I am a pirate in Ming Dynasty
Chapter 29 The situation is corrupt
The rebellion that occurred during this catastrophe was particularly ridiculous. Less than a thousand people called for the militia, using the sign of the 'Mother of the Lotus', and the momentum only lasted less than three days.
Huaiyang Coastal Defense stationed in Taizhou coordinated the overall situation and led more than 40,000 guards to quickly eliminate this so-called people's army asking for orders from heaven.
A seemingly massive rebellion was extinguished in the blink of an eye.
However, due to famine, the number of refugees in various places has increased.
In Yancheng County, the days of County Magistrate Liu Zhenghe have become increasingly difficult recently. Although the businessmen in the county support his approach, facing the increasing number of hungry people, the food problem has become more and more acute, not to mention the situation outside the city. The victims of the disaster have nothing to eat, and even the people in the city are going to run out of food. The premium of food has dropped below the price of twenty-two stones, and there is still a price but no market.
Now the reputation in the city is very unfavorable to him. Some people say that he is Liu Bapi, and he works with unscrupulous businessmen to harm the people. The reputation has become extremely bad for a while.
This made Liu Zhenghe very angry. How could he become Liu Bapi? Who started this rumor?
Despite this, he summoned the famous merchants, scolded them, and ordered all merchants to sell grain at lower prices.
The businessmen wanted to fall out, but did not have the courage to speak out. They went directly from the county government office to Qin's house to make a fuss and broke up unhappy.
Qin Li was so angry at these businessmen. Everyone was obviously on the same front, but they lost their sense of proportion when provoked by those in power. Isn't it a joke?
"People with shallow vision!!!" Qin Li was sulking alone in the living room.
Qin Liu looked at the various broken cups at the scene and said with a sullen look on his face: "Master, when we treat people like this, we shouldn't have dragged them on the boat together in the first place. Now that we have earned a reputation, we are only scolded by the county magistrate." After a few words, he said that your fault is that they are ignorant people, and the Qin family will not cooperate with them in the future business. "
After a while, Qin Li's mood finally recovered. He said to Qin Liu with a cold face: "You go out first. The closed grain shops at home will not open for the time being. The porridge shops will continue to sell, but the rice for making porridge will not open for the time being." Put less food and collect all the food. I want to know how much food the Qin family can provide now."
Qin Liu said yes and left, while Qin Li's mood became very gloomy.
This time the merchants' alliance ended in failure. The porridge shop supported by the merchants collapsed, leaving only the Qin family to support it. All grain shops in the city except the Qin family reopened, and each family's grain was priced at one tael of silver per stone.
At first, the people in the city didn't believe it. The price of food had already skyrocketed. How could it be possible that the selling price could return to such a low price?
But as the official documents from the yamen were posted everywhere, and literate people read out the meaning, there was an uproar.
"The county magistrate is such a good person. He actually fought with those businessmen to give us such a preferential price."
"In the past, we all misunderstood the county magistrate. He was a good person!"
"If the price of food were still at this price, we wouldn't have to sell our fields."
"The county magistrate is truly a living Bodhisattva!"
……
Words of praise kept coming out among the people, and some of the handymen who were guarding the place returned to the county government with these words of praise.
After the county magistrate Liu Zhenghe heard that his reputation had improved, he completely let go of his glassy heart. With his hands behind his back, he couldn't hide his pride and said to the county magistrate who made the move: "What am I talking about? As long as I am still an official, businessmen like them will have to beg for mercy."
Liu Zhenghe's proud face made the county magistrate extremely disgusted, but in this family he was the real power, and he was the title.
There was no expression on the chief clerk's face, but during this period of disaster, his face looked a little more lively.
Perhaps because the imperial court recently appointed a supervisory censor, Liu Zhenghe's desire to perform has been very strong recently. Staff-level figures such as the chief secretary can no longer talk to Liu Zhenghe.
The decision made by Liu Zhenghe naturally had official credibility. People who still had some spare energy rushed to the rice shops with their rice bags at home. There were huge crowds of people in front of the rice shops.
Zhouji Grain Store was the second largest grain store after the Qin family. As soon as the clerk opened the door, the people rushed inside.
Within a few seconds, Zhou Ji Grain Store put up a sign that rice grains were sold out! Only about ten people bought rice, and only one stone of grain was sold. More people started making loud noises outside the door.
The shopkeeper of Zhou Ji said with a bitter look on his face as he cupped his hands outside: "I'm sorry, I've sold out all the remaining food at home, and the shop will be closed today. Let's go look elsewhere!"
It took only a few minutes from the opening to the end, and Zhou Ji Liang Store was closed.
Scenes like this were staged everywhere in the city. As the morning passed, the city once again ushered in despair.
Food was gone, and a panic spread in Yancheng County. The price of food on the black market soared like crazy, and a large number of "goods" with grass tags on their heads began to appear on the streets.
Men, women, children, anything that can be sold will be available for purchase on the street. Occasionally, when I see one or two noble people, they will hug each other's legs and feet like maggots and won't let go.
