The sun has gradually set in the west, and the door of the Zhao family grain store is still full of people, hanging on the sign at the door, and the latest grain price has risen by fifty percent compared with the previous days. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Most of the townspeople who went into the mountains every day to collect medicine and hunt had already returned to the town by this time, after all, it was too risky to sleep in the mountains.

For the sake of their own lives, most people would rather go back and forth every day, and for ordinary people such as hunters and herb pickers, who mainly do manual labor, the extra effort on the road is not worth mentioning.

These days, the price of food in the town has skyrocketed, and the vast majority of the townspeople dare not speak out, because the Zhao family's years of accumulated power are enough to deter these townspeople with different surnames.

For so many years, the only one in the town who dared to go against the Zhao family and could survive was the shopkeeper of the Qian family's pharmacy.

The older townspeople still remember the old things more than ten years ago, and it is not that the townspeople who can't stand the oppression of the Zhao family over the years have tried to confront the Zhao family with the help of the power of the money shopkeeper.

However, since Qian Chuan had a violent conflict with the Zhao family at the beginning of his foothold in Caoxu Town, he gradually fell silent, and never did anything to intensify the conflict with the Zhao family.

For those behaviors that openly and secretly provoked contradictions between himself and the Zhao family, Qian Chuan neither reacted excessively, nor did he pursue the provocateurs.

After so many years, the townspeople who thought they understood the temperament of the money shopkeeper gradually stopped pinning their poor hopes on Qian Chuan.

In fact, the Zhao family's grain store's method of raising grain prices has not been used in previous years, but this time the price increase is too large, even the townspeople who have been accustomed to the Zhao family's various oppressive methods can't suppress the anger that has been stored in their hearts for a long time.

Since the price of the grain store began to rise, these days, the townspeople will first check how much grain is left in their homes before entering the mountain every day, and then go to the door of the grain store to see the latest grain prices, and then estimate in their hearts how much harvest they need to enter the mountain that day in exchange for enough rations.

Most of the townspeople at the gate of the grain store have just returned from the mountains, and the main reason why these people are gathered at the gate is that in addition to raising the price of grain, the grain store has resorted to a new method of restricting the sale of grain today.

Every day, grain stores only sell a certain amount of rice grain, and if the sales volume of that day exceeds this limit, those who still want to buy grain must buy it at a price that is 20% higher than the price of the grain for that day.

The townspeople with different surnames in Caoxu Town have almost no savings under the pressure of the Zhao family for many years. Most of the townspeople simply don't have enough food in their homes, and the vast majority of them are in a state of stopping.

If the hunters can barely use the prey they have caught in the short term when the food is cut off, then if the medicine pickers have no food, they will not be able to fill their stomachs with medicinal herbs.

At the same time as the price of the Zhao family grain store increased, it began to limit sales every day, and the anger accumulated in the chests of the townspeople gathered at the door of the grain store only needed an outlet to bring ruin to the grain store.

As the shopkeeper of the grain store, Zhao Fengdeng is not unaware that the continuous price increase these days has caused strong dissatisfaction among the townspeople.

The sales restriction notice just released today is pouring oil on a pile of dry firewood, and now it only takes a spark, and the fire that ignites may destroy this grain store.

In fact, this time, the grain store used the excuse of the lack of food transported back by the convoy as an excuse to raise the grain price, which was originally a common practice for the Zhao family's store, and Zhao Fengdeng was not worried that it would cause an overreaction from the townspeople.

But a few days ago, the patriarch Zhao Pan convened all the family shop owners and asked for the income of each store, and the share of the clan this year was increased from the original fifty percent to sixty percent.

Of course, Zhao Pan didn't want to change the rules set by his ancestors, and he also told the shopkeepers that next year's share could be reduced by one percent.

The patriarch did not explain on the spot the reason for the temporary increase in the quota this year, but before informing the heads of the shops, it was obvious that he had already obtained the approval of the elders of the clan in advance, otherwise how could no one raise any objections on the spot.

Zhao Fengdeng also learned part of the reason from his father Zhao Ji, it is said that there are people in the clan who have broken through the congenital, and it has been five years since the last time there was a person in the clan who broke through the innate nature.

Due to the addition of a new innate master, the short-term consumption of talisman money in the clan has risen sharply.

Because a new congenital master, in the early stage of practicing talismans, due to factors such as unfamiliar techniques, it is the most serious stage in the process of practicing talismans.

Of course, it is a good thing that the family has an additional innate force, but the share of the money that is forcibly distributed to the heads of each store is not something that the shopkeepers are willing to accept.

Since Zhao Fengdeng took over the grain store, it was the first time he had encountered this kind of thing, and the experienced Zhao Ji only told him one sentence: if you don't want to drink your own blood, you have to eat other people's meat.

Zhao Fengdeng, who understood the idea, immediately changed his original plan after estimating the amount of the 10% share that needed to be paid more this year.

Even if the grain store wants to increase the price, it must have a reasonable excuse, after all, in front of these townspeople with different surnames in Caoxu Town, the Zhao family doesn't want to completely tear off their face, at least they still want their reputation.

Besides, there are many people who are trying to get involved in the position of the head of the grain store, and they are eyeing them from the sidelines, Zhao Fengdeng doesn't want to show the slightest flaw and give these guys a chance.

Since the price increase is raised under the pretext that the grain stores are not stocked enough, it is necessary to make up for the 10 percent share of the grain stores by raising the grain price before the next grain is brought back by the convoy.

Although Zhao Fengdeng has limited time to use, as an indispensable daily need of the townspeople, the grain store has enough advantages over other shops in the clan.

The continuous increase in grain prices in a short period of time has led to a marked increase in the income of grain stores, but the current increase in income due to the increase in grain prices is still not enough to make up for this difference.

So last night, the grain store shopkeeper came up with a way to sell in limited quantities, because the daily quota is still controlled by the grain store, in fact, it is raising the price of grain again in disguise, but it is barely an extra layer of cover.

When the notice of limited sale was made public, the townspeople, who could not bear the high price of grain these days, quickly blocked the door of the grain store, and for a time the entrance of the grain store became the most lively place in the town.

Under the prestige of the Zhao family for many years, the townspeople who surrounded the gate of the grain store did not make drastic moves, but only put forward a request to cancel the daily limited sales of the grain store, and no one dared to ask the grain store to reduce the price.

The grain store located in the center of the town, this kind of hot scene quickly attracted the attention of other stores.

After all, the grain store is the best and most stable income among all the Zhao family stores in the town, and it is rare to see this store unlucky, and almost all the shopkeepers who are busy are gloating.

At the same time, a huge paper kite landed in the Zhao family's mansion, and the money shopkeeper, who had not appeared in the town for many days, reappeared on the street.