Wenzhou City.

Compared to the starvation in the northern part of Zhejiang Province, it was much better, and they did not suffer any disaster this time.

A lot of the food that circulates in the market comes from here.

However, as more and more displaced people come to Wenzhou, and some traders from other places come here to buy grain, the price of grain in Wenzhou is also rising, and it has reached twice the original price.

And this, compared with Taizhou Mansion in the north of Wenzhou Mansion and Ningbo Mansion further north, it has been calculated. In Taizhou Prefecture, the price of grain has increased by more than 20 times compared with usual, and there is still no market, and I don't know how many people are starving to death on the side of the road. Ningbo Mansion is slightly better because of the Yan family's relief, but it has also increased more than tenfold.

And this price is still rising.

Don't have food? Not. Many big landlords have a lot of grain and grass stored in their homes, and of course they are not as good as the Yan family, but it is enough to help the people and stabilize prices.

But at this time, those big landlords were all hoarding Juqi, wanting to take advantage of this famine to make a lot of money.

There are mourning all over Zhejiang, but in the grain depots of these landlords and gentry, the grain and grass are piled up and are about to become moldy.

At the top of the city's most luxurious restaurant, seven local magnates were living in the same room. They were dressed in fine silk, and their tables were filled with delicacies, and the calamities outside the city seemed to have nothing to do with them.

This is the most prominent six scholars in Wenzhou Prefecture, they control more than eighty percent of the food in the mansion, and the lifeblood of the people in the whole mansion is in their hands, and there is one who is the prefect of Wenzhou Prefecture.

But at this time, these ordinary high-ranking big men all smiled at this time, and toasted to a young man sitting in the middle, who only raised his wine glass lightly, and the gentry opposite was flattered, drank the liquor in the cup in one gulp, and then laughed again and again.

This person is Yan Ling. Of course, his apparent identity is the younger brother of Yue Guogong, which is the identity he asked Nanjing to arrange for himself.

It is said that a strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, but the identity of the Yan family of the Nanjing Yue State Mansion made several of the strongest gentry on the ground in Wenzhou bow their heads.

The prefect was also in the toasting crowd, looking at a few people around him, he couldn't help but sigh.

Look at this, his relative is an official in Nanjing, that one, the son of a certain person in Beijing, and that one over there has something to do with a certain adult in the political secretary...... Usually, even if their own prefect comes to them, they are a little ignorant, but now they are so enthusiastic!

But he also understands that after all, someone from the Yue Guo Mansion is here, who dares to offend!

After three rounds of drinking, the young man who was holding the moon finally opened the conversation:

"Everyone, let's be honest, I'm here to ask for something."

Who was present was not a human spirit, of course they knew that this adult definitely did not come here to trick them into drinking a drink, at this time Yan Ling talked about the topic, and the few people who were still crooked just now had clear eyes in an instant, and made a look of concentration.

"This year's disaster in Zhejiang, you also know, my Ningbo Mansion is also seriously affected! I don't know how many fertile fields have been flooded and how many people have been displaced, but I see it in my eyes and feel pain in my heart. ”

"I am in charge of the family on the orders of my brother, and my Yan family has a family motto, how can I watch this tragedy happen? So he scattered all his wealth, just to save the common people. ”

Yan Ling looked compassionate at this time, and as he spoke, everyone around him hurriedly echoed him, praising his kindness.

"My family is not rich, and now all the food has been basically used for soup kitchen, but the relief from this court has not yet arrived, there is no way, I can only send people around to buy food."

"I heard that Wenzhou was not affected, so I brought people here to buy grain."

"But when I arrived in this Wenzhou Mansion, I found that this Wenzhou Mansion was obviously not affected by the disaster, but it was also short of food. Guys, how can this be? ”

The hint was obvious, several people looked at each other, and someone asked:

"My lord, how much food do you want?"

"Ten thousand stones!" Yan Ling smiled and spoke.

"It can't be!" As soon as the words fell, someone blurted out, and the faces of the people around were full of surprise.

10,000 stones, this is a lot of money, even if the entire Wenzhou Mansion may not be able to transfer so much grain!

"My lord, I'm afraid this is unlikely, although this mansion has not suffered a disaster, but it will not be able to take out so much." The prefect of Wenzhou also spoke.

"That's right...... But I really need it, what should I do? Yan Ling smiled:

"Why don't you open up your respective granaries, how about I buy as much as I want?"

As soon as this sentence was spoken, everyone understood that it was for their food!

Of course they are unwilling, the relief grain from the imperial court has not come down, and the price of this grain will rise, so they will hoard it again, and they will harvest more when the time comes.

But the person who came to buy it was the younger brother of Yue Guogong, so the nature was different, they just didn't want to sell, they had to sell!

Fortunately, according to the current market value, it is also a very high price, and it is not a loss. They consoled themselves in this way.

Someone said: "If you want to buy it, there is naturally no problem...... It's just that the price of this food is a bit high......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yan Ling:

"Food prices, no problem!"

"I remember before, it was three coins of silver and one stone of grain, right?"

"I buy so much, you have to give me a cheaper, just ...... Two coins of silver and one stone are good. Don't worry, I buy more, you won't lose! ”

"Bang!" As soon as the words fell, there was a loud thud of a chair falling to the ground.

When I turned my head to look, I saw a person covering his head and scrambling to get up.

He was embarrassed, but he still said to himself:

"My lord, I, I heard you right, right? You want us to sell you a stone of grain for two dollars? ”

Not only him, but even the other gentry present were stunned.

Map of Yan Kingdom, this is the end?

No, this dagger is too sharp!

Before before, you know it was before!

The grain output in the south of the Yangtze River is high, so the grain price is generally much lower than that in other places.

But that was before! Don't think I don't know, now you Ningbo Mansion, three taels of silver can't buy a stone of grain, can this be compared?

Even according to the current grain price of our Wenzhou Mansion, it should be eight dollars of silver and one stone!

Don't worry, the more you buy, the more we lose!

Facing the strange faces of everyone present, Yan Ling's face showed a strange look, and he asked out loud:

"Guys, do you have any questions? Is my price unfair? ”

(End of chapter)