his hand and touched Du Zhiyan's forehead, and he didn't have a fever, so why didn't he squeak.

Du Zhiyan closed his eyes slightly, and his long eyelashes fluttered like butterflies.

"Du Chang is there?"

"Your Majesty, the concubine is motion sickness."

This stunned the emperor.

Seasickness in a boat, motion sickness in a car.

"What about sitting on me?" The emperor held back for a long time before he could make such a big move.

"Your Majesty, the concubines are no longer dizzy." Du Zhiyan struggled to sit up, the emperor could come up with such an idea, the secret guards who drove the car were still alive, these secret guards were all deaf and clear-sighted, and they could hear the conversation in the carriage clearly, Du Zhiyan still had a face.

The emperor smiled: "Isn't there a lot of means when Du Chang is sleeping?" Today, I took the initiative, and Du Changzai was ashamed. ”

"Your Majesty, please pay attention to your words and deeds, you are the king of a country."

"I want to be your husband more than the king of a country."

Although the secret guards are professional, they don't eavesdrop or peek, but the emperor's sensual words still make everyone tremble.

After a few days of bumping like this, I could see the gray-blue capital in the distance.

The palace is almost overwhelmed.

Everyone said that the emperor and Du Chang were locked up in the Taihe Palace to eat, drink and have fun, and every day called the singers and eunuchs of Nanfu to present programs, opera for a while, and dance for a while, no matter how anxious the queen mother was, no matter how the civil and military officials urged and supervised, the emperor sang and danced, and did not put these people in his eyes at all.

Gao Rang guards outside the Taihe Palace every day, not to mention the Queen Mother or the civil and military officials, even a fly, and don't want to fly into the Taihe Palace alive.

When the civil and military officials knelt down to Cining Palace, the Queen Mother also mustered up the courage to go to Taihe Palace to be tough, but Gao Rang's words made the Queen Mother retreat: "Queen Mother, there are six new little eunuchs performing broken shows in Nanfu today, all of them are not wearing shirts, and they are performing chest broken boulders at this time, the Queen Mother, the slave will open the door for you, the emperor will definitely arrange for you to sit in the front row, and the front row can be seen clearly." ”

Gee.

Six eunuchs.

Didn't wear a top.

Perform chest crushing boulders.

Sit in the front row.

I have a picture in my head.

No, no, the elderly can't stand it.

The Queen Mother didn't dare to say much, pinched her Buddha beads and went back to Cining Palace.

But on the ninth day of the first lunar month, the civil and military officials were still unwilling, at least those officials were indignant one by one.

How can the emperor not go to the early dynasty for so long, and the folds collected are two people tall, and the emperor has not disposed of any of them. During the reign of the first emperor, there was no such precedent.

Some of the officials began to take on a posture.

first hugged the queen mother to the outside of the Taihe Palace, and then crawled on the steps as if she had been poisoned, crawling and crying: "Your Majesty, the king of the country who has died since ancient times has a premonition." The emperor is young and does not want to make progress, ignores state affairs, and pampers the demon concubine, Chen Guo is afraid that he will die. ”

The Queen Mother twisted her face to the side: "Lord Xu, persuade the emperor to return to the emperor, and don't be alarmist." ”

Yanguan wiped away his tears: "Queen Mother, the emperor is so unscrupulous, I don't know if it wasn't for the demon concubine who instigated her to serve the emperor every day, and the emperor is becoming more and more unsuccessful."

This said to the queen mother's heart.

The queen mother can't do anything with the emperor, and she wants to make a raft with Du Zhiyan.

As a harem concubine, she can't help the emperor and connive at the emperor's misdeeds every day, isn't it Daji back then?

Can't cure the emperor, and can't cure just one Du Zhiyan?

The Queen Mother directly called Du Zhiyan's father out: "Du Zhong, how do you, the five-product superintendent imperial history, supervise your daughter, the emperor is so indispensable, you are indispensable." ”

Du Zhong's knees went limp, and he knelt on the steps.

In these days when Taihe Palace is closed, Du Zhong is worried every day.

It's good if the emperor is alone behind closed doors to enjoy himself, but it just so happened that he took Du Zhiyan with him.

The civil and military officials are angry and have no head, but they can't put the charge on Du Zhiyan's head, he is Du Duyan's father, of course, he has to suffer some ridicule.

"The good daughter taught by Master Du should be put to death if she confuses the emperor and wastes state affairs."

"Queen Mother, Du Chang is in the Fox Emperor, making Chen Guo's state affairs deserted, according to the palace rules, how to deal with it?"

According to the palace rules, there are two paths.

Executed, or sent to the cold palace, and never to be released.