The first thousand two hundred and seventy-six chapters
This is not what I want to see! This is not what I want to hear!
We are here to convict Zhu Pingan of colluding with grain merchants, driving up grain prices, and accepting bribes. We are not here to see people offering work-for-relief services, let alone to listen to some ignorant people singing praises to Zhu Pingan!
So what if Zhu Ping'an does a good job in providing work-for-relief services? As long as we catch evidence of his colluding with grain dealers, driving up grain prices, and accepting bribes, we can still convict him of a serious crime and make him irreversible!
Just wait and see!
Wang Meng, Peng Cheng and others had dark faces and reminded Xu Hai and others to continue moving forward on the grounds that they were on official business and could not delay. They could not wait to go to Jingnan County to collect evidence that Zhu Ping'an had colluded with grain merchants to drive up grain prices and accept bribes.
Evidence of guilt!
Along the way from East Lake to Jingnan County, they did not see a single refugee or a hungry person. What they saw was a scene of birds singing and flowers fragrant, full of vitality, like a paradise. Vegetables were planted in the rice fields, and brand-new villages were built on the ruins.
The earth rises and the people live and work in peace and contentment
The East Lake Engineering Area is not far from Jingnan County, and they arrived at Jingnan County after walking for a while.
When they arrived at the North Gate of Jingnan, Xu Hai and others found that the North Gate of Jingnan had just been repaired. Not only had the aging and damaged walls, buttresses and parapets been repaired, enemy towers and archery towers had also been built to strengthen the defensive function.
This is probably to guard against Japanese pirates.
The East Lake is to solve the century-old flood disaster in Jingnan, and the city wall is to be repaired to prevent Japanese pirates.
Putting aside factors such as virtue, let’s just talk about the work-for-relief program. Zhu Pingan was able to combine the work-for-relief program with the long-term peace and stability of Jingnan, adapt to local conditions, and turn decay into magic. It is really amazing.
Entering Jingnan County, Xu Hai, Wang Meng and others were even more shocked.
Jingnan County is a bustling place, with shops lined up in rows, pedestrians and carriages coming in an endless stream, the penetrating shouts of small vendors coming and going, and the faces of every face filled with tranquility and contentment.
"Look, the official document!"
The excited voice of the Taiping magistrate woke everyone up from their shock.
Following the excited gaze of the Taiping Magistrate, Xu Hai and others saw an official document posted on the wall.
Close at hand, there is a white paper with red characters, covered with the bright red seal of Jingnan Magistrate, writing: From today on, every stone of grain in Jingnan County will be 2,500 yuan...
"Sure enough, it's an official document from Jingnan defining food prices!"
Seeing this red official document, Wang Meng and others felt as if they had found a treasure, and couldn't help but feel surging and excited.
You are very good!
Wang Meng glanced at Taiping Magistrate with admiration. Seeing the admiring looks of Wang Meng and others, Taiping Magistrate could not help but puff up his chest with excitement.
This is really a good start, a good sign! As soon as they entered Jingnan, they discovered an important crime against Zhu Pingan.
Clear away the haze along the way!
Wang Meng and others finally showed a smile, carefully tore off the official document, and put it away as if they had found a treasure.
"When I impeached Zhu Ping'an with Mr. Liu, every word is true." Taiping County Magistrate took the opportunity to express his merit.
"Yes. Based on this official document, I trust you." Wang Meng nodded encouragingly.
"Look, there's an official document in front of you!"
At this time, Zuo Zhen's sharp eyes found another official document and couldn't help but shout out.
"Huh? It's true." Wang Meng and others looked along and were surprised to see an official document defining the price of grain in Jingnan.
"There's another one over there! There's also one posted there! There's also one posted on that wall."
Before Wang Meng and others could recover from the surprise, Zuo Zhen noticed that the sounds of official documents were ringing out one after another.
