Prefect's House.
Representatives of the squires and landlords of Bailong City are gathering in the council hall of the Prefect's Mansion.
The squires and landlords were sitting on the chairs of the council hall, drinking tea and pulling the parents, but they were not worried about the absence of Mi Qian, the prefect of Bailongcheng.
Let him be an ostrich. Anyway, Prefect Mi must give an explanation for this matter.
Mi Qian, who was in the back hall, also paced back and forth, and the chief clerk next to him said cautiously, "Master Prefect, Master Lao and Master Tao Ye have been waiting in the council hall for two hours, and it's not an option to delay it like this.
The locust plague that broke out last month just ended, and the food shortage in Bailong City was huge.
We need to rely on these gentlemen in the city now, otherwise it will be difficult to handle a civil uprising. "
The appearance of the locust plague a month ago caused a severe blow to the agriculture in this area of Bailong City, and all the food that was about to grow was eaten up by the locusts.
I don't know who spread the rumors, saying that the food on the market has also bottomed out because of the purchase of Chinese people, causing the people in the entire Bailong City area to panic about the shortage of food.
As a result, the price of food has also risen steadily, and it has been unstoppable for a while.
Because of his own misappropriation, the granary in Bailong City sold it to Chinese merchants and landlords, and exchanged it for currency to enrich his own pockets.
And now is the time to use it, but it is impossible to open the warehouse and put food.
Faced with the problem of insufficient food, Mi Qian's head also increased.
Although the Chinese merchants brought ship after shipment of food, the rumored White Dragon City was also very unfriendly to these Chinese merchants.
All kinds of rumors are flying around, and there are different opinions about the emergence of the locust plague.
It is said that the locust plague is because these Chinese people bought the furry food, resulting in the lack of offerings for the locust gods. This locust plague was launched to warn the empire.
And now the Chinese people bring the food back, it is completely fake.
It is even sold to furry at a high price, earning huge profits.
In the eyes of the people of Bailongcheng, Huaxia bought the food of Bailongcheng at a low price, and then took advantage of the fire and sold it back to Bailongcheng at a high price.
This is tolerable and unbearable.
The second theory of the locust plague is that the railways and highways built by the Chinese people, as well as various factories, farms, and plantations, have destroyed the furry feng shui.
Feng Shui, whether it is in Huaxia or Furry, is believed by some people.
Coupled with those Taoist priests, warlocks, and storytellers who roam the rivers and lakes, Feng Shui is even more widely spread.
God knows how these rumors started. In short, because of this locust plague, dissatisfaction with the Chinese people has also arisen in the city.
At this juncture, Mi Qian did not dare to buy food from the Chinese people anymore.
If a hat colluding with outsiders is buckled, Mi Qian is likely to be unable to protect the black hat.
Now if you want to get food, probably, the only way is to rely on the gentry in the council hall.
Mi Qian sighed and said with a swirl of sleeves, "Okay, come with me to the council hall to see."
After a while, a sharp voice came from the door of the council hall: "The prefect is here—"
The gentlemen held their tea and turned their heads, only to see the smile on the face of the Prefect Mi. He walked out of the inner room briskly, looked at the crowd, and cupped his hands again and again: "Everyone, you are involved in government affairs, delay, delay. ."
The gentlemen hummed and smiled inwardly: "That's not it, if there is a delay, it will be delayed for 2 hours."
The representative of the gentry, Lao, said: "Your Excellency the Prefect is in charge of every day, and everything should focus on government affairs."
Lao is the main representative of this group of gentry. He had been admitted to fame before, but he was later fired because he was on the wrong team and because of his misbehavior.
After returning to his hometown of Bailong City, he became an important figure in Bailong Chen Shishen because of his small fame, and he was also the pen holder of these gentlemen.
Prefect Mi rolled up his sleeves, stretched out his hand, and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, everyone, please take a seat."
After the representatives of the gentry took their seats, Mi Qian continued, "I don't know why you are here."
Although Mi Qian knew what these gentry were going to do, he still had to pretend he didn't know.
At this time, a man named Tao Ye among the gentry bowed his hands and said: "Lord Prefect, I am waiting for this time to come here, I hope that Lord Prefect will be able to see clearly, slay demons and eliminate demons, and clean up all those who confuse the White Dragon City and cause the plague of locusts. "
Mi Qian frowned slightly, and sure enough, these gentlemen directly pointed their finger at the Huaxia people.
