Zhu Yuanzhang personally monitored the disaster relief work, but even so, there were still people who dared to make small moves under his nose, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very angry.

Throughout the dynasties, whenever natural disasters occurred, such incidents were inevitable. As long as the government's disaster relief funds continued, they would inevitably be heavily exploited by officials. Officials protected each other, and investigations were also very troublesome.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was mentally prepared at the beginning, he did not expect to have so many demons and monsters under his control.

Don't let yourself pull it out, just pull it out and one word, kill!

In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang also paid special attention to the direction of merchants inflating prices.

Now, the grain prices in the Three Jin regions have reached sky high levels, and even in surrounding areas such as Qi, the prices of grain have skyrocketed and cannot be suppressed.

In the land of the Three Jin dynasties, merchants who dared to hoard goods and engage in hoarding were all imprisoned and executed in the autumn.

All food will be confiscated and used for disaster relief.

But this wave of action quickly passed, because the soaring grain prices in the Three Jin region were essentially caused by the supply-demand relationship.

Such a huge demand, coupled with insufficient food supply and soaring prices, is simply uncontrollable.

Not allowing high prices to be sold, grain merchants simply hide and prefer not to sell, which further exacerbates the market supply problem.

Even if a few big merchants who hoard and hoard goods are imprisoned, it cannot solve the problem, and prices remain high.

And Zhu Yuanzhang turned his gaze to grain merchants who were driving up prices in other places. These grain merchants who ran to the Three Jin regions to make disaster profits also needed to be severely punished. But this time he miscalculated. The outbreak of disasters in the Three Jin region did not give grain merchants sufficient preparation time.

By the time everyone realized it, the disaster had already spread and a large number of refugees were everywhere. As long as they were experienced grain traders, they would not dare to enter the Three Jin region during this period.

Because once their grain trucks enter the land of Sanjin, there is only one outcome, which is to have no return, not to mention making money, their lives may not be guaranteed.

Only some inexperienced people would take a risk, but the result can be imagined: it is difficult to really sell the grain to the market and make a profit from the money. On the way, it is looted by the disaster victims.

Another very important reason is that since Zhu Cha entered Qingzhou, he has attached great importance to trade, especially in his own territory where his power of speech is extremely strong.

From the moment he first entered Qingzhou and had his caravan sell salt everywhere, his business began to develop into various industries, making the entire Qi region's commercial environment very harmonious. Most importantly, Zhu Cha also undertook several major projects, one was the construction of the Qi Wang Mansion, another was the construction of asphalt roads, and another was the large-scale construction of six story small buildings in Qingzhou City. All of these greatly stimulated the surrounding industries!

There are various business opportunities and huge profits here, and the attention of merchants has always been focused on this area. As for the land of Sanjin, they haven't paid much attention at all.

Now, the disaster has completely erupted, and even refugees have approached Qidizhou County. How can any grain merchant dare to expose their grain to the public eye?!

Tie Xuan, the political envoy of Jinan Prefecture, asked the states and counties to be ready to welcome the arrival of a large number of victims at any time, build Congee sheds, and prepare their homes.

At the same time, it is strictly prohibited for disaster victims to enter the city walls, and all states and counties should prepare for the outbreak of epidemics.

Although the disaster occurred in the area of Sanjin, the legs and stomach of Tiexuan, the governor of Jinan Prefecture, had already begun to tremble.

This year's disaster is beyond imagination. According to reports, there are already hundreds of thousands of disaster victims coming from west to east, and it won't be long before they arrive in Qi one by one.

Hundreds of thousands of people open their mouths every day to eat!

What can we feed them with?!

A disaster like this is clearly a bottomless pit, but it can only be endured until next year when new crops are produced in the fields, in order to completely eliminate the impact of this wave of disaster.

In fact, the harvest in Qi region this year is not very good. Although the drought is not as severe as in the Three Jin region, the landlords who hold a large amount of land have planted many potatoes. Now, the potatoes that have been destroyed have been sent to Qingzhou.

As for the grain reserves in the hands of ordinary people, they are not much.

Now, the grain prices in Qidi have also shown a significant increase, one price per day.

Qi also has the task of disaster relief and grain transportation. He has opened grain warehouses and sent some to Jin, while others were purchased from the market. However, the price of grain is getting higher and higher, and as the governor of Jinan, he cannot turn the tide.

A truckload of grain is a drop in the bucket, and it is impossible to alleviate this disaster.

Soon, the news of the first batch of refugees pouring into Qi reached the ears of Tiexuan, the governor of Jinan Prefecture.

It is no surprise that no state or county can accommodate such a large army of refugees.

The refugees who couldn't eat enough continued to advance eastward.

The gates of each city were tightly closed, and they could not get in at all, so they had to eat food in the Congee shed.

But the reserve grain of each state and county granary is relatively limited.

Although the Ming Dynasty has always advocated a policy of rest and recuperation, to be honest, it has never been idle. It often goes to war, and every time there is a war, it still depends on the submission of food and supplies from various regions?

Besides, some grain had already been extracted and sent to the Three Jin region for disaster relief before.

So, the disaster victims who couldn't eat enough continued to move eastward from west to east.

Ahead is Qingzhou City.

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