Just like the land of Gyeonggi, if it is really just a drought, it will not spread so widely, and the drought is only part of the cause, and in the final analysis, it is still a man-made disaster.

For example, merchants hoarded rice and grain, and the government never opened warehouses to release grain, and even harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes made matters worse.

All these have displaced the common people in the south of the water.

And in King Jing's fiefdom, as long as there is still food in Yunmeng Mountain, the disaster here will not be as serious as in the south.

But if you only rely on Yunmeng Mountain, it is still unknown whether it can survive until the end of the locust plague.

Once Yunmeng Mountain runs out of food, Jingcheng and even the entire Jingwang fiefdom will probably fall into the same situation as in the south.

These Yuan Lingchen can think of it, and the horse dealer can naturally think of it, but he doesn't know that there will be a locust plague next, but he doesn't have much confidence in the strength of Yunmeng Mountain.

He didn't know when Yunmengshan would run out of food.

So when Yuan Lingchen proposed to exchange rice for horses, the light in his eyes even overshadowed the flickering lamp in Yuan Lingchen's hand.

"Really?" The horse dealer was a little surprised.

"I can only produce thirty buckets of corn."

The horse dealer calmed down and calculated: "Thirty buckets is too little, fifty buckets." ”

"Your horse is just a sick horse, if I buy it back, there is a chance that I will die of illness, even if I sell horse meat, with its skinny appearance, it will not sell for much silver......"

Yuan Lingchen looked at the horse in the corner with disdain.

Xu was that her gaze was too dazzling, and the horse couldn't help but stand up, and even wanted to pout his hooves at her, but he was seriously ill, and after a while, he fell down heavily.

At this time, even the system couldn't help but interject: "This horse has spirituality and a wild temperament, I'm afraid it's not easy to tame." ”

The horse dealer still wanted to continue struggling: "My horse is not a sick horse, but after a long journey, I am not suitable for a while, and I am not accustomed to the water and soil, you look at its eyes, that posture, this is a peerless good horse, a sweaty horse that will not be changed......"

"Thirty buckets of corn, if you sell it, I will immediately ask someone to go back and get the rice, if you don't buy it, you don't have to bother to talk about it."

Yuan Lingchen was resolute, Yuan Baozhu on the side rolled his eyes, and interjected: "Although I don't know what BMW is or not, I only know that no matter how expensive the horse is, if I swallow it, it is just a puddle of rotten meat." ”

The horse dealer was choked and speechless, and it made sense to think about it, even if the horse was good, it would not survive, only to see that it had been thin into skin and bones, and even if it was sold for meat, it would not be able to sell it at a price, so it was better to exchange it for thirty buckets of rice grain.

"Thirty buckets is thirty buckets."

Yuan Lingchen smiled: "Let's go back to get rice and grain, and we'll come in two quarters of an hour." ”

Shortly after they left, a man with a full beard accompanied a young man who had not yet reached the crown of weakness approached the place.

The young man's face was handsome, but he was quite respectful to the man beside him: "Uncle Yuan, this is it." ”

This young man was none other than Wei Lin, who had left Lu Xu to join the army earlier, and the person beside him was Yuan Minzhi, who was supposed to train outside the city at this time.

The horse dealer also didn't expect that the business that had not been open for several days would have two groups of customers one after another.

Only the guest in front of him didn't seem to have the good words of the previous ones.

"Guest officer......" The horse dealer stepped forward with a shy face, thinking about talking, but listened to Yuan Minzhi snort heavily: "What kind of good horse is this horse?" I don't think I will live more than three days. ”

The reason why he came here was that Wei Lin told him that there was a good horse here, but it was seriously ill, and if he could buy it back and save it, it would undoubtedly be a great profit.

Only Yuan Minzhi is not that stupid, at a glance, he knows that this horse can't be saved, this is not a leak, it is a ruin.

Wei Lin didn't know that ninety percent of this horse would die if he bought it back, but this horse was a sweaty horse, and it was a high-grade BMW.

Even if you are only 10% sure, it is worth buying it back and giving it a try.

He looked at Yuan Minzhi's envoy again and again, Yuan Minzhi had a tacit understanding with him early, and he had a number in his heart, but he still wanted to suppress the price.

Wei Lin also saw what he meant, and sighed again and again in his heart.

Don't look at Yuan Minzhi's current official residence, only his cronies, everyone knows that he has a bad wife in his hometown that he can't forget, and a daughter who can't be a baby.

Yuan Minzhi's two major goals in life are to earn a fortune for his wife Shen, and the other is to save a rich dowry for his baby daughter.

These two goals are his motivation to move forward bravely on the battlefield.

It is also these two goals that have created Yuan Minzhi's character of picking and searching, and he is the kind that is eager to break a penny of silver into two pennies.

Obviously, in his treasury, there are tens of thousands of taels of silver for meritorious service alone, but he will still negotiate the price of half for a few taels of silver.

Wei Lin knew that they were afraid that they would not be able to go back for a while.

At this time, Yuan Minzhi had really talked to someone about the price, and the horse dealer didn't have any attention to first-come, first-served, and directly asked for twenty taels.

Yuan Minzhi twitched in his heart, and calculated for a while, twenty taels of silver, even if he talked about the price, it would be more than ten taels.

Spending so much money to buy a horse that can't be saved by ninety percent of the money, thinking about it, is a loss, so he pulled Wei Lin aside.

"I think my horse is pretty good now, and I can use it if I can, so don't buy it unless I have to."

"This foal is a rare one, and if you are saved, you will be able to do it on the battlefield...... Twenty taels of silver is worth a gamble. ”

"No matter how much money you have, you can't waste it so much, Chan'er's dowry hasn't been settled yet......"

Wei Lin couldn't help but roll his eyes, thinking to himself, is the more than 10,000 taels of silver in your treasury just an ornament?

Only Yuan Lingchen is the person he wants to be loyal to for a lifetime, Yuan Minzhi hurts his daughter, of course he will not object, so he plans to reason with him: "The little money you spend now, you can come back to the battlefield in the future, with such a divine horse, don't you have more opportunities to make meritorious contributions?"

"But horses may not be able to be saved, and I don't know when I will be able to go to war." Yuan Minzhi was a little melancholy.

If he can really go to the battlefield, this horse will be bought through gritted teeth, but he is like this now, and he doesn't know when he will have a turnaround.

If there is really no hope of going to the front line in the future, then the money he has saved now will have to save some money.

Seeing them whispering, the horse dealer tentatively asked, "Do you want this horse or not?"

The people who had a good price are coming back, and if the two families collide together, he will not be able to explain it.

Wei Lin was still persuading: "Uncle Yuan, you will believe me once." ”

Yuan Minzhi couldn't do anything, and struggled for a long time: "I'll give you ten taels of silver at most......"

The horse dealer thought that ten taels of silver could buy more than 30 buckets of corn, but the price of grain is the same now, and he doesn't know what will happen tomorrow, so he might as well take the rice directly.

Shook his head again and again: "At least fifteen taels." ”

If it was fifteen taels, before those people came back, let these two take the horses away, and he collected the stall in advance, saving the embarrassment of bumping.