Chapter 7: Cultivating Tibetan Talismans (II)
Guo Twelve held a large bowl of broth, drinking and eating steamed buns. He asked, "Aunt Lan, how much money do we have?"
Aunt Lan and Aunt Xin discussed a few words, because they were two housekeepers, and money was also in charge. Aunt Lan said: "Now I have more than 4,000 talismans in hand. ”
Guo 12 said: "From tomorrow, all the money will be used to buy food, and don't keep any of it." Little leopard, tomorrow you go and exchange all the rewards we get for the quest for food, and nothing else. ”
"All the meat that I got back was marinated and put in the storeroom, where it would not perish, and I bought a little more flour. ”
Aunt Lan was surprised: "Twelve, why do you buy so much food? More than 4,000 yuan can be bought...... Uh, you can buy a lot of food...... What do you want so much food for?"
Guo Twelve smiled bitterly and said, "Aunt Lan, do you know that the Savage Pass has been lost?"
Aunt Lan nodded and said, "The Savage Pass is lost...... But we're at the inner gate, so it should be safe here, hey, twelve, what does the loss of the savage have to do with buying food?"
Guo Twelve said: "The loss of the Savage Pass means that the Savage Pass will attack the Pass, Ye Guancheng will not be able to hold on, and the Savage will definitely attack here." Of course, with the strong strength of the North Runes, I believe that the final victory must be the North Runes, but ...... When the wildlings come here, they will cut off the supply lines, and if the time is short, there is no problem, but if the time is long...... Then food must be the most scarce thing. ”
"If we don't prepare now, we might be hungry by then. ”
Aunt Lan looked at Guo Twelve incredulously, is this a nine-year-old child? The reasoning is simple, but if you don't think about it, who will buy food to stock up. She said, "Twelve, you are so powerful, Aunt Lan will buy it tomorrow." ”
Guo Twelve said: "Aunt Lan, be careful when buying food, try not to attract the attention of others, don't go around publicizing, it will cause panic, don't buy too much at a time, buy in small batches, buy in multiple locations." "He had experienced the great famine in his previous life, and he knew what it meant to call the heavens and the earth to be unspiritual, and now he still shuddered when he looked back, and the taste of hunger was deep in his soul, and he did not want to experience the years full of fear and panic, despair and sorrow.
Huo Bao's four children didn't understand what Guo Twelve said at all, but they could understand it when they asked them to exchange the task reward for food. They only need to carry out the order, as for food, clothing, housing and transportation, they all need Guo Twelve to find a way.
The next day, Guo Twelve took a carriage and was escorted by Luo Zhan to the manor of his master Luo Ji.
Luo Wei had already learned about Guo Twelve's performance in Ye Guancheng, and he was very satisfied, especially when Guo Twelve actually killed two savages, which made him even more happy. After seeing Guo Twelve, he seemed very happy.
Who knew that Guo Twelve's first words when he saw Luo Ji made the old man speechless. He said, "Master, I almost won't come back, I won't see your old man anymore!, alas, I fought with the wild man when I was only nine years old...... Isn't that too exaggerated?" and then said: "Fortunately, there is a treasure talisman from the master, so I can get out of danger, hehe, master, is there a treasure talisman? Give the disciple a few more pieces." This sycophant shot Luo Ji was very happy.
Luo Ji laughed and said, "Haha, worthy of being my apprentice......! You're too young to control so many runes, so let's talk about it later. ”
Guo Twelve knew the preciousness of the treasure talisman, he just made an excuse and said, "Master, I have no money......
The last thing Luo Ji lacked was money, and he said indifferently: "How much you want, you go to Hu Bona yourself." Come, tell me about Ye Guancheng. ”
Guo Twelve smiled bitterly: "Master, I want a lot of money!"
Luo Yi said: "Uh, how much do you want, hey, go get as much as you want!" He didn't care at all, with his status as a great charmer, his assets were in the forefront of the North Fu Gate, and Guo Twelve was his favorite apprentice, and if the little guy wanted to use money, of course he wouldn't be stingy.
Guo Twelve couldn't help it, and said, "Master, why don't you ask me why I want money?"
Luo Ji asked, "Why do you want money?"
Guo Twelve said very simply: "Buy food." ”
Luo Wei is not Aunt Lan, he understood after a little thought, and said in surprise: "You mean...... Beifumen is facing a food crisis?"
Guo Twelve nodded vigorously and said, "If there is no absolutely safe logistics supply line, I think ...... There must not be enough food. ”
Luo Ji asked, "So you're going to stock up on food?"
Guo Twelve sighed: "If it's just me, it doesn't matter, but I have a group of people to support, so I have to take precautions." ”
Soon, Luo Ji reacted, and he said strangely: "Are you borrowing ...... In the name of borrowing money to remind me?"
