Shi Wuduan and others secretly raised the price of food, which was originally impossible.
Because whether it is robbed or embezzled from other places, some rice grains in the Northwest Grain Market are not private grain merchants, but belong to the imperial court. General Zhang's first order after he took office was to order officials at all levels to strictly control the price of grain, and anyone who dared to raise the price of grain without permission would be executed according to the law.
General Zhang is dedicated to serving the people, even if he bears the stigma of "General Jiedao", he still sticks to Huanghuling. However, not everyone is dedicated to the people.
During the Puqing period, many people had to pass through the official food from the imperial court to the common people. For example, those who transported the official food were called slot officials. They also needed a master book for the granary, which was checked and kept every day, usually by local magistrates. , How to set the price and how to control it are all ordered by the imperial court—that is, General Zhang, and must not be violated.
However, there are orders from above, and orders from below... Of course it can't be done.
Although Northwest is not a piece of fat, there are still a few drops of oil in the soybeans. The method used by the official food master to deal with Zhang Zhixian is very simple - add things to the food, the outermost layer cannot be seen, grab a handful, but the inside is mixed with sand and gravel, etc. The amount is also particular. As much as the merchants' grain prices were raised, they would mix as much as they wanted, and they couldn't get a cheap price from anyone anyway.
Zhang Zhixian didn't know about these things. He didn't do this originally. He didn't have such careful thought and experience. , beyond reach, and none of his subordinates will mention him—the so-called mutual protection of officials, everyone takes their own benefits, who will smash whose job
Xia Duanfang spread rumors, hired cars everywhere in the city, and kept sending people around to inquire about the lease of temporary granaries by big merchants... In short, he jumped up and down, even he almost believed it. This seems to send a very seductive signal to those fat and oily adults who move around - flies have been chasing Pi Fei since ancient times, as long as the fart is stinky and loud, don't worry about them not taking the bait.
Sometimes he also thinks about one thing, and he feels very reasonable.
How difficult is it to rebel
The wind started at the end of Qingping, and only when the dynasties change, the heroes don't ask where they come from. These people are no more than Tian Shelang and Dog Butchers, but there are generations of great Confucian generals in the court, all of whom have brilliant literary talents , Romantic and suave, you need to be capable and capable, and you must be capable and capable.
Why can you beat them
At first, Xia Duanfang thought that the root of the court was rotten, and he thought that the princes and generals were kind. But later, he got to know Yan Zhen, got to know Zou Yanlai, and personally fought against many generals of Puqing and even the Pope, only to find out that they are actually very kind. Even their own person, Shi Wudu, can be regarded as "prominently born" - Xuanzong's former head closed disciple, if the Taoist ancestor is not dead, which bench Shi Wuduan will sit on is still open to debate.
Now, Xia Duanfang understood. Because every rebel has an anger in his heart, it is not the anger that raises his arms and shouts to the sky, but the anger that has been suppressed in the bones and blood for a long time, which makes each of them stretch out a hand, Hook the body of your companion, and go through life and death together.
Among the opponents, although there are many talents, each of them is tearing down others.
In November, Shi Wuduan sent someone to tell Xia Duanfang that it was almost time to do it—the brick was already raised high, waiting to be smashed down.
On November 15th, the official grain bookkeepers were horrified to find that those private traders were selling rice grains in large quantities like crazy. The high food prices caused by the crazy hoarding of grains have not broken.
Grain prices have reached a peak, and the northwest was already cold early, and it was already deep winter at this time. The merchants seemed to have united and announced to the surroundings, accusing the officials of mixing sand and rocks in the grain, disregarding the lives and deaths of the people, and private business alliances To sell the grain, it is necessary to hold the big market for three days, so that everyone can spend the winter.
This account is calculated like this - before Shi Wuduan and the others sneaked in, the price of rice in the Longju Grain Market was one, two or four dollars a stone. After they bought and sold it for two months, the private grain became Two taels of silver is one penny and one stone, and when Xia Duanfang pretended to ask people to rent warehouses to prepare cars, due to the large number of grain merchants and official masters hoarding rice, the price rose all the way to four taels and one stone within a month. Can't buy the best grain.
On November 15th, Shi made people smash the market for no reason. When the market opened, the price of rice was reduced to three or two yuan. The book reacted, knowing that something was wrong, but there was nothing he could do.
On the surface, Zhang Zhixian has to report to Zhang Zhixian for approval on the amount of food in and out. They can make small moves to blatantly increase the price of rice, but they can't follow the private businessmen to lower the price and suffer losses.
Otherwise, I can't even explain it!