Prefect Mi asked, "What do you mean?"
Tao Ye is the largest landlord in Bailong City and here, and he said directly: "Building railways, building roads, building ports, building factories, running farms, and planting gardens, all of which have greatly harmed the furry, and destroyed the furry's feng shui. The locust god was angry and brought down today's plague on us.
Iron is used to make farm implements and weapons, but Chinese people use it to build roads, which is against ethics.
Asphalt, cement, these unheard of monsters to build roads, how is it different from evil spirits
The port of White Dragon City is even used by Chinese people. Is it furry or Chinese
Building factories, running farms, and planting gardens, these Chinese people use money as a temptation to lure farmers away from our land, so that there are no farmers on our land to grow crops, resulting in the emergence of large tracts of wasteland. These This is the culprit behind the outbreak of the locust plague.
The Chinese people pretended to take advantage of this locust plague to sell food to us at high prices. This is obviously taking advantage of the fire.
Your Excellency the Prefect, please also look into it. "
Master Lao also said: "Lord Prefect, Bailong City must investigate and punish Chinese factories, farms, and plantations, stop the construction of railways and highways, and demolish the port.
Otherwise, the anger of the locust god may break out.
I wait for the people of White Dragon City, I can't bear it! "
"This… "
It was a bit unexpected for Mi Qian that the gentry forced the palace so hard, but it was not the Huaxia people who sold the most grain in Bailong City, but the big landlords like Tao Ye.
They hoarded food, and took advantage of this period of time to raise the price of food, and sold the food bit by bit, squeezing the money of the people of Bailong City, which was not much money.
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As far as Mi Qian knew the news, it was only if these gentlemen took out some of the food at home and sold them.
Not only will the food prices in Bailong City be suppressed, but the losses caused by this locust plague will also be greatly eased.
It's just that Mi Qian knew that these guys wouldn't do this, and when he was on the cusp, he didn't dare to buy food from the Chinese.
After hesitating for a moment, Mi Qian said: "This is the rule of the imperial court, Bailong City is a trading port, and the Chinese people have the right to set up factories, farms and wharves here, and also have the right to build railways, highways and ports, because they have to deal with the Dagon mainland. The Demon King's army called Lucia."
The opening of White Dragon City is largely due to the two old actors of Huaxia and Lucia.
However, it is imminent for the gentry to become Chinese merchants, because they did not set up factories and workshops, and did not become merchants.
They, the land-bound gentry, the traditional furry class, were naturally the first to suffer in this era of drastic change.
At this time, Master Lao said coldly: "Lord Prefect, Chinese people do have the right to do these things in White Dragon City.
But under this premise, they have to abide by the rules of White Dragon City.
What if they didn't follow the rules of White Dragon City, what if they set up factories and farms on the surface, but secretly did illegal things
Please also ask the prefect to investigate and investigate, this group of people who caused the locust plague will never be so clean. "
The meaning of branding is to let Mi Qian start from the word "illegal". For example, you don't have a business license, for example, you don't have a food business license. Additive overdose, etc.
All you need to do is to check with the relevant yamen in Bailong City, check him out one, two, three, four or five, label it illegal business, and seal it up directly.
Tao Ye also joined hands and said: "Lord Rashou, I am not a good gentleman, and I am willing to help Sir Rashou to solve the culprit that caused this locust plague.
Although I have no food left for the landlord's family, I am still willing to donate a little to help the prefect and stabilize the price of Bailong City.
At the same time, we will also provide some hard work for the yamen, and we only hope that the yamen can find out the illegality as soon as possible. "
The gentry promised Mi Qian a favor, and Mi Qian immediately saw the hope of quelling the locust plague in Bailong City.
Just wanting to offend the Huaxia people like this made Mi Qian hesitate.
However, considering the public anger of Bailongcheng against the Huaxia people at this time, Mi Qian had to accept the conditions put forward by the gentry, to stabilize the situation in Bailongcheng first, and then make amends to the Huaxia people later.
Mi Qian nodded and said slowly: "I will ask someone to find out about the 'illegal' business activities.
As for the locust plague in Bailong City, please help me. "
"Lord Prefect, of course, I am also a member of White Dragon City."