Three days later.

The early morning sun was a bit harsh, windless, and muggy.

One by one, people dressed in simple clothes walked towards the department store, as usual.

Since there is a department store, we have been accustomed to the way of self-selected purchase, what you want to buy directly take, the variety is complete, the quality is very high, the price is not expensive, go to the east and west market to buy a house, too troublesome.

Soon, countless people poured into the mall, and the shelves on the first floor were filled with fresh vegetables, fruits, and all kinds of dry goods and spices, which were very tempting at first glance, but the settlement outlet was not placed with snowflake salt as usual, and everyone was stunned, blinking, and couldn't believe their eyes.

Many people come from afar, if not, wouldn't they run in vain?

There is a special person at the settlement exit who is responsible for settling accounts and collecting cashiers for everyone, and some guests can't help but ask: "Why is your snowflake salt gone?" ”

Where does the person in charge know the inside story, but also puzzled, the guests began to panic, the salt outside does not know what is going on, the two days have risen several times, just like that, I heard that it is sold out, and you can't buy it with money, not to mention that it is too expensive to buy, if there is no salt here, what will everyone eat?

"Where's the salt?"

"We're going to buy salt."

More people gathered around and shouted, and the scene was a bit chaotic.

At this time, Jia Youcai came running with a team of village guards and shouted: "Don't make any noise, the old man is the steward here, the salt is not sold, and I don't know when the next batch will arrive." ”

"Didn't you say that there was enough supply, why didn't you sell it?" Someone asked dissatisfiedly.

"It's just that it can't be sold out so quickly."

"Get the salt out."

More people got involved, yelling and getting emotional.

Jia Youcai had already prepared, and said loudly: "The Li family of Zhaojun and the Lu family of Fanyang are the main families, and they have joined other officials to impeach the Duke of Protector, saying that we have maliciously reduced prices here, undermined fair competition, and are not allowed to sell salt anymore. ”

"What, I actually said that the Lord Protector maliciously lowered the price, damn salt merchants, why don't they die!"

"That is, they sell at such a high price, where can we ordinary people afford to eat, we are grateful to protect the country, be benevolent and righteous, sympathize with us, and sell at a low price, and now we are not allowed to sell, what do we eat?"

"Damn salt merchants, they're forcing the Protector away so we can buy high-priced salt."

"No, let's not agree, go to them."

Jia Youcai saw that public opinion was one-sided without his own stimulation, saving a lot of trouble, and shouted loudly: "Everyone hurry up, I heard that the bandits in the south of the Yangtze River are difficult to settle, and the sea salt can't be shipped in the near future, and the price has to rise, so let's go buy more, lest there be no salt in the future." ”

When everyone heard that there would be a shortage of salt in the future, they became even more anxious and left one after another.

Soon, a large group of people flocked to the door of a shop, and the shopkeeper came out to Zhang Luo, and saw so many people coming over violently, a little worried, but when he thought of the backing behind him, he was bold and shouted: "What are you doing?" ”

"Buy salt, get it out."

"Yes, take out the salt, and don't increase the price."

When the shopkeeper heard that he was here to buy salt, he scolded impatiently: "Just line up to buy salt, come one by one, and the owner has explained that the price of salt will rise by three cents today, twenty wen a catty, and prepare all the silver." ”

"What...... Up again? You are robbing. ”

"Yes, it can't go up again, we don't agree."

The shopkeeper said disdainfully: "It doesn't matter what you say, if you like to buy it or not, if you don't buy it, it will have to rise tomorrow, anyway, there is not much salt, don't worry about selling." ”

When everyone heard that there was not much salt, they panicked, how could they live if they couldn't buy salt?

When the grain is gone, you can dig some wild vegetables to satisfy your hunger, and boil it over, the salt is different, you can't do it without it, and you have the courage to squeeze forward, while shouting: "You businessmen are rich and unkind, and the price is indiscriminately raised, and you simply don't give our people a way to live, quickly take out the salt and sell it to us at a low price." ”

"Called...... Call a fart, Lao Tzu won't sell it. "The shopkeeper is arrogant and doesn't care.

When everyone heard that they didn't sell it, they were furious and rushed in.

People have blind instincts, and then rush in, several shopkeepers suddenly panicked, and hurriedly came up to stop them, but were knocked to the ground by several sturdy men, and everyone rushed in, intending to grab and give the silver again, after all, there is not much salt, and whoever grabs it first will have a chance.

Waiting for the salt to arrive, looking at the chaotic scene, no one came up to ask for silver, many people moved bad thoughts, quietly left, some did not want to take advantage of the shop guy everywhere to give silver, but could not see people, found that many people around stared at the salt in their hands, worried about being robbed, and quickly boiled off.

Soon, the shop was ransacked of salt.

The popularity of not grabbing salt is but, why can others grab salt and take it away, but can't themselves?

