Lu Xu blinked.

The county lieutenant turned his head to the river, "Those boats are full of grain and grass that has not been unloaded. ”

Lu Xu wanted to speak and stopped, nodded, took two steps, couldn't help but come back, and said humbly: "Uncle Robert, I suggest that you still let them drive the boat away, go to a place where there is no one to load some stones and then drive back." The draft line of an empty ship and a full ship is obviously different, and if you can deceive others, you will definitely not be able to deceive the boat gang! ”

Lieutenant Luo: "......"

After speaking, he looked at County Lieutenant Luo with an innocent face, "Don't worry, I only heard that ten more boatloads of grain will come soon, but the granary is full and there is no place to put it, so I can only dock on the other side of the river first." ”

Chapter 59: Mending the Knife

The whole Guanyang County was boiling, and as soon as the day dawned, all the people ran out of their homes and stepped on the main road of South Street to look out of the city.

Officers and men stubbornly guarded all roads from the city gate to the grain store, and no one was allowed to interfere with the grain transport.

The sun rose over the city wall, and the last cart of grain and grass was transported into the grain shop, which had been closed for many days and was full of grain, and hung up a huge sign: Today's Nanchen rice, fifty wen per catty.

The illiterate person hurriedly asked, "How much?" How much is that? ”

The literate excitedly shouted: "Fifty Wen! Fifty wen per catty! ”

"How much can each family buy, and what is the limit?"

"Unlimited, enough! Enough! ”

"Oh my God!"

The crowd was boiling, rushing through the officers and soldiers to flock to the grain store, the county lieutenant came in person, and the commanders and soldiers stood next to each other in a two-story human wall, which could be able to sort out the frenzied people into a neat rank.

"Enough grain and rice! No need to squeeze or grab! Anyone who dares to take advantage of the chaos to loot will be arrested and put in prison! ”

The little brother who delivered the food and news on the boat didn't even take the meal, and as soon as he entered, he rushed into the prison in a panic, pounced on Song San, and shouted in a panic: "Third master!" A large amount of grain has come to the county, and we can't sell it! ”

"Impossible!" Song San immediately smashed the water bowl.

"It's true! Listen, there's food buying outside! ”

Song San pricked up his ears and listened carefully, there was a commotion outside early in the morning, and some people even set off firecrackers, he put his ears on the wall and listened carefully, except for the sound of firecrackers, he couldn't hear anything really, he grabbed his little brother, "Which family's grain, whose family's grain?" ”

"I don't know! I heard that the prefectural magistrate found it! ”

"Impossible! We all know where all the grain goes in Guanyang and Longxing County, where did he get so much grain! ”

"It's not Longxing's grain, it's rice, it's all old rice! I heard that it was a grain merchant from the south that the county commander was looking for! ”

Song San let go of him, sat down on the ground, and muttered, "South? Prefectural ......"

"Third master, I heard that the ancestral home of the county order is in the south, could it be ......?"

"The imperial court also requisitioned summer grain from Nanjun! The rice in Nanjun must be prepared as military rations, who dares to seconded it to ......" He was stunned for a moment, "You say, Chen rice?" ”

"That's right, it's all old rice! Fifty wen a catty, five thousand wen a stone, fucking crazy selling, when will Chen rice be sold for fifty wen! ”

Song San was stunned for a while.

The new grain should be used as a military supply and cannot be moved, but if the new grain is sufficient, the old grain can be disposed of to the grain merchants!

He slapped the ground hard, "Is there any news from the second master?" ”

The little brother cried and said anxiously: "No! The county doesn't give a guide to the road, let alone the state capital, we can't even go out of Guanyang! ”

Song San rubbed his forehead, "It's okay, the eldest brother and the second brother can't receive new food, and they will definitely find something different." ”

He breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his forehead and said, "Do you see how many ships they are coming?" ”

The little brother shook his head: "No!" They came in the middle of the night and left after unloading! ”

Song San sneered, "Sneaky, there must not be much food." ”

He took out his seal, "You take my seal, take the silver and tell the brothers to buy it, how much is there, how much to buy, when we finish buying, I will see what he sells!" ”

The little brother ran away in response.

He took the money and went to buy grain, but he refused to sell it but did not want to sell it.

Grain shop guy: "My lord said, only copper coins will be charged." ”

"Why?!"

