…… ,！ Yin, Punjab. 阴都,旁遮普邦。 After late July, in wheat had started comprehensive harvesting, but the purchase price of wheat compares Kersh one month ago sells, had risen 40 again. 进入7月下旬之后,地里的小麦已经开始了全面的收割,而小麦的收购价格相比起瑞克什一个月前卖出的时候,又已经再次上升了40。 This is a terrifying number, because , the entire Yin wheat price has this means that risen in just 4 months was close to 100. 这是一个恐怖的数字,因为这意味着,整个阴都的小麦价格在短短4个月之内已经上升了接近100。 Farmer cheers, but Kersh actually saw a deeper thing. 身边的农民对此欢呼雀跃,但瑞克什却看到了更深的东西。 This is not very right. 这很不对劲。 Because the price of bread flour has almost not risen. 因为面粉的价格几乎没有上涨。 The wheat price rose, the price of bread flour actually maintains invariably, that these bread flour do with what? Is the low price wheat that last year kept in stock? 小麦价格上涨了,面粉的价格却维持不变,那这些面粉是用什么做的呢？难道是去年库存的低价小麦？ But if in the stock also has the low price wheat, why these merchants do want to buy at a high price this year's wheat? 可是如果库存中还有低价小麦,这些商人又为什么要高价收购今年的小麦？ This does not conform to the logic. 这不符合逻辑。 Looks that these come and go for the merchant are transporting the casual laborer of wheat, Kersh's brow wrinkle is tighter. 看着那些来来往往替商人搬运着小麦的短工,瑞克什的眉头越皱越紧。 Must make anything. 必须得做些什么。 According to own plan, own wheat also takes two weeks to start to harvest, in other words, at least also takes two weeks, he can attain enough for purchasing the money of bread flour. 按照自己的计划,自家的小麦还需要两周才会开始收获,也就是说,至少还要两周,他才能拿到足够的用于购买面粉的钱。 But according to the present trend, he does not think that the bread flour the price can maintain at the present level surpasses for two weeks. 可是按照现在的趋势,他不认为面粉的价格能够维持在现在的水平超过两周。 Therefore, he only has two choices. 所以,他只有两个选择。 Either harvests the wheat ahead of time, either, lends money to buy the bread flour and food. 要么提前收获小麦,要么,借钱买面粉和食物。 But, any side tuart, to him is not an easy matter, in the village will really have the rich people to emit the loan, but interest high scary of these loans, each will calculate according to the day, will not arrive at the critical edge, no one is willing to borrow absolutely. 但,无论是哪种方桉,对他来说都不是一件容易的事情,村子里确实有大户人家会放出贷款,可那些贷款的利息高的吓人,每一笔都是按照天来计算的,不到生死攸关的边缘,绝对没有人愿意去借。 But what is laughable, in this country, the poor person situated in life and death edge were too many every day, therefore their business are also much better. 但可笑的是,在这个国家,每天处于生死边缘的穷人太多了,所以他们的生意也好得离谱。 After silent long time, Kersh made the resolution. 沉默良久之后,瑞克什还是做出了决断。 Receives the wheat! 收麦！ Even if present harvest possibly two weeks later few over 10, but compares the interest of loan, this was still the digit that almost can ignore. 哪怕现在的收获可能会比两周之后少十以上,但是相比起贷款的利息,这仍然是一个几乎可以忽略不计的数字。 He stood up to enter in the room the wife and daughter called, later, two people carried the tool to go to that flake corn field of family/home together. 他站起身走进屋里把妻子和女儿叫了出来,随后,两人一同拎着工具前往自己家的那一小片麦地。 On the road, the wife probed was asking he receives the wheat now the reason, 在路上,妻子试探着问了他现在收麦的理由, He does not talk clearly the logic, therefore can only tell the wife, this is the god gives his decree. 他自己也说不清楚逻辑,于是只能告诉妻子,这是神给他的旨意。 However, this reason seems to be more convincing than the logic of science, in the later practical training, the wife has not asked one again. 不过,这个理由似乎比科学的逻辑更有说服力,在之后的劳作中,妻子没有再多问一句。 The practical training of manpower naturally compared with the machine, but under the hot sun worked continuously three days later, they still harvested all wheat, and then sold at an unprecedented high price it on the same day. 人力的劳作自然是比不过机器的,但在烈日下连续工作了三天之后,他们仍然收完了所有的麦子,并且在当天便以一个前所未有的高价将其卖了出去。 Afterward, Kersh takes that thickness astonishing bill, nonstop hired a donkey cart to enter a city, purchased bread flour and food of full car(riage) from the grain store, but these food enough their family ate last more than half a year. 