North and South groceries

In a few days, the white fringed flowers in Changle County began to be picked and harvested one after another, and the competition among buyers began to heat up.

In order to buy more bougainvilleas and keep abreast of price changes, Luo Erniang has been running around the countryside almost every day recently. If other vendors increase their prices, they have to increase their prices accordingly, otherwise they will not be able to compete.

Perhaps there are some farmers who would rather sell their goods to Luo Erniang and the others even if the price is lower, but that is obviously a loss-making business.

Luo Erniang doesn't want to take advantage of this, and she doesn't want to let those who believe in her suffer from her. As long as the purchase price of the white stacked flowers has not exceeded the highest price in her heart, how high the daily market price is, their family will How high is the purchase price.

However, Changle County is remote after all, and many foreign traders come to purchase, and they have to consider cost control after adding freight.

So although the price of white stacked flowers here this year is considered high, it is still not comparable to that in Liangzhou City.

The entire Longyou Road, from east to west, from Liangzhou to Dunhuang, basically the farther east you go, the higher the price, and the farther west you go, the lower the price.

There is a Yanzhi Mountain between Liangzhou and Zhangye. There is a big difference in the price of this year's white stacked flowers on this side of the mountain and on the other side of the mountain.The transportation between Changle and Jinchang Dunhuang is convenient, so the price of the white stacked flowers in their area is basically the same.

Luo Erniang has been running a cashmere workshop in Changle County for several years. Many people have seen her when they sent their daughters to the workshop, so even in the remotest countryside, there are people who know her.

So it was very convenient for Erniang to walk this time, and the process of purchasing white fold flowers was relatively smooth. With the same price, other vendors basically couldn't compete with them.

They are also made of silk by envoys. The silk that Luo Erniang and the others brought out made the local people even more convinced that if there were those who insisted on asking for copper coins, Luo Erniang could also transport them from the city, but other vendors did not. There are not so many conveniences in the accumulation.

However, even so, there are still many foreign traders active in Changle County. Even if they do not have an advantage in the competition with Luo Erniang, they still frequently appear in various villages under the jurisdiction of Changle County.

It's just because Luo Yong is well-known in this area for his integrity and fairness. As long as they are serious businessmen, the county government will definitely not suppress such tricks and abductions at will, even if they have made it clear now that they want to Competing with Luo Erniang and poaching her corner is not afraid.

Because there have been a lot of business contacts recently, and many local people in Changle County have also earned money by selling white folded flowers. The government is worried that there will be gangsters haunting them in the near future, so they arranged two teams of guards to work among the villages and towns under the jurisdiction of Changle County. patrolling.

There are eight people in the patrol team. Each of them is equipped with a big knife and rides a big horse. Each of them is tall and strong. Every time he goes to a place, he has to ask the local people whether there are any suspicious people who have entered or left their village recently. By.

He also said that the thief might dress up as a merchant, and first go to various villages to observe and step on the spot. If there is someone who says that he is here to collect white flowers, but behaves strangely, he must be vigilant, and the one whose price is higher than the current one If the market price is too high, you should also be careful.

In terms of the ability to distinguish bad guys, these merchants and peddlers who go out and sell goods all day are much better than the local farmers, and sometimes even officials can't match them.

Two days ago, a businessman told the patrolling team that there were several suspicious-looking people in a certain nearby village. Judging from their behavior, they seemed to be bandits.

So the patrol team rushed over to the village, and saw those people who were said to be acting suspiciously. At first glance, they were no different from ordinary merchants. They asked where they came from, and they said they were from Jiuquan. They want to see Lu Yin, but they don't have any, saying that their brothers are from humble backgrounds, so they can't get Lu Yin.

"Since there is no guide, how do you transport the white flowers back?" Hearing that they had no guide, the leader of the team became vigilant.

The vendors who have been active in their local area recently include those from nearby areas and some from afar.Many vendors in the nearby area don't have any guides, but the transportation around Dunhuang, Jinchang and Changle is very convenient now, so it's not difficult to check a person's identity.As for those who came from afar, most of them have guides because they have to take the official road and pass the checkpoints.

Inquire about the price they paid for the white daisy flowers in this village recently, which was [-] to [-] percent higher than the market price.

It is indeed a bit suspicious to say that he is from a humble background and cannot get a guide, but at the same time he can afford such a high price.Don't underestimate the [-]% to [-]% price difference, the price of white flowers is high now, adding [-]% ​​to [-]% on top of the high price is not a small sum.

