The weather is cold, Yanyun's cold comes much earlier than Bianliang, and the weather here is cold when it is said to be cold, as if it doesn't give people much time to prepare.

Gan Qi added a thick coat and bought it in Yanjing City, which was several times more expensive.

The wind in the Northland began to blow up, carrying with it some dust.

The desert on the grassland has reached the north of Datong not far away, and I don't know when it started, the desert began to come east.

It's not good to raise horses in the northwest, and now even in the north of Datong, you can see yellow sand. In the past, the north of the Datong Taiyuan line was a sheep grazing land with abundant water and grass for the Turks, but now hundreds of years have passed, the Turks are gone, and the yellow sand is coming.

The life of the party is not easy, the life of the grassland people is not easy, and the life of the Han people in the northwest is getting more and more difficult year by year.

In fact, the Khitan people also began to lack horses, because the Khitan was originally a nation on horseback, and when many Khitan men traveled without horses, this great Liao country was actually also in the river.

Gan Qi stood at the door of Youdao's grain store, as if he was idle, looking at the passers-by.

After Ma Fang borrowed Ganqi's 400,000 yuan, the first thing he did was to redeem the night pearl that he had been, and now he can take the two night pearls in his hand and turn them around, highlighting his great wealth.

The horse, who took the 400,000 huge money borrowed by Ganqi, bought grain all over the world. In order to buy low-cost grain, they have even begun to send people directly to the peasants' homes in the countryside to collect grain, and the grain price of 70 yuan per bucket in the past has been directly paid to 200 yuan, of course, 200 yuan is also a low price for the Ma side.

It's just that for those farmers, it's a ridiculously high price. The Ma side is bullying the peasants of this era who are uninformed and have a narrow source of information. For farmers, with such a high price, even if it is a family's rations, many people can't help but sell a part of it.

This family has two buckets and three buckets, and that one has three buckets and five buckets, and it is also one stone when you put it together.

The number of beggars wandering on the street gradually increased, and some people walked up to the noble horse, holding a broken bowl, and begging while waving: "Uncle, all right, give a little ration, the children in the family will starve to death." ”

"Going to starve? Pull it over and I'll take a look, and if you're smart, I'll buy it for you. This is the answer of the Ma side.

"Uncle, I'm a lone seedling, uncle, it's good, leave a seed for my family......"

Gan Qi turned his back, this scene was terrible, and Gan Qi couldn't see this kind of scene the most.

"People are going to starve to death, and they are left to you, can you feed them? I'm just showing mercy and pulling people over for me to see, so you don't have to be hungry, he can eat enough. "The Ma side is really merciful.

"Uncle, just give you a bite of wheat, I will be a cow and a horse for you in the next life."

"Okay, don't you have to say anything? I'm so merciful, you're kind enough to be a donkey's liver and lungs, and you'll starve to death! Ma Fang was a little angry.

The beggar was already on his knees and kowtowed.

Ma Yifang said: "Everyone knows that I am a grain seller, and if anyone comes to my door, I will reward them with rations, and all the beggars in the city will be kneeling with me, then can I still do this business?" There are no rations, if you are willing to sell a clever boy, bring them. I can't buy a few, and if you're late, I don't want it. ”

Ma Fang's words are absolutely deniable, it is impossible for him to reward a grain of wheat to a beggar, otherwise he will really not be able to do this business, and he will change his career to charity. Selling people, he can still collect a few as a small servant at home, and he is willing to pay a high price.

The beggar understood, but he kowtowed repeatedly, for the grain was placed not far from the horse's feet, and in a wooden basket there were several buckets of wheat for display.

"Don't kowtow, knock to death here, I won't collect your body!" The horse side got impatient.

Suddenly, the beggar jumped up, put the bowl in his hand into the basket on the horse's side, scooped up a bowl, and ran away.

Ma Fang was stunned for a moment, in broad daylight, in Yanjing City, there are still people who dare to rob?

"Chase, chase the thief, chase the thief!" The horse shouted at the top of his voice.

In the store, six or seven guys came out, and they chased after them.

This one picks up a stone on the side of the road and throws it, and the other picks up a stick and shouts.

On the street, there was a mess.

"Brother Xian, do you see it? You say that you are not angry, in this Yanjing City, there are still people who dare to rob my horse side of the grain? I really don't know how many eyes the prince has grown! The horse side was furious.

