The best little eunuch

Chapter 61 Poor Mother and Daughter

Chapter 61 Poor Mother and Daughter

"That's right, not only in Jinling City, but prices in other places have gone up. And there are no officials in Nanjiang, so a lot of things are all on my head now." Lin Feng couldn't help complaining as he said.

Nodding his head, King Wu said, "Sure enough, it's exactly as I expected. At times like this, food prices rise the fastest."

"Then I don't know why King Wu asked me to come..." Lin Feng asked.

"If General Lin can trust me, I have a way to temporarily lower the price of this grain." King Wu said to Lin Feng.After finishing speaking, he looked at Lin Feng, the meaning was obvious: Can you trust me?
"I don't know what the king of Wu can do?" Lin Feng asked.

"This king's method is a bit ruthless. I don't know if General Lin will accept it." King Wu said, "First of all, let's take the gentry in Jinling City. General Lin can say that those merchants hoarding a large amount of grain are colleagues of this king." At that time, General Lin could justifiably steal their homes. Didn’t the grains all belong to the imperial court? The imperial court then used these grains to lower prices. However, this king estimates that after this matter, those Merchants don’t dare to drive up prices too much.”

King Wu's idea can be described as a double-edged sword. If it is not used well, it is very likely that the situation in Nanjiang will be further deteriorated. However, on the contrary, if it is used well, it can completely resolve the current crisis. Therefore, in order to solve For the current question, Lin Feng is going to try it.

After leaving King Wu's residence, Lin Feng did not go back to the left-behind department, but was going to the market to have a look, so as to learn about the current price situation on the spot.

The trade in the Yan Dynasty was still free, so there were various shops along the streets, and the things sold in them were also very complete.Lin Feng walked casually, asking the price of some things from time to time.Although I don't know how high the price is, but Lin Feng has been in the ancient times for a long time, and when he heard the price, he knew that the merchant was deliberately raising the price.

"You want to buy rice if you don't have money, poor man, get out!" Lin Feng heard this just as he walked to the door of a rice shop, so Lin Feng raised his head and looked inside. A woman pushes outside.

Lin Feng didn't bother to care about this kind of thing.It's not that he is cruel, but that he can't control it. There are too many such things.Unless he fundamentally solves the price issue, otherwise, if he can manage one, can he still manage ten or twenty or more?
At this moment, he heard a little girl's voice: "Mom, let's go back."

Looking up again, isn't it the little girl Xin'er he saw that day?Based on the principle of acquaintance, Lin Feng also walked in.When Xin'er saw Lin Feng, she hesitated for a moment, but she still didn't call Lin Feng, she was worried that Lin Feng didn't know them anymore.

Blinking at Xin'er, Lin Feng asked, "Why don't you recognize me?"

Nodding her head vigorously, Xin'er said, "Of course I do, you are a good person."

Being called a good person by a little girl, Lin Feng didn't know whether to be happy or sad?In his previous life, what he experienced the most was probably a girl saying to him: "You are a good person, but we are not suitable." Good people are sometimes very distressing.

The little girl's voice caught the woman's attention, she looked up at Lin Feng, the woman just nodded slightly and did not speak.However, Lin Feng found that the woman's face was obviously haggard.It seems that these days, their life is very difficult.

"Guest officer, are you buying rice?" The clerk saw Lin Feng's clothes and decided that Lin Feng would not have money to buy rice like Yunying's mother and son.While talking, the buddy blasted Yunying's mother and son out.

Sighing helplessly, Yunying took Xin'er's little hand and walked slowly towards the outside of the rice shop.

"Wait." Lin Feng shouted.

After glancing at Lin Feng, Yun Ying asked, "I don't know what orders this lord has?"

Looking at the buddy, Lin Feng said, "Put twenty catties of rice on them."

"Guest officer, this money..." The guy's meaning was obvious, it's fine to give them rice, but you have to give money.

Stretching his hand into his bosom, Lin Feng took out a silver bill of one hundred taels, and said, "Is that enough?"

The clerk took the banknote, looked at it carefully, and said happily: "Enough, of course it is enough. I will go and fill the rice bag for them." The clerk said, and picked up the rice bag that Yunying brought. The bag is gone.

Looking at Lin Feng, Yun Ying saluted Lin Feng Yingying and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome. As the saying goes, meeting is fate. If you have difficulties, I should help you." Lin Feng smiled kindly and said.

Looking up at Lin Feng, Yun Ying said: "When I have money, I will return it to you." Yun Ying's words were full of stubbornness.Obviously, she was unwilling to accept other people's charity just like that.

"Eh..." Lin Feng originally wanted to say that there is no need to pay it back, but seeing Yunying's firm eyes, Lin Feng quickly changed his words and said, "Okay, when you have more money, you can pay me back." Anyway, he was in Nanjiang. It won't be long, as soon as the things here are over, it's time for him to return to the capital.Yunying couldn't find herself, so naturally she didn't have to pay back the money.

