"Why don't you let us talk anymore!" The servant in the Imperial Mansion murmured and stopped talking, but someone in the crowd was provoked again, and he said: "Isn't that general who governs the country known as benevolent and righteous! But in front of his eyes

The price of rice has soared that we are almost starving to death, but he doesn't care. What kind of benevolence and righteousness is this? Bah!"

People tend to hate the rich when they are not in a good mood, and the person speaking now behaves like this! "Damn it, these bastards dare to spew feces and slander the general. I won't smash their mouths!" These rumors

The whispers were naturally heard by Zhang Linqi and the other three.【】

Fang Jianping frowned when he heard this, Zhang Linqi looked heavy when he heard it, but Liu Dabangchui was a hot-tempered person, and he admired Zhang Linqi the most. How could he listen to this, and he would go up and beat someone as soon as he took off his sleeve!

"Why did you forget what you said when you came out?" Zhang Linqi, who was deep in thought, noticed that Liu Da's mallet was about to move, so he glared at him and yelled in a low voice!

"Yes" was scolded by Zhang Linqi, and Liu Da Bangchui had no choice but to stop. He stood still! But his eyes still showed unwillingness! As for Zhang Linqi, he knew that Liu Da Bangchui was loyal, and he looked so aggrieved. After listening to those

People's comments make me feel very uncomfortable.

Huangzhuang did have a good harvest, yes, but as the two largest grain owners, the grain Chongzhen received would be put to great use. In fact, what the person just said was right, the grain would be transported to the border for distribution.

Can't move! And Zhang Linqi had already planned to harvest the wheat.

The town's food rations for the next few months cannot be moved! After all, food has always been very tight in the Ming Dynasty. The town is also a large food consumer! It needs to be planned in advance! However, Zhang Linqi did not expect that the current situation is so severe. Even

It's three points more serious than what Fang Wei reported!

"Linqi, Jin Wanchai also bought a lot of grain in Huangzhuang this time. How about letting Jin Wanchai sell it to stabilize the price of grain?" Fang Jianping said tentatively. Although she also felt that at this time, the price of grain was changing every day, so let Jin Wanchai sell it.

It will cost him a lot. However, compared with the miserable common people, Jin Wancai's life is much easier!

"That's not right." Zhang Linqi shook his head after hearing this. Jin Wancai was able to purchase grain in Huangzhuang because he made money in a wise way.

And if he were to order Jin Wanchai to sell grain, it would be suspected of coercion. Moreover, although Jin Wanchai purchased tens of thousands of dan of grain this time, for a large place like the capital, it would still be helpful to stabilize grain prices!

Moreover, Zhang Linqi put himself in Jin Wanchai's shoes. If Jin Wanchai had implemented his suggestions, he would have created potential enemies for him! After all, the strange rise in food prices this time clearly has the shadow of human manipulation! If Jin Wanchai had implemented

If you step forward to sell grain and stabilize grain prices, isn't that not fighting against those who think you are an enemy and blocking their way to make money?

"What should we do?" Fang Jianping originally thought that this method was not very good, but when he heard Zhang Linqi vetoed it, he stopped insisting. However, looking at the miserable people, Fang Jianping felt that he would be sorry if he didn't do something.

them!

"Well, let me think about it," Zhang Linqi said with a frown. It is necessary to stabilize food prices. Otherwise, if food prices are unstable, people's hearts will be unstable! However, it will take a certain amount of time to dig out the mastermind behind the scenes, and the food prices are crazy.

But it’s time to rise and it’s time to wait! How to operate?

In fact, Zhang Linqi knew that there was still a last resort, which was to sell the grain in his name at a low price to stabilize grain prices! The town's rations were shipped from Gucheng, Hubei. After all, Zhang Linqi was in Gucheng at the time.

Capture Zhang Xianzhong

Later, not only did they obtain a big treasure, but they also built Gucheng into a large farm. Now it’s time to produce food! However, this involves a transportation cost issue, which in later generations is called

logistics!

After all, it would take up to two months to transport grain from Gucheng, Hubei to the capital! Such long-term transportation not only requires eating most of the grain, but also involves dangerous roads, bandits, and many other problems! Moreover, the transportation tools at this time

Nothing more than horse-drawn carriages and ships, the speed of which cannot be compared with the mechanized transportation tools of later generations. And even in later generations, in order to reduce transportation losses, logistics was also a serious problem. Not to mention that in the Ming Dynasty, the astonishing speed of transportation from Gucheng, Hubei to the capital

It’s consumed!

Of course, Zhang Linqi is not without modern means of transportation. The five large trucks that came together from later generations are still parked in the firearms bureau! However, today's large trucks, because there is no gasoline, are already more symbolic than practical.