Guo Twelve grinned and said, "I didn't remind it, it was the master himself who thought of it." ”
Luo Ji was secretly grateful in his heart. He was not hypocritical, and immediately called the housekeeper and began to secretly stock up on food. You must know that his family has a big business and a large population, and if he lacks food, he will have no place to buy it even if he has money, so should he let this old man go out hunting? That will not solve any problems.
"Twelve, you go to Huber to get the money, and then come back when you're done. ”
Guo Twelve didn't take more, he took 10,000 talismans, too much he was afraid he couldn't afford to pay, and even if he could get 100,000 talismans, he wouldn't be able to buy so much food, so 10,000 talismans was already the limit.
He hurried home with the money. With money, everything is easy to do, and all the people in the family go out separately to buy food. Truckloads of grain and meat were brought back, and Aunt Lan commanded her men to marinate the meat pieces and carry the flour into the storage room, which was a room made of Tibetan talismans that could store a large number of items.
The purchasing power of 10,000 talismans is very scary, and it took three busy days to spend so much money. By this time, the price of food had already begun to rise. Before everyone could react, food began to be in short supply in a large area, and the price rose three times a day, because the wild people had already hit Beifu City, that is, the city where the headquarters of Beifu Gate was located.
The panic buying frenzy intensified, and Beifumen quickly took measures to control the distribution of food. All food vendors were controlled, and all food was purchased and rationed as needed.
Guo Twelve returned to cultivation.
Aunt Lan and Aunt Xin sighed in their hearts, Twelve This kid is simply a god, how can he calculate so accurately. All the restaurants on the street have been closed, and all the shops selling food have been closed, and now it is no longer a question of price increases, there is simply nothing to sell.
When the food allocated to the apprentices was distributed, Aunt Lan found that the food was less than half of the original, and when it was time to receive it, she also made a special notice asking them to save as much food as possible, because the next distribution might be less.
There are some clever people who spontaneously organize people to go back to the mountains to hunt to make up for the lack of food.
People's hearts are starting to be a little unstable, but the Beifu Gate is strong enough and has a lot of food stored, but it is not appropriate to distribute food at the moment, because no one can be sure when the supply line will be restored. Therefore, the rationing system must be implemented, and this is the only option for the North Runes.
Guo Twelve no longer bothered with the problem of food, he just concentrated on cultivating. Huo Bao and the others also went to the gymnasium on time to exercise and learn the skills of Fu Wu. As for the task of defending the city of Beifu City, it is not the business of these apprentices.
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After more than a month, the situation in Beifumen gradually stabilized. Although there are still a large number of savages staying in the wilderness, there are fewer and fewer savages who directly attack Beifu City, after all, the force of Beifu Gate is strong, and after killing hundreds of savages, those savages are also a little jealous.
Due to the large number of wild men stranded in the wilderness, the supply line was completely cut off. Although the forcible transportation of personnel was organized, the losses were staggering. Beifumen had to give an order to send a large number of squads out of the city to hunt savages, and all the squads that went out of the city to hunt could receive sufficient food.
The lack of food made the Fu warriors who ate like tigers and wolves very dissatisfied, and they were already dizzy from hunger. So as soon as this task came out, it immediately attracted a large number of Fu warriors. Attracted by food, a large number of Fu warriors went out of the city to participate in the hunt of savages.
On this day, Guo Twelve found the Fu Dan Pavilion of Fu Shi Hall, and he wanted to buy a cultivation talisman. This time it was a Fu warrior who followed him. Luo Zhan has gone back to accept the task, he is a Fu Martial Master, he is the backbone of the North Fu Gate, and there are many things that must be done by them.
The Fu warrior who followed Guo Twelve was surnamed Zhang, named Zhang Dakui, and his strength was very good, and after a while, he could use the bone talisman to refine his body, and then he could advance to a Fu martial artist.
"Uncle Zhang, when you go back in the afternoon, you can find Aunt Lan and bring some food home for you. ”
Zhang Dakui's home is in Beifucheng, he has a big wife and a small wife, and four children, relying on his income, life is not bad, but in the current situation, the food at home is not enough. Thanks to listening to Guo Twelve's words, he hoarded a lot of food, otherwise he would have run out of food a long time ago.
"Twelve, thank you. ”
The food he is now allocated is only enough for himself to eat, but there are six mouths at home, how to eat, so he has already begun to worry.
Fu Dan Pavilion is a branch of Fu Shi Tang, which has an internal trading area that mainly sells various Fu Dan. Guo Twelve walked in and found that the people here today were surprisingly much more strange.
Soon Guo Twelve discovered a strange phenomenon, many people were carrying talisman bags in their hands, and they didn't know what they were doing.
At this time, a man quietly came to him and whispered, "Come here...... Follow me......"
Guo Twelve said inexplicably: "What is the matter with you?"
The man took out a talisman bag, shook it in front of Guo Twelve's eyes, and said, "Let's go over there and talk about it." "That man has the identity tag of the inner disciple on his chest. Guo Twelve was curious, followed him to the side, and asked, "Say, what's the matter?"