Seeing the two tables of people packed their packages and walked out of the shed, Cao Chong stood up and said to Aguda and his party: "You eat slowly, I'll go out first."

Cao Chong, who was chasing out with great strides, looked at the backs of those people and shouted loudly: "Several heroes, please stay."

The people turned around and looked at Cao Chong.

Cao Chong bowed with his fists, "Several heroes, I want to ask for advice on something, but I wonder if I can?"

The strong man in the lead clasped his fists and returned the greeting, "If the old man wants to ask, just ask."

"Three years ago, when I left Chang'an, I still remember that a bowl of chicken noodles here is only more than a hundred dollars. Why is it so expensive now?"

The strong man and his group looked at each other, all smiled bitterly and shook their heads. The strong man said, "Have you been to the place in Liaodong for a long time?"

Cao Chong himself brought a group of savages, of course he knew that he could not hide it from the knowledgeable people. He nodded immediately, "Yes, it took three years to go there, three years, and Chang'an has changed a lot."

"The old man seems not an ordinary person." The strong man nodded clearly: "In fact, it's not just that this place is so expensive, but our entire Daqi is so expensive now. It's even more expensive in Chang'an City than here."

Cao Chong felt awe-inspiringly. The price increase of a bowl of noodles to such an outrageous level can only show that there is a big problem with Daqi's economy.

"how so?"

"We don't know that the copper coins in Daqi are worthless anyway, and no one wants them at all. Three years ago, one tael of silver could still be exchanged for one thousand coins, but then it fell all the way. Now one tael of silver can be exchanged for three thousand coins. For example, in Chang'an City, those large merchants do not collect copper coins at all."

Cao Chong's heart was cold, "Does the court ignore it?"

The strong man smiled and said, "Constrain? The court collects taxes by itself and only needs silver and does not have copper coins. How do you think they control it?"

Cao Chong basically lived in the court's inn along the way. Even if he missed the Guantou, he would have basically no problem sleeping in the wild with such a group of people and solving problems such as eating. This is the first time that he has been in a serious manner among the people. For those who have reached his level, the concept of money is no longer clear. But one thing is that such a situation must have caused the country's economy to reach an extremely dangerous level, and he is not very clear about this.

"Don't we, Daqi, prohibit the passage of Ming Dynasty banknotes? How do you use Ming Dynasty banknotes? And that waiter dares to accept them?" Cao Chong continued.

The strong man's face changed slightly and he bowed: "Is the old man an official?"

Cao Chong said after a while: "That's true, not true."

After hearing this, the strong man was a little confused, "Old gentleman, you have been in Liaodong for too long. You don't know many things. On the surface, the Ming Dynasty is naturally unavailable, but in fact, this government order has long been in name only. The Ming Dynasty has been circulated among the people in the past two years. Even the tax officials of the court are willing to collect the Ming Dynasty when collecting taxes."

Cao Chong was shocked and angry, "Why is this?"

"The money in Daqi has fallen by no means falling. Who would risk collecting copper coins, or if you want to buy a bowl of chicken noodles today, maybe tomorrow it will cost 700 to 800 yuan. Do you think the merchants and the court are willing to collect it? Alas, the most painful thing is the people who have no way to go!" The strong man shook his head: "It is really inconvenient to carry it with him. There are also silver notes in the major banknotes in Daqi, but it is far from as easy to use as Mingchao."

Cao Chong took a deep breath. It seemed that he had not returned for three years. Daqi's condition not only did not improve, but was deteriorating further.

"I wonder where you are going?" Cao Chong asked.

"We are all disciples of the Nantianmen, so we have to go to Changning County to join the army." The strong man smiled and said, "Now the Ming Dynasty is in great power, we warriors must do our best to Daqi."

Cao Chong knew in his heart that Nantianmen was guilty of the court for the incidents in the past few years, and every year a large number of disciples must join the army to atone for the previous crimes.

"In this way, I wish you all the best, make achievements, and be able to win a wife and a son in the future."

"Borrow the good words of the old man." The strong man hugged his fists and said, "Goodbye!"

"Goodbye."

After walking heavy steps, I returned to the greenhouse, but saw the child carrying jars of wine out. The wild people couldn't wait to open the mud seal, and a clear fragrance of wine immediately echoed in the greenhouse. It was the burning knife produced by the Ming Dynasty.

"Good wine!" A Guda just sniffed, and then started screaming strangely. He held the jar of wine and poured it into his mouth. Cao Chong wanted to stop it but didn't have time. Seeing A Guda pouring it down in one gust, he choked a lot again in a flash. Not only A Guda, but almost all the savages in the entire greenhouse had the same expression.

