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Chapter 842 Big Rumor (Fifth Watch)
"The Kyushu Army is ready to declare war on the Shogunate!"

This astonishing news spread like wildfire in Edo City, and people in Edo City were panicked!
The frightened citizens of Edo City wandered the streets, asking for the latest information.

If the mighty Kyushu army suddenly tore up the "Edo Treaty" and went to war with the shogunate, their peaceful life would be disrupted!

"The soldiers of the Beiyang Fleet in the Yokohama Concession have blocked all the roads in and out of Yokohama Port. An extremely huge ship has arrived at Yokohama Port, and it is likely to deliver gunpowder to the Beiyang Fleet!"

"The warships of the Beiyang Fleet have left the port!"

"Tokyo Academy announced the suspension of school!"

"The Kyushu newspaper announced the suspension of publication!"

News came one after another, and the haze of war hung over Edo Castle.

"The Kyushu Army is going to declare war on us?!" Tokugawa Iemitsu, one of the parties involved, was awakened.

He looked confused, how could the common people be more informed than the spies he had placed in the Yokohama Concession?
Regardless of whether the news is true or not, Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was not aware of the situation, immediately summoned all the important ministers in Edo Castle!

"If the Kyushu Army has no intention of declaring war on us, the people will not be groundless. They would rather believe what they have or not. They should immediately block the city gate and send envoys to the Yokohama Concession to communicate with the other side and clarify the Kyushu Army's intentions. If It’s fine if the Kyushu Army doesn’t intend to declare war on us, but if they really want to declare war on us, we will fight to the end!” said Nobuzuna Matsudaira, who is in charge of the military.

"What do you guys think?" The Tokugawa family looked around at the other retainers.

"Matsudaira-kun's proposal is the safest, and I will second it." A group of retainers of the Tokugawa family said.

"It's strange to declare war at this time..." Abe Tadaaki, who had been worried about Dayuer's troubles, murmured to himself when he heard the news that the Kyushu Army was going to declare war.

"Abe Tadaaki, do you have something to say?" Tokugawa Iemitsu asked seeing Abe Tadaaki a little lost.

"No." Abe Zhongqiu said hastily.

In order to prevent the Kyushu Army from declaring war, the shogunate immediately sent troops to close the city gates and prepared for the battle in advance.Teams of warriors stood on the walls, armed to the teeth.

However, the actions of the shogunate made the residents of Edo City even more convinced that the Kyushu Army was really going to war with the shogunate!

"I want two stones of rice!"

"I want three stones!"

A group of young people squeezed away the residents who bought rice, holding silver and copper coins in their hands, and yelling in front of the rice shop owner.

"Why are they so anxious to buy rice, and it costs a few stones, and young people are so rich?" The residents of Edo City, who bought rice, were pushed away by these young people. Their first reaction was not anger, but surprise. generous.

"You know what a fart, the Kyushu Army will come soon, and the food outside the city will not be able to come in. Once the Kyushu Army sieges the city, it will be a short time. If it lasts for a few months, people will eat people!" A young man outside said.

The residents who originally planned to buy only a dozen catties of rice turned pale after hearing this.

This is the truth, food is the most precious resource during war!
"I want a stone of rice too!"

"Three stones, three stones of rice!"

The panic of the war made the residents of Edo City crazy, and they flocked to the rice shop like moths to the flame, wanting to hoard rice before the war broke out!

The owners of the rice shop were sweating profusely with fright. Normally they would laugh from ear to ear, but they just sold a large amount of grain to big sellers not long ago.Now the surplus grain in the city, even the surplus grain near Edo Castle is not enough for so many residents to hoard!

In order to limit the crazy demand of the residents of Edo Castle, the price of food in Edo Castle rose again and again, and it tripled in less than half a day!
The high food prices made the residents of Edo City lose their minds.

"These hateful big grain merchants hoard rice and raise prices on the ground. I saw that there are still many bags of rice in their backyard. Go in and grab it! Let these profiteers eat their own fruit!" Someone shouted in the crowd buying rice.

"Steal food from profiteers!" The turbulent crowd broke down the simple storefront of Mipu, and the crazy crowd almost demolished Mipu!
"That's the grain I kept for myself!" The owner of the rice shop guarded the last few bags of rice.

However, his resistance was too weak in front of the crazy people. The angry people stepped on him and snatched the last few bags of rice from the rice shop.Even the cash drawer in Mipu was looted...

Dozens of rice shops in Edo Castle were looted!
Even so, it still cannot meet the needs of the residents in the city, and the panic about war and food shortages continues to spread in Edo Castle!
"Pay back the money! Pay back the money!" A group of people blocked the door of Edo Bank, and they all came to withdraw money!
If the shogunate fails in the war with the Kyushu army, the shogunate is likely to go bankrupt.With the strength of the Kyushu Army, the shogunate is likely to be defeated. Once the shogunate cedes land again to pay compensation, it will use the deposits from the Edo Bank!Residents who deposit in the Edo Bank, and even the samurai of the shogunate have lost confidence in the shogunate, and want to get back their deposits in the Edo Bank before the shogunate is defeated!

"Please trust us, we have the ability to repay your deposits!" Under the protection of the samurai, Abe Tadaaki desperately blocked the raging crowd!

It's not that he doesn't want to withdraw money from these people, but that most of the deposits absorbed by Edo Bank are used by Tadakatsu Sakai to invest in factories, and they don't have enough reserves to satisfy the people who run on them!

"Since you have the ability to pay back, why don't you give us cash now!"

"Yes, withdraw money for us and return our hard-earned money!"

The run-on crowd yelled at one another, all wanting to get the cash before they can rest assured!
Without seeing real silver coins, all promises are false!

"Please give us the shogunate some time! We will definitely repay you! I, Tadaaki Abe, promise you with the dignity of a samurai!" Tadaaki Abe blushed and shouted thickly.

He also had no way to take out the money. The deposit he gave to Sakai Tadakatsu Investment Industry was huge. Who in the world could take out 100 million taels of cash in a few days?

"This is their tactic to delay the attack. Edo Bank's money has been short-lived long ago, and they simply can't get any money out!"

Someone in the crowd shouted.

The crowd blocking the entrance of the Edo Bank was in an uproar.

It turns out that Edo Bank has already lost money? !

Tadaaki Abe looked at the crowd angrily, trying to find out who was secretly contributing to the flames, but all he could see were heads, and it was impossible to distinguish who was contributing to the flames.

It is very likely that I have been calculated!Veins on Abe Tadaaki's head popped out. He was uneasy before, always feeling that Da Yuer was plotting against him, and now he probably has already made a move.

(End of this chapter)