Last year they bought unhusked rice from the peasants in Wanan and Taiho Counties at fifty cents a picul and sold it in Kanchow for four yuan, making a sevenfold profit.

• 去年万安、泰和两县的农民五角钱一担谷卖给商人，而商人运到赣州卖四块钱一担，赚去了七倍。