When Shi Yi thinks about Xianyu, someone always comes to disturb her.

Because of the flood in Yingzhou,

The price of food is rising steadily, as if food has suddenly become the most scarce treasure.

In the past, as long as you had money, you could easily buy food in the grain store.

But now, grain is treated like gold, and the shopkeepers feel like they have suffered a great loss if others take a second look at it.

The food in the store went from being available at any time to being available only in the morning, and then to being available only to the first twenty customers.

Even now, the store puts up a sold-out sign within half an hour of opening.

The people are angry and cursing, but they just refuse to sell. What can you do?

Three increases in price a day has become a common occurrence. It is difficult for people whose income is not very high to have enough food to eat nowadays.

The people are already very dissatisfied with the soaring grain prices, but grain merchants are still not satisfied with the current prices and always feel that they can go up a little more.

The emperor stood outside a grain store and watched them put up a sold out sign.

The people queuing outside the door were dissatisfied and went to the grain store to argue. The waiter pushed the person who came forward and said arrogantly:

"What's the point of shouting so happily? If you have the guts, don't come and buy it!" Who is begging you to come?

Then, he went into the house and closed the door without looking back.

Those who failed to buy food banged on the doors and yelled at the store to open, but no one paid any attention to them.

There was no change in the emperor's expression, but everyone accompanying him knew that he was now very angry.

Because what the emperor hates most are businessmen who make money from national disasters, and they are hitting the emperor right in the face.

On the second day, urgent documents regarding controlling food prices were placed on the desks of all local officials.

It records in detail the court's regulations on grain prices. If the grain price in any place is higher than the upper limit of the price in this official document for one month, the local official will be demoted by one level.

By analogy, if food prices cannot be controlled within three months, local officials will have to pack up and leave.

This can be fatal to officials, and many collusion between officials and businessmen have been forced to terminate their cooperation.

Since it concerns official positions, officials have brought out all their best skills and guarded the grain stores strictly. If you dare to raise the price, the officials will overturn the table and you will no longer be able to do this business.

Anyway, either you have a hard time, or the officials have a hard time. Guess who will win in the end?

The official is about to lose his job, can he still remain calm?

Is it easy for several generations of ancestors to produce an official?

Therefore, the evil winds that were about to blow in some places were forcibly suppressed. Of course, there were also some merchants who suffered huge losses by selling grain at high prices.

Then no one will care about their life or death.

However, there are some lands occupied by wealthy and powerful families, and the officials can do nothing about them, so the local people have a hard time!

At this time, news came from the imperial court that those officials' families who manipulated grain prices behind the scenes would be investigated and all would be punished for treason.

Many officials in the court quickly wrote letters home, asking their families to behave themselves, otherwise they would be punished, and not only would they lose their jobs, but their families might also be implicated!

After several ups and downs, food prices have finally become much more stable.

In Tan County, King Dongshan’s urgent problem has not been resolved.

I don’t know what went wrong, the food that should have arrived a long time ago is nowhere to be seen!

County Magistrate Tang had been in a daze for a long time with his eyes dull and his mind at a loss.

The Queen of Dongshan’s molars are about to break!

When he was leisurely, he would either look at the sky at a 45-degree angle or wander around the vegetable garden in the backyard of the county government office.

No wonder Tan County is a poor place. The land here is half sand and half soil, and the vegetables grown here are all too thin.

Hey! Shi Yi pulled out a half-dead carrot.

Look at that tiny head.

Tsk tsk, how pitiful.

It's the same radish, but why does it grow into this ugly shape when you grow it here?

Hey! It’s not Radish’s fault!

It likes fertile soil. It's not easy for it to survive here. How can you expect it to grow into something successful?

Shi Yi stood up and scratched the hair around her head. She felt that it was mainly because the farmers did not choose the right crops.

Shitou walked in quickly and whispered to Shiyi:

"I heard that the imperial court's food hasn't arrived yet, and Wang Bantou didn't receive anyone today. The prince is very angry!"

Shi Yi used her hands to break off the leaves of the miniature radish and fed them to the donkey Ah San. She peeled the radish with a dagger, then took a bite and comforted Shitou while eating:

"Don't worry, the prince gets angry every day. They are just small incidents." You have to learn to get used to it, and it will be fine once you get used to it.

Shitou sighed, "There is no more food to distribute today, and the victims are already getting restless." It won't be long before a commotion breaks out.

Qingqiu: "Ah! What should I do? There is no more rice bran left?"

Shitou: "I heard that even the fodder in the stable that could be used to make porridge has been used up. Now there is nothing left."

Shi Yi shook his head: "It's over, County Magistrate Tang is going crazy." When there was not much food, County Magistrate Tang was worried every day. Now that there is really no food, he will go crazy!

Oh! It's not easy.

With just a few crunches, the radish was completely eaten.

Shi Yi brushed the dirt off his hands, looked up at the blue sky and was stunned for a while.

Qingqiu gently touched the stone and said with her eyes: "Look, the young lady is looking up at the sky again. She has been like this these past few days. I wonder what she is looking at?"

Shitou looked as if he understood everything: "Hey, that must be depending on whether there's a pie falling from the sky or something." Now that no one has enough to eat, who would care about anything else except food?

Qingqiu looked disdainful, "Nonsense! Do you think you are the young lady? You just eat all day long!"

Shitou: "When you're hungry, what do you want to eat?"

Qingqiu said proudly: "Miss, she is a person who does great things, and her ideas must be different from yours."

While they were still making eye contact, Shi Yi finally saw her good friend whom she had been waiting for for a long time.

A big bird circled in the air for many times before diving down, making a dive, and then landed steadily on Shi Yi's shoulder.

Shi Yi was pushed forward by this powerful force and staggered two steps before he could stand firm.

Shitou was so frightened that he let out a cry, then pulled out the knife he was carrying at his waist and shouted at Shiyi:

"Miss, don't be afraid, I'm here to save you!"

Qingqiu was also frightened by the sudden appearance of the big bird and screamed: "Ah~ What is this thing!" Will it hurt the young lady?

King Dongshan and Mu Feng heard screams coming from the backyard and thought something unexpected had happened, so they ran out in one step.

Then, a majestic bird was seen standing on Shiyi's shoulder. It looked like an eagle or an eagle?

The big bird was huge, and standing on Shiyi's shoulders, Shiyi looked very pitiful.