He had just moved back, and many of his things were still in their original places.
Now that he knows Qingyang plans to deal with him, there is a hidden danger right now. He can no longer take risks and must nip the threat in the bud!
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Youhu small house.
Qingyang just took a sip of hot tea when he heard a "plop" outside.
It was very light, like something falling on the ground.
She pushed the door open and saw a chickadee landing under the plum blossom tree. There was some light snow last night, which turned into ice during the day. The chickadee struggled a few times, its thin legs kept slipping, and it couldn't support its body.
"Can't it fly?" Qingyang held it in the palm of his hand and observed it.
The chickadee fluttered its wings and tried to escape, but was unable to do so and could only tremble and gasp.
Qingyang brought it back indoors, placed it on the long table next to the brazier, and quickly fed it two pills the size of sesame seeds while its mouth was open.
The elixir melted in the mouth, and the tit quickly stopped trembling.
Qingyang looked at the corners of its eyes carefully and sighed: "You are getting old too."
Although this tit is so furry and cute, if you look closely, you can see that the corners of its eyes are a bit bald, and its claws are also hard, so it looks like it is old.
It was freezing cold and it was difficult for the old bird to find food, so it fainted under the tree.
Qingyang stretched out his finger and nodded its head gently: "Did your tribe also abandon you?"
This bird is not a monster, so of course it cannot answer.
She stirred up the brazier, and the tits spread their wings slightly, quickly warming themselves.
Less than half an hour later, someone suddenly knocked on the door: "Palace Master? There is a message."
It's Yuan Xuan's voice.
Qingyang called out: "Come in."
Squeak, as soon as the door opened, the tit was frightened, fluttering its wings and rushed out from the crack of the door, eager to return to the ice and snow.
Yuan Xuan was startled, and took a step back to see what was going out, but he heard Qingyang say softly: "This old bird is really stupid, he doesn't enjoy the blessings, and he wants to return to the dangerous world."
Yuan Xuan also saw clearly that what flew out was a common tit. He quickly retracted his gaze and entered the house to close the door:
"Palace Master, Shui Jing has sent an urgent message."
He held a round mirror in his hand. The surface of the mirror was filled with water vapor and blurred, but there were a few handwritten words on it:
"I took the festival flags from the treasury of Yao Palace. Your Majesty met with Wang Sili secretly. The king led 200 elite troops to the north gate."
If King Yao were here, his hair would stand on end:
Why did the secret that just happened in the palace reach Qingyang immediately?
Especially the things he ordered to be taken from the treasury should have been kept very secret.
The scrawled writing on the mirror shows that the person who wrote it is anxious.
This is water mirror technique.
In the past, Yu Zecheng, a subordinate of the Imperial Master Shuangye, and his uncle and nephew Wanqi plotted to seize the Yangshan Islands. They used the water mirror technique to conduct short-distance real-time communication.
Qingyang's residence is now under strict surveillance by people sent by King Yao. The original demon birds and flying information methods are easy to be intercepted, so Qingyang activated this set of magical tools.
The sender was not far from Youhu House, and he was also holding a precious mirror. As long as he wrote on the mirror, Yuan Xuan could receive it in real time.
This communication method is safe and concealed. The only drawback is that it is effective at a short distance and is inconvenient to use in fierce battles.
Qingyang's eyes narrowed: "King Yao ordered to take the festival flag?"
The banner is a talisman that represents the royal power. It is usually hidden in the treasury and can only be retrieved by envoys or expeditions.
When an envoy holds it, it will be like a king coming in person, the soldiers will kneel down and bow when they see it, and foreign courts will also return the favor. It can be said to be a very important ritual vessel.
At this time, where did King Yao want to send his envoys?
He also secretly summoned Wang Sili.
Wang Sili is also a general of the Yao Kingdom. He has great military exploits and sent troops to frighten the small country in the south a few years ago. He is now fifty-two years old.
But this guy hasn't fought in a few years. Why did King Yao suddenly transfer him to the north?
North? Two hundred elite soldiers?
"No!" Qingyang shouted, "Submonstrate General Chongwu, quickly!"
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Next, two major events happened in Tianshui City:
First of all, food prices have risen again. At first, rice was only five cents per pound, but now it costs fifty cents to buy it.
Food prices have officially increased tenfold.
How many people can afford fifty cents?
In other words, the money that originally could buy ten days of food can now only buy one day.
Food is the basis of people's livelihood. If food prices rise, can other things not follow suit?
Residents of Tianshui City found that all living supplies were very expensive, with prices doubling in just a few days.
The more expensive and rare something is, the more people rush to buy and hoard it.
Because things are too expensive, shops on the street have closed down. Except for Tianshui City North District, foreign businessmen want to find a place to take a bath and shave their bones in the city, but they can't find it.
While a bunch of officials were arrested one after another, the government also arrested nearly 300 businessmen, large and small, in Tianshui City, Mangzhou and other major cities. The charges were driving up prices and hoarding, and seized a large amount of grain from their chamber of commerce grain stores.
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The people clapped their hands and applauded, and threw filth at the entrances of these shops. The store clerks were also beaten when they went out, and they almost became rats crossing the street.
So Dongshang Grain Store, one of the largest grain stores in Tianshui City, opened its shop on Tianshui Main Road and sold a limited number of 20,000 kilograms of rice every day, at thirty-five cents per catty, but each person was limited to three taels, and repeated purchases were not allowed. Once sold out
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The same goes for several other food stores.
They were all dispatched by the government. Translated into vernacular, they were forced by the government to sell cheap grain.
It won't work if you don't sell it, and it won't work if you can't get food.
The government only sends people to watch you sell grain, regardless of whether you can get it or not.
It depends on whether you are willing to use your subjective initiative. If you are not willing, the big businessmen who usually enjoy rich life and luxury will have to go to jail.
However, although large commercial banks like Dongshang Grain Store were forced to sell affordable grain, less than 70% of it was actually sold to the people. Where did the other 30% go? Sorry, it went to people who had no purchase restrictions.
In order to collect meals for the family, one household often goes to various major food stores and takes turns queuing up.
If you go a step late, you will miss a bye.
At this time, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy food.
Panic has further pushed up food prices.
In today's Tianshui City, the only thing that rises faster than the price of residential land in Xincheng is the price of food.
Some residents couldn't stand it any longer and began to sell their Xincheng residential land.
Fan Shuang also reported to He Lingchuan that he could no longer buy food. He really couldn't buy it. There was a foreign military general who had just entered the capital, and he and his dozen or so guards were trapped in an inn and hungry. He could still buy food a few days ago.
A few bowls of overpriced pasta, a bowl worth 130 yuan, are enough to satisfy my hunger. Now the restaurants in the whole street outside are closing because they can't get the ingredients.
This general tried to make connections everywhere, but he couldn't get food.
If a noble man is in such embarrassment, how can ordinary people fare better?
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The northern front line of Yao Kingdom, Bailing'an.
Bailing'an was originally a small town with more than a hundred households, but since it became a front line, the town was expropriated and turned into a military camp.
This is the northernmost part of Yao Kingdom, and even the falling snowflakes are more solid than those in the south.