There are only two porridge shops left outside the city, one belongs to the county magistrate and the other belongs to the Qin family. Both families began to supply rice porridge in limited quantities, and even those who received it found that there were only a few grains of rice in the bowl. It is far less thick than the porridge that was served before.
People who couldn't get porridge started to make trouble outside the city, causing chaos inside and outside the city.
The Qin family's porridge shop was destroyed due to the chaos, and the remaining few bags of rice were robbed. They had to withdraw because they were unable to support themselves.
The porridge shop branded as the county government was also destroyed. When Liu Zhenghe found out, there was nothing he could do because the 1,000 shi of rice and food he had raised were already empty. You should know that this is 1,000 shi, which is enough to feed 10,000 refugees. More than a month's worth of food.
But it's empty now? How long has it been? Are there twenty days?
"What are you going to do? Thousands of dan of grain have been exhausted in more than ten days? Are you feeding pigs?" Liu Zhenghe cursed loudly, showing no trace of the elegance of a literati.
The head clerk glanced at this guy with disdain. Just yesterday, he gave a set of gold jewelry to Liu Zhenghe's wife. Liu Zhenghe had a very good attitude at that time. He also said that gold is very cheap recently and he wanted to hoard it. Some!
Everyone knew why the food was empty, but no one said anything in the courtroom.
The state of the county government is that it is unable to maintain the situation and can only rely on the government officials to maintain order in the city. As for outside the city, you can't see anything when you close the door.
Farm property, regarded by farmers as their wealth and life, began to appear on the market at this time and was sold at extremely low prices, but not many people had taken action yet.
The price of food on the black market has risen to three hundred taels of silver per stone, and fewer and fewer people can afford to eat. Skinny corpses have begun to line the roads outside the city.
In front of the Qin Mansion, a group of beggars appeared. These beggars were all dirty, wearing rags and rags. The smell of rancidity could be smelled no matter how far away they were.
The closed door was knocked open by a small child, and the muffled noises alerted the Qin family members.
I don’t know how many people want to take a different approach these days and attack the Qin Mansion.
Fortunately, the guards of the Qin family were able to kill all these people, thus ensuring the safety of the house. There was a noise at the door, and some guards picked up their weapons upon hearing the sound, and appeared fully armed at various places around the walls of the Qin family.
As long as someone dared to climb over the wall, they would pick him out with the sword in their hands.
Qin Fen was ready before calling out from behind the door: "Who's knocking on the door?"
Qin Shang endured the stench on his body and shouted angrily: "Your young master!"
The childish voice had a milky tone. This voice made Qin Fen unable to react at once, young master? Could it be the young master? But the young master couldn't speak, so he opened the door with a nervous expression. If it was the young master, he should be clean and tidy, and look like a child carved from gold and jade, eh?
His face was dirty, his hair was like a bird's nest, his clothes were black and dragged on the ground, and he smelled like he had been scrubbed in the toilet.
No wonder he could talk. It turned out to be someone pretending to be someone. Qin Fen's mind directly made up all the truth.
"Hey, what kind of thief dares to pretend to be my young master!" Qin Fen raised the sword in his hand and asked.
Hearing this, the guards around them were extremely nervous. They all glanced at the city wall above their heads, for fear of missing any direction.
Qin Shang had a dark face. If someone recognized him based on his current appearance, it would be a ghost. However, he still said: "Qin Fen, don't you want to eat the fish I grilled?"
Grilled fish? Qin Fen thought of the young master who was so amazing at fishing, and suddenly there was an excited look in his eyes: "Are you really the young master?"
Qin Shang nodded and said, "Prepare some hot water and clothes for us. It will not be easy for us to escape back."
Naturally, Qin Shang, the nurse, would not be able to do these things, so the servants in the mansion immediately started to get busy.
Qin Fen immediately left Qin Shang and the others behind and ran into the backyard to report the good news to Qin Li and Qin Zhong.
There was only one crazy Taoist priest sitting on the roof, squinting and smiling at the scenery below. Everything was as shown in the hexagram. He stretched out comfortably and basked in the sun and whispered: "I'm back, the proof is about to begin, haha, this world will finally be over." It’s about to usher in a different scenery.”
"Pindao's Taoist sect will eventually surpass the past and become the most dazzling existence! Master, you didn't expect that our Taoist sect's final concept will be realized."
The news that the young master had returned to the house spread like wind throughout the house. Qin Li immediately put down what he was doing and waited outside the door with a nervous look on his face.
His younger brother was inside. This news made Qin Li happy more than anything else. It also felt a little unreal. The younger brother was really back.
The unhappiness of the past few days was blown away in this moment. The county magistrate and the food were no longer important.
He really wanted to rush in and pick up his brother and take a look, but the girl's voice coming from inside made him dare not act rashly.
According to the servants, Qin Shang called the girl sister.
Qin Li had many doubts in his heart that he could only bury in his heart at this time. Maybe he could only solve them when his younger brother came out.
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