Changyuan Street is the main street of Xichun County, runs through the north and south urban areas, wide and long, enters from the south city gate, steps on Changyuan Street, and the street leads directly to the north city gate.

This street is divided into many forks, leading to every street and alley in the city, overlooking down, Changyuan Street is the main artery of the county, and many small streets crisscross like blood vessels.

From south to north, Changyuan Street is lined with shops, pharmacies, restaurants, tailor shops, decoration shops, fat powder shops, blacksmith shops, inns, teahouses, spring buildings...... It had everything, and the city didn't look depressed because of the Yichun disaster. In the three eastern counties, in addition to the large number of rich gentry in Xichun County, the rich gentry in the two affected counties also fled to Xichun County for refuge.

Settle down, these rich gentry are naturally idle, should drink flower wine and drink flower wine, should listen to the opera, should make a teahouse of teahouse, should walk the dog to continue to walk the dog fun, ladies and wives should go shopping also go shopping, inside and outside the city, the scenery is very different.

The outside of the city is full of lonely wilderness, howling miserably, and the singing and dancing in the city are leveling, spending all day and wine, separated by a wall, but it is like heaven and hell.

Men and women came and went on the streets, and some ladies and wives from wealthy families roamed the streets generously, not afraid to show their heads, lingering in all kinds of fat powder shops and decoration shops.

They had enough food to feed themselves, and for them, the poor ghosts outside the city were not something they needed to consider, and it was better to have mercy on those people than to buy a few more clothes.

From time to time, there were groups of city defender patrols in armor passing through the streets, or the county government officials appeared to maintain order on the streets.

In the endless flow of people, Han Mo and Xiao Mu were strolling on the street one after the other, the two were very close, walking on the rather crowded street, Han Mo seemed to be very casual but actually observed the shops on both sides and the pedestrians on the street very carefully.

The people he observes are those who look inconspicuous on the street, and the shops he observes, from beginning to end, have only one category, and that is the rice shop.

From the moment he stepped on this street, Han Mo remembered every rice shop he passed by, and the other shops were swept by.

In this period of disaster, for most people, whether it is gold or silver, the value is far less precious than food, so in this period, the most sought-after store is undoubtedly a rice store.

After walking most of the street, I saw five or six rice shops, all of which were very large, but what was different was that in front of each rice shop, there were four or five men in strong suits, all of whom looked like a group of thugs.

What's even more amazing is that the rice shop on this road, the plaque on the door is hung with the "Dahong Rice Shop" signboard, which is actually a rice shop, except for this "Dahong Rice Shop", there is no rice shop with a second signboard.

Xiao Mu followed behind Han Mo, and along the way, he already understood what Han Mo meant, knowing that Han Mo was coming to the street to observe the market of the rice shop, and saw that there were thugs in front of the store, so he didn't care, in this extraordinary period, the rice shop is an extremely important store, and it is normal to have thugs to protect it.

However, seeing that there was only one signboard of "Dahong Rice Shop" on the road, he was also puzzled, looking at Han Mo, he saw that Han Mo was calm and calm, slowly moving in the crowd, so he hurriedly followed Han Mo's side.

After walking for a while, Han Mo finally stopped in front of the sixth rice shop and saw that there were three or four customers in the rice shop who were buying rice.

He approached slowly, and several thugs in front of the door immediately stared at him, and one of them had already asked in a deep voice, "Are you buying rice?" ”

Han Mo nodded, and the man immediately said, "How much silver did you bring?" ”

Han Mo didn't say much, he took out an ingot of five taels of silver from his arms, and the thug looked at it again before waving his hand and said, "Go in!" There was a thug next to him who said with a smile: "I can't see that this poor ghost can still afford rice, dare to love that this silver was stolen!" ”

Han Mo smiled and said, "I have silver, you have rice, where does my silver come from?" ”

"That's right." The thug laughed and said, "Even if you are the silver stolen by the bandits, as long as there is silver, we will sell you rice." ”

Han Mo didn't talk much nonsense, and entered the store one after the other with Xiao Mu.

This rice shop is very spacious, the counter is very long, there are dozens of bags of rice flour and flour behind the counter, there is an old shopkeeper sitting in the counter, and two shop guys are weighing rice and grain.

In the corner of the store, there is a table, and there are three or four men in strong clothes sitting at the table, all throwing dice and gambling money, and there are several big knives on the table, and this group of people is obviously also the guard of the store.

During such a period, Dahong Rice Store was able to do business in several stores, and there were special personnel to protect it, so it seems that the background of this rice store is really not simple.

The guy in the cabinet weighed the rice, then packed it in a millet bag, put it on the counter, and said, "Five catties of rice, it's done!" ”

The guest at the front of the row picked up the rice bag and checked it, and the guy was tired of saying: "Don't worry, full scale, our Dahong rice shop is about honesty in doing business." Next, how much? ”

The second guest stepped forward and whispered, "Two catties!" After speaking, he lifted two pieces of money and put them on the counter.

