But Liu Quan is not stupid. He would never ruin his own plan. Instead, he changed the subject.
"Village Chief Zhu, I have an opportunity for you to meet a noble man."
After a few words of nonsense, Zhu Lei understood the hidden meaning of Mr. Liu's words, and it was time to get down to business.
Although he didn't know what kind of opportunity would allow him to get close to a noble person.
But there was one thing he was very clear about, that was he didn't want to give up, he wanted to seize this opportunity.
"Master Liu, let's not talk about anything else first. I want to thank you for giving my family this opportunity."
"What's the big deal? Si Jin and I are brothers. If there's anything good happening, of course I'll think of your family. It's just that..."
When Zhu Lei heard this, his heart skipped a beat. This was the key point.
Liu Quan deliberately paused while speaking, while paying attention to Zhu Lei's expression.
Seeing that there was no change in Zhu Lei's expression, Liu Quan continued speaking.
"It's just that the nobleman needs food. As long as you can get 50,000 kilograms of food, your Zhu family will be registered with the nobleman. You will be rewarded in the future. Even if your family wants to change its status, it will only take a word from the nobleman."
"Oh, who is the noble person that Master Liu mentioned?"
Zhu Lei looked at Liu Quan steadily, wanting Liu Quan to tell him who his benefactor was.
He is not stupid. Liu Quan just gave him a verbal promise and wanted him to take out 50,000 kilograms of grain. Not to mention that the entire Zhulin Village does not have that much grain, even if there is, why should he take it out?
Just because Liu Quan made an empty promise with his lips, he was forced to give out 50,000 kilograms of grain.
How is this possible? He would never do such a stupid thing.
Besides, it is a different time now. After the locust plague, not only their village, but also Qingshan Town, Wuning County, and even Qingshan Prefecture will suffer from food shortages if the plague spreads to them.
During years of famine, the most valuable thing is not silver, but food.
Food can save lives, but silver may not. Although it is absolutely impossible to live without silver, sometimes silver cannot buy food.
But now no matter what Liu Quan said, asking him to hand over 50,000 kilograms of grain, he just wanted to curse and kick the man out.
But he knew he couldn't, because he didn't know who the benefactor behind Liu Quan was.
If he really didn't give him face and kicked him out of the house, if Liu Quan's master retaliated, he didn't know if he could afford it.
He wouldn't mind bringing disaster to the village, but he absolutely couldn't let his family be implicated.
Thinking of this, Zhu Lei said to Liu Quan sincerely, "Master Liu, I also want to share your worries, but I really don't have the ability to do so."
"Oh, really?"
Liu Quan was very annoyed when he saw that Zhu Lei did not agree.
But he knew that he must not lose his temper, because he had failed to take good care of the food and had lost the food he had bought with great difficulty.
The key point is that he doesn't know who can take away the food out of thin air, which makes him panic every day.
Before the food was lost, he lived a comfortable life every day, with beautiful women as his companions, and he could do whatever he wanted.
He was just an insignificant servant in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and anyone could beat and scold him. But ever since he caught the eye of the Second Young Lady, those who had looked down upon him before were all trying to fawn over him.
This time he was sent to Wuning County by the second young lady. As long as he can complete the task assigned by the second young lady, he will really turn things around.
He was able to find Zhu Lei because he had done some investigation and knew that Zhulin Village was only a small village of a few hundred people before, but it later developed into a large village of two thousand people, which was inseparable from the village chief Zhu Lei.
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