While other merchants were still watching, the Sun family had already started selling the goods first. Together with the government, they quickly hit the price of grain to one thousand stones. At this time, all grain merchants were completely panicked and no one dared to wait any longer. They were all rushing to ship the goods, for fear that they would be sold too late and smashed them into their hands.

In this situation where grain merchants trampled on each other, the grain prices of Jingzhao, Zuo Fengyi and Youfufeng were spreading thousands of miles away. There was a lot of grain piled up in the grain store. The guys shouted loudly and sold them. The grain prices broke the five hundred coins mark, but there was no sign of stopping.

At this time, grain merchants were crying and the market price had broken through their cost line. If they sold it, they would lose money. What's even more terrible is that news came from the Fumin camp in Zuofengyi's military farm that the Sumai planted after the autumn harvest last year had entered the harvest period. It seemed that it was a bumper year and could harvest more than one million stones of wheat.

Although the situation of the military farm in Hongnong County has not been reported, it must be nowhere near. When the newly harvested wheat is listed, the grain prices will inevitably fall further.

The terrible clouds of grief were overwhelming the heads of grain merchants. In order to relax the grain prices this time, they almost put up all their wealth. Now they only left a large amount of grain stored in the warehouse. Some even sold some grain at high prices, and some goods arrived a little late, and they lost money to sell.

On this day, a strange scene appeared in front of the Jingzhao Yin Yamen. Hundreds of people knelt at the yamen, asking the government to control the grain prices and not allow the grain prices to plummet.

These people are grain merchants in the capital, and they gathered together to make a call for the rights and interests of grain merchants.

Contacting the petition not long ago by the people and asking the government to control the food prices, the scene now makes people laugh and cry.

His Majesty the wise, divine, martial, and benevolent Emperor Jianshi issued an edict, which expressed unlimited sympathy for the current situation of grain merchants. His Majesty said that he must not sit idly by and watch the grain merchants lose money or even go bankrupt. In order to show His Majesty the mercy of His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, His Majesty specially approved funds to purchase grain and restore the official warehouse. Grain merchants can transport grain to official warehouses in various places, at a price of 220 yuan per stone, and as much as they are.

The order was given, and the grain merchants were in a big uproar. Their costs were between five or six hundred yuan, and they sold them to the government for 220 yuan, which would cost more than half of them! Is this a purchase or a robbery?

Some people expressed their determination not to sell, but more people walked away silently and counted the inventory.

Although the purchase price is a little lower, due to the relaxation of grain prices, grain merchants have tried their best to purchase grain from other places. In a short period of time, a large amount of grain entered Sanfu. At present, Sanfu's grain supply is oversupply. Except for the government, no one has such a large purchase.

If it is retail, the storage cost will be a considerable expense every day, and I don’t know when it will be sold. If it is shipped out of Guanzhong and sold, a large amount of travel expenses will be added, and I’m not sure that I can sell it at a high price in other places. When the grain in Zuo Fengyi and Hongnong County arrives, I don’t know how much the grain price will fall. If I want to find the government to sell grain, I may not necessarily ask for it.

What's more, although 220 yuan is far lower than the cost line of grain merchants, they have sold some high-priced grains worth thousands of dollars in the past and neutralized the price several times. Even if the grain merchants lose money, they will have limited losses. Therefore, most grain merchants still tend to sell them to the government at one time.

Within a few days, the official warehouses in Chang'an were busy. The grain merchants transported the grain from the private warehouses to the official warehouse. During this period, due to weight or grain quality, the price was reduced. The original 220 coins per stone was set to be paid. If it could be filled with 200 coins per stone, it would be celebrated. The emperor kept his promise and collected as much as he could. Soon, the official warehouses of Chang'an were enriched.

The grain price on the market has stabilized at 300 coins per stone, which is a low grain price that Chang'an City has never seen for many years.

Since Wang Mang came to power, there have been drought and locust plagues, natural and man-made disasters, and food has never been enough to eat, and naturally the price of food has never been cheap. By the last few years of the Xin Dynasty, the price of grain has been hovering more than 10,000 yuan per stone. When Wang Mang fell and the Sanfu was in chaos, he could not even buy food. There were hungry people starving to death on Chang'an Street. Gengshi rose, and Liu Xuan entered Chang'an, without any sympathy for the people, and he often robbed the people at all. The business was very depressed, and the food was always in a shortage. In the later period, Gengshi fought in a monarch and ministers, and even fought to plunder the people, and the people were living in a miserable state.

It’s been so many years since the people of Guanzhong suffered for more than ten years. Finally, they hoped that the little emperor of Jianshi would finally wait for the low-priced food!

The people applauded, and everyone was filled with joy, competing to praise the emperor's saints, and they all forgot that they were secretly scolding the cattle-herding boy two months ago. Now everyone's tone is like this:

"I just said that Your Majesty has a way and will never let us eat!"

"Your Majesty opened a warehouse to provide disaster relief, and we had been eating charity porridge for more than two months. He then took decisive action and reduced the price of grain to 300 coins per stone. He was so wise!"

"With Your Majesty here, our lives will definitely get better and better!"

"When Your Majesty unifies the world, you may be as good as Wen Jing, and you can buy a stone of food for just a few dozen dollars!"

"What may be possible? That's certain! Your Majesty will definitely unify the world and will definitely make our great men unable to eat enough food."

The people applauded, and the emperor himself was very happy. He sold hundreds of thousands of stones of grain in the official warehouse at a high price, and recovered millions of stones of grain at a price of one-quarter of the selling price. Between this buying and selling, the emperor made countless money. Now his granary is full and his wallet is full and his wallet is overflowing. This is really a good deal!

If you had doubts about the emperor at the beginning, Song Hong is now impressed by His Majesty. He hesitated and refused to accept the emperor's enlistment. He was so blind. This sixteen-year-old young emperor was even more wiser than Emperor Gaozu back then. With such an extraordinary emperor, why worry about the world being unable to be pacified?

On another day of court, the court officials who had not seen the emperor for a long time whispered in the hall, discussing the food price storm, speculating on how the emperor is in good health today, and whether everyone's pigeons will be released again. Suddenly, the eunuch's cow head shouted: "Your Majesty is here~~"

The emperor walked up to the hall with his head raised and his chest raised. Everyone knelt down. After kneeling down, the emperor signaled everyone to stand up and said, "I haven't been to the court for a long time. I miss you all very much. Do you have anything to report?"

Song Hong was the first to go out and said, "Your Majesty, I ask Your Majesty to punish me for my crimes. I am not strict with my subordinates. There are ten people including Du Lin, including the court officials, and fifty-six people forced the palace to die and advise them to disturb the sages... I am guilty, please deal with your Majesty!"

The emperor said, "You are a newcomer, and this matter has nothing to do with you. You don't have to take it on yourself, just step back!"

Bao Yong, the captain of the Sili, made a comment: "Your Majesty, the fifty-six court officials are still in the imperial prison and have not been interrogated. Please tell me what to do?"
Chapter completed!