What's going on?! Wang Meng and others are confused. Why have they posted so many official documents defining food prices? Is Zhu Ping'an afraid that the world won't know about his crimes?! He posted official documents all over the city!
"There is a grain store over there." Taiping County Magistrate discovered a grain store and quickly said to Wang Meng and others.
Sure enough, there was a grain shop open for business in front of it, named "Liu Ji Grain Shop", and the business looked very good.
"Let's go take a look." Wang Meng said, taking the lead to walk towards the grain store.
Xu Hai and others followed closely and walked into the "Liu Ji Grain Store". There were three shop assistants in the store entertaining customers. When they saw Wang Meng, Xu Hai and others entering the store, the shop assistants greeted them warmly.
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"Store, how do you sell this grain?" Wang Meng asked as he entered the store.
"Haha, uncle, the food in this shop is two thousand five hundred yuan per stone." The shop assistant replied warmly.
When Wang Meng heard this, he looked at each other with Peng Cheng, Zhang Wenbo and others, his face full of unconcealable joy.
The selling price in the grain store is indeed 2,500 yuan per stone! Hahaha, there are so many of us, including those from the official department, the household department, the punishment department, the supervisory censor, and the east factory.
Seen and heard!
Zhu Ping'an, let me see how you can quibble now!
Wang Meng and others couldn't help but look happy. At this moment, they felt that the victory was already within their grasp.
"But uncle, you are right to come today. Today is the birthday of our shopkeeper's grandmother. We have a special discount of 100 yuan for every stone of grain." The store clerk said to Wang Meng and others with a smile on his face.
"Hahaha, man, didn't your shopkeeper's grandmother have a birthday yesterday? Why did she celebrate it today?"
The customers who were buying grain in the store couldn't help laughing and joking after hearing this.
The store clerk replied very wittily, "Haha, our shopkeeper's grandmother is older, so it's normal to misremember."
"Hahahaha, grandma can remember it wrong, you shopkeepers can also remember it wrong, come on, I won't joke with you anymore, just give me a hundred catties of grain." The guest couldn't help but said with a smile.
"Okay, sir." The store clerk Dian Dian'er responded and took the food.
Xu Hai and others also noticed that it was Grandma's birthday. This was obviously the store looking for a reason to lower the price of food.
What's going on? Why do stores take the initiative to find reasons to lower food prices?!
"Haha, they are all from out of town." Seeing the surprised expressions on Xu Hai and others' faces, the grain buyers smiled and explained to them, "Since our magistrate has defined the price of grain, grain merchants from all over the country have
I heard that grain in Jingnan is expensive and profitable, so people come to Jingnan to sell grain. There are more and more grain shops in Jingnan. The grain in Jingnan is accumulating more and more. There are many grain shops in Jingnan.
There is more food, and the supply is gradually exceeding demand. The food has been transported thousands of miles, and it cannot be transported back. In order to sell food, grain merchants are thinking of ways to reduce the price of food. I estimate that in a few days, the price of food will still be high.
Can go down."
ah?!
How else could it be like this?!
Xu Hai, Tan Lun and others were shocked. Taizhou Fucheng and other counties now have no food for sale on the market. There is only a small amount of food for sale on the black market, but the price of food on the black market has skyrocketed. The black market in Taizhou Prefecture
The price of grain per stone is 3,500 Wen. The price of grain per stone on the black market in Taiping County has risen to 3,800 Wen. Even with such a high price, the supply of food on the black market is still in short supply, and food is often out of stock. But as for Jingnan, Jingnan has enough food, and even has enough food to sell it at a reduced price.
, the price of grain has dropped to 2,400 wen per stone, and there is a trend of continuing to drop prices.
In this way, looking back at Zhu Ping'an's official document defining grain as 2,500 yuan per stone, wouldn't it be a stroke of genius?
Xu Hai and others could not calm down for a long time.
Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, even wondered whether he would follow Zhu Ping'an's example when he returned and set the price of food in Taizhou at 2,500 wen per stone!