Since September, the prosperous Hangzhou City has experienced shortages. First of all, silk cloth. Originally, Hangzhou was the main production area of ​​silk, the fine silk was only seven or eight taels of silver, which was twice as cheap as the mainland. ▲∴▲∴,

However, a large number of gentry were hit and the supply of raw silk was not enough. Then the workshops reduced their production, and the price of silk exceeded ten taels of silver.

Major silk shops found that silk was out of stock and instinctively began to stock up. As a result, the prices of silk and cloth soared. In less than a month, they broke through to 18 taels. Not to mention twenty taels, even thirty taels may not be able to stop it.

Of course, silk is only affordable for wealthy people, and the impact is not great. Another type of material is even more fatal, that is, salt, which is a must for ordinary people. It can be without oil, tea, sugar, and vinegar, but it cannot be separated from salt.

You need to add a large handful of salt to a pot of dish that can be used for coolies. If you eat less, you will lose energy.

However, as the salt price soared by triple, the wives at home were careful and reluctant to put more. Even if they were careful, the salt at home was eaten up. When they arrived at the store, the long queue made people dizzy. One pound of salt increased to five cents of silver, one tael of silver and sixteen cents, which was only three pounds of salt. Ordinary farmers might not be able to earn one ounce of silver in a month.

Just as salt surged and the people complained, the prices of grain were also rising rapidly.

A stone of rice usually ranges between one tael and eight qian to two liang. When the autumn harvest season comes, the grain price should have dropped, but today it is completely different. Three taels of silver have been passed quietly.

Last year, I could buy silver for two stones of grain, but this year I could only buy one stone. Many people hesitated and had food stored at home. I would wait a moment, maybe it could be reduced.

This was awesome. The price of grain jumped to a three-level jump, quickly breaking through five taels of silver. Once the price of grain rose, everything rose. People's lives were suddenly disrupted.

As the governor of Southeast, Zhang Jing could no longer ignore it. He immediately asked Li Tianchong and Lu Youheng to discuss countermeasures urgently.

Li Tianchong was full of fighting spirit and red eyes. He cursed angrily: "Mr. Master, the weather is good this year. Although some Japanese pirates are in trouble, it does not affect the harvest. Things that should have dropped suddenly surged, and there must be someone behind it."

Lu Youheng also said: "That's right, it's just those gentry clans who raise prices just to force the governor to stop. You must not be afraid of them!"

Zhang Jing raised his eyelids and asked lightly: "What should I do?"

"Grasp!"

Lu Youheng said decisively: "I will take my men and horses to all the food stores. Whoever dares to hoard goods will be punished by communicating with Japanese devils."

This murderous intent is very murderous. However, Zhang Jing is still quite mature. If he really does this, it will be like declaring war with all the gentry, and the consequences will be unimaginable. It is not like this to seek death!

"Li Zhongcheng, what do you think?"

Li Tianchong thought for a while and said, "The Superintendent, the case was investigated very smoothly. It is estimated that the net will be closed in another ten days and half a month. I thought it would be not difficult to open the warehouse and release grain for a while."

Zhang Jing asked: "Is there enough food in Hangzhou?"

"This... the governor. There are still 100,000 stones of grain in the warehouse, and there are 180,000 stones of military rations, which is not a small number."

Zhang Jing narrowed his old eyes and silently calculated that there is less than one million people in Hangzhou, and the amount of food stored is enough for one month. Besides, he has ordered that the transportation will be sent from various places within ten days.

"Since they want to fight with me, let's come over and send orders to arrange food outlets in the four cities tomorrow and open supply. I want to see how capable they are!" Zhang Jing slapped the table with high fighting spirit.

Li Tianchong and Lu Youheng were encouraged and happily accepted the order. They immediately went down to prepare and opened the warehouse and released the grain from the next day.

Their actions were all seen in Tang Yi's eyes and they were amused. With the strength in their hands, they were simply a mantis armed mantis, overestimating their abilities!

With the order, the canal ticket number, plus the gentry from Zhejiang, mobilized 1.5 million taels of silver overnight and sent personnel to divide them into four teams. They lined up before dawn. After allowing the purchase of grain, they rushed to buy it wildly. In less than a day, they spent more than 700,000 taels and bought nearly 200,000 stones.

Li Tianchong and Lu Youheng had to end the food early. In just one day, the two seemed to have experienced a cruel battle, and their lips were blisters.

Crazy, it's really crazy!

From the beginning, it was Tang Yi arranged the manpower, but later, it was basically the people of Hangzhou. They flocked to the rice bags and lined up three or five miles away. No one ever felt that the population of Hangzhou was so large, so crazy! Everyone shouted, took out their wallets, and couldn't stand changing it to food.

When Li Tianchong and the others closed the grain sales site in advance, the crowd burst into storms and scolded them like storms. Everyone rushed to other grain stores crying and shouting. In an instant, the price of grain exceeded 8 taels and one stone. After a day, the price of grain was opened again, and ten taels of silver had already arrived...

"It's over, it's over!" Li Tianchong sat in a daze, sitting on the chair, trembling all over. Thinking of yesterday's situation, he was still in fear, and it could even turn into a shadow of his life.

No matter what you say, the people only have one voice: "Food, food, give us food!"

