Boss Tai sat on the ground, and after a while, he slowly stood up with shivering legs and stomach, assisted by Boss Lu. However, after standing up, Boss Tai’s legs and stomach could not stop shivering.
“Old …… old Lu, what you said is true or false?”Tai shopkeeper teeth also in uncontrollable trembling, speech are not good, in fact, he knew in his heart that Lu shopkeeper said is not false, just still hold a trace of fantasy, hope is Lu shopkeeper intentionally seek his happiness.
“What time is this, I will not lie to you!”Boss Lu was no better than Boss Tai.
Lives were at stake, and besides, people like them who were well off and used to enjoying life were even more afraid of death.
In fact, Lu shop steward Zhang purchasing food back, will tell this news to Lu shopkeeper, Lu shopkeeper at that time performance than Tai shopkeeper also some inferior, trousers are pissed.
“Aigoo, my dear mother, this is really a disaster! Although our county magistrate is not very old, but also has the ability, eyes can not tolerate sand, we are afraid to be ……”
Tai shopkeeper’s heart of that trace of extravagant hope was completely crushed, the whole person suddenly wailed out, like a mother.
“I am also afraid of this ah.”Boss Lu similarly wailed with a face that was tearless.
“How can this be good ah ……”
Boss Tai and Boss Lu looked at each other, sharing the same illness, almost ready to hug and cry on the spot.
“What do you say we both lower our prices this afternoon?”Cabinet Master Tai thought about it and whispered to Cabinet Master Lu.
“Old Tai you want to die ah, our county so many grain merchants, the two of us if we break the rules, that is not a violation of the public’s anger, do not have to wait for the big magistrate to take action, they will be able to tear alive to swallow us!”
Lu shopkeeper heard, instantly scared face white, panicked left and right look around, lest be heard.
“Drop less …… not so bad as to break the rules.”Tai shopkeeper also shrinks his neck in fear.
“Old Tai, lowering a three melon and two dates is useless! Now the price of food has risen to a stone 1340 Wen, the original price of food is only a stone 400 Wen only, down a few Wen is not bad rules, but what is the use? But what’s the use? It’s still the same price hike! If the price is lowered more than that, the rules of the trade will be broken and the public will be angered, and they will still be dead or alive!”
Boss Lu sniffed, shook his head vigorously, let out a long sigh, his fat face was full of sorrow!
“No, let’s close the shop and forget …… it,” Tai Boss whispered with a face of flesh pain.
“Day into the bucket of gold ah, you want to close ah?”Boss Lu squinted at Boss Tai and said in a good-natured manner.
Boss Tai immediately shook his head without hesitation, can’t afford it, can’t afford it, just now the words when I did not say.
Capitalism has a saying: as soon as there is a proper profit, capital will be very bold. As soon as there is 10 per cent profit, it will be used everywhere; with 20 per cent, it will come alive; with 50 per cent, it will give rise to positive adventures; with 100 per cent, it will make people disregard all laws; with 300 per cent, it will make people unafraid of committing crimes or even of the danger of being hanged.
This was the case with the two men, Boss Tai and Boss Lu, who could not afford to close their doors even at the risk of having their heads cut off.
“Old Lu, in fact, we are not in a situation of certain death, the governor did not arrest all the grain merchants in the capital city and behead them, but only found two out of the blue sheep, to make an example of the chickens. Our two grain shops in the county is only in the middle of the not slippery, the head of the sheep can not turn our turn, the county can also be our grain merchants to wipe out the not? If that’s the case, without us, all the people in Jingnan won’t be able to make ends meet! How much food would be stored in the county office? If we are really unlucky, I think we will be arrested and locked up for a while.”Boss Tai thought and thought, and said to Boss Lu.
“Hmm. Old Tai, I think you have a point, the flood is now half of Jiangnan are food shortage, I heard that the court is also unable to rescue, Jingnan want to get through the flood, but also rely on our grain merchants to transport food. Our county magistrate and is a thought of the people, it is not possible to catch all the people, I think the most is to catch a few head sheep, to a chicken to make an example of the monkey! Downward pressure on the price of food just!”
When Boss Lu heard this, he also nodded and tried to find some reasons to comfort himself.
However, although the two said so, but in fact there is not much bottom, the two looked at each other, made up their minds, whispered to discuss, “Why don’t we both agree that a stone of grain is cheaper than others by 5 Wen, no, how about 3 Wen? We don’t ask for anything else, but just don’t become the first sheep.”
A stone of grain is about 150 catties or so, a stone of grain if the price is reduced by 3 wen, converted to a catty of grain basically did not reduce the price, only the cumulative purchase of 50 catties of grain, to be able to cheapen a wen money.
Now it is more and more difficult to enter the grain, the cost is also higher and higher, they do not want to drop more. Drop more, they earn less, earn less, they are less competitive, and also worried about the anger of peers.
After the two of them discussed this, the feeling of trepidation was finally lowered quite a bit.
“Lao Tai, time is still early, go to my house to drink two cups how?”Boss Lu invited.
“It’s rare that you, old Lu, open your mouth, then I’ll be polite, so I’ll be less likely to intrude.”Boss Tai also had this intention earlier, at this moment, once Boss Lu opened his mouth, he answered on the spot, and could just take the opportunity to plan together again.
Just when Boss Lu and Boss Tai had agreed to go to Boss Lu’s house, they suddenly heard a rush of footsteps, and looked up to see a line of police officers running all the way from the street corner.
Seeing the appearance of the police, Tai shopkeeper and Lu shopkeeper can not help but give birth to a hint of foreboding!
It can’t be! It can’t be! Don’t think about it!
Both Boss Tai and Boss Lu couldn’t help but shake their heads, shaking that trace of ominous foreboding in their minds to the back of their heads.
“It can’t be such a coincidence.”
Boss Tai and Boss Lu both looked at each other and said in unison, and after realising that the other party had thought of the same thing as themselves, they couldn’t help but laugh at each other, both laughing at themselves for the two of them being paranoid, and celebrating the fact that their heroes had seen the same thing.
While the two of them were laughing at each other, the errand boy walked over from the street corner, crossing over to the two of them at the curb.
Both Boss Lu and Boss Tai didn’t dare to look at the errand boy with their square eyes, they just noticed the errand boy with their afterglow, and only until the errand boy crossed over the two of them did the two of them breathe a sigh of complete relief in the bottom of their hearts, and the smiles on their faces became even brighter.
However, just as the two of them were laughing, they suddenly heard a voice from behind them:
“Hehe, Boss Tai, Boss Lu, so you guys are here, if not for the sound of laughter, I almost missed it. It’s just as well that you guys are together, it also saves me from having to run a few more steps. Shopkeeper Tai, Shopkeeper Lu, the County Governor is here to invite you, please follow us to the county office.”
“The county magistrate invites you. County Honour has an invitation! County Honour has invited ……
These four words were like a thunderbolt exploding above the two men’s heads, blowing away not even a trace of their smiles!
“Plop,” “Plop.”
Two sounds of heavy objects falling to the ground rang out one after another, and both Boss Tai and Boss Lu collapsed to the ground one after another.
