Jiang Wanning and Gu Zhou stopped to say goodbye, because Yang Xu brought someone here, and she was going to the place where Yang Xu stayed.

Gu Zhou stopped and asked where Yang Xu was staying, and then whispered: "Pay attention to safety, if you have something to do with the government, you will come to find you." ”

Jiang Wanning nodded: "Okay!" ”

The place where Yang Xu settled was a dart game, and the Zhenyuan dart bureau was opened by a friend he made when he was walking the rivers and lakes, and there were semicolons all over Daqi.

Mr. Wen was also there, everyone gathered in the conference hall, and Yang Xu talked about the situation after coming here.

"The first batch of grain, I shipped it to Yunzhou for sale, and soon sold it, the second batch and the follow-up grain were all in Dengzhou, only 20% were sold, and the rest were confiscated by the government."

Jiang Wanning was stunned: "Why did the government confiscate our grain?" ”

Mr. Wen's smile was helpless and sarcastic: "Saying that we disrupt the market, the price of grain in Dengzhou has risen from 128 yuan and 1 stone to 17 21 stone today, and we sell it at 3 to 5 21 stone, which has become a disruption to the market." ”

Jiang Wanning was speechless, and the officials of Dengzhou Mansion were more dimwitted and bastard than she imagined.

"Our grain is still in the government?"

"Yes, Brother Luo's people have been helping me keep an eye on it, and the grain is piled up in the mansion." Yang Xu said.

Luo Zhiyong, the brother of Luo, is the person who said the words of the Far Dart Bureau in Dengzhou Town.

"As long as the food is still in the government, we can get it back." Jiang Wanning is not worried about this, there is also a share of Gu Zhouzhu and Ji Yunchen in this batch of grain.

"Is there really such a shortage of food in Dengzhou?"

Mr. Wen said: "I have understood, in fact, there is no shortage, the grain in the warehouse has not been used, and there are many large households in the city of Dengzhou who have hoarded grain, and many grain merchants have recently transported grain, but the price they sell is too high, and the people can't afford it." ”

As he was talking, Xiao Pan brought someone back.

It was Jiang Wanning who asked Xiao Pan to stare at.

"Jiang Niangzi, this brother's surname is Chen, Chen Song, and he is from Chenjiatun nearby." Xiao Pan introduced.

Chen Song looked at the people in this room vigilantly, and finally his eyes fell on Jiang Wanning: "What are you looking for me?" ”

Jiang Wanning smiled gently: "I am a doctor, I have some spare money at home, and I know that there is a food shortage here, so I brought some grain over, this is the shopkeeper Yang, Mr. Wen, the bookkeeper." ”

Jiang Wanning introduced them one by one.

But Chen Song's attitude became more and more indifferent, in his opinion, the profiteers who transported the grain were no different from the local corrupt officials and big households, who did not care about their life or death, and only thought about making money with a clear conscience.

Listening to what she said before, she thought about the people everywhere, and he thought she was a good person, so he agreed to come and meet.

"I don't have much to say to you." Chen Song turned around and left.

"Brother Chen, wait a moment." Jiang Wanning stopped him: "Listen to me finish speaking." ”

Chen Song paused.

"We brought grain here to help the people on the border, not to make money, just because we sold grain at a low price, so our grain was seized by the government, a full 260,000 quintals."

Chen Song Meng turned his head and said in surprise: "It turns out that the merchant who sold cheap grain and was seized by the government is you?" ”

Jiang Wanning nodded.

Chen Song bowed his hand: "The lady is noble." ”

Many ordinary people in Dengzhou know about this matter, and because they know it, they are even more desperate, understanding that the government does not want to care about the lives of the people at all.

"Now that Lord Gu and His Royal Highness the King of the County are down, my grain will definitely be able to come back, plus the disaster relief grain from the imperial court, the food shortage in Dengzhou will definitely be solved."

Chen Song looked excited, if what this lady said was true, then the people of Dengzhou would be saved.

Jiang Wanning's words changed: "However, you have also seen today's incident, some people don't want the imperial court to meddle in the affairs of Dengzhou, so if you want to really solve the problem of Dengzhou, I am afraid it will take a lot of twists and turns, the key is that we have come from afar and do not know the situation in Dengzhou." ”

Chen Song will understand: "What does the lady need Chen to do?" As long as it is for the people of Dengzhou, Chen and Chen's group of brothers are willing to help the lady. ”

Jiang Wanning looked serious: "I really need your help here." ”

The government of the state of Dengzhou, the prefect of the prefecture, Lord Qiu, seemed to be obediently waiting in the hall, responding to the questioning of the cold face Qincha.

"Why doesn't the government open a warehouse to release grain?"

"My lord doesn't know that the land in this border land is barren, and the grain production is small, and it is really overwhelming to bear most of the military rations of the Zhenbei Army. The lower officials did not dare to open the warehouse and release the grain easily, if the relief grain of the imperial court could not be allocated for a long time, then Dengzhou would fall into a real food shortage. ”

Just two words, cry poor.

Gu Zhou stopped snorting coldly: "As far as I know, Dengzhou is the granary of the northern border, but it can not be regarded as barren land, before the thirteen states in the north have not been ceded out, the grain output of Dengzhou is the highest among all the twenty-two states in the north, accounting for almost forty percent." ”

"Lord Qiu took office as the prefect of Shanzhou after the thirteen northern states were ceded out, why did Dengzhou come into your hands, and the grain production was so small, and the fertile soil became barren land?"

Gu Zhou stopped his homework and did enough, and before he set off, he had already figured out the details of all the officials in Kyushu in the north, as well as the grain output reported over the years.

Lord Qiu trembled: "It's the inappropriate use of words by the lower officials, it can't be said that the land is barren, but it is really after this has become a border pass, it is turbulent, although you Dayuan and Daqi signed a Gubei Covenant, but it is still often disturbed, so the population has decreased greatly, and there is no one to cultivate the land, and the grain production has decreased sharply." ”

"How many people are there in Shanzhou now?"

Master Qiu did not hesitate: "At present, the registered population, including the ten townships outside the city, has a total population of 167,000, which is far from the 290,000 population in the heyday. ”

The population plummeted by nearly half, which made Gu Zhou stop gasping: "Have these reduced people left or died and closed their accounts?" ”

Daqi's household registration system is not irregular, even if the displaced people go to live elsewhere and re-register their household registration, they must indicate the source. If it is really an exodus, it can be found out with some effort and time.

Qiu Dadao: "Yes, this subordinate has not yet been counted, and the government is really understaffed." ”

"That'...... What about the big families in the city? There is always food in the hands of big households, right? ”

"Yes, but those big families have some backgrounds, and although the lower officials are the parents of a state, they can't be ordered to release grain, right?"

"What is the price of food in the city now?"

Lord Qiu hesitated, and his voice weakened: "Seventeen taels." ”

Gu Zhouzhu looked at him coldly, the anger in his chest burned, and he wanted to cut this guy on the spot.

But it can't be cut yet, there are still many places that need the cooperation of this bastard bullshit prefect, wait for the matter here to be resolved, and then settle accounts with him!

As he was talking, someone outside came to report: "General Lu has arrived." ”

Gu Zhou stopped and sneered almost uncheckably, a good Lu Yiming, the suppression of the mob came very timely, and now he has been sitting in this mansion for more than half an hour, and he sent someone to invite him, but it was too late.