Wang Shichong, Luoyang, frowned tightly, and negotiated for money in exchange for food stability in Luoyang. But these people said that there was no food at home, and the government openly opposed Wang Shichong’s great anger. They tried to seize food by force, but when he sent troops to search, he found that there was really not much food in these rice.
Years of war in the Central Plains have made farmland barren. Over the years, the grain harvest has relied on three granaries to give food to Luoyang people, and the crisis has followed. Although various places trade with each other, the Tang Dynasty is short of food and strictly controls grain exports, which makes these granaries have no food to sell.
Wang Shichong, Nai, Luoyang has been searched by him, but the food is less than 10 thousand stones. Of course, not everyone has no food. Wang Shichong knew that Doulujia had a lot of food, but Doulujia was a noble with a deep background, and many younger brothers were still big. Zheng Jun had a lot of power in secondary vocational schools.
Wang Shichong killed Pei Renji because he wanted to rebel, but Doulujia was always so calm that Wang Shichong couldn’t find a handle. Luoyang had no food and the outside world imported food, which worried Wang Shichong. What should we do even if we tighten our belts until this summer? Wang Shichong has no bottom in his heart.
"This year has passed!" Wang Shichong sighed and shook his head in his heart. He was a monarch, but this day was really impossible. Wang Shichong felt more wronged.
Wang Shichong thought for a long time and finally didn’t find a solution. If there was no food, the people would flee from Zheng Zhongyuan and be deserted. Maybe he would take out the last tens of thousands of stones of food? Wang Shichong is not reluctant to part with it, but thousands of stones are planted. If you eat them, what will you plant in spring ploughing? No seed, no harvest, and it will accelerate the people’s escape.
Don’t want to borrow food from tang gaozu? Wang Shichong has the face that he can’t pull. After all, he is the leader of the anti-Sui alliance. Isn’t it a joke for heaven and man to borrow food from Li Yuan? " Wang Shichong muttered with a wry smile repeatedly shook his head in my heart.
"Duan Yu grinds ink for me, I want to write a letter." Can Wang Shichong decide to write a letter that is heavier than the sky? What’s the matter if you have to get through this for a while?
"hey!" Duan Yu said and walked to the side of the case to grind ink for Wang Shichong
"Duan Yu, do you think if I borrow food from Tang gaozu, will he give it?" Wang Shichong still has some uncertainties in his heart.
"Say what to borrow food?" Duan Yu ha ha a smile to please the tunnel "Li Yuan, the leader of the anti-Sui alliance, is just a member of the Chinese Communist Party, or is it natural for him to ask for food? How can it be said that it is borrowing food to send food to Li Yuan?"
Although I know that Duan Yu is flattering, Wang Shichong is still very impressed and has a good balance in his heart. I am not borrowing food but begging for food. But how can a member of the anti-Sui alliance not give food? Wang Shichong smiled and saw that Duan Yu had sharpened his pen and soon wrote a letter.
Of course, in this letter, Wang Shichong did not have the so-called leader style. He asked Li Yuan to borrow food in a low voice and promised to repay it as soon as he had food, and he also paid 26,656,659 more food.
Chapter 93 Luoyang Hope
Wang Shichong wrote the letter and stared at it with the envelope for a full quarter of an hour. It seemed that it was a very difficult thing. After a long sigh, Wang Shichong made up his mind to put the letter in the envelope and wrote a few big characters.
Just put pen to paper, Chen Wangduanda hurried in. "I’ve seen you!"
"Do you think Chen Wangzhen intends to borrow food from Tang gaozu?" Wang Shichong whispered his thoughts.
"Borrow food?" Duan Da burst into laughter as soon as he was stupefied. What does Wang Shichong mean by Duan Da? He froze for a moment and smiled for half a ring. Only then did he say, "We have a great event!"
"Great event?" Wang Shichong frowning slightly can have what happy event? Shi Biao went up in smoke almost overnight. The lack of food in the court of Zheng Dynasty has reached an extremely dangerous point. What can be a great event?
"Ha ha!" Duan Da laughed and leaned forward to Wang Shichong’s ear and said that Wang Shichong’s face could not help but brighten up. "This is indeed a great event!"
"Positions this person should have a lot of food I will by the government to buy food! If the government has grain, the court will be able to stabilize! " Duan Da said
"hmm!" Wang Shichong paced for a moment and took two steps. "If it’s true, I might as well do as you say, but I’m worried that these grains will be fraudulent?" Although there is food in the Sui Dynasty, the export is strictly controlled. Wang Shichong has suffered several losses and has to be careful.
