Zhenguan Wenzong System

Chapter 164 Deliberately Aroused Public Indignation
In fact, even if Luo Yan doubled the amount of grain sold, this amount of grain would still not be able to make any waves in Lantian County.

As an upper county, Lantian has a population of 540 households.That is, based on the calculation of six people per household, the daily food needs of the entire Lantian County are at least [-] shi.This is already to reduce the food intake of adult men to the level of porridge.

One hundred stones is really too little.What's more, with Luo Yan's connivance, [-]% of these grains flowed into the grain stores of those wealthy gentry.

Seeing Liu Zongshen and Song Zhen walking out with joy on their faces, Luo Yan couldn't help sighing.Punishing these gentry is not as simple as Luo Yan's anger.He who is familiar with history knows that this disaster is not just this year.The basic requirement of the liquidation method is sufficient food.Blindly releasing grain will cause too much loss in the county, and in the real disaster year, it will not even have the ability to provide disaster relief.

Taking advantage of the fact that the matter has just started, the vitality of these people has been seriously injured, and it will be easier to control it in the future.

It's a pity that if I fight against these people, I will still suffer the common people in the end.Thinking of this, Luo Yan secretly decided to speed up the process of the Cold War.

The next day, although there were many people who had prepared early and waited at the food distribution place.

But what makes people angry is that those people who bought food wantonly yesterday gathered together and waited there again.After delivering the hundred stones of grain, it took half an hour longer than yesterday, and it was snatched up again.But what really gets into the hands of those who need it is just a drop in the bucket.Well, fifty stone yesterday, thrown into the water.One hundred shi today, the same.

The people became more and more angry.

However, it was only the second day, and people's endurance had not been pushed to the end. At most, there were complaints, but no substantive actions.Moreover, the county government also released the news in due course, that two hundred shi of grain will be released tomorrow, but the price will continue to increase by one penny.

The price increase is nothing more than a hundred stones more than today, and I think we can grab some tomorrow. Many people comforted themselves like this, stopped complaining and went home.

In the county government office, Luo Yan stared at the books and asked Liu Zongshen: "Today, there are a lot of people going to the rice shop in the city, right?" Luo Yan only wanted to know a clear answer, so he couldn't ask other people at this time.

"Why do you need to ask more questions, sir. In fact, they were the ones who robbed the food early for two consecutive days." Liu Zongshen didn't want to talk about the clouds and mist at all.Anyway, Luo Yan already had a definite answer to this matter, and he just asked himself to confirm it, so why lie unflatteringly.

After getting such a clear answer, Luo Yan lowered his head and tapped his fingers lightly on the table.After thinking about it for a long time, he raised his head, stared at Liu Zongshen and said, "Starting from the day after tomorrow, we will release [-] shi of grain every day. What is the price of the grain store in the city on the first day, and the price will be reduced by [-] fen the next day, and the grain we are waiting for will be released. .However, each person is limited to buying five buckets at a time. Do you understand?"

Although the words were meant to be inquiring, the tone was firm and unquestionable.

As the chief bookkeeper, Liu Zongshen certainly knew the amount of food that Lantian would consume every day.Although [-] stone is still not enough for the real consumption, but there is about [-]% of it, presumably people will stop making trouble in the future.In the past two days, he and Song Zhen went to stockpile food, and they were really frightened.

Seeing the cannibalism in the eyes of those common people after they couldn't buy food, they felt terrified in their hearts.

On the third day, it was still the same as the previous two days.The two hundred shi of grain were all robbed within an hour and a half.It was still the people who grabbed the food two days ago. When the door of the workshop opened in the morning, all these people rushed to the food distribution point like a long queue.How can there be other people's business.

The people were outraged.They all thought it was Luo Yan who conspired with these gentry to release grain, but in fact it was the collusion between government and businessmen to turn official grain into private grain and then sell it to them at a high price.

Just as he was about to go to the county government office to make trouble, Liu Zongshen became anxious and shouted: "Tomorrow we will release grain for [-] shi. At any time, the price of the rice shop will be [-] ren lower than the price of the rice shop the day before, and each person can buy [-] shi. Everyone Go back and have a good rest, don't make trouble anymore. It's the same wherever you make trouble now."

All of a sudden, it increased from two hundred shi to four hundred shi, and the grain bought by each person also increased.People were immediately discouraged, and they didn't mention the matter of going to the county government to make trouble, and went back one after another.After all, Liu Zongshen's words can still be heard, and everyone is thinking, no matter how many these gentry are, can they evacuate all four hundred shi, and they can save a lot, enough for themselves and others to buy .

In a restaurant, several wealthy gentry who were feasting and drinking couldn't help laughing when they heard the servants come to report that Luo Yan immediately started putting out four hundred shi of grain at a time.

"It seems that Luo's surname is forced by us, and he actually wants to throw out so much food at once."

