Don't help me, I can sit up by myself

Boss Zhao has never experienced such a dangerous thing.

The person in front of him had his face covered, and all he could see was a pair of dark eyes.

The dagger held by the masked man emits a faint green light in the dark night, which is the light emitted by the gems on the dagger.

Such a cold dagger was placed on Boss Zhao's neck. If he dared to move, he would probably be dead and dismembered.

Boss Zhao was so frightened that he almost peed his pants: "Hero, don't do anything, I will no longer sell high-priced rice."

"Nonsense, I heard that your rice sells for one tael of silver per catty."

"The good guy made a mistake. Our Zhaoji Rice Store has no white rice now. It's the Yuelai Rice Store across the street that sells high-priced rice. The fourth boss raised the price of rice to one tael of silver per catty. It was he who raised the price of rice. . If you want revenge, just look for him. I, Zhao Ming, pity the people of Yongxing City who have no rice to eat, so I will never be able to do such a thing."

The masked man withdrew his short sword: "Then let you go for now, and if you let us know if you raise the price of rice, your life will be at risk. Brothers, we must uphold justice for God."

The masked man flew upwards, to the treetops, and then flew to the roof through the treetops and disappeared.

The frightened waiter got up from the ground and supported the trembling Boss Zhao: "Shopkeeper, when did these people become enemies with us?"

"There are some people who stand up for the common people. After I sold rice at a high price for a few days, they became unwilling. Bah."

Suddenly a small stone bounced off the roof, hitting Boss Zhao's knee squarely. Boss Zhao immediately knelt down and said, "Hero, please forgive me, I don't dare to talk nonsense anymore. I will never pay high prices for rice again." I don’t dare to sell anymore. From now on, the only ones selling high-priced rice in Yongxing City are the four bosses of Yuelai Rice Store.”

The masked man on the roof is none other than the secret guard beside the emperor.

The secret guard only used some last-minute efforts to scare Boss Zhao out of his mind.

Sure enough, I went to a brothel and learned a lot.

At least Zhao Ming, a major grain seller in Yongxing City, was willing to sell his goods to Min Jian at a high price in order to transfer risks.

Min Jian naturally desires Boss Zhao's choice.

Sure enough, within three days, Yongxing City’s limelight had changed.

I heard that Min Jian bought white rice at a high price, and rice stores of all sizes were willing to deliver goods to Min Jian. Among them, Boss Zhao had the widest supply of goods. Even the rice merchants in Luolicheng heard the news. With such a high rice price, rice from far and near Merchants either chartered ships or transported land, and began to supply rice to Yongxing City non-stop.

Another day, Boss Zhao once again gave away 500 kilograms of rice, and Min Jian accepted it at the original price. But the rice sold by Yuelai Rice Shop was four hundred cents per pound. After all, Min Jian still lost money.

Boss Zhao patted Min Jian on the shoulder: "Young man, you are young, how can you sell it for 400 yuan per catty?"

"There's nothing I can do, Boss Zhao, look at how much rice I've collected in the past few days. Yuelai Rice Store can't hold it anymore, so I have to sell some. But it doesn't matter, anyway, my family is the only one in Yongxing City now, so let's give it first If they taste some sweetness, I can increase the price in the future.”

Another day passed, and more merchants were transporting rice to and from the dock. Dozens of cargo ships were docked at the usually deserted dock. The workers at the dock were unable to unload the goods. Some of the cargo ships that drove over by land were also parked. Waiting for unloading at the entrance of Yuelai Rice Store.

The 500 kilograms of rice sent by Boss Zhao had to wait until dark before acceptance. The price this time was 30% lower than last time.

"Boss Zhao, I don't want to lower the price, but you see, there are so many people coming to deliver rice after hearing the news. The price is 30% lower, and everyone is still rushing to deliver it."

Boss Zhao secretly complained because Yuelai Rice Store purchased a large amount of white rice. He thought that he could make money from the white rice without selling it himself, so he paid money in Luolicheng and ordered a pound of rice at a price of one hundred Wen. Five thousand pounds.

Now white rice is constantly flowing into Yongxing City, and the price of rice is getting lower day by day.

The signboard of Yuelai Rice Store changes every day.

"Today's white rice costs two hundred cents per catty."

"Today's white rice costs one hundred cents per catty."

"Today's white rice costs seventy cents per pound."

"Today's white rice costs thirty cents per catty."

Two days later, a pound of white rice only cost ten cents, returning to the price before the disaster.

Ten coins per pound of rice were supplied in large quantities at the Yuelai Inn. The people brought sacks and pushed wooden carts to load the rice, and they all grinned with joy.

Those merchants who sent rice back and forth and planned to sell it at a high price secretly complained. They originally planned to sell it at a high price, but who knew that there was too much rice and the price could not be raised. If they did not sell it, they could only transport it back. Whether it was transported by land or by ship, the freight would be a lump sum. It's not a small expense, and the rice won't be sold at a high price after being transported back to the place where it came from. In this case, we can only bite the bullet and unload it in Yongxing City.