When they hurriedly gathered the masters from all over the place to discuss how to settle the matter and sent the news to Zhang Zhixian in Huanghuling, when the market opened on the second day, the food was already in chaos. However, the food seemed to be free of money. By the third day, some of the food in Shi Wuduan's hands had been taken away by the bookkeepers who were foolishly hoarding the food and waiting for others to buy it at a high price. The rest had already been sold, and At this time, the price of food has returned to one or two or nine dollars.
Shi Wuduan is like a falcon hovering in the air, ready to swoop down and grab its prey at any time. As long as it bites, it will definitely bring a piece of bloody flesh.
The money was almost empty-handed, and Shi Wuduan knew that he couldn't hide it at this time. Zhang Zhixian in Huanghuling would definitely have something to do within three days, so he quickly changed hands and scattered the money. The continuous mountain range, since the day when Shi pretended to pass through Huanghuling for no reason, has been counting money and food, and colluding with the bandits here again and again.
The so-called bandits are not entirely true. Many people were originally ordinary farmers or hunters. Forgot what his surname was, and immediately reached a secret agreement with Shi Wuduan, and hung up a red scarf to echo Huaizhou.
Of course - Shi Wudu would not believe it.
Anyone who has money and a man will be so burned by ambition that he will forget his last name, and he will never remember that the "benefactor" who foolishly pushed him has a few noses and eyes.
He was just trying to put a fire behind Zhang Zhixian's back - when this gang of mobs spend all their money, the fire will die and retire.
He did this in an orderly manner, and the last part was almost a quick cut. On the second day, he led the people out of the dragon horse without anyone noticing, broke it into pieces, and walked out through Zhang Zhixian's fingers.
That day, Lanruo saw Shi Wuduan take out a map. The map was drawn very strangely. On it, someone carefully outlined an invisible net with seven dots. When she was delivering medicine to the rabbit, she found that Shi Wuduan drew a circle on one of the points.
Shi Wuduan was not afraid of her watching. After being gloomy for several months, he finally smiled at her rarely, and even said a word, he said: "This is the first lamp, and it has already been lit."
Lan Ruo didn't know why, so she didn't dare to ask again, she just thought in a daze, Liu Ye's smile is really pretty.
However, Shi Wuduan glanced at her, the smile on his face slowed down, retreated again, waved his hand and said: "Tomorrow you will go to inspect with Xia Du, don't worry about me."
Lan Ruo was taken aback, and lost her voice: "Will the sixth master not go with us?"
Shi Wuduan said: "No, you don't have to worry, I will take three or five people with me, go to a place, and go back to my uncle or Si Niang to ask, it doesn't matter, Supervisor Xia will naturally know what to say."
Lan Ruo was stunned for a long time, and finally said boldly: "I... If I leave, who will serve Master Liu?"
Shi Wuduan turned his head, as if he wanted to smile at her, but the smile didn't look sincere. He held the rabbit in his arms, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I'm not a fine person, I'm used to being beaten, and no one has been around these years." Serving me, it's pretty good to live up to now, you...you are a good girl, go back and follow Si Niang, she will arrange a good future with you."
Lan Ruo said urgently: "Did I do something that didn't come into Liu Ye's eyes, did Liu Ye despise it?"
When she said this, the circles of her eyes were red, and the corners of her slightly raised eyes became more beautiful. Shi Wudu seemed to be scalded by the redness, and subconsciously lowered her head, but said to the dying rabbit. Unclear eyes.
After a long time, he waved his hand, but didn't explain anymore, just said: "You are a good girl, go."
Then he picked up the tea bowl with one hand, and his eyes fell on the account books and documents on the table. It was meant to see off the guests, so he ignored her.
With tears in her eyes, Lan Ruo turned her head to cover her face, and ran out quickly.
In the early morning of the next day, Shi Wuduan parted ways with the crowd, took a few guards, and set out on the road. He did not go south, but went east, passing Zhang Zhixian's house in a grand manner, passing Changping Pass and Wu Tu Grassland, arrived at the Bodhi Mountain in the extreme north, and stopped at the foot of the snow-covered mountain all year round.
Bodhi Mountain - is where the Mahayana Pope is.
Even though he fed a lot of herbs, the rabbit in his arms was getting worse day by day, and it seemed that the sun was dying. Shi Wuduan stood in the thick grass at the foot of Bodhi Mountain, looked into the distance, and found that he couldn't see anything except snow. It's still snow, except for mountains, it's still mountains. Only when the sun shines on the top of the snow can it be so inhumanly sacred.
He sighed, and put the rabbit on the ground, trying to wake it up from the ankle-high dead grass.
But it was motionless, facing the east direction, no one knew what it was looking at.
No one knows, maybe there is such a snow-white person standing on a small island in the East China Sea in the extreme east, as if he felt something, looking northwest through the vast sea, and heard his own heartbeat the sound of.