This is not what I want to see! This is not what I want to hear either!
We came here to convict Zhu Pingan of colluding with grain merchants, jacking up grain prices, and accepting bribes, not to see the work-for-food programme, and not to listen to some fools singing the praises of Zhu Pingan!
He Zhu Pingan to work for the relief of good so what, as long as to catch him collusion grain merchants, food price hiking, accepting bribes of evidence, we can as well as convicted him of a major crime, as well as let him never recover!
Just wait and see!
Wang Mang, Peng Cheng and the others, with dark faces, reminded Xu Hai and the others to continue on their way on the grounds that they were on official business and could not be delayed, and that they could not wait to go to Jingnan County to collect evidence of Zhu Pingan’s crimes of colluding with grain merchants, jacking up the price of grain, and accepting bribes!
From the East Lake to the Jingnan County this way, they did not see a straggler, did not see a hungry people, to see is a piece of birds and flowers, vibrant, like a paradise scene, rice paddies planted vegetables, the ruins of the brand-new villages rise, the people live in peace and work ……
East Lake Engineering Area is not far from Jingnan County, they walked not a moment to Jingnan County.
Arriving at the Jingnan North Gate, Xu Hai and the others found that the Jingnan North Gate was just repaired, not only repairing the aging and ruined walls, palisade walls and daughter walls, but also building enemy platforms and archery towers to strengthen the defence function.
This is to guard against Japanese invaders, right?
East Lake is to solve the Jingnan hundred years of flooding disaster, this repair wall is to defend against Japanese invaders ……
Putting aside these factors of virtue, let’s just talk about this food-for-work. Zhu Pingan is able to combine food for work with the long term stability of Jingnan, adapting to the local conditions and turning decay into magic, it is really amazing ah.
After entering the county town of Jingnan, Xu Hai, Wang Mang and others were even more shocked.
Jingnan county town is a prosperous, shops lined up, pedestrians like weaving, cars and horses in an endless stream, vendors quite penetrating yells one after another, a face is overflowing with calm and comfortable.
“Quickly look, official documents!”
Governor Taiping’s excited voice awakened the crowd from their shock.
Following Governor Taiping’s excited line of sight, Xu Hai and the others really saw an official document posted on the wall.
Close at hand, white paper with red characters, stamped with bright red Jingnan governor seal, written: hereby from today onwards, within the territory of Jingnan County, every stone of grain two thousand five hundred texts ……
“Sure enough, it is the official document that defines the grain price in Jingnan!”
Seeing this big red official document, Wang Mang and the others are like a treasure, can not help but be in a surging mood, excited.
Thou art very good!
Wang Mang appreciatively glanced at the governor of Taiping, the governor of Taiping saw the appreciative gaze of Wang Mang and the others, and could not help but excitedly lift up his chest.
This is really the opening of the door, good omen ah! It was only once he entered Jingnan that he discovered one of Zhu Pingan’s major sins.
Sweeping away the gloom from the journey!
Wang Mang and the others finally revealed a smile and carefully tore down the official document, storing it away as if it was a treasure.
“When I first impeached Zhu Pingan with Lord Liu, every word was true.”Governor Taiping took the opportunity to take credit for himself and said.
“Hmm. With this official document, this official trusts you.”Wang Mang nodded encouragingly.
“Look, there is another official document in front!”
At this time, Zuo Zhen’s eyes were sharp and found another official document, he couldn’t help but shout out.
“Eh? It’s still true.”Wang Mang and the others looked along and were indeed surprised to see another official document defining the price of grain in Jingnan.
“There’s another one over there! And there, there’s one posted as well! There’s also one posted on that wall ……”
Before Wang Mang and the others could regain their senses from the surprise, the voices of Zuo Zhen discovering the official documents rang out one after another.
What’s going on here? Wang Mang and the others were confused, how did they post so many official documents defining the price of grain, he Zhu Pingan this is lest the world does not know his sins? Posting official documents all over the city!
