In the city of Yangzhou, fear spreads like a plague.

The businessmen of Yangzhou City are naturally not some people who have not seen the world, and there are still many people watching at the beginning of the sell-off.

It's just that when the major forces in Yangzhou joined the sell-off, more and more people began to suspect that in the spirit of not seeking to make money but only to preserve the capital, most people sold the land that they had grabbed a few days ago and had not yet made much money.

This once again exacerbated the panic of the people, and when everyone around them fell into this fear, it was a little difficult to keep their senses.

And when those powerful families and gangs have shown their identities and sold their homes with superior locations at low prices, but they still need to go through hardships to sell a little, there are not many people who can stick to it.

People are like this, when a person is alone, he may still be able to think calmly, but when the environment changes and everyone says nothing, he can still remain calm and insist on going his own way, so that there is no one in ten thousand!

It is not that no one doubts the reason why the family and the sea gang sold the land, after all, even if the city has chosen the location, but in general, there will only be more and more merchants in Yangzhou City in the future, and the price of the land will not fall sharply even if it does not rise.

It's just that most of the people in fear have lost the ability to think, and the elites who are not one in ten thousand cannot turn the tide and prevent the whole situation from collapsing. This is just like Xu Chen's auction of land in Yuzhang, first build momentum, arouse everyone's panic, and when the fear spreads, it can sway these people who have lost their minds.

"Quick, shopkeeper, I want to sell land!" An anxious-looking merchant grabbed a title deed in his hand and forcefully parted the crowd in front of him, and just reached the edge of the counter, the hand holding the title deed reached into the iron window and waved it vigorously, while shouting loudly.

"What are you squeezing, didn't you see that the uncle was queuing?" A sturdy brocade-clothed merchant grabbed the back collar of the man's coat, and pulled back with a force on his arm, and then slipped the man who cut in line back.

"Get out of the back and line up!" the stout merchant yelled as he stared at him viciously.

The man looked back and saw that the long line was like a curled snake crowded into the hall of the tooth shop, and roughly counted, I am afraid that there were more than a hundred people!

"This ...... When is this going to go!," the man said with a sad face.

"If you're not happy, get out of here!" said the stout merchant with squinted eyes and waved impatiently.

The man hung his head, sighed, and walked to the back step by step, lining up.

In this way, this scene is being staged in every dental store in Yangzhou, and even more fierce conflicts appear from time to time, and fights are also common, but the busy shopkeeper and guys still have time to care about this.

And then, when there were no longer so many people in the tooth shop, some people went out into the street with the title deed in their hands, like a merchant walking the streets, selling land everywhere, and at this moment, there were already signs of chaos.

Merchants who are suppressed by negative emotions such as fear, confusion, and loss no longer have the heart to do business in a down-to-earth manner.

In just five days, the land price in Yangzhou City has dropped back to the level of a few months ago, and is still falling, those who have taken the risk of buying at a low price in the past few days to try to make a lot of money The elites who have seen the endless decline in land prices have begun to chill one by one, and they can no longer bear this high pressure They also choose to sell, as if only in this way can they slightly alleviate their fear of price reduction.

The streets of the city were full of merchants with anxious looks, holding a handful of land deeds in their hands, and their eyes were blank like walking corpses.

"Sell the land, sell the land, will anyone buy my land?"

"One hundred acres and one acre, the best location!"

The city is filled with this feeble sound......

This battle for land has only happened for less than half a month, first the madness when the land price is soaring, and now the fear when the crazy fall, a kind of chaos that has never been seen is quietly appearing in the land of Datang.

Merchants are not interested in business, and the most obvious consequence is the withering of various industries in Yangzhou City.

The first is the service industry such as wine shops, green houses, casinos, etc., without those rich businessmen and wealthy customers who spend a lot of money, these lands are like old people who have lost their vitality, and let prostitutes and turtles use all kinds of skills, but they still can't attract half of the customers.

When night falls, in the largest green building in Yangzhou City, "Baihua Pavilion", for several days, there are fewer and fewer guests who patronize, and the hair of the anxious old bustard is much whiter.

