He stood outside the courtyard, looking around at the house in front of him.
With its blue bricks and gray tiles, the house is devoid of decoration, yet it exudes a simple and grand atmosphere.
From one kilometer outside the courtyard all the way to the courtyard gate, the ground was paved with blue bricks.
The gray door doesn't appear dull; on the contrary, it has a certain calmness.
"Grandpa, why did you come in person? If you had something to say, you could have just sent someone to tell me, or I could have come to your house myself."
Upon hearing that the clan leader was coming, Jiang Bai quickly came out to greet him.
Although the clan leader was somewhat confused in handling Jiang Songwen's affairs when he first arrived, he later treated her fairly.
Even when they removed her and her two siblings from the village, they still allocated her land.
Although she paid for it, even large tracts of land are not easy to come by.
She welcomed the person into the house and ordered tea to be poured before asking, "What happened to you?"
You should know that ever since the clan chief separated the three siblings, he has never come here again.
He never even appeared when she was setting up her sweater factory and breeding farm.
Not to mention him, even the village head has never come here.
Jiang Bai's gaze fell on the village head who had come with the clan chief, his eyes showing a hint of surprise.
The clan chief had something on his mind, and he didn't even glance at the tea placed beside him. His eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and after a moment of contemplation, he said, "Da Ya, are you aware that many refugees have gathered at the foot of Ping Mountain?"
Jiang Bai raised an eyebrow and laughed, "Look at what you're saying, this whole area of Pingshan belongs to my family. How could I not know when people came to the foot of the mountain!"
"There are so many people, I had someone count them, there must be forty or fifty households."
“I see they’ve cut down almost all the trees around Pingshan, aren’t you going to do anything about it?”
After all, this area of Pingshan is Jiang Bai's territory. He watched those people settle down at the foot of the mountain. At first, there was nothing wrong with it, but he didn't expect more and more people to come.
The number of households that have settled here is forty or fifty, almost exceeding the population of Jiangjia Village.
With so many people, let alone food, drink, and sanitation, there's not enough land in Jiangjia Village to sell.
The government hasn't allocated any more land, and in recent days, about ten households have come to his house to inquire about buying land.
But where in Jiangjia Village is there any land left to sell?
The villagers don't even have enough to grow for their own families.
Even if we take five mu per household as a standard, that would still require several hundred mu of land.
If these people were to actually settle down here, they might cause trouble. After careful consideration, he realized that Pingshan was Jiang Bai's territory, and perhaps she had a way to deal with it, which is why he came to Pingshan.
"They only cut down the outer perimeter; the inner perimeter remained untouched."
Seeing that the clan chief was still frowning, Jiang Bai advised him, "With so many people, it is indeed a bit of a problem. Not to mention that there isn't enough land to build houses, there must also be a severe shortage of building materials."
"They fled here in a hurry from other places, and I'm afraid they don't have much food on hand. The households in the village don't have much food either."
"Why don't you see if any of your relatives in the city have a travel permit and go buy some grain?"
"Buy low and sell high, so that the villagers can earn some income."
Jiang Bai's men are good at checking information, but they can't hide their whereabouts if they use fake travel permits to buy things, like grain.
Although she had previously seized a considerable amount of grain, it wasn't enough for her to squander.
Recently, a lot of food has been consumed. Even with the Black-Clad Guards of Mangshan growing grain, it's not enough to feed everyone.
She was recently worried about food supplies when these refugees arrived.
She shouldn't show herself; if Prince Xin and the others knew she was short of food, they might try to trip her up.
But the people of Jiangjia Village can.
In a village of several hundred people, every family has a relative in the city.
Using the pretext of refugees settling down and wanting to make some money by buying some grain, they would issue a travel permit, but not buy much, only two or three hundred catties at a time, which wouldn't be considered conspicuous.
With a large number of people, it adds up to a significant amount.
Jiang Bai's words opened up the clan leader's mind.
Because Jiang Bai set up a factory in Pingshan and hired villagers to work, the villagers of Jiangjia Village all saved up some money.
If we buy grain and resell it to the refugees, it will not only solve their food and drink problems, but also allow the villagers to earn some extra money. In this way, these people will be less likely to cause trouble.
"That's true, but things are chaotic outside..."
The clan chief still had some concerns.
The villagers were just a bunch of peasants. They took the money to the city to buy grain, but they were afraid of encountering barbarian soldiers. They didn't want to bring back the grain and suffer disaster instead.
"You don't need to worry about that. I saved someone a few days ago. He's some kind of great hero in the martial arts world. I'll have him accompany the villagers. If anything happens, he'll be there to protect them. The villagers will always be able to escape in time."
The village head frowned.
"Da Ya, the barbarian soldiers are incredibly powerful. One person probably can't withstand them."
Jiang Bai raised an eyebrow.
"So, what do you want me to do by coming here?"
"We were thinking, do you know any way you could buy some grain?"
Jiang Bai paused for a moment, then smiled.
“Grandpa, what are you saying? I can’t even leave Nan’an County, where am I supposed to buy grain?”
"You must know the situation in Nan'an County. Last year, the government's grain was stolen, and the county was in dire need of grain. The grain was sold in rations every day. With the household registration documents, I could only buy 30 catties of grain per person every ten days."
"Where can I buy food in this situation?"
Jiang Bai had considered buying the grain himself, but a fake travel permit is a fake travel permit. Once the seal was checked at the grain shop, it was discovered.
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