The daily life of Dali Siqing

Chapter 798 Black market?Baishi!
The black market is not a fixed place, but a name for a group of people.

As long as it is profitable, there will be a so-called "black market".

Originally, in the black market in Jinling, one could buy almost everything one wanted to buy, such as hibiscus ointment, a forbidden drug of the imperial court, and even a pair of armor and a strong crossbow.

You must know that these two things can be regarded as a symbol of rebellion to a certain extent. The people are only allowed to have self-defense weapons such as bows, arrows, knives, lances, and spears. This has been the case since ancient times.

As for strong crossbows and armor, there is a jingle among the people, "One armor tops three crossbows, and three armors enter the underworld."

is enough to illustrate the problem.

But such things can be bought on the black market.

Because the things banned by the imperial court, for many people, they desire more.

This will lead to a substantial premium, and this kind of huge profit is enough to make many people take risks.

One party buys the contraband he wants, and the other party earns huge profits. This is the reason for the existence of the black market.

Clear water and food were originally one of the most common things.

In Jinling, clean water is readily available, and food is floating around at one tael or five silver per stone.

The original value of these two things is not eligible to appear on the black market, but now because of the epidemic in Jinling, clean water and food have become the most in-demand commodities on the black market.

Although the Jinling government will distribute water and food to the people in Jinling City, it only guarantees the survival of the people.

In Maslow's theory of needs, survival needs are only the most basic needs.

For ordinary people at the bottom, they may not have the money to buy food and clean water in the black market, but for small and medium businessmen with savings, they need more water and food to ensure their quality of life and safety.

Need more water to wash, need meat and vegetables to improve food.

On the current black market, a bucket of clean water costs one tael of silver, a leg of pork costs 50 taels of silver, and a catty of mutton costs 20 taels of silver.

This kind of price is outrageous, but the black market is selling in full swing.

Like Qingshui, there is no shortage of ordinary wealthy gentry and noble families. They all have their own wells. For the sake of difficulty and efficiency, the members of the Blood River Sect did not poison their water.

But fruits, vegetables, fish and meat are still lacking for these large households.

The city of Jinling was closed, and no caravan could enter or leave Jinling except for the people of the imperial court, making it difficult for people who originally supplied supplies to enter.

These rich and powerful businessmen are used to eating delicacies from mountains and seas, so naturally they can't accept the life of porridge and side dishes.

If it was a Jinling government office, they would dare to protest and exert pressure, but now the person in charge in Jinling is Yang Qingyuan!
With the power of this Marquis Yang, let alone conferring a small old capital Jinling, even conferring the capital of the gods, with the military power in his hands, it is not impossible!

Therefore, all the rich and powerful businessmen who were arrogant and domineering in Jinling behaved with their tails between their legs.

If you want to eat fruits, vegetables and fish, you can only buy them from the black market.

In the same way, if the members of the Blood River Sect want to eat and drink, the easiest way is to get them from the black market.

Chen Ming and Li Dang are both local police officers with good experience in detective work, while Chen Danlin and the others are all elites from the headquarters of Six Doors, and they all understood what Yang Qingyuan meant.

The person who poisoned him had been researching poisonous seeds on Huangye Island before, so he would definitely not live in Jinling City, and most of the people he brought along probably would not have household registration in Jinling City.The vacancies of their food and clean water must not be small.

According to Chen Ming and Li Dang's statistical investigation, although there were several thefts in the east of the city, the amount of food stolen was not too large. According to the investigation, it should have nothing to do with the Blood River Sect.

When this kind of nerve is sensitive, the people of Blood River Sect will not make any big moves.

Then the way for them to obtain sufficient food and clean water is the black market.

"My lord, do you want to track down the Blood River Sect by raiding the black market?!"

Yang Qingyuan just smiled when he heard the words, "You're wrong, in fact, the biggest boss behind the water and grain black market in Jinling City is me."

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"How about it?!"

In a residential house in Jinling City, a disciple of the Blood River Sect saw a person carrying a large bucket of water enter the house, and immediately asked.

"I bought it! Today I heard that many people were arrested! It's all because of selling water and food." The person in charge of buying looked mysterious.

This kind of gossip news has always been something that everyone likes to hear.

"Didn't you get caught?!"

"How is it possible?! How could I be caught with such a cleverness..."

While the two were talking, a master of Yuanhua realm from the Blood River Sect came out, "What are you talking about?!"

