Food is the most important thing for the people. The issue of people's food is not only the most concerned by rulers of all dynasties, but also the top priority in the people's homes.

So when hundreds of yamen runners told Zhang's grain shop that only sold rice for 20 cents a dou, the people in the city were in a state of excitement. After all, 20 cents a dou is too cheap. For most ordinary families who spend a penny to calculate their living, the price of half the price still made countless people crazy about it.

Every household mobilized all, and rushed to the Zhang family grain shop distributed throughout the city with grain bags and baskets. Hundreds of thousands of people were mobilized. A grand crowd of people only appeared in Songcheng County, which was only possible for watching the lanterns on the Shangyuan Festival.

The main store of Zhang's Grain Store is located on Songzhou Street. It is a large shop covering an area of ​​nearly ten acres. The store's store's store is at least three meters away, with a row of long counters. A huge sign hanging above the store, with only a line of large words: "Twenty words of rice, each person can buy five dou."

At this time, the crowds of people were surging in front of the grain shop, and thousands of people were carrying baskets and holding pockets in front of the shop, which was very noisy and noisy. A soldier who was originally responsible for protecting the shop was forced to maintain order. They worked hard to guide the crowded crowd into twelve teams, each of which was hundreds of steps away, and there were continuous streams of people buying rice from all directions.

Although the store is limited to purchase only five dou, the wisdom of the people is endless. Many people buy five dou of rice and hand over the rice bags to the wife and children to guard. They wear clothes and line up in another team.

Or father, son, brother, wife and children go together, and each team is lined up to one person, so you can buy a few stones of rice at a time.

A dozen steps away from the team, there were about dozens of people in other grain shops protesting with banners. They were stared at by soldiers. No one dared to approach the grain shop and could only shout slogans behind them.

"Get out of Yingtian Mansion!"

"Disturbating the market, you must die a bad death!"

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The shouts that followed were of no effect. The people who were queuing up to buy rice stretched their necks and looked at the shop. Everyone was anxious and no one would focus on the protesters.

This is how market competition is. As long as the people are affordable, you can’t afford it, and no matter how many slogans you shout, it doesn’t make sense.

Behind the rice bowl counter is a two-story building. At this time, Zhang Xing stood beside the window with his arms in his chest, looking proudly at the crowd, and then at the protesting opponent who was shouting slogans, with a playful look in his eyes.

The price reduction measures that had to be taken only to save the flow of people have been unexpectedly effective, which made him realize the benefits of price reduction. In the past, he relied on power to monopolize the market. Now even if Yang Du collapsed, he can still monopolize the food market. His price reduction method is enough to squeeze out all his competitors.

This depends on who has a strong capital and who can compare with the Zhang family?

In fact, he sold 20 min of Doumi to make sure that he could make a deposit, and the loss was not big. If his opponent dared to follow him, he would be reduced to 15 min of Doumi to follow him again. He would be reduced to 10 min of Doumi to see who could squeeze out who?

A big manager was a little worried and stepped forward and said carefully: "Yanei, if this continues, the grain shop will suffer too much damage. It's better to end it in three days!"

Zhang Xing turned around and glared at the manager fiercely, "Who dares to end it? If the Yingtianfu market is completely monopolized, the price reduction will never end."

Another manager said: "I heard that the county government is spreading it everywhere for us, encouraging the people to come to our place to buy rice, hoping to cause us heavy losses."

Zhang Xing snorted, "He will promote us for free, I can't ask for anything. They underestimate the Zhang family too much. My Zhang family won't take this loss to heart."

"Yane, aren't we going back today? Are we still leaving?"

Zhang Xing smiled, "Wait for two more days, it's not too late to leave after the general situation is settled!"

He remembered something again and said to his followers: "Go to Zhao Qian and bring me a message, saying that I understand his loyalty very much and will definitely speak well for him from my uncle!"

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Seventeen Zhang's grain shops in Songcheng County are distributed throughout the city. Each shop must be located next to the river to facilitate the transportation of grain. The Zhang's grain shop's main granary is located in the grain wharf, which is a large warehouse covering an area of ​​30 acres.