Seeing this, Han Mo was a little surprised, Xiao Mu had already come closer, and said in a low voice: "Is it possible to buy a pound of rice grain for a hanging of money?" ”

A hanging of money, that is, a thousand Wen, the value of one tael of silver, converted, equivalent to about two hundred yuan, this pound of rice grain in the current measurement, is equal to a pound of three or four taels, less than one and a half pounds, two hundred yuan to buy less than a pound and a half of rice, this price is really sensational, it can really be described as a grain of rice gold.

The man lost two hangs of money, weighed two catties of rice, wrapped it in a small bag, and handed it to the guest.

The next few people, the amount of grain sold is not high, sitting no more than 20 catties, and they are all bought at the price of one penny and one catty.

"How much is your rice a catty?" It was Han Mo's turn, and Han Mo finally asked.

The shopkeeper who was sitting in the cabinet with squinting eyes listened to Han Modong's question, glanced at it, but didn't say much, only the guy said impatiently: "You didn't see it just now?" A penny for a pound, if there is no discount, if there is silver, use the silver to buy grain, and if there is no silver, get out quickly. ”

Han Mo remained silent, just smiled and said, "I have a lot of people in my family, but I don't have much silver, can it be cheaper?" ”

"Don't eat food without money." The guy waved his hand and said, "Let's not negotiate the price." It's not that you haven't seen it on this street, it's all the shops of my Dahong rice shop...... You can only buy food in our Dahong rice store, and the price is the same. When is it, what are you doing with the money? Change some rice to eat and survive is the right thing to do. ”

Han Mo smiled and said, "Yes, yes, what you said is." Little brother, my silver, that is a few families together, no food, just afraid that you will starve to death, you can do well, I have five taels of silver here, you give more, I remember your kindness! ”

Before the guy could speak, the shopkeeper who was about to die had already sneered: "Kindness? The kindness of the fart, if you have silver to eat food, if you don't have silver, you will wait to starve to death...... Anyway, it's not just a few of you who are dead. You have also seen that there are people in the county government who go out of the city every day to collect corpses, and there are more people who die of starvation, dig a pit and bury it, and it will be a hundred...... We are here as a shop, not a relief hall, and we don't talk about kindness, we talk about silver...... Didn't the imperial court pull the relief grain? Hehe, waiting for that General Han to give you food is ......! ”

Xiao Mu's eyes flashed with cold light, but his temperament was calm, not as excited as Xue Shao, and he knew that if he was impulsive, it would ruin Han Mo's affairs, so the cold light crossed, but his expression was very calm.

The guy immediately said, "Do you want to buy it or not?" If you don't buy it, go out quickly, and don't delay others to buy food. I can tell you, if there are more people who want food, you don't buy it, and others will buy too much, so you can't stop us from ......doing business! ”

Han Mo sighed and said with a bitter face: "You really can't be accommodating? ”

The guy immediately patted the counter, and the big men who threw the dice suddenly turned their eyes over, one by one extremely fierce, and some people picked up the big knife and scolded: "Raised by a son of a bitch, are you here to make trouble?" ”

Han Mo sneered in his heart, but his face made a look of horror, and he waved his hand and said, "That's ...... Then I won't buy ......! Hurriedly led Xiao Mu out of the Dahong rice shop.

The shopkeeper squinted, leaned back in his chair, and scolded: "If you want money, don't die, carry the silver on your body, and if you die, you will still be touched ...... by someone!" ”

Out of the Dahong rice shop, Xiao Mu clenched his fists.

Han Mo entered the crowd with an indifferent expression, just walked thoughtfully in the crowd, and only walked a few steps, but saw a person next to him sneaking over, and said in a low voice: "Do you want to buy food?" I'm cheap, come with me! He didn't look at Han Mo either, he just looked around smartly, blending in the crowd and walking south, his steps were extremely fast.

The corners of Han Mo's mouth flashed with a smile, and he exchanged a look with Xiao Mu, and followed the man.

The man was dressed in small linen clothes, and he looked like an ordinary person, and he was very nimble in moving through the crowd, and he was obviously a veteran who often shuttled through the streets.

He was like a wild monkey scurrying around in the forest, Han Mo and the others were fortunate that their feet were not weak, otherwise they would almost lose this person.

After walking for a while, the man suddenly turned into an alley next to him, and Han Mo and the others immediately folded in.

"Be careful, adults!" Entering the alley, Xiao Mu immediately reminded softly: "It can't be a trap, right?" ”

Han Mo smiled faintly, looked at the person not far in front of him, and said in a low voice, "It shouldn't be." This should be bulk goods, and I want to make some money at this time! ”

The alley was quite long, and halfway through it, the man folded into a small alley.

The man turned into the small alley, Han Mo and the two followed side by side, first looked into the alley, and saw that the man had stopped and was waving to the two in the alley, but there was a thief on his face, and he looked at the other end of the alley, as if he was afraid of something.

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