The four-storey green building, now only the hall on the first floor is still lit, and the guys are lazily lying on the desk, their eyes are confused, and they are napping from time to time.

In front of the gate, the oirans who are hard to buy and smile on weekdays put on their costumes, dressed like fairies of the nine heavens, and smiled at the crowd on the street in front of the door: "Uncle, come and play!"

"Master Hu, you are so ruthless, you haven't come to see the slave family for a few days!" A graceful beauty was pulling a middle-aged wealthy businessman with a haggard look, lightly opened her lips, and said sweetly and greasy in a glutinous voice, while the two plump balls on her chest wrapped the rich merchant's arm.

The middle-aged wealthy merchant felt the smoothness from his arm, and for a while his heart rippled, and he was a little moved, but he thought about the dozen land deeds that he was still carrying in his arms, so he sighed deeply, and forcefully broke away from the gentle country of the Oiran, and walked forward lonely with heavy steps.

The situation of wine shops and gambling houses is not much different, and they are all depressed.

On the side of the street, under a thick plane tree, two laborers after dinner, with a straw in their mouths, leisurely looked at the scene in front of them, but the bright eyes of the thieves were only staring at the exposed snow-white plump breasts of the oirans, and they kept swallowing saliva in their throats.

"Damn! This girl is so pretty! If we can sleep with her for one night, we are willing to die!" a man with triangular eyes, squinting at the other side, said with emotion.

"Hey, just you, the three melons and two dates that you earn every day, and you still want to sleep with someone? Do you know what a person is?" the tall and thin, slightly white-skinned man next to him sneered.

"Isn't it just a chicken?" asked Triangle Eyes, puzzled.

"Yes, people are chickens, yes, but people are the princess of chickens, Oiran chickens!" said the tall and thin man with a very clear and arrogant look.

"What's going on then?" Triangle Eye continued to wonder.

"What's the matter? If you want to sleep with someone for one night, you need at least 1,000 yuan! 1,000 copper coins! Do you know how much that is? Have you ever seen so much money? It depends on the mood of the person, and if someone is willing to sleep with you!" The tall and thin man straightened his upper body, looked down at the triangular eyes, and said with a look of disdain.

"My mother! A thousand times! We only need a dozen times to ask for a daughter-in-law!" Triangle Eye's eyes widened and he said in astonishment.

"Huh! Can you compare with the Oiran chicken?

"Then you say, that person just now doesn't look like a man who has no money, why is he not happy when someone rushes to pull him?" asked Triangle Eye unconvinced.

"This ...... This one...... Maybe it's the mother-in-law in the family who is urging him, he doesn't dare to stay!" The tall and thin man didn't want to lose his momentum in front of the other party, so he guessed.

"What about this, is it also the mother-in-law of the family urging her?" said Triangle Eye, pointing to another wealthy merchant on the other side who had firmly broken away from Oiran's hands.

"Of course!, it must be!" said the tall and thin man, pretending to be calm.

"You just blow it, are you as afraid of your wife as everyone else is like you?" Triangle Eyes sneered.

"Who are you talking about? Who is afraid of his wife?" the tall and thin man jumped up and shouted loudly like a cat with its tail stepped on.

"Yo he! I'm going to find your mother-in-law and send it!" Triangle Eyes continued to provoke.

"You...... Do you think I don't dare?" said the tall and thin man, pretending to be calm.

"Then you go!" Triangle Eyes squinted, wilting and squirming.

"Go...... Who ...... Who is afraid of whom!" After speaking, he looked back step by step, and rushed home with the momentum of a strong man who would never return.

"Okay, good, go and teach your mother-in-law a lesson, and I'll treat you to a drink tomorrow!" said Triangle Eye, fearing that the world would not be chaotic, followed him encouragingly.

The two of them left the street, walked through the streets, and returned to the rented courtyard.

……

There was no word for one night, and the next day, the sky was gray and bright.

The triangular-eyed and tall and thin man opened the door of their house as usual, ready to get up early and go out to work.