The two who were joking with each other just now leaned over and saluted, "I've seen you, my lord!"

"us……"

"We are saying that today's black market has caught many people who sell food and clean water."

The Yuanhua Realm warrior of the Blood River Sect focused his eyes. His name was Song Renqian, and he was the second in command here.

"Have you been followed?!" Song Renqian immediately became nervous. If his whereabouts were exposed because of the purchase of water and food on the black market, the loss outweighs the gain.

"Don't worry, my lord! There's no problem!" The person in charge of the purchase looked confident.

As everyone knows, this made Song Renqian even more worried.

In order to appease the lord who came from the head sect, the disciple Caimai showed a mysterious expression.

"My lord, some vendors who sell Qingshui food have indeed been arrested on this street, but they are all retail investors with no background. The one I found is absolutely no problem."

Song Renqian obviously didn't believe what this disciple said, "How dare you make such an assertion?!"

The purchasing disciple replied, "Because the strength of this family is extremely strong, not only food is calculated by car, water is calculated by vat, and even know the trajectory of city defense army patrols at night, so they can avoid them in advance."

"Oh?!"

"My lord, guess who is behind this black market business?!"

Song Renqian said disdainfully, "It's still guesswork, it must be someone from the government. Under the current situation, who else can handle such a large amount of clean water and food except the people from the government."

"It's not just water and food! This person also has fresh meat and sea fish!" As he spoke, the purchasing disciple took out a large oil-paper bag from the grain bag beside him.

"My lord, this is the mutton and mutton chops that the villain bought from that black market dealer, just for the sake of the venerable and the adults."

When he saw the mutton in the hands of his disciples, Song Renqian realized that the boss behind this black market dealer was absolutely extraordinary.

"That's right, I've seen your loyalty." Song Renqian first praised the blood river sect disciple's positive attitude, and then asked, "You just said that the person behind this black market dealer, did you find out who it is? !"

"Yes!" After buying the disciples for a while, he said in a pretentious manner, "The biggest bosses behind this black market are Jinling Mansion Governor Xue Wen and Yangzhou Emissary Yang Qingyuan."

Song Renqian immediately lost his composure when he heard the words.

"What did you say?!"

If the boss behind this black market is Yang Qingyuan, doesn't that mean that their every move will be known by Yang Qingyuan.

"No, I have to report to His Excellency immediately." After muttering to himself, Song Renqian mentioned the disciple who was buying, and took the mutton short ribs wrapped in oil paper just now.

It's not that this Yuanhua realm warrior is ignorant, it's just that he hasn't eaten meat for more than ten days, and the taste of birds has faded from his mouth.

"That's how it is."

After Song Renqian finished his report, Venerable Xuedu Zhou fell into deep thought.

"Head up!"

The purchasing disciple trembled slightly and raised his head when he heard the words.

"You said that a black market dealer was arrested, but it's true!?"

The purchasing disciples nodded repeatedly, "Yes! Yes! We were hiding in the side street at that time, watching them being taken away by the city defense army."

"Who is the person who bought Qingshui food with you?!"

The purchasing disciple froze for a moment, and began to recall carefully.

"Those people are all familiar faces, and I don't know the villains, but listening to the conversations of a few of them, one is the housekeeper of the Jia family in Jinling, and the other is the foreign affairs chief of the Ye family, a wealthy businessman in Jinling... In short, they are all famous people in Jinling... ..."

After buying disciples' answers, Zun Zhou let go of the tension and guard in his heart.

Song Renqian on the side asked, "My lord, could this be a trap set by Yang Qingyuan?!"

After Venerable Blood Poison ordered the buyer to retreat, he said firmly, "I wasn't sure at first, but now I can be sure that this is not Yang Qingyuan's trap!"

"Why is this?!"

"Because of people's hearts and greed!" Venerable Blood Venom held the wisdom beads in his hands, as if he could see through people's hearts, "Now that Jinling is closed, food, water, melons, fruits and vegetables, and fresh meat and fish are all in short supply. Those who sell this kind of thing must not only have administrative power, but also have influence in the military. There are not many such people in Jinling City! In other words, only Yang Qingyuan has the ability to control the black market and sell supplies .”

"Besides, the money has really improved. The government has monopolized everything. It is not easy for even wealthy families to eat fruits and vegetables. It is too easy to make money in this situation, and it is the money of these powerful and wealthy families. Why not do it?!"

