There are traffic every day in the chamber of commerce and guild halls.

Countless merchants come and go here.

People were excited to inquire about all kinds of news.

What is the major disaster in Huainan? In Guanzhong, there should be no harvest.

In addition, the war in Liaodong may be tense because it is reported that Jiannu may continue to attack Ningyuan, which means... the court will continue to distribute wages.

All in all, everything is good.

Although the food price is unattainable now, it seems that it is not enough in the hearts of many people.

This time, it is like a natural disaster and man-made disasters have come, but it is much more serious than in previous years.

In addition, although there were several major famines during the Wanli period, after all, after Zhang Juzheng's reform, the court still had enough money and food to provide relief.

But now, in this year of Tianqi, the three major battles of Wanli, the piercing and sweeping holes, and the collapse of Liaodong, the court no longer has any spare energy.

what does that mean?

It means everything is moving in the best direction.

Some people even rumored that the price of grain this year may be as high as twenty-five taels.

Twenty-five taels!

This has risen by at least ten times compared to previous years.

It's going to make a fortune.

Grain merchants are still trying their best to buy grain, even if it exceeds the price.

If you don’t have enough money, then borrow.

Wu Wenlong has already borrowed 34,000 taels of silver.

Other grain merchants are not much better either.

You know, if grain merchants had a considerable income in previous years, they were just earning the interest rate spread in the middle, so where could there be huge profits?

But now it’s different. Seize this rare opportunity and you can earn money for the next few decades.

How many people can control this temptation?

Almost everyone was happy.

So this time, Chen Moyan came to listen to the opera as usual, and he and several other major grain merchants almost became the focus of everyone's attention.

He was still wearing inconspicuous clothes and sat in an inconspicuous corner. Today he didn't order songs, and just sat for a while, and then hurried away.

His calm attitude made people feel relieved.

At this time, many people couldn't help but mock the Zhang family.

The Zhang family originally had so much grain hidden, but it only increased by just ten times, so they sold all the grains.

If this grain... is in my hands, I would not sell a grain of rice without twenty-five taels and one stone.

At this time, the market was already in slump.

The panic caused by this shortage of food is real.

Many people began to save money.

Even in Xinxian now, many people make a living by textiles and earn a few taels of silver every month. They were originally living a wealthy life, but now they have suddenly fallen into hell.

In the past, the monthly expenses on food were at most one tael of silver.

But now, all the income is used to buy food, and the family is still hungry.

There were rumors outside, saying that people were already eating each other in Guanzhong.

It is also said that a large number of refugees are rising.

These words aggravate people's panic.

Almost every man or woman’s first thing to do when she wakes up early is to try her luck at various grain stores.

But in fact... many grain stores are no longer open.

Even if the door is opened occasionally, the old rice mixed with sand is still sold. Even if it is such rice, the price is high, people still flock to it.

People's livelihood is so difficult, and this is still the capital. Only God knows what kind of world is outside the capital.

Emperor Tianqi ordered many orders and issued an order to denounce all officials not to share the worries of the court.

It would be fine if this order was not issued.

After a moment of decree, all the impeachments were rushed into the palace.

Everyone said that His Majesty is right. Now I want to expose someone who made money by food. Yes, it is the Zhang family in Xinxian!

They made a fortune by relying on food. Zhang Jingyi was deeply grateful to the country, but he even ignored the people and begged His Majesty to punish him severely to serve as a warning to others.

This kind of argument is clearly embarrassing Emperor Aoqi.

What are you scolding us? You kill the most treacherous Zhang Jing first.

Emperor Tianqi was so angry that smoke came from his seven orifices.

And when the price of grain reaches 17 taels.

Zhang Jingyi's side has probably made a decision.

It started raining again in the capital.

After a rapid rainstorm, everything in Qingpingfang is as fresh as ever.

On the morning of that day, Zhang Jingyi wrote a memorial after writing a document, and then ordered someone to send it to the palace.

soon.

In the Qinzheng Hall, Emperor Tianqi received the memorial, but his expression became strange.

"Summon all the people to meet."

When the ministers heard the call, they all rushed over. These days were a turbulent autumn, so everyone lowered their heads and kept silent.

Emperor Tianqi said: "As soon as Zhang Jing reported, he said that he had cultivated his cultivation in Changping. From early spring to the present, he has planted a new grain, and the yield per mu can get a thousand kilograms of grain. What do you think?"

“…”

The ministers looked at Emperor Apocalypse with a suffocating expression.

Emperor Aoki raised his eyebrows: "Speak!"

“…”

The hall is very quiet.

Of course, this is not a shock.

This is really suffocating.

Fuck.

The food prices are unattainable now. When Zhang Jing heard that he was ordered to purify the grain prices. After a month of hard work, he had to do such a thing?

When Emperor Tianqi saw that all the ministers were silent, he said, "Huang Qing family, you can talk about it first."

At this time, Huang Liji felt that there were actually bad things about being the chief minister of the cabinet, but every time he would be taken out, he smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, if you don't discuss such auspicious matters, I have nothing to say."

In fact, no one has ever reported the grain yielding thousands of kilograms per mu, but they are all lie.

Zhang Jing was afraid that the food price could not be suppressed, so he simply used Xiangrui's routine.

Emperor Aoki frowned, and he was also a little hesitant.

Yes, is this Zhang Jingyi’s strategy?

Emperor Tianqi said, "Li Qing family, you are the Minister of Revenue, you are the Minister of Revenue."

These days, Li Qiyuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, secretly stocked up a lot of food.

He is the Minister of Revenue. He knows more clearly about the current situation than anyone else. Anyway, if he doesn’t hoard himself, others will hoard him. Since that’s the case, there is nothing wrong with making a little secretly by himself!

Now I heard that this acre yield of 1,000 kilograms and there is still new grain. Li Qiyuan was still bitter and tried hard to prevent any fluctuations in his emotions and not to lose his etiquette before.

The surname Zhang is really good.

I used this kind of auspiciousness to hope to reduce the price of grain, and I was so crazy.

Now when Emperor Tianqi asked, he couldn't hold back, laughed, and coughed again, trying very seriously: "Your Majesty... This... I have never heard of such a thing. I think this must be Zhang Jing's hearsay! I think there is no need to blame Zhang Jingyi. After all, he is young, he is young, he doesn't know much about farming, and his majesty doesn't have to take it seriously."

Emperor Aoki's teeth were broken, and his face looked extremely ugly.

But... it seems that everyone can see that this is a joke.

If it weren't for the emperor, everyone would have laughed out loud.

"But Zhang Jing asked me to go to Changping and see it with his own eyes."

Seeing this incident, the act was like a real one.
To be continued...