Chapter 51: The Storm
On Dongtang Street, someone soon shouted loudly.
"Did you hear that? The Dongting Chamber of Commerce announced that not a single grain of rice will be sold to us in Kunshan! ”
"Why? We didn't provoke them. The citizens lining up outside the store asked.
"Because they have a grudge against the newcomer Zhao Zhixian! Zhao Zhixian has made people miserable, and people want to retaliate. ”
"Can't you?" The common people are unbelievable. It's just a personal grudge, as for starving the people of a county?
"Why not? Don't believe you, look under the bridge, is there still a grain ship coming to shore today? ”
"Scared, it's gone!"
The common people turned their heads to look one after another, only to see that the bridge was empty, how could there be one grain ship after another in their memory?
"Believe it, right? Yesterday, these rice merchants went to Suzhou to buy goods, and they all came back empty-handed. A few people who stirred up trouble pointed to the grain price sign hanging high at the door of the grain store and said:
"Otherwise, how could they sell it so expensive, don't they just know that they will never get any more food?"
"That's it......" The county citizens were already fooling, and they were in a state of panic, so that those few people provoked, and now they were completely convinced.
The county residents who could barely queue up suddenly messed up and used their strength to squeeze in desperately!
The rice store was already crowded, and it was getting more and more out of control.
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"Don't rob, don't rob!"
"One by one!"
"It's still squeezed, and I won't sell it to you anymore!"
In the Wanji rice store, the guys were hoarse and tried their best to maintain order, but they still couldn't stand more and more county citizens desperately squeezing in.
The shop was no longer in the house, and the hardwood counters were creaking.
Looking at the sudden and fierce double of the crowd, the owner of the rice shop behind the counter was also stunned. He's been in this business for half his life, and he's never seen a scene like this.
Even in the great famine more than ten years ago, not so many people crowded into the store like evil.
"What's going on, are you all crazy?" The boss involuntarily shrank back and asked the shopkeeper on the side.
"I don't know, it's like this all of a sudden." The shopkeeper also had a pale face, and whispered to the boss: "The owner, I think something will happen if this continues, let's close the door." ”
"Hmm." Glancing at the counter that was about to be squeezed off, the boss nodded. "It's closed, and I'll sell it tomorrow."
The guys hurriedly put the 'sold out' sign on the counter as if they had been pardoned.
The crowd was stunned when they saw this, and suddenly someone shouted: "They deliberately don't want to sell, and they want to increase the price!" ”
"That's it, I just said that there is......
The crowd blew up at once, and I don't know who took the lead first, but they overturned the counter together. Then he violently pushed away the frightened and stupid rice shop owner and rushed into the warehouse to rob him.
A mouthful of hemp bags was torn open, and snow-white rice flowed all over the ground.
"And say there is no rice, profiteers!"
"Don't give the money, just take it!"
"That's it, he's made enough money, it's time to be cheap and cheap for us!"
The common people began to hold the rice in their hands, scrambling to put it in their pockets.
"Is there any royal law?" The owner of the rice shop stomped his feet and cried: "Isn't it forbidden to loot supplies?" ”
"The first article of the ban also prohibits price gouging!" The mob fought back with a straight face, glaring at him fiercely: "Beep again, kill you shit!" ”
"Woo, what a sin......" The rice shop owner cried as he hugged the pillar.
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On Dongtang Street, I saw a robbery in Wanji Rice Shop, and the people outside the other stores were also ready to move.
"What are you afraid of, the law doesn't blame the public!" A few trouble-stirring rats tried their best to incite it.
"......" hesitated slightly, and the good people of the previous moment turned into a mob and crowded into several other grain stores in the same way.
'Toot toot! ’
"Toot toot!"
Suddenly, a sharp bamboo whistle sounded on the bridge.
The gunners of the brigade, dressed in khaki uniforms, rushed over from the bridge with jujube wooden poles.
"No robbery, stop!"
"Robbers on the street, shoot and kill!"
"Ergou, are you crazy? Fuck off! ”
A squad of hundreds of gunmen rushed to the door of the store, picked up sticks and beat them.
Seeing that there was no benefit, the county residents who had not yet squeezed into the store dispersed.
People are conformists, especially in chaos. Seeing that the people outside had fled, the people in the store also fled, and after a while, they ran away.
At this time, Jin Ke appeared at the bridgehead quickly, surrounded by several people wearing red back armor, wearing green webbing, and carrying iron rulers and chains.
Zhao Hao entrusted him with the security of the county.
Jin Ke didn't expect that on the first day of Childe's departure, he almost got out of the big basket.
Thankfully, he had just paid the Gunners today, and promised them that they would make up all the arrears at the end of the month as long as they were ordered to ban and train.
The languishing gunner team was beaten in an instant, and they were excited and didn't know what to do.
After receiving the quick request for help, Jinke commanded his subordinates to pounce after giving an order.
If this had happened yesterday, no one would have listened to him.
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The Kunshan gunners have demonstrated the good character of taking money and doing things fairly.
They arrived at the scene of the incident twice as fast as usual, and finally suppressed the scene before the riot could spread.
Except for Wan Ji, who couldn't stop the car, the rest of the grain stores were saved.
Looking at the mob in Wanji, who were still robbing without knowing whether they were alive or dead, Jin Ke broke off and said: "All of them are arrested, and no one is allowed to run away!" ”
"Yes!" The gunmen rushed into the shop shouting, and picked up their poles to shoot at sight.
'Bar', a thicker stick also.
The bars of jujube wood are thick and hard, who can bear this? Pump it on the leg, and you can break the lone crutch with a click.
Under the beatings, the mob that grabbed the food was knocked to the ground.
The mob finally knew that they were afraid, and they carried rice bags on their backs and tried to escape.
was caught fast by the guard at the door, knocked to the ground with an iron ruler, and locked it directly.
When Jinke crossed the threshold of the kicked and walked into the devastated grain store, he saw that no one could stand except for the gunman in the yellow coat.
"Where's the store?" Jinke glanced around.
"I'm here, I'm going to sue the official......" The owner of the rice shop who was trampled on the ground raised his hand weakly.
"I'm sorry for the mistake." Stepping on his gunner, quickly put away his feet.
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Outside the county government's detention room, Xu Wei was crooked on the kang bunk, holding a small purple clay pot while looking through the files of the workshop.
A man from Caijiaxiang suddenly rushed in, panting and reporting: "Oh no, no, the people are grabbing food......
"What?!" Wu Chengen, who was busy in the room, put down his pen when he heard the words, and walked out quickly with the curtain. "Come on and tell the truth!"
"Hey, it's ......" The man quickly adjusted his breath and reported the matter of Dongtang Street to the two masters.
Before the son left, he instructed that when he and his father were away, the county government was the one who had the final say.
"Hey, what am I going to do?" Xu Wei fell back again after listening. "Shocked."
ps. First update. In fact, last night could have been updated early, but who knew that the bear child (3 years old) actually took my phone to buy a bunch of things in the Apple store. It's good now, the chickens and dogs are jumping and tossing. As a result, I had to write a new one today...... Let's go to the next chapter.