Boss Zhao is so worried that he can't sleep at night. The five thousand kilograms of rice he bought from Luolicheng have been delivered and are now piled in Zhaoji Rice Store. Now that Min Jian has lowered the price of rice in Yongxing City, Zhaoji Rice Store After realizing that he wanted to sell it at a higher price, he had no chance. After all, ordinary people had hoarded a lot of white rice worth ten cents per kilogram, and supplies were still pouring in. Boss Zhao was holding on to these five thousand kilograms of white rice. If he couldn't sell it, I don’t know what the market will be like in the coming year. If the rice goes bad, it will be worthless. In this case, it is better to sell it to Yuelai Rice Store, or it can only be sold to Yuelai Rice Store.

Although Yuelai Rice Store has just opened, the lower and lower rice prices have gradually won the hearts of the people. People have recognized Yuelai Rice Store. Rice stores like Boss Zhao who made a fortune have been criticized by others, and now it is even more so because of I lost everything because of my miscalculation, and almost all the dirty money I made in the past was lost.

Do the math, just a few days ago the people in Tianyong Star City were so thin and hungry that they couldn't walk. Now, in just ten days, every household has stocked up on white rice. Some families have even stocked up to a thousand kilograms, and they can't finish it in two years. .

The price of rice in Yongxing City finally dropped, and in the end, it dropped to six cents per pound. It's down a lot compared to normal years.

Du Jiyan settled an account with Min Jian. When he first came to Yongxing City, he spent a thousand taels of silver, but later he bought rice at a low price and sold it. On this trip, the total cost was only a thousand taels, but The situation in Yongxing City was successfully saved, and every household had rice and stocked up on it.

Shopkeeper Chang has been doing business for half his life and has never seen such a battle. Before Du Jiyan and Min Jian left, Shopkeeper Chang respectfully sent them out: "The two distinguished guests from the capital have really done a good job for the people of Yongxing City." It's a great thing. The people in the city are grateful for your great kindness. I didn't expect that the two of you would have such courage, courage and wisdom at such a young age. Sure enough, the capital is full of talents."

"You are ridiculous."

"We are far away from the capital. I heard about the little faint king in the capital..."

Emperor: "Cough cough cough..."

Why is it that the price of rice is regulated for you in the front so that you can have enough to eat, but you are just jumping around and cursing others in the back?

Shopkeeper Chang smiled and said: "I heard that our emperor in the capital is a little fool."

The emperor's heart felt cold.

"I heard that our emperor in the capital is a little fool, but I don't think so. Fourth boss, you are so scheming at a young age. It seems that there are many outstanding people in the capital. How can the emperor be a fool?"

"Shopkeeper Chang is really wise." The emperor patted the shopkeeper on the shoulder: "I am familiar with the little emperor in the capital. He is suave, unrestrained and unrestrained, with a jade tree facing the wind, graceful, mature and stable, and majestic."

Du just said, cough cough.

The Emperor is almost done.

All the good words have been arranged by you.

The bright brilliance of that rainy night, the couple who got off the carriage, and within ten days, allowed the people of Yongxing City to have rice to eat. With this food, I am afraid that the people of Yongxing City will still have surplus food if the harvest in Yongxing City fails for another two years.

Looking back, Shopkeeper Chang couldn't believe it was true.

Boss Zhao was lying in Zhao Jimi's rice shop, and the doctor he had invited was pinching someone.

"Surname Four, you lied to me." Boss Zhao staggered about to chase him out. This time he fell into Min Jian's trap and almost lost his entire family fortune.

When people who had suffered losses in his shop passed by again, they would occasionally throw tomatoes or cabbage: "This is the guy named Zhao. I couldn't even buy a pound of rice for two hundred coins. Now he But I have paid my dues in this world." The emperor and Du Jiyan did not dare to stay in Yongxing City for a long time. They came to Yongxing City for a private trip, so they took a boat on the way back. They took the boat all the way up the river, which was faster than climbing over the mountains. few.

It's just that Du Jiyan was a little seasick. The boat was floating on the river. Du Jiyan lay straight in the cabin. He didn't know what day it was, but he felt that the blue waves were endless, with seagulls and teal ducks, and the green mountains reflected. The afterglow spreads everywhere.

The emperor set up a small pot on the bow of the boat, and from time to time he would catch crabs or fresh shrimps in the river and stew them in the pot. After the stew was cooked and served to Du Jiyan, Du Jiyan said even more fiercely: "Your Majesty, I am seasick and can't eat."

"We won't take the water route anymore. Let's get off the boat and take a car." The emperor made a decision immediately.

"My concubine, please bear with me. It's not like I can't sit down. Besides, it's faster to take the water route. All the civil and military officials are still waiting for the emperor in the capital."

"Let them wait." The emperor carried Du Jiyan off the boat.

The secret guard's carriage was already waiting on the shore. The carriage was spacious and equipped with brocade couches.

