Chinese dining table

Chapter 711 It depends on who can persist
Yunchu, Wenrou, and Di Renjie should have found it unbearable just because they couldn't eat meat every day.

The residents in Chang'an City now only think about buying coarse grains from Fangzheng every day, which is enough to feed the whole family.

Before dawn, they lined up with grain bags to buy cheap food.

"A bucket of millet costs four yuan, a bucket of sorghum costs three yuan, and beans cost six yuan." Liu Yi repeatedly told the villagers who asked about the price the price of today's grain.

"No rise?"

"It hasn't gone up, and it won't go up in the future. That's the price. The government doesn't want to make money from us who are suffering. Besides, can this money still be used as money?"

"I see, if the big canteen is the same price as before, we can go to the big canteen to eat every day."

"That's right, we are now on the construction site, we don't need copper coins, we need food instead, a handful of copper coins can't be exchanged for a pancake, simply, out of sight, out of sight, don't eat hahaha."

The housekeeper Liu Yi laughed a few times when he heard the words, he said he was laughing, but in fact his heart was already bitter like Huang Lian.

Fangzheng of Jinchangfang is now Liu Yi's son Liu Ke, but Liu Yi does not allow his son Liu Ke to intervene when selling cheap grain.

The bucket used to sell grain is a bucket ordered by the government. Every time he digs grain, he will use a long ruler to scrape the grain in the bucket along the surface of the bucket, fill in the gaps, and scrape off the excess.

Because the role of copper coins in Chang'an City is getting weaker and weaker, it is actually a big profit to buy this year's grain at previous years' prices.

The people in Jinchangfang are not as impoverished as they appear. The poor people’s storage of food during the Taiping period is almost an eternal memory of Chang’an people.

And their grain is basically stored in units of years.

It was only because I was frightened by hunger that I cherished the grain at home even more at this time, and was very interested in the cheap grain issued by the government, because no one knew whether the grain price would remain at a high level forever.

That's why Chang'an City can appear so quiet under the violent storm created by Cui Mian and the others.

This is the real achievement of Yunchu's governance of Wannian County for ten years, enabling the people in the city to survive one or several disasters.

Everyone thinks that as long as there is more food after the autumn grain comes out, the price of food in Chang'an may not be so high.

Only Liu Yi who distributed food to the villagers knew that no matter how much food Guanzhong produced, it would not be enough for those people to buy.

I heard from Xian Zun that it is no longer a matter of who makes money or not.

It's a matter of who dies and who lives.

If Chang'an City survives, the future will be bright. If it can't survive, it will wait to make a living under the crotch of those old men from aristocratic families.

Looking at the copper coins thrown into the bamboo basket by the villagers again, Liu Yi picked up a handful, glanced at the illegible new coins, and threw them back into the bamboo basket. These days, there are more and more new coins on the market .

His heart sank a little bit, then he shook his head and shouted at the team who couldn't see the tail: "There are all of them, there are all of them, don't worry, there is plenty of food in the county lord."

I don't know if those residents have confidence in Liu Yi, the housekeeper of the Yun family, or in Yunchu, the county magistrate, each of them answered very simply, but unfortunately, the sadness on their faces couldn't fade away. .

Yun Chu got up very early, and when he left, he glanced at the breakfast at home and felt that he had no appetite.

"Wait, go to Yamen after dinner."

Being stopped by Yu Xiurong, Yun Chu had no choice but to sit at the dinner table, frowning and drinking porridge and pickles with the whole family.

After eating a few mouthfuls, Yun Chu groaned and said to Yu Xiurong: "There is no need for this in our family, right?
This time is summer, there is no shortage of all kinds of vegetables, even if there is no meat, what about fish?This thing is everywhere in Chang'an, even frying some small fish is better than eating pickles, sometimes they put themselves into it pretending. "

Seeing that the whole family was looking at her with great anticipation, Yu Xiurong snorted and said, "At this time, the whole city is eating millet buns, if our family is full of fish and meat, people will think of you as a county lord.

