Chapter 108: Rice is expensive in the capital

There are quite a few rogues who have escaped into Henan. Those who escaped from Shanxi basically entered Henan. Shum Group 4∴8065 But those who were beaten in the first place didn’t have many people under their command anymore. I can only say a thousand more.

There are people coming, but the main force is still there.

When the rogue bandits first entered Henan, all the rogue bandits together amounted to only ten or twenty thousand people. This group of people broke into pieces and went to each side, but everyone seemed to want to go together, and no one dared to go to Kaifeng.

, Luoyang, Zhengzhou and other big cities, the most they can do is flee to some small places. In this way, it is very laborious for the officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress, but even so, they actually killed 70,000 to 80,000 rogue bandits.

Didn't I say that there were only ten or twenty thousand bandits? Why did they kill so many? To put it bluntly, the reason is very simple. If you can't catch the bandits, you will use ordinary people instead. Prefectures, cities, and counties will kill good people one after another and take credit. Not only are they not ashamed, they even

As a result, the people are almost out of food. If the government keeps doing this, many people who have been bullied will have no choice but to seek refuge with the bandits.

Among the bandits, Li Zicheng had the best reputation, followed by Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong, so these three families also began to grow at an extremely fast speed. Bandits were suppressed, bandits were suppressed, and there were more and more bandits.

The news of the rogue bandits in Henan was spread throughout the world, and the governor Zhang Wexu even shamelessly reported the results of his bandits' suppression to the imperial court, asking for a reward.

The memorial was sent to Beijing and entered the cabinet. Mr. Yue read it over first and was quite satisfied with Zhang Woxu's achievements. He then circulated the memorial to other cabinet ministers. After reading it, the cabinet ministers also praised and expressed their appreciation.

You can commend Zhang Woxu and the generals for their merits, and increase the number of troops and pay them.

But at this time, Mr. Yue suddenly felt something was wrong and said, "Show me the fold again."

After taking the folder, Yue Su looked at it again, and then his face became solemn, and he said: "Everyone, in the battle of Taiyuan, the rogue bandits were beaten to pieces, and only a few are left. Now I will add this to the victory report,

Nearly 80,000 bandits were wiped out. If this was the case, all the bandits should have been killed, so why increase the troops and pay them? And..." Yue Su said this, his voice became stern, "According to the report of the informant sent by the imperial court to Henan, now

The rogue bandits are so powerful that except for Luoyang, Kaifeng, and Zhengzhou, there are rogue bandits everywhere causing trouble. Since he has killed so many rogue bandits, why are there more and more rogue bandits?"

After hearing this, the cabinet ministers were all speechless and silent. Seeing that they were silent, Yue Su said sternly again: "Isn't he very capable of Zhang Wo Xu? In this way, giving him an order will be enough."

Speaking of the battle in Taiyuan, only 10,000 or 20,000 bandits escaped. It is really commendable that you can wipe out 78,000 or 80,000 bandits in a short period of time. I think there are not many bandits left in Henan. The deadline is one month, so he can clear out Henan.

If the bandits in the country are not eliminated, he will be the governor for the rest of his life. Okay, vote."

Mr. Yue can basically decide such matters in one sentence, and there will be no surprises in the outcome of the vote.

Mr. Yue's cabinet office. At home, Li Haoquan, dressed in casual clothes, led a dozen people and escorted three mule carts out of the house. He was going to buy rice. Generally speaking, you don't need to be in the position of Mr. Yue, even if

He is a doctor in the Liubu Yamen. Basically, he does not need to go out to buy rice at home. He just informs him and the people who deliver rice line up. But it is different in Master Yue's house. He does everything by himself and will never let rice go.

Sending rice. This is also to avoid unlucky relationships with unscrupulous businessmen.

Generally speaking, Jin Chan and Tie Qiu are in charge of all the affairs of the house and foreign affairs. If they need to buy anything, they are also the two of them. When they were having dinner last night, they got a report from someone below that there was not enough rice.

I need to buy it tomorrow. Jin Chan was about to say that you should go and buy it, but Li Haoquan rushed to say: "Brother Jin, I have been busy at home these days. I just want to go shopping tomorrow, so I bought rice by the way."

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Since Li Haoquan was going, Jin Chan couldn't say no, so he agreed.

So, Li Haoquan took people to the street to buy rice at Sishi.

There is always a purpose when buying things from Mr. Yue's house. You are not allowed to use your power to pressure others, and you are not allowed to give the name of Mr. Yue's house. Knowing this, Li Haoquan left in casual clothes, talking and laughing along the way.

Soon I came to a rice shop. There were many people coming to buy rice, and they were all queuing up. However, when buying rice in Yuefu, you definitely can’t buy it by the liter, you have to buy it by the stone. Since you buy a lot, there is no need to queue up. Li Haoquan went up

When I asked about the price, the rice shop clerk replied: "Ten taels of silver and one stone."

"What?" Li Haoquan was stunned when he heard the price. Then he said: "Isn't the official price one tael of silver and one stone? How can you sell it for ten taels?" He didn't know how expensive firewood and rice were. The price of food had already risen.

After the Tatars left at the beginning of this year, the price rose to six taels of silver and one stone.

"Sir, are you really confused, or are you just pretending to be confused? One tael of silver and one stone, that's what the old man said. Now that there's a severe drought in the north and bandits are rampant, the price of rice has already risen. If you think it's expensive, go elsewhere.

