Chapter 14: The Salt Rebellion

Guo Axe seems to be happy to teach his "unique skills" to Zhao Yuan.

There are a few tips for cutting flies.

Fast!

Permit!

Vicious!

Fast is speed, speed must exceed the moment when the fly flies up several times; accuracy is the eyesight, is to see the position of the fly; ruthless is the key, after seeing the position, we must cut it down without hesitation, hit with all our strength, do not hesitate, the opportunity is fleeting.

Guo axe to cut flies is very easy, he holds a heavy axe in his hand and sits on a small wooden bench, as long as a fly falls on the wooden pier, the axe in his hand flashes, the fly is immediately split into two petals, it looks like a light weight, easy, without dragging mud and water.

There is no difficulty in being fast, the speed at which the axe is cut far exceeds the speed at which the fly flies, and it is accurate for Zhao Yuan, because the fly is just such a small black dot, it will appear in any uncertain position, or suddenly fly away, and it is very difficult to lock.

Zhao Yuan found that when Guo axe chopped flies, his eyes would suddenly freeze. There is no doubt that this is a locking process.

After the end, Zhao Yuan summed up a lesson: intentions.

"I want to cut" and "heart" are similar, as long as you are attentive, it is not difficult to cut flies with an axe, because Zhao Yuan does not lack "fast" and "ruthless", he only needs to be "accurate".

In just fifteen days, Zhao Yuan mastered the essentials of cutting flies.

In the past fifteen days, Zhao Yuan helped Guo axe to chop wood in his spare time, in fact, the difference between chopping wood and chopping flies is not very big, if you can control the chopping of firewood to the point of freedom, it is not far to chop flies, among them, as long as you master certain skills, familiar with the flight trajectory and habits of flies.

Of course, to reach the point where Guo Axe wields freely, it will take a long time to grind, and at present, Zhao Yuan can only cut flies when he is calm and concentrated, and the wrist strength in his hand is not enough. And Guo Axe has done whatever he wants, he can cut it whenever he wants, and the heavy iron axe is fluttering in his hand, like spirituality.

Guo Axe was extremely surprised by Zhao Yuan's learning speed, because he cut flies, but he first chopped wood for five years, and then spent three years practicing cutting flies, while Zhao Yuan did it in only half a month.

In fact, Guo Axe did not understand the gap between him and Zhao Yuan, he was groping in the "dark" at first, cutting flies with brute force, and it took three years to turn brute force into ingenuity. And Zhao Yuan, in addition to having Guo Axe's guidance, he cut "with his heart" at the beginning, and naturally got twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, there is another reason, Zhao Yuan learned some physics knowledge of calculation methods from Gauss, and cutting flies actually has a great relationship with calculation, azimuth, angle, speed, and the similarities between the two.

Time passed imperceptibly, and more than a month had passed in a blink of an eye.

Zhao Yuan helped Jia Deaf finish cleaning up and was concentrating on chopping wood to practice his strength, when suddenly, there was a sound of quarrel in the courtyard.

In the Eastern Courtyard, quarrels are extremely rare.

The East Courtyard looks disorganized, but in fact, there is a very strict management system, and as long as things are done according to the system, it is difficult to have disputes. Moreover, the people who traded with Wanjia were honest tenants and businessmen, and most of them had easy-going personalities.

Zhao Yuan surrounded the past, but it was a tenant of 10,000 families clamoring to exchange the excess grain for salt, but Zhu Dacang had already spoken, and the salt reserved in the East Courtyard was strictly forbidden to be purchased and exchanged, even the shops under the Wan Family were not allowed to transfer salt from the East Courtyard.

In the middle of the quarrel, some tenants who paid rent came one after another, and more and more people gathered, and they all clamored for salt to change, and they made a fuss. Zhu Dacang, who was usually wandering around the compound, ran away without knowing the road, and there was no one to see, and some workers couldn't call the shots, so they were so anxious that they were anxious.

"Why don't you sell salt to them?" Zhao Yuan asked Sister-in-law Luo curiously.

"You still don't know what to do! Salt is being squeezed outside, and the shops outside are not very stocked, so the East Courtyard naturally can't deliver the goods. ”

"Isn't there still a lot of salt in the East Courtyard?" Zhao Yuan looked puzzled, he also saw a warehouse full of salt yesterday.