At this time, it is the time when the whole city is united. We eat coarse food for a few days, even if it is for others to look at it.

Besides, these people in the family have never experienced hardships, so they just took this opportunity to eat a little bit, and let them know what a hard life is. "

Hearing what Yu Xiurong said, Naha and the others immediately understood that it was impossible for them to eat delicious food, so they lowered their heads and drank the porridge, especially Li Hulu who had just been scolded. Thinking, I'm about to put the porridge bowl on my face.

Cui Mian got up from a pink tent, looked back at the bookboy Cui Zhuan who was still sleeping soundly, and touched Cui Zhuan's pink lips with his index finger, and Cui Zhuan skillfully took his index finger in his mouth.

Cui Mian looked at the puppy-like Cui Zhuan gently and said in a low voice, "If I die, will you follow?"

Cui Zhuan fell into Cui Mian's arms, opened Cui Mian's skirt, leaned his head on Cui Mian's white as jade chest and said, "Where can I go when you are dead?"

Cui Mian looked at the bright window and said with a smile: "I thought last night was the day of my death, but I didn't expect Yunchu to be so tolerant."

Cui Zhuan was puzzled and said, "Since we know there will be assassins, why don't we arrange more nursing homes?"

Cui Mian shook his head and said: "No matter how many dogs there are, they can't stop a tiger that wants to eat people. Yunchu is a tiger that eats people, and he is the most vicious of these tigers."

Cui Zhuan said, "Why don't we go back to Zhuo County? Why do we stay in such a dangerous place like Chang'an?"

Cui Mian said with a smile: "We left Zhuojun this time, and we have no plan to go back, nor can we go back."

After finishing speaking, he patted Cui Zhuan's pretty face with his hand, and straightened his inner shirt. A moment later, a nobleman in brocade clothes appeared in the lobby of Cui's mansion in the capital.

Cui Zhuan bit his finger and watched Cui Mian leave. Immediately, a pair of dark eyes showed a burst of pain. Finally, he changed his clothes slowly, dragging a white gauze dress, holding a jade pot, Just walked into the lobby.

"Three hundred and twenty-six thousand and 350 eight loads of grain are already 36% of the grain stored in Chang'an City. Yunchu still has a large amount of grain in his hands to supply the people of Chang'an. I suspect that he has used the [-] places that have been sold to us. The grain in the Yicang, young master, by doing this, he obviously disregarded the delivery date of the grain in four months and was planning to cheat."

A shopkeeper with a big beard reported the information he had concluded to Cui Mian after the calculation was completed.

Cui Mian raised his hand and said: "These are not important. If he fails to hand over the grain purchased through the Qujiang Liushui card in November, it will be the Qujiang Liushui card that collapsed, not us."

The shopkeeper said anxiously: "In this way, our loss is too great. This time, the young master comes to Chang'an with the reputation of a world-famous family. Even if he can't make money, he can't lose so much. Once those people lose confidence in the young master, I'm afraid the son will die without a place to bury him."

Cui Mian waved his hand and said: "Destroying the running water cards in Qujiang, even if it loses more, it is worth it.

Besides, we have a lot of grain in our hands, even if we lose it, we will only lose ten thousand years, the grain in the 72 free warehouses in the two counties of Chang'an.

Now I'm waiting for Yunchu to use off-the-board tricks to deal with us. If we don't destroy the running water card in Qujiang, our running water card will not stand up.

Go and tell Mr. Liu that our bid for the houses on both sides of Zhuque Avenue is only [-] guan.

If he still refuses to agree, I will transport all the collected grain away, leaving no one for Chang'an. "

The shopkeeper's teeth were chattering, and he said after a long time: "It's one thing to threaten Yunchu with food. If the people of Chang'an are really starved to death, the emperor will not let us go."