They were choked and their faces were red, and they exchanged tears, staring at the jar of wine in their hands in a daze.

Cao Chong sighed: "Aguda, this wine is very different from what you usually drink. Drink it slowly, don't be impatient."

"What a great wine!" A Guda hugged the jar tightly and murmured. As soon as he drank a big mouthful of wine, he felt that the extremely fragrant wine flowed down like a line of fire, and then turned into a ball of flame and burned the whole body. After staying in the bitter and cold place for half his life, he immediately knew the benefits of this wine.

"Drink slowly, drink while eating. You can't drink too much of this wine, you will get drunk." Cao Chong poured himself a bowl and took a sip.

The shopkeeper took the waiter to serve side dishes and noodles. It seemed that the beads made by Agu made the boss happy. The dishes and noodles were all in full size.

"Shopkeeper, please leave slowly. I have something to ask you." Cao Chong called out to the happy boss.

"Please tell me, old man." The shopkeeper stood in front of Cao Chong with his head down. An old man who could control these savages was naturally extraordinary.

"I remember this wine was not sold to us by Ming people in the past. If our army in Daqi wants to get this wine, it also needs to use some private channels. How can we get it so easily now?" Cao Chong asked.

"Look at what you said, old man?" The shopkeeper laughed: "Two years ago, this kind of wine was sold in large quantities from the Ming Dynasty to our Daqi. At the beginning, only those high-ranking officials and nobles with status, as well as those big inns and restaurants with their own connections, but the exchanges were getting more and more, and the price of this wine has also fallen again and again. Now even ordinary people can afford it."

"Does the Ming Dynasty actually have so much food?" Cao Chong was puzzled. It was naturally a lot of food to brew wine, and brewing such high-level wine would cost even more.

"We Daqi exchanged them for food." The shopkeeper smiled and said, "The old man doesn't know that those Ming people are very stupid. I heard the top merchants here say that our Daqi merchants use the old grain from previous years as new grain to those Ming people, and those people are happy to collect it. How big is the price difference between the new grain and the old grain."

Cao Chong couldn't help but feel confused. Even if he didn't understand the economy, he knew that this large amount of old grain flowed into the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, the Ming people would not store them, but they must have used them to make such wine. Then the wine would flow back to Qi. After these grains turned into fine wine, I wonder how many times the price would increase. The Ming people were idiots? I'm afraid that the Daqi was really stupid.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be shocked.

A large amount of grain flowed into the Ming Dynasty. If there was such a huge profit as this shopkeeper said, then would the grain that was often closed and charity warehouses in Daqi be lost and turned into wealth in some people's wallets?

When he thought of this, he could no longer sit still.

After three years of suppressing the rebellion in Liaodong, he was so unfamiliar with the situation of the imperial center. What did the emperor Cao Yun do for food? His form has reached this point. He still didn't know it?

When the officials of the Ministry of Rites arrived at Chang'an City to enjoy the tea shed, dozens of savages were already drunk. Among the group, only Aguda was still calm. Cao Chong, who was eager to return to Chang'an immediately, could only sit here wither and wait for the officials of the Ministry of Rites to send carriages and horses to pick up these savages who could not stand up into the city.

"Prince, this is a good thing. We will also want such a good wine in the future." After drinking, Aguda's voice was extremely loud. Until now, the shopkeeper who finally knew Cao Chong's identity and the waiter in the tea shed were already scared to the corner where he dared to make a sound.

Cao Chong sighed and said to Aguda: "Aguda, follow the people of the Ministry of Rites to go to the inn to rest first. Remember my words, this is Chang'an, not Liaodong. Stay in the inn and don't go out. Just wait for the emperor to summon him."

"Don't worry, Prince, Aguda will naturally listen to the words of the prince. He can't keep it a step beyond the inn." Aguda's tongue said with a knot.

"Send these people to the inn to serve the wine and vegetable fields, but don't give them too much wine to avoid getting drunk again. In addition, the informant of the Chang'an government office will send more people to guard outside the inn to prevent them from getting drunk and causing trouble." Cao Chong ordered.

"Yes, Prince."

Just as he was about to arrange, there was another sudden sound of horse hooves in the direction of the city gate. In a moment, he arrived outside the tea shed. Several people turned over and dismounted, but several eunuchs were there.

"I have seen the prince." Several eunuchs were as honest as quails in front of Cao Chong, and said with a graceful look on their faces." His Majesty was overjoyed when he heard that the prince was back, so he asked the prince to enter the palace immediately."

Cao Chong nodded, walked out of the tea shed, turned over and ran towards Chang'an City.
Chapter completed!