"You don't understand, Xujiaqiao is a hundred miles away, and there are hundreds of thousands of people, and no matter how much salt there is in the East Courtyard, they can't stop them from snapping up it!"

"What are they buying for?"

"I don't know very well, it seems that someone said last night that they would not be able to buy salt in the future, and early this morning, many people lined up to buy it, and then it was out of control. This person can't afford not to eat salt, if he doesn't eat salt, he won't have the strength, you say, can they not be in a hurry!"

"They all believe it?" Zhao Yuan felt a little incredible, because although salt is a necessity, it consumes very little, a pack of salt can be eaten for a few months, and with the inventory of 10,000 families, it is enough for hundreds of thousands of people in Xujiaqiao to eat for more than a year, and there is no need to rush to buy it.

"Don't you believe this!" Sister-in-law Luo glanced at the noisy tenants, "It's even more exaggerated outside, if you don't believe it, you can go out and take a look." ”

"Well, I'll see. ”

Zhao Yuan ran to the door, stretched out his head to look out, and couldn't help but gasp, in front of the row of shops facing the street in the west courtyard, there was a crowd of black and oppressive people, occupying the entire street, I am afraid that there are thousands of people, more than the people at the time of the fifteenth day of the first month.

"There are a lot of people, right?" Sister-in-law Luo asked when she saw Zhao Yuan coming back.

"Toto. ”

"That's just here, in Xujiaqiao, all the shops selling salt are people queuing up to sell salt, except for Wanjia, many shops have stopped selling. Think about it, if you open it for them to buy, how long will the salt in the warehouse in the East Courtyard last?"

Zhao Yuan shook his head, as Sister-in-law Luo said, no matter how much salt there is, it can't stand hundreds of thousands of people rushing to buy it.

Looking at the shelf trend of those rushing to buy, it is not a pack or two, many people are carrying a basket, and they can't wait to buy the salt that can be eaten for ten years or eight years.

Things are extraordinary.

Zhao Yuan is all too clear about this hyped business model.

There are definitely merchants speculating and creating rumors to sit on the ground. In the face of this momentum, Wanjia has only two choices: first, open a position and put salt, and suppress rumors with a numerical advantage; second, reluctantly sell, take the opportunity to sit on the ground and raise prices, and make money with those unscrupulous merchants.

But for Wanjia, neither the first way nor the second way is the best choice. As Sister-in-law Luo said, no matter how much salt there is, it can't bear hundreds of thousands of people rushing to buy, if it is sold out, it is estimated that it will be sold out in an hour.

There are many uncertain sequelae of reluctance to sell.

When Wanjia is reluctant to sell, those merchants who create rumors will definitely reap the profits, the amount of their salt cannot be more than 10,000 Wanjia, as long as Wanjia is reluctant to sell, they will immediately dump the goods at a high price, and the worst is that the mess is still thrown to Wanjia, Wanjia may not have made much money, others have withdrawn and left, but Wanjia is charged with a profiteer.

Obviously, now some merchants are looking at Wanjia with great eye, waiting for an opportunity to make a move......

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"Madame, some tenants are clamoring to see you. Zhu Dacang wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"The salt thing?"

"Yes, now the Xiao family and some small shops have stopped selling, in the entire Xujiaqiao, only 10,000 are still selling in limited quantities, and the inventory of each shop is running out, and it is estimated that it will be transferred from the warehouse in the East Courtyard for a maximum of an hour. ”

"How long can the goods in the East Courtyard last?" asked.

"There are a lot of goods in the warehouse of the East Courtyard, but now that it is time to marinate bacon, the salt consumption of each household has increased, and the tenant residents are rushing to buy it, if it is really open to purchase, it is estimated that it will not last for a day. ”

"Isn't it okay to have a limited amount?"

"Cured bacon for the winter is a folk custom, many people slaughter livestock at home and store the cured bacon until the next year, if the total amount is completely limited, it causes panic, many tenants are afraid, saying that they want to go to their relatives, and if this goes on for a long time, it will inevitably affect next year's spring ploughing. ”

"It's a real headache. Chen rubbed his eyebrows, looking tired.