The hot sales of grain have made the warehouse very busy, and there are constant civil servants coming in and out, carrying bags of grain onto small boats and transporting them to various parts of the city.

A few dozen steps away from the granary, Zhu Long was a little stunned. The rice he transported was filled with sacks. How could they mix sand into it?

You should know that the sacks are sewn and you can't mix sand into them.

"Why would you burn the warehouse in one go!" Zhu Hu whispered.

"Nonsense!" Zhu Long glared at him, "The official has carefully considered plans. If it doesn't work, report it. We cannot change the plans randomly."

At this moment, Zhu Bao escaped and whispered to everyone: "There is a lot of bulk food!"

Zhu Long was excited, "All in the granary?"

"Everything is at the back, with grain bags in front and dozens of large warehouses behind. They are filled with bulk grain, accounting for at least half of them, and there are labels on it. It is a scattered valley of the Zhao family in Gushu County."

Zhu Long was overjoyed and asked again: "Can you sneak in through the back window?"

Zhu Bao smiled and said, "There is indeed a window behind it, which is locked. You are waiting behind you. I will mix in from the front and open the window for you!"

The four of them acted separately, Zhu Bao once again intervened in the civilian team, while Zhu Long led Zhu Hu and Zhu Ying to the back of the granary. They prepared dozens of bags of sand and placed neatly under the base of the wall.

Soon, the window ten feet above his head slowly opened a crack with a "click!". Zhu Ying was the best among the four. He jumped gently, climbed up the window, rode on the window, handed bags of sand in, and finally pulled Zhu Long and Zhu Hu into the window.

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The next day, the trend of snatching rice in Yingtian Mansion remained unabated. Seeing that the general trend had stabilized, Zhang Xing was eager to return to the capital, so he asked Zhao Qian to continue protecting the Zhang family's grain shop, and he himself took a boat to return to the capital.

Just as Zhang Xing arrived in the capital, Prime Minister Han Qi presented a secret report to Emperor Zhao Zhen.

The more Zhao Zhen looked, the more severe his face became, and finally he showed a look of shock and anger on his face, "Is this...is this true?"

"Your Majesty, the content is very true. The Gushu County Magistrate reported that Liu Jiansi of the Left Censorate personally led a team to Gushu County to conduct a secret verification and obtained a large amount of facts. They brought back half a foot thick investigation data. If Your Majesty needs it, I can provide it at any time."

"It's simply ridiculous!"

Zhao Zhen slapped the table heavily and said furiously: "It's okay if I endure the ancestral hall surpasses the Guide Hall, but I occupy tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land and don't pay a single quota for seventy years. Who gives them the power? How can I maintain my country?"

Zhao Zhen was so angry that his chest was about to explode. He paced back and forth in the imperial study room with his hands on his back. He even dared to raise a private army of thousands of people. This is a rebellion!

Han Qi said calmly: "Zhao Qian holds 30,000 troops in his hand, so he can't force him into the capital. Weichen suggested that he be arrested secretly, or to find an excuse to coax him into the capital, and then His Majesty will interrogate him."

Zhao Zhen slowly calmed down and asked, "What about my husband's advice?"

"Wei Chen is worried that someone will soon inform Zhao Qian. Wei Chen recommends using a flying pigeon to send a message to Fan Ning to secretly arrest Zhao Qian into Beijing."

"Will anyone inform me?" Zhao Zhen asked with a look at Han Qi.

"There will definitely be!" Han Qi nodded affirmatively.

"Weichen's advice can minimize the risk."

Zhao Zhen pondered for a moment and finally nodded. He returned to the imperial case and wrote a note, stamped his own private seal, and handed it to Han Qi, "Transfer this to Fan Ning with a flying pigeon!"

He also took out a gold medal to mobilize the world's troops and handed it to Han Qi, "Send someone to Yingtian Mansion as fast as possible to hand over the gold medal to Fan Ning. I have appointed him to temporarily serve as a pacifier."

"I obey the order!"

Han Qi took the note and bowed and left.
Chapter completed!