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Chapter 68 Taking advantage of the situation
There are many ways to eat sprouted wheat, and there are always experts in the field.

A 20% market price is the most appealing.

The news that there was cheap grain available for sale in Luchuan County spread like wildfire.

One pass ten, ten pass a hundred.

The number of refugees who rushed to Liu the landlord's house overnight to line up grew larger and larger.

They excitedly confirmed the message they had received, sitting eagerly on the open ground, waiting for dawn.

Before dawn, they were already shouting at the gate of Liu the landlord's house, waiting for the grain to be brought back and cooked.

"Open the position! Open the position!"

"Sell grain! Sell grain!"

Liu the landlord's steward was kept awake all night by the noise.

All I wanted was to clear out the inventory as quickly as possible and get these refugees out of there.

Yin Zheng (4:00 AM).

The warehouse door of Liu the landlord slowly opened.

There is no retail.

There are no purchase limits.

Sold in whole bags.

Five hundred bushels of grain were snapped up before the sun was even halfway up the sky.

When the refugees from the neighboring Xingwu County arrived, there was nothing left.

The refugees wept:
"Waaaaah, we got the news in the middle of the night and rushed over in the dark, but we still missed it!"

"Waaah, we haven't eaten a single grain of rice in three days! Landlord Liu, please have mercy and open another granary for us!"

"Ahhh, 20% of the market price is just too good to pass up! We love sprouted wheat too!"

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Seeing how pitiful these people were, the refugees from Lushan County who were watching the commotion offered them some advice.

"Don't bother Liu at his doorstep. He's already given out 500 shi of grain; that's more than enough."

"The leader has a lot of tricks up his sleeve, and he can't stand seeing us suffer! You all need to find a way to help him!"

The refugees from Xingwu County quickly grabbed the leader and began showering him with compliments.

They just flattered the leader until he was dizzy and smug.

What can the ringleader do?

The landslide in Xingwu County was even more severe, and it is unknown how many lives were buried.

The already scarce fertile land has suffered even more.

The number of displaced people is only greater than that of Lushan County.

We can't let them come all this way for nothing and leave empty-handed.

The leader, feeling a surge of responsibility, waved his hand:
"Come on, I'll lead you to beg for food! In our Lushan County, besides Landlord Liu, there are also Landlord Zhang, Landlord Ma, and Landlord Zhao."

The refugees in Xingwu County responded to the call with overwhelming support.

Excitedly, they followed the leader to knock on the door.

That's right, the granaries of other landlords didn't get flooded.

How could they possibly agree to sell perfectly good grain at only 20% of the market price?

Even a fool would know that with widespread flooding across the country, grain prices would skyrocket in various regions.

Such an opportunity is rare, occurring only once every ten years.

They need to seize the opportunity to make a fortune.

The landowners summoned all their servants and tenants to their homes.

The two companies with the most grain also invited all the bodyguards from Zhongwei Escort Agency.

The original intention was to prevent refugees from taking advantage of the chaos and looting.

But with only a hundred or so people in total, how could they possibly compete with thousands of refugees?
In less than two days, the leader had already gathered more than 5,000 refugees.

these people.

In the morning, he went to Zhang the landlord's house to knock on the door and beg for food. In the afternoon, he went to Zhao the landlord's house to ask for lodging.

Women and children stood at the landlord's door, weeping and lamenting that their homes had been destroyed by the flood and their fields had yielded no harvest.

The able-bodied men brought in large stones and stacked them up one by one.

Then, standing on the stones, he greeted the landlord's servants inside the wall, letting out a series of strange cries.

Who wouldn't be intimidated by such a display?
The servants and hired bodyguards apologized to their master, saying they truly couldn't stop them.

If you can't stop them, then come in.

But more than 5,000 refugees had to eat more than 1,000 catties of grain and several hundred catties of vegetables and meat in one meal.

A few meals a day is fine. But the refugees only bully the ones who are easy to talk to.

