Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty

When he was in the post house, the task that Li Junxian assigned to Wang Liaoyuan was to make him responsible for maintaining public order in the city and to prevent civil unrest among the people in the city due to dissatisfaction with the closure of the city gate, but Wang Liaoyuan had just returned from the post house. After a long time, I received such bad news—the grain stores in Taiyuan City were all out of grain!

It's not that the grain merchants took the opportunity to drive up the price of grain, but that there is no grain!

Is this still great?

As a parent official, Wang Liaoyuan knew better than anyone the importance of food to the people. He said that "the people take food as their heaven." There will be chaos!

At that time, there will inevitably be countless people rushing into the city gate, wanting to go out of the city to buy food!

Even if Li Junxian did not assign him a task, as the prefect of Bingzhou, Wang Liaoyuan must try his best to solve the current problems in Taiyuan City!

"Subordinates obey!"

The middle-aged scribe surnamed Wu took the lead in the imperial office of the provincial governor. He also knew that the matter was urgent, so he ground it on the spot and wrote a notice. Handing the notice to Feng Chutou, he commanded in a deep voice:

"Feng Zhaotou, this official orders you to immediately arrange for someone to print this notice, and then post it in the city's elder brother's private square, and integrate all the yamen of the government and county government, strengthen patrols in the city, and strictly prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to make trouble! If it’s not enough, report it immediately, and this official will go to Fang to join the army to borrow troops!”

Feng Zhaoou clasped his fists and said, "Yes! My subordinates obey!"

After that, Feng Zhaotou took the notice from Wang Liaoyuan, then turned around and left in a hurry!

In the back office, Wang Liaoyuan frowned, staring in the direction of Feng Zhaotou's departure without saying a word. He always felt that something was not right, because since the peace of the world, there has never been a shortage of food in Taiyuan City. For two days, the four square gates of Taiyuan City were blocked, but let alone just two days, even if Taiyuan City was blocked for ten days and a half months, the surplus grain in the granaries of the major grain stores in the city was enough to consume hundreds of thousands of people in the city, but now The major grain stores in the city suddenly ran out of food, which made Wang Liaoyuan feel a little strange after calming down!

Could it be that someone is playing tricks in the dark?

Wang Liaoyuan couldn't help but question in his heart.

"Does the Chief Inspector feel that today's events are a little strange?"

The middle-aged scholar surnamed Wu saw Wang Liaoyuan frowning in thought, his eyes flickered slightly, and after a while, he asked tentatively.

"This thing is really weird!"

Hearing the sound, Wang Liaoyuan came back to his senses instantly, he nodded, then turned his head and asked, "What did Mr. Wu see?"

The scribe surnamed Wu shook his head and said, "The prefect can't see it, how can Wu see it? It's just Wu who thinks that Taiyuan City is only a gate that has been blocked for two days. Today the world is peaceful, and there is no war in the Tang Dynasty. The grain store should not be out of stock, and the people in the city should not be rushing to buy grain! There must be something hidden in it! Maybe someone is secretly manipulating all this!"

"Someone secretly manipulated? Who is it? Could it be the grain merchants in the city?"

Hearing this, Wang Liaoyuan's eyes narrowed, and he couldn't help but interrupt.

The scribe Wu pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said:

"It shouldn't be. Today, the major grain stores in the city are only in shortage of grain, and no grain merchants took the opportunity to drive up the price of grain. This shows that today's incident, the sudden incident, many grain merchants did not expect it, and they did not learn from it. Profits, so they shouldn't be behind the scenes!"

"Mr. Wu's remarks are justified! It's just like this, who will be the mastermind behind the scenes?"

When Wang Liaoyuan heard the words, he nodded thoughtfully and said.

The scribe surnamed Wu cupped his hands and said, "My subordinates believe that the most urgent task is not to find the mastermind behind the scenes, but to stabilize the hearts of the people. Although Lord Inspector General has issued a notice to the people of the city, for the people, it is just a piece of paper and no real message. When they see the food, their hearts will not be at ease!"

Wang Liaoyuan pursed his lips, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "How much grain is left in the official warehouse in the city? If the grain storage in the official warehouse is not enough, I am afraid we can only send someone out of the city to buy it!"

In this era, every county has official warehouses, and the stored grain is mainly to cope with the emergency. Taiyuan City, as a big northern city, often undertakes the important task of supporting grain and grass materials for the frontier during the war. Not only does it have official warehouses, but its scale is not small!

"Sir, there are still more than 20,000 grains left in the city's official warehouse. Even if the city is closed for another half a month, the people in the city will not be short of grain! However, although the food problem is easy to solve, the food in the city will be in short supply! "

The scribe Wu surnamed replied worriedly.

The supply of meat and vegetables in Taiyuan City generally comes from villages outside the city. After all, there are not many vegetable fields in the city, and there are not many poultry and game. But now the gates of Taiyuan City are closed, people inside can't get out, and people outside can't get in, so there is a big problem with the supply of meat and vegetables in the city, and there will soon be a shortage!

Wang Liaoyuan frowned and said, "Now the situation is special, first solve the food problem of the people and stabilize the people's hearts and then talk about it! You immediately take the official warrant and transfer 10,000 shi of grain from the official warehouse and sell it to the major grains in the city. Shop, order them to sell to the common people at a fair price, and they must not raise the price arbitrarily, or they will be severely punished!"

Now there is neither natural disaster nor famine, so even if the government opens the warehouse to put grain, there is no reason to distribute all the grain in the official warehouse to the people for free, because the grain in the official warehouse also has a cost!

And sell the grain in the official warehouse to the grain store in the city, and let them sell it to the people in the city

, it is the most convenient and safest choice, after all, it is business and business, in this case, it is not convenient for the government to go out and participate in selling food to the people in person, otherwise it must be implemented!

As for the shortage of vegetables mentioned by the scribe Wu surnamed, Wang Liaoyuan didn't care much. Now that Li Tai has been arrested and the gate of Taiyuan is blocked, the situation is already very serious. It is already very good to eat and not starve to death!

"My lord is wise! This subordinate will do it now!"

When the scribe Wu surnamed heard the words, his eyes lit up, he sighed in admiration, and then hurriedly handed over and left!

"10,000 shi of grain should be able to stabilize people's hearts! But who is the man behind the scenes? What is the purpose? How will they respond after this official releases 10,000 shi of grain?"

After the scribe surnamed Wu left, Wang Liaoyuan still frowned deeply and couldn't help muttering to himself.

He felt that this matter would not be so simple, and he always had a bad premonition in his heart!

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