"Huh? Why hasn't the city gate been opened today? Master, how long will the city gate be sealed?"
The day before yesterday, both the bright and dark sides of the Wang family came out, frantically searching for Zhu Xiesheng and Kang Changan in the city. To yesterday, 10,000 soldiers and horses from the Bingzhou camp were scattered in every corner of Taiyuan City, going door to door. Taiyuan City has been sealed off for two days while searching for the batch of weapons smuggled out of Chuji Iron Shop!
From the initial panic, the people gradually accepted the reality and gradually calmed down. However, today is already the third day. The city is still full of soldiers from the Bingzhou Camp and the four city gates are still blocked. Some people instantly Not calm anymore, they got up very early and came to the city gate and asked the gatekeeper.
"Following the orders of Fang Junjun and Wang Jishishi, the city gates were sealed, and all efforts were made to capture the Turkic spies lurking in Taiyuan City. No one is allowed to enter or leave Taiyuan City in the past few days until all the Turkic spies in the city are captured!"
Now the city defense of Taiyuan City has long been taken over by the soldiers from Bingzhou Camp. These soldiers obviously know more about what happened in the city in recent days than ordinary people. They responded coldly after hearing this.
"What? Turkic spies in Taiyuan City? When will the government catch all the Turkic spies?"
“… No comment!”
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The common people, who had received a bad reception from the city gatekeeper, had no choice but to go home disappointed. In fact, no one knows the question "When will all the Turkic spies be caught?" Naturally, the city gate guard cannot answer the question. Moreover, the governor's office has not announced to the public that Li Tai was abducted by Turkic spies, so the soldiers in the Bingzhou camp did not say much.
The sun was rising, and half of the red sun showed its face from the east. At this time, most of the people had already gotten up. News that the city gate was still closed today also began to spread among various folk houses. Then, in Driven by the officials of the governor's office, the villagers of various private houses began to inform them door to door that the city gates had been closed in recent days and martial law continued in the city. Every household should stay at home unless there was something important and try not to go out!
Since no one could give a specific "city gate closure period", some people began to worry that their own food and vegetables were not enough, so they hurriedly went to the grain stores and markets in the city to buy rice, noodles and vegetables. However, as soon as they arrived at the grain stores, they were instantly I was dumbfounded!
"What? No rice? Your Yongliang rice store is the largest rice store in Taiyuan City. How come there is no rice?"
In front of the Yongliang rice store, a common man couldn't help but be surprised when he heard the boy in the store say that there was no rice. There was even a tremor in his voice.
"Sir, I'm really sorry that you're late! In fact, many people came to buy rice yesterday. In addition, the gate of Taiyuan City is still closed today. We can't get goods in from the outside. In the warehouse The little rice we bought was sold out quickly! Why don’t you try your luck at other grain stores?”
The waiter at the grain store cupped his hands apologetically and suggested.
"Okay! I'll go to Ye's Grain Store to have a look!"
Upon hearing this, the common man immediately felt a sense of urgency. He did not dare to stay here any longer, so he quickly left and went to another store to "try his luck"!
It's just that his "trying his luck" is destined to fail, because today the major grain stores in the city are basically "out of rice"!
"What? You don't have any rice here either?"
"Sir, you are late. Our store sold out of rice two quarters of an hour ago!"
"Two-quarters of an hour ago? It was just dawn two-quarters of an hour ago, and your store hasn't even opened yet?"
"Yes! Usually our store is not open at that time, but early this morning, a large group of people came to knock on the door and said they wanted to buy rice. They bought a lot of rice, so our shopkeeper had no choice but to open the door in advance! Alas, If our shopkeeper hadn’t kept some rice for himself, all the rice in the store would have been bought by those people!”
"Oh? So you have some rice left in your store?"
"Sir, don't think about it. The shopkeeper said that the remaining rice won't be sold no matter how much money someone else offers. Who knows when the city gate will be reopened? You'd better go to another house and have a look!"
Similar conversations took place in major grain stores in Taiyuan City, as if they had been "appointed" in advance. The grain stores that had never been short of food on weekdays were all out of rice today! Money can’t buy it!
The people who had not bought food immediately panicked and began to look for rice in various grain stores in the city. At the same time, the news that there was no food in the grain stores in Taiyuan City also began to spread in various folk shops!
As the saying goes, "If you have food at home, you won't panic." Now that the four gates of Taiyuan City are closed, "eating" has become a big problem for the people. Those who have a lot of food at home are fine, but Most people only have about ten days' worth of food in their homes, or even less. Now that they heard that all the major grain stores in the city have run out of food, how can they not panic
As a result, countless people left their homes and rushed towards the major grain stores in the city, wanting to try their luck!
"... I would like to report to the Governor that the grain stores in the city are suddenly in short supply. The people in the city have begun to rush to buy food. The situation is chaotic. Some people even intend to rush into the city gate defenders. Please make a decision early!"
In the back hall of the Governor's Mansion, Feng Baotou ran in in a panic and clasped his fists at Wang Liaoyuan.
"What are you talking about? The grain stores in the city are in need of food? How is this possible?"
Wang Liaoyuan, who had just returned from the post house, stood up immediately after hearing this, and his expression changed slightly: "Taiyuan City has only been closed for two days. There are dozens of large and small grain stores in the city. On weekdays, these grain stores Each store has at least hundreds or thousands of dan in stock, why is it suddenly gone?"
Feng Baotou cupped his fists and said: "This subordinate doesn't know, but now the major grain stores in the city are surrounded by people who want to buy food, but the clerks in the grain stores can't bring out the food. The people are worried that if the city gate continues to be blocked, If this goes on, they will probably have nothing to eat, so many people are willing to pay more to buy food, but... even if they pay extra money, it is basically impossible to buy food in the market! If this continues, the people in the city will probably be in chaos!"
Wang Liaoyuan was twisting his hands, pacing back and forth on the spot with his hands behind his back. After a long silence, he stood still and said to a middle-aged scribe behind him: "We can't let the people get into trouble. Mr. Wu, you should make plans immediately." A notice told the people who were rushing to buy food in the market that they should not be anxious. Taiyuan City would not be short of food. Even if the food stores in the city ran out of food, the government would open warehouses to release food, and the government could also send people there. Purchase food outside the city and transport it into the city!”
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