"Brother Siming, let's go and see why Hu Ni is quarreling with someone."
Hu Ni stood in front of a stall selling lanterns, hands on hips, arguing with the vendor.
Zhang Yuanyi, who was beside him, was holding a little rabbit lantern in her hand and looked up at him at a loss.
The vendor explained with a smile, but there was still a look of embarrassment on his face: "Now the prices of lanterns in the city are like this. Life is really hard. Food prices are soaring, and everyone has to make a living, so it is naturally more expensive."
Hu Ni frowned: "I come from the capital. When it was the most expensive, this kind of lantern only cost fifty coins. Even if the area is different, your price is too high."
Zhang Yuanyi's voice was soft and full of confusion: "Uncle, why do you say life is hard? Along the way, I have seen that people's livelihood is prosperous, and the people are setting up stalls and shops, and they are self-sufficient!"
"That's right!" Hu Ni was very angry: "Don't you think that we are foreigners and raise our prices?"
"How dare you!" The vendor waved his hands hurriedly.
He looked around and lowered his voice: "To tell you the truth, since Yong Yehou led his troops to attack this city, the officials of Qi State were in charge of Wuyue City and required each household to hand over fifty taels of silver every month as a means of settling down their family.
fee."
Ye Siming frowned instantly: "The settlement fee? Are you sure it's Yong Yehou's people who asked you to pay it?"
The vendor nodded repeatedly with a distressed look on his face: "How dare I lie to you? There was a notice posted by the government saying that we are not from Qi. If we want to stay here, we must pay tribute every month!"
Gu Nuoer's dark eyes flashed coldly.
This is wrong, dad doesn't even know about this.
The vendor sighed: "The little guy has no choice but to raise the price. Although the big guys seem to be still making a normal living, many families have already been unable to make ends meet."
Hu Ni and Zhang Yuanyi turned to look at Ye Siming.
The latter's expression was cold and his eyes were cold.
Gu Nuoer patted his shoulder and signaled him not to reveal his identity here, so as not to attract the attention of the incoming thieves.
"Here, this little bunny lantern is very cute, buy it." Gu Nuoer took out ten taels of silver ingots from his sleeve and handed it to the vendor.
The vendor nodded and bowed, Zhang Yuanyi held up the lantern, and the four of them walked forward along the street.
But they all seemed to have lost the mood to look at the lights.
This time, Gu Nuoer paid careful attention to the past.
You can hear the shouts of high prices.
Those men and women who came out to shop and admire the lanterns just couldn’t buy anything.
Whether it is a stall or a shop, there are only a few customers.
If it is true, as the vendor said, that each household has to pay fifty taels of silver, the pressure is really too great.
No wonder it looks lively, but in fact everyone is working hard to sell things to make a living!
Gu Nuoer turned his head and asked: "Brother Siming, who is in charge of Wuyue City now?"
Ye Siming's eyebrows were cold and he muttered: "The principle of proximity is that after I finished attacking Wuyue City, the governor of Xianzhou sent officials to hand over the situation."
Local officials ordered a city to pay tribute every month, but even such a major event was not reported to the court.
Most of the money goes into your own pocket.
You are so courageous! You want to take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune!
At this moment, a man wearing linen and cotton-padded clothes was suddenly pushed out of the storyteller's restaurant.
Then two officers and soldiers immediately stepped forward and held him down.
The man continued to struggle, and the officer kicked him.
"Be honest! How dare you slander Yong Yehou's reputation in the name of storytelling and follow us back to the Yamen!"
The man cursed angrily: "Marquis Yongye is hypocritically benevolent and righteous, saying that he won't kill innocent people, but in fact he wants to use this method to force us to death! God has eyes, why don't you chop this evil man to death!"