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Seeing this situation, the melon-eating people who had not dared to confirm the authenticity of the news would doubt the accuracy of the news.

Therefore, everyone believed that the rumors were true and Chu Mo was the one who was implicated.

After the merchants in Chang'an City received the news of the Ministry of Household Accounts' audit and the price increase of all items in the Chu's Supermarket chain, they all began to increase their prices crazily, with the prices of many items even doubling.

Upon seeing this, major aristocratic families also raised the prices of their own properties.

Li Shimin was still in a good mood because he had picked up Chu Mo's wool, but he became angry as prices rose.

Although he knew that the price increase turmoil so far was definitely inseparable from the work of Chu Mo and several major families.

But Li Shimin also hated those merchants who took the opportunity to drive up prices.

Therefore, early the next morning, the Ministry of Revenue and Libu received notices at the same time, asking them to find ways to curb the soaring prices and severely punish those illegal merchants.

Although the imperial edict said that they should find ways to suppress prices, there was no specific explanation on how to do it.

As a result, many officials set their sights on severely punishing illegal traders.

As a result, a large number of police officers appeared in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, and began to arrest idle merchants.

Anyone whose price in the store is higher than before will be put in jail.

As for those merchants with backgrounds and backing, the officers just came to the door for a formality, asked a few questions, and left after giving a warning.

As for Chu Xin's Chu's supermarket chain, because it was backed by the royal family, it was only given a warning, and then no one paid attention to it.

Although they only arrested some idle merchants, it caused panic in the entire city of Chang'an. Some merchants with small backgrounds were afraid of following in the footsteps of others and being imprisoned.

As a result, they all chose to close their doors.

When the powerful merchants in the surrounding area saw that others were closed, they even increased their prices.

When Li Shimin's commercial tax collection law came out, although it stabilized the minds of some merchants, it also made more small merchants begin to feel that the merchant industry had no future and success.

So they began to sell off their properties and stores, planning to change careers.

After Chu Mo heard the news, he immediately asked shopkeeper Liu to take action and buy the store with all his strength.

It even caused people to plunder all the agricultural and sideline products produced in surrounding villages.

Since the purchase contract had been made before, these farmers naturally sold everything to Chu Mo as agreed.

After Chu Mo received these things, he did not provide them to the shops in Chang'an City.

Instead, all items that can be stockpiled are piled in the warehouse.

He took all the things that could not be hoarded, such as fruits and vegetables, to the fields of his village, had them crushed into pieces, used as fertilizer, and buried in the ground.

Overnight, all the shops in Chang'an City were out of stock. Even some ordinary people who usually set up street stalls would have their items sold at high prices by people arranged by Chu Mo as soon as they came out.

Chu Mo's actions naturally did not escape the eyes of all parties, and he did not avoid these spies at all.

At first, everyone thought Chu Mo was crazy and had money to burn.

However, when the supply in Chang'an City was cut off and not even a mouse was seen in the market where people were coming and going, they realized that Chu Mo had single-handedly controlled the market.

When merchants who are in urgent need of goods wave their banknotes and rush to farmers and suppliers to ask for shopping supplies.

But they were all told that they had signed a contract with Chu Mo, and if they sold the things in their hands to them, they would have to pay a thousand times the compensation.

After Chu Mo gave the instructions to Shopkeeper Liu, he took Lin Wan and Yang Paifeng and secretly hid back to Yangjiacun.

No matter how many outsiders look for him, they still don't know where he is.

Looking at the noisy civil and military officials below, Li Shimin had a headache again.

He didn't expect Chu Mo to be so ruthless. He actually came to Chencang secretly, ordered all the items around Chang'an City, and hoarded them.

He immediately asked Qian Niuwei to find Chu Mo's warehouse where he stored goods.

But the warehouse was surrounded by kerosene and firewood. Qian Niuwei was worried that if one thing went wrong, the other party would be destroyed, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

After Li Shimin learned of Chu Mo's conspiracy, he immediately asked Wang Dehai to go to Shiweitianxuan to see him in the palace.

However, the Shiweitian people said that their boss had left Chang'an a few days ago.

As for Li Shimin, he directly issued an order to force those farmers to resell their goods to other merchants.

It's not like Li Shimin didn't think about it.

However, facing the high liquidated damages, Li Shimin was also a little timid.

If he dares to forcibly confiscate the items in the hands of these people, it is estimated that there will be countless memorials the next day that will scold him bloody.

Those officials and censors will not care why you, the emperor, act like this. They will only think that you are forcing the people and competing for profits with the people, which is stupid and unethical.

Li Shimin, who couldn't force a conquest and couldn't find Chu Mo, looked at the noisy officials below and wished he could kill them all with his sword.

But there is no way, who makes him rely on these ministers to work for him.

Rubbing his temples, Li Shimin said to Liu Zhenghui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue: "Liu Aiqing, do you think it will take how many days it will take to reach Chang'an if supplies are allocated from elsewhere?"

Liu Zhenghui below heard His Majesty the Emperor's question and immediately stood up with a face full of tears and said: "Your Majesty, I have sent people to the surrounding prefectures and counties day and night to allocate supplies."

"However, according to the news coming back, the situation in the surrounding prefectures and counties is similar to that of Chang'an City."

"The daily necessities of the people were all swept away overnight, and the surrounding farmers all signed supply contracts more than a month ago."

"I and several others have already discussed this before going to court. According to the current situation, if we can barely maintain the people in the city with three meals a day, we can barely supply it."

"But for daily necessities such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and cloth, we use a little less."

"Furthermore, since His Majesty implemented the commercial tax, merchants in the city have begun to take advantage of the opportunity to drive up prices. Now this has happened. All those merchants are now closed. Even those who have inventory now no longer sell goods. "

When Li Shimin heard this, his blood pressure suddenly rose a few points.

He just wanted to draw some blood from those merchants, but that damn Chu Mo wanted to dig out the flesh from his body.