Datang: Beat Tang Taizong violently at the beginning

Chapter 492 Straight to the point!
The atmosphere in the banquet fell into silence for a while,

At this moment, it is a game between King Yan and these local tyrants and landlords in Luoyang City.
Li Mo's idea is that the affected area this time is after all Luoyang, Henan, and Shandong!
As the local wealthy gentry, these people shouldn't bleed too much, but they never expected that these local tyrants and landlords would be so stubborn that they wouldn't even bleed a drop of blood!

"Everyone, I have already drank this rice soup. I don't need to say more about how it tastes, but now in the land of the three realms, the common people can't even afford rice soup. I heard that the price of rice in Luoyang City has risen by three cents." Ten Wen a catty, and the face price has already risen to more than [-] Wen a catty, so I'm afraid it's a bit too much!"

Since these people don't know how to flatter them, it's time to beat them hard. Li Mo came to the three disaster relief this time, but not all of them are gentle strategies. He also has a mace in his hand!

That's why Li Mo looked so angry at this moment. Although he only came to Luoyang for half a day, Li Moque already understood the situation in Luoyang city pretty well!

The Golden Fire Cavalry and the trapped camp are indeed capable of fighting, but after all, they are recruited by the system and are a bit rigid. They are not suitable for intelligence gathering and concealed tracking work.

But these hunters in the Daqing Mountains are good at this. These hunters have been chasing wolves and tigers in the Qinling Mountains all year round, and they have developed good skills.
Li Mo trained them a little bit to compare with Qin Wang Li Shimin's Shadow Secret Guards, but this time when he came to the land of the Three Paths, Li Mo brought these people here to understand the situation of the Three Paths,
Luoyang has become the current situation, and Li Mo has already made up his mind.

There are nearly 15 households in Luoyang City, with a total population of more than 50. In such a huge city, the current population of the city is probably less than half. From this point of view, Liu Dongshan did not lie about the military situation.

But the most important thing now is that the price of rice and food in Luoyang City has risen too fiercely. The price of rice has increased by more than [-] yuan, and the price of noodles has increased by more than [-] yuan.

Luoyang is a large grain-producing area, and now the price of grain has skyrocketed nearly eight or nine times, and the people are like carrying a mountain on their backs. The difficulties can be imagined

If the price of grain in Chang'an City soars to such a price, I am afraid that the entire Chang'an City will be in chaos in an instant. After all, Chang'an is different from Luoyang. A large amount of food and grass transported by water, otherwise it would not be enough to support Chang'an's population of one million!

"His Royal Highness Cavalry King Yan, it's not that we insist on setting the price of grain in Luoyang so high. It's just that there is less food in Luoyang now. If the price of grain doesn't increase, there's nothing we can do about it!"

Song Shouyi sighed for a moment, he was already in his seventies and eighties, yet he still seemed a little aggrieved!
Li Mo turned his head and cast a glance at Song Shouyi. Is this old guy very active today?

Qian Youwei and Wang Shixiong didn't speak. You, Song Shouyi, as a great Confucian in the world, really don't want to have this reputation?
"Patriarch Wang is old and strong, and his body is very tough!"

Li Mo said lightly that dealing with these landlords and local tyrants in Luoyang City is definitely not the same as dealing with the gangsters in Changwu County. The two are not on the same order of magnitude at all.

Changwu County is able to play with Li Mo's applause by letting Li Mo talk about it at will.

But Luoyang City can't do it, and the Land of the Three Ways can't do it. If Li Mo deals with these landlords and local tyrants in the Land of the Three Ways in the same way as Changwu County,

I'm afraid that the drought and locust disaster in the land of the three realms will not only be unable to be relieved, but will instead evolve to a more severe level!
"His Royal Highness Yan Wang has won the award. He is old and [-], and now he is getting more and more confused. His Royal Highness Yan is so young, which is really enviable!"

Song Shouyi still pretended to be confused, but Song Shouyi had the qualifications to say this.
Not to mention Li Mo, the king of Yan, even Li Shimin, the king of Qin, who came to Luoyang City, he would have to respect Song Shouyi,

This is the benefit of reputation. When a person's reputation reaches the extreme, unless he does something that will harm the country and the people, break the law and discipline, and has to be executed, otherwise, the general situation really can't help him!

"Since everyone said so, then the king will cut straight to the point. The current grain price in Luoyang is absolutely not good. Our officials in the Tang Dynasty ruled Qingming, and it is not a troubled time now. But now a stone of rice in the land of the Three Ways costs three taels of silver, and a stone of noodles needs Two taels of silver, such a price, hurts the people and farmers, the king intends: Luoyang grain price, need to return to the previous price!"

In the weights and measures system of the Tang Dynasty, one stone equals ten buckets, and one bucket equals ten catties!
In a prosperous dynasty, the price of food will never exceed one tael of silver and one stone. Only when troubled times are about to start, or in a year of severe drought and catastrophe, will the price of food suddenly soar!

Although the food price in Luoyang has not yet risen to the point of horror, three taels of silver and one stone of rice are far beyond the affordability of ordinary people!
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As soon as Li Mo said this, the landlords and local tyrants in Luoyang City all frowned. Yan Wang's words were simply going to hurt their roots.
Luoyang is a grain area in the Central Plains, and the price of grain is naturally very cheap. Only in this year can they have such a large income.
Otherwise, during the Taiping period, he was just a landlord, how could he have such a terrible income today.

Although food prices have increased seven or eight times, for them, their real benefits have increased by more than ten times

After all, this is the total amount that took seven or eight years to achieve in previous years, but this year it can be achieved in just one year, and the loss is naturally conceivable.

The King of Yan is doing this, he wants to wipe out all the wealth they can get at their fingertips, let them dissipate their wealth, and help the people of Luoyang. These landlords are not good people, how could they do such a stupid thing?
"Aren't you joking, Your Highness? It's the year of famine, and we are already trying our best to control the price of food. If it weren't for our efforts to control the price of food, the price of food in Luoyang would have been unbelievably high. Your Highness, It would be too embarrassing for me to wait!"

At this moment, Song Shouyi was still the one who spoke. Relying on his status as a great Confucian, he had the tendency to fight with King Yan at this moment!

"Oh, then, these Luoyang people should thank you all!"

Li Mo's eyes suddenly turned cold. It's okay for these landlords and local tyrants to be rich and unkind, but they dare to speak nonsense here. Li Mo can't stand it anymore!

(End of this chapter)