Stop acting, Your Majesty, the queen knows you're faking it

Chapter 519 Is the magistrate doing well?

Hearing that this business is promising, the waiter in the shop was immediately elated.

When introducing the current situation, he worked harder: "Right now, one bucket of grain can be exchanged for three medium-grade silk handkerchiefs!"

The waiter compared one with the other and three with the other, and reported an astonishing price to Chi Xinian.

"Xiupin is so cheap?" Rao accompanied Yan Chujing to read all the reports about Pingxing, and had a deep understanding of Pingxing's current situation. When he heard the price, Chi Xinian still showed a look of astonishment.

The food price in Pingxing is too expensive!
Generally speaking, Xiu Niang must have at least five years of experience, and the veils that show off can be called middle-grade.They can show off one silk handkerchief like this every day, and the price is also in the range of [-] to [-] Wen.

Based on the price of a bucket of rice at five to eight yuan in the past, a middle-grade handkerchief would cost four buckets of rice.

But now, three pieces can be exchanged for one bucket...

This... the price has doubled by as much as twelve times!
Just when Chi Xinian was startled by the price, the waiter in the shop said something even more shocking: "Guest officer, you are still late. The day before yesterday, the magistrate said that the imperial court has a batch of disaster relief food for this price." It will be delivered in a few days, and the money for disaster relief is also on the way.

"With this amount of disaster relief supplies, it might not be a problem for everyone to have a mouthful of porridge.

"Otherwise, for a bucket of rice, you will get five mid-grade handkerchiefs!"

"Five?!" Chi Xinian gasped for breath, "Didn't the price of grain in Pingcheng increase by twenty times in the past few days?!"

The waiter didn't notice that Chi Xinian's focus was on the price of food. At this moment, he just wanted to facilitate the business at hand.

So, he went on to say: "No, food prices are going up like crazy, most of the common people can't afford rice anymore.

"This is still Pingcheng, where our prefect sits. If you go to those remote places, let alone five handkerchiefs, even ten handkerchiefs will be exchanged with you.

"Because the people in those places are down to the point of pulling grass roots and gnawing tree bark. The things outside of them are useless to them, so they might as well change their stutters."

Noticing the change in Chi Xinian's expression, he thought that Chi Xinian was moved by the cheaper price, and quickly brought the topic back: "Of course, those places are also in chaos now. Abandon ethics and morality.

"Are you a girl after all, or don't go to those dangerous places.

"Pingcheng's exquisite products are also very cheap. On weekdays, there are officers and soldiers patrolling the city to maintain law and order. You can buy them here. It is cheap and safe."

The waiter and Chi Xinian said these things purely for the sake of their own business, but his words unintentionally revealed a bit of news to Chi Xinian——in the disaster-stricken areas of Pingxing Mansion, there are now Pingcheng is the most stable.Because there is a magistrate sitting here, and the government maintains order!
"This magistrate... manages Pingcheng well?" Chi Xinian asked tentatively after considering his words.

"Of course." The waiter nodded without hesitation, "Since the day when the refugees flooded into Pingcheng, the magistrate has chosen two open places in the south and north of the city, and built cloth sheds and porridge sheds for them. They can temporarily settle down and eat their fill.

"At the same time, the previous way of patrolling the city was changed to prevent refugees from running around in the city and disrupting public order."

(End of this chapter)