Chapter 241: The Conflict Among the Grain Stores (II)

When Jiang Pengji finally decided to take measurements, the price was already up to nine times higher than it used to be.

The gentry clans had their own granary and they made sure they had a sufficient stock of grain so they didn't have to worry about any emergency situations. Instead, they could take advantage of the situation and sell the old grain that they had stocked in their granary for a long time for a high price. On the contrary, the citizens had limited savings and most of them were having a hard time feeding their families.

The grain price was trending towards being ridiculously high. A great deal of people were haunted by it.

Many women wandered by the doors of the grain stores just hoping the price of the grain would decrease a little, but every time they only got the news that the price had risen again.

"Eh, with the savings we have, if we don't purchase now, we won't even be able to afford a bucket of rice…"