"Just chase the food back, you don't have to beat people, you are already poor, and if you are injured again, you will be completely cut off from life." Gan Qi said this in his mouth, and he also knew in his heart that in the future, there would be more people who would dare to rob him of the grain on his side, and no one would have a way to live, so would he care who was who?

"Brother Xian is kind-hearted, if this is not a good lesson, everyone will dare to come and rob me of my food tomorrow, and I will not do this business." There is a reason for the horse side to have the horse side.

Gan Qi shook his head and said no more. With a sigh, he entered the grain line.

Things are starting to go wrong, and Gan has to plan for it. Today is a beggar, or in a few days, the beggars will be in droves.

Ma Fang scolded and walked into the hall and said, "Brother Xian, my right eyelid suddenly jumps, is there something going to happen?" ”

Gan Qi nodded: "Something is wrong. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, it's not right, brother Xian, tell me quickly, what's wrong?"

"If a man is really going to starve to death, do you think he will be afraid of anything?"

Ma Fang frowned and thought for a while, and asked, "What does Brother Xian mean by this?" ”

"If people really starve to death, they will not be afraid of death, there must be people who will take risks and rob secretly, it is normal, just like today, that is, knowing that there will definitely be no good end if they are caught, but they still can't help but rob the food in front of their brothers......"

"What the virtuous brother said is very true, I think that guy is also out of the way, so he dares to rob my food in front of me, that guy is really not afraid of death!"

"So the elder brother has to send some people to protect the granary tightly, so that these people know the location of the elder brother's granary, and take the risk to steal and rob, it's okay to steal, if there are really more than a dozen people armed with knives and guns to rob, it will be amazing." Ganchi was probably ready to pit the horse.

Ma Fang patted his head and said: "Fortunately, I was reminded by my virtuous brother, otherwise I would really have suffered heavy losses, these cheap bones, I don't want my life, how can I not do evil things?" The granary is in Nancheng, and I can't hold it, and I don't have so many people to watch it all day and night, even if there are manpower, those cheap bones are out to fight for their lives, I'm afraid that few people dare to take their lives to block it......"

Ma Fang was still thinking about his own food and his own money at this time, and he didn't expect that if things really came to that point, this Yanjing City would not be far from chaos.

"What should my brother do?" Gan Qi asked.

"I have to change a place to store food, I have to hide all the food, but I can't have the slightest mistake, these cheap bones, if I burn them on fire at that time, then I will really lose all my money." The Ma side was worried.

"What the elder brother said is very true, the younger brother hasn't thought of this layer yet, these people don't want their lives, what can't be done? If they really set fire to it, and then take advantage of the chaos to rob some rations, it will only be rations for them to live, and for the elder brother, it will be all the life. Ganchi started the fire again.

"How is this good, so much grain, if you don't put it in the warehouse, where is there a place to hide?" Ma Fang was anxious to think of a way.

Gan Qi also looked thoughtful, as if he was helping the horse side find a way.

Ma Fang suddenly turned his head and asked, "Brother Xian, do you have a place to hide so much food?" ”

It's covered.

Gan Qi first pretended to be embarrassed and thought about it, and then said slowly: "Little brother has yes, but it's too far away, it's all on the island. ”

Ma Fang shook his head, looking disappointed, it was too unrealistic to save overseas.

Gan Qi suddenly said: "Brother, it just so happens that dozens of ships have come back from the younger brother, and the ships are all empty, why don't they be stored in the cabin?" ”

"That's ...... Yes, yes, but don't you use the boat? Ma asked again, with some wariness on his face.

Gan Qi didn't seem to notice the guardfulness of the Ma side, and only said: "Of course you have to use it, but I think that my brother's grain will start to be sold out in three or two months at most, and now the goods of the Japanese country are not so anxious, and the younger brother still has dozens of ships that will come back soon, and the fifty or sixty ships that come back first can also save food for my brother first." ”

Ma Fang looked down for a moment, then turned to look at Gan Qi again. He was clearly worried, worried that Ganchi had swallowed his food.

Gan Qi then said: "In the past three or two months, I have been by my brother's side, just waiting for the grain to be sold, and my brother has returned my forty yuan of money, and I will also make a small profit with my brother at that time, isn't it just right?" ”

Gan Qi's words completely dispelled the doubts of the Ma side. First, the Ma side originally owed Gan Qi 400,000 yuan, and second, Gan Qi stayed by his side, which was equivalent to being a hostage. In the land of Yanyun, Ma Fang is very confident, and Gan Qi can't escape from his palm.

