after marrying stepbrother

Chapter 798
Chapter 798
The front was tightly blocked, Lin Yuesha sat in the carriage and waited for a quarter of an hour, saying nothing could make it through.

"Stop the car, I'll go down and have a look."

Lin Yuesha's eyebrows were frowned, and Wucheng had only surrendered to Daqi for a few days. Because the Qi army and Wucheng's garrison army joined forces, it was not difficult for the common people to know that the price of food has nearly doubled today.

These people were moved upon hearing the news, and more and more people came out of their homes with cloth bags in their hands, and some people in the crowd were scolded by everyone for jumping in line.

There is only so much grain in the grain store, and if it is sold out today, the price will not be the same tomorrow. These common people sighed, regretting that they could not buy grain earlier and save it.

"Miss, Wucheng is a rich place, why do people have to fight for food?"

Baicha looked puzzled, and an old lady heard what she said, and replied enthusiastically, "Miss, you can tell that you belong to a wealthy family just by looking at your clothes. We people can only earn hundreds of dollars a month. There are old and young. , the family only has a few catties of grain and rice, how can it be enough to eat! Looking at the situation, if the price is going to increase, it will be even more unaffordable!"

The prosperity of Wucheng is only limited to the people's food and clothing, and no one has extra money to squander casually.

Furthermore, after surrendering to Daqi, the future will be even more uncertain. No, Wucheng was still a pure land when the foreign races fought with Daqi, but now there are constant casualties. As ordinary people, they dare not say it publicly. In private, he scolded the city lord for flattery and became Daqi's lackey.

"Yeah, alas, our family is queuing up at another grain store, and I don't know if we can buy it."

When the people around mentioned the food stored at home, they all had sad faces and sighed.

Wucheng was involved in the flames of war. Although Daqi had the upper hand for the time being, foreign races were not cheap. This war might last for several years without end.

If there is no food in stock now, I will not even be able to drink a mouthful of porridge and rice in the future.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the brown rice, rough noodles, and barley rice are all sold out in our store, and only the round-grained rice and thin noodles are left. If you want it, come to the front!"

At the front of the crowd, a young man came out and beat the copper basin with a wooden stick to attract the attention of the people and announce the bad news.

Japonica rice is 25 Wen a catty, and fine flour is [-] Wen a catty.

"Huh? Japonica rice used to cost fifteen coins, but now it costs fifty coins. Fine noodles used to only cost eight coins!"

In the crowd, the voices of the common people were loud, whispering to each other. It has only been a few days. If the price has risen to the current price, how can we live if it continues to rise?A large family of several people bought a few catties of fine noodles, and they could only make noodle soup.

People keep chickens, ducks and other livestock in their homes, and they are still waiting to lay eggs, and they can’t eat meat in the sky. They only need to eat more food to control their hunger. Now that the price of grain and rice is soaring, it is even more difficult for them to fill their stomachs.

"Think it over, everyone, if you don't buy it today, it may not be the same price tomorrow!"

The little guy continued to knock on the copper basin, and kept shouting from the crowd, "Our grain shop is the cheapest in the vicinity. Go and check around. There are some unscrupulous merchants, and the japonica rice is already costing seventy or eighty yuan!"

"Hey, buy some japonica rice, at least you can make porridge and drink it, just keep your water full, man, give me two catties!"

The uncle at the front lamented that he was unlucky. The people in front bought the last rough noodles, and they were all sold out at his place. After queuing for an hour, he couldn't go back empty-handed. A bunch of copper plates, counted two or three times, and then reluctantly gave it to the man.

The people who came to line up were all nearby residents, begging for a living in the market, and did not collect food without land.

Almost everyone started to rummage through their pockets, counting coins, wondering how much grain and rice they could buy, and no one left.

"Miss, we still can't make it through."

Bai Cha is very impatient, seeing the situation, he will not stop until dark.

The price of rice and grain has soared, and the shopkeeper is ashamed to say that the grain shop is very conscientious, and the common people are willing to spend more money to buy it.

"The price has already been calculated. The buddy is right. My son just came back from the grain store on the street in front."

The prices over there are ridiculously high, and there are still people queuing up.

Now it's not the merchants asking for someone to buy, but whether they like to buy or not. There are only so many stocks in stock, and there will be no more when they are sold out.

Looking at the New Year, is it still making the family hungry and unable to eat a full meal?
"Those who have money and wealth, let's buy more. In case the soldiers of Daqi have nothing to eat, they will eventually have to rob us of our food!"

There was a small man with sly eyebrows and mouse eyes who kept inciting, "Da Qi's bandit behavior, it's not just once or twice, we are suffering!"

"Really, will you still rob us of the rations of the people?"

The people who lined up froze, sighing and complaining.

It was already miserable enough that they were affected for no reason. If they gave the soldiers what they ate, they would starve to death.

"Isn't it? Why do you raise the price of rice and noodles? It's because the foreign race burned the food reserves of the Qi soldiers!"

The people in the border town of Daqi had no food to eat, and most of the food and rice were supplied to the army. Now that the food and grass were burned, it was even more difficult.

"really?"

It was the first time everyone heard that Wucheng hardly interacted with Daqi.

"Really, it's more real than real gold!"

The little man opened his mouth and shut his mouth to slander the generals of Daqi, and after he finished speaking, he ran away in a hurry.

"What a dog!"

The coachman was a remnant soldier who retired from the Northwest battlefield. Because of bad legs and feet, he could only pull the carriage for Lin Yuesha. He was very angry when he heard this.

Daqi did have a few generals who were mobs, but never soldiers who bullied the common people. They worked desperately and fought bravely to kill the enemy, not just to make the border stable and the common people don't have to endure the invasion of war. In terms of the little man, they are worse than a group of bandits Not as good!

"Coachman, there is something wrong with this man."

Lin Yuesha narrowed her eyes, staring at the little man's back.

Not to buy food, but to incite the emotions of the people and make the people of Wucheng more resistant to Daqi. After speaking, he ran away immediately, probably to shoot and change places.

"You follow that man quietly and find his lair."

Those who have such a purpose are either the old enemy of the city lord of Wucheng, causing the people to be dissatisfied with the city lord, or the biggest possibility is the spies of foreign races staying in Wucheng.

"Young Madam, then you..."

The coachman nodded. As expected of the Young Madam, she had precise observations and sound analysis.

"I'm right here, protected by hidden guards."

Lin Yuesha waved her hand, she had to stay to clarify the nonsense that man was talking about.

"Folks, don't believe what he says. He is the servant of the largest grain and grass merchant in Wucheng. You can see that he has a wicked face and a very black heart."

Intensified conflicts, and then caused the people to panic even more. They emptied all their homes and used them to buy grain, while grain and grass merchants made war fortunes and made a lot of money, which was a big black heart.

If the price of grain drops in a few days, the money paid by the common people will be wasted.

(End of this chapter)