"Morning!" Triangle Eyes looked confused, and said hello casually as usual, then walked to the water tank, grabbed the wooden scoop hanging on the side, lifted the wooden lid on the water tank, scooped a scoop of water, picked up a peeled wicker and rinsed his mouth.

"Morning ...... Morning!" the tall and thin man replied, then he turned around, turned his back to the triangular eye, scooped a scoop of water with another wooden scoop, and ran away as fast as he could.

Hearing the strange triangular eyes, he turned his head to look at the tall and thin man, but saw that the other party was still dodging. Curious, the triangular eyes took two quick steps, approached the tall and thin man, widened his eyes, and looked around the tall and thin man, carefully.

The tall and thin man avoided two circles, and in the end he was still pulled by the other party's arm, his triangular eyes stretched out his head, and he looked at the tall and thin man's face, only to see that the originally slightly white face was now blue and purple.

"Ahem, cough, cough!" Seeing this, the triangular eyes were still holding water in their mouths, and now the corners of their mouths twitched, so they coughed desperately, and when they spit out the water in their mouths, their abdomen twitched, and they looked up to the sky and laughed: "Hahahaha!"

If it weren't for your kid instigating Lao Tzu, would Lao Tzu provoke that tigress?" the tall and thin man was angry, grabbed the wooden scoop in his hand, and stretched out his hand to splash it at the other party.

The triangular eyes flashed quickly, and while evading, he said with a smile: "Haha, didn't you say that you weren't afraid?

"Don't be afraid! Your mother is not afraid!" the tall and thin man continued to chase after the other party.

The sound of joyful laughter broke the silence of the small courtyard, and spread far and wide in the early morning sky, but the joy of this kind of joy did not last long.

After taking out two of the last night's warm cakes from the kitchen stove, the two went out and walked towards the dock where they were working.

Half an hour later, the two came to a large wharf on the canal in the east of Yangzhou City and found their foreman.

They earn some hard-earned money to support their families by helping sea vessels unload cargo on the docks.

"Liu Tou'er, why hasn't the ship come here today?" The two waited for more than half an hour, but saw that there was still no boat on the dock that should have been filled with huge sea ships in the past, and the tall and thin man couldn't help but step forward and ask the foreman.

The foreman was a strong man about forty years old, tall and powerful, he frowned deeply, a trace of uneasiness flashed in his heart, and when he heard this, he had to be relieved: "Xu is delayed at sea! After all, the wind and waves have no eyes, and anything can happen!"

"But it can't be a boat, it can't be blown away by the wind and waves, right?" said the tall and thin man with a hint of anxiety.

There are only a few hours of the day every day, and an hour later will make less money for an hour, how can you not be anxious for these bitter men who have little surplus food at home?

When Liu Tou'er heard this, a trace of uneasiness spread in his heart, and he waved his hand impatiently, and scolded: "How do you know? Don't stand here!"

The tall and thin man saw that the worker was angry, so he hurriedly laughed and said: "Yes, yes, yes!

Then he turned and left.

After another half an hour, there was still no boat on the dock, and Liu Tou'er, who had been waiting for a long time, couldn't bear it anymore, so he had to get up and run to a house by the dock, and found an old man wearing a yamen soap coat, and asked with a respectful smile: "Lord Wu, what's wrong today? It's all too late, why haven't you seen a boat coming?" If this continues, the brothers won't even be able to eat today!"

The old man is a small official sent to the wharf to collect the tax by the Taishou Ya Portal Division, and now the city department has not officially begun to perform its functions, so the tax collection is still busy by the people of the household department.

It's just that since receiving the news that the imperial court is going to set up a city department, this old man has been in a deep anxiety about his future, and today, before Liu Tou'er, the rest of the foremen have already come to inquire, which makes the old man's mood more and more irritable.

As soon as he heard this, he came to ask this and that, and he didn't care how much filial piety he had taken from Liu Tou'er before, so he was furious and said: "How do I know? Lao Tzu doesn't even know if he can go to work tomorrow, does Lao Tzu care if you cheap servants can eat?"

