Severe drought in Guanzhong.

This is definitely a terrible thing.

What does it mean to the people in this temple?

First of all... the court must try its best to solve the upcoming situation of Guanzhong particles not harvested.

Can it be solved?

So what will happen if it can't be solved?

On the other hand... the food prices are now plunging, and I am afraid they will be ready to move.

Everyone knows that there will be shortage of food this year, and there will be a lot of food. To be honest, in the Guanzhong area, there will be a situation where "hungry year and people eat each other".

Then, whoever controls the food will control everything.

Food is about to soar.

I am afraid that countless grain merchants will die of laughter when they sleep.

As for what will happen after the price of grain soars, then... only God knows.

At least... not only is there a terrible situation in Guanzhong, but also in other parts of the world. What will happen to the lives of the people in this capital city, but also to other places in the world?

Countless questions came one after another.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became extremely depressing.

"I regret not listening to Zhang Qing's words." Emperor Tianqi suddenly stood up and said with a tense face: "Your Highness, what should I do now?"

"Your Majesty, you should immediately transfer the granary in Tongzhou and try your best to transport it to Guanzhong to alleviate the people's difficulties. Otherwise, the situation will be critical." Sun Chengzong was the one who spoke.

Huang Liji also nodded: "I'm afraid that some grain needs to be added to calm the price of grain in the capital."

Emperor Tianqi was in a mess, if...

Unfortunately... it's not the same as before.

Who would have thought that Zhang Jingyi would really have expected this.

He then glanced at Li Qiyuan, the Minister of Revenue.

When the Secretary of Li Qiyuan heard about the severe drought in Guanzhong, he immediately spit out a mouthful of old blood. Several eunuchs hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

Li Qiyuan's face was as dark as the color of the earth, and his lips also lost their blood, which made Emperor Tianqi excited: "The Li Qing family is really a minister who plans the country."

Li Qiyuan: “…”

He doesn't want to talk now, he doesn't want to say anything.

The grain has been sold...

Not only did I sell it at this stall, but I also asked me to pay on credit.

It would be fine if you were on credit, but it was sold for seven cents of silver and one stone.

What is this? This is a loss to make people praise.

The Li family is a big landlord in the capital. He is from Nanhe County, Shunde Prefecture, Zhili, Northern Zhili. His family has a lot of land. Most of his tribesmen operate in the northern Zhili area. Because of the large amount of land, they mainly operate in grain and oil.

In fact, relying on this family business, Li Qiyuan was still very honest as an official. He basically did not greedy for much money during his life as an official.

However, as his family became higher and higher, it was also true that his family flourished.

If it were anyone, the family had saved so much grain, but they sold it for seven cents. Then they learned that the price of grain was about to rise sharply, and they would probably want to die.

When Emperor Tianqi saw Li Qiyuan not saying anything, he only said that he was stunned by the terrible news.

As the Minister of Revenue, he was worried about the people and the country and vomited blood. At this time, he didn't care about his body and was thinking about how to deal with the aftermath and solve the food problem in Guanzhong.

This made Emperor Tianqi unable to help but favor him.

At present, Emperor Tianqi ordered the Tongzhou granary to allocate grain, which was to calm the prices in the capital on the one hand, and on the other hand, to transport Guanzhong to prevent accidents.

Li Qiyuan and others all surrendered.

As soon as Li Qiyuan left the palace, he had no intention of going to the ministry. He only took a leave and hurried back to the house.

However, in the Li family, someone had already visited the house. The news of a severe drought in Guanzhong had spread, and grain merchant Wu Wenlong immediately asked for a meeting.

Wu Wenlong was a slave of the Li family at the time. Because he knew how to manage, the Li family asked him to come forward to take charge of the food transaction.

Over the years, Wu Wenlong has made a lot of contributions to the Li family, and the agreement reached with the Zhang family was made by him.

He had expected the grain prices to plummet, and he thought it would be better to do his best to clear them.

Unexpectedly, this morning, the market went crazy and the grain prices began to move. Wu Wenlong felt something was wrong, so he rushed to the Li family.

"Mr. Li." Wu Wenlong said with a sad face: "The villain is really a crime of death. I really didn't expect that Guanzhong would experience a severe drought that was rare in a century."

Li Qiyuan sat down and took a sip of tea. At this time, he had recovered and said, "Isn't this your fault? Hey... what is the price of grain outside now?"

"Someone is buying it for one or two or three cents of silver."

In just one hour, the grain price rose by one cent, but in fact it was not just one cent, because the previous one was the retail price, but now it was one, two cents, but it was a large-scale acquisition.

It is obvious that there are already people who can't stand it anymore.

"Have we sold all our grains to the Zhang family? There is nothing left?"

Wu Wenlong said laughing and cryingly: "I was afraid that the Zhang family would regret it, so I tried my best to transport the food. The Li family alone sent 50,000 stones. Others were also giving it to me at the beginning, and everyone was rushing to sell it, so the villain was a little anxious, and now... they all sold it."

