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After lunch, Wang Sancai opened three upper rooms, two of which were naturally for him and Fang Tong, and the remaining one was reserved for Bai Xiao.

Although Bai Xiao knew that the two countries were at war before, he didn't expect that the neighbor who went to war was actually the Li Kingdom outside the Burning Stone City guarded by his father!

Since learning the news, Bai Xiao, who knew the truth, said "I should have guessed it a long time ago", and became speechless.

Wang Sancai's heart moved, feeling that Bai Xiao seemed to know some of the hidden secrets of the war between the two countries, but after being kicked out of the house, he didn't think of going up in this regard, originally Wang Sancai wanted to ask him about some things in this regard, however, considering Bai Xiao's depressed mood, Wang Sancai didn't ask for the time being.

Seeing that Bai Xiao didn't have any thoughts of looking for a short view, Wang Sancai and Fang Tong left his room with peace of mind.

The two walked down the stairs while chatting, and the busy shopkeeper saw the two coming down, and immediately greeted them warmly: "What are the two adults?" ”

"Let's go out." Wang Sancai took out another piece of lower grade yuan stone and threw it to the shopkeeper: "That little fat man above, you can find someone to help me take a look, don't let him do anything stupid." ”

"Okay!" The shopkeeper smiled and accepted this low-grade Yuan Stone, he obviously heard the conversation between Wang Sancai and the three not long ago, his tone changed, and he sighed: "I really can't imagine that he is actually the third young master of Burning Stone City, I am also the father of my two sons, I can understand the hard work of being a father." ”

As he spoke, he suddenly took out a piece of medium-grade Yuan Stone that Wang Sancai threw to him just now to open the upper room for Bai Xiao, and actually shook his head with emotion: "Two cultivators, I am just a shopkeeper who opens a small inn, I will collect the accommodation fees of the two adults as usual, and I will waive the room and board fees of the third young master of the Bai family, so I should do my best for a hero who guards the city." ”

Wang Sancai couldn't help but look at the shopkeeper with some surprise, and then took the piece of medium-grade yuan stone with a smile: "Thank you, good people will be rewarded." ”

"It's not easy for anyone." The shopkeeper restrained his smile, and then gave way to Wang Sancai and the others: "I am letting Xiao Tong take care of the carriage of the two adults, I don't know if the two adults are going to pick it up now?" ”

Wang Sancai shook his head: "No need, let's just go out and have a casual walk." ”

The shopkeeper didn't say anything more, and retreated with a smile.

Wang Sancai and Fang Tong walked out of the inn, Wang Sancai looked at the refugees in the corner, and sighed: "This shopkeeper is not greedy. ”

Fang Tong nodded and agreed: "Yes, in fact, there are not many money fans like the white shopkeeper. ”

After speaking, Fang Tong saw Wang Sancai wandering aimlessly, and couldn't help asking, "Big brother, where are we going?" ”

Everything that happened today made Wang Sancai feel a little warmth again, and his heart moved, and then he said: "Go to the black market and have a look." ”

Fang Tong was slightly stunned, remembering Wang Sancai's original words outside the city, although he was still a little worried in his heart, he didn't say anything more, and led Wang Sancai to the road.

Soon, the two of them came to the door of the black market, and along the way, they saw many refugees squatting in the corner and looking at them with malicious intentions, but because of the patrol guards everywhere, these refugees did not dare to attack at all.

As soon as you come to the gate of the black market, there are many fewer refugees, and the important thing is that the black market Wang San of Tuye City is very surprised, the black market here is not just an open-air square like in some small towns, but a closed building was specially built, although it is not majestic, but it is closed all around, and there are guards guarding it, which is enough to see the importance of the black market here.

Fang Tong saw Wang Sancai's puzzlement, and explained as he walked: "All the larger towns attach great importance to the black market, because some of the things obtained by many families are not convenient to sell on the surface, so they have to be put in the black market, and the profits of the black market are usually frighteningly high, and a small part of the family's source also comes from the tax on the counter in the black market. ”

Wang Sancai nodded, didn't say anything, and then the two walked inside, but before they could walk in, the guards stopped the two.

