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The shopkeeper of the inn didn't take the good news from the waiter in the shop seriously. If there is any good news, it's not that the government released food.Absently continuing to make calculations, the waiter in the shop was in a hurry, and hurriedly continued: "Shopkeeper, the government has released grain early this morning, so everyone is rushing to buy rice?"

"Really, then hurry up and take a look." After speaking, he left a shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper took the waiter who had just spoken to the government.

When Yinzhen heard this, he didn't care to eat any more, and followed him up. Yinxiang finished eating early, so he went with Yinxiang, leaving Yinxu and Yinzhen at the inn.Yinzhen thought as he walked, if food was indeed released, that would be a good thing.When we arrived at the gate of the county government office, many people were already surrounded, waiting anxiously.

After a while, someone came out of the county government office, dressed in official clothes, and someone said that it was the county magistrate.Seeing the commotion around him, Xu Zhen suddenly quieted down, so he listened to what the Gaoyou county magistrate had to say.

It is said that this rice is sold at a price that is [-]% lower than the market price, and each person is limited to purchase, and is not allowed to hoard, and if found, he will be fined heavily.Yinzhen heard the people next to him say that the rice came a bit late, and he had always said that there was no rice.

Yinzhen was waiting for the rice to be released, and bought some himself. He checked the quality of the rice, it was new rice, and the rice quality was for class.Then go to the place where the rice is stored, and bags of rice are loaded on the car and are being transported.All the people in the yamen were assigned to transport rice, and they were very busy.Xu Zhen took a closer look, saw the mark on the rice bag, and was startled, isn't this rice grain transported by water, why is it here?

"Fourth brother, what's the matter?" Seeing that Yinzhen's expression was not right, Yinxiang asked.

"I'm afraid that someone intercepted the rice and grain in the water without permission. We are still one step too late." As he said that, Yinzhen took Yinxiang to the county government office, but was stopped at the gate of the county government office. After being inspected for a while, he was allowed in.

The county magistrate had already been notified, so he came out to greet him, cupped his hands and asked, "I wonder who the two adults are?"

"Let's go in first." Yinzhen ordered, and walked to the front hall, where Yinzhen sat down, revealing his and Yinxiang's identities.

Hearing that he is the elder brother of the court, he is of course appointed by the emperor to come to inspect, so it seems that he does not need to ask for blame, and he seems to have done his job as an official.

"What's the matter with the rice outside?" Yinzhen asked straight to the point.

Seeing this, the county magistrate no longer concealed it, so he told Yinzhen everything about the situation, and also reported his helplessness. His move was also a helpless move. There was no rice in the county, but The grain merchants in the county were even more stubborn and did not stop his dissuasion.

"I think you should know that you have violated the laws of the Qing Dynasty, but your original intention is still for the people of Gaoyou, and I will report the situation according to the facts. What you have to do now is to monitor well to avoid the incident of grain storage from happening again." Yinzhen After learning more about the situation, I refused Gaoyou County's request to stay, and left the county government.

"Fourth brother, it's a pity that the county magistrate of Gaoyou County has achieved the ultimate goal." Yinxiang sighed. At present, it seems that he is a good official who is willing to think for the people.

"Let's go to the market again to have a look and get more information." After all, they had heard what others said before, and they hadn't confirmed it themselves.

Yinzhen Yinxiang went to the market again. Although the rice store was deserted, the attitude of the store was not indifferent. The guests didn't even bother to greet them when they entered the door. Although the price of rice written on the sign was a little lower, it was still High priced rice.I visited a few more, and the same is true. Now there is no other way but to stabilize the price of rice by releasing grain from the government.

Back at the inn, Yinzhen wrote a memorial immediately based on the report that Gaoyou County gave him before, and handed it over to Yinhu and Yinzhen, who rushed back to the ship to play Kangxi.In addition, there is an apology from Gaoyou County, which only mentions his own guilt and does not defend himself at all, which is appreciated by Yinzhen.

Yinzhen and Yinxiang continued to stay in Gaoyou. At the beginning of the grain release, it was peaceful and peaceful, but after a day, the grain merchants couldn't sit still.Get together to discuss countermeasures, and the result of the discussion is to secretly sabotage and hoard the government's rice grain.According to the information they inquired, this time the government only had five thousand shi, and it would not last for a few days. If there were some rumors that the old rice and new rice in the government were fooling the common people, it would not arouse public anger.

In this way, there was a looting incident at the beginning, and the government had to suspend the release of rice. The few leaders were not caught, only some ordinary people who followed suit were caught.Afterwards, some people gathered to make trouble, and Gaoyou County had to release the arrested people.But the matter was far from over, and when the grain distribution started again, someone came up with mixed rice, saying that the government deceived the people and sold it cheaply, but it was not for people to eat at all.Seeing this, some people are naturally hesitant. There is not much difference between the aged rice and new rice of this year after treatment.More than one group of people came to make a fuss, and some of the onlookers hesitated.I also heard that the price of the rice store in the next street has been reduced. Although it is still much more expensive than the official rice, but you still have to rest assured, some people left.

