During the famine, the wealthy families donated porridge. In Xiaoyi County, the Guo family was the leader of the Guo family, but the Guo family was actually donated. In Xiaoyi County, there were also several other families who would occasionally come out to donate porridge with kindness, which also included the government’s relief. After this disaster, although there was not much surplus grain in various places, the government always had to ensure that some people could live, which was in line with the interests of the wealthy and wealthy families.

However, such relief cannot be too much or too full. Some people have to give up their dignity and seek to rob them in a difficult manner to survive. In this way, those who still have land are unwilling to suffer too much, so they have to sell their abilities, and the wealthy and wealthy families have completed land mergers and capital accumulation.

In a sense, things like talking about interests, living, and not dignity are seen more by people after modern capital rampant. If it were in ancient times, especially in rural areas with low productivity, people were still quite backbone. Of course, this kind of backbone was relatively simple. As long as there was a bit of food at home, they would not ask for help too much. A little bit of property would be more face-saving than ordinary people.

Therefore, when famine comes, most people first move their own food, and then borrow it from their relatives and friends. No one has left, so they have to sell land and land. If they go further, they will give up their dignity and beg for alms.

On weekdays, when the Guo family was serving porridge in the small square at the door of his house, because it occupied a wide area and had a large number of people, the government would occasionally place porridge stalls here. There were two other carriages, and sometimes they would transport porridge and rice, and coarse grains and steamed buns to deliver them. It is said that this was a good man from other places. Seeing that everyone was hungry and cold, he felt compassion and came to provide relief.

The Guo family welcomes these things. After all, it was in his square. When others talked about it, they would only talk about the kindness of the Guo family. Today, when they wanted to incite the crowd, Guo Mingyi also bribed some of the yamen runners who were preventing riots nearby. After checking the government, they did not pay too much attention to this side. They began to announce that, but who knew that as soon as they finished speaking, someone in the crowd shouted: "He is lying!"

As soon as the man opened his mouth, his voice was loud and spread throughout the audience. Guo Mingyi knew something was wrong. He immediately shouted: "Who are you? You are the lackey of the dog official-"

He shouted loudly, and immediately someone agreed: "Catch him out!" But the man said the following words: "Dear villagers, he is lying to you. The Guo family was investigated for deliberately raising the price of grain in their homes! Today he also wanted to incite you to attack the government. This is a serious crime of treason! The officers and soldiers were already on the road, and there was still a stick of incense to come! Whoever believes his words will only be the same as the Guo family!"

The man lifted a torn dress on his body and saw that he was tall and bald, but he was not a monk. Someone recognized him. This was the person who often followed the two carriages of Shiji. Although his figure seemed a bit terrifying, Shijiji had kind-hearted eyes. Many times he was still treating some people in the crowd and had long been familiar with everyone. At this time, he said "rebellion", "killing the nine clans", and "the officers and soldiers arrived". Although he didn't know if it was true, he actually gave Guo Mingyi a wake-up call, and poured a basin of cold water on everyone's heads.

Guo Mingyi wanted to suppress him with his voice, but he was still shouting: "This is the dog official. Everyone, they have no choice but to blame him for his crimes. These dog officials are insatiable and come to blackmail him when they see that Guo has food in his home..."

Some people in the crowd also shouted: "Mr. Guo is a good man."

Guo Mingyi has been doing good deeds for many years. After all, he has a background, and then someone echoes: "My life was saved by Mr. Guo."

"Yes, it must be the government made a mistake..."

"Mr. Guo is not a bad guy..."

At this time, everyone said a glance at me, but because of the bald man's words, no one dared to act rashly. Only the people in the crowd were originally Guo Mingyi. At this time, they tried to incite everyone to help: "The person who caught this dog official... pull him out..." Some people shouted and squeezed through the crowd, waved the stick and rope and wanted to take him, but the big man grabbed a rope and waved it. He heard a loud shout: "Who dares to do anything randomly!" The rope broke in the air, and even the servants who wanted to take people fell more than a foot on the ground.

"Everyone, don't be instigated by this old man. The rising grain prices in Xiaoyi County are controlled by these people. It's not that there is no grain now, but because they firmly hold it and refuse to release it! Now the new Lord Li from Hedong is coming soon. He will give everyone justice, and the thousands of stones of disaster relief grain prepared by the court are now outside the city. If the Guo family doesn't give porridge, the government will not ignore you-"

The biggest problem in inciting hungry people to cause trouble is to be fast. As long as some people lose their minds and make extreme actions, the rest will be forced to turn back. However, the bald man's response was waiting here at the first time. There was no way other people knew how much credible there was in his words, but a few simple words had successfully deterred everyone. Guo Mingyi immediately saw a dark look. Knowing that the other party could suppress the commotion with such rapid means, he must have been preparing for it a few days ago. He really didn't expect that he had just wanted to do something, and immediately received such a thunderous attack.

He fell down directly before the crowd. When someone was carried home, he immediately called his son whom he valued the most and asked him to rush to the Zuo family to inform him immediately and seek shelter at the same time.

"That Lord Li has already made preparations. If this plan has not been achieved, our family will be doomed. Go to the Zuo family and tell the third young master, and say that I, Guo Mingyi, will not let go of my life, and ask him to find a way to save our Guo family... Go quickly! There is no time..."

The son was about to leave immediately, and the old man suddenly opened his eyes again and grabbed his hand: "Wait, wait, don't go to the Zuo family, please let a servant go to report the news, find a place to hide well, if so, if my Guo family can't stand this time, at least you will be left alone..."

