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After lunch, Wang Sancai opened three upper rooms, two of which were naturally for him and Fang Tong, and the remaining one was left for Bai Xiao.

Although Bai Xiao knew that the two countries had started a war, he did not expect that the neighboring country that started a war was Li Guo outside the Burning Stone City guarded by his father!

Since learning the news, Bai Xiao, who knew the truth, said "I should have guessed it long ago", he became silent.

Wang Sancai felt aroused in his heart, and he felt that Bai Xiao seemed to know some hidden information about the war between the two countries. However, after being driven out of the house, he did not expect that this aspect would be improved. Originally, Wang Sancai wanted to ask him about some things in this aspect, but considering Bai Xiao's depressed mood, Wang Sancai did not ask for it for the time being.

Seeing that Bai Xiao was not at all unable to think about it and wanted to find a short-sighted view, Wang Sancai and Fang Tongcai left his room with confidence.

The two of them walked down the stairs while chatting. When the busy shopkeeper saw them coming down, he immediately greeted them enthusiastically: "Are you two, sirs?"

"Let's go out." Wang Sancai took out another piece of low-grade Yuanshi and threw it to the shopkeeper: "You can ask someone to take a look at the little fat man above. Don't let him do anything unusually stupid."

"Okay!" The shopkeeper smiled and accepted the low-grade Yuanshi. Not long ago, he obviously heard the conversation between Wang Sancai and the other two. His tone changed and he sighed: "I really didn't expect that he was the third young master of Burning Stone City. I am also the father of two sons. I can understand the painstaking efforts to be a father."

As he said that, he suddenly took out a piece of the middle-grade Yuanshi that Wang Sancai had just thrown to him for Bai Xiao, and even shook his head with emotion: "Two cultivators, I am just a shopkeeper who runs a small inn. I will collect the food and accommodation fees of the two adults as usual. I will waive the food and accommodation fees of the third young master of the Bai family. Just treat it as doing my best to be a hero guarding the city."

Wang Sancai couldn't help but look at the shopkeeper with some surprise, then smiled and took the middle-grade Yuanshi: "Thank you, good people will be rewarded."

"No one is easy." The shopkeeper restrained his smile, and then gave up his body to Wang Sancai and the others: "I am asking the little boy to take care of the two adults. I wonder if the two adults are going to pick up the carriage now?"

Wang Sancai shook his head: "No, we just go out for a walk."

The shopkeeper didn't say anything more and stepped back with a smile.

Wang Sancai and Fang Tong walked out of the inn. Wang Sancai looked at the refugees in the corner and sighed: "This shopkeeper is not greedy."

Fang Tong nodded and echoed: "Yes, there are not many financial fans like Manager Bai."

After saying that, Fang Tong saw Wang Sancai wandering aimlessly, and couldn't help but ask, "Brother, where are we going?"

What happened today made Wang Sancai feel a little warmth again. He felt a little moved in his heart and then said, "Go to the black market and take a look."

Fang Tong was slightly stunned. He remembered Wang Sancai's original words outside the city. Although he was a little worried, he didn't say much and led a way for Wang Sancai.

Soon, the two of them arrived in front of the black market. Along the way, they saw many refugees squatting in the corner and looking at their own misintentions. However, due to the patrol guards everywhere, these refugees did not dare to have any attacks.

As soon as we arrived at the entrance of the black market, there were fewer refugees. What’s important is that Wang Sancai, the black market in Tono Castle, was very surprised. The black market here was not just an open-air square like some small towns. Instead, a closed building was specially built. Although it was not majestic, it was closed around and guarded by the military guards, which was enough to show the importance of the black market here.

Fang Tong saw Wang Sancai's confusion and explained as he walked: "Any big towns are particularly valued by the black market, because many families are not convenient to sell some things they get on the open, so he had to put them in the black market. Moreover, the profits of the black market are usually scary, and a small part of the family's source also comes from taxes on the counters in the black market."

Wang Sancai nodded and said nothing more. Then the two walked in, but before they could walk in, Bingwei stopped them.