Greed occupies the high ground of the brain and becomes crazy.

Everyone scolded and rushed towards the nearest salt shop, with the experience of the last time, this time there was no nonsense at all, and rushed in to grab it, for fear that it would be too late.

Soon, the wind of robbery was staged in Chang'an City, everyone ran after grabbing, Qianniuwei came up to arrest people, there were too many people on the scene to stop.

The news of the lack of salt swept through Chang'an City like a storm, and more people were worried that there would be no salt in the future, so they went out of their homes and joined the robbery team, and the streets were in chaos.

The law does not hold the people accountable, and the chaotic situation is becoming more and more intense.

The news soon spread to the imperial city and reached the ears of Li Er, who was handling affairs in the Ganlu Palace.

Li Er's whole person was not good, he looked at Qianniuwei who came to report in a daze, and felt very unreal, Chang'an City under his rule did not say that the road was not forgotten, and it was not much worse, and there was actually a robbery incident, which ...... How can it be?

This is a disgrace to the imperial court.

It is also a stain on his own governance, if it is recorded in the history books, how can it be embarrassing?

Li Er, who has always cherished his reputation, was angry and asked, "What's the matter?" Why is this happening? ”

Qian Niuwei, who rushed to report, hurriedly explained: "Shengshang, I don't know about my humble position, I only heard that the department store stopped selling snowflake salt, and the people hated other salt shops for hoarding goods, raising prices and selling them, and asking for price reductions failed, and there was a dispute, and finally it turned into a robbery, and the entire Chang'an City was in chaos." ”

"You Nanya Forbidden Army can't do this little thing? What about Lu Guogong? ”

"Back to the Holy Place, Lu Guocheng commanded the chaos at the scene, there were too many innocent people at the scene, and there were only a few lootings, but with the help of innocent people to get out, it was difficult to arrest them.

Military control means that you can take over the entire city of Chang'an, order everyone to go home unconditionally, and dare to disobey and kill.

Doing so would quickly quell the chaos, but it would also escalate public anger.

Li Er hesitated, worried that the robbery would escalate, trigger a fight, and even threaten the safety of the imperial city and himself, so he hurriedly said: "Control for two days, be sure to find out the truth behind it, recover the looted goods and return them to the victims." ”

"Whoa!" The other party said yes and hurried away.

Li Er looked at the direction of the gate, his eyes flashed, and he muttered in a low voice: "Snowflake salt is out of sale, Qin family boy, what do you want to do, do you want to fight back against me?" Then come on. ”

"Holy Lord, the Li clan of Zhao County and the Lu clan of Fan Yang sent representatives to ask for a meeting." Wang De's voice came from the door.

"Xuan!"

Soon, two middle-aged men hurriedly entered the temple, and after saluting, one of them said: "Holy Lord, several salt shops in the clan have been robbed by others, and the losses are huge. ”

"That's right, please ask the Holy Lord to severely punish the murderer and give me justice." Another chimed in.

Li Er's eyes narrowed, and he asked coldly: "I came to you two days ago and asked you to sell at a lower price together, didn't you say that there is not much salt?" How can there be such a huge loss? ”

"It's not much salt, but a batch was shipped last night, ready to be sold at a reduced price today, but I didn't expect to make trouble and rob the supplies, it's a crime to die." A man said solemnly.

Li Er is not stupid, the floods in the south of the Yangtze River, the roads are impassable, the sea salt can't be transported, and the salt mines in the southwest are almost all confiscated, where does the salt come from? It was obvious that he wanted to hoard Juqi and sell it at a high price, but considering that he still had to use two of them, he didn't break it, and said coldly: "Don't worry, the Nanya Forbidden Army has been ordered to pursue it." ”

"Thank you for your grace!" The two of them looked grateful.

At this time, Wang De hurriedly came in and said anxiously: "Holy Lord, there is a fight." ”

"What's the fight?" Li Er reprimanded, but he chuckled in his heart.

Wang De hurriedly organized the language and explained: "Shengshang, the people and the forbidden army have fought, asking for salt, and the price is not allowed, and many people have even gathered at the Suzaku Gate, and their emotions are hot, I am afraid that something will happen." ”

"What ......"

Li Er's face changed greatly, the common people actually rushed into the forbidden army, and even came to the Suzaku Gate to demonstrate, is this a rebellion? But when he thought of the reason, Li Er's face turned red, and in the final analysis, it was all caused by himself.

Inexplicably, an unprecedented uneasiness came to my heart, and I felt that something big was going to happen.

But the emperor can't be wrong, otherwise the majesty will not exist, and the mob must not be tolerated, a nameless fire arose, Li Er said coldly: "Spread the edict to Lu Guogong, quell the chaos as soon as possible, and those who resist and disobey will be killed!" ”

"Yes!" Wang De instinctively felt that this order was inappropriate, but he didn't dare to say more, and hurried away.