Chapter 36 Price Increase

"System."

Host: Zhong Lin

Skills: Archery (max level), Locust Stone (max level), 3D Painting (max level), Calligraphy (max level), Cooking (max level), Iron Mountain Kung Fu (max level), Instant Kill (max level), Black Tiger Fist (max level), Willow Catkins Body Skill (max level), Wind-Breaking Sword Skill (max level)

Skill Points: ∞

Looking at the full stack of skills in the system panel, Zhong Lin felt like a hamster collecting food.

"Black Tiger Fist" was the martial arts secret book that Zhong Lin stole from the mountain bandit Zhenshanhu. It had been idle before because he could not read. Later, he found out that it was just an ordinary martial arts skill, not as good as "Iron Mountain Kung Fu".

Zhong Lin also found an opportunity to enter it into the system panel. Little Stone had been clamoring to learn martial arts, so he could teach him.

Zhong Lin picked up the ghost head knife and practiced the wind-breaking sword skill. The system panel can inject martial arts experience, but if you want to fully integrate it, you still need to practice it yourself.

This sword technique combines speed and power. The faster the speed, the heavier the power. When practiced to a high level, the head will fall to the ground after the sword flashes.

Actually, it is not that exaggerated.

After Zhong Lin used skill points to reach the maximum level, it was actually just a sword technique. It was not like the novels in the previous life, where a sword cut out several feet of sword light. After all, the lower three grades of martial arts are the tempering of the body. They run faster, jump higher, and have stronger strength than ordinary people. The sword technique is also to better exert their own strength. It is not that magical.

After practicing sword techniques and body techniques for a while, Zhong Lin got up and went to the East Market, greeting the residents of Tianshui Lane along the way.

"Why do I feel that there are more refugees?"

Zhong Lin looked at the refugees in tattered clothes on the street, and his eyebrows were slightly wrinkled.

Zhong Lin and Xiao Shitou came here to escape, so he was more sensitive to refugees.

Refugees pour into Heishan County every day, and they will be digested quickly. Some go to the docks to work as coolies, some are bought by some wealthy families, and some will be incorporated into the army. However, the number of refugees has been increasing in recent days, and it has even begun to affect the safety of Heishan County.

After all, if there are too many refugees, it is easy to have more beggars and thieves.

"Old Liang, the old rules, cut me five pounds of pork belly, and three pounds of fat and three pounds of lean meat."

Zhong Lin shouted to Liang the butcher in front of the meat stall.

"Hey! Mr. Zhong is here. I haven't seen you buy meat for a few days. I just killed a grass-fed pig. I know you like to eat pig ears, so I have kept them for you!" Liang the butcher said with a smile.

Zhong Lin's eyes also lit up. With pig ears, he could make a plate of cold-mixed bait silk, which is a good dish to go with wine.

"What are you waiting for? Cut it!"

After that, he took out three coins from his purse and slapped them on the table.

Meat is very expensive. Lean meat costs thirty coins per catty, and fat meat costs forty-five coins. The five catties of pork belly and three catties of fat meat that Zhong Lin bought are enough for an ordinary family to eat for half a month.

Liang the butcher did not collect the money, but still said with a smile: "Mr. Zhong, this... silver is not enough."

"Huh?"

"The price of meat has increased, and it's not just me who has increased the price. The price has increased for all. Now the brown rice sold in the grain shop is ten coins per catty." Liang the butcher said quickly.

He didn't want to lose Zhong Lin, a big customer, and this big customer also likes to eat lean meat. You know, his lean meat is often sold with fat meat.

Zhong Lin frowned slightly: "Ten coins per catty? Are you sure?"

Brown rice is the whole grain retained after the shell is removed. Compared with those refined rice, it doesn't taste so good, but it is cheaper, five coins per catty, and now the price has doubled.

"How can I cheat you? This is the price in the grain shop. Yesterday it was eight coins per pound, but today it has become ten. I have no choice but to follow suit."

"Why has it increased so much?"

"I don't know. I heard that things are getting chaotic outside. You are from the government office, so you should know better than me."

What the hell, there have been a lot of things going wrong these days. Zhong Lin only practices martial arts every day, and he knows very little about the situation outside.

Zhong Lin waved his hands in a somewhat distracted manner: "Cut it, you will get the money."

"Hey! Wait a minute, it will be ready soon."

Liang the butcher quickly picked up the knife to cut the meat, and then carefully strung it with straw ropes.

After paying the silver, Zhong Lin did not take the meat. He told Liang the butcher that he would come to get it later, and then turned and left.

Along the way, seeing that there were obviously many more refugees than usual, Zhong Lin knew that something must have happened outside. Since he crossed over, God has only rained once, and the drought has not ended, but has become more serious.

When passing by the grain shop, Zhong Lin found that the price of brown rice was not ten coins per pound as Liang the butcher said, but twelve coins.

"The price of grain has risen a bit too much. Something is really going to happen."

Zhong Lin's heart sank slightly.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

Food is the first thing for the people. Whether they can eat enough is the first thing they care about, and the big change in grain prices will inevitably cause many problems.

While thinking, Zhong Lin had already arrived at Xu's Medical Clinic, which was where Zhong Lin often came to buy Eight Treasures Blood-Nourishing Soup before.

It's just that the medical clinic, which is usually surrounded by patients, now has some strangers.

"Mr. Huang, this month's regular money."

Xu Lewu handed over twelve big coins with round outer edges and square inner edges.

Huang Ye took a lot of money and said twice in his hand, and said with satisfaction: "Yes, it is very happy to pay the money, but I spoke above.

"20 %?"

Xu Lewu was furious in an instant. He even wanted to do it directly, but after seeing Huang Ye's tall body, his breath disappeared instantly, and some of the pain took out three big money from his arms.

"So refreshing? I thought I still need to use some means!"

Huang Ye was also surprised. After the previous one proposed to increase the money, one by one was either crying and poor, but after being taught for a meal, he had to pay the money honestly. In this way, I didn't expect such a refreshing to make him surprise.

"Doctor Xu has made a fortune recently?" Huang Ye picked out with a smile.

Xu Lewu smiled bitterly: "My old bone guards a medical gallery where to get rich. Besides, how can you not know the things on this street? If I get a fortune, I will conceal you."

"Say too."

Huang Ye was really like this for a moment. This street was covered by him.

Putting the money into the cloth bag, the Huang Ye led the younger brother behind him to leave the medical hall and walked towards the next family.

At this time, Zhong Lin also walked in, watching the back of Huang Ye's back: "Huang Sheng of the Black Water Gang?"