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At the beginning of November, the Tongji Canal was not completely dredged, but heavy snow fell and the weather was suddenly cold. The entire north became a snow country, and the Yellow River began to freeze.
The price of food in Luoyang City is rising day by day, and the supply is still in short supply.
I don¡¯t know who spread the news. Not a single grain of food from Huainan can be delivered to Luoyang this winter, and the local food supply in Luoyang has long been empty because of Huang Mingyuan¡¯s large-scale relief work for the victims.
There were millions of people in Luoyang City. When they heard the news, they were immediately shocked and went crazy to buy food. The queues in front of grain stores everywhere were miles long, and many people went to buy rice all day and night in advance.
There are no pure businessmen these days, and there are shadows of big families behind every rice shop. Therefore, Dugu Zheng made a sound, and everyone seemed to have made an appointment, hoarding rice one after another. They only sold rice for an hour every day, and the supply was still in short supply. There is often a price on the first day, and then a new price when the door is checked again the next day.
The price of rice in Luoyang increased three times a day, from more than ten yuan per dou of rice to one hundred and fifty yuan per dou of rice.
This is a hardship for the people of Luoyang, but food is an irreplaceable commodity. No matter how expensive food is, can people still eat it?
In fact, Huang Mingyuan had expected this situation a long time ago. The floods in Henan coincided with the autumn harvest season, so countless counties and counties had no harvest, which resulted in millions of victims waiting for food.
After Huang Mingyuan took control of Hanjiacang, he immediately sent 800,000 shi of grain to various counties in Henan to provide disaster relief.
"There are hundreds of thousands of refugees around Luoyang City. Based on one kilogram of rice per person per day, they consume five to six thousand shi of food every day. At this time, Hanjiacang was not the largest warehouse in the world in the future Tang Dynasty. After nearly one million shi of grain came out, Hanjiacang itself would be empty.
Huang Mingyuan knew very well that if the other party dared to increase the price, he knew that there was a shortage of food in Hanjiacang and he would not be able to sustain it for long.
But no matter how ruthless the other party¡¯s tricks are, he has to find a way to calm down food prices and maintain stability, otherwise the local people in Luoyang City will be in chaos.
¡° Hoarding is not uncommon in history. Many times, the comparison is based on the trump card in hand, but Huang Mingyuan cannot guarantee that his trump card is better than that of his opponent.
On November 5, Huang Mingyuan ordered that anyone who hoards goods and raises prices at rice stores and grain stations in various places will be severely punished.
On the 8th, Huang Mingyuan ordered the government to release 200,000 shi containing Jiacang grain to calm the price of grain.
On the 10th, Huang Mingyuan ordered the requisition of 500,000 dan from Huiluocang and Luokoucang near Luoyang to calm the price of grain.
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Huang Mingyuan spent 700,000 shi of grain to calm the price of grain. Although it was fierce, it was like water without roots. He poured it into the huge Luoyang market and severely suppressed the grain price in Luoyang, but it did not reach Huang Mingyuan's level. Purpose. Rice shops everywhere followed Huang Mingyuan's price decline, but when it reached fifty yuan a dou of rice, it could no longer drop. Instead, the other party bought the court's affordable rice for forty yuan a dou of rice.
Two days later, the price of rice in Luoyang rose to 60 yuan per dou of rice, and it was still on the rise.
By this time, the major families had already made a lot of money, and they kept laughing at Huang Mingyuan's stupidity.
In the Dugu family, Dugu strictly ordered all the rice shops and grain depots under the family to eat the grain released by the court, and they would eat as much as they could.
Dugu Huaien, the son of Dugu Zheng, was worried that Huang Mingyuan would continue to transfer grain back to Luocang, Luokou Cang, and even Heyang Cang and Changping Cang to lower the price of food in Luoyang, but Dugu Zheng denied it.
