In South China, nearly a thousand miles from the civil war areas, rice rose from eighteen million dollars to thirty-six million dollars a picul within a few days.

在离内战战场将近一英里的华南地区，米价在几天内一八万元涨六万元。

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谷卖给商人，而商人运赣州卖四块钱一，赚去了七倍。