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Although the weather is freezing on the streets of the capital, a certain store has not opened yet, but there is already a long queue in front of it. However, although there were many people, the cold wind hit their faces, and no one opened their mouths to drink the cold wind, they just lined up silently.

When the sky was bright and the winter sun was rising, there was finally movement in the store. As the door panel was taken off and the clerk inside appeared, the crowd in line suddenly became commotion.

"Can the brother in front of me do it for you? I haven't cooked for a few days at home. I finally managed to get some money together. Can you let me buy some rice to go back to help?" A frail man at the back of the team thought. Pushing forward, he begged.

But no one in the front was willing to give in, or even pay attention to him. Only an old man with half-white hair turned to him and said: "If the family hadn't run out of food, who would have braved such a cold wind and rushed so early?" Come here and queue up? Just give up, everyone is in a hurry to buy rice to cook!"

The skinny man's face darkened after hearing this. When he was about to say something else, he heard a strong man at the front shouting loudly: "You are robbing money! When I came to buy rice a few days ago, it was only two taels of silver." One stone, how come it has increased to thirty taels of silver today?"

Upon hearing this, the crowd suddenly became more commotion. Naturally, these people who buy food do not come to buy food every day. In addition, the weather was cold and they stayed at home when they had nothing to do. Therefore, the price of food a few days later surprised them all.

It is not easy to make some money, especially when the manpower is very cheap now. It is difficult for a strong man to earn one tael of silver a month, but this grain store actually talks about it, and the price of grain for one stone has soared to three taels. How can this make people think? live?

However, three or four guys with thick sticks came out of the store, and they were surrounded by a shopkeeper with a rat beard in front of the store. Just listen to this man shouting loudly: "If you find it too expensive, buy it elsewhere. We deal fairly here and will never buy or sell by force. But if you dare to act wild, look at what this sign is!"

The flag with the word "Cao" is placed on the storefront. Anyone with some common sense will know that this is the property of the Cao Yubian family of Zuodu Yushi. With Zuodu Yushi covering the area, even the factory guards have to sell a share. face!

"Why are you still standing there? If you want to buy it, buy it quickly. If you don't buy it, leave. If you delay doing business any longer, I will serve you with a stick!" Mouse Beard shouted impatiently, as if he thought the weather outside was too cold, so he turned around and wanted to go in.

The strong man who was first in line saw him, stretched out his hand and pulled Mouse Beard's sleeve, bent down and begged in a low voice: "Shopkeeper, please do me a favor. Since I am first in line, it will be cheaper." Sell ​​me some grain! My family only has such a small amount of money, and every grain of rice is accounted for. You..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw the rat-bearded man suddenly pull up his sleeves, patted his sleeves in disgust, waved his hand, and then walked inside.

The guys with thick sticks around him immediately stepped forward, waving the sticks in their hands. If the strong man had not been ignorant, he would definitely take action.

When other people saw that the strong man's pleading was of no use, they were all very disappointed. Many people were a little desperate, and the price increased by more than one or two. How will they live in the future?

At this moment, there seemed to be a lot of movement on the street. Everyone turned to look and were suddenly stunned.

I saw a large group of soldiers running towards them. Although not all of them were strong men, they were very powerful when running. At first glance, they looked like they had been in battle and had seen blood.

The people of the capital were very discerning, and they could tell at a glance that these were the soldiers of the capital camp participating in the defense of the capital, rather than the troops of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division who maintained law and order.

What surprised them even more was that there were many Jin Yiwei and Dongchang fans accompanying this group of soldiers from the Beijing camp. This kind of movement was not trivial. If they hadn't known that there were no Jianlu outside the city, they would have thought that Jianlu was going to attack the city again!

These food buyers didn't know what these soldiers and factory guards were doing here. They were a little curious and watched them all. What surprised them was that these soldiers and factory guards came to the grain store.

Mouse Beard was also alarmed. When he came out to take a look, his heart moved. He immediately greeted him proudly and clasped his fists and said, "Ah, ah, I don't dare bother you. Even if someone wants to cause trouble, our store has prepared enough manpower to deal with it!"

As soon as they heard this and thought of the background of this grain store, the hearts of these grain buyers suddenly became cold.

However, the next scene suddenly surprised everyone. I saw a Dongchang captain who was running at the front roughly pushing away the rat's beard blocking the road, and then I heard him wave his hand and say: "Come on, seal the store for me!"

"..." Everyone was confused, including those who bought and sold grain, and were all stunned.

The soldiers and factory guards ignored them and rushed into the store. But a few leaders were at the door. A Jinyiwei Baihu who led the team loudly announced to those queuing up to buy grain: "After today, all grain stores in the capital will be sealed and taken over by the imperial court. All people will receive grain according to the head of each household."

This news was so shocking that everyone was stunned!

After a while, Mouse Beard was the first to come back to his senses. In anger, he immediately yelled and asked: "Do you understand, this is the family property of Mr. Cao, the censor of Zuodu. Don't go wrong..."

The captain was the first to announce the news to the hundreds of Jin Yiwei guards. Not to be outdone, he immediately shouted to the rat bearded man: "Cao Yubian has been beheaded in public after being found guilty. This grain store will be made an official. Other grain stores will be ordered by the Ministry of Household Affairs." Please give a receipt for clearing the stored grain, and then pay it back when the grain arrives from the south in Japan!"

When Mouse Beard heard this, he immediately collapsed to the ground. The arrogance and arrogance from before were all gone!

On the contrary, the people who were buying food suddenly cheered happily after they figured out what happened. Many people who were driven to despair by the price of food, such as the strong man at the first place, even knelt down in the direction of the palace. , I burst into tears of gratitude and shouted long live!

Scenes like this were staged in front of every grain store in the capital. Almost all the people who were originally worried about the high food prices have let go and are grateful to the emperor.

More soldiers from the Beijing camp, as well as factory guards, based on their prior investigation, broke into the granary warehouses that they had not dared to enter. Some stood guard and some posted seals. It was very lively.

Completely opposite to the lively scene in the capital, there is the movement in Yongping City. The fire here has been extinguished, and the whole city has been burned to the ground, leaving only the ruins of smoke.

In the Guandao wilderness outside the city, many people had fallen. They had obviously been dead for a long time, motionless. The clothes on their bodies were stripped off at some point.