"Huai'en, what's the use of having more grain in Luocang and Luokou this time? The famine in Luoyang is not just a day or two, but it will be half a year until next summer's harvest. How much grain does Huang Mingyuan have to fill it?
¡°I¡¯m not afraid of him mobilizing grain and setting up price stations with us. The cost of our grain is not high and we can afford it with him. I also hope that he will use up all the food around Luoyang. How will he explain it to the emperor? "
Seeing his son a little dazed, Dugu Zheng said to his son: "Huai'en, there is no food here, and the emperor is not that stubborn. It is best to deal with Huang Mingyuan for this. My Dugu family monopolized 50% of the food business in the Sui Dynasty. This is what I am today. The confidence to dare to fight Huang Mingyuan."
At this time, the imperial court¡¯s food distribution continued.
Huang Mingyuan was very courageous, but everyone else in the court was frightened. Even Wei Xuan, Fan Zigai and others advised Huang Mingyuan to think carefully and not to engage in a moral battle with the grain merchants. The court is short of food, which is no joke.
Even Yang Xian, who was enjoying himself at home and not caring about worldly affairs, was shocked.
The grain trade in Luoyang City is monopolized by three families: the Dugu family, Qi Wangfu and Xu Gongfu. Among them, Dugu Family is the most prosperous, accounting for 60% of the market., Prince Qi¡¯s Mansion and Duke Xu¡¯s Mansion add up to almost 35%. The price of food in Luoyang City has risen sharply these days, and Yang Xun's rice store and grain station are also making a lot of money.
Seeing that this business can both make money and disgust Huang Mingyuan, Yang Xian couldn't be happier.
Especially disgusting Huang Mingyuan.
Yang Jian is always happy to do anything that can cause trouble for Huang Mingyuan.
But soon, Yang Xian also discovered a problem. Huang Mingyuan kept selling grains on the market. These were grains from major granaries such as Hanjiacang and Luokou Granary. They were all strategic grain reserves for the imperial court.
This year¡¯s harvest in Henan is bad, and next year¡¯s expedition to Goguryeo will require the imperial court to rely on these grains. However, Huang Mingyuan has sold out all the stored grains. What will the imperial court use next year?
Yang Jian was also scared when he thought about this.
Originally, this matter had nothing to do with Yang Jian, but he had given Huang Mingyuan the token in the first place. When the emperor came back, he was furious because of the empty food and grass, so he could run away from him.
At this time, everyone around him advised Yang Jian to draw a clear line with Huang Mingyuan's actions in a timely manner.
Yang Jian then ran to Huang Mingyuan and made a big fuss, asking Huang Mingyuan to stop selling grain, but of course Huang Mingyuan refused. This is a war that cannot be abandoned halfway.
Yang Jian roared angrily: "Huang Mingyuan, you act so wantonly, I will impeach you to the emperor."
Huang Mingyuan remained unmoved at all.
Seeing that the food in the court was getting less and less like water, everyone had different thoughts. No matter what, no one thought Huang Mingyuan could escape this test. More people looked at Huang Mingyuan and were afraid that he was really going to collapse.
After sending Yang Xian away, Huang Mingyuan sent an order to increase the official price of grain to 60 yuan a dou, without restricting anyone from buying it.
Fan Zigai and others felt that Huang Mingyuan was crazy. Most of the grain sold by the government was bought by people from various rice shops and then sold again at high prices. At this time, the imperial court did not want to restrict these people from buying, but instead provided them with conveniences. In the end, it was not in vain that it harmed the interests of the imperial court and enriched the merchants.
But Huang Mingyuan still insisted on his own way. Two days later, Huang Mingyuan ordered the price of food to be raised to 70 yuan per bucket.
At this time, businessmen at various rice stores and grain stations cheered. In their view, this meant that Huang Mingyuan could no longer hold on.
The prices at various rice stores and grain stations have also been pushed up, trying to form a circle around Huang Mingyuan. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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