Go, it’s the same price anyway.” The guy didn’t know who the other person was, so he said directly and carelessly.

"I don't believe they are selling for this price. Come on, let's go to another house and have a look." Li Haoquan was angry, but Yue Su had already ordered him not to bully others, so he had no choice but to endure it and go to another house.

When I was about to leave, I saw an aunt who was over fifty years old and said, "Young man, the price of food in the city is the same now. It's the same wherever you go..."

"Ah..." After hearing this, Li Haoquan was completely dumbfounded. Seeing that the aunt who spoke was kind-hearted and didn't seem to be lying anymore, Li Haoquan could only admit it. After all, there was no rice in the house, so he had to eat.

Li Haoquan shouted to the waiter: "Give me thirty stones."

"Okay, give me some money first, and I'll have someone load the rice for you."

Li Haoquan brought 300 taels of silver today. He put the money on the counter and asked the laborer to move the rice. Thirty kilo of rice was quite a lot, and there were 70 or 80 bales, so it took a while to load them.

While he was pretending, a big fat man came out from the back hall of the rice shop. The fat man shouted loudly at the counter: "Houba, my boss has something to say. On the border between Huguang and Henan, the bandits are making a lot of noise and food is very difficult."

For transportation, from now on, the price of food will increase to fifteen taels and one stone!"

"I got it, shopkeeper!" the waiter agreed, then ran out of the rice shop, pointed at Li Haoquan's mule cart, and shouted loudly: "Don't pretend to be thirty dan, the boss has something to say, and the price of grain will increase by fifteen liang and one dan.

Just give him twenty stones!"

There were workers loading the mule cart next to it. They had already loaded more than twenty stones. Upon hearing this, they began to unload the extra load.

"Twenty dan!" Li Haoquan quit and shouted: "What did you say? Didn't you just say ten taels of silver per stone? I've already lost all the money here. Now you fucking say fifteen taels of silver per stone. You're kidding.

Oh my god!"

"Keep your mouth clean and don't even look at whose rice shop this is! Let me tell you, it's only fifteen taels of silver per stone. If you want to buy it or not, if you don't want to buy it, I will return the money to you now. I'm here

I'm not afraid that I won't be able to sell the rice. To tell you the truth, the bandits are currently making trouble at the border between Huguang and Henan. The grain cannot be transported. If I don't guarantee it, if you don't buy it today, the price will go up tomorrow!" said the arrogant man named Houba.

Arrogantly, he shouted at Li Haoquan.

"I've already bought the grain today. You've already received the money anyway. It's thirty kilograms, even if it's less than one tael!" Li Haoquan also has a hot temper. He is second only to Tie Qiu in the Yue Su Mansion. If Tie Qiu is

Come on, I guess you've already started.

After Li Haoquan finished speaking, he saw that the workers were moving grain under the car. He raised his hand and slapped it directly on the grain bag. He then pushed back and prepared to throw it back to the car. However, he did not expect that the grain bag was a bit strange.

It was strong, and the laborer wrapped it tightly. With a "crash" sound, the grain bag was torn to pieces by Li Haoquan.

The food inside immediately spilled out and fell all over the floor.

There were people queuing up outside the rice shop, but they didn't dare to go forward to pick it up. I'm afraid they knew the origin of this rice shop and didn't dare to wander in. However, there was a young lady holding a little girl.

While queuing up to buy rice, the little girl saw the rice scattered on the floor and hurriedly broke away from her mother's hand and ran over.

The little girl yelled, "There is rice, mother, there is rice..."

The young man was startled when he saw his daughter running towards her, and quickly shouted: "Xiao Lian, come back quickly..." As he said that, he chased after her.

By the time the young man shouted, it was already too late. The little girl ran to the side of the mule cart and had already picked up a handful of rice from the ground. As soon as she stood up, Houba on the side raised her foot and kicked the little girl directly.

On her belly, the girl was only seven or eight years old, so she could not withstand his kick. With a "peng" sound, she fell backwards. Her little head hit the car floor, and she fainted.

The young girl ran over to save the fainted daughter. A touch of blood covered the back of her head. She didn't know if the child was okay, so she burst into tears.

"Get out of here! Don't delay the business of our rice shop here!" At this time, Hou Ba was still arrogant and cursed loudly at the young fu.

Seeing this situation, Li Haoquan couldn't bear it anymore. He raised his hand, grabbed Houba's collar, lifted him up, and shouted loudly: "Son of a bitch!

How dare you bully others in broad daylight, do you still have the law in your eyes?"

When Houba was lifted up, he was startled at first, then reacted and shouted loudly: "Damn it, put me down quickly! What are you doing standing still? I'll beat you!"

As soon as the laborers from the rice shop heard this, they quickly stepped forward to help. There were only five or six of them, and there were more than ten of them who came to buy rice with Li Haoquan. When they saw the other party taking action, why did they hesitate? They started fighting with their fists and kicks.

Work started.

The people who came out to buy rice with Li Haoquan were all guards from the Yue Mansion. Each had good skills, and there were more people than the other. Those laborers were no match for them, and they were knocked to the ground with three punches and two kicks.

Mipu and other workers found that there was a fight outside, and they were the ones being beaten. They all shouted, "Someone is acting wild outside. The people behind you should come out and help!"
Chapter completed!