Angry Banana
Chapter 513: Cryptic Prophecies, Silent Falling Snow (Part 2)
A team of more than ten porters was entering the city gate at this time. The leader gave the guards at the city gate some copper coins, and the two sides chatted for a few words.
"...Although the heavy snow has closed the mountains, everywhere is not peaceful. Our Daming Prefecture is still a good place. If you go west and north from here, I heard that people have been beheaded recently."
"...Oh, is it so severe?"
"Hey, grain hoarding tycoons and black-hearted grain dealers are being killed, directly with knives. They are beheaded immediately without waiting for the autumn decision. You don't know, the price of rice has risen, and it has also risen here, but not much, and we can still live a few peaceful days..."
After a few words of greeting, the porter team entered the city. Although they looked like porters, they were not self-employed farmers. The heavy snow blocked the mountains, the roads were difficult to walk, and the methods of robbers in some places became more cruel. In this kind of weather, if there is no food, encountering fat sheep is basically killing one. The "morality" of leaving you some travel expenses or rations on the way home on weekdays is out of the question. This porter team is actually a small local镖 team. Some of the men in the team are farmers, and some are local ruffians, who are organized to take advantage of the bad roads and high prices to earn this money.
The leader led them to a nearby large镖 agency to deliver the goods, and then went to the cheapest客栈 in the city to find a place to settle down. The goods have been delivered, and he has some money in his hand at this time. It is natural to buy some goods from big places to take back. The leader also wanted to see if there were other businesses to do on the way back, so he inquired around. At noon, after inquiring about the shortage of grain in the northwest and the high price of grain, considering that his group could buy some rice in Daming Prefecture and carry it over, he might make a lot of money. He asked a few people, but the intentions he got were not consistent.
This team came from a small place, and most of the people in it have not seen too much of the world. Some just said to listen to the eldest brother, but their expressions were still a little hesitant. Some said that they had been out for too long, and the weather was like this, and they wanted to go back earlier. The leader asked a few people, knowing that it was not a solution, so he went to find the few people he thought were key.
Most of the group were scattered at this time. Some were wandering around the city and hadn't returned. Some were staying in their rooms. Some were somewhat extravagant and had some cheap dishes and rice in nearby restaurants to eat and drink. When the leader went to the entrance of the restaurant, he saw one of the people he was looking for, a man squatting on the steps, dressed plainly. The蓑衣 on his body had been placed in the room, but the斗笠 had not been taken off. Even squatting, you could see that he was quite tall. The leader squatted down beside him, and the other party glanced at him, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Brother Fang." It was lukewarm, just a casual address.
Under the斗笠, there were several terrible scars on his face, which destroyed his original handsome appearance. His eyes were now like stagnant water, and sometimes they always gave people a feeling that they couldn't laugh. Lin Chong, the former Leopard Head, was now squatting on the side of the road, taking small bites of a cold coarse grain bun.
The leading Fang surname man would not look down on him, because he understood that although this scarred face man was usually silent and easy to bully, his own martial arts were very high. As for how high, he couldn't understand, only knew that if the other party really made a move, his group of people combined might not be his opponent. He might have encountered some great sorrow and wandered into a small village. This was also the reason why he came to him.
"Brother Mu, I just discussed it with a few friends. The price of grain in the northwest has risen very high. Now that the heavy snow has closed the mountains and the grain is not easy to transport, I think, since we are out anyway, we might as well take this opportunity to earn more money before going back, as long as we can get to Hebei..."
In order to persuade this "Brother Mu," the Fang surname man vividly described the profitability of this matter. After he said it for a while, the other party finally turned his head again: "I'm sorry, Brother Fang, I... I'm in a hurry to go back, you go find other people..."
"Uh..." Disappointment was hard to hide on the Fang surname man's face, but he immediately smiled, "Okay, it doesn't matter, I understand, I know you want to go back to accompany your wife, hahahaha..."
Just as he was saying this, there was a sudden flurry of chickens and dogs on the road, as if someone was coming, disturbing the shops on both sides quite uneasily. The Fang surname man looked over, and under the斗笠, Lin Chong put the cold hard bun in his mouth, and then heard a voice, which suddenly came over.
That was the voice he never thought he would hear again.
"Wahaha——" A hideous smile, lengthened the ending sound and rang out on the streets of Daming Prefecture, "Girl——Girl, don't run, the weather is so cold, my little golden monkey is hiding to keep warm...Damn! You are so ugly, why are you wandering around, in this cold weather, aren't you afraid of scaring people, my little golden monkey must have nothing to do with you...The girl in front,
don't run, the weather is so cold, of course, we have to hug each other to warm up——"
The Fang surname man murmured: "Could this be the new霸 in Daming Prefecture that the shopkeeper told me about just now..." He didn't notice that his companion's teeth were trembling, and his whole body was exceptionally tense. The hand that was not holding the bun, along with the entire body, was trembling slightly.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, my father is Gao Qiu! Don't block the way!" It seemed that the second girl didn't arouse his interest either. The man who made this sound walked forward all the way. Around him, seven or eight guards were cheering and supporting, waving their arms, and anyone who was slow to dodge was pushed away by them. Seeing the other party coming, the Fang surname man quickly stood up and took a step back. Next to him, the man wearing a 斗笠 was squatting there motionless. A guard walked over and kicked him over, "I told you not to block the way! Good dogs don't block the way!"