"For them, food and clean water are just add-ons. The real money is the fresh meat and fruits. I am afraid that in the past ten days, Yang Qingyuan and his group have earned no less than 10 taels of silver!"

Venerable Blood Venom's eyes were full of envy, the money was really easy to earn.

The Blood River Sect is not poor, but there are a lot of places to spend money. Although he is the venerable of the Blood River Sect, his wealth is not too much, no wonder everyone wants to be an official.

Venerable Blood Venom was envious for a while and decided not to think about it anymore, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

"Forget it, you asked someone to stew the meat, and I haven't eaten meat for some days!"

Why worry, only eat meat.

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"This black market is run by an adult?!" Chen Danlin also had a look of disbelief in her eyes.

Yang Qingyuan folded the fan in his palm, "No way, it's a helpless move, Jinling Mansion is going to run out of money!"

Yangzhou's annual taxes have to be turned over to the imperial court, and Jinling Mansion can only keep a small part of it.

The closure of Jinling has already cost a lot of money.

Although the food is in the government treasury, the firewood and charcoal used for boiling water are all purchased by Jinling Prefecture. Jinling Prefecture has a population of 200 million, and the boiled water that 200 million people need to drink is a huge sum of firewood and charcoal. number.

Then there are the helpers in Jinling City. Relying solely on the imperial police and the city defense army, there is no way to maintain the current operation of Jinling City. The Jinling government has also hired many people, which is another huge funding gap.

There is also the procurement of medicinal materials.

Although Yang Qingyuan searched the drug storehouses of the three major drug dealers in Jiangning County, they have spent a lot of money these days. All counties and counties in Yangzhou have medicinal materials to support, and this is also a matter of money.

The counties and counties were also purchased with silver. Although Yang Qingyuan was the deposed emissary of Yangzhou, the counties and Jinling were independent administrative entities, and it was impossible for the counties to bear the shortfall of the treasury by themselves.

Of course, Yang Qingyuan could rely on his status as dethroning envoy to force the situation down and let the counties suffer this dumb loss, but at the end of the year when the taxes are calculated, this is still a muddled account.

Only look at the political performance at that time, without considering the subsequent development.This way of doing things is not Yang Qingyuan's style.

All in all, all in all.

Jinling Mansion is very short of money now.

Although the Jinling Mansion has no money, the rich merchants and dignitaries in Jinling City have plenty of money.

Jinling is the ancient capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, with an extraordinary status. There are not a few rich and wealthy businessmen who live here. These people are not short of money at all. This is why there is a black market for Yang Qingyuan.

The purpose is to use fruits, vegetables, fresh meat and live fish to get money from these rich and powerful businessmen.

Compared to collecting taxes openly, this trick is not unreasonable, making those people willingly hand over the money to Yang Qingyuan.

Yang Qingyuan believes that someone in Jinling City can understand the twists and turns.However, if this person can understand this level, he will not be so stupid as to use this to puncture Yang Qingyuan's plan.

"I originally planned to use this black market to collect the money of some powerful and powerful families, but I didn't expect it to be used for tracing now."

As he spoke, Yang Qingyuan found a few pieces of paper from a stack of documents, on which there were already circles drawn by Yang Qingyuan with a Chinese ink brush.

"Most of the families of rich and wealthy merchants buy melons, fruits, vegetables, beef, mutton and fish, because they have food in their homes, and they also have their own wells, so there is no shortage of water. Only these fifteen families have purchased a large amount. clean water and food."

All the smart people present, Yang Qingyuan already understood the meaning of the words when he mentioned this level.

The scope of the target has been narrowed from more than [-] people in the east of the city to the current [-] households.

If they can't find out where Xue Hezong is hiding, they won't be worthy of wearing this black uniform!
"My lord, I will set off immediately and focus on observing these fifteen households. Before tomorrow's dawn, we will definitely find the hiding place of the Blood River Sect!" Chen Danlin bowed with her sword in her arms.

"The warriors of the Blood River Sect have strange martial arts. I'm afraid you guys are delivering food to others. I'll let Wangshu and Zhiruo go with you."

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at sunset.

To the east of Jinling City, a civil official of Jinling Mansion is leading Commander Wu of the city defense army to buy medicinal materials from one medicine store to another.

If you are willing to sell, then you can buy it at a premium of 20.00%;

A group of people marched towards the east of the city in a mighty manner, with a lot of momentum.

(End of this chapter)