After the immortal disappeared

He had just moved back, and many things were still in their original places.

Now that he knows that Qingyang plans to deal with him, there is a hidden danger now. He can no longer take risks and must nip threats in the bud!

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Youhu small house.

Qingyang just took a sip of hot tea when he heard a "plop" outside.

It was very light, like something falling on the ground.

She pushed open the door and saw a tit landing under the plum tree. There was a bit of snow last night, which turned into ice during the day. The tit struggled a few times, and its thin legs kept slipping, but it couldn't hold itself up.

"Can't it fly?" Qingyang held it in his palm and observed it.

The chickadee fluttered its wings and tried to escape, but was unable to do so and could only tremble and gasp.

Qingyang brought it back indoors, placed it on the long table next to the brazier, and quickly fed it two pills the size of sesame seeds while its mouth was open.

The elixir melted in the mouth, and the tits quickly stopped trembling.

Qingyang looked at the corner of its eyes carefully and sighed softly: "You are getting old too."

Although this tit is so furry and cute, if you look closely, you can see that the corners of its eyes are a bit bald and its claws are hard, so it looks like it is old.

It was freezing cold and it was difficult for the old bird to find food, so it fainted under the tree.

Qingyang stretched out his finger and nodded its head gently: "Has your tribe also abandoned you?"

This bird is not a monster, so of course it cannot answer.

She stirred up the brazier, and her tits spread their wings slightly, quickly warming themselves.

Less than half an hour later, someone suddenly knocked on the door: "Palace Master? There is a message."

It was Yuan Xuan's voice.

Qingyang called out: "Come in."

Squeak, as soon as the door opened, the tit was frightened, fluttering its wings and rushed out from the crack of the door, eager to return to the ice and snow.

Yuan Xuan was startled, and took a step back to see what was going out, but he heard Qingyang say softly: "This old bird is so stupid, he doesn't enjoy the blessings, and he wants to return to the dangerous world."

Yuan Xuan also saw clearly that what flew out was a common tit, so he quickly retracted his gaze, entered the house and closed the door:

"Palace Master, Shui Jing is sending an urgent message."

He held a round mirror in his hand. The surface of the mirror was filled with mist and mist, but there were a few handwritten words on it:

"The treasury of Yao Palace takes the banners, and the king secretly meets with Wang Sili. The king leads 200 elite troops to the north gate."

If King Yao were here, he would be horrified:

Why did the secret that just happened in the palace reach Qingyang immediately?

Especially the things he ordered to be taken from the treasury were supposed to be very secret.

The scrawled writing on the mirror shows that the person who wrote it is anxious.

This is water mirroring.

In the past, Shuangye Guoshi's subordinate Yu Zecheng and Wanqi's uncle and nephew plotted to seize the Yangshan Islands, using the water mirror technique to conduct short-distance real-time communication.

Qingyang's residence is now under strict surveillance by people sent by King Yao. The original demon birds and flying information methods are easy to be intercepted, so Qingyang activated this set of magic weapons.

The sender was not far from Youhu Xiaozhu, and he was also holding a precious mirror. As long as he wrote on the mirror, Yuan Xuan could receive it in real time.

This communication method is safe and concealed. The only drawback is that it is effective at a short distance and is inconvenient to use in fierce battles.

Qingyang's eyes narrowed: "King Yao ordered to take the festival flag?"

The festival banner is a talisman staff that represents the royal power. It is usually hidden in the treasury and can only be obtained by envoys or expeditions.

When an envoy holds it, it will be like a king coming in person, the soldiers will kneel down and bow when they see it, and foreign courts will also return the favor. It can be said to be a very important ritual vessel.

At this time, where does King Yao want to send his envoys?

He also secretly summoned Wang Sili.

Wang Sili is also a general of the Yao Kingdom, with military exploits. He sent troops to frighten the small country in the south a few years ago. He is now fifty-two years old.

But this guy hasn't fought in a few years. Why did King Yao suddenly transfer him to the north?

North? Two hundred elite soldiers?

"No!" Qingyang shouted, "Submonstrate General Chongwu, quickly!"

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Next, two major events happened in Tianshui City:

First, food prices have risen again. At first it was five cents per pound of rice, but now it costs fifty cents to buy it.

Food prices have officially increased tenfold.

How many people can afford fifty coins?

In other words, the money that could originally buy ten days of food can now only buy one day.

Food is the basis of people's livelihood. If food prices rise, can other things not follow suit?

Residents of Tianshui City found that all living supplies were expensive, with prices doubling in just a few days.

The more expensive and rare something is, the more people rush to buy it and hoard it.

Because things are too expensive, shops on the street have closed. Except for Tianshui City North District, foreign businessmen who want to find a place to take a bath and shave their bones in the city can't find it.

While a bunch of officials were arrested one after another, the government also arrested nearly 300 businessmen, large and small, in Tianshui City, Mangzhou and other major cities. The charges were driving up prices and hoarding, and seized a large amount of grain from their chamber of commerce grain stores. !

The people clapped their hands and applauded, and threw filth at the entrances of these shops. The store clerks were also beaten when they went out, and they were almost like rats crossing the street.

So Dongshang Grain Store, one of the largest grain stores in Tianshui City, opened a store on Tianshui Main Road and sold a limited amount of 20,000 kilograms of rice every day, at thirty-five cents per catty, but each person was limited to three taels, and repeated purchases were not allowed. Once sold out until.

The same goes for several other grain stores.

They are all assigned by officials. Translated into vernacular, they were forced to sell cheap grain by the government.

It won’t work if we don’t sell it, and it won’t work if we can’t get food.

The government only sends people to watch you sell grain, regardless of whether you can get it or not.

It depends on whether you are willing to exercise your subjective initiative. If you are not willing, the big merchants who usually live in luxury and enjoy wealth can only go to jail.

However, although big merchants like Dongshang Grain Store were forced to sell low-priced grain, less than 70% of it was actually sold to the people. Where did the other 30% go? Sorry, they went to those who were not subject to purchase restrictions.

In order to get food for the whole family, a household often had to go to the big grain stores to queue up in turn.

If you go a step later, you will be left without a place.

At this time, you may not be able to buy grain even if you have money.

The panic further pushed up grain prices.

In today's Tianshui City, the only thing that has risen faster than the price of new town residential land is the grain price.

Some residents couldn't stand it anymore and started selling their new town residential land.

Fan Shuang also gave feedback to He Lingchuan that he couldn't buy grain, and he really couldn't buy it. There was a foreign general who had just entered the capital, and he and his dozen guards were trapped in the inn and starved. A few days ago, he could buy a few bowls of expensive noodles to fill his stomach, one bowl costing 130 coins, but now all the restaurants on the street were closed because they couldn't get the ingredients.

This general asked for help everywhere, but couldn't get food.

If the nobles were so embarrassed, how could ordinary people live better?

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The northern front of Yao State, Bailing'an.

Bailing'an was originally a small town with more than a hundred households, but since it became the front line, the town was requisitioned and turned into a military camp.

This is the northernmost part of Yao State, and even the falling snow is more solid than in the south.