Liu Tou'er naturally didn't know the reason why the old man was angry, and when he saw that the other party was so angry, he hurriedly nodded and apologized, and even gritted his teeth, took out a half-hanging copper coin from his arms and handed it to the other party: "Damn it!

Xu is for the sake of money, or roared a few times and his anger has disappeared a lot, the old man surnamed Wu turned his hand and put it into his arms, and then said with a slightly gloomy face: "This official doesn't know why there is not a ship today, but yesterday I heard from my colleagues in the yamen that it is like the merchants in the city are busy selling land these days, even those big sea gangs, it is estimated that there is no business to do!"

"Huh......? This...... There are a lot of brothers waiting to eat outside!" Liu Tou'er said as if he had been hit by a thunderbolt from the sky.

"Heh, where will this official know! These adults must be busy with something important!" the old man surnamed Wu squinted his eyes and said with a little impatience.

"That'...... Do you know when this will be restored?" Liu Tou'er also saw the old man's impatience, but he could only ask again.

"I don't know! I don't know! This kind of thing, how can I, a sesame petty official, know!" the old man surnamed Wu waved his hand and said in annoyance.

Seeing this, Liu Touer had no choice but to bow his hand and retreat respectfully.

After going out, Liu Touer looked at the water in the distance, and after a long time, he still couldn't see the shadow of the sail, so he had to sigh helplessly, cheered up and walked to the workers, and told the workers the news he had obtained.

Then, there was a sound of surprise, confusion, and anxiety, which gradually filled the entire dock and soon affected the atmosphere of the entire Yangzhou City.

In the northwest of Yangzhou City, at the manor on the outskirts of the city, Wang Tieniu was looking at the information that Xie An had brought, and after carefully reading it many times, he exclaimed in surprise: "Oops! Something is wrong!"

"Dongjia, what's wrong?" Xie An, who was on the side, saw the Dongjia show such an expression for the first time, and hurriedly asked strangely.

"Something is going to happen! something big is going to happen in Yangzhou City!" Wang Tieniu hurriedly shouted at the teenagers outside as if he hadn't heard Xie An's question: "Come on! Go and prepare the red carrier pigeon! In addition, call Zheng Tai!"

Subsequently, Wang Tieniu took out a small book densely filled with irregular Chinese characters from his arms, according to the map, and took out a special pen, after dipping some liquid in a glass bottle containing light blue liquid, he wrote rows of crooked characters on a slender small note, and after writing, he blew a few times, and those blue characters disappeared magically.

Then take out a slender small bamboo tube, roll the paper strip, stuff it into the bamboo tube, seal it with wax, and then hand it to a teenager who has been waiting aside, the boy took the small bamboo tube, took out the carrier pigeon from the bird cage on the side, stuffed the small bamboo tube into an iron cylinder rolled with thin iron sheet tied to the pigeon's feet, covered the lid, and then grabbed the carrier pigeon, came to the yard, threw his hands upward, the carrier pigeon fluttered its wings twice, identified the direction, and flew to the southwest, which was the direction of Yuzhang City.

At this moment, Zheng Tai happened to come over, and after seeing this scene, he realized that it was not good, because the strip of cloth tied to the pigeon's feet was not green or yellow, but red!

"Tie Niu, what's wrong?" Zheng Tai asked Wang Tie Niu as soon as he entered the door.

"It's going to be chaos! Yangzhou City is going to be in chaos! It's going to be chaos in the next few days!" Wang Tieniu said anxiously.

"What, how can it be so fast?" said Zheng Tai in astonishment.

Wang Tieniu also said with some anger: "How did I know that these guys in Yangzhou City were so ruthless! Where are they trying to rob money? This is clearly going to destroy their families!"

"Forget it, don't talk about it, go and prepare!" Wang Tieniu said.

"Okay! I'll arrange it right away!" Zheng Tai nodded, and quickly turned to leave.

From beginning to end, Xie An on the side just looked at them in surprise, with doubts in his head.

"Is this Yangzhou City going to be chaotic?"