The sky was overcast, the waves were rolling, and they were constantly beating against the reef on the shore, and a few dead fish in the chaos were emitting a rancid smell of sea fish.

On that pier, there are sea ships moored, and there are many people here.

The merchant who chose to leave was ready to set sail away, and the merchant who chose to stay here ordered his men to carry the grain from the ship directly into the United City, making it seem very busy.

The maritime merchant surnamed Zhong originally wanted to sail away, but he met a dog who led the hundred people, and with just a few simple exchanges, the two sides had already had a dispute.

Zhong Yuanwai looked fearless, looked at the dog with a smile and said, "What if I don't sell it?" Are you going to sell and buy? ”

"My eldest lady said that she wouldn't let us do such a thing!" The dog replied with a ruffian aura on his body, seemingly nonchalantly.

Zhong Yuanwai's face was slightly softened, but he said slightly sarcastically: "Your eldest lady is still a little bit of face!" ”

"But my eldest lady also said it! Since then, we are no longer friends, and we will not buy any more spices from you! The dog saw his reaction in the eyes and looked serious.

Zhong Yuanwai was slightly stunned, and then said angrily: "You don't have to deceive people too much!" ”

"If we really want to bully you, you won't be able to take a grain of food with you! You see, did I make this request to anyone else? Our United City is now in a deep state of food and death, and the rice on your ship is enough to eat for a month, and now the price we give is not low, but we want to buy half of your food, is this request too much? The dog's face was slightly straight, and he analyzed it seriously.

A seaman surnamed Chen next to him was also about to leave, and when he saw the confrontation here, he said loudly: "Iron Rooster, the United City is not thin on us, so you can sell some to others!" ”

Zhong Yuanwai was worried that he couldn't find a person to be angry, so he said angrily: "Why don't you sell it?" ”

"I'm not going to sell!" Chen Haishang shook his head, but said to the dog: "Brother dog, I will return to Guangdong later, if my ship capsizes, it is useless to keep the excess food!" I, Miss Jing, is a character, I only took six days' worth of food, and the rest of the grain was given to her! ”

As he spoke, with a wave of his hand, he saw a group of crew members moving bags of grain down.

The dog's eyes lit up slightly, and he immediately arched his hand to Chen Yuanwai and said, "Thank you Chen Yuanwai for your help!" As long as I, United City, can get through this difficult time, we will be warm when you come, and we will apologize to you for your rudeness today! ”

"Your eldest lady did nothing wrong! You are doing this now in extraordinary times and using extraordinary means, I still understand! Chen Haishang shook his head, and changed his words: "It was said that the Luzon people set the fire, but I pondered it carefully, and I always felt that things were not right, and you have to pay more attention!" “

"Thank you Chen Haishang for your advice, I will convey it to my eldest lady!" The dog replied again.

Zhong Yuanwai watched Chen Haishang really move the bags of grain down, and finally chose to compromise and said: "I sold you half of the grain!" ”

He did have a lot of grain on his ship, but as an authentic landlord, he always believed in the creed of "don't panic when you have surplus food at home". It's just that now, although the other party did not use strong force, the economic blockade adopted by the other party still made him feel uncomfortable.

If he still wants to continue panning for gold in the South Seas, he really can't break with the United Merchant Group. What's more, the price given by the other party is indeed not low, and this grain can really only be sold to the other party.

At the other end of the wharf, a group of seafarers were carrying bags of rice grain to Union City.

Gong Yuanwai stood by and watched all this, but his eyes revealed a bit of depression. The grain sent to the United City almost cut off his own back route, and going to sea without food was simply looking for death.

A henchman watched the bags of grain being moved, and said with a lot of pain in his heart: "Boss, the food we have here is not less than that of the surnamed Zhong, really give him all the food!" ”

"Don't say it, let's move!" Gong Yuanwai sighed secretly in his heart, and waved helplessly.

Although he was very reluctant in his heart, he wanted to continue to stay in the city to do internal response, so he could only send the food on the ship to the city. can only say that this time she lifted a stone and shot herself in the foot, and never expected that little girl to be so tough.

But fortunately, it was all within his plan. Although he was not able to cause panic in the United City immediately, once he invaded the city tomorrow, he would be able to quickly take over the ownership of the city.

As for this large amount of grain, it was just temporarily handed over to the people of the United Business Group.

In Union Square, the grain brought from the docks is temporarily piled up under the stage, like a small mountain. There was a black crowd gathered in the audience, the Ming people on the left, and the Luzon natives on the right.

Lin Pingping, who was wearing a bullfighting suit, stood in the square, his face showed a seriousness that did not match his age, and he was talking eloquently there: "Yesterday our granary was burned, I believe everyone already knows about this matter!" As for who the murderer is, it is still under investigation, but it is imperative that we solve the food problem! In the days that followed, they ceased to divide each other, and we all divided the food equally. Starting today, we will also have to find a way to find food outside the city, and we will all work together to overcome this difficulty! Now that the weather has improved, I believe that it will not be long before the grain ships in Guangdong will arrive! At that time, our days will be back to the way they were, and we won't have to worry about food anymore......"

The words are not as exciting as they used to be, but they are better than straightforward and concise. Whether it is the Ming people or the Luzon people, they all know that they will eat a big pot of rice next until the arrival of the grain ships in Guangdong.

"The rest of the days are not going to be easy!"

"I'm afraid of a bird, I don't believe it can starve us to death!"

"The eldest lady is right, in a few days at most, the grain ship from Guangdong will arrive!"

……

The people on Daming's side immediately talked about it, although some people were depressed, but more people had great hopes for the future.

"What do you mean, you can only eat one bowl per person?"

"Their food has been burned, and now it's good to have a share of us!"

"Don't be dissatisfied, people don't favor one over the other, let's honestly follow the arrangement!"

……

The indigenous Luzon side is also at loggerheads, and while some are worried, more are not too much of an objection to the next arrangement. After all, they still haven't abandoned them at such a difficult time.

However, no matter what country people are, they have a mentality of "not suffering from few, but suffering from inequality".

In the square of thousands of people, the dark crowd whispered here, but there was no protest.

The power of Weng Huasong and Chen Zhixiao has been completely hollowed out, and at this time, they seem to be standing by honestly, Weng Huasong sees the situation in the field, and his eyes look at Lin Pingping with a complicated look.

If it were to be handled by him today, I am afraid that the situation would not be as harmonious as it is now, and it would be impossible to get so much rice and grain from the maritime merchants.

After Lin usually stood on the stage and made a declaration and rules, he waved his little hand and said loudly: "Okay, now everyone is lined up, let's start to divide the porridge!" ”