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Just after the half of May, there have been a lot of beggars on the street, and some children with ragged clothes and sniffling noses will reach out to beg for food when they meet people. As if avoiding the plague god, he cursed and walked away.

Qi Guanshan said that many young and strong laborers with strong strength volunteered to apply for job opportunities at the dock, and the number was still increasing. Long queue for trial work.

I heard that in addition to the wharf, there are also textile factories, rickshaw guilds, rice picking factories, etc., and many foreigners have come to seek work.There were already many girls from poor families in the city who sold food, wine or groceries on the pier. After a long time, the pier managers got acquainted with them, and sometimes bought some sesame seed cakes from them to pad their stomachs.

Recently, the number of little girls selling groceries has increased, speaking with accents from all over the world.In order to grab business, the children chased after people who were transitioning on the new-style small steamer, and almost rolled around with their thighs hugged.When the ship arrived, people flocked down, and a few tall and burly girls from outsiders could always grab the front and seized a lot of business.The managers of the pier saw that the familiar local faces couldn’t grab them, and they were almost pushed and fell by them. They turned to the side and wept.

Jiangcheng became full of people.Young people snatching jobs, beggars and old people in ragged clothes, thieves on tram ferries stealing their wallets, peddlers walking around... Only Tianmenshan Gu Xingshu benefited from the crowds pouring into Jiangcheng, He took the opportunity to recruit many of his subordinates and replaced Shen Hanzhi's people.He was too impatient, knowing that these people who joined the gang were good and bad, and he only valued their commonality, which was that they were agile and capable of carrying out tasks.

Commander Zhang heard his subordinates come down to report that there were still a large number of refugees queuing up at the gate of the city every day, waiting to enter the city.He sent someone to inquire, only to find out that due to the drought, the surrounding villages and towns had experienced food shortages for more than a month, and those who could go to Jiangcheng to seek refuge with relatives and friends had already entered the city. Jiangcheng came here just to beg for food.

Commander Zhang was worried. The influx of people into the city was not a day or two, and the storage capacity was really limited. According to the situation he knew, the price of food for several rice shops had risen sharply. Seeing that a bucket would sell for more than ten yuan If things go on like this, not to mention how much chaos the recent refugees have caused, but the complaints from the citizens of this city may spark a civil uprising.

The time is not far away now. Furthermore, there have always been some organizations in this city. Once the society is in turmoil, it will be an opportunity for them to grow and develop. The most urgent task is to control the refugees who enter the city.

After several meetings and discussions with his subordinates, he finally decided to issue an order that only exits and no entry were allowed in the city, especially requiring the use of troops to strictly control the gates of the city and disperse the gathered refugees.

His hands were shaking when he signed this order. What does this order mean? Maybe those who gather at the city gate have nowhere to go, dig tree roots, chew wild vegetables, and even gnaw Guanyin soil. When he was young, he went forward to find a city to take them with hunger and starvation, and those who were physically exhausted... Commander Zhang had already imagined the hardships and risks involved, but he had to do so in order to protect Jiangcheng.

The information Li Shaowen got was that the price of rice was still rising sharply. Only then did he understand Mu Qing's deep meaning. Does Zhou Muqing have the ability to predict the future?He started hoarding a large amount of rice a few months ago. Fortunately, he followed in his footsteps and also hoarded a large amount of rice according to Wan De's amount in time. He sold it at this critical time.

He vacated the position of Zhihe Commercial Bank, regardless of his rules, and let all the staff of the commercial bank go into battle, and picked out Mi Fen.After working for several days, I finally allocated the thousands of tans of rice.

He ordered people to pretend to be buyers, secretly inspected several rice shops, and bid a little lower than the price of the same type of rice. The first batch was at least tested. The citizens heard that the rice sold by the merchants was lower than the price of the rice shops. All of a sudden, the first batch of dozens of tons was sold out.

Li Shaowen was very excited that Zhihe was successful, but this was only Zhihe's profit for a month.Instead, he was not in a hurry, sitting on these rice was like sitting on mountains of gold and silver.

Zhilan has been busy in the Qi family, she has not yet realized that now is the darkest moment for her to become the leader of the Qi family.After Commander Zhang’s prohibition came into effect, the number of people flocking to buy cloth and satin in the city decreased day by day, and they couldn’t keep the customers even after several discounts. Shopkeepers Qiu and Shopkeeper Sun were a little worried when they reported to her, but now Twenty percent of the customers are preparing ready-made clothes for changing seasons. When these people are ready, will the Qi family still have business?She couldn't tell.The three shopkeepers asked her for her opinion. She couldn't just sit and watch her actions be effective, and being dragged down by the general situation, she shook her head and said, "I'm not sure either, but our Qi family has to prepare for a hard life."

In the evening, she went home with a heavy heart. When she was approaching the door of the house, she stood at the door for a long time without entering the door. She didn't want the heavy work to be brought to Yuchun to worry her.

She took several deep breaths, calmed down, and prepared to open the door and enter the house.

