Xia Daohua agreed and asked the people from the escort company to purchase thousands of kilograms of black beans, soybeans, mung beans, and kidney beans in Kyoto. They also asked them to buy some millet, sorghum, corn, and millet.
The amount was controlled within five thousand taels, which was the money that Wang paid for buying rice last time.
There is an endless supply of food in the supermarket, and it is refreshed every twenty-four hours. The reason why Xia Daohua arranged for them to buy food was mainly to make the cover more realistic.
Three days later, the escort and the caravan returned to Jixiang County with the purchased beans and grains. Because they were traveling on the official road, the speed was not slow and the journey was relatively peaceful.
Xia Daohua watched them unload the goods from the warehouse, as they came in and out, carrying bags of grain in. She carefully inspected them. After confirming that most of the grain and beans were fine, she happily settled the bill with the escorts and the caravan, gave them a tip, and asked them to continue helping to protect the warehouse.
The escort naturally agreed happily.
Xia Daohua said she wanted to check it carefully and stayed in the warehouse alone for a long time before coming out.
The escorts almost thought that something had happened to her. They were about to go in to check, but after knocking on the door a few times, they were relieved when they saw her come out.
Xia Daohua's face was covered in sweat. Her once clean clothes were now stained with dust and soaked with sweat.
Seeing this, the escort master couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved and opened his mouth: "Madam Xia, the people in our Fuwei Escort Agency are all reliable."
What you mean is, did you really check each bag?
Don't you trust us so much?
Xia Daohua heard it and quickly spoke to comfort her:
"I know you are reliable. Otherwise, why would I choose you over other escort agencies in Jixiang County?
Besides, the quality of the grain has just been checked in front of you, so why bother turning it over and over again?
I just noticed that the ground where the grain bags were piled was a little damp, as if it was slightly seeping with water.
This food is most afraid of moisture.
I got anxious and took matters into my own hands and moved the grain bags to another place to stack them.
Because there were so many bags to move, and I didn't think to ask you for help, I just spent a long time moving the bags, and ended up working myself into a sweat.
Xia Daohua said this with an awkward smile, which made her look extremely pitiful with her rosy cheeks and sincere eyes.
It has been raining in Jixiang County since June 6th.
The Taohua River, the largest river near Jixiang County, has risen to a level not seen in a century. The water level has risen by three or four feet compared to previous years, and it looks like it will overflow the levee at any time.
Furthermore, these warehouses are used for unloading goods at the docks, and are not granaries built specifically for storing grain. It is normal for the ground to be damp.
After listening to Xia Daohua's explanation, the bodyguards thought about the rain in recent days and the smell of earth in their yard and house, and they immediately took it seriously.
The leading escort suddenly felt embarrassed:
"Oh, look at what has happened!
Don't be so anxious. If there is anything, just shout.
Although our main job is escorting, we are not the kind of people who will not take advantage of any opportunity."
Xia Daohua smiled and nodded: "I don't need to. I'll remember to ask you for help next time I need help."
After comforting the escort, Xia Daohua said goodbye and went to see the county magistrate's wife, Wang, in person to inform her that part of the new batch of 100,000 dan of grain had arrived.
These days, Wang had been distributing food and porridge to the refugees every day. The food she had was almost gone. Seeing Xia Daohua had bought new food so quickly, she was overjoyed and shook Xia Daohua's hand tightly:
"Madam Xia, you are truly my lucky star!"
Xia Daohua smiled shyly, as if she was a little embarrassed:
"Madam, you're so kind. You're so dedicated to saving more lives, even paying out of your own pocket. That's truly admirable! Although I'm not as noble as you, I'm happy to be able to help out a little bit and contribute my own little bit."
Wang was so delighted by what Xia Daohua said that her face was full of smiles. She saved people not only because she wanted to save the lives of those refugees, but more importantly, she did it for the sake of County Magistrate Yang.
County Magistrate Yang wanted to be a capable and famous official, so when he encountered refugees, he naturally did not want to do what others did, such as closing the city gates and blocking the refugees outside the high city walls, or simply sending out the soldiers from the Qianhu Division to drive the refugees away.
He wanted to save these refugees and keep most of them in Jixiang County.
Population growth is also a very important political achievement.
However, it is easy to keep them for a while, but it is not so easy to make them willingly become citizens instead of returning to their hometowns after the disaster is over.
County Magistrate Yang had already sent most of the local laborers back home, gradually replacing them with young and strong refugees, allowing them to continue repairing the city walls, digging canals, clearing silt, and building river embankments...
If you make people do such hard work, they naturally need to be well fed.
The meals consisted of cheap corn and broomcorn millet. As for the refined rice sold to Wang by Xia Daohua, most of it had already been replaced by the cheapest coarse grains.
There are corn, broomcorn millet, corn flour, and acorn flour. These are the coarse grains distributed to refugees, used in porridge stalls, and placed on construction sites.
Only a small portion is retained for emergency use for patients, especially the elderly and children.
Not only do they have to have enough food, but they also have to give out some tips every now and then.
Of course, not everyone can get the reward money. Only a small number of people who complete the task best, do the work most beautifully and most enthusiastically can get the reward money.
There are ten places in each area.
The prize for first place is one thousand coins, which is one tael of silver, the second place is five hundred coins, the third place is three hundred coins, and the prizes from fourth to tenth place are the same, only one hundred coins.
The selection is held every ten days.
In other words, rewards should be given out three times a month.
County Magistrate Yang sent patrols to conduct secret inspections to ensure the fairness of the selection.
Just this small move has mobilized the enthusiasm of the refugees.
It was the first selection, and most people didn’t take it seriously at first. They always thought that only those who had a good relationship with the team leader and the supervisor and could flatter him would have a chance.
But to the surprise of most people, the final selection actually chose the refugee who worked the most diligently, the most hardworking, and the best, and he received the reward.
Everyone was excited.
For several consecutive months, the refugees maintained a high level of enthusiasm for work.
After several days of overt and covert observation, Xia Daohua felt reassured about the various measures taken by Wang and County Magistrate Yang.
Therefore, this time, when Wang asked for 100,000 dan of grain, she not only agreed to it straightforwardly, but also specially prepared beans and whole grains instead of refined rice and white flour.
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