That kick hit the man's shoulder, and his body tilted to the side. His left hand silently supported the ground, and in his right hand, holding the bun, fell towards his waist.
Relying on the name of the Grand Commandant's Mansion, the guards acted like tigers, swaggering by. The person who kicked him just now walked past him. Gao Mu'en walked over slowly, with an unhappy expression: "Hmph~Hmph~Hmph~Hmph~"
No one noticed that the man on the steps, his body had been as tense as a cheetah. He supported the ground with one hand as a fulcrum, and his feet accumulated strength. As long as he let go of that bun and grasped the knife handle on his waist, what would happen on the road next would be a shocking blood case.
He did not look up. In his eyes, Gao Mu'en's boots crossed the road. The shortest distance between the two was only two steps. He gritted his teeth, preparing to rush out...
"Don't——block——the——way——"
The guards smashed a small stall in front of them, and the group walked past this street. The Fang surname man saw his companion being kicked, and after his body tilted, he maintained that posture for a long time. He patted the other party's shoulder: "Brother Mu, we can't afford to offend that person."
The other party stood up, looked at him, and the Fang surname man's expression was slightly stunned. For a moment, he didn't know how to describe the bloody color in the other party's eyes, but then said: "Well... I'll go in first, Brother Mu, you consider it, I'll go ask other people..."
Lin Chong walked into the restaurant in a daze. At this moment, he didn't know what he was thinking. He really wanted to kill Gao Mu'en at that moment. As long as he made a sudden move, including Gao Mu'en, the seven or eight guards around him, none of them would survive. In that instant, what flashed through his mind may have been the power of the Grand Commandant's Mansion, or a certain woman waiting for him in the small village, or nothing so specific rang out, just a buzzing in his head...
There were people talking and chatting in the restaurant, and a noun flashed into his ears.
"...Do you know, that's the old hero Zhou Tong... Iron Arm Zhou Tong... In two months, he picked twenty-seven寨子 in a row... forcing them to release grain... Do you know how many people have survived because of him..."
He remembered his master, and that thunderous kick kicked over in front of his chest again.
"...What are you doing here!"
"Arrogant people... You are a rebellious person... Come to kill me!"
"The righteousness in my heart, never forget, hahahaha——"
"I'll go to your mother——"
Once, there was such a world, belonging to Gao Mu'en, belonging to Zhou Tong, and perhaps a part of it belonged to him. But now, Gao Mu'en has changed to doing evil in Daming Prefecture, Master... roams the world to help the poor. And he... has nothing anymore...
What should he do, what did Master want him to do, what should he do, and what did she want him to do...
There was a buzzing sound in his head. His hand touched the knife handle, and then he stood up from there. He walked out of the restaurant all the way. The field of vision in front of him became very narrow, but he still followed the direction and followed Gao Mu'en's side. Soon after, he also saw the backs of that group of people.
He just followed all the way. Until... Gao Mu'en walked into the big courtyard with官兵 guarding it.
He hid in the alley, punched the wall, and then punched it again. A few sounds of bang, bang, bang.
On the green brick wall, spiderweb-like cracks appeared.
"Master..."
What struggled out between his lips was an imperceptible address, but in his heart, what flashed through at this moment was the appearance of a woman in a distant village. Because he refused to admit this, that image flashed by.
Tonight, he's going to kill him tonight...
This is what he thought in his heart... When he had made all the preparations, he would come to kill him...
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In his subsequent life, Gao Mu'en did not know that his last intersection with Lin Chong happened in such a situation. Even if he knew, he didn't care at all.
He came to Daming Prefecture for the purpose of seeking pleasure, but the external name was to come to do business, fulfilling the responsibility of a衙内, to earn money and earn land.
For this grain shortage, as long as there are capable people, or more
Few people want to make a fortune. Gao Qiu and Liang Zhongshu of Daming Prefecture had long had correspondence, and they had also made preparations for cooperation. After Gao Mu'en came over, out of a small sense of responsibility in his heart, he did not completely ignore this time's grain hoarding.
Of course, following the big households, hoarding grain is actually a simple job. Chen Shiye, who followed him this time, was the leader of the Grand Commandant's Mansion, and the other side was naturally Liang Zhongshu. Once Gao Mu'en asked, Chen Shiye would introduce the progress of this grain hoarding to his young master. In the early stage, it could be said to be smooth sailing, and Gao Mu'en also felt that he was going to be in the limelight this time and make a fortune to show his old man, and he was somewhat complacent.
