1305th: Cutting Huangsong, Dongqing 1 Tong (47)

This matter caused a great disturbance, and it inevitably reached Nie Xun's ears.

After hearing this, Nie Xun stared straight ahead in a daze, his pupils glazed over, and the soldier who reported back lowered his head in fear, feeling uneasy.

After a while, Nie Xun still didn't move, Xiaobing bravely raised his head secretly, and saw Nie Xun covering his shoulder with one hand and holding the table with the other, his fingers and knuckles turned white from exertion, and fine sweat dripped from his pale and bleeding forehead . The little soldier was stunned, seeing red and black blood oozing from the clothes on Nie Xun's shoulders with his sharp eyes, he didn't care much, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Nie Xun, who fell to the side exhausted.

"Military doctor—military doctor—come here!!!"

Nie Xun's old injury recurred, and the wound on his shoulder that had not healed soon cracked again. Fortunately, the cracked wound was not long, otherwise it would be troublesome.

The military doctor helped Nie Xun treat the wound, and prescribed a prescription for the apprentice to grab and boil the medicine, and Nie Xun also woke up leisurely.

"The military master is awake?"

The lieutenant general guarding the bed shouted, and several other people surrounded him, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Nie Xun's face was pale, his eyes were a bit confused, and it took a while to regain his memory before he fell into a coma.

His mood was very calm, and he comforted everyone with a weak tone, "I'm fine, I'll be fine after two days of recuperation."

A lieutenant general said angrily, "If it weren't for those profiteers who took the opportunity to make a fortune and wantonly drive up the price of grain, how could the military division faint?"

"Businessmen seek profit, and few people have a heart. This is a group of villains who are open to money. They just want to make money. How can they care about other things?"

The situation in Chenzhou is not good, and those merchants are not afraid of death to muddle up a puddle of water and take advantage of the opportunity to make money from the war. They are really a bunch of black-hearted ghosts!

"They are short-sighted, and they only know that they are profitable, so how can they worry so much?"

Several lieutenants expressed their indignation one after another, wishing to send troops to kill all the unscrupulous merchants in the city who had raised the price of grain.

These people became more and more angry, and their voices became louder, until the military doctor interrupted them.

"All generals, the military division needs to recuperate right now, and it is not appropriate to make any noise. If you have anything to do, you can come back tomorrow."

Nie Xun stretched out his skinny hand from the quilt, waved it weakly, and signaled the military doctor not to say too much.

He asked weakly, "How's the situation outside?"

A lieutenant general came forward and reported, "The rice shop still refuses to let go, and the price of grain has increased by another ten percent."

Since the news of the grain shortage in Chenzhou came out, the rice merchants hoarding grains sensed business opportunities, took the opportunity to drive up prices, and peddled old rice at high prices.

Feng Jin didn't send many sailors, but the rice merchants in Chenzhou volunteered to provide free tap water.

While fanning the flames and causing food shortages, they peddled the old rice piled up in warehouses at high prices.

The price of food at this time is several times higher than usual, which can be regarded as a sky-high price, which has already exceeded the purchasing power of ordinary families.

Even so, the supply of food is still in short supply, and it is almost sold out by irrational people as soon as it hits the shelves.

The people without grain reserves scrambled to buy more, and the people with grain reserves also followed the trend and tried to grab more.

The streets near Mipu were packed tightly by terrified people, and more than one stampede happened.

Nie Xun was also so angry that his old injury relapsed.

Seeing that Nie Xun didn't speak, the deputy general couldn't help saying, "Military teacher, what should we do now? Why don't we arrest those merchants—"

Nie Xun asked him, "What's the reason?"

If there is no suitable reason to arrest people, isn't this an admission of food shortage in disguise?

A rumor that has not been confirmed by the strongest villain in history has driven the people so crazy. If it is confirmed, the whole Chenzhou will really be over.

The deputy general was blushed by Nie Xun's question, and he couldn't hold back a word for a while. He really didn't know what reason to arrest him.

Another person said, "These profiteers are taking advantage of the chaos to drive up food prices, shouldn't they die?"

"Catch, of course we have to catch, but we can't use this reason." Nie Xun weakly closed his eyes and said weakly, "These merchants are selling old rice from the past few years, so it is better to use another reason - for example ,

In order to sell the hoarded old rice and reduce losses, merchants spread rumors that there was a food shortage in Chenzhou and tricked the people into snapping up food. You see, how about this? "

Several people were overjoyed, this reason is good, not only can deal with those merchants aboveboard, but also can throw the scapegoat of rumors on the merchants, blurring the current situation of food shortage in Chenzhou. As long as the people's hearts are settled down and the people don't make troubles, Chenzhou can last for a month or two!

A lieutenant general said, "It will be a while if it can be delayed, and it will be the autumn harvest in a month or two. At that time, the new rice will be harvested and the food shortage will be solved."

Nie Xun nodded weakly, and seeing his tired brows, everyone chose to leave with winks.

When they were all gone, Nie Xun opened his eyes instead, and a bit of ridicule flashed in his eyes.

What if it is delayed until the autumn harvest?

Chenzhou has been in war for several years, and the grain harvest in the territory cannot be improved, and such a large grain gap cannot be plugged at all.

If Huang Song supports some, maybe there is still a chance.

However, Huang Song gave up on Chenzhou, otherwise, why did Nie Xun send someone to send a message to Huang Song and there was no reply for so long?

As smart as he is, he has already guessed Huang Song's decision, but he can't tell the truth to others.

Chenzhou was already in turmoil, and if the soldiers below knew about it, it would only collapse overnight.

Feng Jin heard Nie Xun's response policy, and he said with a smile, "Nie Chengyun's response is not slow."

Meng Hun shook his head and said, "It is said that when he heard the news, he was so angry that his old injury relapsed. I don't know how long this body can last."

Feng Jin said, "It's still a bit lacking."

Meng Hun was surprised, "Lack of heat?"

Feng Jin smiled and said, "Our chance has come."

At this time, it is natural to fan the flames and fuel the flames, so that Nie Xun has no time to care about him.

According to Nie Xun's idea, the rice merchants in Chenzhou who drove up grain prices and spread rumors were arrested, and the confiscated grains were sold cheaply to the people.

Many people bought food, and other people who were still on the sidelines saw the situation, and suddenly lost the idea of ​​buying food, and the rumors were self-defeating.

Nie Xun is very clear that this is only a temporary solution, not the root cause, and the common people will still find out the clues after a long time.

In order to stabilize the political situation, Nie Xun had to deal with government affairs with injuries, and his daily rest time was less than two hours.

The military doctor's repeated dissuasion was ineffective, so he could only let Nie Xun go.

Since the old injury burst, Nie Xun's condition has been repeated.

It's not that the military doctor's medical skills are not good, it's just that the patient Nie Xun didn't follow the doctor's advice at all.

In the middle of the night, Nie Xun's body started to heat up again, and she fell into a drowsy sleep for half the night. When she woke up, the room was pitch black.

He tried to call out, but his dry throat could not make a sound, so he could only sit up with effort, and walked out the door step by step.

Nie Xun raised his hand to wipe his hot face, even his breath was hot.

"what is that--"

He struggled to open his sleepy eyes, and found that the distant sky was stained with orange light.

"Water-"