Mengyue had said that Xie Ruiyuan would not talk to her about the refugee issue for no reason. He definitely had a backup plan waiting for her. Now he is here, thinking about the food in her hands.
There was indeed enough food in her space, but she couldn't just take it out carelessly, even if the other party was Xie Ruiyuan.
"Two cents a pound, how much do you want?"
"Five million jin."
"How many?"
Xie Ruiyuan thought that the grain was too much because the national treasury could not provide so much grain. How could he subconsciously think that Mengyue had grain?
So he immediately changed his tune.
"Three million catties will do. No, just like last time, one million catties will do."
When Mengyue heard the number five million jin, her first reaction was that Xie Ruiyuan, as a prince, was too cowardly to only want such a small amount of food.
She had originally thought that since Xie Ruiyuan had spoken, she could take the opportunity to give Xie Ruiyuan all the food that could help all the refugees.
She had thought before that since she had already given Xie Ruiyuan one million kilograms for free, if Xie Ruiyuan asked for more food, she would definitely charge him a lot of money.
What she didn't expect was that the dignified Prince Chen didn't even have a thousand taels of silver in his hand. He was a complete pauper.
How could she ask for a high price? So she asked for the same price as in the village, which was two cents per pound.
She was not concerned about the food, she cared about whether the food could be put to good use and truly used to help the victims.
The reason she was willing to give it to Xie Ruiyuan was that during the time she had interacted with him, she knew that Xie Ruiyuan was a prince who cared about the people and would not be greedy for food. On the contrary, under his majesty, even if the officials below had any ulterior motives, they would try their best to suppress them.
But what should she do now? Xie Ruiyuan suddenly reduced the amount of grain from 5 million jin to 1 million jin.
She originally thought that five million kilograms of food was too little, and she didn't even want to take away one-tenth of the food in the space, let alone one million kilograms.
"Why, it's difficult. If you don't have it, forget it. I'll find another way."
"You look down on me, don't you? How could I possibly be without food? I just think five million catties is too little."
When Xie Ruiyuan heard this, he was a little bit unbelievable and spoke directly.
"Say what you said again."
Mengyue looked at Xie Ruiyuan, not knowing why he was so excited. She did not answer Xie Ruiyuan's question directly, but asked about the specific number of refugees.
"How many refugees will eventually arrive in Qingshan Province?"
"It's unknown at the moment, but at least 500,000 or 600,000."
Hearing this number, Mengyue calculated in her mind how much food would be needed, and estimated it to be around five million kilograms.
"Five million kilograms of grain. In seven days, have someone bring it to the house in town."
Seeing Mengyue's expression, even though Xie Ruiyuan had some guesses in his mind, he couldn't help but be shocked. That was five million kilograms of grain, not a few thousand or tens of thousands of kilograms. It was taken out just like that. He couldn't help but wonder about Mengyue again.
But he still endured it. He knew that Mengyue had a secret, otherwise she wouldn't have suddenly become a lady from a wealthy family with superb medical skills and extraordinary martial arts, and could even easily take out large quantities of food.
But as far as he knew, Mengyue was still cooperating with the Qian family to make money. She didn't have much money, but she could come up with so much food. It was obvious that there was something wrong.
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