Chapter 128: Unsealing
"Register all of this and tell each family that the deadline is three days." Shen Shilang added, "After three days, see who won't give even this little bit of food."
"yes."
Su Jinshi counted the days and realized that in five days, her account would be unblocked.
The closer it got to the time of unblocking, the more excited and inexplicably nervous Su Jinshi felt.
On Shen Shilang's side, time passed quickly without him noticing.
The three-day deadline he gave to the grain merchants expired in the blink of an eye.
But those grain merchants who did not deliver grain three days ago still have not delivered it three days later.
"Are they so stubborn?" the Fifth Prince said angrily, "Is the master behind them so powerful that they dare not obey anyone's orders?"
"I expected it." Shen Shilang said, "There's no need to find out who the master behind them is, and we don't need to know. Let's just pretend that we don't know there's someone behind them."
"Prefect Cheng." Shen Shilang called out.
"I'm here." Cheng Zhidao stood over and said.
"As the prefect, if you dare not do anything because you are afraid of the forces behind them, we can't expect you to support the people here in the future." Shen Shilang said.
Cheng Zhidao said quickly: "I don't know what kind of power is behind them. I just thought they were ordinary merchants."
"Very good." Shen Shilang knew from the Luming Banquet that Cheng Zhidao was a smart man who could judge the situation and was willing to make some bets. "Then you take your people to these shops and move all the grain out."
"Yes." Cheng Zhidao took the list and went to work.
Shen Shilang called a few officials who were accompanying him from the capital and asked them to take their people to move the grain.
"Notify the officials on standby in various places and ask them to move out all the food from the shops in their areas according to the list." Shen Shilang said, "Transport them to their respective government offices. From now on, set up porridge stalls inside and outside the city to provide porridge to the people. Children, women, and the elderly will be given priority."
"yes."
According to Shen Shilang's order, all the places in the northwest that had not delivered grain, including the shops that had not paid enough grain, were directly broken into by officers and soldiers, who moved the grain out of their warehouses.
The officers and soldiers entered the shop and started moving without saying a word, not giving the merchant time to explain. There was no way the shop owner or his clerks could stop them.
I watched helplessly as all the food in the warehouse was emptied.
Their work was not moved in vain; when they left, they were paid the full market price of the grain according to the weight of the grain they moved.
In other words, people bought the food at the previous normal market price.
At the normal price, I bought all the food in your store, is that okay? Shen Shilang even had people keep an eye on those shops.
As soon as newly harvested grain was delivered to the shop, they would send soldiers to move the grain away immediately.
Not for free, pay for it, according to the market price.
But those shops that were troubled were suffering terribly and had nowhere to cry.
Who should I cry to? Report to the police?
It was the officials who came to rob... oh no, to buy the grain! After two or three times of this, those grain shops had no choice but to stop doing business.
Selling at the market price is better than closing the store and not making any money.
The market price can only be restored.
After the price was restored, the officers and soldiers stopped moving.
The food they bought before would be enough to last for a while.
Other people also have to buy food, right? As long as they follow the market price and do not disrupt the market, ordinary people can still afford to buy food and eat.
All of a sudden, everything stabilized again.
Some people in the city no longer have to worry about not being able to buy food and can have enough to eat.
Farmers who depend on the weather for their livelihood are the most affected by the drought, and these people still rely on porridge for relief.
However, as the number of people relying on porridge relief has decreased, the food supply in the imperial court is now sufficient to temporarily solve the crisis.
Shen Shilang sent a memorial to the capital, requesting a two-year tax reduction in the northwest.
Tomorrow is the day when the account will be unblocked, and Su Jinshi was so excited that he couldn't sleep at night.
I lay in bed and stared at Shen Shilang on the phone until three o'clock. I felt I had to sleep, so I put down the phone, closed my eyes, and tried hard to fall asleep.
But after an hour, two hours...
Although Su Jinshi's eyes were closed, his mind was still very clear and he was not sleepy at all.
There was really no other choice, so Su Jinshi simply opened his eyes.
The sky outside the window had already turned blue, and was rapidly changing to bluish-white, becoming brighter and brighter.
Su Jinshi simply didn't want to sleep. He got up, entered Daxi's world, and made himself a cup of coffee.
She couldn't calm down and couldn't concentrate on writing the script, so she didn't turn on the computer.
With the brewed coffee in one hand and the phone in the other, he returned to the bedroom.
Su Jinshi stood the pillow upright, sat on the bed leaning against the pillow, and tapped Shen Shilang who was sleeping.
No response.
Please...collect 6...9...books...!
Her account has not been unblocked yet.
Su Jinshi clicked into the personal center and saw that his account was still 4 hours, 15 minutes and 31 seconds away from being unblocked.
The seconds are counting down.
Su Jinshi could only wait.
After waiting for so many days, four hours will pass quickly.
Knowing that Shen Shilang couldn't feel it, he wasn't worried about disturbing his rest.
Su Jinshi tapped Shen Shilang's nose.
He has a nice nose.
She has high heels, narrow nose wings, and a straight nose bridge, exuding a model-level level of refinement.
But there was a slight hump on the bridge of his nose, which made his nose less delicate and more real.
This hump...
It's sexy as hell.
When Su Jinshi was able to communicate with Shen Shilang before, she loved to describe the hump on his nose.
Every time he painted it, Shen Shilang blushed.
At this moment, Su Jinshi's fingertips gently stroked the hump on Shen Shilang's nose. She couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips and muttered to herself expectantly, "I wonder how you will react when you hear my voice again after such a long time."
After not long, Shen Shilang also woke up.
Shen Shilang was not used to having servants help him get up and change clothes.
Even though he is now a tutor, he still maintains this habit.
After he got up and dressed, a servant came in with a basin of water and asked Shen Shilang to wash up.
Shen Shilang left the room and happened to meet the Fifth Prince coming out of the room.
"Sir." The Fifth Prince came over happily when he saw Shen Shilang. "I heard that there is no need for porridge distribution in the city these past two days. Porridge is distributed outside the city, and the people who receive the porridge are much more orderly."
Shen Shilang smiled and nodded, "The disaster has not yet passed, and it will take a while for us to recover to the way it was before, but now the pressure has been reduced a little, so it can be considered smooth sailing."
"Sir, I want to go and see the people outside the city again today." said the fifth prince.
"That's great. I want to go and take a look too." Shen Shilang nodded.
"No wonder you are dressed so simply today, sir." The fifth prince wanted to go outside the city, so he wore a low-key outfit.
(End of this chapter)