While the guards were questioning them, the villagers of this village also stood up to speak for these people. Judging from their appearance, they seemed to be very worried about these people. The relationship between the two parties seemed to be very good.

"I can't explain these few words clearly. You should follow me to the mansion." It's okay for the villagers not to speak, but when they speak, these people seem even more suspicious.

Merchants seek profit. They buy white stacked flowers locally and do business with local farmers. Not to mention pennies and bahts, it is inevitable to bargain. How come these people have a friendship with the villagers of this village. With that time, It's better to go to a few more villages and use limited capital to try to get as much white flowers as possible.

"Why do you want to go to the palace?"

"There must be a misunderstanding."

"But someone made a false accusation?"

"A merchant also came here yesterday, and the bid was low, so we said we wouldn't sell it to him, but that person made a false accusation?"

When it was said that they were going to take these people to the mansion, the villagers reacted fiercely. Some people were probably really worried about these people, and some people might be worried that their white staggered flowers would not be sold at the high price they expected.

The few foreigners also kept bowing to the officers, saying that although they had no way to guide them, they were not evil people. They just thought that the white stacked flower business was profitable, so they came here rashly, and asked you to send them to let them go .It's very pitiful to say.

"Usually, it's not so strict. It's just that today I heard that there are gangsters roaming about in our Changle County, so the investigation is tight. If you are innocent, just go with me to the government's mansion to clarify your identity. can come out."

The guard who led the team was talking, while being wary of the actions of the people in front of him. There was a child who was watching the bustle and went to those people. The lord said: "The official sent someone, what are you doing so close, do you want to kill yourself?"

From the good words at the beginning to the tense swords in the end, the villagers gradually felt something was wrong. After all, since Naluo County Magistrate took office, they had never heard of the random arrest of people by the public servants.

Those outsiders still wanted to resist, and the guards took the rope very forcefully at this time and began to tie them up. Although the villagers were still a little skeptical, they all thought that even if the guards caught the wrong one, they would release them soon. Based on the style of Chang Le Gongfu, they should not indiscriminately wrong people, so they stopped helping each other.

Afterwards, these people were taken all the way back to Changle County. Guo Fenglai, the county captain of Changle County, had served in the army before, and had watched people interrogated carefully in the army, so although he was young, he knew the way to interrogate people. , There are five people in this line, there are always one or two who are not strong enough, and he will soon find out the problem.

It turned out that these people didn't come from Jiuquan at all, their lair was in the Baizhang guard in the north of Changle. A group of 30 people gathered in one place. They were half merchants and half bandits. They also did business and often went to Looting herdsmen and farmers, caravans are also their targets, caravans that are too big can't fit, and they focus on those who are not too big or small.

The village they were eyeing this time was not very big. There were a dozen or so households in the village, but there were quite a few white jasmines planted.

The plan of these people is to first use money and silk to buy white flowers from the villagers, transport these white flowers away, and then attract their accomplices to wait for the opportunity to rob the village. Theirs can also add some odds, after all, there are several well-to-do families in this village.

Because their bids were higher than others, they lived in the village these days, and they were righteous and kind, so they quickly became acquainted with the villagers.

How did the villagers know that these people called them brothers and sisters on the surface, but secretly harbored evil intentions. After hearing the results of the interrogation by the government, they were stunned for a while, and when they recovered, they were even more terrified.

Some people in Changle County have been in a state of panic these past few days, as well as the merchants who came and went. After hearing about this incident, they left Changle County very quickly. The fish in the pond were affected.

Everyone knows that the place where the Baizhang guards are arrested is full of dragons and snakes, and the folk customs are very fierce. Changle County has captured their people this time, and those people are afraid that they will not let it go.

The people in the city were apprehensive, and some merchants and wealthy households went to the county government to ask Luo Yong how to deal with this matter.

Luo Yong only let them feel at ease, this group of people is not powerful, and they will be able to deal with it soon.

Within a day or two, an official document was posted in the county, announcing the whole story of the capture of the thief, and then stating how many accomplices they had, what each person's name was, and what they looked like.

Finally, he encouraged righteous men from all walks of life to arrest the thieves and jointly maintain social order. Anyone who catches these people on the list and sends them to the Changle County Government, the Changle County Government will pay each person ten guanqian as a token of respect. award.

Considering that this group's lair was in Baizhang, not everyone was in Changle County at this time, and the officials in the county specially asked merchants who came and went to Baizhang to help bring a few stacks.

As for Changle County, when they heard about the bid of ten guan ren per person, many people were gearing up, there was no such thing as panic.