Chapter 37

"Everyone should know what happened a few days ago. Before the autumn harvest, those unscrupulous grain merchants raised the price of wheat by several copper coins one after another, recklessly harvesting everyone's copper coins."

"Even if everyone will starve to death, unscrupulous grain merchants will continue to raise the price of wheat. What they care about is their own income in copper coins, and they don't care about everyone's life or death at all."

Speaking of this, Liu Feng looked at the leaders below who showed hatred in their eyes, and knew that the atmosphere he wanted had been achieved.

"Everyone knows that because I want to change Xiyang City, I recruited everyone to help me work. Because the City Lord's Mansion doesn't have too many copper coins, there are only some remaining wheat. We can only use wheat as salary to give everyone."

After these words fell, many civilians cheered.

"The lord is a good nobleman!"

"We like a city lord like you."

"Master Liu Feng, leave the work to us, and anyone who is lazy will be beaten to death."

Looking at the excited civilians, Liu Feng knew that it was time for dinner. After waving his hands to calm everyone down, he said in a low voice, "Just because everyone can receive wheat as salary from me, those unscrupulous grain merchants can't sell the high-priced wheat." Get out, they're blaming me for everything."

"Even, such a black-hearted grain merchant actually wants to murder a nobleman and make everyone lose their jobs. Then they can go to them to buy high-priced wheat, rough wheat that costs six copper coins per catty."

There were bursts of exclamations in the crowd, everyone was too impressed with the high price of wheat, six copper coins per catty of wheat, few families could afford to eat for a few days.

"What? How dare they murder a nobleman, or a nobleman as good as the city lord???"

"Damn it, a black-hearted grain merchant dared to murder Mr. Liu Feng, it's too hateful."

"My lord, hang those grain merchants, let them be punished, dig out their black hearts, let the wild dogs swallow them, and be a shit in the next life."

"Yes! Hang them."

"Hang them!!!"

The civilians shouted in unison, and the bulls on the side rushed down to make a gesture, and immediately someone brought six grain merchants in black cloth bags to the gallows.

Liu Feng wants to use the method of public execution to establish the majesty of his city lord.

Chapter 0050 The right to buy and sell wheat.

Six grain merchants were led to the gallows, and the executioners put nooses around their necks.

The faces of the grain merchants were ashen. The ghosts knew what they had experienced last night. Instead, they felt a kind of relief from the noose around their necks. They would rather die than go back to that dark and damp execution room.

There are three kinds of punishment in this world, one is hanging, that is, hanging.

There is also burning at the stake, where people are tied to a cross and burned alive. Of course, the last one is beheading.

"Bah! You deserve it, you black-hearted grain merchants, you will still have today."

"That's right, bah, you can't earn copper coins, but you dare to murder the city lord, you really deserve to die."

The commoners cursed angrily, and those who were bolder and more willing threw their shoes out.

In fact, it was the last point that killed the grain merchants, and that was the attempt to murder Liu Feng.

If it's just high-priced wheat, Liu Feng can't say anything. They just sell wheat normally, but the price is higher. Whoever let them have wheat, and there is no such thing as a price bureau in this world. Whoever controls the grain has the right to speak.

But people's greed killed them, even if they were not charged with murder, Liu Feng would make it hard for them, but before they started, the grain merchant chose to murder Liu Feng.

Niu Ben was holding a roll of sheepskin. Now the city lord's mansion uses paper, and the sheepskin roll is only used in important decisions or occasions like today's trial.

"... These six people were tried by Lord Liu Feng. The following are their charges. First, they disrupted the market order. Second, they murdered nobles. Third... Fourth... hereby, they are sentenced to death and executed by hanging."

This could be regarded as a foreign version of an open judicial verdict. Of course, if the grain merchants hadn't stuffed their mouths, the trial might not have been so quiet.

The fat grain merchant's eyes were full of fear, his tears were like a stream, his nose was full of snot, and his nostrils kept dilated.

why? I don't want to die! The grain merchants shouted in their hearts, the life they enjoy has only just begun, why is this happening.

The grain merchants looked at Liu Feng with hatred, they were all this lunatic nobleman, if it wasn't for him, maybe they wouldn't have to die.

Lord Baron Oma will avenge us, those wheats belong to him, he will not let this Liu Feng go!

"implement!"

"implement!!"

"implement!!!"

There were three executions, one higher than the other, and finally, the six grain merchants were hanged.

Liu Feng calmly looked at the six hanging people, waved his hands, and immediately someone went to pack up the corpses for cremation.

He understood the eyes of several grain merchants, Baron Omar? He is not afraid of the other party at all now.

Rather, he now expects the other party to come over. His soldiers need a real battle. Moreover, he lacks slaves for mining, and those horse thieves are the best slaves.

The death of the grain merchant caused fear in the eyes of some civilians, and they looked at Liu Feng in awe.

This is what Liu Feng wanted. He took a step forward and shouted, "Everyone, in order to prevent the tragedy of high-priced wheat from happening, now, as the city lord, I announce that the right to sell wheat belongs to the city lord's mansion. It can only be done with the City Lord's Mansion."

"In other words, after your autumn harvest, in addition to paying 20% ​​of the tax, the remaining wheat, if you are worried about improper storage of the wheat, or fear of mold and rot, if you want to sell the wheat, you can only sell it to the city lord's mansion. "

"Privately selling or buying wheat is prohibited. The City Lord's Mansion will buy everyone's wheat at the market price. Of course, if you buy wheat, the City Lord's Mansion will also sell it to everyone at the market price."

This is Liu Feng's focus today. The right to buy and sell grain belongs to the city lord's mansion, and the order of the market is in his own hands. There will be no such thing as high-priced wheat next time.

Moreover, the most important thing is that he holds the lifeline. In this era, filling the stomach is the luxury of ordinary people, so Liu Feng, who holds the food, is the person with the most right to speak.

"My lord, how many copper coins is a catty of wheat now?" a bold person shouted.

The civilians under the high platform all looked at Liu Feng expectantly. They were all frightened by the high price of wheat. If it wasn't for Liu Feng's job salary paid in wheat, they might have left Xiyang City to find a way out.

"A few days ago, the market price of wheat was two copper coins for rough wheat, so the city lord's mansion naturally sells two copper coins per catty of wheat." Liu Feng smiled gently and said in affirmation!

"..." The atmosphere suddenly fell silent, and some people were even more excited to shed tears, and in the next second, unprecedented shouts broke out.

"Long live the city lord, long live, long live!"

"Long live Mr. Liu Feng, long live, long live!"

This shout made the corners of Liu Feng's mouth tremble, how could he have a sense of being an emperor.

Niu Ben on the side twitched the corner of his mouth, and subconsciously scanned the crowd. There were a few familiar people inside, and they shouted 'Long live' vigorously.

All right! These are the tricks that Niu Ben arranged immediately after he knew the young master's plan. After all, the nobles often use this trick to encourage the ignorant commoners.

The word 'long live' was said by Mina to him. It is said that it was described as a great person in the young master's hometown. I hope that the other party will live a long life.

Then the second step of the plan is completed, and the rest is the last step. Niu Ben looked at Liu Feng worriedly. This last step is the most dangerous step.