BOOK-3

1851

Chapter 1851: Too busy to take care of myself

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And this situation is getting more and more serious.

Above the court, Emperor Wenyuan also threw Qin Zhe aside.

The continuous heavy rain in Jiangning has submerged more than half of the wheat fields that are about to mature. It is almost the harvest season. In addition to those harvested earlier and those taken back later, more than half of them have been lost.

In other areas, there were even more losses. This may be the worst year since he took over.

"Father, in the shops in the capital, people are already looting food."

The prince frowned and said to Emperor Wenyuan that nearly half of the grain shops were closed. He didn't know whether it was because there was no grain to sell or because he was waiting for the price of grain to rise in the future.

There will never be a shortage of people who are good at doing business in this world, and there are certainly many people who make money from natural disasters.

Regardless of whether it is an opportunity to make a fortune or there is really no food to sell, for the people, cotton is not a good thing.

Obviously, rather than having no food to sell, he actually hoped that they would really collect food and just want to sell it at a high price. They just wanted to make more money.

At the very least, there is food. At the very least, the people have food to buy, even if it is more expensive.

But I am afraid, no matter how much money I have, I will not be able to buy food.

Emperor Wenyuan stood up and started walking on the same spot. Then he stopped and walked to the prince.

"Your Majesty, what can you do?"

The prince bowed to Emperor Wenyuan.

"My father can issue an order to limit the amount of food sold by those grain shops. In the name of household registration, each household is limited to how much they can buy per month. This will also prevent the people from grabbing food and causing the price of food to rise. At the same time, we must also Count the grain in the granary to prepare for emergencies, and open the warehouse to store grain."

Emperor Wenyuan patted the prince's shoulder lightly. Those who were taught by Sixiu Academy were indeed qualified royal people. Whether it was the three people from Prince Shuo's Mansion or his prince, those who had grown up were also It's gratifying. Of course, he can rest assured that he has left his country to them.

"That's it."

Emperor Wenyuan withdrew his hand, sat down at the table again, picked up the pen on his side, and began to write the imperial edict.

All major grain stores in the capital are not allowed to raise grain prices privately, and they must also limit household purchase of grain based on household registration.

In other words, even if you have money, you will not be able to buy more food in the future. Once this ban was issued, it was the same everywhere in the Zhou Dynasty.

It was also to prevent some people from hoarding food and selling it at high prices. However, as soon as the above ban was issued, it undoubtedly made people more panicked.

I'm afraid that the grain store will have no food to sell, and I will have no rice to eat when the time comes.

And if there is no food, it is equivalent to waiting for death, especially those who have not harvested any grain this year. They are using last year's old food to survive. However, in the past few years, everyone's life has been pretty good, too. The weather has been good for several years and the grain harvest has been bumper to bumper. In addition, there are also things like pickles that are easy to grow. Therefore, those who have old grain will sell some when the new grain comes out, which not only exchanges for some silver, but also Make room for new grain.