…

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ah, right, a burst of repressed crying sound from the crowd queuing up to buy rice. And the voice was that of an old woman.

"What's going on?" Zhang Linqi couldn't help but frowned.

"Little one, go," Liu Da Bangchui quickly volunteered.

"What a sin." At this moment, another sigh came from the crowd. When Zhang Linqi and the others walked forward, they saw this scene. An old woman in rags, who looked like a beggar,

He is about fifty years old.

At this time, she was holding a large ceramic bowl in her hand and she was crying miserably. In this large ceramic bowl, there was more than half a bowl of brown rice! And in her hand, she was holding a little boy of seven or eight years old. This little boy had a head.

Big body but small, already extremely hungry!

"Xiaobao, I'm sorry for your mother. In order to keep our grandparents and grandchildren alive, she sold herself into a brothel! But now, the money she paid for her life was only a bowl of rice!" This pair of grandparents and grandchildren said.

Both of them, together with the child's mother, were from prefectures and counties near the capital, and they had escaped from the locust plague and the crops had failed.

Originally, they thought that the capital was at the feet of the emperor and the Ming Dynasty would be able to find a way to survive. But they never thought that they would be desperate after arriving. Working as a servant for others, they could not earn a few copper coins even after a hard day's work, but the price of rice was

Prices skyrocketed every day. In the seven or eight days since they arrived in the capital, the price of rice had already doubled or tripled! They couldn't even have a full meal for three people after a hard day's work!

So in desperation, the mother-in-law made such a choice! After hearing the old woman's cry, everyone felt sad. The little boy beside the old woman also cried with tears.

A child of seven or eight years old already understands some things. Although he still doesn't know what a brothel is, he probably knows that the mother who loves him the most is going to suffer! And the rice in exchange is not enough.

They eat for three days!

"Hey." Seeing such a scene, Zhang Linqi couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh. Although the Ming Dynasty has escaped the danger of imminent destruction, the suffering people are still huge!

"Da Bang Chui, go give this to her." Zhang Linqi took out a gold nugget from his body and handed it to Liu Da Bang Chui. This kind of gold nugget is specially made by the General's Mansion and is used to reward people. Most wealthy families also have it.

Make some gadgets like this and take them with you.

At this time, the price ratio of gold and silver was about one to ten. Carrying such a gold nugget with you is not only light and compact, but also shows your worth. However, the gold nugget that Zhang Linqi found is different. Generally, those made by wealthy families are also

It is a gold nugget that weighs one penny. The gold nugget that Zhang Linqi took out weighs about one tael, which is ten times bigger!

And when Zhang Linqi took out this golden nugget, he also made a decision. Even if the loss was huge when transporting grain from Gucheng, so what. If you don't make decisions for the people as an official, you might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes! Zhang Linqi must not do it.

The people are suffering! Even if Zhang Linqi himself suffers huge losses because of this!

When Zhang Linqi and the others turned to leave, the sound of the grandfather and grandson bouncing and kowtowing came from behind...

After Zhang Linqi returned to the General's Mansion, he didn't even drink a sip of tea! He started issuing orders one after another non-stop.

The first one is to put all the grain he obtained from Huangzhuang, a total of one million dan, on the market to stabilize grain prices!

The second order ordered the town left behind in Gucheng to immediately escort grain to the capital to serve as future military rations for the town's base camp.

The third order is to order Fang Weijia to send manpower to find out the mastermind at all costs and bring him to justice!

Zhang Linqi, who has not had murderous intentions for a long time, is secretly swearing in his heart at this moment. God's evil can be forgiven, but man's evil is unforgivable! Anyone who dares to make such a black-hearted fortune should be cut into pieces, hehe, as long as he is found out

, no matter who it is, just wait to be stabbed!

And Liu Da Bangchui, who was originally standing behind Zhang Linqi, couldn't help but take a step back because he had already felt the fierce murderous aura on Zhang Linqi's body! And looking at Zhang Linqi's handsome face,

There was a fierce look on his face. Liu Da Bangchui couldn't help but lament in his heart, hey, it's not good to make any money. I have to make black money. This time is good. I don't know what kind of bull, ghost, snake god, etc.

Tough luck!

Regarding this matter, Zhang Linqi specially sent someone to bring a handwritten letter, and went out to Beijing to greet Yang Sichang and see his reaction.

Yang Sichang's reaction did not surprise Zhang Linqi. As the chief minister of the cabinet, Yang Sichang was also responsible for the stability of people's livelihood. At present, the price of food in the capital was unstable and the people's morale was unstable. This was something Yang Sichang did not want to do. When he learned that

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