Chapter 43 The calm Xue Tao
The second stunned wanted to say something, but when he saw a person coming in front of him, his face showed joy, and he got up and stepped forward to greet him: "Yo, isn't this Steward Liu of the county magistrate of Wannian County, Steward Liu, what kind of wind will blow you to Chang'an County, the two counties have always operated alone without interfering with each other." β
The more honest Liu Guan sighed, shook his head and said: "This year is not as good as in previous years, the whole country is plagued by locusts, the whole country is short of food, where can the small Wannian County escape, there is no shortage of food in the house, you also know, not long ago our house was ready to change the new grain, so we sold all the surplus grain to you, you know, I also personally sent it to your warehouse at that time." β
Steward Liu looked up at the somewhat dim sky, and sighed: "Who knew that there would be such a serious locust plague this year, even our Chang'an can't avoid it, and now it is basically impossible to transfer grain from surrounding states and counties, so I want to see if the surplus grain sold to you before is still there, and I want to buy it back... β
The second stunned smiled and pressed the three fingers stretched out by Steward Liu, only laughing silently, Steward Liu looked around and said suspiciously: "What, the old grain has been sold out?" How do I see that there is still a lot of surplus food. β
The second stunned man stretched out his finger with a smile, and Steward Liu said in surprise: "Seven times? Seven horses? This is too high, for the sake of it, I have had many business dealings with you before, and I also specially introduced others to sell grain to you, can you be tolerant, as long as our county government survives this difficult period, if you need it in the future, Liu will definitely give convenience. β
The second stunned smiled and said: "Liu's mind, I understand it, but it's not too late for you to wait for me to show my attitude, I'm talking about a bucket of rice and seventy pieces of cloth." β
"What?!" Steward Liu's whole body jumped up, his face was like earth, "Seventy horses? There has always been more than money, you you are blackmailing, where is buying and selling! β
"If you want to buy it, you can buy it, if you don't buy it, you can eat grass stalks, what are you shouting about here, it's so annoying!" Ling'er couldn't listen to it anymore, so she came up with such a sentence.
Lin Fan is still a good person, he stepped forward and said to Steward Liu: "Steward Liu, do you know the power of locusts, don't talk about grass stalks, when you don't have to eat, you even gnaw trees, houses, I think there is no other place to eat, don't buy food, unless you also become locusts and fight with them for grass stalks, or you eat them, it's actually good to catch them for food, but it's high protein, more nutritious than eggs." β
"You, you, you..." Steward Liu pointed to Lin Fan and the others and left in a hurry, seeing that Lin Fan was in a good mood, who told your boss not to trust me, now I know that I regret it.
"Brother, are we a little unkind to do this, buy their old grain, and sell it back to them in less than half a month, but the price has soared by more than 140 times, this... This is a bit scary." Xiaoxue was a little unable to hold the account book, she had never done such a lucrative thing when she ran a perfume shop, underwear shop and other businesses, although there was no treachery or business, but there had to be a degree.
"How can we make them remember this disaster if they don't raise it high, our people are so hard, they are rich, where will the officials know, there must be something that impresses them, they will always remember, how difficult it is for the people, if there is such a disaster next time, they will pay attention to it...
"Then you are not becoming a sinner through the ages."
"It is not terrible to be a sinner in their eyes, but the most terrible thing is to be a sinner through the ages in the eyes of the people."
Lin Fan enjoyed the process of teaching these dignitaries very much, and blackmailed a lot of people at the end of the day, some of them were dissatisfied with the price like Steward Liu, some of them went berserk but came back not long after, and some couldn't make up their minds and simply went home to ask the big guy for advice.
There are also some very scoundrels, pretending to be poor and praying for sympathy for Lin Fan to lower the price, but Lin Fan politely refused, and some wanted to use forceful means, and were surrounded by two stunned people and others to obediently buy back the old grain sold here half a month ago at the original priceγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»
Lin Fan didn't go again the next day, it was enough to feel that one day was enough, the Lin Academy resumed classes again, halfway through the class that day, looking at the somewhat dim sky outside, Lin Fan suddenly said to his students on a whim: "Students, today the teacher will take you to a practical class, which can be regarded as a life experience." β
The students cheered, scrambling to follow Lin Fan out of the big family together, this time they chose to walk, now that the locust plague is just around the corner, no one should care about such a large team.
Out of Chang'an City, you can see locusts flying around everywhere, the branches are crawling with locusts, the grass is full of locusts, the crops not far away are full of rice, several farmers cry while chasing locusts, but no matter how they catch up, they can't get rid of it, kill one in the air and immediately another one makes up, they have no time to take care of the locusts crawling around on their bodies, and work hard to drive away the locusts that have surrounded the rice.
But they did nothing and worked in vain, and in less than a quarter of an hour, a single rice plant was only a stalk buried in the soil.
Seeing so many locusts, the students couldn't laugh, the joy when they came out has long been gone, they thought they were as happy as the last summer trip before the summer vacation, they liked that kind of practical class, but they didn't want to see this kind of practical class, let alone experience it themselves, many people wanted to run, but no one dared to move, they could only look at the locusts flying around in fear.
An exclamation came from the students, and everyone looked suspiciously, only to see that Ling'er was desperately slapping indiscriminately, it turned out that it was a locust flying to her, and the locust had been photographed by her and trampled into flesh by her, but she was still beating desperately. This was obviously a reaction of fear, Lin Fan couldn't imagine that a woman like Ling'er, who had been a beggar for a long time and had some wild nature, would be afraid of locusts, just like no matter how strong a girl is, she will be afraid of mice or cockroaches.
It turns out that women are weaker than men after all.
It's normal for locusts to fly to your body, it's already good if you don't eat you, and there are a lot of locusts flying here after staying here for a while, and everyone here is patronized by locusts, so there are exclamations, and there are people who want to escape, and they don't run a few steps to see more and more locusts around them, and those who are afraid run back again, it is better to live in clusters.
Lin Fan regretted that his students were so weak, far less manly than Qin Yong, Cheng Huaimo, Niu Zhongren and other killers, but they were just stuck by locusts, and they screamed like pigs.
I can't understand Xue Tao, she is very calm, there are locusts flying in, throwing the handkerchief, and then stepping on it, the locusts will die in Huangquan, not dancing like others, although she can't see her expression, but Lin Fan knows that her expression is also calm, so calm that Lin Fan admires it a little, if a locust suddenly flies over, he will at least burst a foul mouth, but the woman in front of her is like a fairy out of the dust, and her movements against locusts are so elegant.
This kind of woman must not be simple, Lin Fan came to such a conclusion.
Time did not allow him to think too much, and the beautiful sunset appeared on this beautiful horizon again, illuminating the surroundings so picturesquely, it was time to leave.
With a shout, the team continued to move forward, although reluctant but all of them followed very closely, those gentlemen liked to squeeze into the middle, the locusts in the middle were not as many as the periphery, and the only people who guarded the outside were those weak poor students.