“There’s a grain shop over there.”Governor Taiping spotted a grain shop and hurriedly said to Wang Mang and the others.
Sure enough, there is a grain shop open for business in front of him, called “Liu Ji Grain Shop”, and business looks very good.
“Let’s go, let’s take a look.”Wang Mang said, taking the lead and walking towards the grain shop.
Xu Hai and the others followed closely and walked into this “Liu Ji Grain Shop”, inside the shop, there were three shopkeepers entertaining the customers, seeing Wang Mang, Xu Hai and the others entering the shop, the shopkeepers greeted them warmly.
“Shopkeeper, how do you sell this grain?”Wang Mang asked when he entered the shop.
“Oh, master, this grain in my shop is 2,500 Wen per stone.”The shopkeeper replied warmly.
When Wang Mang heard this, he and Peng Cheng, Zhang Wenbo and the others glanced at each other, and their faces were filled with joy that they could not hide.
The selling price in the grain shop is indeed two thousand five hundred Wen per stone! Hahaha, so many of us, from the Ministry of Mandarins, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Justice, the Imperial Inspector, and the East Chamber, but we all saw and heard it!
Zhu Pingan, now I’ll see how you can still argue!
Wang Mang and the others couldn’t help but look joyful, at this moment they felt that the victory was already in their hands.
“However, Master you have come to the right place today, today is the birthday of our shopkeeper’s grandmother, for every stone of grain, we offer a special discount of 100 Wen.”The shop mate said to Wang Mang and the others with a smile on his face.
“Hahaha, mate, wasn’t your shopkeeper’s grandmother’s birthday yesterday, why is it still today?”
The shop’s grain-buying customers couldn’t help but laugh and joked when they heard this.
The shop mate was very witty and said back, “Oh, our shopkeeper’s grandmother is old, it’s normal to remember it wrong.”
“Hahahahaha ……Grandmother can remember wrong, your shopkeeper can still remember wrong ah ……Come on, I’m not going to banter with you, load me up with a hundred pounds of grain.”The guest couldn’t help but laugh and said.
“Alright master.”The shop boy bumpily answered to fetch the grain.
Xu Hai and the others also saw it, what grandmother’s birthday ah, this is clearly the shopkeeper looking for a reason to lower the price of grain.
What’s going on here? How can a shopkeeper take the initiative to find a reason to lower the price of food?
“Hehe, several of you are all from out of town, right?”Seeing Xu Hai and other people look surprised, the customer who bought grain smiled and explained to them, “Since our county magistrate defined the price of grain, grain merchants from all over the world heard that the price of grain in Jingnan is expensive and profitable, so they all came to Jingnan to sell their grain, and the grain shops in Jingnan are opening more and more, and the grain in Jingnan is getting more and more accumulated. This food shop more food more, gradually supply exceeds demand, food from a long way, can not be shipped back, grain merchants in order to sell food, are thinking of ways to sell food at a reduced price. I reckon ah, in a few days, the price of this grain can also go down.”
Ah?
It can still be like this?
Xu Hai, Tan Lun and others were stunned, Taizhou Prefecture and other counties, there is no more food for sale on the market, only a small amount of food is available in the black market, but the price of food in the black market has risen up to the sky, the black market in Taizhou Prefecture is 3,500 wen per stone of grain, and the black market in Taiping County has risen to 3,800 wen per stone of grain, and with such high prices, the black market’s food is still in short supply and is often out of food. But what about Jingnan, Jingnan grain enough, even enough to engage in price reduction sales, the price of grain has been reduced to 2400 wen per stone, and there is a tendency to continue to reduce the price.
So, look back and see Zhu Pingan defined grain 2500 Wen per stone official document, is not a stroke of genius ……
Xu Hai and the others could not calm down for a long time.
Tan Lun, the governor of Taizhou, even pondered whether he should follow Zhu Pingan’s example when he went back and define the price of grain in Taizhou as 2,500 wen per stone!
