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"Do you hear me clearly? No robbing is allowed, they must voluntarily agree to sell."

"Don't worry, Mr. Qian, my brothers won't ruin your business."

Several gangsters said to the grain shop owner in front of them with playful smiles.

"Go quickly, things must be done more secretly."

Before they left, shopkeeper Qian added, "If you dare to take money and leave, be careful about your family."

These gangsters often deal with him. They will pay these gangsters to do some things without showing up. Some people may just run away after taking the money. The money shopkeeper of the grain shop doesn't feel sorry for the money, he is just afraid of it. It delays the boss's affairs, so I try to find someone with a family, so that I don't dare to run around if I have concerns.

Several people even made promises before leaving, knocking on doors door to door to buy food.

"Are you really willing to pay 30 bucks for a bucket of rice?" A family asked warily as they looked at the gangster knocking on their door.

The gangsters divided their labors, some were responsible for keeping watch to prevent people being inspected from seeing them walking around, and some were responsible for discussions.

"Of course." The little gangster took out the silver from his waist. "With the real money here, can I still lie to you? If I really lie to you, just yell and someone will catch me right away. I What can I deceive you about?"

"You bought it for eighteen cents per dou of rice, and you can make twelve cents by selling it. Can you just buy it again when the time comes? You won't suffer any loss."

The owner of this family looked at the other person's money bag greedily, with hesitant eyes.

Although they can go buy food, they only go there once a few days, and it is impossible to say that they go there every day.

Seeing this, the gangster urged, "Are you going to sell it or not? If not, I'll find someone else. There are many people willing to sell, so why don't you just sell the grain to me first? You keep some for yourself, so you don't have to do it normally. Live and eat less, as long as you don’t starve to death, and you don’t want the wealth you have.”

Seeing that this person really wanted to leave, the family hurriedly grabbed the other person and said, "Sell, sell, sell. I didn't say not to sell. Why are you so anxious, brother? You wait for me to take out the food."

In the end, greed defeated reason, leaving the whole family to eat until they were four or five full, and dragged out the rest and sold it to the other party.

The gangsters took this as an example and knocked on several houses and received a lot of food in one night.

These people were very familiar with the alleys and lanes in the city, and knew the inspection time of the patrol team. Those who hid here and there were not caught, and they were all proud of their cleverness.

"That's great. We didn't do anything. We just made twelve money by changing hands. Next time we will buy more food. Our whole family will queue up. We won't work. We will eat less and endure it. Maybe we won't I earn more from working than from working.”

"Xiu Niang, next time you queue up, bring all the kids at home with you."

"The world is really falling apart, haha. We have all saved up the money from selling grains, and several times we have been given the money to buy grains. Today's sales are still cheaper. Next time they come to buy, we will Just sell it more expensively!”

Hearing the sounds of joy coming from several houses, the gangsters sneered.

……

"Mr. Ning, they are starting to take action."

These people thought they were well hidden, but little did they know that the patrol team was also deliberately releasing water.

Ning Changrong not only said calmly, "Okay, keep watching and don't let them find out."

"Yes." Then another messenger came in to report.

"Mr. Ning, there are people at all the checkpoints transporting food. They are hiding in the mountains. If they see someone transporting food down the mountain, they will come down and stop them. If there are few people on the other side, they will rob them directly. If there are many people, they will just explode. The people behind it make people divert."

Ning Changrong waved his hand and asked people to get down.

As he expected, these people asked people to buy up the food in the hands of the people, and at the same time prevented the food from being transported to Taixi County. In this way, the food in the city would be exhausted in a few days. Even if they were unwilling, they could only buy it at their high price. Food, and their food will only sell for higher and higher prices until everyone is drained of their flesh and blood.

And this is just part of their plan.

After packing up the official documents, Ning Changrong came to the general's mansion.

"General, this is the person behind the food store in the city that I have been organizing in the past few days."

Chang Yuan took it and looked at it, then put it down with a sneer, "Okay, very good. At first, I wanted to send people to our place, and they said they would help me manage the place. If they really agreed, and now there is another plague, how could they There’s so much to do.”

After all, there are a lot of actions being done now.

There are several big families on the list. The business environment in Taixi County is very good. Even if they cannot cooperate with Chang Yuan, they will not let go of this opportunity to make money. Every household has a store in Taixi County.

The shop that promoted a more prosperous business environment in Taixi County now wants to become a chain that strangles their throats.

"It won't be long before it's the army's turn, right?" Chang Yuan said.

Ning Changrong nodded, "The general is right. I wonder if you still remember the imperial spies Liu Yongguang and Yan Jie?"

After some recollection, he finally remembered who these two people were. Chang Yuan asked, "What? Have they received any news again?"

"That's right," Ning Changrong also met the two of them not long ago. "The two of them received a message that asked them to take advantage of the food crisis in the city to incite the people to attack the city wall."

Liu Yongguang and Yan Jie have been moved to safe villages and towns and do not live in the city.

"I didn't expect that the imperial court would cooperate with the rebels? It seems that the old emperor's sons are spineless. In order to get rid of our enemies, even the rebels who robbed them of their country can cooperate." Chang Yuan mocked.

"General, I'm afraid that the four sides are already eyeing our fat guy," Ning Changrong said with a worried look, "They didn't take action before because they wanted us to be dragged to death by the plague, but now many people are slowly getting better. It is believed that the news that the plague can be cured has spread, and such a long time is enough for them to confirm it.”

"They won't watch us slowly recover and recuperate. They will definitely take the opportunity to take a bite. If necessary, they will definitely work together to swallow us."

After a pause, Ning Changrong said again, "Although we have prepared in advance and are on guard, if the Nanchen court also joins, we can be said to be besieged on all sides. By then, if any party fails to defend, we will suffer heavy losses. .”

Everyone discussed that the plague had severely damaged Chang Yuan's team, and it would take some time to recover, not only in terms of manpower and material resources, but also in terms of mental strength. During the plague, everyone's spirits were tense, and it took time for them to recover. A pause.

But the enemy will not wait for them to recover, but will take advantage of their illness to kill them.

All cities have stocked up on food and are ready to defend the city, but no one can guarantee that they can defend it well when they are besieged from all directions.

Chang Yuan was so powerful that his gunpowder and Wang Hanting's three thousand cavalry made people both fearful and greedy.