For this reason, Gaoyou County is not helpless, but strictly controls the order. Only ten people are allowed to enter the rice selling site at a time, and everyone must line up with a number.In order to smash the message, Gaoyou County paid out of its own pocket to buy the rice grains that the government is releasing, to test it at the food distribution site, to taste it on the spot, and to set up a free porridge shed.The county magistrate ate it all by himself, so there was no problem with the rice, and with the wafting aroma of porridge, it couldn't be cooked from old rice.

With this series of measures, the situation has finally been stabilized. Therefore, some small-scale rice store merchants took the lead in withdrawing from the monopoly alliance and lowering prices by themselves. Otherwise, they would not be able to sell their rice at all.If the first person withdraws, there will be a second person, and the originally unstable zero-time alliance will collapse. Although there are a few strong companies that have been carrying it, most of them have begun to sell at normal prices.

What those few companies insisted on was nothing more than betting that the rice from the government would not last long, and that there would be no rice to sell at that time, so it was not their decision.In the end, they miscalculated, and they did not calculate it. Only three days later, the imperial court issued an order. The current emperor personally intervened to send [-] shi grains to the disaster-stricken counties and counties of Gaoyou. Those who are found to drive up the price of rice will be severely punished.

Now that the imperial decree is issued, ordinary merchants naturally have no confidence to fight against the imperial court. What's more, even if they refuse to accept it, they have no choice but to obey because they have no business to do.The imperial decree was announced by Yinhu and Yinzhen in person. Yinzhen saw that the imperial decree did not mention any private interception of grain, thinking that this matter has been pardoned.The magistrate of Gaoyou County is so rare, and more importantly, the ability to deal with emergencies, and knowing how to adapt properly is the long-term truth.

"Fourth brother, do we have completed an errand?" Yinxiang asked with a smile. It turns out that there will be so many things when you come out. As the fourth brother said, you have to walk more and see more Deeper experience.

"We will encounter more and more difficult things in the future, and we just happened to encounter this matter." Yinzhen said with a smile, this thirteen is still young, he hasn't encountered many things, and his thinking is much simpler.

"Then I will do more business with fourth brother in the future, and share the worries for the emperor." Now that the emperor attaches great importance to fourth brother, the courage on the shoulders of fourth brother may be even more courageous in the future. He should share the burden for fourth brother more. .

"En." Yinzhen replied with a smile, there will be more opportunities in the future.

Yinzhen and Yinxiang were walking on the street together, talking about being happy, when it suddenly started to rain. Most of the rain in this spring is a continuous drizzle, and it is rare for such a sudden heavy rain.Seeing this, Yinxiang grabbed Yinzhen and said, "Fourth brother, should we run back or find a place to hide."

"It's just got off, let's go back first, it's not far away." Then he took Yinxiang's hand, and the two ran back together.But the rain was much faster than they had imagined. After running two streets, it started to rain heavily.Seeing this, Yinxiang grabbed Yinzhen and hid under the eaves of a street. At this time, there were not many people on the street except those who were hiding from the rain.

Every day when it rains, it becomes a little colder, Yinxiang is next to Yinzhen, and the two of them get warmer together.Yinxiang subconsciously held Yinzhen in his arms, tilted his head and asked, "Fourth brother, isn't it much warmer?"

Yinzhen looked down at Yinxiang's hands wrapped around his waist, and then at the person next to him who was looking at them with strange eyes. Suddenly, his heart was pounding unconsciously. He didn't think it was anything before, but this was in the public eye. Next, Yinzhen also felt that there was something.There was a shyness in his expression that he hadn't noticed, and he pulled Yinxiang's hand away.

Yinxiang still didn't understand why, so he asked, "Fourth brother, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing, look at who is as old as you and still hugs his brother." Yinzhen explained his feeling that Yinxiang is no longer a little Yinxiang, and he shouldn't be like an older brother. got close.

"I'm willing, even if others want to hug, fourth brother, would you be willing to let others hug you?" He still sleeps with fourth brother, it is definitely the most comfortable to sleep with fourth brother, the fragrance of fourth brother is better than anything else Much better smells like spices.

Thinking about it, Yin Xiang leaned forward and sniffed hard. It was this smell, which was unique to the fourth brother, and it was always there.But he didn't tell the fourth brother this, so that the fourth brother would say that he was thinking nonsense again.

"As long as you can say, that's all right, stand upright, don't look like you have no bones." Yinzhen was a little itchy by Yinxiang's breath, so he left, but thought in his heart that when Shisan married Fujin I'm afraid he won't say such things again, and he will really grow up by then.For some reason, thinking of these, Yinzhen felt a little melancholy.

Yinxiang curled his lips, stood up reluctantly, kicked and kicked with resentful feet, glanced at Yinzhen from time to time, thinking, he just wanted to be boneless in front of the fourth brother, and the fourth brother wanted to lean on him, Naturally, there is no problem.Seeing that Yinzhen still ignored him, Yinxiang looked to the side, and there happened to be a weed under the corner of the wall, which was still blooming.Wan □zi, picked it, Yinxiang brought it in front of Yinzhen like offering a treasure, like a juggler, and said happily: "Fourth brother, look, what is this?" Seeing Yinzhen stunned, he added, "I will give this flower to you, and then the fourth brother can't ignore Thirteen."

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