The better the food, the more often I go.

Even the wealthiest landlords couldn't withstand such extravagance!

This caused immense suffering to the landlords throughout Lushan County.

The first to agree was Landlord Zhang.

He agreed to sell 100 shi of wheat at 30% above market price in exchange for the refugees no longer coming to freeload.

The price was 30% higher than the market price, but still within the acceptable range for the migrants in Xingwu County.

No matter how much more, they can't afford it!

The migrants from Lushan County, who had just bought wheat at 20% of the market price, didn't think that way.

They were also hoping that the large number of people would drive down the market price.

How can we have a legitimate reason for our actions?
The leader's newly recruited strategist came up with a brilliant idea.

While Gan Minglan and others were huffing and puffing as they wielded large shovels and kept stir-frying the sprouted wheat.

A folk song was being sung among the migrants in Lushan County:

"The floodwaters surged, a vast expanse of white; the people wept, utterly destitute."

The county government's granary should be opened; we eagerly await the arrival of emergency grain.

Who would have thought the granary was empty, revealing the truly wicked hearts of corrupt officials?
Grain was embezzled and exchanged for gold and silver, with no regard for the lives and deaths of ordinary people.

The big landowners were laughing all the way to the bank, hoarding goods in anticipation of higher prices.
After the flood, the people suffered even more, yet they seized the gold.

They cast aside morality and ethics; the rich who are heartless are universally condemned.
"We call for justice to be restored, and for the bullies and treacherous to be punished."

After understanding the content of the folk song, the leader surnamed Huang and others urged everyone:

"Hurry, speed it up! Grind that roasted wheat into flour tonight! Lushan County is about to descend into chaos."

Shitouzhai has also bought a lot of sprouted wheat these past two days, and is equally busy.

They also purchased several pots, pans, and handcarts.

They finally managed to gather all the belongings they needed for their escape from famine.

The leader is an impatient person.

Before the folk song could spread to other counties, they couldn't wait to fire the first shot of the Lushan County uprising.

They killed two landlords who refused to open their granaries and sell grain at a low price as a sacrifice.

And he raised his arms and shouted:
"Food is the most important thing for the people. The landlord has cut off my right to life. Justice demands fairness and I must regain my right to live!"

"I demand justice! I want my right to live!"

"Give me back my right to live!"

After chanting slogans, more than 5,000 refugees, led by their leader, stormed into the homes of the two landlords.

Since they're not selling grain at discounted prices, we won't buy it!
Go ahead and rob it; you can rob it for free without spending any money.

When they came across a granary, they seized the grain.

Once the warehouse was open, they took whatever they could find.

More than 5,000 refugees swarmed through the area like locusts.

The rats from the two landlords' houses moved out overnight.
The above is a report from the front lines by the thirty-six little mountain rats.

Ever since King Atu killed that unfortunate black bear, he has been completely letting loose.

I haven't checked my social media profile for quite some time.

After arriving in Lushan County, he would lead his underlings to the landlord's house every night to steal food.

They wouldn't stop until they were stuffed to the brim.

Mountain rats live for five months.

I've never heard of a mountain rat living a life of rolling around on piles of grain!

Following the right leader makes all the difference!
Their worship of King Atu never ceased.

What? The king's master wants glutinous rice!
Although not many people grow rice in Lushan County, they can be found even if you search the entire county.

Only by sparing no effort can we live up to the trust placed in us.

King Atu bought them all in one go.

With his immense strength, he dragged and pulled a 50-pound bag of glutinous rice back with his bare hands!

Gan Minglan praised it highly:
"King A-Tu is amazing! So much glutinous rice, if you make it all into maltose, Fatty won't be able to finish it even if he eats all the way to the border town!"

A-Tu: "Squeak squeak squeak, it was all for nothing in the end!"

Gan Minglan: "Your Majesty, we must be a rat with vision. There's a saying, 'Love me, love my dog!'"

A-Tu: "This great king is an only child."

(End of this chapter)