Chương 461: The new wind, adding crime
Xiao Tianyao didn't reply to Lin Chujiu, he put the Luban lock pillars together with the letter. He put the matter aside and only wrote an order to Su Cha. He wanted him to ask some skilled craftsmen to see if he could use the principle of Luban lock to building's lock or weapons delivery.
When Su Cha received Xiao Tianyao's reply, he was no surprise at all. He knew things would be like this. That's why he has been pestering Lin Chujiu for the past few days. Only after that he finally able to squeeze her knowledge in Luban lock.
Lin Chujiu. who has been harassed by Su Cha these days, said everything. But Su Cha didn't believe her. He kept pestering her to say more and more… …
However, she was not cotton soaked in water, that can squeeze out the water if he wanted!
Lin Chujiu had said a thousand times that she studied medicine with enthusiasm, but only used Luban lock as toys. How would she understand the principle behind it?
Lin Chujiu, who was frightened by Su Cha, had no choice but pretend to be sick just to avoid him!
Lin Chujiu originally only wanted to pretend sick for a couple of days. It would be nice if Su Cha will give up after this. However, she hasn't had a chance to announce her sickness, big news came from the front line, Xiao Tianyao came out! The 200,000 troops that vanished in the forest several months ago came out safely!
Since Xiao Tianyao disappeared in the dense forest, his life and death were unknown, but he found the missing army several days after that. When the people in the capital heard the news, they were all shocked.
"Xiao Wangye walked out of the dense forest and found the army that had been missing for several months. How could this be possible? Could this be fake news?" The people in the capital, who's heart was hanging, suddenly became noisy… …
Several days ago, when they heard that Xiao Wangye disappeared, the people in the capital got panicked. Every day, they wait for the news in the front line, only to be disappointed.
When the news of Xiao Wangye's disappearance came out, the grain of rice became a high commodity in an instant. Whether the person was rich or not, they bought rice first.
They got scared. They got scared of Xiao Wangye's disappearance. They don't believe that the front line will be able to hold the battle. Once the Northern Army invade the nearest provinces and loot the foods. The price of food will drastically increase or they will have no food to eat.
This kind of event happened a few years ago. After each war, the price of food will inevitably increase. Even if people have no money to buy it, the price remained high. People of the East Country suffered a lot.
"New rumors came out every day, is this news true or not?" People, who were lining up to buy food, accidentally heard this news, and then looked at the price of foods that had increased with 5 copper coins than yesterday. They hesitated and then leave.
If Xiao Wangye was alright, the price of food will inevitably fall. They don't want to buy it!
"I don't know. Didn't they say that Xiao Wangye died the other day? I just saw the official news they posts, but I'm not sure if it's true or false. The court doesn't say anything." People were very disturbed with the price hike.
What's going on?
However, in a blink of an eye, the price of food rose by two copper coins again.
"Is this news false? These big businessmen are well-informed, they will not get it wrong." The man who just stepped out of the line regretted it.
Crazy, the price of foods had increased by two copper coins, it's not wise to buy it. However, if they failed to win the war, the price of food will increase much more than this.
"Brown rice, I want 50 pounds of it."
"Rice, I want to 200 pounds, give me 200 pounds!"
The grain store was full of people who wanted to buy grain of rice. The shopkeeper proudly said: "Hurry up, buy now before it's gone. Our rice will be sold out soon."
"I, I… have silver, here's my silver coins."
"I'm in front, you give me first, weigh it for me."
The front of the grain shop was full of people. Everyone was afraid that the price of food will increase again, so they were hurrying to pay. But the next moment, an official beat the gong in the street and said: "Reporting back from the front line, Xiao Wangye came back safe and will return with his army to the front line. They will soon face the Northern Army, everyone, be at ease!"
*Dong * After he finished, he beat the gong again to remind the people along the street.
"Everyone, be at ease. Xiao Wangye brought back his army in the front line. We will win this battle!"
The imperial court was so active to make an announcement. After all, some unscrupulous businessmen made use of Xiao Tianyao's disappearance to make a fortune in war, forcing the emperor to take a shot.
Well, these unscrupulous merchants, one of them was Su Cha!
It's not that Su Cha was shameless, but all the businessmen were. Su Cha was actually pretty kind. The price of the Su Family's grain shops has the lowest price compared to others. And today, the price of their grain returned to the normal price, which helped a lot more families.
As soon as official news came out, what else people should be worried about?
"Traitor, treacherous trader, you treacherous trader, even after learning that Xiao Wangye is safe, you still raise the price of food. Smash them, everyone, let's smash this shop altogether that took our money."
The people, who busily bought grains in front of the grain shop, when they heard the official news, they felt wrong. They spent a lot of money, so they immediately get angry. Whether it was against the law or not, they smashed the shops and grab the grains.
The law was there, these profiteers cheat them first, so even if they smashed the shop, they will only be jailed for a few days, but robbing the grain was a big deal… …
When someone took the lead, the others immediately followed. The big grain shops in the capital were smashed and robbed. Su Family's grain shop was no exception, but their shops slightly look much better. Their grains outside were robbed, but the rest remained intact.
The incident was too big, several people died during the robbery. When this news reached the palace, the emperor was furious and ordered the officer to severely punish the merchants, who raised prices arbitrarily, and at the same time locked up the people who caused trouble.
Such an event happened at the foot of the emperor, so naturally, it attracted the imperial court's attention. The next day, there was an impeachment event happening in the imperial court, saying this incident was caused by Xiao Wangye's willful behavior and corrupt officials. So they asked the emperor to punish Xiao Wangye to serve as an example.
Xiao Tianyao was on the front line. How he will be severely punished?
Of course, some also came forward to speak for Xiao Wangye and said it has nothing to do with him. Obviously, the court officials didn't try to appease the people, making them scared and panic by the sudden disappearance of Xiao Wangye.
As soon as the emperor heard of this, his face drastically changed. He withdrew the man's official position on the spot and ordered to be punished by twenty boards.
To say that the imperial officials didn't appease the people, does it mean that he was an incompetent emperor? He, the dignified emperor was sitting in the capital, but he cannot appease the people near him?
The emperor knew very well that Xiao Tianyao's disappearance was to bring his army out in the dense forest. The emperor was originally very dissatisfied with Xiao Tianyao's behavior. So when the palace officials mentioned it, his dissatisfaction became twelve points.
Regardless of whether the emperor was being unreasonable, he immediately sent a decree to reprimand Xiao Wangfu, all the responsibility of merchants increasing the price of foods and the people's responsibility for looting food will be shouldered by Xiao Wangfu. Xiao Wangfu has to pay 200,000 silver… …
When the eunuch finished reading the imperial edict, Lin Chujiu was stunned.
The price of food increased. What did the other people in the front line do? Their wangye only has gone missing for a few days. How will he know that those unscrupulous merchants will use this to increase the price and people will rob the food?
It's not like they didn't encounter trouble before, but it wasn't serious like this.
Is this a premeditated plan?
Emperor, you are too cruel!
This kind of charge, isn't he trying to ruin their wangye's reputation?
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