Marrying into a rich family by mistake, it is difficult to be a mistress

Chapter 659: A big move, a big one

"Madam!" Xiao Yan'an walked in quickly from outside.

As soon as he entered the house, he couldn't wait to say, "Just now, the government issued an order to increase the tax on the caravans. As long as their goods enter the imperial capital, they will be taxed, and the tax is not low. The caravans that received the news are now all stagnant outside the city and dare not enter the city."

Ji Chuhe put down the cup in his hand and replied calmly: "I didn't expect that the princess would come up with this idea after holding it in for so long."

"In that case, let our caravan turn around and leave. From today on, shops in the imperial capital will no longer buy anything from the caravan. We will strictly control the prices of the goods we purchase. Once the prices of the goods we purchase go up, we will stop purchasing them."

"Okay." Xiao Yan'an nodded, "I think so too. This matter won't cause much impact in the short term, but if it goes on for a long time, the capital will definitely be in chaos!"

"Yeah, isn't that what we want them to do?"

Ji Chuhe and Princess Huaiyang's caravan turned around immediately upon hearing the order.

Ji Chuhe also has some shops in other cities. Although the business is not as good as that in the imperial capital, there is still enough profit to support it.

The goods of the strong teams are mainly supplied to the shops in the imperial capital, and only a small part is supplied to the shops in other cities.

The Princess Taichang did this to secure her own financial resources.

However, she didn't know that her financial resources were already well connected and could not be cut off so easily.

On the contrary, if the Princess Taichang does this, she may easily hurt herself.

The Princess Taichang didn't even know what a huge impact such a seemingly small thing would have on Daxia.

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The caravans outside the city were communicating with each other.

When they heard that Ji Chuhe and Princess Huaiyang's caravan had turned around and left, they began to panic.

If they enter the imperial capital, they will definitely be skinned alive. However, if they don’t enter the imperial capital, they will have come all the way here.

Some caravans that cooperated with Ji Chuhe immediately contacted Shopkeeper Xue, hoping that he could show them a way out.

Shopkeeper Xue hinted that their shops in other county towns also needed some goods, and after negotiating the price, they could deliver the goods to the shops in other county towns. He also told them that they didn’t have to deliver the goods to the shops in the imperial capital.

As the news spread, there was an endless stream of people coming to see Shopkeeper Xue every day, all wanting to sell their goods to him.

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The Princess Royal was still waiting for the reactions from the caravans.

When she heard that none of the caravans dared to enter the imperial capital, Princess Taichang's mood improved.

"I want to see how Ji Chuhe gets through this difficult time. A good cook cannot cook without rice. Without goods, let's see how Ji Chuhe makes money." The Princess Taichang said proudly.

In the short term, there is no impact.

However, gradually, people found that the things they used on a daily basis began to increase in price.

Even when buying things like rice, grain, oil, and salt, they have to compare prices from three stores before making a purchase, because some prices are ridiculously high, more than three times the usual price.

However, everyone came to a conclusion that the prices of all items in the Crown Prince's wife's shop had not increased and were still the same as usual.

Normally, even if people live far away, they would rather walk for another half an hour to come to Ji Chuhe's shop to buy things.

In just half a day, some things in the shop were out of stock.

Ji Chuhe had someone put up a sign in advance indicating that the items were sold out.

Those who came to buy things and failed to buy what they wanted gathered in front of the shopkeeper.

"Boss, many things in the shop have been sold out. When are you going to restock?"

"Yeah, if you don't buy any goods, what should we buy?"

"Don't be anxious, just listen to me." The shopkeeper came out to maintain order.

"Everyone should know that what we lack in our shop is even more lacking in other places. Either we don't have it, or the price is very expensive. The price is beyond everyone's acceptable range. However, we have no choice. Because the taxes on those merchants have suddenly increased, merchants are unwilling to come to the imperial capital. Some things are not available in the imperial capital, so they will definitely be affected. We can't guarantee when this impact will be specific."

"How can ordinary people live like this? Salt is already priced at one ounce of silver per ounce of salt. How can ordinary people afford it? When will this life end?"

"The key is that the Crown Prince's wife is out of stock. We have no other hope at all!"