"That's fine, 100 miles to Wuqing, although it costs a little freight, it is safer than putting it in Yanjing City, and it will be sold at that time, and it can be shipped back within a day." The Ma side finally found a solution to the problem.

Of course, the Ma side also fell into Gan Qi's trap, how could the 400,000 yuan lent by Gan Qi be wasted? I still don't expect the horse side to return it, but the goods, Gan Qi has to take away.

The horse side is going to be busy again.

This Yanjing City is becoming more and more unpeaceful, and there is a grain store that has learned to be smart, and no longer puts the grain on display at the door, and wants to buy grain, and goes directly to the store to buy it.

It's just that Ma Fang didn't expect that there would be people who dared to enter the store to steal, which made Ma Fang very angry, and directly arranged more than a dozen small men with sticks in the store.

After a few days, groups of beggars really began to appear in Yanjing City, crowding at the door of the Qinglou of the tea shop hotel, crowding at the door of various merchants, and begging from passers-by at the gate of the city from south to north.

Food prices are still rising, more than fivefold.

One night, there was a sudden commotion that woke Ganchi from his sleep.

Then he heard shouting everywhere: "Go to the water, go to the water......"

Gan Qi went out to see, Ma Fang was already at the door, and said to Gan Qi with a smile: "Brother Xian is really like a god, you see over there, the fire is soaring, Li Laosan's granary is there, it must be the thief with cheap bones who gave up his life, first set fire, and then take advantage of the chaos to grab some food and go home to fill his stomach." ”

Gan Qi nodded, looked into the sky, and did not say a word in his heart: to mess up!

Before the chaos, winter was coming, and Gan Qi could hardly imagine the consequences of being poorly clothed and hungry.

Gan Qi only replied with a smile: "Brother can sit back and relax." ”

"That is, don't look at who my horse side is, learn from me to hoard food, and don't see if I have the ability!" Ma Fang felt extremely good about himself at this moment.

Gan Qi asked, "Brother, what is the price of food now?"

"It's three-in-five." Ma replied.

"It's really a little high." Gan Qi said.

"What? What does the virtuous brother mean that he has to go to the takeout? Ma Fang asked.

Gan Qi shook his head: "It's still early. ”

It's not that it's still early, but even if Ma Fang sells it now, someone has to buy it. If you want to sell, Ma has been selling all the time, and his grain business has never stopped, but how much can he sell to these retail investors?

Who can eat hundreds of thousands of stones of grain in his hands now?

No one can eat it! Or everyone is waiting for others to eat what they have in their hands.

The real shippers are the landlords, but the landlords will not buy back the grain.

The Ma side has so much grain in hand and wants to sell it, it is impossible, unless the price is reduced and thrown out at a loss, don't even think about it.

"Yes, brother, I also think that before the time to sell, the price of grain is only three or five, it is best to rise to seven or eight, and when it reaches seven or eight, then it will make a fortune!" Ma Fang said.

Ganchi turned, ready to go back to sleep.

In the middle of the night, a dark figure tumbled out of the corner of the wall where there was a grain store, and rushed towards the place where the fire was lit.

There are people fighting fires everywhere, whether it is their own house or not, and the neighbors next door are all out of the house, pots and pans, but everything that can hold water is taken out of the house to put out the fire.

The fire in this era is too powerful, it has never been a matter of one family, a large area is burned, and the fire fighting thing hardly requires any mobilization, and the people of the whole block will be dispatched, because everyone knows that if the fire is not extinguished quickly, it will not be long before their home will be burned down.

Near the fire, the scene was already in chaos, and there were figures fighting fires everywhere, shouts everywhere, and the crackling sound of burning wood and the creaking of water splashing on the fire.

The dark shadow was walking through the neighborhood, his eyes looking around, he was looking for someone, he was looking for the person who was carrying something on his back.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the shadow to find several people in rags, all of whom were carrying large pockets and running away from the fire.

The black shadow followed, and followed for a long time, until the people were tired and rested under the eaves of a wall, and then the black shadow appeared and asked, "But how many of you set the fire?" ”

Several of the ragged men were shocked, stood up, and out of nowhere pulled out a few rusty daggers.

One of them came up and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The black shadow said again: "It seems that you really set the fire, and there should be more than a few of you who set the fire, right?" ”

"Who the hell are you? Don't meddle in your affairs, or your life will be at risk! "The people who have been told that have broken the matter have become extremely vicious.

"Got food? How long will it take to bring it home? The shadow asked again.

"Look for death!" The dagger had swung towards the shadow.