Three Kingdoms: defect to Liu Bei and backhand intercept Mrs. Hu Mi

The next day, it was just dawn.

There was a dense crowd of people outside the Lijia Liang Store on Central Street.

"Open the door quickly. During the war some time ago, they said that rations had to be calculated and sold every day, and they had to support the army in the city at any time. But now? What excuse are you looking for?"

"That's right, a soldier's life is his life, isn't our life the same?"

"Open the door quickly, open the door!"

"If you don't open the door, I will break it open to show you how powerful I am."

The public sentiment was surging, and the people's voices became louder and louder.

The door that was originally pushed open from the inside was instantly opened.

A group of people carrying various utensils were about to rush inside when shopkeeper Li came out with a few waiters.

"Fellow folks and elders, don't be anxious, I have something to say."

"What are you talking about? My family has been waiting for the rice to be cooked. We have eaten porridge for several days. We should have something dry, right?"

“That’s right, we’ll talk about it later!!”

"Let's buy rice first."

"By the way, how much is the price of food today?"

"Look at the food prices!"

Amidst the discussions among many people, everyone took a breath.

Then everyone looked at Shopkeeper Li with resentful eyes: "Damn it, you profiteer, I'll beat you to death."

"Just after the war, you couldn't wait to increase the price of food tenfold. Are you going to kill us? Drink our blood?"

"If we really have no way to survive, do you really think we will let you go?"

"That is, if you don't let me live, I will kill you too."

"We don't need to listen to this profiteer and sell it elsewhere."

"Let's go."

Before the group of people moved, a voice complained from outside the crowd: "What the hell is going on?"

"Food prices here have also increased. Shouldn't we, ordinary people, be allowed to live?"

"Why have rice prices increased in other places?"

"Not only has the price of rice and grain increased, but the price of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea has also increased. There is nothing in the city that has not increased in price."

"I thought we could live a good life after the war, but why are we not as good as before? What's going on?"

At this moment, all the people's eyes finally turned to Shopkeeper Li.

Several strong men surrounded him: "You profiteers, do you really want to kill every fish in the net?"

"My bare feet are not afraid of those who wear shoes, so I robbed your grain store, so what can I do?"

"Fight with me without fear of death."

Shopkeeper Li quickly waved his hand: "Fellow folks, listen to me."

"Listen to me."

Many people who have lost their minds are still shouting, but more people still have a glimmer of hope in their hearts.

After all, if the food ration issue can be solved, who would be willing to take the risk? Desperately?

"We want to see what else you have to say."

Shopkeeper Li sighed: "Everyone knows that the current leader of Jingxiang is General Lin Fan."

"Yesterday, all businesses received news from the state pastoral office, saying that our money is taken from the people and used for the people."

"These are troubled times, and the army needs to spend a lot of money."

"So every household must hand over 90% of its wealth." "Although these things are in our hands now, they are not decided by us at all."

"What you want to take away is not our stuff, but the government's stuff, General Lin Fan's stuff."

"You really want to take action?"

"You should know, if so"

Although the words were not finished, the meaning was very clear.

The crowd of people who had been so aggressive just now withered instantly.

After robbing these grain stores, the business of the family would be nothing more than a few days in prison, but if they robbed Lin Fan's things, I'm afraid...

A look of fear appeared on the faces of every citizen, and the fierceness just now disappeared in an instant.

Shopkeeper Li sighed softly: "Fellow folks, please forgive our helplessness."

"The reason why prices of rations and commodities have risen so fast is precisely because..."

The words were secretive, but it was precisely this that made the people more willing to speculate.

The anger in the eyes of many people became more and more obvious.

Someone in the crowd finally broke out, with a flash of anger in his eyes: "Damn it, even the Emperor shouldn't be so ruthless, he really wants to drive us all away!"

"We can't even afford food. How can we accept our fate like this?"

"If you are not afraid of death, just follow me to the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion. We want to seek justice, not justice for God. Why are we, the common people, being attacked just after we occupy Jingxiang?"

"That's right, if we go back, we'll starve to death. It's better to go make a fuss."

The moment Shopkeeper Li turned his head, a smile appeared on his lips, but he became solemn again for a moment: "As long as there are instructions from above, we will never delay at all."

"But there is something I want to remind you of."

"Everything must be done carefully. The more people, the better. Only by mobilizing all the people can the people above see our determination and change what will happen."

As soon as these words came out, shopkeeper Li returned to the grain store again.

The remaining people all yelled: "Let's go to the Prefecture Mufu. Even the officials can't let us die, can they?"

"go!"

"If you are not afraid of death, leave quickly!"

"Call everyone. If we don't fight now, we will become human beings in the future. There will be absolutely no possibility of survival."

"Walk!!"

The agitated people quickly gathered together with the help of caring people.

At the street corner, on top of a carriage.

Patriarch Sun looked at the few confidants around him, with a strange smile on his face: "See, this is the power of the people."

"Although these mud-legged people can't do anything well and eat nothing, they can be very vicious when it's time to die."

"After all, no one wants to die in vain like this."

"With just a few words, hundreds of people followed."

"The total number of people outside the grain store in the city exceeds at least 12,000."

"When Xiangyang and Jingxiang start making trouble, Lin Fan will know that we people are not easy to mess with either."

"You are no match against us with swords and guns, but you may not be our rivals elsewhere."

The other family heads laughed loudly, clapped their hands and said, "Let's make trouble!"

“The bigger things are, the better!”

"Ha ha!!"

(End of this chapter)