"Why?" Dude, the nose is not the nose, the eyes are not the eyes, "What do you say?" Where did the ordinary people get so much silver, and the people who bought it with the silver were profiteers who wanted to hoard grain! ”

He grabbed the guy from the boat gang and looked at it carefully, "Why do I look at you so familiar, are you from the boat gang?" Let's see, is he from the boat gang? ”

"Yes! Be! It's a boat gang! The people in line were angry, and they grabbed the boat gang and scolded: "Okay, you have so much food and still rob us of this cheap old grain?" It's black! You are not afraid of retribution! ”

"Not for sale! Don't sell it to him! "Bang out, blast him out!" "It's their boat gang that sells all the grain in Guanyang outside!" "It's they who sell high-priced grain!"

The crowd was excited, rushed into the grain store and beat the boat gang guys all the way.

Originally, only the boat gang had food, and they didn't want to endure it, so they could only endure it, but now, there is revenge for those who have been wronged, and there is revenge for revenge, and more than a dozen officers and soldiers can't pull it outside, and the more and more people crowd it, and the doors of the grain shops are all squeezed out before the county lieutenant who came in a hurry pulls them all out and arrests them all in prison.

There were many people in a row, the boat gang was shouting and beating in Guanyang, gambling houses, taverns, and streets, there were fights everywhere, and the county lieutenant arrested people like fighting fires every day, and the more they were arrested, the more they were arrested, and the county government prison was stuffed to stop this wave of atmosphere.

I heard that the county lieutenant was tired and sick, Lu Xu relied on the dog's gall, carrying the newly made osmanthus rice cake, sesame rice cake, and rice sugar cake to the door to condole, the left sentence Uncle Luo, and the other sentence Uncle Luo, which was more affectionate than the nephews of the county lieutenant Luo, and made the county lieutenant of Luo more and more headaches, not surprisingly, Lu Xu was blasted out of the door by the cold-faced uncle he unilaterally recognized.

Lu Xu gave the empty basket to Lu Wen and said bitterly: "Big brother, for you, I don't want my face, go back and work hard." ”

Lu Wen: "......"

Is he shameless in the first place?

Lu Xu couldn't help it.

Lu Wen pestered him too tightly, saying that there was rice today, and that there would be grain tomorrow, so he had to force him to cook new dishes. The boat gang did not let go of their mouths and did not admit it, and they were on the bar with the county commander, the boat gang smashed silver for copper money to buy grain, and the county order sold me as long as you bought it.

Every day, the money and grain are exchanged like water, he looks stupid, the people of Guanyang look stupid, and the brothers of the boat gang also look stupid.

When Lu Xu forced them to exchange silver for copper coins, one tael of silver was exchanged for three thousand five hundred wen, and now, one tael of silver is exchanged for one thousand five hundred wen.

At the moment, it is white-hot, and even Lu Xu doesn't know how long the grain in the granary in Guanyang can last. Those ten empty ships have been on the other side for several days, and if they don't come to replenish food, they will be exposed.

He was thinking about how to help the county order pit boat gang, and Lu Wen was thinking about how to make him money.

He encouraged the third and fourth aunts to sell all the wheat, and without the wheat, what did he use to grind noodles and fry fritters.

In desperation, I had to ponder rice.

The old rice is not as fragrant as the new rice, and the rice cake is not as good as Su Ji pastry, but it is better than sesame, osmanthus, and sugar, and it is sold cheaper than Su Ji, and the business is quite good.

The new sign is a flash of inspiration when he wants to eat rice popcorn.

He can't make a popcorn machine, but it's not impossible.

Don't be too sticky when steaming rice, scatter the rice into rice grains and dry them, put the dried rice grains into rice grains and fry them in an oil pan to take them out, fry the sugar, pour in the rice flowers, then sprinkle sesame seeds, pinch and crush dried sour apples and walnut kernels, stir-fry evenly, put it into a deep plate and press it flat, wait for the cold sugar to dry thoroughly, take a knife and cut it into eight petals, it is both a pastry and a snack, bite it down and be crispy and crispy, give Lu Rui a small piece, he can hold it and gnaw it for a long time.

Lu Xu took a few plates to his grandfather's grocery store to sell, and those who sold grain in the first few days were willing to buy a piece for the child.

