Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 91 Food Price Collapse
"Master, Master is not good!"

"That Su Chen is so mad that he has no conscience at all. He actually ordered his people to drive all the disaster victims into the earth pit and planned to bury them all alive!"

A spy rushed into the main hall.

The businessmen who had not paid attention to the dancer turned their heads and looked over at the first moment.

After hearing his words, no one could sit still.

Wang Yun stood up suddenly, his eyes wide open: "Say it again!"

"Master, I saw it with my own eyes. Su Chen ordered the officials to bury all the victims alive!"

Dang.

Wang Yun stumbled and knocked over the chair behind him, his face full of disbelief, "How dare he, how dare he?"

Boss Liu and others were so angry that their eyes were red with anger, and then they saw servants rushing in from outside one by one.

"Master, something bad has happened. Su Chen has killed someone..."

"Master, that Su Chen is crazy. He really buried the victims alive and wanted to kill us to silence us!"

"Master, the food we stored is useless!"

The words of the informants were like heavy hammers, hitting the chests of Wang Yun and others.

Wang Yun was so angry that he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood, "Quick, release the grain!"

Boss Liu and his men rushed out in a hurry with their men without saying a word.

Without these disaster victims, what is the use of the food they have stockpiled?
Leave it to get moldy?
at the same time.

Some small merchants who were shouting loudly and trying to sell off their stockpiled grain were frantically lowering prices, wishing they could sell off all the stockpiled grain!
however.

The big tiger is gone!
The grain merchants headed by Wang Yun and others controlled far more grain than they could compare to.

The price of grain, which had just been fixed at eighty cents, instantly dropped to forty cents.

"Oh no, boss! Boss Wang and his men have released the food!"

"It's bad, Boss. The price of grain has dropped to forty coins..."

"It's bad, Boss. The price of grain has been pushed down to ten cents..."

Merchants who had hoarded large amounts of grain were selling off their previously hoarded grain like crazy.

However, no matter how they lowered the price, the residents in the city who wanted to buy food had long run out of money and could no longer afford to buy!

Government office.

Wang Ren woke up in bed with a pale face, and the first thing he saw was a few familiar faces.

"Sima Zhang, General Wu..."

"Is your Excellency awake?"

Zhang Tao came forward with a happy look on his face, and his voice immediately alarmed the officials who stayed inside and outside the palace.

One by one, they came forward and asked about Wang Ren's situation.

"Why are you all here?"

"Sir, it is Su Chen's intention..."

Wu Canjun lowered his head in embarrassment and said, "My military power was also taken away by him."

"what?"

Wang Ren was horrified and tried to get up by propping himself up with his arms.

"This boy is so crazy and mad that he must not be allowed to stay!"

"Come on, come on."

"Don't be impatient, sir..."

Zhang Tao stopped Wang Ren and said with a smile, "Sir, the price of grain in the city has dropped."

"It's coming down?"

Wang Ren was stunned. "Why did it come down?"

After Zhang Tao and General Wu told Wang Ren what had happened, he could not help but gasp.

Using the lives of tens of thousands of disaster victims outside the city as a pretext, are the gambling king Yun and others lowering their prices?

So brave!
What a ruthless plan!
"and many more!"

Wang Ren suddenly reacted and stared at Zhang Tao and the others suspiciously, "Did you know about this in advance?"

"do not know."

Everyone shook their heads.

Zhang Tao said, "It was only after the grain price dropped that Master Su sent a letter to us, and we learned about this."

He actually hid it from everyone?

After Wang Ren read the letter, his heart was filled with turmoil.

If this matter gets out, his life will be ruined!
"How low has the price of grain dropped now?"

"Five cents a pound."

"what?"

Wang Ren was stunned.

This is almost the same as the price of food before the flood!

"Did you buy it?"

"Did not buy."

Everyone shook their heads.

Wang Ren asked suspiciously, "Can we surrender?"

"Report."

"Your Excellency, the price of grain has dropped again. Now it only costs one penny!"

"Why is it still descending?"

Everyone was stunned.

Wang Ren was also confused, "Don't you know either?"

"I don't know, sir."