On the way, Wang Sancai had heard Fang Tong say that the rules of the black market in the big city are different from those in small towns. He had to have enough "capital" to enter. He looked at the two gate guards, pretended to be taking money and reached into his clothes, closed his eyes and took out a medium-grade Yuan stone from the warehouse, and placed it in front of the two soldiers: "Is that OK?"

The two soldiers were immediately released.

The medium-grade Yuanshi is nothing to Wang Sancai, but it is definitely qualified to enter the black market.

As soon as he walked in, Wang Sancai found that the light inside was not very dark. He could see the chandeliers hanging on the ceiling when he looked up. Although only candles burned on the chandeliers, rows of chandeliers were next to each other, and the brightness of the burning was no less than that outside.

There is a very ordinary hall inside, with stone platforms placed on the stone platforms, and on which sellers need to sell, customers coming to the black market to shop everywhere, while rows of soldiers holding spears and swords hanging on their waists stood in the corner to maintain order.

It seems that the pressure of life brought by the war, the ordinary market outside is not necessarily very safe, which makes many people take things they have collected for many years to sell. The counters in the black market are all full, but even so, there are more customers shopping for Taobao than sellers. However, most customers obviously only have Taobao mentality, so many sellers cannot sell things at all, but these sellers are not in a hurry. As long as they can't sell things, they don't have to pay taxes, and it's enough to only pay cheap counter fees.

After walking for a while, Wang Sancai suddenly noticed that the innermost rows of counters were so crowded that many customers even stood in the back line with cloth bags in hand. The key is that there were only three counters standing on these rows of counters. Wang Sancai couldn't help but ask in confusion: "What are they going to buy? Only three sellers actually lined up in such a long line?"

Fang Tong looked a little weird and whispered: "Brother, those three sellers are those who lend money loans. During this war, the big family will not open to the public to exchange for high-quality Yuan stones. If you want to exchange for high-quality Yuan stones, you can only come to the black market to exchange for high-quality Yuan stones at a high price. Most of these buyers are businessmen. In order to avoid the spread of the war, you have no time to estimate money. You can only exchange a large number of low-quality Yuan stones for easier carrying high-quality Yuan stones to escape. The remaining small part will be practitioners. In order to save your life as much as possible in the war, you can only save money and exchange a piece of high-quality Yuan stone to improve your strength as soon as possible."

Wang Sancai lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "Who are these people who lend money loans? Now the Huang family seems to be in short supply of high-level Yuan stones, right? They didn't sell high-level Yuan stones to the Huang family first on the territory of the Huang family?"

Fang Tong understood what he meant. When the Pang family was in charge of Tuye Castle, he also had a lot of experience in this area. He immediately explained: "This can be said to be the tacit consent of the Huang family. If the Huang family acquires high-quality Yuanshi, it will definitely be lower than the price on the black market. Brother, you see, there are only three sellers at this row of counters, which means that the high-quality Yuanshi in the hands of other loan sharks have been acquired by the Huang family. The Huang family also has to leave a way out for ordinary people. Without any necessity, they will not buy out all the high-quality Yuanshi in the hands of loan sharks, otherwise it will probably cause civil unrest."

After pausing, Fang Tong continued to add: "Also, during non-war periods, the high-grade Yuan stone consumed by the family will definitely be slower than the low-grade Yuan stones. When the low-grade Yuan stone is not enough to maintain the family, the family will open up to the public to exchange for high-grade Yuan stones, and they will all be exchanged in the mainland proportion, and will not earn the profit difference in the middle. At that time, these loan sharks can also exchange the hoarded low-grade Yuan stones into the family and make a fortune."

Wang Sancai nodded: "If this is the case, wouldn't the big family suffer a lot?"

Fang Tong shook his head and said, "The big family has specialized hunting orcs. There is no need to worry about the consumption of high-level Yuan stones during non-war periods. Moreover, the economy on the territory will only use low-level Yuan stones. For example, the military pay sent to the private army is all low-level Yuan stones, and these private army go out to eat and drink, all of them spend low-level Yuan stones. These low-level Yuan stones fall into the hands of brothels and bosses. When they hoard a certain amount, but they cannot wait until the big family opens to the outside world to exchange for high-level Yuan stones, they will definitely come to the black market to exchange them. In the end, these low-level Yuan stones will flow back into the family. It can be said that it is not the family who suffers, but these bosses."