"I don’t have to worry about this matter. I have made it clear that this businessman’s ancestral home is in Jiangdong, Shandong Province, and he has been doing business for many years. After his father’s death, he followed his father’s footsteps to sell food. Jiangdong is a land of fish and rice, and it is said that the so-called rice yield is very high in Jiangdong and Jingxiang. This person’s eyes are extremely poisonous and he has hoarded a lot of food. He heard that Luoyang was short of food and got a pass through Lu Zushang, so he came to Luoyang to make huge profits." Duan Da smiled and asked about this matter very clearly
"Oh?" Wang Shichong narrowed his eyes and couldn’t help but smile. Lu Zushang, a man with a little understanding of Wang Shichong, once took refuge in Luoyang court and later took refuge in Yang You. This man is extremely sleek and particularly greedy. If it is as Chen Wang said, this is a breakthrough.
"Duan Yu brought me plainclothes to go out and have a look!" Wang Shichong commanded.
"hey!" Duan Yu answered and walked out quickly, and soon came in with a clean suit. Wang Shichong changed his clothes in a hurry and walked out of the palace with Qinbing and Duan Da. At this time, Luoyang moved several times through Wang Shichong, and the population of Luoyang remained millions. This million people have a lot of lives that are very difficult.
Wang Shichong couldn’t help sighing. He was ambitious and hoped to make the people live a good life. But the situation in the Central Plains was so bad that he hurried from the roadside. Quite a few people were dressed in many patches, and the people were hungry. Seeing this, Wang Shichong’s frown was even tighter. If the people didn’t have enough to eat and wear, how could they support him to compete for the sky? What’s more, Wang Shichong is even more worried about the steaming day against the Sui Dynasty.
When a group of people walked along the street for half a column of incense, the number of pedestrians in the street gradually increased. The people were smiling and carrying rice bags in their hands, whispering something and showing cheerful smiles from time to time.
"Positions … Master Wang’s rice shop is in front" Duan Da said low.
"hmm!" Wang Shichong nodded and walked quickly. After turning a street, the deafening sound entered Wang Shichong’s eardrum. He couldn’t help but raise his head and look at it carefully. There was a new rice shop more than 200 steps ahead. At this time, at the entrance of the rice shop, at least 100 people lined up to buy food.
Wang Shichong approached the rice shop and saw several big words written on it: a bucket of rice costs 300 yuan. If the rice price is already high at ordinary times, of course, it is much cheaper than a bucket of rice in Luoyang. Wang Shichong narrowed his eyes and watched.
The people were very crowded around the entrance of the rice shop. A man of about 25 years old dressed in Tsing Yi shouted, "Don’t listen to the owner!"
The people were still squeezing each other. At this moment, a strong man came out and took a look around. Everyone shouted, "No one is allowed to squeeze anyone who doesn’t listen, and he won’t sell rice to him." The people looked at each other and someone shouted, "Since it is selling rice, why not sell it?"
"Who’s talking? Say a word! " A thin man came out slowly in a silk dress.
"Everyone has been waiting in line for a long time. Why don’t you sell food?" This is a fine strong man about thirty years old. Judging from his strong body and bronzed skin, this man seems to be a blacksmith.
"Selling food? In the first few dishes, this store sold grain yesterday, but what did I meet? " The strong man said that he couldn’t help sneering at the two arches. "I heard that Luoyang was short of food. It’s not far. Wan Li transported tens of thousands of stones of food from Jiangdong, and I spent a lot of money. I am a businessman. My purpose is to make money, but I met many people yesterday. I lost a full stone of food because of looting food."
"I will sell food today, and I will give it to you first!" Lean Han said a wave of his hand, and more than a dozen strong men came out with weapons in their hands, eyeing up and looking at the people, who were afraid to say more in their hearts.
"What is this?" Wang Shichong low asked Luoyang, after all, is a big state of Zheng, even someone plundered food. Is Luoyang public security already at this point?
Duan Da had already inquired about it very clearly. He whispered, "Master Wang, the people looted food yesterday. It was actually some rich people in Luoyang City. I heard that this person sold food and secretly sent people to make trouble, but this person responded very quickly and immediately recruited more than a dozen strong men."
Wang Shichong narrowed his eyes. Duan Da didn’t say anything, but he had guessed that those people had done such a thing. At the thought of this, Wang Shichong was full of disgust for those people.
A commotion among the people seems to be talking about something. Suddenly, the rear is in chaos, or it is mixed with people’s screams. Wang Shichong looked up and saw a group of chiefs led by an official hundreds of steps away.
Wang Shichong’s eyesight was excellent, and he soon saw that the first official was Jing Zhaoyin and Yang Xu. When Wang Shichong ascended the throne, Yang Xu made a great contribution. This person was still capable, so Wang Shichong ordered him to be in charge of Luoyang government. What did Yang Xulai do at this time?
Seeing that Yang Xu’s chief guard came to the lean man, he said, "Are you the boss?"