Li Qiyuan was almost dying, but he still looked at the last bit of hope and said, "Even if the food is transported to his house, the delivery is completed?"

"The delivery has been completed." Wu Wenlong said: "It's too late to regret it. Look, this is the document from their Zhang Jiali, and it's money owed us on credit..."

Li Qiyuan slowly closed his eyes, just holding the teacup's hand, constantly shaking.

After a long time, he opened his eyes with deep pain in his eyes!

What kind of sin did this cause?

Wu Wenlong sighed: "What should I do now?"

Li Qiyuan frowned and said, "What do you think should be done? I want to hear your opinion."

"Or, let's collect some grain now? The grain prices this year will definitely not be able to suppress, and they will definitely soar. How many days can the imperial court's grain price be able to last? Master, if you can collect some grain at this time, you will definitely make a big profit by the end of the year."

Li Qiyuan said with a tense face: "I am really unwilling to accept it. I just sold the grain for seven cents of silver, and now I am going to collect the grain at a high price?"

"Master..." Wu Wenlong cried.

Li Qiyuan looked at him and finally said in a trembling voice: "Okay, okay, it's time, what else can I say? At the beginning... I was confused for a moment. Now... go collect the food, how much can I collect."

"Here."

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The food prices in the capital... began to go crazy.

At least here in Qingpingfang, when Zhang Jing heard the news, he immediately took the officials to inspect the grain shop in the shop.

As a result... the grain store closed directly.

Zhang Jingyi: “…”

As soon as Zhang Jing looked at the confinement gate, he immediately widened his eyes and cursed angrily: "Damn, what are these grain merchants doing when they close their doors? Don't do business anymore? Come on, go and shoot the door."

The street chief behind him immediately went to shoot the door.

The guy inside reluctantly opened the door.

Zhang Jing said with a look of his face: "What do you do when you close the door? What do you think! You close the door, will the people go to eat the northwest wind?"

The guy smiled bitterly and said, "This is the boss' order, saying that there is no need to worry about selling grain now. If you sell it today, you will lose money. If you sell it, you will lose one pound. So I told the young people not to sell grain now. We will not sell grain now, we will only collect grain."

Zhang Jingyi really didn't know what to say.

These grain merchants are really unscrupulous.

This is a big increase in expectations, I am afraid I will start stocking up.

Zhang Jingyi sat down with a cold face and asked, "How much is the food price now?"

The guy said, "There is no accurate number now, and no one knows how many. It changes once every hour. Half an hour ago, I heard that the bulk acquisition had already been one or two or three cents. Now I am afraid that one or two or five cents are possible. But this price... is just a talk. Even if someone really offers one or two or five cents, no one will sell it."

Zhang Jingyi sneered: "You keep garrisoning, and the court will release food to stabilize the price of food later."

The guy smiled. In fact, although he was in awe of Zhang Jingyi, he was not afraid. After all, Zhang Baihu often patrols the streets. In addition to not going to do anything with the National People's College girls, he also got along with ordinary owners and shops, and occasionally said hello.

The guy said: "In the year of disaster, the so-called relief in the court is just a drop in the bucket. What's the use? At most, it'll just last for some time."

Zhang Jingyi couldn't help but sigh at this time and said, "Slander the court, as a household in the Jinyiwei, I will immediately punish you for committing a crime of corruption."

The guy was finally scared and looked like a slutty and hurriedly said, "I've died."

Zhang Jingyi was just a joke. He would not be too jealous of bullying the weak. He dusted the dust on his body and said, "I don't care about other places. But in this Xin County, you grain merchants can stock up on grains, but the food that is sold for retailers to the people still have to be sold. Let's tell your boss that there are not many kilograms of these foods. In Xin County, a method is formulated, that is, local people will give them a quota of one kilogram, so that they can attract grain from the Xin County Government. If you do business in Xin County, you have to make a good relationship. It's really hungry. People don't want to tear down your store? I will let this say, and I don't give me Zhang Jing a face. Then I, Zhang Jing, will really punish you for your crime of corruption. When I went to the imperial prison of the Nanzhen Fushi Department, some of them will suffer."

This was said calmly.

But it is extremely powerful.

The shopkeeper also knows the depth of the place. Can the people who are hungry in Zhangbaihu County Magistrate have good fruits?

In addition, Xinxian is just a place with two yards, and the size of a palm is really a place that really needs to be sold, so he said, "Yes, I'll go to see my boss later."

As soon as Zhang Jing finished the explanation, he left the shop. A grain merchant stumbled towards him. When he saw Zhang Jingyi, he immediately said happily: "Zhang Baihu, you are looking for you. Oh... I... I am Wu Wenlong, do you still remember? He sold grain to you at the beginning. I was discussing with you about something. I am here to buy grain. You offer a price of one or seven cents. Will you sell it?"

Zhang Jing glanced up and down at him and said disgustedly: "Who are you? Who can recognize you, go away!"

Wu Wenlong: “…”

This dog thing... why doesn't you recognize someone if you turn against each other?

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Chapter 2 Delivered.
Chapter completed!