Seeking pleasure is his main business. The inquiries about grain hoarding are only in the gaps in "work". Occasionally, he will also issue orders. Chen Shiye naturally nodded and said that he would do it. However, recently, in Chen Shiye's mouth, the process of this grain hoarding seems not so smooth.
The imperial court severely cracks down on grain hoarding, and the methods are various, especially after the snow, even the method of killing people is used. The news that Gao Mu'en heard from Chen Shiye was obviously not good, saying that some retail investors had already loosened, and their own income might not be as high as expected. Gao Mu'en said: "Of course, that person Zuo Xiang is very powerful. How can you ordinary people fight against him?" He was clearly going to fight against the treacherous prime minister, and only he could do it.
Then he asked: "What's the plan?" The other party's suggestion was to write a letter back and let Grand Commandant Master施压, and naturally he did so. In fact, Liang Zhongshu is the son-in-law of Cai Taishi, and he will definitely write too. But later, the price drop was still not contained by them.
The weather has been cold recently, and going out this morning to find a suitable girl did not please Gao Mu'en. Returning to Liang's mansion, Chen Shiye came over again. It seemed that the grain price had indeed dropped a lot, and it could not be raised. He asked for Gao Mu'en's opinion. Gao Mu'en said: "I said it long ago! That old thief Qin Siyuan is very powerful, but you didn't listen. And that Ning Liheng... I don't even want to mention him! Now the grain price is fifteen taels, if it can't be raised, it can't be raised. We still made money, didn't we? If we made money, sell it quickly. While it hasn't completely dropped, sell it quickly. One more share sold means one more sum of money."
He scolded: "It's such a simple thing, why are you still asking me, Chen Shiye? I knew long ago that you old货 are unworthy of your name..."
That Chen Shiye nodded and said: "The old man is old and naturally can't compare with衙内's genius. With衙内's words, the old man will sell it..."
"Go quickly, go quickly, while there's money to be made, I want to make more. Otherwise, how will I explain it when I go back? If you keep not selling and make me lose money, I'll skin you!"
Chen Shiye hurried away. When he arrived at night, Liang Zhongshu came over and asked Gao Mu'en why he wanted to sell grain. Gao Mu'en said that if he didn't sell, there would be no profit, which made the other party laugh and cry. He really couldn't scold Gao Mu'en. This time, the big households who could control the grain price trend were like an alliance. Everyone had some tacit understanding. Whoever sold grain first was basically incurring public anger. Just like the Guo family, if they hadn't been forced to the point of death and the other party had given them a way out, they would not have dared to release grain at all. Zuo DuanYou's release of grain was also because of his respected status, and others did not dare to say anything.
Gao Taiwei is of course also part of the respected status, and Gao Mu'en is a two逼愣头青, he is not afraid of offending anyone, and he doesn't understand what he says. Liang Zhongshu had to tell Gao Mu'en to take back the order he had issued, and urged him for a long time. Gao Mu'en pretended to agree, and turned around and said to Chen Shiye: "You must not change it, I can see that this old货 sees that the situation is not good and wants to sell grain, so he deliberately told us not to sell it to avoid搶 his buyers. How can he deceive me."
Liang Zhongshu probably didn't think before that such a豬隊友 would be inserted. In fact, the real豬隊友 is that Chen Shiye. He wants to help the Taiwei Mansion make money. Now that he sees that he is earning less and the other party wants to support him to death, he can't afford to offend anyone, so he deliberately encouraged Gao Mu'en to issue orders. This is the only way to survive among the big households.
Chen Shiye's wanting to sell grain represents the ideas of some of the original grain hoarding households, and also means that their confidence has not been as sufficient as before during this period of time. But to really say that the power of the Xiangfu has won in this disaster relief, it is not so.
Ever since the moment the snow fell, the north and south of the Wu Dynasty seemed to have sounded the号角 of the final battle of this disaster relief. Both sides launched a厮殺 in the most violent way they could use. On the marketplace, in the officialdom, in the north and south, in the golden hall朝堂. All the forces that could be投入 have been投入. The disaster relief efforts were astonishingly large, and the resistance efforts were astonishingly large. The grain price fluctuations in various places were complicated and difficult to describe. Everyone's intentions were chaotic and changing. Merchants were beheaded, officials were dismissed, disputes were constant in the朝堂, and small conflicts in various places were also constantly rising.
The entire situation of the disaster relief is like a huge old millstone. Its grinding wheel sweeps across the north and south, and while crushing the enemy, due to the huge resistance and erosion, its own body is also constantly collapsing and peeling off. And such a war has been going on until now.
Time goes back to the beginning of the snow. The disaster relief faction used a variety of methods, and the most intense method used first was killing people...
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