Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 208, Sea Fish Sale
"These profiteers should be killed!"

Witnessing the situation inside and outside the capital with his own eyes, Li Dongyang also gritted his teeth with hatred for these grain merchants. These profiteers are no longer just as simple as making money, as smart as he is, he also saw a pair of huge black hands behind them.

If it is just a greedy price increase, it will not be so hated by people. After all, who doesn't like the white money, and the appropriate price increase in the famine era has been something that has happened since ancient times.

Now these grain merchants have gone up too much, and at the same time, they are restricting sales and deliberately fueling the flames, making this famine, which is not too serious, become what it is now.

"The capital city is already a huge powder keg. If it continues like this, something big will happen, and we must act as soon as possible."

Without further delay, Li Dongyang and Zhou Jing rushed into the palace to report the situation in Tianjin to Emperor Hongzhi, and at the same time discussed the detailed next action strategy.

Just an hour after the fish transport team returned to the capital, the marine fish brought back from Tianjin began to be transported in batches to various sales points inside and outside the capital.

At the same time, in order to maintain the order of the sale of sea fish, of course the most important thing is to prevent people from disrupting the sale of sea fish. Emperor Hongzhi directly mobilized the forbidden army to the scene to maintain order.

At the same time, in places where people gathered inside and outside the capital, there were groups of people in official clothes beating gongs and drums, and at the same time they kept shouting, "At noon, there is sea fish meat for sale at Caishikou in the capital, and it only costs one penny per catty." .”

"At noon in Langfang, the capital city, there is sea fish meat for sale, and it only costs one penny per catty."

"At noon in Xizhimen, there is sea fish meat for sale, and it only costs one penny per catty."

Accompanied by the yelling of these officials, soon everyone inside and outside the capital knew that there were sea fish meat sold in various places in the capital, and the meat only cost one penny and one catty.

People who heard the news rushed towards the place where they heard it almost immediately. Meat that costs a penny a catty, no matter whether it is sea fish or what kind of meat, as long as it can be eaten, as long as it can be eaten Fill your belly and that's it.

You must know that the current grain price has been driven up by these profiteers to a price of nearly two hundred yuan a catty. Even if these people living in the capital are somewhat worth it, they can't bear it, especially those at the bottom. so it is.

Now that he heard the meat worth a penny and a catty, no matter whether the news was true or not, he rushed over immediately.

At Caishikou outside Xuanwumen, many imperial guards were wearing armor and holding sharp knives, standing solemnly, which made the people who flocked here couldn't help but stop.

But fortunately, everyone soon discovered that there were signs erected here, which read: fresh sea fish, one penny per catty, and each person can only buy three catties.

At the same time, there is a manager from Xishan Coal Industry who is holding a tin horn and yelling at the swarming crowd: "Fresh sea fish, one penny per catty, each person is limited to three catties, please queue up consciously, please do not repeat Line up, offenders get twenty sticks."

Hearing this voice, and looking at the guards waiting in full force around them, people who were restless and afraid that they would not be able to buy meat quickly started to line up.

Caishikou was originally an execution ground, used to execute prisoners, but now it is full of sea fish, one basket after another, the size of the sea fish is very large, and there are many people busy beside them, constantly cutting up the big sea fish. Cut in three catties.

Where there is less fish meat, cut more, and where there is more meat, such as fish maw, it is an accurate term, and the even mix will not make people suffer.

"Where do you get so many sea fish?"

"Who knows, no matter where it comes from, meat that costs a penny and a catty, whether it's sea fish or any other meat, is also meat, and it can also be used to fill your stomach."

"That's right, the grain has already risen to two hundred cents a catty. It's impossible to have meat for this penny per catty, not to mention the current famine."

The people lined up in a long line, smelling the smell of sea fish, and looking at the baskets of sea fish piled up in front, they were waiting anxiously while discussing with each other.

"Start~"

The crowd didn't wait too long, and the guards in charge finally started to let them go, and the people in the front line almost rushed over at the speed of a [-]-meter race.

"This is three Wen coins, give me three catties of meat~"

The man hastily put three Wen coins on the meat board, looked at the sea fish next to him, and couldn't help swallowing.

"Give~"

The person in charge of the sales directly handed over a whole piece of meat. It was a piece of meat cut from a sea fish, and it actually weighed a little more than three catties. Can.

The first person happily bought three catties of sea fish meat with three pennies, and immediately walked back impatiently. The children and mother-in-law at home were all hungry, and this three pennies could buy three catties of meat. Things that I dare not think about, no matter what, the meat should be eaten in the stomach first.

The sales speed is very fast, because all the people transferred to work are from Xishan Coal Industry, and they also use the assembly line-like working method, which is extremely efficient.

The long line was advancing at an extremely fast speed, but more and more people gathered after hearing the news, not only did the entire line not shrink in any way, on the contrary, it became longer and longer.

"Give me a hundred catties of meat!"

Niu Er is a well-known rambunctious lazy guy, relying on his family in Shuntian Mansion, he has always been domineering, bullying men and women, he can be regarded as a ruthless character that everyone fears in Caishikou area.

After waiting for a long time, it was finally his turn. He threw out a handful of copper coins from his bosom and said arrogantly.

"The purchase limit is three catties per person, and you have a hundred cash?"

The person in charge of selling fish looked at Niu Er, with a smile on his lips, and he came out to make trouble at this time, just to show the monkey to kill a chicken.

"I don't care about your broken rules. I've already given you the money. Hurry up and give me a hundred catties of meat. Be careful and I'll let someone beat you to death."

Niu Er cast a glance, and said very arrogantly, if it weren't for the guards around him, according to his past personality, he wouldn't have lined up at all, so why would he talk so nonsense, and just let people take these baskets of sea fish moved away.

"General Yuan, this man is causing trouble!"

The person in charge of selling fish didn't continue to talk nonsense with Niu Er, but said to a leader of the Imperial Guard not far away.

"Pull it down, stick twenty!"

The man named General Yuan saw it, and immediately said indifferently.

"Yes~"

When the soldiers heard this, they restrained Niu Er like an eagle catching a chicken, and dragged him to the open space beside him.

"Let go of me, let me go, do you know who I am?"

"If you dare to touch me, believe it or not, I will kill your whole family."

Although Niu Er was held down by someone, he was still very arrogant, and roared angrily while struggling.

"Stick fifty~"

When the man named General Yuan heard this, he said indifferently.

"Crack~"

Soon, Niu Er was firmly held down on the bench by several soldiers, and two soldiers beat him hard with big sticks, making a dull sound.

"Ah~"

Being hit hard by the stick, Niu Er immediately screamed like a pig butcher. Before he could continue shouting harsh words, the stick began to fall with a thunderclap, causing Niu Er to open his eyes in pain. Cracked, tears came out.

The people who were queuing around all looked at Niu Er who was being beaten with a board, and watched Niu Er's skin was torn from the beating, and he passed out immediately, and was thrown aside like a dead dog.

This made many people couldn't help laughing, and at the same time, those who wanted to make trouble became extremely honest in an instant, obediently queuing up, waiting to buy sea fish.

　Since ancient times, there have been bullies everywhere. Many book friends complained that it was unreasonable for Tang Huo to bully a scholar at the beginning, but they didn't see that there was someone behind Tang Huo~
　　
　
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