The shopkeeper sat on the ground paralyzed, and after a long while, he slowly stood up with his legs and stomach trembling, and was supported by the shopkeeper Lu. However, after standing up, the Thai shopkeeper's legs and stomach couldn't stop shaking.

"Old ...... Lao Lu, what you said is true or false? In fact, he knew in his heart that what the shopkeeper Lu said was true, but he still had a trace of illusions, hoping that the shopkeeper Lu was deliberately looking for him to be happy.

"When has this been, how can I lie to you!" The shopkeeper Lu is no better than the shopkeeper Tai.

Life is at stake, and people like them, who are rich in money and are used to enjoying life, are even more afraid of death.

In fact, when Manager Zhang in Lu's shopkeeper came back from purchasing food and told the news to Lu's shopkeeper, Lu's shopkeeper was even worse than Tai's shopkeeper at that time, and his pants were urinated.

"Oh, my mother, alas, this is really a disaster! Although our county master is not very old, he also has the ability and can't tolerate sand in his eyes, so we're just afraid that it's ......."

The trace of extravagance in the heart of the Thai shopkeeper was completely shattered, and the whole person suddenly wailed, like mourning.

"I'm afraid of that, too." The shopkeeper Lu also cried with a sad face, wanting to cry without tears.

"How good is that......"

The Thai shopkeeper and the Lu shopkeeper glanced at each other, sympathized with each other, and almost had to cry on the spot.

"How about the two of us drop the price in the afternoon?" The shopkeeper Tai thought about it and whispered to the shopkeeper Lu.

"Lao Tai, you are going to die, there are so many grain merchants in our county, if the two of us break the rules, it will not be a public anger, and they will not be angry with the people, they can tear us alive without waiting for the county lord to do it!"

When the shopkeeper Lu heard this, his face turned pale with fright in an instant, and he looked around left and right in a panic, lest he be heard.

"Drop less...... Don't break the rules. The shopkeeper also shrunk his neck in fear.

"Lao Tai, drop a top egg with three melons and two dates! Now the price of grain has risen to 1340 wen per stone, and the original grain price is only 400 wen per stone, and it is not a bad rule to drop a few wen, but what is the use?! It's not the same price gouging! If it drops too much, breaks the rules, and provokes the anger of the people, it is not the same life and death! ”

When Shopkeeper Lu heard this, he shook his head vigorously, sighed, and his fat face was full of sadness!

"No, let's close the shop......" The shopkeeper whispered with a painful face.

"Rijin Doujin, are you willing to close?" Shopkeeper Lu squinted at the shopkeeper and said angrily.

The shopkeeper shook his head without hesitation, reluctantly, reluctantly, I didn't say what I said just now.

There is a saying in "Capital": As soon as there is a proper profit, capital will be very bold. As long as there is a 10% profit, it will be used everywhere; 20%, it will be lively; 50% of the time, it will cause positive risk-taking; 100%, it will make people ignore all laws; 300% will make people not afraid of sin, or even the danger of hanging.

The Thai shopkeeper and the Lu shopkeeper are like this, even if there is a risk of cutting off their heads, they are reluctant to close the door.

"Lao Lu, in fact, if you think about it, we have not reached the state of death, and the prefect has not arrested and beheaded all the grain merchants in the city, but he just found two sheep to kill chickens and monkeys. The grain shop of the two of us in the county is just not slippery, and the sheep can't take our turn, and the county can still kill our grain merchants? ! If this is the case, without our grain merchants, the people of Jingnan will not be able to open the pot at home! How much grain can the county government store?! Take 10,000 steps back, we're really unlucky, I think we'll just be caught and locked up for a while. The shopkeeper Tai thought about it again and again, and said to the shopkeeper Lu.

"Hmm. Lao Tai, I think what you said makes sense, most of the south of the Yangtze River is now in a grain shortage, I heard that the imperial court is powerless to rescue for a while, Jingnan wants to survive the flood, and has to rely on our grain merchants to transport grain. Our county master is a person who thinks about the people, and it is impossible to kill them all, I think the most is to catch a few sheep and make an example of killing chickens and monkeys! Just push down the price of food! ”

When Shopkeeper Lu heard this, he also nodded, trying to find some reasons to comfort himself.

However, although the two said so, they actually didn't have much confidence, the two looked at each other, made up their minds, and discussed in a low voice, "Otherwise, let's talk about it, a stone of grain is cheaper than other families for 5 Wen, no, how about 3 Wen?" We don't ask for anything else, but we don't ask for anything else. ”

A stone of grain is about 150 catties, if the price of a stone of grain is reduced by 3 yuan, it is equivalent to a pound of grain basically not reduced in price, only if you buy enough 50 catties of grain, you can be cheaper by a penny.

Now that food is becoming more and more difficult to get and the cost is getting higher and higher, they are reluctant to reduce it. If it drops more, they earn less, and if they earn less, they will be less competitive, and they are also worried about provoking the anger of their peers.

After the two of them discussed it like this, the feeling of being terrified all day finally decreased a lot.

"Lao Tai, it's still early, how about going to my house for a drink or two?" Shopkeeper Lu's invitation.

"It's rare for you Lao Lu to speak, then I'm not welcome, and I don't have to bother." The Thai shopkeeper also had this intention for a long time, and as soon as the shopkeeper Lu opened his mouth at this moment, he responded on the spot, just in time to take the opportunity to add up the total.

Just when the shopkeeper Lu and the shopkeeper Tai made an appointment and were going to go to the shopkeeper Lu's house together, they suddenly heard a rush of footsteps, and when they looked up, they saw a group of errand soldiers trotting all the way from the street.

As soon as they saw the errand appear, the shopkeeper Tai and the shopkeeper Lu couldn't help but have a hint of foreboding!

No! No way! Don't think about it!

Shopkeeper Tai and Shopkeeper Lu couldn't help but shake their heads, throwing the hint of foreboding in their minds to the back of their minds.

"It can't be such a coincidence."

The shopkeeper Tai and the shopkeeper Lu glanced at each other, and said in unison, after finding that the other party thought of going with him, he couldn't help but look at each other and laugh, both self-deprecating and suspicious, and celebrating that their heroes saw the same thing.

As the two smiled at each other, the servant walked over from the corner of the street and passed the two of them on the side of the road.

Neither the shopkeeper Lu nor the shopkeeper Tai dared to look at the errand with their eyes, but just paid attention to the errand officer with their spare eyes, and it was not until the errand officer crossed the two of them that the two of them were completely relieved in their hearts, and the smiles on their faces became brighter.

However, just as the two were laughing, they suddenly heard a voice behind them:

"Hey, shopkeeper Tai, shopkeeper Lu, it turns out that you are here, if you don't listen to the laughter, you almost missed it. It just so happens that you are together, and it saves me a few more steps. Thai shopkeeper, Lu shopkeeper, the county respect, please come with us to the county office. ”

The county is invited! The county is invited! The county is invited......

These four words were like a thunderclap exploding above the heads of the two, blowing up the smiles of the two of them at all!

"Puff", "Puff"!

The sound of two heavy objects falling to the ground sounded one after another, and the shopkeeper Tai and the shopkeeper Lu collapsed to the ground one after another.