Sign in at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, a god-level brat

Chapter 137 Playing a Big Game of Chess

Ten days later, the real dog days of summer have arrived in Chang'an City.

God still hasn't dropped even a drop of rain.

It is a foregone conclusion that the autumn crops will be cut off. Fortunately, His Majesty has decreed in advance that the common people are not allowed to sow autumn crops.

In addition, during this locust plague, the people more or less caught the locusts, which can be regarded as an unexpected harvest.

A large family can have a high income, which is an incredible income.

For a few families, there are dozens of copper coins in the account.

Make the people all smile.

No one thought that in such a disaster year, they could live such a good life.

But such calculations did not really come true.

Because there is still food surplus at home, many people are not in a hurry to buy food.

However, I never expected that the price of this grain would increase more than ten times a day.

Originally, it was five pennies and two buckets of rice, but it increased tenfold in one day, and it became 25 pennies a bucket of rice.

The common people will definitely not do such expensive rice.

25 Wen Yi Dou, isn't this fatal?

But the next thing, don't be too crazy.

In ten days, it actually increased to a pound of rice.

Although no one has bought it yet, the price of rice has already been set.

The news reached Li Shimin's ears.

Li Shimin slapped the table so loudly.

"Bastard, really a beast, it's exactly what Cheng An said, these people are all trying to make money for the country."

"It's always worth a bucket of rice, why don't these people grab it?"

Li Shimin was really angry.

While he was trying his best to solve the people's difficulties, Cheng'an even secretly helped Qin Qiong and Niu Junda get food from Jiangnan.

Isn't the purpose just to let the people get through this calamity year?

However, some people are born into the eyes of money.

How could Li Shimin not get angry.

But at this time, Li Shimin still stood still, because he wanted to see if these grain merchants would really break their consciences.

Raise the price of food to an unprecedented height that people can't imagine.

Moreover, stones and sand are mixed into the grain.

Li Shimin summoned Li Junxian and carefully explained several tasks to Li Junxian.

Li Junxian respectfully took the order and left.

One month later, it was already the beginning of autumn, and the granaries of some people's homes had bottomed out.

At this time, the price of grain in Chang'an City had reached three pennies a bucket.

Moreover, the price is still increasing every day, but the momentum of price increase is slow.

Three pens cost a bucket of money, even if the common people sell pots and irons, they still can't make up three pens, not to mention that the common people have no iron pots to sell at all.

However, the people did not panic, because not long ago, they received news of an unidentified person.

Let them organize and go to Jingzhaofu Yin to file a complaint.

Jingzhao Mansion Yin Su Quan just came to Jingzhao Mansion this day.

Then I saw tens of thousands of ordinary people crowded closely outside the door.

Su Quan went in without knowing.

So after entering Jingzhao Mansion, he asked what happened outside.

"Returning to the master, they are all troublemakers, saying that the price of food has risen and they can't afford food."

"Master, take a look, is this a human language? It is too much to come to the master even if you can't afford food, so I am determined not to let them in, so as not to make the master unhappy."

Wu Liangxin, an official in Jingzhao Mansion, answered.

Su Quan was not happy when he heard it.

"Xiao Wu, what did the master usually tell you, don't say that you are a troublemaker on the left and that you are a troublemaker on the right."

"Our Jingzhao Mansion itself is a thankless yamen that suffers from both ends. If we don't even care about the lives and deaths of the people, it seems that the master of Jingzhao Mansion will not wait."

"How much is the price of food now?"

Su Quan asked.

"If you go back to the master, you don't have a few pennies, it's just a bucket of extra money for three pens."

After hearing Wu Liangxin's answer, Su Quan was furious on the spot.

"Bastard, I can't buy a bucket of rice with my monthly salary, how dare you say it's only three pennies?"

"Who gave you such courage? Could it be that you took black money from those grain merchants?"

"Three strings of money and one bucket of rice. If His Majesty finds out about this, we will have to finish the game in Jingzhao Mansion."

"Do you know what we are doing? We are His Majesty's eyes on Chang'an City, and we must always decide every move of Chang'an City."

"This guy, the price of food has risen to three pennies a bucket, and none of you have notified me."

"In your eyes, do you still have me as the governor of Jingzhao? Do you still have one?"

Su Quan was angry, really angry.

Originally, he thought that his subordinates were very well-behaved and obedient.

If you entrust them to do something, you will be relieved.

Who knew that these people would dare to conceal everything and not report it.

If it weren't for the people gathering in Jingzhao Mansion today, I wouldn't know that the price of food has risen to sky-high.

If I don't report such a big matter to His Majesty, once something happens, I will be unable to eat and walk away.

"Open the door of the mansion and let the people send a few representatives in."

Su Dan immediately issued instructions.

When Wu Liangxin and the others saw that Jingzhaofu Yin had spoken, they had to follow the instructions.

So more than a dozen representatives of the common people were invited into Jingzhao Mansion.

After hearing that the people had told the whole story, Su Tan was so angry that he trembled all over.

It turns out that food prices have been rising for almost two months.

Only after the locust plague was eliminated, these grain merchants began to raise food prices crazily together.

(End of this chapter)