"Yes, I am the owner Ma Zhou." Lean Han Gong surrendered his life.
"Hum Ma Zhou, do you know that you have committed a capital crime by selling food without the permission of the court of Zheng Dynasty?" Yang Xu narrowed his eyes and eyed Ma Zhou viciously.
Ma Zhou sneered, pulled out a small volume from the bosom and hit Yang Xu. "I’ve got permission. This is the evidence."
Yang Xu held out his hand to grab the booklet in his arms, but Ma Zhou reacted very quickly and put it in his arms again.
"Hum, I’m Jing Zhaoyin and Yang Xu. How could I not know if you had gone through the formalities to sell grain?" Yang Xu gave Ma Zhou a cross look, and a hint of murder burst out in his eyes. He waved and said, "You must have made a false certificate at random and pretended to get permission from the government. Somebody take this person!"
Ma Zhou took a step back and shouted, "You dare to take me? If you are not afraid of death, touch me and try! " With a wave of his hand, more than a dozen dead people were not afraid of the confrontation of the former chief.
"It’s backwards!" Yang Xu was furious that Jing Zhaoyin had a great interest in him, and this person dared to openly resist and embarrassed him in front of all the officials.
"arrest this person and confiscate all his property!" Yang Xu drank the chief and pulled out a sharp sword to confront Ma Zhou.
"Master Wang Ma Zhou is very important. Don’t let Yang Xu catch him!" Duan Da said
Wang Shichong rolled his eyes. When he heard that Ma Zhou had brought tens of thousands of stone grain, his heart was filled with joy. When Yang Xu said that he would confiscate Ma Zhou’s tens of thousands of stone grain, Wang Shichong really moved his mind at that moment. Tens of thousands of stone grain can at least alleviate his urgent need.
"How do you say?" Although eager for food in my heart, Wang Shichong still asked, anyway, this batch of food can’t run away
"Just tens of thousands of grain can’t alleviate the food crisis in Zhengzhou." Duan Da smiled and seemed to see through Wang Shichong’s mind. Seeing that Wang Shichong was silent, he continued to whisper, "Since this Ma Zhou can transport tens of thousands of grain to Luoyang, it must have a very deep means to transport more grain to Luoyang, and maybe even get rice seeds. If it can be planted in the Central Plains, it will inevitably lead to a substantial increase in grain output, so there will be no food shortage in Zhengzhou!"
Wang Shichong one leng Duan Da this is reasonable! He couldn’t help patting his head and saying, "It’s a good thing you woke up or I would have made a big mistake."
"Can Soma Zhou guarantee that he can get more food by killing him!" Duan Da smoothed her beard and her eyes flashed.
"Not bad!" Wang Shichong looked forward again for a moment. At this moment, the guard of the chief rice shop, the dead man, was at swords’ points and was about to fight. If both sides were killed, I’m afraid it would be difficult to clean up. If Ma became angry on Monday and stopped transporting food to Luoyang, it would be even more dangerous.
Wang Shichong whispered, "Chen Wang, this is my token. I’ll give it to you to do things at this time. When things calm down, you will bring Ma Zhou into the palace."
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Ma Zhou looked at the aggressive chief and kept speculating that Ma Zhou recognized that Wang Shichong could not be so stupid to rob food, but what happened now seems to confirm this point. It will be more difficult to pacify the Central Plains if tens of thousands of food are lost and small things cannot be completed.
We have explained that Luoyang was built by the first emperor in the Great Sui Dynasty. No matter whether it is the capital of the Great Sui Dynasty or the accompanying capital in the future, Luoyang will try its best to avoid more wars, thus saving a lot of effort in future repairs.
Ma Zhou’s eyes swept all the courtiers and he got up the courage to drink, "If you dare again, I will not spare you!" The dead men around Ma Zhou are the elite troops of the Great Sui Dynasty. This time, they are escorting Ma Zhou to accompany him to finish their work. Before they left, they got the death order. They must guard Ma Zhouzhou, who is faced with a large number of officials. They are not afraid to fight with a weapon in their hands.
"Hey hey openly against the official Ma Zhou, you are impatient to live!" When Yang Xu saw Ma Zhou’s rebellion, he couldn’t help but be overjoyed. The chief’s confrontation is equivalent to rebellion. Yang Xu believes that he can find the surplus mangoku food from his mouth, and even if he knows that it is a big deal to pay most of the food, Yang Xu can also profit from it.
“！” Yang Xu will fight before he waves his hand.
"Stop it!" At this time, a voice Yang You was furious. Who was so bold? He turned back and was about to scold, only to find that the bearer was actually a red man in front of the pursuit, Chen Wangduanda, and Yang Xu. Although Zheng was also a number one, Duan Da was not a little late.