That day, Lu Wen asked Li Zheng to say that he should sell grain quickly, but he only said that Lu Xu said it, and he couldn't tell the reason, and many people didn't believe it.

Nowadays, everyone knows that grain is expensive, and the grain collected by the boat gang in the town has risen to 10,000 yuan per stone, and there are still people waiting for it to rise again.

They saw that the price had risen from 4,000 to 6,000, and then to 10,000, and the intestines of those who sold it at 6,000 were about to repent, so how could they sell it easily.

Selling grain was voluntary, the Lu family went to sell it, many people waited to see, the next day the grain was stopped for a day, and the people in the village regretted it, but on the third day, it rose by 500 Wen, and those who didn't sell started selling with jokes. On the fourth day, it rose by 200 wen, and even the village knew that a grain ship was coming, so they went to ask again in the afternoon, and the price of grain had risen, 12,000, but only silver was given, and the silver had to be converted at the price of two thousand five hundred wen for one tael of silver.

This price changed for a while, and the people in the nearby villages were all confused, and they went to the town twice a day, and they didn't understand how to sell it.

The sudden rise and fall of grain prices simply pulled the villagers out of the pain of conscription.

Life will go on, and people can only look forward.

Lu Xu's grandfather's shop has become an information distribution point in the village, and he basks in the sun and weaves baskets in the shop every day, so that he can fill his ears with messy gossip.

Lu Xu went to the shop to get rice cakes, and was surrounded by the villagers and asked questions.

The problem is too complicated, where can Lu Xu understand, he knows that at this time, he is carpooling to help with more money, or more grain in the granary, he doesn't know any of them, anyway, Lu Wen also follows him to the county every day, so let Lu Wen come back every day to inform everyone how much copper money can be exchanged for one or two pieces of silver today.

Every day, everyone knows that the later the loss, the more you lose, when I heard Lu Xu Lu Wen's idea to sell grain, the joy of every day is to come to the shop to embroider, do work, listen to the price of food, and even take Lu Xu's grandfather's shop business is good.

Those who are willing to believe him are almost all relatives, looking at Lu Xu and Lu Wen at this time, they are called a clear-eyed, smart and clever person.

The villagers, who failed to sell grain in time and watched the price of grain fall day by day, became even more worried.

Huang Hu's brother wanted to sell it at the beginning, but his mother refused to let him live or die, not to say that Lu Xu was not a good thing, he wanted to sell it on the third day, but his mother refused to let him, saying that the price of grain would definitely rise.

They don't have much land, the children are still young, and they all rely on him and his daughter-in-law to work day and night, and now it's okay, his daughter-in-law and his mother, complaining to each other, crying at home every day, crying makes him upset.

He thought the house was stuffy, so he came out to buy salt with a salt jar, and happened to see Lu Xu there, so he couldn't help but say: "Xuwa, everyone is a villager, and you are mixing in the county every day, I heard that your gang is no worse than the boat gang, don't you collect grain?" ”

Lu Xu was shocked.

He pointed to himself, "Do you think I look like one who can put away food?" ”

If he was so rich, would he still sell cold dishes every day?!

Others were also happy, "What about your friends?" ”

Lu Xu: "The boat gang can't give a high price, how can they afford it." ”

Someone said: "Aren't you going to make fritters, or I'll give you noodles?" ”

Lu Xu laughed, "Okay, how much is the grain store, how much will I give." ”

Crowd: "Isn't the grain shop faceless!" ”

Lu Xu: "They are all villagers, why are you worried about pit me?" ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

Lu Xu thought for a while, "I'll give you an idea, don't sell it to the boat gang, just transport the grain to the county and sell it yourself." ”

Everyone was stunned, "The food is so heavy, how can we afford the boat fare!" ”

Lu Xu: "I can borrow a boat." ”

"Really?!"

Lu Xu looked up and calculated, now there are many small fishing boats that are willing to join them, and Lu Xu can't do it if they stop working, but the Qiu brothers' boats, it is not a problem for him to borrow them for a few days, as long as they can add blockage to the boat gang, Tan Shishi and they don't mind making a few days less money.

Lu Xu said: "If others want to use it, they can't borrow it, if they don't use it, I'll borrow as much as they want!" The fare is not charged, but you have to go out and row your own. ”

"Okay, okay! How not! Let's go down to the river and push it ourselves! ”