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而那些不守法令、惟利是图的商人囤积居奇以操纵物价，以致物价飞涨，粮价飞涨，米价涨到每石一万钱，一匹马价值百金。
而不轨逐利之民，蓄积余业以稽市物，物踊腾粜，米至石万钱，马一匹则百金。
And those merchants who broke the laws in pursuit of profit hoarded goods to manipulate the prices, and thus prices skyrocketed, and the price of grain rose, with rice rising to 10,000 coins a shi, and a single horse was worth 100 jin of gold.