Wang Sancai had already heard Fang Tong say on the road that the rules of the black market in the big city were different from the black market in the small town, and there must be enough "capital" to get in, he glanced at the two guards, pretended to take out the money, stretched a hand into the clothes, closed his eyes and took out a medium-grade yuan stone from the warehouse, and put it in front of the eyes of the two guards: "Is it okay?" ”

The two guards were immediately released.

The medium-grade Yuanshi is nothing to Wang Sancai, but it is definitely qualified to enter the black market.

As soon as he walked in, Wang Sancai found that the light inside was not very dark, and when he looked up, he could see the chandelier hanging from the ceiling, although the chandelier was only burning candles, but the rows of chandeliers were next to each other, and the light burned out was not much worse than the outside.

Inside is a very ordinary hall, in the hall is placed a series of stone platforms, on which are placed items that the seller needs to sell, and customers who come to the black market to shop can be seen everywhere, and in the corner of the wall stand rows of guards armed with spears and swords at their waists to maintain order.

I think it is the pressure of life brought about during the war, the ordinary market outside is not necessarily how safe, so that many people take the things they have treasured for many years here to sell, the counters in the black market are all full, but even so, there are more customers shopping Taobao than sellers, but most of the customers are obviously just with the psychology of Taobao, so that many sellers can't sell things at all, but these sellers are not in a hurry, as long as they can't sell things, they don't have to pay taxes, only pay cheap counter fees are enough.

Wang San walked for a while, and suddenly noticed that the innermost rows of counters were simply overcrowded, and many customers even stood in a long line behind them with cloth bags, the key is that there were only three counters standing on these rows of counters, Wang San couldn't help but ask: "What are they going to buy?" Just three sellers still lined up in such a long line? ”

Fang Tong's face was a little strange, and he said in a low voice: "Big brother, those three sellers are loan sharks, during this war, the big family will not be open to the public to exchange high-grade yuan stones, if you want to exchange high-grade yuan stones, you can only come to the black market to exchange them at a high price, most of these buyers are also businessmen, in order to avoid the war spreading here, there is no time to estimate the money, you can only exchange a large number of low-grade yuan stones for easier to carry high-grade yuan stones to escape, and the remaining small number will be cultivators, in order to save their lives as much as possible in the war, You can only save money and exchange it for a high-grade yuan stone to improve your strength as soon as possible. ”

Wang Sancai lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "Who are these usurers?" Now the Huang family seems to be in short supply of high-grade Yuan stones, right? They didn't sell the high-grade Yuan Stone to the Huang family first on the territory of the Huang family? ”

Fang Tong understood what he meant, when the Pang family was in charge of Tuye City, he also had a lot of experience in this area, and immediately explained: "This can be said to be the acquiescence of the Huang family, if the Huang family buys the high-grade yuan stone, it will inevitably be lower than the price of the black market, big brother, you see, now there are only three sellers in this row of counters, which means that the high-grade yuan stone in the hands of other loan sharks has all been acquired by the Huang family, and the Huang family always has to leave a way back for ordinary people, unless it is a last resort, It is not going to buy out all the high-grade yuan stones in the hands of loan sharks, otherwise I am afraid that it will provoke a popular uprising. ”

After a pause, Fang Tong continued to add: "Moreover, during the non-war period, the high-grade yuan stones consumed by the family will definitely be slower than the consumption of low-grade yuan stones, and when the low-grade yuan stones are not enough to maintain the family, the family will open to the outside world to exchange high-grade yuan stones, and they are all exchanged in the proportion of the mainland, and they will not earn the profit difference in the middle, at that time, these loan sharks can also come to the family to exchange the hoarded low-grade yuan stones into high-grade yuan stones to make a windfall." ”

Wang Sancai nodded: "In this case, wouldn't the big family suffer a lot?" ”

Fang Tong shook his head and said: "The big families have special orc hunters, and they don't have to worry about the consumption of high-grade yuan stones during the non-war period, and moreover, the economy on the control territory will only use low-grade yuan stones, for example, the military salaries issued to the private army are all low-grade yuan stones, and these private troops go out to eat, drink, and prostitute all of them are low-grade yuan stones, these low-level yuan stones fall into the hands of brothel bosses and various bosses, and when they hoard to a certain amount, and they can't wait for the big family to open to the outside world to exchange high-grade yuan stones, they will definitely come to the black market to exchange them. In the end, these low-grade yuan stones will flow back into the hands of the family, and it can be said that it is not the family that suffers, but these bosses. ”

Hearing Fang Tong's explanation, Wang Sancai suddenly realized that the big family would never suffer, and it was the most ordinary people at the bottom who suffered in the final analysis.