"Didn't you see that those mud-legged people are in a hurry these two days. If he doesn't release more food, I'm afraid someone will make a scene in the county government. It's just a matter of making a scene, and you can't catch it. At such a sensitive time, he wants to If it is not handled well, the people will really change.”

"Hey, I'm really thinking too much about using more food to feed those muddy legs."

"Since everyone can buy five buckets, tomorrow I will send thirty servants out. How about you?"

"Thirty of you are too much, and I only have a dozen."

"..."

At this time, Luo Yan, even though he was in the county government office, knew that even if he released so much food all at once, those wealthy gentry would definitely repeat their old tricks.While Luo Yan was happy at the moment, he was also suffering from a headache.

The happy thing is that the fish took the bait and bit the hook tighter and tighter.The headache is how to deal with the anger of the people next.

The entry and exit of materials in Lantian was blocked, but the people also learned from various channels that the overall food price in Lantian is higher than that outside.Even the price of grain released by the county government is a few pennies lower than the price of grain stores outside.Unfortunately, this food can't come in.This in itself made them very angry.

If they can't even buy the food released by the county government again, it would be strange not to attack the county government.

Naturally, Luo Yan couldn't hope that if the [-] shi of grain were released, those wealthy gentry would be able to keep a lot.So how to appease the people has become a big problem.

The next day, it took Cang Cao and his staff more than an hour to deliver the four hundred shi of grain.This way of selling a little bit and stopping for a period of time, although the gentry had long been prepared to buy up the grain, some common people still bought a lot of it.

With today's example, the complaints of the common people are much less.This was beyond Luo Yan's expectations. He was still having a headache last night, but when he heard Liu Zongshen's report at noon, Luo Yan laughed out loud in front of everyone.You know, Luo Yan frowned every day in order to put on a posture of head-on confrontation with the gentry.

There are elements of pretense, but there is also no shortage of genuine melancholy.It is not an easy task to fight wits and bravery with a group of old fried dough sticks.

Luo Yan is of course very happy to see that the common people can solve some difficulties now.It would be better if the gods fight less annoyingly.

However, when the common people got the food, it was a shame for these gentry who wanted to get all the food from the beginning.

The wealthy gentry who were gathering in the restaurant at noon were very angry when they heard that some of the people sent by their own family hadn't grabbed the food.Those who pat the table, those who swear at the mother, are all ready to clean up these servants when they go back.With five buckets of rice per person, there is a loss of dozens of coins, and this loss will be doubled.

Moreover, buying the grain released by Luo Yan not only made Luo Yan lose face, but also people like himself can monopolize the grain supply of the entire Lantian.If things like this happen every day, wouldn't it be a big loss for me and others.

In order to make Luo Yan bow his head, these people also took great pains.

In the next few days, the noble gentry poured out the servants who had some strength in the mansion, and all of them went out to grab food.As a result, the four hundred shi of grain was not enough.A day or two, the people endured it and passed.But it has been five or six days in a row, and every day like this, the people have returned to their previous appearance.

After the grain was released that day, the four hundred shi grains were sold out. Liu Zongshen was about to go back with Song Zhen when he suddenly heard someone shouting in the crowd: "Why do you put out four hundred shi a day? I've been waiting here for five days." , can’t grab a grain of food. In my opinion, this is the collusion between the government and the businessman, but it’s just more face-saving.”

As soon as this person said this, someone immediately responded: "Yes, yes, I have been waiting for three days. After a while, why don't I go to the rice shop to buy those old rice. Damn, what kind of world is this."

"In my opinion, this new county magistrate is not a good person. He says something nice, but what is he doing?"

"That's right, three thousand shi rice has been released these days, and I didn't even catch a piece of rice. It's not that there is something tricky here, how could such a thing happen."

In an instant, the dissatisfaction of the people was aroused by these words, their voices became louder and their emotions became more and more excited.

Complaining is fine, why be so loud.Liu Zongshen knew that someone was playing tricks, and when he was about to take a closer look with Song Zhen, the person who had just spoken was hidden in the crowd and could not be found anymore.Isn't this kind of thing just to arouse public outrage?

Liu Zongshen suddenly became nervous.He himself is not afraid.Although he and Song Zhen are the ones who are directly responsible for the distribution of food, when these people speak at the moment, they are all targeting Luo Yan.At most, the few of me were coerced into the county government office, but it's hard to say what happened to Luo Yan.

He quietly called a servant and told him to return to the county government office as soon as possible to inform Luo Yan, while Liu Zongshen himself was among the crowd, speaking loudly to appease public anger.I don't know if it's useful, but Liu Zongshen's purpose at this time is to solve it by himself, and if it's not good, he will give Luo Yan some time.

At the same time, let Song Zhen watch carefully to see who the troublemaker is.

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