Chapter 348: On Fire
"We've sold out of food, so you can bring some back this time." The money shopkeeper said earnestly.
The proprietor narrowed his eyes and said happily: "Don't worry, now the whole city is worried about our grain, and the main family has transferred a lot of grain over, but unfortunately I don't know what stupid thieves I encountered on the way, so I have to go over and solve it, you watch the store here and wait for me to bring someone back."
"Hey, okay, don't worry."
After receiving the signal to evacuate, the proprietor of Wang's grain store immediately packed his luggage and took a few entourages to plan to go out of the city to transport grain.
In order to avoid suspicion, he had to reluctantly leave most of the silver, and only bring a small share of the grain he usually bought.
"The silver has been sold, there shouldn't be any problems, I'll come back and get it when Taixi County falls into the hands of the lord's family in the coming day." The owner of Wang's grain store thought as he walked.
Now the grain in the whole city has long been cut off, and it all depends on the transportation of the grain stores of several of their major families, and the price of grain has risen to 150 yuan of rice, among which the Wang grain store earns the most.
If it weren't for the message from the master's side that he was going to evacuate, he would be reluctant to stop the business like this.
For example, there are not many places that are as rich as the people of Taixi County today.
With their ID cards in hand, they passed all the levels without incident.
When he arrived at the last checkpoint, he saw that all the things that had been transported were moved to a corner by the soldiers next to him, and after a while, he found that the silver on their carriage was directly moved, and even the carriage was taken away.
"What do you mean by that? At present, the city is supported by the grain of our family, and if the grain transportation is delayed, you are not afraid that the people in the city will make trouble?" He feigned composure.
A person walked out of the corner, and Ning Changrong clapped his palms, "It is worthy of the people of the Wang family, they are all at this time, and they are still so calm, all the silver you brought out of the city is the hard-earned money of the people in the city, right?"
The proprietor of Wang's Grain Store stood with his hands in his hands and looked around, "What does Mr. Ning mean by this? My Wang family pays attention to a voluntary way to make money, and I didn't force them to buy it, and how much I earn is what my Wang family deserves."
Ning Changrong couldn't help laughing for a moment, and suddenly stopped smiling, staring at him expressionlessly, "It's a good volunteer, send people to block the various grain passes, only allow the grain of your major families to be transported in, control the price of grain, and force the people of the whole city to have to buy your grain, this is voluntary, right?"
The proprietor of Wang's grain store swallowed his saliva, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and he pretended to be calm: "What does Mr. Ning mean, I don't know what you said."
"Humph! Take it away." Ning Changrong didn't want to say more to this person.
The soldiers on both sides took all of them down.
The proprietor of Wang's Grain Store kept struggling, "Ning Changrong! What are you doing? I'm from the Wang family, how dare you be so unreasonable to me! This time, I took the money out to transport food! If the grain cannot be bought, the Lord's family will find out, and then several of his families will know about it, and you are not afraid that the people will have no food to buy?"
Ning Changrong shook his head with a sneer, and dared to try to threaten him until now.
"Transporting food? I think it's about evacuating. It's a pity you don't have that chance."
The owner of Wang's grain store froze in place as if he had been struck by lightning, "What nonsense are you talking about?" He said tentatively.
"Is it nonsense that you know everything in your heart, do you think I don't know about your little scheme?" Ning Changrong smiled.
The owner of Wang's grain store was completely stunned at this time, he didn't expect that the plan they thought was seamless had already been seen through by the other party.
"Bastard!" He scolded angrily.
The soldier next to him immediately gave him a mouthful of words without mercy, "Mr. Ning, can you also scold him?!"
Ning Changrong waved his hand and looked at the other party coldly, "Don't worry about him, pull him down and send people to keep an eye on him, don't allow them to seek death, I want him to see how their so-called strategy is broken by me one by one, Wang family?" Millennial family? They are grasshoppers after autumn, and they can't jump much
For a long time."
With Chang Yuan's rejection of the family and Ning Changrong's dislike of these families, if the new dynasty was really established, they would never allow the existence of a family independent of them.
Not to mention the fact that these people are now attached to the enemy.
They only need to rely on others, and they need to compromise when they lack strength, but they don't need to compromise with anyone.
Quietly returned to the city and recruited Ning Daniu.
"Is what I asked you to prepare?" Ning Changrong asked.
Ning Da Niu nodded, "Don't worry, Changrong, according to what they wrote on the carrier pigeon, I arranged people, and when the time comes, there will be fires everywhere in the city, but it is just smoke, and it has not really burned, and when people outside the city see the smoke here, they will think that the city has become chaotic according to their plan."
"As for the men in charge of the grain shops, none of them ran away, and all of them were arrested to accompany the proprietor of the Wang family's grain store."
Ning Changrong bowed his head with satisfaction, "It's done well, as long as the signal comes out here, even if no one goes out there, they will only think that there is a delay on the road, this group of old kings, who have earned so much silver from the people, still think that they can retreat with their whole body, how can there be such a beautiful good thing in the world."
"I believe that after this time, the people in the city should no longer covet these small gains." Ning Daniu's tone was a little heavy.
In fact, most of the people in the city can still hold on, but some of them who secretly resell the grain are almost borrowing money to buy food, and they can only eat four cents and starve to death.
If there are children at home, you can go to the soup kitchen set up by Ning Changrong at the orphanage to feed the children.
Adults have made mistakes, and children should not be allowed to bear them.
It was impossible for the children to bring the porridge back, they had to eat it on the spot.
"Not necessarily, but this lesson is enough for them to remember for a long time." Ning Changrong said.
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"It's on fire, it's on fire! Run, everybody, it's on fire!"
"It's on fire here, too! Fight the fire!"
"There's no one in there! It's on fire!"
According to the appointed time, the people sent by the Ningda faction were lighting black smoke everywhere together.
Suddenly there was chaos in the city, but in fact, if anyone went out to look, they would surely find that the people who were shouting loudly were sturdy men and women who were observing everywhere, and they consciously spread the news of the fire everywhere, screaming that it was on fire, but there was no panic on their faces.
And the real people have long been hiding in their homes with closed doors, they have been greeted in advance, no matter what happens, they are not allowed to come out, and they listen to the fire everywhere outside.
They looked through the window and found no fire, and there were patrolling soldiers all around the street, and if any of the people did not listen and dared to go out and walk around at will, they would be immediately dragged into the prison.