And it is these usurers who maintain the market economy, if there is no them, then when the big family is not open to the outside world to exchange high yuan stones, there will be various economic problems, it can be said that these usurers maintain a delicate balance, so the big family will not accept their high yuan stones.

Although, what Fang Tong said also has a lot of loopholes, after all, he is only a son of the Pang family, because of his status as an illegitimate child, it is impossible to get the power to be in charge of it, and it is already very good to know this.

Moreover, Wang Sancai didn't care how the big family controlled the economy, he walked inside, and saw that there was an upward staircase in the innermost corner, and saw that there were some heavy guards at the staircase, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "What's going on there?" ”

Fang Tong took a look at the situation and immediately explained: "The second floor is where the Huang family sells their goods, and the second floor also has a special passage for the Huang family to enter and exit, so they don't have to walk through the main entrance where we entered. ”

After speaking, his tone suddenly changed, and he said complicatedly: "I walked through that passage many times two years ago. ”

Wang San saw that Fang Tong remembered the previous things again, so he didn't say more on this topic, but changed the topic and asked, "Then how do these loan sharks pay their taxes?" ”

Fang Tong shook his head, quickly pressed the unpleasant memories into his heart, and explained, "Unlike those sellers, they don't have to pay taxes, and the Huang family doesn't charge their counter fees. ”

Wang Sancai nodded, these loan sharks are to maintain the economic operation of the city, and they don't charge fees, and then pointed to an empty counter and asked, "So, if I stand in front of that counter, can I also start lending usury?" ”

Fang Tong still couldn't figure out Wang Sancai's intentions, but he still replied in an affirmative tone: "Yes, as long as the eldest brother has enough high-grade Yuan Stones." ”

As he spoke, the two gradually got closer, and Wang Sancai saw that in front of one of the counters, a buyer who came to exchange put a big bag on the counter: "This is five hundred medium-grade yuan stones." ”

The seller of the loan shark obviously put it for not a year or two, just a glance, he can determine that this big bag is indeed five hundred medium-grade yuan stones, he nodded, and the little boy who followed behind him struggled to move the big bag under the counter, and then, the seller of the loan shark took out a piece of high-grade yuan stone from a small cloth bag below and threw it to this buyer.

Wang Sancai watched the buyer take this high-grade yuan stone and leave, without any unwilling look, and couldn't help blurting out in shock: "It's actually four times the net profit!" ”

Fang Tong was obviously a little surprised that the current profit was so high, but before he could say anything, he saw that a group of guards came down from the innermost staircase, protecting an old man with gray hair in the middle, and the sound of footsteps instantly attracted the attention of many people.

Wang Sancai was stunned for a moment, but then, he saw that the faces of those buyers who were standing in front of the counter, waiting in a long line to exchange for high-grade yuan stones, instantly collapsed, and even the sellers who put usury had their faces very unsightly.

Wang Sancai deliberately stood a little farther away, and raised his eyebrows: "People from the Huang family? ”

Fang Tong just nodded lightly and didn't say anything.

The old man, who was heavily guarded, quickly walked behind the three loan shark sellers, glanced at the cloth bags under the counter of the three people, and picked a seller with the least cloth bags and walked over.

The three loan sharks were very cooperative, pretending not to see the old man and the guards, and made transactions with the buyers in line as soon as possible, and the old man didn't care, walked straight behind the man, and waved his hand to the ordinary people lined up in front of his counter: "Go to the two of them." ”

As soon as the words fell, the other two sellers immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and the seller who was called suddenly froze.

Wang Sancai noticed that the old man was not only dressed luxuriously, but also had a cane inlaid with agate in his hand, although his head was full of white hair and wrinkles, he looked energetic and did not show any decay.

The most important thing is that as soon as he opened his mouth, Wang Sancai immediately heard that he was the "Uncle Li" in the mouth of the eldest young master of the Huang family, but his tone became a little harder.