At the same moment, in a shop called Dayu Rice Shop in the west of the city, Liu Wei was twisting a handful of new rice and playing with it in her hands.
"Seven hundred coins a bucket, shopkeeper, isn't this price a bit expensive?"
The shopkeeper of the rice shop stood at the counter and made plans. He raised his eyelids when he heard the words, and said indifferently, "Now it's seven hundred coins. After a while, even one thousand coins may not be able to buy half a bucket."
Liu Wei raised his eyebrows: "The price of rice in the capital is not so outrageous, the shopkeeper is bullying us outsiders, right?"
The shopkeeper of the rice shop sneered, and was too lazy to say to her: "One bucket of seven hundred, buy it if you like it, or leave if you don't buy it."
Liu Wei didn't make a sound, but looked sideways at Rong Leng.
Rong Leng nodded to her, and the two left hand in hand.
One day today, they visited all the Wuliang stores in the west of the city. Except for the two that had been closed, there were nine stores left. The price of rice and oil was as high as that of the other.
Qingzhou has only been occupied for half a month, and the people have not yet been alarmed by the situation. The shops have already heard about it, and they have raised their prices on the ground, directly selling the daily necessities commonly used by the people by several times.
It's true that there is no business without profiteers, and they are not afraid of lightning strikes to earn money that is difficult for the country.
Out of the rice shop, Liu Wei said to Rong Leng: "So far, the prices of shops in the west of the city have climbed the highest, far ahead of the south of the city. Among the several Wuliang shops in the city, this big
The price of the Yumi shop is the highest. Who is the owner behind this big Yumi shop? "
Rong Leng thought for a while before answering: "The surname is Qin, and the mansion is also in the west of the city."
Liu Wei stroked his chin: "It seems that Boss Qin is very close to the rebels, and all the inside information has been leaked to him, so we can assume that Qingzhou is about to fall into chaos."
"Qingzhou is already in chaos." Rong Leng said.
Liu Wei shook his head: "It's not chaotic enough now. After a few days, we found out that all the officials on active duty in Qingzhou were missing. They said they were missing, but in fact they were still there. The rebel Li Dai
Tao Zong, impersonated the original official, and continued to dominate the operation of Qingzhou City behind his back. We don't know what their plans are, but it looks like their next step will be
Not satisfied with imitation, they want to truly occupy Qingzhou, want to come out grandiosely, and declare their own ownership. Therefore, that Boss Qin raised the price of rice
grid. Just imagine, what would the common people do if they woke up and found that their state capital had been invaded by another group of people? First, flee, second, resist, first
Third, surrender, no matter which of these three types, panic is inevitable, and food storage is inevitable. Now the common people don't know that Qingzhou has changed hands, but the boss Qin has already
If the price starts to increase, then, in reverse, the day of Qingzhou riots is not far away. "
Rong Leng listened quietly, and after a while: "Go to the Qin Mansion to have a look."
Liu Wei said "Yes", took a deep breath, and muttered, "I don't know where Fu Zichen is, and if he's in danger..."
Rong Leng didn't make a sound, he also wanted to know, are all the former officials of Qingzhou City still alive
Before evening, Liu Wei and Rong Leng arrived at the back door of the Qin Mansion. The Qin Mansion seemed to be building a small building, the back door was wide open, and from time to time there would be sweaty workers pushing mud bricks in and out.
Liu Wei and Rong Leng observed for a while, and confirmed that these small workers were not the servants of the Qin family, but the fortification team hired outside, so they did not cover up, and swaggered from
Go in through the back door.
As soon as he entered, he ran into a tall and burly young man, who was also a worker, with a hoe on his shoulder. When he saw them, he was stunned for a moment, stepped back half a step and bowed.
This is treating them as the masters of the Qin family.
Liu Wei pretended to be "Yes", and before leaving, she glanced at the worker's feet, then paused, then looked at the legs of other workers, and finally pulled La Rongling's legs.
sleeves.
Rong Leng also saw it, and he stopped the worker: "You."
The worker stopped and asked in puzzlement, "What do you want, Master?"
"What's your name?" Rong Leng asked.
The worker paused for a moment, and then slowly said: "The youngest is surnamed Lu, and his name is Yi. He is their foreman."
"Your shoes are dirty." Liu Wei said suddenly.
The foreman named Lu Yi looked at his feet. Because they often do physical work, they are afraid that the trousers will catch their legs. Even in the winter, they roll their trousers to the calf.
, the ankles and shoes are bound to be dirty, and it is not too much to say that they are wrapped in mud.
Lu Yi didn't know what the two young masters meant, so he could only reply respectfully: "It's dirty, and it's insulting to the eyes of the two nobles."
"That's not what I meant." Among the two, the slender young man pointed to his toes: "It's too dirty."
Lu Yi still didn't quite understand, and frowned.
The two young masters stopped talking and left together.
It wasn't until the two had disappeared that Lu Yi looked suspiciously at his own feet, and then at the feet of another worker next to him.
After such a comparison, cold sweat broke out on his back instantly.
Lu Yi joined the army in his early years. He was a veteran of more than 20 years. He was injured two years ago and was forced to retire. After that, he worked as a mason in Qingzhou City, and then he started his own
The small fortification team, the recruits in the team are all reckless men who are capable but have little knowledge.
Among these people, Lu Yi, who was born as a soldier, was particularly outstanding, both in terms of physical strength and endurance, much stronger than these rough guys.
Just like now, because of years of military training, he has subconsciously formed a habit when he walks, and he will touch the ground with his toes first, which will save energy and reduce his body weight.
Heavy load, but because of this, the toe will be more worn, but the heel will not be too dirty. while other normal people, who have not experienced military training, will be more used to
The heel hits the ground first, so the heels of their shoes get dirtier and wear out more easily than the toes.
Just now the two young masters mentioned his feet alone, and the toes alone, which clearly showed that he was from a soldier.
Lu Yi's heart fluttered, and when he came back to his senses, he found that his head was also sweating, and the sweat was flowing down his temples and into his neck, which made him shiver.
Lu Yi took a breath, and asked the worker next to him in shock, "Who were those two just now?"
The worker didn't know him either, so he casually said, "Maybe it's the young master from somewhere."
Lu Yi didn't dare to be careless, took a hoe, and almost ran wildly in the direction the two left.
And when he just walked to the garden, he was hit by a stone in the distance, and the stone hit him somewhere, and he was suddenly stiff and unable to move.
Acupuncture.
Lu Yi opened his eyes wide in horror.
After a while, he saw two people coming out from behind the rockery. It was the two young men, the tall and stern young man who dragged him into the garden.
A mountain crevice, and then asked coldly: "Who are you from?"
Lu Yi could still speak, but he didn't dare to speak, his clothes were completely soaked in sweat.
The slender young man next to the cold young man had a good temper. He patted the cold young man on the shoulder, looked at Lu Yi again, and said softly, "If you are a rebel, it is impossible not to see
We are not the masters of the Qin family, but you really thought we were the masters of the Qin family and bowed to us just now, so I judge that you are not a member of the rebel army. just now we
The tip of your shoe was mentioned, which means that we found out that you are from the military. In fact, there are many retired soldiers who work as bricklayers, but if you are not guilty, you will not be shocked.
Run into the garden to find us, you found it, then it proves that you are not an ordinary bricklayer who was born in the army, you have other identities, so tell us now, you are
whose people? "