"My Lords, you may not know that the relief grain from Changshu County has arrived just a cup of tea ago. Master Su Chen has ordered that all disaster victims can receive 100 kilograms of grain for free. If the residents in the city want to buy it, they only need one penny to buy 10 kilograms of grain!" "???"

One penny to buy ten kilograms of food? ?
crazy!

Is Su Chen crazy? !

What's the difference between this and giving it away for free?!

Everyone was so shocked that it was beyond words.

"How much disaster relief grain did Changshu County send?"

"There are too many, and it's dark, so I can't see clearly, but there are at least a hundred carts, and they are full. I can't estimate the exact amount of food!"

"Good good!"

Wang Ren's pale face was suddenly filled with a blush of joy.

Hundreds of carts of food!

At least hundreds of thousands of kilograms of food have been delivered!

Wang Yun: What's the point of those grain merchants lowering prices?

"Report!"

"My Lords, the price of grain has dropped again."

"How low has it dropped this time?"

"It has been reduced to one penny and eight pounds!"

call.

Hearing this number, everyone present laughed.

One penny equals eight jin.

This is the most horrible price ever!
Is there any difference between this and the food that Su Chen distributed for free?

"Report!"

"My Lords, many people have appeared in the city and are buying up food!"

Wang Ren and others looked suspicious.

Didn’t Su Chen release the grain? Why are there still people buying it up?
"Is there someone who wants to cover for Wang Yun and the others?"

Zhang Tao seemed to be thinking, "If the price continues to drop, Wang Yun and the others will probably lose everything they have to pay."

"No, no."

Wang Ren shook his head. "I feel like there's a conspiracy here!"

"conspiracy?"

"One penny for ten kilograms of grain, this is already an unimaginably low price. It is impossible to lower it further. It may even force Wang Yun and others to continue to store all the grain and transport it to other places to sell it after the weather clears up."

Wang Ren expressed his guess, "Do you know who bought these grains?"

"I don't know the humble position."

"Go check it out!"

Wang Ren said in a deep voice: "Find out the identities of these people in the shortest possible time!"

"Yes!"

The price of grain was indeed brought down, but such a low price made Wang Ren feel that there was a big conspiracy.

Happiness is certain, but worry is also inevitable.

Gradually, everyone understood the seriousness of the situation and their expressions became increasingly serious.

Soon, the officers who were ordered to conduct a thorough investigation came back.

"My Lords, we have already found out that those people are from Jin Yong's grocery store."

"no……"

Zhang Tao was stunned. "Aren't there only two or three people in Jin Yong's grocery store?"

"That's true, but he recruited a group of people. These people all work for him and buy grain at very low prices."

Jin Yong's people...

Jin Yong is Su Chen's man, so, these people are indirectly executing Su Chen's plan?
What does Su Chen want to do with all this trouble?
and many more!

Wang Ren's pupils suddenly shrank, "He wants to bankrupt Wang Yun and others?!"

……

"Losing everything?"

Su Chen looked at Xue Li suspiciously, "Do you look down on me?"

Xue Li: “……?”

If the price is so low, wouldn’t it bankrupt all the grain merchants in the city?
"Hey hey hey..."

Sun Qiang said with a smirk, "You've offended the young master, and you still want to leave alive?"

"dream!"

Xue Li: "..."

Su Chen tapped Xue Li's shoulder with the folding fan in his hand and said, "I am very bad, but not as bad as you think."

"What's that like?"

“It depends on the person.”

Su Chen smiled, pushed aside the oil-paper umbrella above his head, and enjoyed the drizzle falling. "It will eventually stop raining, won't it?"

……

"Tongdian" Volume 7, "Food and Goods " In the eighth and ninth years of Zhenguan, there were frequent bumper harvests, and a dou of rice cost four or five coins.

Old Book of Tang, Biography of Gao Jifu, In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, now in the capital area...although vegetables and chestnuts are cheap, the reserves are not much.

"Tongdian" Volume 7, "Food and Goods ", the price of rice is two coins per dou.

One dou is approximately equal to 1.25 jin.

One stone is approximately equal to thirty kilograms.

(End of this chapter)