"Thank you, my lord." Yun Ying said, and saluted Lin Feng again.

Soon, the guy filled up the rice bag that Yunying brought.From Lin Feng's unprofessional eyes, it can be seen that the bag of rice definitely weighs more than twenty catties.

After handing the rice bag to Yunying, the clerk said, "Guest, your silver is just enough to buy fifty catties of rice. You didn't bring a rice bag, so after thinking about it, I just put it all in this rice bag."

For 100 taels of silver, I bought fifty catties of rice. One can imagine how expensive this rice is.On an ordinary day, one tael of silver can buy almost ten catties of rice. From this we can also see how fast the price has risen.

After receiving the bag of rice from the waiter, Yunying tried several times, but she still couldn't lift it.After all, he is a weak woman.And looking at the obvious sallowness on her face, it can be seen that she probably hasn't had a good meal for many days.It would be strange to have the strength to lift the rice bag.

Taking the bag of rice from Yunying's hand, Lin Feng said, "Let me carry it for you." After saying that, Lin Feng stretched out his hand and lifted the bag of rice. Not to mention, the fifty catties of rice is really heavy.It seems that the ancients didn't have the habit of short catties and short meals.

Looking at Lin Feng with some embarrassment, Yunying said, "How dare you do this? My lord, your body is so precious, how can you have the nerve to let you do this? Let me do this by myself." As Yunying said, she was about to be picked up by Lin Feng. up rice bag.

As the two fought, their hands couldn't help but touch each other.Yun Ying withdrew her hand like a frightened rabbit, her face became rosy, and she was obviously ashamed.

"Let me do it. Xin'er, show uncle the way, I'll send the rice to your house." Lin Feng also felt a little embarrassed, so he said to Xin'er.

"Okay." As Xin'er said, she took her mother Yunying's hand and walked outside first.Lin Feng followed behind.

Along the way, Lin Feng bought some food for them and half a catty of meat along the way.For such a small amount, Lin Feng spent nearly 20 taels of silver on the tea.Judging from these prices, ordinary people really can't survive.It seems that lowering prices is imperative.

Sending rice to Yunying's residence, Lin Feng saw their bare house, and Lin Feng could tell: their life must be difficult.

"Miss Yun, well, if you don't mind, you can go to the left-behind department to help with cooking or other tasks, with food and accommodation included, what do you think?" With the current price, food and accommodation is probably the best treated.

"I...I..." Looking at Lin Feng, Yunying blushed a few times, and said a few words about me, but she didn't say anything.

"Think about it slowly. When you think about it, you can go to the left-behind department to find me, and I will arrange a job for you." After Lin Feng finished speaking, he turned and walked out.Yunying opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything to keep Lin Feng.There has been an old saying in China since ancient times: There are many gossips at the widow's door.Yun Ying also didn't want to be slandered by her neighbors, and she didn't want Lin Feng's reputation to be damaged.So, after hesitating for a long time, Yunying didn't say anything.

After leaving Yunying's residence, Lin Feng no longer needed to check prices outside.Lin Feng has almost mastered everything that should be mastered.Walking to Xiao Fan's teahouse, Lin Feng went straight up to Xiao Fan's room.

Seeing Lin Feng's sudden appearance, Xiao Fan was taken aback. He saluted Lin Feng, and Xiao Fan asked, "I don't know if your lord came here suddenly. Do you have anything to tell me?"

"Do you know the merchants in Jinling City?" Lin Feng asked.

Nodding his head, Xiao Fan said, "I know a little bit. After all, the young ones can be regarded as half businessmen, and they have contacts with many businessmen in the city."

"Then who are the biggest merchants in Jinling City?" Lin Feng asked.As long as the largest merchants in Jinling City are persuaded to lower their prices, other small merchants will also have to lower their prices.Therefore, the key to this matter lies in those big merchants.

After thinking for a while, Xiao Fan said, "Currently, the largest merchant in Jinling City should be Mr. Shen Lingfeng. Their shops almost account for more than half of the shops in Jinling City."

"So many?" Lin Feng was a little surprised. Shen Lingfeng actually occupied half of the shops in Jinling City, so he probably has a lot of property.But why didn't King Wu dare to rob him before he left?It stands to reason that when King Wu's army withdrew, he had to look for the bad luck of these rich households.

"That's right, Mr. Shen's connections spread all over the south of the Yangtze River. Even in the court, many officials became officials because of Mr. Shen's support. Therefore, most of them became Mr. Shen's backer. One of the reasons why the master's business is getting bigger and bigger." Xiao Fan is indeed worthy of being the person in charge of Skynet in Jinling City, and he really knows a lot.

(End of this chapter)