Invincible son

Chapter 741 740 [The river pours a thousand feet of waves]

Zhangde Mansion, Haiyang County.

On the East and West Streets of the county seat, a brand new store opened its doors in the morning light, and several young and quick guys were sweeping the street in front of the door with brooms and watering cans.

A lot of people with hungry faces surrounded the two flags erected outside the shop with full of hope.

On the left is written: "The price of rice today is twelve cents a catty."

On the right side is written: "New rice is on sale for children and old people without deception."

The news that a new rice store has appeared in the city and will start selling rice at a low price from today has spread everywhere. Since yesterday, it has swept the entire Haiyang County like a storm, and even spread to the villages and towns below.

In a normal year, the price of rice in Daliang is about one tael and one stone, that is, a catty of rice is priced at eight cents. The specific situation of each place is different, and the price of rice will fluctuate slightly, but the gap will not be too large.

The price of rice in Qinzhou used to be about ten yuan per catty. Although the price of this new rice shop is slightly higher, the people in and outside the city are already so surprised that they can't believe it.

Two months ago, the price of rice in Qinzhou had soared to 28 renminbi a catty, and it even reached a terrifying 62 renminbi a catty a month ago!
Ordinary people simply cannot afford such rice prices, and many of them are about to sell their ancestral fields or even sell their children.

Han Gongduan, who participated in politics in the Eastern Mansion, came to Qinzhou in the name of an imperial envoy and beheaded more than a dozen grain merchants in a row to suppress the terrible rice price.However, before the common people were happy for a few days, those rice shops closed down one after another after selling out the grain on the surface.

With all these things, the people in all parts of Qinzhou are undoubtedly in dire straits.

When this new rice shop appeared, the people of Haiyang County looked at the rice price on the signboard as if it had been a lifetime ago, and they were shocked and full of doubts.

As time went by, there were more and more people outside the rice store, and even a group of strong young guys came out to maintain order, and the people who bought rice lined up in three long lines.

Everyone looked at these guys curiously. Everyone spoke standard Kyoto Mandarin, with a strong figure and firm eyes, and a gentle smile on their faces that made people feel close.

They couldn't help but wonder who is behind this rice store.

At the second quarter of the hour, three cannons rang out, and the rice store officially began to sell grain.

The people moved forward excitedly, but those in front were pushed away vigorously, only to hear a burst of cursing from behind.

"Go away! A group of mud legs without eyes!"

"Hurry up and make way for the uncle, or I will cut off your two legs!"

"You want to die, don't you? What are you looking at!"

All the common people looked sideways, only to see seven or eight strong men with big arms, big waists, round waists and menacing spirits squeezed in from behind abruptly.These people are well-known green-skinned rascals in the city, how can ordinary people dare to provoke them?No matter how much you resist in your heart, you can only give up the front position.

The leader had a pair of triangular eyes, which made him look even more ferocious when paired with his full face.He walked into the rice shop carelessly, glared at the slightly elegant middle-aged shopkeeper, and said mockingly, "Your rice costs twelve cents?"

The middle-aged shopkeeper pointed to the door.

The strong man thought he was referring to the signboard outside, waved his hands impatiently, and said in a rough voice, "No matter how much food you have, twelve cents a catty, I want it all!"

This person's voice was extremely loud, and many people outside could hear him clearly.They couldn't help but look pale, and some even had red eye circles.In fact, in the past six months, especially in the past two months, there are not no grain merchants in Qinzhou trying to sell grain at a low price, but they simply cannot persist.

Either someone maliciously snapped up food, or there were various accidents in their own rice store and warehouse.

Hearing the strong man's words, the nearby people immediately knew that their hopes all night were nothing but despair, and despair began to spread.

Inside the rice store, the middle-aged shopkeeper looked at the strong man indifferently, and said calmly, "Want to buy food? Go outside and line up."

"Say it again? Believe it or not, I smashed this poor shop of yours? You son of a bitch, do you know who I am?" The strong man was furious.

"Are you threatening me?" The middle-aged shopkeeper's expression was calm.

He looked at the guys next to him and sighed softly, "He's actually threatening me."

The guys roared with laughter.

The shopkeeper turned his head to look at the corner behind him again, and said loudly: "That hero, someone is threatening me."

Seeing that he didn't take himself seriously at all, the strong man immediately became angry.Of course he knew that he must have some background to dare to open a local rice store at this time, but people like himself entering the prison of the government are like going home. As long as the above-mentioned money is enough, are they afraid that they will not be able to clean up this group of merchants?
"You fucking bastard!"

The strong man cursed angrily, and greeted the shopkeeper with a pair of huge slaps.

The shopkeeper, who seemed frail, remained motionless, with a sneer on his face.

A bright light flashed behind the shopkeeper, and then the strong man's body seemed to be frozen suddenly, because the tip of a long sword of autumn water was pressed against his throat.

