The figures were staggered, the white horse was galloping wildly, and when he came back to his senses, he had already come to a huge soup kitchen.

An official in a python robe stood in front of Li Nuanyue, his face full of bitterness.

Why don't you get off your horse and head there.

"Your Highness, the granary of Liangcheng has been empty, and the porridge shed has been out of food since yesterday, and there is not much food in the first place, and the hungry people also know about it, so now they are slowly leaving Liangcheng. ”

Li Nuanyue said calmly: "It's only been two months since the locust plague, why is there no food?"

The thin official said: "The locust plague came too suddenly, and the time of occurrence was too deadly, just after the winter, the locust plague came when the green and yellow were not harvested, and the locust plague was followed by two consecutive months of heavy rain, and the grain from outside could not be brought in." ”

"Now that the rain has stopped, why don't you organize people to buy food elsewhere?"

The thin official's face was even more gloomy, and he said with a wry smile: "There is no money, there was no grain in the granary ten days ago, so the money in the city was used to sell grain from the major grain merchants, if it weren't for this, Liangcheng would have been full of corpses ten days ago." ”

Li Nuanyue sneered: "It's not far from corpses all over the field now." Under your rule, the people are not living, you should know the consequences, and the python robe on your body will no longer be able to wear on you. ”

The thin official's neck stiffened, and he said awe-inspiringly: "Your Highness, don't scare me with this skin, I have been an official in Liangcheng County for five years, and I think that I am worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth, and I don't need His Highness to put down my skin on that day, I am ashamed of all the people and deserve to die to apologize!"

Why don't you look at the thin official and smile.

This man is a clean official, which is very rare in this era, but what is the use of this.

If you die, you will be replaced by a corrupt official?

Li Nuanyue said calmly: "Now is not the time to talk about responsibility, Liangcheng has grain, I see many grain merchants selling grain." ”

Niu Laoxin smiled bitterly: "Everyone knows that grain merchants have grain in their hands, and each family has to prepare 10,000 stones to store grain every year, so that at this time, a locust plague can make them not have to operate for decades, and now grain is more expensive than silver." ”

Li Nuanyue looked at the old man on the side and said, "Uncle Shi, how many golden tickets do we have." ”

"One hundred and eighty thousand taels of gold. ”

"Give the money to Niu Junshou. ”

Niu Laoxin hurriedly took the golden ticket and said excitedly: "With this money, I can last two more days." ”

Li Nuanyue was stunned and said, "What did you say?

Niu Laoxin said bluntly: "Now the grain price in Liangcheng is twelve times that of usual, so this money can last for two days at most eighteen porridge sheds in Liangcheng." ”

Li Nuanyue was furious and said, "Are those grain merchants trying to rebel?"

"There is no way, only they have food in their hands at this time. ”

"Bringing people beyond their family, Tianfu doesn't need this kind of evil business!"

Li Nuanyue's whole person was angry, and she directly turned the traitor into a bad businessman.

She had seen too many starving people along the way, so she was full of anger at these grains that deliberately raised the price of food even though they had food in their hands.

Niu Lao was shocked and said: "Your Highness, you must not, once you do this, you will plant a seed for all the people, if there is another hungry year next time, without our command, the hungry people will wave their butcher knives at the grain merchants." ”

Li Nuanyue said angrily: "It's time to kill, just continue to kill next time, I don't believe that there will be no grain merchants in the land of abundance." ”

Niu Laoxin's forehead sweated, and he hurriedly explained: "Once this kind of thing happens, does Your Highness think that the angry butcher's knife will only cut at the grain merchant?"

Li Nuanyue was stunned for a moment, and then fell silent.

After a while.

"You're saying you can only buy grain at a high price?"

Niu Laoxin sighed: "It can only be like this. ”

"Are all these grain merchants black-hearted? None of them have a conscience?"

"At this time, even if there are a few conscientious people occasionally, they don't dare to sell their grain and become opponents of their peers, and their family will be finished in the future. ”

......

