Nongmen Space: Farming lady is not easy to mess with

Chapter 301 Sharpening the Knife to the Pig and Sheep

"Excuse me, strong man, how can I get to the county government office?" Jing Yunyan jumped out of the carriage and patted the outermost man.

The man held the sack in his hand and looked around anxiously. When he was patted on the shoulder, he turned his head and took a look with a bitter face. Seeing that it was a nobleman, his expression eased, and he bowed his hands in return.

"My lord, you are welcome. Go straight along this main road. When you reach the intersection, go right until the end. Go north and you will see the gate of the county government."

Jing Yunyan pointed to the grain shop, "Is the price of grain in your county soaring now? I heard them shouting that it has increased tenfold?"

The man sighed heavily, "Life can't go on anymore. In the past, one tael of silver could buy five shi of new rice. Last year, the price of grain doubled. This year, the weather is finally smooth, the river transport has resumed, and grain from other provinces has been transported in. It's a little bit more. Who knows that there's a lot of trouble this day. Alas!"

He raised the sack in his hand, "A bucket of rice has been sold for [-] yuan, so we still have to rob it. The rice shop didn't open in the morning. By the time I got the news, it was too late, and I couldn't squeeze in."

Jing Yun was stunned for a moment. It was [-] yuan for a bucket and [-] yuan for a stone. It really was a money grab.

He glanced at the cloth shoes on the man's feet. The toe was wet but there was no mud. "You are a county resident. It is convenient to buy rice. Don't you have rice at home?"

The man's face became more sad, "How can we not save it? There are more than a dozen people in the family, and the food stored can last for two months. We thought that the river transport will also open, and when the rice from farmers in the county will come down in late June Food can be much cheaper. Who would have thought that such a deadly plague would come."

The man wanted to complain a few words, but the guy over there yelled, "Give way, step back and don't get in the way, or you won't even want to buy any of them!"

The crowd retreated noisily, and the man turned his head and said hastily: "Let's not talk about it, I have to grab rice!" After speaking, he sharpened his head and drilled forward with his thin body.

Jing Yunyan narrowed his eyes and glanced at the sign on the door, then turned and walked towards the carriage.

Shu Yingtong heard him get on the car and sit down to drive, then opened the curtain and sat outside.

Thoughtfully glanced at the four characters "Jufeng Grain Shop" on the signboard, poked his arm, "This shopkeeper really sells badly, it's a pity not to tell stories."

With such a big shop, smallpox has not been around for long, so why do we need to use human-powered trolleys to buy food?
Among other things, the granary of the yellow landlords in Xiuji Village was eaten by them for more than a month, and more than half of it was left.

It is obvious that the food sellers in the whole county suddenly formed a group of chambers of commerce due to interests and dangers, and it is true that they made a fortune in disaster.

During the drought, the river transportation was impossible. Since the end of the year, the weather has been smooth, and the grain price in Yuan County has begun to drop slowly. I don't know if An Xingzhou has stabilized the grain price.

"I asked, the people in this city are not cooking without rice, but they are not sure how long it will take to slow down the momentum of smallpox, so they frantically buy food. After all, a plague broke out in several provinces 11 years ago. It took four to five months to clear the infected people in the counties of the country."

Shu Yingtong nodded, "There was a severe drought last year, and food was in short supply. Our hard-hit people are the ones who really have no rice to eat. Hoarding food is an instinct, as long as the imperial court quickly distributes the plague policy to the state capitals."

Prevention and control is the key. The advantage of the small peasant economy is that most people can be self-sufficient.

Poor households like Qin's have confidence in their lives. They have no staple food, and there are still things to eat in the fields, but their living standards have been reduced to a minimum.

"If these profiteers don't have the backing of the government, how dare they raise the price of a bucket of rice to [-] yuan!" Jing Yunyan was furious, but pulled the reins to make the horse go slower, so that passers-by could avoid it .

Shu Yingtong frowned. In this dynasty, ten buckets are one stone, one bucket of rice is ten catties, and one catty is 16 taels.

This.
Eight hundred dollars a fight, quite ruthless.

The salary she paid for the farm was [-] yuan a month for the family, which was considered a middle-level salary. With the income from their own land, they could definitely live a well-off life in normal years.

But at this food price, if there is no land, they will starve to death.

Officials and businessmen colluded, officials took the lead, and profiteers could only sharpen their knives and stalk pigs and sheep.

Those people without background are slaughtered pigs and sheep.

"Let's go here. It's far away from the busy city and quieter." Jing Yunyan parked the carriage at the entrance of an inn.

Shu Yingtong couldn't help but laugh, it was indeed very quiet, how could it be quiet when there are few people in the house?

Before the car stopped, the clever waiter had already bowed and ran out to greet him warmly, with a smile all over his face, "Is the guest officer going to the top or staying in the hotel~"

"Stay in the hotel, ask for a room."

"Okay~" Xiaoer happily responded, rushed to the eaves and put a stool under the car, and turned around and shouted: "Anzi~ come and feed the guests horses~"

"No, just greet my wife well, I still need the carriage." Jing Yunyan opened the curtain, "Do you want me to accompany you in?"

"No, you go to your business." Shu Yingtong stepped on the stool with her luggage and got out of the car.

"Guest officer, I'll come, I'll come~" Xiao Er graciously reached out to pick up the wooden box, and standing three steps away, the middle-aged strong man who rushed out waved his hand, "You don't need to lead the horse, you can go back~"

"Hey!" As soon as the other side ran out, he ran back immediately.

Jing Yunyan raised her hand to straighten her forehead hair, "Don't stay outside too late, the county government may take a while, I'll try to come back before dinner."

He doesn't need to tell her about safety issues, unless it's a top killer, ordinary people can't do anything to her.

It's not that she likes to join in the fun and forget about the time, and she doesn't want to go with him, leaving her here alone, she is still a little worried.

Shu Yingtong tilted her head and looked at him, "Understood, you can go."

This county magistrate must be a corrupt official. If someone with power suddenly comes, he will definitely try to win him over.

If you can't win, you will fall into the trap;

But for him, it is estimated that it will not work, so she is still very relieved.

Shu Yingtong watched the carriage leave, and the second waiter next to him saw the carriage leaving, so he took a step forward with a smile, "Guest officer, please follow me~"

Entering the lobby, there were no guests, and there was a fat boy who was busy chasing flies around with a fly swatter cut from palm leaves.

The old shopkeeper dozed off on the counter.

Xiaoer smiled awkwardly at Shu Yingtong, stretched out his hand and gently pushed the old shopkeeper, and called softly: "The shopkeeper's~the shopkeeper's~"

"What are you doing ~ don't make noise~" the old shopkeeper grumbled and switched his face to rest on his arm, the marks on his face were the creases on his sleeves.

"It's the shopkeeper~" Xiaoer lowered his voice and pushed him again.

"Suck~" The old shopkeeper immediately stood up with full of energy, raised his sleeves and wiped his face indiscriminately, looked at Shu Yingtong with a smile in his eyes, and stretched out his hand to stroke the white beard that grew to his chest, "Should the guest be on the tip or stay in the store?" Ya~"

Shu Yingtong twitched the corners of her mouth, this is the old man's long-lost brother, right?
"Stay in the hotel, ask for a room."

"Okay~" The old shopkeeper opened the book, and pretended to search for a while, "Well, we still have an upper room, one hundred cash a day, first pay three days' rent~ you can get a refund~"

(End of this chapter)