Chapter 388: Affordable Food (Minor Revision)
Liaoxi County
The Governor's Mansion and the County Magistrate's Mansion are going to hold a wedding, and the second daughter of the Shi family and the eldest son of the Lu family are getting married.
Previously, the Shi family and the Lu family were plagued by rumors.
Shi Xue, the second daughter of the Shi family, was at the center of a scandal that damaged her reputation. Even when the Shi family hired a famous midwife from Liaoxi County to verify Shi Xue's virginity, no one believed her.
Everyone just thought that either the midwife had taken the money, or she was afraid to tell the truth because of the power of the governor's office.
This is what it means to create Huang Yao. It is like yellow mud falling into your crotch. No matter how you explain it, it is hard to convince people.
Furthermore, it was a fact that she was abducted by bandits, and the rumor was a mixture of truth and falsehood, so Shi Xue had no way to defend herself.
Lu Yiliang wasn't having a good time either; he was also targeted by rumors. Who knows who came up with the idea that his harassment of Lu Desheng was linked to his collusion with the Shanzhai gang?
He made things difficult for Lu Desheng just to stand up for the destroyed Liufu Village.
In short, Lu Yiliang can no longer go against Lu Desheng.
He felt very aggrieved, but had to give up.
In order to dispel the rumors surrounding Shi Xue, Shi Tao decided to marry her to Lu Yiliang's eldest son. However, his daughter's reputation was ruined, and marrying into a wealthy family was out of the question.
He wanted to marry his second daughter to Qin Sheng, but neither Qin nor Lu would cooperate. If the matter was delayed any further, it would be detrimental to the reputation of the Governor's Office.
As long as Shi Xue's problem is not resolved, the Shi family will always be the topic of conversation among the people. There are other unmarried girls in the Shi family, and their reputation will be affected.
Lu Yilian originally wanted to ask Shi Xue to marry his eldest son, and now, it was like a pie in the sky hitting him.
The two sides hit it off and decided to become relatives.
Faced with such a result, Shi Xue couldn't help crying, "Dad, these waves of rumors must be caused by the Lu family. You must take charge of your daughter's affairs!"
"Don't worry, Dad won't let you suffer this in vain."
If Lü Desheng heard this, he would definitely roll his eyes and despise the Shi family father and daughter. Even if the Shi family guessed it was them, so what? After all, Shi Xue was a girl who was imprisoned and was lucky enough to be rescued and then quietly escorted home. No one made a fuss about it. She just needed to live her life well from now on.
Everyone has been quietly covering up this matter for you, but you insist on repaying kindness with evil. Then don't blame others for lifting your fig leaf.
Luoyang
Liu Xiaohuai came back from outside with a happy face, "Master, the grain from the Changping warehouse has arrived."
Previously, Zhang Xian used a secret letter to pledge one million taels of silver as collateral, and signed a military order to borrow one million dan of grain from the Changping Warehouse in Dali.
The reason why Song Mo agreed was that even if Zhang Xian's plan failed, he would not lose anything.
Even though a dou of grain in Nanyang costs 280 wen now, 10,000 dan is about 28,000 taels, and 1 million dan is 2.8 million taels.
However, the one million dan of grain stored in the Changping warehouse were purchased at low prices during normal times, and even less than one million taels were used.
In addition, the disaster in Nanyang was caused by an earth dragon turning over, so Song Mo really wanted to solve it properly.
Now, the food is in place.
Ji Wuyin asked Liu Xiaohuai, "Where are the grain merchants from all over the country?"
The news that had been passed back through the Ji family branches in various places had spread everywhere, because the news that Nanyang had the highest grain prices in the country had spread everywhere, and grain merchants set out one after another to transport grain to Nanyang to sell.
"The grain ships of the fastest-moving grain merchants are almost arriving at the shore."
"Alright! Now it's time to see how we perform! The time has come when food prices are as low as onions!"
Nanyang
The subordinate asked, "Sir, is the food for disaster relief running out?"
Zhang Xian: "Well, this batch of disaster relief food is indeed running out."
Zuo Anmin frowned. In fact, in order to prolong the relief period and allow more victims to rebuild their homes during this time, they had already been very frugal. But no matter how frugal they were, the emperor only had so much relief grain, and it would eventually run out.
He looked at Zhang Xian. The head of the family said that Zhang Xian must find a way to overcome this difficulty. What would he do?
Zhang Xian thought that the game was set up and now it was time to reap the rewards.
When the news spread that the disaster relief food was about to run out, the people of Nanyang wailed.
Grain merchants from all over the country had been paying close attention to Nanyang. After receiving the news, they urged the grain ships to move forward quickly.
On this day, several port terminals in Yuzhou were filled with large and small grain transport ships from all over the country, especially Luoyang, which was the busiest.
Grain merchants who knew each other greeted each other, those who wanted to inquire about the news went to inquire about the news, those who wanted to rent warehouses rented warehouses, those who wanted to unload grain unloaded grain, and those who wanted to look for sellers looked for sellers. Everyone wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune and eat a lot of meat.
At this time, the Ji family branch in Nanyang officially announced that it had a large amount of affordable grain for sale!
The people of Nanyang purchase grain on a per capita basis, and after registration they become eligible to purchase affordable grain.
As soon as the news came out, countless people flocked to the office and told each other about it. Soon, there was a long queue at the Ji branch in Nanyang.
In a grain store under the Yuzhou Grain Merchants Association, a sister-in-law was choosing grain with a worried look on her face.
At this moment, her husband rushed in, grabbed her and said, "Let's go."
"Hey, I haven't bought any food yet."
"What are you buying? I'm not buying any more. Who wants to buy this shady, overpriced grain?"
"But there's no food at home."
"Let's go to North City to buy affordable food!"
"Affordable grain? How much is a dou?" Even if grain is cheap these days, it's probably at least two hundred yuan a dou, right? But even at two hundred yuan a dou, it's still cheaper than the grain sold at the Grain Merchants Association.
"One hundred and twenty coins a dou!"
"What? Did I hear correctly? Is it really one hundred and twenty coins per bushel?"
"Really! You heard it right."
“It’s so cheap, is the food edible?”
"Don't worry, I've checked the food, it's fine!"
"Then let's go quickly!" What if it's too late and there's nothing left?
One hundred and twenty wen a dou! This is truly the cheapest grain imaginable. Even in a bumper year, it's still only this price, right? Is the Ji Chamber of Commerce the Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves the suffering?
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