The one holding the sword was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man, who seemed to be the most common old farmer in the countryside, but he stared at the strong man as if he was looking at a prey that could not escape death.

The brawny man didn't dare to show his air, and his expressions of nervousness and fear emerged at the same time.

The rest of the green skins wanted to slip away, but they were knocked to the ground with sticks by the guys outside, making them cry for their father and mother, and the people couldn't help cheering loudly.

Under the sign of the shopkeeper, the farmer-like swordsman forced the strong man to retreat outside the gate.Countless people stretched their necks to watch, and the shopkeeper pointed to the plaque on the door and said to the strong man, "Open your dog eyes and see clearly!"

The strong man blushed and roared angrily: "Kill me if you have the ability! See if the Tiger Gang will let you leave Haiyang County alive!"

The shopkeeper clicked his tongue and said in amazement: "Tiger Gang, right? It seems that you are really stupid. I will tell you now, the three characters on this plaque are called Xiangyun, and they are the first-class Zhongshan Marquis of Daliang, the commander of the Beijing Army and the North Camp. Marquis Pei's property!"

The strong man suddenly changed color, and his legs softened and he knelt down.

The people around fell silent.

The shopkeeper sternly said: "Send them to the cavalry garrison outside the city, and then tell the leading sentry officer to ask him to take action immediately to wipe out the green-skinned rascals inside and outside the city!"

"Yes!"

The guys came forward to escort the green skins, and one of them laughed and said, "My Lord Hou chopped off tens of thousands of heads like yours in Lingzhou last year. I didn't expect that there are still idiots rushing to die."

A few timid Qingpis immediately peed their pants in fright.

A turmoil was easily settled, and the middle-aged shopkeeper looked at the astonished commoners with a smile, and said gently: "Everyone, please."

The rules of the rice shop are simple but strict. Each person can buy up to ten catties of grain, and a family of five can buy fifty catties. They can buy again after ten days.

One catty of grain per person per day, it is difficult to eat enough in this era of lack of oil and water, but for the vast majority of Qinzhou people who are hungry, this is already the best result.

There are many people who want to lie about Dingkou and buy more, but when the shopkeeper shows the transcript of the county yamen Cao Huangchu, those people can only consider themselves unlucky, because there is a rule in the rice store that anyone who lies about the quantity can only Buy five catties of grain.

All those who bought grain had to put their fingerprints on their names on the transcript.

From morning to night, there is a continuous flow of people on the side of Midian, and other places are also very lively.

The Tiger Gang in Haiyang County, which had been in trouble for many years, was easily dealt with by a hundred elite cavalry. The adults who usually guarded them did not dare to say a word this time.

Some people have bought food, but many people have not bought it or are on their way.

Those who bought food made up their minds to give Zhongshan Hou Li Changsheng tablets when they went back, and they would only patronize the business of Xiangyun in the future.

The rest of the people did not have the anxiety and panic of the previous days. They waited patiently, and many of them didn't go home at all, and simply made do with the night on Dongxi Street.Anyway, it's summer now, so I don't worry about it getting cold.

After a busy day, the shopkeeper of Xiangyun Haiyang Branch finally took a breather. He raised his hand and beat his legs, looked at the silent farmer beside him, and asked curiously: "Lao Jiang, it is rumored that you used to live in the grass. You are very famous, some people say that you are a generation of swordsmen, how could you think of doing things for Lord Hou?"

Lao Jiang was startled when he heard the words, remembering that he had been betrayed by his life-and-death friend, he entered the Shouyang Mountain Mine as a guard in despair, married a wife and had children in three years, and bought a house in the north of Luliuzhuang to buy fertile land , although life is not as exciting as before, it is unexpectedly smooth and happy.

He thought of the miners in the Shouyang Mountain Mine who kept laughing and laughing every day, and the common people who were crying when they bought grain today, and he couldn't help muttering to the shopkeeper: "Compared to Master Hou, I'm a shit swordsman? "

The shopkeeper laughed loudly. This time he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility to go south, and he was under a lot of pressure. He just relaxed at this moment, shook his head and said: "Forget it, I still have to write a summary file for Mr. Wang, so I won't talk nonsense with you."

Lao Jiang didn't bother to pay attention to him, walked out of the rice shop, turned over on the roof with a kite.Sitting on the ridge of the roof, he looked at the originally ordinary lights of Wanjia in the city, and gradually a stern sword intent that broke through the limit of the previous realm was born in his heart.

There are always some nonsense truths in this world, such as good people don't live long and evil people stay for thousands of years.

For example, people do not kill heaven and earth for themselves.

Lao Jiang has acted rashly in his life, but he feels that he should do something.

Pei Yue is a good person, and a good person must live long.

(End of this chapter)