Ugly peasant girl in space

Chapter 706: The Battle of Pingyang (4)
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the brown rice and rough noodles are all sold out in our store now, only the polished rice and fine noodles are left. The polished rice is [-] cents a catty, and the fine flour is [-] cents!"

At the front of the crowd, a young man came out and beat the copper basin with a wooden stick to attract the attention of the people and announce the bad news.

"Ah? Polished rice used to cost thirteen coins, but now it costs twenty coins. Before fine noodles, it was only eight coins!"

In the crowd, the voices of the common people were loud, whispering to each other. Now that Pingyang has not yet started the war, the price has risen to the current price. How can we live if the war starts?A large family can only buy ten catties of fine noodles a month, and can only make noodle soup.

In this era, people are short of oil and water, so they have to eat more to be full. Now that the grain and rice are soaring, it is difficult for ordinary people to fill their stomachs.

"Think it over, everyone, if you don't buy it today, it may not be the same price tomorrow!"

The little guy continued to knock on the copper basin, and kept shouting from the crowd, "Our grain store is the cheapest in the vicinity. Go around and check around. The polished rice costs 22 cents!"

"Hey, let's buy some polished rice. At least you can make porridge and drink it. Just keep your water full. Dude, give me two catties!"

The uncle at the front lamented that he was unlucky. The people in front bought the last rough noodles, and they were all sold out at his place. After queuing for an hour, he couldn't go back empty-handed. Forty copper coins were given out, counted two or three times, and then reluctantly gave it to the man.

The people who came to line up were all nearby residents, begging for life in the market, and naturally they would not collect food if they had no land.Almost everyone started to rummage through their pockets, counting the coins, wondering how much grain and rice they could buy.

"Miss."

The coachman rubbed his hands. Many people heard that only polished rice and fine noodles had left. The line of the crowd was shortened, and now the carriage could pass.

"Well, let's go back home."

Qingli pulled her cousin into the carriage, and her cousin Mo Qingju was still lamenting that life is not easy these days. In the farmhouse, I hope that the weather will be good and the weather will be good all year round, and I can harvest more food. Living in the market, I hope to have a job. , have a full meal.

The carriage quickly returned to Mo's residence. Steward Wang was waiting for news in the front yard. After learning that his young lady had returned, he hurriedly asked to see her.In the morning, he had already gone to the yamen to complete the house and land deeds of Zhuangzi, and he was anxious to find something about his young lady.

"It's fine when it's done."

Qingli returned to the side hall, drank a sip of tea, checked carefully, and after finding out that it was correct, she said, "Butler Wang, it seems that we bought the right land, otherwise it might not be the same price in two days."

Now 4000 mu of land is planted with rice, and it will mature in a month or so. At this time, grain and rice are so expensive. It is still a very good deal to buy the field with [-] taels. The production in the field, according to the current grain price, At least a thousand taels of silver.

"Miss, now there is a rumor in the capital that there is a shortage of grain and rice in Pingyang, so the time of our day has increased. In the morning, the old slave went to the Yamen to apply for a contract, and saw many people queuing up to buy grain."

Steward Wang sighed. His family also had a few poor relatives, and the family was almost unable to get rid of the pot. They came to him to borrow money to buy food, but according to the current increase method, the people could hardly afford porridge.

Once the price of grain rose, the Coke spoiled those big landlords, making disaster fortunes, and getting money the fastest. Those surrounding landlords scrambled to drive up the price of grain, otherwise, the grain price in Fengyang would not be so crazy in one day.

"Butler Wang, I'll take a hard trip to you tomorrow, and then I'll ask the dental shop if there is any shop for sale in the northern part of the city, and I want to bring the backyard."

The north of the city is a relatively remote place in Fengyang. There are mostly poor people there, which are only better than the slums. Most of the people living there live by doing hard work and sewing clothes for a living.

"it is good."

Steward Wang didn't know why his lady wanted to buy a shop in that area, but he obediently agreed without talking too much.He said that some rich and unkind landlords in Fengyang City spread rumors, and they were the only ones.

After dinner, it was just getting dark. Unlike the heat of the day, there was a cool wind in the air.Mai Dong came to ask Qingli for leave again, Qingli nodded, and summoned Maiya and Mammy Yu to take care of her and take a rest early.

She didn't close her eyes last night, and Qing Li quickly fell asleep. She planned to get up in the middle of the night and go to rob. Those landlords who are full of granaries seized the opportunity of the war and spread rumors desperately. After all, she might as well go door-to-door and rob, and then open a grain store by herself, and sell it to the common people at normal prices, thereby leading the price of grain to fall.

Qingli slept soundly, but her consciousness was still in a lucid state, and she felt movement on the roof, she sat up quickly, opened the gauze curtain, quickly put on her dress with one hand, flew out of the window, and landed on the opposite side on the big tree.

"Miss Qingli, it's me."

A man in black jumped down from the roof, Qingli took a closer look, and saw that it was the square-faced bodyguard who had been following Chunyuwen all this time. Seeing that he was busy with travel and dust, and his eyes were bloodshot, he must have come in a hurry.

"Guard Fang, why is it you?"

Qing Li jumped down from the tree with a puzzled look on her face. At this time, Fang Fang shouldn't be following Chunyu Wen in Pingyang, so why did he come to her, "Have you eaten yet?"

"Miss Qingli, if you have cakes, give me two yuan."

The guard Fang was panting heavily, Qingli saw that he was so tired, so she took out the small table by the window, put tea and snacks on it, went to the kitchen to order a bowl of steaming noodles, and added a grilled chicken leg from the space, And serve two dishes of side dishes, "Here, don't be in a hurry, you should eat first."

The guard Fang came on a fast horse, and he didn't rest for seven or eight hours. Now he was hungry, and smelled the aroma of the food. He took a bite of the chicken leg and a bite of the noodle soup. Swept away.

"Miss Qingli, the young lord sent his subordinates here. It was not clear in the letter. In fact, last night, 30 of Daqin's [-] troops crossed the river and set up camp not far from the city gate. You also know the lord. It's Great Qin General Yu Wenkun and Beitang Yan."

Guard Fang ate too fast and felt a bit uncomfortable in his stomach. Seeing him like this, Qing Li handed him a pill to promote digestion.Hearing this news, she was really surprised, "So fast?"

"Well, before I came out, I was still yelling and cursing in the city. The major general led his troops out of the city to meet the enemy, and the fight was brutal."

The soldiers of Daqin were too sturdy, and the opponent had plenty of food and grass. Compared with them, their own side seemed a little weak.Chunyu Wen's body did not fully recover, and he fought a tie with Yu Wenkun. In the end, the other party saw that the siege was not as easy as imagined, so he took the initiative to retreat.On the first day of the battle, Daqin must have tried it out.

"His body hasn't recovered yet, and it's best to wait for half a month."

Qingli was deeply worried. When she came out of the sky prison, her injuries were too serious. It was hot and dangerous in Kyoto, but now there are no major external injuries, but there are also internal injuries. The soldiers and horses of Daqin crossed the river as soon as they said they wanted to cross the river.

(End of this chapter)