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.

在离内战战场将近英里华南地区，米价在几天内从每担八万元涨到三六万元。

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、泰和两县五角钱担谷卖给商人，而商人运到赣州卖四块钱担，赚去了七倍。