In front of the merchants in Fengting Town, whenever the door is opened, there are many people guarding there and begging for guests. There are even more small restaurants and restaurants.

There are many people in front of Su Qingma’s shop every morning, noon and evening.

There were originally four vegetable shops in the town, but later one was closed. This time, the price of salt and grain fluctuated, and only Su Qingmu and Su Ergu's shops were still open.

Su Qingma didn't know whether Su Ergu made money or not, but she had been separated from Su Qingma and probably could have been able to hold on for a while.

There are usually no leftovers in Su Qingma’s shop, and she has dealt with them that day when she has not sold out. But since someone begged at the door, Su Qingliu, Grandma Zhou and others see that they are pitiful and will give the leftovers every day to the begging people at the door.

But later, seeing more and more people coming, everyone stopped thinking.

Foreigners kept coming, which seriously affected the lives of the people in Fengting Town. All businesses could not drive away the beggars at the door, nor were they afraid of fighting. Many people felt pitiful to them and could not take action, so they let them squat at the door.

But in this way, customers are not very brave to go to the store to do business.

All businesses are suffering.

The salt shop has only been open for half a day. Even so, there are still long queues at the door of the salt shop. Even if the door is closed, the people will still not disperse. Before dawn, there are people queuing up.

The prices of grain in the grain shop are also rising quietly, but the price of salt is not as terrifying as it is. Because most residents of Fengting Town hold autumn grain in their hands, there is no situation where they can't queue up to buy grain.

When Xu Shaoyan came, Su Qingniang told him about the changes in Fengting Town these days, and she couldn't help but sigh and bewildered.

Their town has no drought or flooding. In addition to the heavy taxes, the fields are considered to have a bumper harvest, whether it is summer or autumn. This time, many outdated foreigners can only be short of food in other places.

Su Qingtai missed the era of information explosion. Not to mention the country, even the news from the other side of the earth would spread everywhere as soon as it occurred. However, here, the transportation was inconvenient and the news was blocked. She didn't know why it originated and could not make a judgment.

Xu Shaoyan had been traveling for many days and arrived in Fengting Town. He thought that the years in Fengting Town were quiet, but he didn't expect that it would be peaceful. He gently closed his eyebrows, and his beautiful fingers rubbed his eyebrows one after another, looking like a steep and steep one after another.

Su Qingma looked at it and laughed: "I remember you have a wife and a child, right?"

Xu Shaoyan turned his head to look at him, his hands still supporting his forehead, raised his eyebrows, and looked puzzled.

"You are so confused when you are outside." Su Qingma also raised her eyebrows at him and looked him up and down.

Xu Shaoyan looked at him and was about to ask her, but when he reported it, he couldn't help but smile.

After looking at Su Qingma, the person in front of her was completely different from the first meeting. She was beautiful and dignified, like a secluded orchid in the empty valley. Where was the look of a flat, black and thin country girl when she first met?

"Along the way, it was already in chaos outside. I thought Fengting Town had a good time, but I didn't expect that it would be quiet."

"Is there chaos outside?"

Xu Shaoyan nodded: "Well, it's very messy. Do you think there are many people at the entrances of various merchants in Fengting Town now? No. Just look outside and you will know that there are more people there in places where there are temples."

"Ah, I have begged to the temple? Yes, wealthy families often give there. If they get the donation, they should be able to survive."

Xu Shaoyan didn't look at her and shook his head: "No. It was the farmer who sent his son, Cheng Ding and Wei Cheng Ding, into the temple. He lined up every day to ask for the temple to take him in."

"Ah? Why? Put your son into the temple, isn't your daughter? You don't want it either?"

Xu Shaoyan smiled and said, "Which temple does you want women?"

Oh, too. But isn’t there a nunnery? Can you bear to give up a man?

"Living is better than dying. The north has recruited troops again. The various vassals have responded. Over the years, the land in the north is deserted, water conservancy is disrepair, many places are deserted, and thorns are blocked. Taxes have increased, and the people cannot survive and have no choice but to escape into the monks..."

"ah?"

"Now Buddhism has developed rapidly and has attracted a lot of land. I heard that there are now 50,000 or 60,000 people in the monks and nuns..."

Su Qingma's head buzzed.

She remembered that there were several events in history that destroyed Buddhism. On the one hand, the population of wars has dropped sharply, and on the other hand, there are more and more Buddhist disciples who do not care about farming, which seriously affects the national fiscal and taxation and corvee collection, and conflicts between the state power and religious forces are added. In history, there was a famous Buddhist extermination incident initiated by emperors by the Three Martial Arts and One Sect. The blood left in front of the Buddhist temple could not be washed clean for half a month...

Seeing that Su Qingma didn't say anything, Xu Shaoyan turned his head to look at her. Seeing that her hands were trembling, he asked with concern: "What's wrong with you? I feel uncomfortable?"

Su Qingma came to her senses, shook her head, and was still a little stunned.

Xu Shaoyan looked at her again, confirmed that she was fine, and comforted her: "Don't worry too much. Guangning Prefecture is still peaceful now. There are many people coming in from prefectures and counties. There will always be some measures in the prefectures and counties. The people who are coming in from Fengting Town are still able to control it."

Su Qingma nodded.

After a long time, he asked him: "Not only has the salt prices rise, but the grain prices have also risen. Is it because the north has no income?"

Xu Shaoyan frowned again: "Well, a locust plague occurred in Dingzhou, Weizhou, Cangzhou, Ezhou and Yanzhou areas. Locusts passed through the border, and one in ten was not available. Now many northern victims are flooded in all prefectures and prefectures."

"Locust plague?" Su Qingma turned her head to look at him in surprise.

"Um."

Su Qingma remembered that there was an era in history when locust plagues occurred. The Tang Dynasty had a 289th year of its reign, and there were 42 years of locust plagues, and it would take an average of once every seven years. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, various disasters followed one after another, and the contradictions triggered by various natural disasters also accelerated the fall of the Tang Dynasty.

When Su Qingma first came, she thought she had been in the Tang Dynasty, but the time she was in is the Dashuo Dynasty. This dynasty that had never appeared in history made her confused. She couldn't even pretend to be ridiculous based on the historical knowledge of the top scholars.

"Fortunately, in addition to the north, many places have high yields, otherwise it would be even more difficult. I am here this time and I am going to collect some grain and transport it to the north. I am also planning to transport the goods from your farm. Now that the price of grain and salt has risen, the price naturally cannot be calculated based on the previous price. I will not let you suffer a loss..."

Su Qingma nodded. After working together for so many times, she trusted him. She was even more grateful that he kept sending him back to the outside world during this period. She didn't care much about the price. She readily agreed to clear out all the goods in the cellar on the farm.

She didn't move the food.
Chapter completed!