Chapter four hundred and sixteen collusion between officials and businessmen
When the shopkeeper heard that the girl was so reasonable, he secretly looked at her.
Judging from her dress and demeanor, she definitely came from a wealthy family. He was not afraid that she would not keep her words.
"Girl, please take a seat." The shopkeeper, Shangguan Wan Ning, guided him to sit at the table by the window. He turned around and shouted to the waiter, "Idiot, make a pot of good tea for the guest."
After saying that, he looked at Shangguan Wan Ning again, with a sad face. Before he could say anything, he sighed heavily.
"Girl, no matter which direction you come from, you should know that in today's world, there is chaos and chaos, and wars are happening everywhere. Originally, it wasn't that difficult for us here, it's all..."
The shopkeeper looked around, as if he was worried that the walls had ears, so he lowered his voice and continued: "It's all the prefect who is taking the opportunity to make money."
A look of surprise passed through Shangguan Wan Ning's eyes. "Why did the shopkeeper say this?"
"Girl, in every state capital city, there will be two big rice merchants and salt merchants. They are designated by the government to operate. They must purchase goods through government channels and sell at prices designated by the government."
"I know this."
Of course Shangguan Wan Ning knows these things. "But in recent years, the imperial court has relaxed its requirements for rice merchants. As far as I know, rice merchants can now operate privately. As long as the price is moderate, the government will not pursue them."
"The girl is so knowledgeable." The shopkeeper looked at Shangguan Wan Ning twice, she was definitely not an ordinary lady.
"It is because the government has relaxed its control over rice merchants that merchants who operate private rice shops collude with local officials in order to obtain more benefits. Let's just talk about our place. There is a private rice merchant. He
He is the brother-in-law of the prefect."
"In order to take care of his own business, the prefect cut off the source of goods from the government-owned rice merchants. We have no choice but to buy from private rice merchants. Who told us that we have to eat every day? But their purpose is to cut off the government-owned rice merchants.
What is it?"
The shopkeeper showed an indignant expression and said angrily, "The price of rice on the market today is three times the original official rice."
"What?" Shangguan Wan Ning was shocked.
How can ordinary people afford this?
"Is this the case in the next county as well?" The attendant felt incredible after hearing this.
The shopkeeper waved his hand. "No, the county next door is pretty normal."
"Then you can go to the next county to buy it. It won't cost you more than a few steps."
"Brother, what you said is so easy. But what can you think of that the government can't think of? They set up checkpoints at the city gate. Anyone who transports rice will be put in jail. No matter what crime they are charged, that's it.
It's a dead end."
Shangguan Wan Ning secretly clenched her fist.
"This is really unreasonable." The attendant said angrily, "Are you going to let others live?"
"Who says it's not true? Now the government is busy fighting the war with the help of the imperial court. Even if we took the complaint to the capital, no one would pay attention to us."
Shangguan Wan Ning looked back at the deserted streets.
Food is the foundation of the people. If the people can't even provide food and clothing, how can they produce with peace of mind?
Shangguan Wan Ning glanced at the attendant, who immediately took out twenty taels of silver from his pocket and stuffed it into the shopkeeper's hand.
"Can the shopkeeper please help us prepare some meals? Just make it simple."
"Okay, I asked Xiao Er to take a few to rest in the guest room."
After the shopkeeper went down, Shangguan Wan Ning was a little tired after returning to the room. He lay down and fell asleep for a while. When he woke up again, it was already a lot of light.
She opened the window and looked out. The sky was not dark, and there were no pedestrians on the street.
Shangguan Wan Ning lived here for two days, waiting for her father to come together with her. She asked her people to go out and inquire about it. Sure enough, as the shopkeeper said, the people here almost all of them were unable to eat.
On this night, Shangguan Wan Ning was about to fall asleep, and suddenly he heard a messy and noisy footsteps on the street.
She rushed to the window immediately, and saw a group of officers and soldiers holding a torch, and went in the same direction.
Shangguan Wan Ning felt a major event, and immediately called the followers to check it in the past.
(This chapter is not over!)
Chapter 46: Chapter 46
I saw the officers and soldiers come to the granary.
There are already a group of people who are fighting with officers and soldiers. The two sides were originally evenly matched. However, with a group of officers and soldiers who reinforced, the people soon defeated.
"You are so courageous, the granary of the government dares to rob, do you want to rebel?"
"Even if we want to rebel, we are forced by you. You raised the rice price so high, and would rather put the insects in the warehouse and refuse to eat it. You must not die."
"So big courage, even dare to curse us. Come and go to the jail. I have to see if it is the bones of your mud legs, or the torture in the cell."
The officers and soldiers wanted to take these people away, and the two followers around Shangguan Wan Ning couldn't stand it anymore. They were about to step forward and were stopped by Shangguan Wan Ning.
"Miss, let's really ignore it?"
"Of course not. But ..." Shangguan Wan Ning's face was dignified, saying, "To manage it, just care about it. These people are just ordered to act, what we want to find, should not be them."
The followers looked at each other.
"Come with me."
Shangguan Wanning came to the back door of the Fuyu with his followers, and said a few words to the two confidants.
The confidant followed the heart, and chose four agility from the team, and the response quickly reacted.
After about a time, the back door opened.
"Miss, everything goes well."
Shangguan Wan Ning smiled lightly, and walked in generously.
She walked into the main room and saw a middle -aged man, wearing a thin pajamas to the ground, the woman around him wrapped his clothes, curled up on the side and trembled.
Shangguan Wan Ning sat down above and looked at the man with a high rush.
He is the local government.
"You ... who are you? So big courage ... Ah!"
Shangguan Wan Ning's followers did not wait for the government to finish speaking, so he raised his hand and slapped it on his face.
He only felt that a fishy smell spread in the mouth, and the blood wire slowly overflowed along the corner of his mouth.
"Master Zhifu, I come to visit my father's life."
Zhifu was slapped a little bit. He knew that these people were not easy to mess with, but did not fully recognize their lives.
As long as you wait until dawn, there will be rescue.
"Who is your father ... who is it?"
"Father, Shangguan Yue."
Zhifu was stunned, and his mood suddenly became complicated.
"Hehe, it turned out to be the anti -thief of the court." Zhifu tried to stand up, and was kicked on his knees by the big man around him.
He kneeling down again under the pain. "What do you want?"
Chapter 46: Chapter 46 This chapter has been completed!