The emperor shook his folding fan and looked at the receding green mountains outside the curtain and sighed: "Du Chang is here, you have made a contribution to Yongxing City this time. If you were a man, I would give you an official title."

Du just said nothing.

"I am not a person who does not distinguish between rewards and punishments. Du Changzai, if you want any reward, just tell me."

Du Jiyan remained silent.

The emperor stretched out his hand and touched Du Jiyan's forehead. He didn't have any fever. Why was he silent?

Du Jiyan closed his eyes slightly, his long eyelashes fluttering like butterflies.

"Du Chang is here?"

"Your Majesty, I am carsick."

This confused the emperor.

Seasickness in a boat, motion sickness in a car.

"Sit on me?" The emperor held it in for a long time before he came up with such a big move.

"Your Majesty, I am not fainting anymore." Du Jiyan struggled to sit up. Fortunately, the Emperor could come up with such an idea. The secret guards driving the carriage are still alive. These secret guards are all sharp-sighted and they can hear the conversation in the carriage. It was clear that Du Jiyan still wanted to show shame.

The emperor laughed: "Didn't Du Changzai have a lot of tricks when he was sleeping? If I take the initiative today, Du Changzai will be ashamed."

"Your Majesty, please be careful about your words and deeds. You are the king of a country."

"I want to be your husband more than the king of a country."

Although the secret guards were professional and refrained from eavesdropping or peeking, the emperor's disgusting words still made everyone tremble.

After a few days of bumpy rides, we could see the gray-blue capital in the distance.

It was almost impossible to cover up the situation in the palace.

Everyone said that the emperor locked himself and Du Changzai in the Palace of Supreme Harmony to eat, drink and have fun. Every day, he asked the singers and eunuchs of Nanfu to perform performances, performing opera and dancing, no matter how anxious the Queen Mother was, no matter how much the civil and military officials urged. Supervisor, the emperor is singing and dancing without taking these people seriously.

Gao Rang was guarding outside the Palace of Supreme Harmony every day. Let alone the Queen Mother or the civil and military officials, even a fly would not be able to fly into the Palace of Supreme Harmony alive.

When all the civil and military officials knelt down to the Cining Palace, the Queen Mother mustered up the courage to go to the Taihe Palace to have a hard time. However, Gao Rang's words made the Queen Mother retreat in the face of difficulty: "Queen Mother, over there at Nanfu today. Six new little eunuchs have come out to perform a performance. All of them are shirtless. They are currently performing "Broken Stone on the Chest". Your Majesty, I will open the door for you right now. Your Majesty will definitely arrange for you to sit in the front row, so you can see clearly from the front row. "

Tsk tsk.

Six eunuchs.

No shirt on.

Perform chest broken boulders.

Sit in the front row.

I have a picture in my mind.

No, no, the elderly can't stand it.

The Queen Mother didn't dare to say anything, she held her prayer beads and went back to Cining Palace.

But on the ninth day of the lunar month, all civil and military officials were still unwilling. At least those officials were filled with indignation.

How could an emperor miss the morning court for such a long time? Two people had already received the memorials, and the emperor did not deal with any of them. During the reign of the late Emperor, there was no such case.

Some officials began to take a stance.

First, he hugged the Queen Mother to the outside of the Taihe Palace, and then crawled on the steps as if he had been poisoned, crying while crawling: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, kings who have perished have shown signs of their country's demise. The Emperor is young and does not want to make progress. He ignores In state affairs, if you favor the demon concubine, Chen Guo may be destroyed."

The Queen Mother turned her face to the side: "Master Xu, I would like to persuade the Emperor to return to the throne and please stop being alarmist."

Yan Guan wiped away her tears: "Queen Mother, the Emperor is so unscrupulous. Who knows it wasn't the enchanting concubine who instigated her to serve the Emperor every day? The Emperor is becoming more and more unscrupulous."

These words touched the heart of the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother couldn't do anything to the Emperor, so she wanted to use Du Jiyan as a raft.

As a concubine in the harem, she couldn't help the emperor and allowed the emperor to do random things every day. Wasn't this the same Daji she was back then?

If you can't cure the emperor, you can't cure a mere Du Jiyan?

The Queen Mother directly called out Du Jiyan's father: "Du Zhong, how do you, a fifth-level supervisory censor, supervise your daughter? You are indispensable for the Emperor being so helpless."

Eucommia's knees softened and she knelt on the steps.

These days when Taihe Palace is closed, Eucommia ulmoides is always on tenterhooks.

It would be better if the emperor could enjoy himself behind closed doors, but by chance he brought Du Jiyan with him.

All civil and military officials were angry and had no idea, so they put the blame on Du Jiyan. He was Du Jiyan's father, so of course he had to suffer some ridicule.

"Master Du's good daughter confuses the emperor and neglects state affairs. She should be put to death."

"Queen Mother, Du Chang, Emperor Hu Mei, has ruined the state affairs of Chen State. According to the palace regulations, how should we deal with it?"

According to palace rules, there are two ways.

Executed to death, or thrown into the cold palace, never to be seen again.