Not only ordinary people, but even the yamen runners of the government joined the rush to buy, and everyone lost their minds, turned into madmen, and became madmen!

"Mr. Master, we lost." Li Tianchong murmured. Lu Youheng opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. Facing officials and wealthy families, they can be righteous and passionate, but facing countless people, they become extremely pale and powerless.

No matter how good the truth is, you can’t be a meal!

"How could this happen? How could this happen?" Lu Youheng kept asking himself, the invincible honest official who he firmly believed was shaken for the first time.

Compared to his depressedness, Zhang Jing was still firm. The old man was the commander of the army. No matter how difficult the situation was, he had encountered this little trick. He would not take this little trick in his eyes.

"Everyone raise your head!" Zhang Jing roared sharply.

Li Tianchong and Lu Youheng were stunned, and hurriedly straightened their chests and looked at the old man.

"Tell me the order of the governor, tell Mrs. Wa to prepare three thousand soldiers and follow me to crack down on the lucrative merchants who are hoarding goods!"

"Sir!" Li Tianchong said hurriedly: "No, it will arouse public anger!"

Zhang Jing snorted coldly, "They forced me to be shameless, how could I be polite! You don't have to be afraid. If something happens, I will carry it on my shoulders."

While talking, rapid footsteps sounded outside, and he looked up. An old woman in her sixties came in. She was tall, half a head taller than an ordinary man, wearing bright armor, and carrying two long swords on her back. She was majestic and murderous.

"Old Madam, what's the matter?" Zhang Jing knew that Mrs. Wa had always been steady and would not come rashly.

Mrs. Wa looked grim, sat on the chair, picked up the teapot, drank a pot of tea, and then clasped her fists at Zhang Jing.

"Sir, Lao Shi only wants to ask for one thing. Please tell me the truth."

"Speaking."

"Sir, I'm so happy. I heard that the military rations have been sold in Hangzhou. Are we going to go hungry again?"

"Nonsense!" Zhang Jing slapped the table and said angrily: "Old Madam, don't listen to those people stirring up the flames. You were invited by me. Even if you were selling the pot, I would supply as much food as I needed. There would be no mistakes."

Facing the promise of faithfulness, Mrs. Wa did not feel any relief. Instead, she sighed: "So, the food is still not enough. Right?"

Zhang Jing was stunned for a moment, his words were blocked in his throat, unable to speak, and a layer of delicate beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. A strange silence was plunged in the hall, and it took a few minutes. Mrs. Wa stood up and said, "I believe in the master of the ministry. Now I will go back to the camp to comfort the big guys. Not only my husband's men, but also the Peng family's father and son will not cause trouble."

When he reached the door, Mrs. Wa paused again and added: "I can only do this. Please ask the master of the ministry to allocate military rations as soon as possible."

...

Mrs. Wa left for a quarter of an hour, and Zhang Jing's fist was clenched tightly before she let go, and a drop of dark red blood appeared in her palm in horror!

The old man had never been so angry. He really wanted to pull out those who were rioting and beheading one by one to relieve his aura. But Zhang Jing also knew that he was just a tiger, and the wolf soldier was his minions. Without the support of the wolf soldier, he could not bite anyone.

Could it be that I really want to admit defeat? I am unwilling to give up!

...

At this moment, another guard came to deliver the letter and someone asked for a visit.

Soon, the two old men came together, Qian Dehong and Wang Ji. As the two helmsmen of Zhejiang Central Studies, their position among the gentry was absolutely transcendent. After seeing Zhang Jing, they saluted very politely.

Zhang Jing just felt a little owed his body. Even if he returned the gift, he waved his hand and asked Li Tianchong and Lu Youheng to go down, leaving only three old men, looking at each other and sitting together.

"I guess you should come too!" Zhang Jing spoke first: "I really didn't expect that your spiritual learning lineage would even be in a mess."

Qian Dehong was thin and energetic, and he pressed his thighs with both hands and shook his head slightly.

"Donald Banzhou, the people in the southeast suffer from the suffering of Japanese pirates. When you take charge of the southeast, we are all happy and encouraged, thinking that the suffering of Japanese pirates is expected to be destroyed. However, when the old man comes, he makes great moves and arrests many people, and I don't agree."

Zhang Jing raised his eyelids and sneered: "What, do you still want to teach me how to become an official?"

These words were energetic and choked Qian Dehong.

Wang Ji hurriedly said, "The old man misunderstood. As the saying goes, the palms and backs of hands are all flesh. Now, the public opinion is surging in Zhejiang, the prices of people's living resources soar, the army is panic, the yamen's servants are trembling, and no one is willing to do things. If this continues, we are afraid that the Japanese pirates will fail and we will collapse ourselves."

"Hmph, if you don't destroy, you won't establish, you will destroy and establish! I asked myself, there is nothing wrong with it." Zhang Jing said stubbornly.

Qian Dehong sighed and said sincerely: "Don't you think this is true? We have no objection to investigate Japanese troops, investigate stolen officials, and rectify the army. As the saying goes, things will be smooth, so can you separate a little and let everyone take a breath?"

It was obvious that Qian Dehong had already lowered his attitude, and Zhang Jing was still hesitating. Suddenly someone ran in and lie in his ear and said a few words. The old man's expression immediately changed drastically. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!