Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 1247 Betrayal

  The grain merchants in Jingnan fell into the carnival of the prosperous age. They transported the grain they had in stock to the grain shop, and sold it to the people of the whole county at a price of 2,500 yuan per stone of grain.

   After half a day, the grain merchant's hands trembled when he received the money, and the hand that counted the money was cramped.

In order to earn more money, the grain merchants took out all their savings, borrowed a lot of money from relatives and friends, and used all of it as capital, and mobilized all the manpower they could to go to Bashu, Shandong and even more Purchase grain from faraway places, and ship it to Jingnan for sale.

  Some smart and courageous grain merchants, such as shopkeeper Tai and others, even borrowed thousands of taels of silver from loan sharks, all of which were used as capital. We use usury as our capital, and if we buy food and resell it, it will be several times the profit, so why not borrow money.

  Grain merchants are in a carnival of prosperity, while the common people in Jingnan are full of grievances and scolding fiercely!

   My God!

  Before the natural disasters and floods are over, man-made disasters are coming again! Our Jingnan is full of disasters!

  At first, I thought that the surname Zhu was a good one, but I didn’t expect that in the end, he was going to be promoted, but his true colors were revealed! Sure enough, the world is as black as crows, no, this dog official is the darkest in the world! Compared with him, the previous Gou magistrates are all insignificant!

   Just pity us Jingnan people!

  Since the announcement of the food price official document, none of the people in Jingnan did not scold Zhu Pingan, and all their saliva was dry!

  Because the price of food is too expensive, it is more than twice that of other counties. A stone of grain costs 2,500 Wen, and a catty of grain costs 17 Wen. People in Jingnan were reluctant to eat rice and steamed buns, so they had to drink porridge with their families.

  When the people in Jingnan used their savings to buy food, they all cursed Zhu Pingan through gritted teeth.

Some people want to save money and go to Taiping County and other Lin counties to buy grain, but the price of grain in Taiping County and other counties is much higher than that in Jingnan, but there is no market for the price, and the grain shops either have no grain, or sell grain in limited quantities, etc. When they arrived, the limited amount of grain in the grain shop had already been sold out. They traveled to several counties and counties, but they couldn't buy grain at all, so they had to go back to Jingnan to buy grain. Enduring the exploitation of grain merchants, the purchase was much higher than others Grain at county food prices.

  Jingnan people's grievances are boiling! Like a fire cooking oil!

  After hearing this, the subordinate officials were too indignant to control themselves! Especially Liu Fuzi, the official of the household house, Zhang Tongsheng, the official of the official house, Han Cheng, the official of the criminal house, and Liu Laotou, the official of the ritual house.

   Not long after Zhu Ping'an's official document defining grain prices was posted, the three of them joined hands to resign from Zhu Ping'an.

   "Ahem, cough cough, Mr. County Venerable, I am getting old. I can't stand the torment these days. I can no longer contribute to the County Venerable. I am here to bid farewell to the County Venerable and return home."

  Old man Liu, the clerk of the ceremonial house, bowed his hands to Zhu Ping'an, and said with a blank face, asking to retire and return home.

Hearing this, Zhu Pingan couldn't help but smiled wryly. Although old man Liu was old, he was only in his fifties, and he was old enough to return to his hometown. Moreover, old man Liu was neither blind nor deaf, and his body was stronger than that of a young man. , in the county government is notoriously old and vigorous.

After the old man Liu asked for his resignation, Mrs. Liu, the housekeeper, also asked Zhu Pingan to resign, "The county lord, I also came to ask you to resign. There was news from the family that the poor lady was infected with a disease, and the child was underage. , I want to go back to take care of Jiannei, and I also ask the county lord for permission."

  Zhu Ping'an was speechless when he heard the words.

  Old man Liu resigned on the grounds of old age, and Master Liu resigned on the grounds that his wife was sick.

  What about you?

  Zhu Ping'an turned his attention to Han Cheng, the official of the punishment room, and Zhang Tongsheng, the official of the official room.

"I'm here to ask you to resign from the county. During these days in the county government, thank you for taking care of the county. It's just that there are three ways to be unfilial. It's the biggest thing to have no descendants. The humble official is over forty years old and has no sons under his knees. The old man in the family My parents urged me several times, especially yesterday when my old father forced me to die, and I have no choice but to ask the county lord to allow me to go home and work hard with my wife."

  Punishment official Han Cheng clasped his fists and said to Zhu Pingan.

Zhu Ping'an was completely speechless. The first two reasons for resigning are more or less reasonable, but your reason is too... Your home is only a few miles away from the county seat, you work in the county government, and you only have tea time when you ride home every day. It doesn't affect you and your daughter-in-law "working hard"...

Zhu Ping'an looked at Zhang Tongsheng, the last official in the house, and as expected, Zhang Tongsheng simply arched his hands and said sarcastically, "Master, I'm also here to ask you to resign. To tell you the truth Said that Zhang has always been a glutton, and he loves to eat wild vegetables on the mountain behind the village. If he doesn’t eat them for a day, he will feel uncomfortable and unable to lift his energy. Recently, the floods have raged and the price of food is so high that the villagers can’t afford to eat. I had no choice but to dig wild vegetables to satisfy my hunger. I heard that people in the village almost dug up all the wild vegetables in the back mountain. .”

  Ahem...Your reason is really strong...

  I can’t do without the wild vegetables in the back mountains of my hometown, so I quit my job and went home to dig wild vegetables...

  You learn from Zhang Jiying!

  When the autumn wind blows, the leaves of the trees fly, and the water of the Wujiang River makes the perch fat. Three thousand miles away, I haven't returned home, I can't help but look up to the sky and feel sad.

  Zhu Pingan looked at Zhang Tongsheng speechlessly, and Zhang Tongsheng looked at Zhu Pingan without flinching.

   "Okay, everyone, don't need to rack your brains to find these reasons. I know why you resigned. Isn't it because of the official document I issued to define the price of grain in Jingnan at 2,500 yuan per shi."

   After hearing the reasons for old man Liu and the others' resignation, Zhu Pingan said to them with a look of dumbfounding.

"Hmph, since the county venerable has made it clear, we will not hide it anymore. Besides, there are also grain merchants in the county who come to visit the county venerable in an endless stream, and offer thanks to the county venerable. I won’t accept it! The county lord is looking for personal gain, regardless of the life and death of the people! It’s really disappointing!”

  Old man Liu, Zhang Tongsheng and others snorted, and said to Zhu Ping'an indignantly.

"At the beginning, the county lord invited me to help the yamen. We also agreed to the county lord's invitation to come to the yamen to assist the county lord in cooking because the county lord was an upright official, devoted himself to the people, and was well-known and respected by the people. Official business. For a long time, the actions of the county lord have never disappointed me. In private, I often rejoice that we agreed to the invitation of the county lord, and feel that our original decision is extremely correct! But unexpectedly, the county lord It has changed, no, or this is the real county lord. I was blind and didn’t see the true face of the county lord! Different ways don’t conspire with each other! I am from Jingnan!"

  Old man Liu, Zhang Tongsheng and others said indignantly, and insisted on bidding farewell to Zhu Pingan.

  (end of this chapter)