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Chapter 343: Food shortage, big commotion

"Let's go, let's stay away from them." Wang Guilin pulled Brother Fang and his family away from other refugees.

These groups of refugees are also hostile to each other. Everyone knows that some of the refugees have the plague, and everyone is afraid of being infected by others.

"Brother Wang, did you hear that? Those soldiers just said that the plague can be cured, and the people who were brought there were originally infected with the plague." Brother Fang's eyes were full of surprise.

"I heard it, but whether it is true or not, we have to go and see for ourselves."

"Dear me, the plague can be cured? Is this General Chang really the right man!?" Someone in Wang Guilin's team said.

"Anyway, we originally came to join the army to join General Chang. If General Chang is really the right man, then we will really make a profit this time! Maybe we can find an official career in the future!"

"I heard that other people have become emperors, but General Chang has made no move. What do you think General Chang thinks?"

Everyone, you speak my word.

Originally, after seeing many people suffering from the plague on the road, they all backed down and did not want to go any further. Later, the Fang family and Wang Guilin insisted that they continue to go forward.

They thought that if they took one look and left, Wang Guilin's kindness to them would be fulfilled.

Unexpectedly, this place was managed in an orderly manner. At least they didn't see the black smoke rising into the sky.

Generally, people who got the plague would be herded together and burned to death. The presence of black smoke meant that there were sick people and someone was burned to death.

Not seeing that scene made them trust what those soldiers said a little more.

"Isolate... over there, right? That's what the soldier said, right? He said that after the quarantine, we can be assigned to various villages to settle down. So, do you brothers still want to join the army? I heard before that settling in will There is some land for us to cultivate."

"Why don't you go? Even if the land is cultivated by you, it doesn't belong to you. I heard that the first batch of refugees who came here used to cultivate the land for ten years. Now we don't have this kind of treatment. Even if we cultivate it for ten years, we can only You can buy it with your own money. If you join the army and perform meritorious service, the field will be yours! General Chang is so powerful, we can win by following him!"

"You're right. You still have to join the army."

Wang Guilin interrupted them, "Whether General Chang wants us or not is still a different matter. I heard that General Chang has very strict recruitment requirements. If we can join the army, we will join the army. If we can't join the army, we will farm first, take good care of ourselves and look for opportunities before joining the army." "

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"Come out! We want to buy food!"

"Come out quickly! Why is it gone after all the hard work? I've been waiting in line for two days, and it's gone when you say no. You want my whole family to drink the northwest wind?!"

"Come out! We want to buy food! Come out quickly and open the door!"

Behind the grain store, the waiters and shopkeepers were all trembling with fear. They were frightened by the movement outside. "Shopkeeper, why don't these people listen? We all said that there is no food. If there is no food, they have to make trouble."

"I don't know which bastard blocked the grain road. After all the grain is sold out, we won't be able to eat it ourselves. We don't know what to do. What's the use of them making trouble with us?"

This movement quickly attracted the attention of the yamen servant. The yamen servant pushed everyone aside and knocked on the door. "Open the door, I'm the county official."

The yamen servant wanted to knock on the door again, but it was opened immediately. The shopkeeper looked at the yamen servant with a happy face, "Master, you are here. If you don't come, they will rush in. Look, look," he pointed The empty grain containers are "gone, gone, all sold out. I told them that there is no grain. They have to force me to take the grain out to sell. Where can I get it? You have to help me tell them." Say, it’s really gone!”

The yamen servant frowned, stepped into the grain store and took a closer look, and found that there was really no grain, not even a grain.

"Is it really gone?" the yamen servant asked.

The shopkeeper pointed to the back with a look of helplessness, "That's where the excess grain is usually stored. It's empty. If you don't believe it, sir, I'll take you to see it now."

In the past few days, many people have been doing tricks, saying that they have run out of grain, but secretly selling it at high prices. The yamen officials didn't believe what they said, so they asked people to take him to the grain depot to check, and also sent people to check the backyard. After confirming that there was really no food, he came out with a frown on his face.

"Why is there no food?"

The shopkeeper explained with a wry smile, "Originally, there was some, and I sold it in batches, but the food delivered on the road was blocked by some killer. The food can't come in. If it can't get out, where can it be left?"

"I already know about this matter." The yamen officer stepped to the door of the grain store in front of the people, "Everyone, listen to me."

"Master, you can't protect them! I think they just hid the food secretly and deliberately didn't sell it to us! When we are starving, they will sell the remaining food at a high price!"

The yamen officer frowned and glared at the man, "If you think I'm covering up the shopkeeper, you can always go to the county yamen to sue me. There's no real evidence. If you dare to mess around again, be careful I'll drag you into trouble!"

The man shut up and quietly disappeared into the crowd.

The yamen officer said to the people, "I just went in to check, and there is indeed no food. Don't embarrass the storekeeper. Even if you break in, you won't be able to find the food. You will still have to be sued. You can't afford it."

Everyone looked at each other, and some looked miserable, "Here, what should we do? There is no food here, how can we live? The place where we bought food originally said there was no food for sale, so we were arranged here. Come and buy it, now it’s sold out here too. Woo hoo hoo…”

"Everyone, as far as I know, everyone buys a lot of food every time. It should last for half a month." The Yamen servant was a little confused as to why everyone looked like this.

His family also lives in the county. Although he is a yamen servant, each household has a rationed grain quota. His family still has a lot of it, which can last for at least half a month. Every household has a quota of grain. The amount of grain they bought was about the same, so he thought these people were the same as his family.

The officer's words obviously touched the sore point of many people.

"Where is the food? It's all sold...if I had known better, I wouldn't have been greedy for the money, wuwuwu..."

"The only ones that still sell grain are the few big grain shops in the center of the city, but their grain prices are hundreds of dollars per dollar. How can we afford it?"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu If I had known it, I wouldn't be greedy for that little money! The little food left is only enough to feed the whole family. I'm so unfilial, I deserve to die." The man said while slapping himself.

When the government officials saw this, there was nothing they could do. They warned them repeatedly not to sell the grain privately, but if these people didn't listen, how could they force them to do it?

"If you have money, you can first spend some money to buy food in the city center. I will report this matter as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)