The Soaring Grain Price in Rehe!
After sending off the Consul General of Dongyang and his wife, Zhang Xuemin was called to the government office by the Secretary General, Wang Shuhan!
"What's the hurry?"
After Wang Shuhan closed the door of the conference room, he said anxiously,"Since yesterday, news of food shortage, rising food prices, and the imminent drop in cash bills has been spreading in Rehe. This has caused the local people to purchase food like crazy, but the grain merchants have set the price of food especially high.”
" Food shortage... How could this happen in the northeast..."
Zhang Xuemin frowned and asked in disbelief. Although many people had been displaced due to the war in recent years, the three eastern provinces had always been known as the Great Northern Wilderness. They had abundant food production, so there was no way there would be a shortage of food!
Wang Shuhan's face suddenly looked hesitant. He opened his mouth but nothing came out!
"What happened? Speak!"
"It's the news from the local government. They say that war is about to break out, and they want to forcefully collect grain and force the people to purchase grain. At the same time, they control a few large grain merchants to raise the price of grain and earn huge profits from it.”Wang Shuhan said carefully!
"Tang Yulin did it?" Xuemin frowned and scolded,"Motherf * cker, I was just about to develop and construct here, but Tang Dahu destroyed the market behind my back and sabotaged me. He asked the aviation department to send a plane over. I want to fly to Rehe, and at the same time, I ordered Guo Songlin and Jiang Dengxuan to lead two regiments of the third and fourth divisions to the front line of Rehe. This time, I want to teach Tang Yulin a lesson!”
"Yes, sir!"
……
With Wang Shuhan, Zhao Xishun, and the others, Zhang Xuemin took a plane and immediately rushed to Rehe. He ordered Guo Songlin and Jiang Dengxuan to lead a regiment to Rehe. At the same time, he ordered Zhang Zuoxiang to Chen Bingji's border to prevent the Japanese from taking the opportunity to attack!
After arriving at Rehe Airport, Zhang Xuemin rushed to Tang Yulin's residence in Chengde, Rehe Province!
Along the way, they saw that the market was full of people fighting for food, and the price of food was so high that it made one's hair stand on end!
Normally, it should be 13 or 14 days per bushel of refined grain, but in Chengde's market, more than 100 bushels of refined grain could be found everywhere, and they were all coarse grains mixed with stones, which was more than 10 times the market price!
Even so, the commoners still needed to fight to buy it!
"Stop!"
Zhang Xuemin signaled for the driver to stop the car and stopped a citizen who was rushing to buy food."Fellow villager, the grain price here is so expensive. Why are you still fighting to buy it?”
The commoners who were being held back were initially unhappy, but when they saw Zhang Xuemin in his military uniform with a gun strapped to his waist, they didn't dare to complain and immediately replied,"What can we do? I heard that there's going to be a war. The government is forcing us to collect food. If we don't buy some back, our entire family will have to live on air!”
"War? Fight with who? Who did you hear that from?"
" I don't know who he's fighting with. It's either Feng Yuxiang or Yan Laoxi. It could also be the principal of Jin Ling city. Anyway, everyone says that once there's a war, paper bills are not as useful as waste paper. The bank doesn't allow cash, so it's better to buy food. Sigh, let it be expensive…"
Xuemin narrowed his eyes and murmured,"I won't let you cash it…"
The value of the promissory note had been constantly depreciating, and its credibility in the hearts of the people was about to drop to the lowest point. If the bank did not honor it, everyone would probably think that the promissory note was going to become waste paper!
"Xishun!"
"Your subordinate is here!"
"Go, bring some men and seize all of Chengde's grain merchants, including their residences. Seal them all!”Zhang Xuemin shouted. He could ignore the normal market transactions and support them by lowering taxes, but spreading false rumors and making a fortune through ill-gotten gains, these kinds of people deserved to die!
"Yes, sir!"
With the guards, Zhao Xishun immediately seized all the grain merchants on the street. Immediately, there was a wave of resistance and loud roars!
"Hey, who are you? What are you doing? Who let you in…"
"Who are you? Do you still have any law?"
"Let me tell you, I'm Brigade Commander Tang's uncle. How dare you seize my shop?”
……
Anyone who dared to make a fortune from the war at a time like this wouldn't be believed if they didn't have any background. In Rehe Province, the biggest backer was naturally Tang Yulin, who was the military governor and governor. Therefore, the grain merchants in the market were all related to Tang Yulin. They were either cousins or uncles!
"Humph!"
Zhang Xuemin snorted coldly." Let's go and meet this Brigadier General Tang!”
When they arrived at the entrance of the Tang Residence, two guards stopped the convoy!
"Stop, what are you doing?”
"Motherf * cker, are you blind? I'm Zhang Xuemin, can't you see the general star on my shoulder? Is this how the 57th Brigade is usually like? You don't know how to salute when you see the officer!"
After kicking the guards aside, Zhang Xuemin barged into the courtyard…
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