随后,瑞克什拿着那笔厚度惊人的钞票,马不停蹄地雇了一辆驴车进城,从粮食商店里采购了满满一车的面粉和食物,而这些食物足够他们一家人吃上大半年。 This spent he 70 money, from remaining money inside, he put out part to buy the new shoes for the daughter, bought the shalwar for the wife, bought a axe for oneself. 这花掉了他70的钱,从剩下的钱里,他又拿出一部分给女儿买了新鞋,给妻子买了纱丽,给自己买了一柄斧头。 He does not know why oneself will need a axe, but is seeing its flash, he then feels immediately, oneself must buy it. 他也不知道自己为什么会需要一柄斧头,但在看到它的那一瞬间,他立刻便感觉到,自己必须把它买下来。 Someday will it apply? 也许有一天它会派上用场呢？ May be what use, Kersh cannot think temporarily answered the tuart. 可到底是什么用途,瑞克什暂时想不到答桉。 Only he knows is, at least in the next 9 months, own family member will not starve. 他唯一知道的就是,至少在未来9个月里,自己的家人不会挨饿了。 ...... …… However, has the farmer of foresight to be rarely seen in the place that this person even literacy rate 10 do not go to like Kersh, most farmers after selling out wheat of oneself laborious planter, besides deferring to the experience and current food price leaves behind some deposits, their most income were used to repay a debt and purchase the consumable, or some necessities do not have in that urgent activity. 然而,像瑞克什一样具有远见的农民在这个人均识字率连十都不到的地方并不多见,大部分农民在卖掉自己辛辛苦苦种植的小麦之后,除了按照经验和当前的食品价格留下一部分存款之外,他们的大部分收入都被用于还债、购买消费品、或者一些必要却没那么紧急的活动上了。 Hamlet wedding that in this month, Kersh is, one be more than last year all year round. 这一个月内,瑞克什所在的小村庄举行的婚礼,要比去年一整年还要多。 An entire village prosperity, even there is a merchant to start with the truck to draw the electric appliance and electronic products comes to the village to peddle ---- Even if this village in a year has 9 months at least in the power cut. 整个村庄一片欣欣向荣,甚至有商人开始用卡车拉着电器和电子产品来村庄里兜售----哪怕这个村庄一年中起码有九个月时间处在停电中。 However, in this not influence suddenly had the farmer of money to satisfy their vanity with the expense, when Kersh still put on went out the practical training tattered, his friends has not been ridiculing him. 不过,这并不影响手里突然有了一大笔钱的农民用消费来满足他们的虚荣心,当瑞克什仍旧穿得破破烂烂地出门劳作时,他的朋友们没有一个不在嘲笑他。 „You should change clothes, Kersh, your clothes have broken can make the nest to my family's dog.” “你该换一身衣服了,瑞克什,你的衣服已经破得可以给我家的狗做窝了。” „You should handle itself well, cuts hair ---- Perhaps at least washes the face?” “你应该好好打理自己,去理个发吧----或许至少洗一把脸？” „This is the latest cell phone, why don't you buy? Did your money hide under your bed?” “这是最新款的手机,你为什么不买？你的钱都藏在你的床底下了吗？” „Should you not give your wife money? Is this? Why do not come back to her? Punches her ruthlessly!” “你该不会把钱交给你的老婆了吧？是这样？为什么你不向她要回来？狠狠地揍她！” ...... …… Regarding is mixing with the spoken language of vague evil intention like this, Kersh ignores totally. 对于这样夹杂着隐晦的恶意的言语,瑞克什一概置之不理。 He can definitely understand the psychology of these people, when everyone is handling the same matter, an unusual person then became the different kind. 他完全能明白这些人的心理,当所有人都在做着同样的事情时,一个与众不同的人便成了异类。 But now, oneself this so-called „miser”, naturally became the different kind. 而现在,自己这个所谓的“守财奴”,自然就成了异类。 They do not know that oneself money has spent on food of low-cost, but oneself will not disclose this secret absolutely. 他们不知道自己的钱都已经花在了低价的食物上,而自己也绝对不会透露这个秘密。 This is a depth buries in his pessimism. 这是一种深埋在他心里的悲观。 From the crowds of these happy talks and laughters, he smelled some corrupt aura indistinctly. 从这些欢声笑语的人群中,他隐约嗅到了些腐败的气息。 But this type of aura, when he is very young is very young, actually has smelled one time ----- Comes from, after these starve to death, falls dead in roadside the aura of corpse. 而这种气息,在他还很小很小的时候,其实就已经嗅到过一次-----来自于,那些饿死后倒毙在路边的尸体的气息。 After going home, Kersh closes the front gate, starts to continue his excavation work. 回到家后,瑞克什关上院门,开始继续他的挖掘工作。 He must dig a cave, after closes, only the cave that can open from inside, stored up enough water and food, air that can circulate. 他要挖一个地窖,一个关上后就只能从里面打开的、储存了足够的水和食物的、空气能够流通的地窖。 This is he can do, final preparation. 这是他能做的,最后的准备。 ...... …… Just like Kersh expects, how long the raw material has not maintained with hanging upside down of end product price, early August some day, was under some order to be the same probably suddenly, the price of bread flour and food in Yin metropolis field suddenly started sudden rise. 正如瑞克什所预料的一样,原材料和成品价格的倒挂并没有维持多久,在8月初的某一天,像是突然得到了某种命令一样,阴都市场上的面粉和食品的价格突然开始了暴涨。 Merely on August 1 a day, bread flour price courageous however pull-up 20. 仅仅8月1号一天,面粉价格勐然拉升20。 Afterward, entire Yin metropolis field consumption quantity biggest, takes the foundation food the price of 500 g white bread, from the day before 37 rupees, rose suddenly to 49 rupees. 随后,整个阴都市场消费量最大的、作为基础食品的500g白面包的价格,从前一天的37卢比,暴涨到49卢比。 Is the paddy rice, the price from 54 rupees each kilogram, turned into 65 rupees each kilogram. 紧接着是稻米,价格从54卢比每千克,变成了65卢比每千克。 Afterward, the price hike effect further conducts, the milk, egg, meats and potato, even the price of tap water welcomed the comprehensive rise, according to the news of Yin official issue, within this month, the national expense index rises to 9.2, renovated the highest level in the past 10 years again. 随后,涨价效应进一步传导,牛奶、鸡蛋、肉类、土豆、甚至饮用水的价格都迎来了全面的上涨,根据阴都官方发布的消息,这一个月之内,全国消费指数上升到9.2,再一次刷新了近10年来的最高水平。 A fearful inflation has soon arrived at present, what is more fearful, even under such price rises, the food still had the condition of falling short of demand, trend that the speed that the price rises has not slowed down completely. 一场可怕的通胀已经快要来到眼前,但更可怕的是,即使是在这样的价格上涨幅度下,食品仍旧出现了供不应求的状况,价格上涨的速度完全没有放缓的趋势。 Until this moment, the Yin domestic extremely fat slow bureaucracy lagged behind finally realized the danger. 直到这一刻,阴都国内臃肿缓慢的官僚体系才终于后知后觉地意识到了危险。 They are not afraid the inflation, because each inflation will make them gain one time greatly, but, they are afraid the famine. 他们不害怕通胀,因为每一次的通胀都会让他们大赚一笔,可是,他们害怕饥荒。 After several days discussion, the Yin official promulgated the policy that forbids the bread flour and wheat exit|to speak, may to this time, all already without enough time. 经过短短几天的商讨,阴都官方颁布了禁止面粉和小麦出口的政策,可到这个时候,一切已经来不及了。 ---- Or even on promulgation this policy, is still actually not meaningful from the beginning. ----或者说,即使在一开始就颁布这条政策,其实也没有任何意义。 The wheat that because these to buy at a high price, actually has the considerably large part, still stayed in the home. 因为那些以高价收购来的小麦,其实有相当大的一部分,仍然留在了国内。 As for reason? 至于原因？ But is the transactions of certain international grain merchants. 只不过是与某些国际粮商的交易罢了。 The goals of these companies not in Yin, therefore they do not plan to invest too many funds here, such being the case, then gives the Yin local grain merchant to do part of markets, making them play this hoarding role. 那些公司的目的根本就不在阴都,所以他们也不打算在这里投入太多的资金,既然如此,那么就把一部分的市场交给阴都的本地粮商来做,让他们来充当这个囤积居奇的角色。 After all to make money, so long as some people take the lead to start, the movements of these local grain merchants, even is quicker than the international grain merchant. 毕竟是为了赚钱嘛,只要有人带头启动,这些本地粮商的动作,甚至比国际粮商更快。 But their methods are also certainly cut-throat. 而他们的手段当然也更加凶狠。 Can't collect the grain? Aren't the farmers willing to sell the grain? 收不上来粮？农民不愿意卖粮？ That was good, opens frankly and uprightly snatches. 那太好了,光明正大地开抢。 Do the official want to inspect? 官方要检查？ The national 28 nation more than 600 counties all are our people, what do you take? 全国28邦600多县全是我们的人,你拿什么查啊？ Even if the official core organization, has no means with them. 哪怕是官方的核心机构,也拿他们没有任何办法。 Therefore, under such complex influence gambling, the Yin situation even more is bad. 于是,就在这样复杂的势力博弈下,阴都的情况越发恶劣。 One famines that sweeps across the Yin national 1 billion population have been fermenting, but in eve that this crisis arrives, in the recreation area of Yin main street and small alley, is still brilliantly illuminated. 一场席卷阴都全国十亿人口的饥荒已经在酝酿中,而在这场危机到来的前夕,阴都大街小巷的娱乐场所内,依旧灯火通明。