In the final analysis, the current situation is not only natural disasters, but also man-made disasters.

At this moment, dozens of small carts with flags came here, and dozens of strong men stood next to one of the carts.

The small flags on the car had different words written on them.

Laifu grain shop, conscience grain shop and so on.

"Niu Junshou, our lord sent me to deliver grain, here is a load of grain, and I hope the porridge shed will hurry up and do it." "It was an official with a small round hat who spoke.

Niu Laoxin: "......"

Let's not talk about what this bit of food is enough for, what does it mean to have a car for a family, Niu Lao's heart is very clear.

They did the wicked, and they did the good.

"Don't be too little to keep in Niu County, now the price of this grain is very high, and this load of grain is enough to cost five hundred taels of gold. ”

Li Nuanyue's face was gloomy and could ooze water.

As a county guard, Niu Laoxin could only accept this kindness, and arched his hand: "Thank you." ”

Dozens of small carts began to busily unload food.

At the end, the official smiled and said to Niu Laoxin: "Lord County Guard, our lord said that if the porridge shed still needs grain, you can go to our grain shop to give credit first, and it is not too late to help everyone get through this hard time, and say goodbye." ”

"???"

Why don't you be dumbfounded, he feels that these grain merchants are really cows, and they are blatantly eating the government.

That is, now it is the Great Song Dynasty, try a different dynasty, and wait for death properly.

Why don't you look at Li Nuanyue in the distance and raise her voice: "Your Highness, don't be in a hurry to buy food first, what you want, maybe I can satisfy you." ”

After saying that, he turned around and left.

He came to an inn and stopped, dismounted and walked in, "Xiao Er, call your shopkeeper and tell him that there is a big business coming." ”

The inn, which used to have a booming business, had no guests as early as a month ago, so why not come to the surprise of Xiao Er.

But what he said didn't make him wonder.

"Guest officer... Not here for dinner?"

"It's more important than eating, go and call your boss. ”

Seeing that it didn't seem to be a joke, Xiao Er had no choice but to follow his words.

After a while, a middle-aged man who used to be very fat but now has lost weight came out, with a smile on his face that he was once accustomed to.

This smile may have been festive enough before, but now this guy's cheekbones are raised high, and his smile is a little hideous.

"What's the matter with this son?"

"Buy your inn. ”

The shopkeeper was stunned and refused on the spot: "Don't sell it." ”

He Bu said calmly: "I want to use this shop as a grain store, so your people, this time to eat and drink enough, I will leave in three days, leaving you two stones of grain, plus this inn." ”

The shopkeeper was dumbfounded, he knew that his words were unreliable, but he couldn't help but ask, "Where did you get the food?"

"You don't have to worry about this, you just say whether to sell it or not to sell it now. ”

The shopkeeper was very clever, and his eyes rolled and said, "I believe you, but if you only need three days, I can rent it to you." ”

Why don't you think about it for a while and say, "It makes sense, how much does it cost to rent for three days?"

"If you take care of the food, you don't need money. ”

Why don't you say on the spot: "Deal, don't make money, give you a tael of silver." Shout on everyone to leave, and then here things are kept secret, otherwise. ”

Why don't you reach out and wave it at the counter.

The wooden counter vanished into thin air.

The shopkeeper is well-informed, "I'll do it." ”

After the tea, the inn opened three doors.

A tall flagpole was erected.

No. 1 in the world. The price of grain is twice as high as the usual price.

The news spread all over Liangcheng in an instant.

For a time, the front of the inn was overcrowded.

Not far away, why not stand with Li Nuanyue, he said proudly: "See, sell grain at twice the price, and others are still grateful to me for being the first in the world, all of which rely on the help of my peers." ”

Li Nuanyue said calmly: "My peers will come to smash your grain soon." ”

He Bu said with disdain: "I didn't open a pawnshop in Jinling for five days, and some colleagues wanted to hack me, and then his son was kidnapped, and these didn't get any benefits." ”