Chapter 1429: The death of the old farmer, grain prices skyrocket!

As Gao Yang predicted, when the whole nation is crazily speculating, the market spontaneously forms an astonishing combined force, pushing the price of Zhao Gao silk to a sky-high price.

But at the same time, once the market starts to crash and the bubble is suddenly pricked, the price will also form a stampede effect and start to plummet!

Handan City now, and even the entire Zhao Guo, is exactly like this!

Zhao Gao silk itself does not possess any moat. Once Great Qian does not take over, where can the falsely high price be sold?

Does Chu Kingdom want it?

Does Yan Kingdom want it?

This kind of decline is a one-stroke soul-severing blade!

At the beginning, when the price of Zhao Gao silk fell and the decline was so large, some greedy Zhao Guo commoners thought they had picked up a huge bargain and scrambled to pick up the scraps.

But as Zhao Gao silk plummeted and the news spread, their mentality changed. This was not a huge bargain; it was like picking up a piece of smelly dog shit.

Outside a silk shop.

An old man wearing coarse cloth and hemp clothes with cracked palms knelt on the ground, begging the shopkeeper.

"I bought this Zhao Gao silk for three taels of silver. Now that only a few days have passed, why has it fallen to a few hundred wen? I don't want this Zhao Gao silk anymore, can you refund the money?"

"Shopkeeper, please show some kindness, otherwise my whole family won't be able to survive this year!"

The shopkeeper, dressed in fine clothes, stood out and said, "Where did this beggar come from, get lost!"

"Why didn't you say anything when Zhao Gao silk was rising? You come looking for me when it plummets? Do you want all the good things in the world to be yours?"

"What does it have to do with me if you can't survive?"

The old farmer's face was full of despair, his eyes dull.

More and more Zhao Guo commoners stood out, and they said loudly.

"F*ck your mother, you treacherous merchant!"

"Refund the money!"

The shopkeeper faced the surging crowd and said viciously, "Report to the officials!"

"Let's see who dares to make trouble!"

Soon, the yamen runners arrived.

The shopkeeper saw them and immediately said arrogantly, "My lords, there are unruly people making trouble here, please take action!"

But the Zhao Guo commoners still did not retreat, their faces full of anger.

"I bought Zhao Gao silk for three taels, and now it has fallen to a few hundred wen. Even if you kill me, I won't retreat!"

"Exactly, even if you kill me, I won't retreat!"

In an instant, the Zhao Guo commoners were filled with indignation.

Just as the head constable felt it was thorny, a constable behind him could no longer hold back.

"F*ck his mother, these treacherous merchants deserve to die, I don't care about being a yamen runner anymore!"

He took off his yamen runner uniform, walked into the middle of the crowd, raised his right fist, and shouted.

"F*ck your mother, refund the money!"

The head constable looked stunned.

But before he could react, several more constables took off their yamen runner uniforms together and roared, "My family also bought Zhao Gao silk, f*ck your mother, refund the money!"

"Refund the money!"

The shopkeeper was dumbfounded, no longer having any arrogance, and hurriedly closed the door.

Under the stampede, a monstrous public anger instantly swept through the entire Handan City.

"F*ck, I thought I made a big profit, I bought three bolts for one tael of silver, and now in just this short while, it has fallen to six or seven hundred wen!"

"There is no smoke without fire. With Zhao Gao silk falling like this, the news must be true. The Great Qian Empress is playing dirty and has really ordered a strict ban on Great Qian people wearing Zhao Gao silk!"

"Brothers, I have something to do, I'm leaving first!"

"Brother Smart, you are always the smartest, where are you going for no reason?"

"Oh no, today's news, besides saying the Great Qian Empress strictly forbids Great Qian people from wearing Zhao Gao silk, there is also a grain ban order. Now that Zhao Gao silk has plummeted and our Zhao Guo farmland is abandoned, the price of grain is bound to skyrocket!"

Once these words were spoken, the Zhao Guo commoners were all uneasy. Zhao Gao silk was just speculation, but grain concerns life!

If the price of grain skyrockets, what will they do?

In an instant, outside the major grain shops in Zhao Guo, they were all crowded with commoners scrambling to buy!

On the streets of Handan, Zhao Gao silk could not be sold, and no commoners were fooled. Instead, they all posted notices of "Zhao Gao silk for grain," but no one asked about it.

In front of a grain shop.

An old farmer wearing coarse cloth and hemp clothes with a face full of wrinkles knelt on the ground holding a bolt of Zhao Gao silk.

He looked up to the sky and cried, his voice desolate, "Oh heavens, the day before yesterday, one bolt of Zhao Gao silk could be exchanged for five dou of rice, and now one bolt of silk cloth can't even be exchanged for half a dou of rice!"

"The price of grain rises three times a day, and I can't afford to buy it. How am I supposed to live?"

"What use do I have for this silk cloth?"

The old farmer's face was full of grief and indignation, his old voice echoing through the entire street, making the crowd of commoners scrambling for grain feel desolate.

In fact, they also didn't know how to survive this year!

The old farmer's face was full of grief and indignation, and he could no longer hold back the anger in his heart. He lowered his head slightly and looked at the Zhao Gao silk he had previously regarded as a treasure.

Crack!

With one force, the Zhao Gao silk instantly fell apart, and then he raised his head and scattered it toward the sky.

Whoosh!

The debris turned into Zhao Gao silk danced all over the sky, as if it were snowing, extremely gorgeous.

The old farmer stood under this sky full of silk cloth, trembling as he reached out, his old eyes filled with tears, and he took out a pair of rusty scissors from his bosom.

He held them high, aiming at his own throat!

When this scene appeared, the onlookers were all greatly alarmed, and they hurriedly ran over.

"No!"

"Don't!"

The old farmer smiled freely and said desolately, "All the silver in the family was used to buy Zhao Gao silk. Now that the price of grain has skyrocketed, I can't afford to buy it at all. Even if I don't die now, I will die sooner or later."

After saying this, the old farmer had no more attachment.

Pfft!