Cui Mian said with a smile: "Actually, it was just for the emperor to see. The Cui family has been reviled as a third-class family, and the emperor is planning to rewrite the "Clan History". When they finish compiling this time, the Cui family will become an unknown person.

The emperor forbids us to marry or elect officials, and Yunchu is preventing us from moving into Chang'an.

Among these three, only Chang’an is the one we still have a little room for struggle. If we do it, we win, and I die.

Stop talking, go and tell Master Liu, either kill me, or agree to the conditions I put forward. "

Cui Mian's words made the shopkeeper sweat profusely, and the fear of being beheaded made him not know how to face the crazy Mr. Cui in front of him.

When Cui Zhuan came to the lobby with the jade pot in his hand, he brought a cup of bright red grape wine to Cui Mian's mouth. Cui Mian drank it all in one gulp, but there was some left in the corner of his mouth, which was the color of human blood.

The treasurer of the Cui family left, Cui Zhuan held Cui Mian's hand and said, "Young Master is very bitter."

Cui Mian nodded and said, "The current situation is not my wish."

Cui Zhuan said: "The current situation is like a year for Yunchu."

Cui Mian smiled wryly and said, "Actually, when Mr. Liu told me that one hundred thousand guan could win the No. [-] courtyard on Zhuque Street, I should have agreed.

In the end, the old thief Lu Ting took the lead. This old thief seemed to be acting as a peacemaker. In fact, the Lu family, who wanted him to be ruined, let the emperor see their loyalty in this dispute. The traitor in the family.

I wish I could eat the meat of this old thief. "

Cui Zhuan also wanted to persuade Cui Mian. Seeing that he was going crazy, he carefully shut his mouth. He knew that if he said one more word, he would be severely punished.

"Follow me to the Qingyun Tower, call the most famous singer in Chang'an City, and let's make a show of it."

Cui Mian gave an order and took Cui Zhuan out of Cui's mansion.

Just when Cui Mian was having a good time in Qingyun Tower, the largest brothel in Chang'an City, Yunchu just learned something from Di Renjie.

It turned out that Cui Mian planned to destroy the running water sign in Qujiang, and then find another way to get another one.

"All of our income now comes from running water brands. It stands to reason that the interest rate is not that big. Why would Cui Mian spend such a large amount of money on this thing?"

Yun Chu looked at Di Renjie's fat face and said, "Being a vegetarian for such a long time has not made you lose weight."

Di Renjie said irritably: "Most vegetarians are obese, so don't use this to make fun of me, and answer my question quickly."

Yun Chu spread out his hands and said: "I originally planned to choose five places in the east, west, north, south, and north of Datang to create five flowing water brands that can be combined.

Once these five running boards are built, all the bulk goods in Datang will come in and out through these five running boards.

At that time, the landowners of the aristocratic family will no longer have the means to harm the world, because there is only one channel for the goods in their hands, money and food, and that is the running water brand, which has become controllable.

I didn't expect that Cui Mian's eyes are very vicious, and he actually saw through my arrangement. "

Di Renjie nodded and said: "So, people are waiting for you to use extra tricks to deal with him now, whether it is burning down the granary or killing Cui Mian, they have something to say, and they can even use the excuse that we like to cheat and re-establish a running water Brand, take our place.

Speaking of which, the reputation we have managed to establish in Chang'an is actually not able to withstand the consideration of the aristocratic family.

In terms of reputation, the reputation of others for hundreds of thousands of years is much better than ours. Now I wonder why he doesn't build a new one to compete with us, and he has to break us down to be at ease. "

Yun Chu said with a smile: "Just like the house in Chang'an, they just don't want to accept our blackmail, don't want to suffer, let alone learn from us, this is a shame to them."

Di Renjie took out half a millet bun from his bosom and took a bite, "Everyone is in pain now. I just got the news that Cui Mian is going wild on Qingyun Tower to give you a chance to kill him."

　Chapter 1, I continue,
　　
　
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