After hearing Fang Tong's explanation, Wang Sancai suddenly realized that the big family would never suffer any losses. After all, the most ordinary people at the bottom were the ones at the bottom.

The people who maintain the market economy are those who lend money loans. If they are not there, then when the big family does not open up to the outside world to exchange for high-quality Yuan stones, various economic problems will arise. It can be said that these loans to lend money loans maintain a delicate balance, so the big family will not win over their high-quality Yuan stones.

Although there are many loopholes in what Fang Tong said, he is just a son of the Pang family after all. Because of his illegitimate child, he will not be able to get the power to be in charge. It is already very good to know that these are.

Moreover, Wang Sancai didn't care how the big family controlled the economy. As he walked inside, he saw an upward staircase in the innermost corner. Seeing that there were some heavy troops guarding the staircase, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "What's going on there?"

Fang Tong took a look and immediately explained: "The second floor is the place where the Huang family sells items. There is also a passage on the second floor dedicated to the Huang family's entry and exit, so they don't have to go to the main entrance where we came in."

After saying that, he suddenly changed his tone and said in a complicated manner: "I have walked through that passage a lot two years ago."

Seeing that Fang Tong remembered the past again, Wang Sancai stopped talking about this topic, but instead asked another question: "How do these loan sharks pay taxes?"

Fang Tong shook his head and quickly pressed his unpleasant memories into his heart, explaining: "They are different from those sellers, and they don't have to pay taxes, and the Huang family will not charge their counter fees."

Wang Sancai nodded. These loan sharks are maintaining the economic operation of the city and are just as good as not to charge fees. Then he pointed to an empty counter and asked: "So, if I stand in front of that counter, can I start loan sharks too?"

Fang Tong still couldn't figure out what Wang Sancai was about, but he replied in a sure tone: "Yes, as long as the eldest brother has enough high-level Yuanshi."

As they were talking, the two of them gradually approached. Wang Sancai saw that in front of one of the counters, a buyer who came to exchange put a large bag on the counter: "This is five hundred medium-grade Yuanshi."

The seller who was lent to usury obviously had not been in a year or two. Just a glance, he could confirm that the big bag was indeed five hundred medium-grade Yuanshi. He nodded, and the little boy following him struggled to move the big bag under the counter. Then, the seller who was lent to the loan lent to take out a high-grade Yuanshi from a small cloth bag below and threw it to the buyer.

Wang Sancai saw the buyer take the top-grade Yuanshi and leave without any reluctance. He was shocked and blurted out: "It's actually four times the net profit!"

Fang Tong was obviously a little surprised that the current profit was so high. However, before he could wait for what he said, he saw a group of soldiers walking down the innermost stairs and guarding a gray-haired old man in the middle. The sound of footsteps that sounded together instantly attracted the attention of many people.

Wang Sancai was stunned, but then he saw the buyers standing in front of the counter, waiting in a long queue to exchange for high-quality Yuanshi, and his face suddenly collapsed. Even the sellers who were lent their loan sharks, their faces became very ugly.

Wang Sancai deliberately stood a little further and raised his eyebrows: "People from the Huang family?"

Fang Tong just nodded slightly and didn't say much.

The old man who was guarded by numerous soldiers soon walked behind three usury sellers, glanced at the cloth bag under the counter of the three, picked a seller with the least cloth bag and walked over.

The three Ultimate sellers cooperated very well and pretended not to see the old man and the Bingwei. They made a deal with the buyers in line as soon as possible. The old man didn't care. They walked straight behind the man and waved to the ordinary people lined up in front of his counter: "Go to the two of them to line up."

As soon as the words came to an end, the other two sellers immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and the seller who was called suddenly froze.

Wang Sancai noticed that the old man was not only dressed in luxury, but also had a crutch inlaid with agate. Although he was covered in white hair and wrinkles, he looked energetic and could not see any sign of decay.

The most important thing is that as soon as he spoke, Wang Sancai immediately realized that he was the "Uncle Li" mentioned by the eldest son of the Huang family, but his tone became tougher.
Chapter completed!