"crunch~"

A car stopped beside her. Looking at the familiar license plate number, she gave up entering the house and opened the door with a smile. It was Mu Qing who came.She just needed him, and it was inconvenient to go to the Zhou Mansion to find him. She was thinking about him along the way, did Mu Qing hear her voice?
Mu Qing is dressed in a western dress, always so refreshing and neat. This is her favorite outfit. When Mu Qing got off the bus, the driver drove forward to the alley and waited. Today, Zhi Lan was wearing a beige dress. She folded her hands and carried it. Bao looked at him, joy crawled out from the depths of her heart like a wisteria flower vine, crawled over her limbs, over her lips, and into her eyes staring fixedly at him, the eyes sparkled with light, and her lips Unconsciously bending into an arc, a blush came to her cheeks, and she couldn't help covering her mouth, which was her usual action of joy and comfort.

Mu Qing couldn't help pulling her to the side wall, leaning on the wall with one hand, bent down to look for her sweet lips, this greedy kiss made the two of them inseparable.A short while after the halftime break, Zhi Lan turned passive into active, holding his cheek carefully with her hands, and kissing him violently with her fragrant lips.Mu Qing took her into his arms, and the long kiss ended. Time seemed to stand still for them, allowing them to talk.

Mu Qing said: "I remembered what I said to you once. It's like not seeing each other every day. It's been so long, and I still feel this way."
"It's not easy to see you again." Zhilan stretched out a finger to draw a circle around his heart, she pouted and acted aggrievedly, "This time is Sanqiu, next time it will be three years, the longer I wait, I will don't want!"

"Okay, okay, I will meet you next time in three days." Mu Qing held her fidgeting hand, and the numbness made him a little uncontrollably fascinated. He surrendered and smiled, "Wait until these difficult days pass. That's fine. I came here today to tell you and Si Niang. When I saw you, I forgot everything, so I just wanted to get together with you for a while."

"Then, let's go in and talk about things!" Zhilan pulled him with a smile on her eyes.Mu Qing nodded, and secretly kissed her warm forehead.

The two entered the house together, and Li Shaowen was standing not far away in the alley. The advantage of the dark night is that what is hidden can still be hidden, what should be seen can still be seen, his palms are clenched tightly, and his body is extremely tight and stiff.Zhou Zhilan had put the reality in front of him a long time ago, and he hated himself for being unable to make up his mind emotionally: "Li Shaowen, are you a fool to let others manipulate you like this?"

What answered him was his own silent answer.They must not be aware of the current situation. Originally, even if Yuchun rejected him again, he would also send some rice grains to help Zhilan's mother and daughter overcome the upcoming difficulties. When they went out, they saw the kiss on the wall.

Zhou Muqing should have the same purpose. Now that the catastrophe has just started, only Wande and Zhihe have hoarded rice. If the drought lasts for a long time, with Jiangcheng's ever-increasing rice price, it can maintain Only Zhou Muqing and herself lived there.

Li Shaowen guessed right.Zhou Muqing really came to solve their problems.

"I judge that the situation in the city is not good." Mu Qing sat in the living room and said to Yu Chun and Zhi Lan, while Yan Cui poured tea and listened.

Mu Qing said with a serious expression: "I have visited Commander Zhang, and now he is issuing orders to control the entry of refugees. I heard that the surrounding villages and towns are suffering from drought. Judging from the scale of the disaster, it is estimated that the impact of the disaster on the outside towns is not small. Half a month ago, I Wande The sales of soap in the commercial firm have doubled, and the number of people who came to the city to visit relatives and friends must have reached a certain scale at that time."

"As soon as you said it, I remembered that there were a lot of people buying cloth in our Qi family at that time, and they were all ordinary goods. You know, at that time, I discussed a few ideas with shopkeeper Cai and the master. For a while, the Qi family was making money. money." Zhi Lan suddenly realized.

"So, if this disaster continues, we have to be prepared. You and I have to be prepared for poor business. The price of rice is rising terribly now. If it continues to rise like this, people will not earn enough money to eat. Do you have spare money to spend on other things?"

"I'm not afraid. I've counted the money in Qi's account and it's enough to last for a while. After so many years of running the business, the main thing is to save money, and half a year is enough. I wonder how about your Wonder Firm?"

Mu Qing didn't answer directly: "You don't need to worry about your rice grains. I've already stocked them up in March. I'll move them over to you later." The rice was divided into portions, and that batch of rice was enough for Zhou Mansion, Da Niang Da Ge, Qi Family and Yu Chun Zhi Lan for several months.

As for the amount of rice stocked in Bao Xiangtai's large warehouse, he had to wait for the situation before making a decision.

As expected, Mu Qing acted resolutely and did what he said, and he ordered someone to move it to Yong'anli the next day.There is a storage room on the first floor of Yong'an Lane, which is temporarily set up to store rice.Li Shaowen asked people to go out to see what was going on, and it was as expected.