"The Qing Dynasty is the mouthpiece of the court, so naturally I have to say good things to the little foolish lord. You don't know what's happening inside..."

A small group of more than a dozen people has been together for several lifetimes, and they are all hard-core Eight Banners. As long as there are no Zaichun's eagle claws and eyeliners next to them, they dare to say it very well.

"There is not that much food at all, and even if there is one, it cannot be transported. I have all been used to move cement, steel, and ammunition... You see, soldiers will go door to door to seal off their private granaries..."

"This is all the property of the nobles in the palace in the capital. If they were all confiscated, why would anyone do with him after the foolish monarch?"

"There is another fatal news... I heard that the tyrant lord had to exchange silver for the gold in our hands, so he gave it ten. Isn't this obvious bullying?"

"Why do you want to exchange gold?" Some people didn't understand.

"Shhh... I'll just say a little bit, just exchange gold for the second Japanese? Fuck, do you think the second Japanese are kind-hearted? Sell us things well? I heard that there are some dog thieves in the Chinese parliament that are against our Qing Dynasty..."

"The remnants of the Changmao Rebellion went to the Chinese people... They said clearly that unless you buy it with gold, you won't sell it to you..."

"Look, is it a bad heart? Xiao Letian's men are all traitors..."

"Oh... So there is this trick? One tael of gold and ten taels of silver? The price is not right? I can exchange it in any gold shop, and I can exchange it for twelve taels!"

This is the case with the Qing Dynasty's domestic financial system now. There is more silver and less copper coins, so of course the least amount of gold is still the one that can be beaten!

Since the main bodies of European currency are gold, silver in Europe is just a precious metal and a supplement to the currency, while Chinese silver is the main legal currency.

Therefore, European silver is very cheap. They exchange silver for Chinese goods and ship it to Europe for sale, and get currency that can be exchanged for gold.

This trade model will allow silver to continue to flow into the Qing Dynasty. If this continues, there will be more and more silver, and naturally it will become more and less expensive.

The comparison price of silver and gold set by the court was still the rule during the Kangxi and Jiaqing periods, ten taels of silver were exchanged for one tael of gold.

But now the exchange of gold and silver in Tongzhi Dynasty has long changed. People don’t want to exchange one or two taels of gold if you don’t take twelve or three taels of silver?

Moreover, the more war-torn the gold becomes, the more precious it is. Gold in troubled times and antiques in prosperous times! The principles that the children of the Eight Banners understand.

"Oh, this is not OK. Isn't this robbing money? The court is too unreasonable..."

"Rasoning? Damn, our great Eight Banners Masters have all been scrambling to get a good citizen certificate and go out on the street. What else do you say is reasonable or unreasonable... What kind of world is it?"

They took out their good civilian certificate and fell on the ground to vent their anger, but after falling twice, they had to pick it up and stuff it in their arms. Without this thing, you would be unable to move in the capital.

"Have it done...when will it be! I will come home later and hide all the last little gold jewelry of my wife, so I can't let them cheat me!"

A cold voice in the crowd said, "Look, this foolish lord has been happy for a few days. He was already unconscious last night. If it weren't for the Chinese doctors who used the evil method of taking over the body to exchange for life to save him, today would probably be the day he died!"

"We will live well until Emperor Guangxu enters the capital, and then we will have a good life!"

At this moment, one hand suddenly covered the speaker's mouth, "Worry, there are soldiers..."

Sure enough, a team of new soldiers trotted past the streets in real ammunition, rolling up smoke and dust. The soldiers who were approaching from south to north were heading straight to the commercial street of Nancheng!

On the afternoon of April 18, rumors in the capital suddenly became true. Almost all the grain shops were surrounded by large troops. The occupants of the Ministry of Revenue of the court came up with pens, ink, paper and inkstones and seals covered with seals of the Ministry of Revenue.

"According to the imperial court order, take over all the food... count it immediately, the Ministry of Revenue will issue a note for you, and go back to the Ministry of Revenue to settle the money..."

"You have a few granaries in total. It's best to report them honestly. If there are hidden secrets, we can confiscate them directly..."

"Calculate quickly, report the real numbers, and settle the money according to the numbers... If there are hoarding goods, they will be punished according to the enemy!"

This has caused the hornets in the capital. The grain merchants in the capital have very deep backgrounds. Who can do this business without a backstage? Now the court clearly wants to rob it clearly.

Some shopkeepers even asked with courage, "Dear officials... I don't know... I don't know what price to settle the food..."

"Bold... Do you still dare to bargain with the court? You profiteers, you are not hoarding these grains long ago? Do you still want to sell them at a high price to make money from the national crisis?"

"I'll say one more thing, I'll arrest you to jail..."

The shopkeeper's face turned pale. Looking at the soldiers who were like wolves and tigers at the door, the officials who were coming and going were bleeding with pain. Some people couldn't stand it anymore. They secretly stuffed some silver notes to the leading officials and whispered to report their backstage size.

In the past, people with backends gave a little bit of money, but today it was all different. None of the officials dared to collect money.

"Haha... Prince? Beile? They are all living in the imperial city. I want to plead for you to find Master Long Live. How close is it!"

"Copy..." The cold-blooded and cold-hearted face, without any affection, the grain merchants in the capital were wailing.

Only the Chinese grain shops are very peaceful. There is no need for Chinese grain merchants to find the nobles of the Eight Banners as their backing. The Chinese grain merchants basically only have branches of large commercial trusts.

There are plans for emergencies in this kind of war. When the imperial court came to the army to manage food, the shopkeeper and the staff were not panicked and cooperated to hand over all accounts and food.

After the Ministry of Revenue opened the receipt, they could get the receipt to the head office to report the account, so they didn't have to worry about the rest. Through the embassy, ​​they got the train ticket to leave the capital, and the Chinese grain merchants left quietly.

The remaining grain merchants in Shanxi, Zhili, Henan and Shandong are really corpses! Some shopkeepers were in a state of disarray and their grain worth millions were seized, and they went crazy at that time.

There were some howling and crying all over the streets, some cursing with dark faces, and some crazy nonsense... Of course, some of them were still hiding.

Unfortunately, the court had already made preparations this time. Any hidden grain merchants were arrested at night, and those secret warehouses were directly confiscated by the court. This time, there was not even a note, which was considered a free military ration for the court!

The shocked news reached the imperial city, and all the nobles of the royal palace who were gathered in the name of security were dumbfounded and dared not speak nonsense under the low wall.

They looked at the dark Forbidden City Palace Wall outside the window, and cursed with all the swear words in their stomachs!

"Damn the foolish lord... Why don't you die yet? You are like your father who died early..."

"Wuwuwu... God, ancestor! More than one million grains are gone... All this foolish lord took away..."
Chapter completed!