The old man was sober. Knowing that things didn't work, the Guo family's situation was in a desperate situation. He had not thought about it so much before, and realized this moment when he was interrupted by the bald head. Lord Li was so fierce that he came to the door this time. Sure enough, not long after his son left, the first group of people who came over surrounded the front and back of the Guo family. Half an hour later, an army stationed outside the city arrived. Li Pin led his troops from the gate and drove straight in to Guo Mingyi's couch.

"Mr. Guo, you are not smart."

Guo Mingyi had already cried and cried: "Mr. Li. The little old man has accepted the situation, and the little old man is also obsessed with it for a while."

"Then... release food?"

"Mr. Li, you are kind and you will die if you release grain. The young man is not willing to die. Please give the Guo family a way out." He lowered his voice while crying, "Mr. Li, Lord. There are 50,000 taels of silver and jewelry. It is the housekeeping silver of my Guo family. If you can't copy it, I'm willing to give it to Mr. Li, please..."

He was still saying that Li Pin was still bowing and listening, but then straightened his waist expressionlessly and waved to the back.

"seal up."

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Li Pin's attack on the Guo family was a decisive move. He was imprisoned, sealed the door, confiscated the house, and comforted the victims. Behind it was part of the conspiracy, but Cheng Zhouhai was in charge.

Not only that, five days after Guo Mingyi's family was imprisoned, Cheng Zhouhai successfully pried open the other party's loose mental defenses. This was also the five-day life in prison that wiped out Guo Mingyi's toughness. In fact, on the day when Guo Mingyi arranged for his son to leave, the other party's whereabouts had been placed on the day of the Secret Investigation Department. At that time, Li Pin persuaded him to do nothing, but it was only five days later that he informed the other party of the news. Soon after, the two parties completed the transaction.

Guo Mingyi retained his 50,000 yuan house-keeping silver, and then moved from his family to Jiangnan and never returned to Hedong. The Guo family released all their food and property to help with disaster relief.

Although Guo Mingyi also knew in his heart that once his family turned against him, it would inevitably arouse Zuo Jilan's anger. On the other hand, if he did not turn against him, at most he would be killed and his family would be exiled. But everyone would do the trade-offs. The problem is that after all, not everyone is a tough guy who is not afraid of death. Once there is a glimmer of hope, he still chose to compromise.

The loosening of Guo Mingyi's line caused a certain gap in grain prices in Fenzhou. First, it increased the grain resources that the government could use by about 8,000 stones. The hidden impact was not only that. The fall of the large household made a small number of small vendors believe that the price of grain would fall and began to make a profit. Since then, the furiousness of the Zuo family and Qi family has also been suppressed as expected.

Zuo Jilan and Qi Fanghou visited all parties, and their actions were frequent, and the pressure in the officialdom suddenly increased. Many people found Li Pin, and they were intimate on the surface, but secretly persuaded: "Keep a line in your life and meet again in the future." On Zuo, Qi and the two nodded. Wang Zhizhen and Xu Mai's operations, the two families invested a lot. For a moment, the food near Fenzhou was wiped out like a whale absorbing water. At this time, the matter was not only related to the price of grain, but also the face of the two families. Zuo Jilan said in front of the people: "I must pursue this matter to the end!"

Well-informed businessmen felt this breath. As the weather fell, grain prices rose again, and then fell under the pressure of the government. In this tug-of-war fluctuation, both sides were in a stalemate. Ning Yi in the capital was waiting for an opportunity after the snow. For Wang Zhizhen and Xu Mai, as local snakes, they could not allow grain prices to continue to rise after the weather fell, which was a big slap in the face. With the continuous increase in intelligence, they finally knew the name of the Beijing trader.

"The person in charge of this grain price in the prime minister's mansion is named Ning Yi, look at it."

Zuo Jilan handed the information he received to the two of them, and Xu Mai frowned: "Ning Liheng?"

Wang Zhizhen also glanced at him: "Which word is done well?"

"I don't care how well his lyrics are written, and I don't care how powerful he is to the bandits of Liangshan!" Zuo Jilan had a grim face, "I must not be embarrassed!"

Qi Fang said kindly: "I don't want to embarrass this."

Since realizing that the situation was not simple, Zuo and Qi's actions were quite remarkable, and they were decisive and did not have the drags on the ordinary young masters. At this time, he said a few more words, and Wang Zhizhen and Xu Mai looked at each other: "Three Young Master, Young Master Qi, the key to the price of grain is in the first snow. If you don't want to lose, things must be faster. Before the snow, whoever does more will win."

"I naturally understand." Zuo Jilan nodded, "No one can be without weakness. He goes to the mall, and I leave the hearts of others. Young Master Qi, my cousin is in Beijing, and I go to Beijing to talk to Na Ningyi in person. How about you stay here?"

Qi Fanghou nodded: "My family is in the capital. When I write a few books, the third young master will take it with me. It is not too late to do this matter. We will wait for the third young master's good news."

"Hmph." Zuo Jilan smiled coldly, "When I catch Ning Yi's handle, I will kill him!"

In a cold tone, the next action was finalized. The next day, Zuo Jilan left his home and rushed all the way to the capital. At the same time, countless tentacles from all over the north and south were also spreading towards the capital with the same idea. When the shopping mall was in a deadlock, they still had countless powerful means to use them in other places. In the past, they defeated their enemies countless times, and this time, it was similar...

PS: OK, let's go back to Beijing!
Chapter completed!