Chapter 234 I don’t want to fall into the same trap a second time
Early the next morning, Sang Zhixia, wrapped in the silver-white fox fur made from the snow fox hunted by Xu Yu last year, walked on the crunching snow and went to the granary in person.
Quite a few people were waiting here yesterday after hearing the news.
Sang Zhixia saw those thinly dressed old people and children waiting in the snow with pale faces, and her brows furrowed silently.
She turned her head to Xue Liu who was following her and said, "It's not good to be freezing like this. Ask Song Liu and the others to put a few charcoal braziers in the straw shed next to them and ask them to wait over there."
Sang Zhixia meant well, fearing that people would collapse in the snow due to the cold before they could even buy enough food.
But those who were anxious about not being able to buy low-priced food did not dare to accept her kindness and stubbornly stood there waiting.
The village chief is here too.
The old man who always smiled looked at the crowded crowd in the threshing floor with deep worry in his eyes.
"Girl, I'm afraid something might happen."
Sang Zhixia paused after hearing this: "What do you mean?"
The village chief rubbed his white, frozen face vigorously and said in a hoarse voice, "Grain prices remain high, and you opened your warehouse and sold it to the villagers at a low price. It's a kind act. Although there are some mean-spirited people in our village who don't know what's good for them, as long as they have a way to make a living, they will not do anything too evil. It's different in other places."
The village chief is very popular among the people in Luobei Village, and his words are always true.
No matter how rebellious a person is, he must behave himself in front of the village chief, otherwise he will anger the whole village.
However, this is only in Luobei Village.
He can control the people in Luobei Village, but what about those outside the village?
The severe winter snowstorms sold out all the rice jars, leaving countless people hungry and unable to buy food.
If people outside knew that there was a granary in Luobei Village that stored a large amount of food, who knows if someone would have evil thoughts when they were desperate?
What is worrying is not the lack of wealth but the inequality.
Some people are selling everything they have to survive.
Some people, however, luckily saw a glimmer of hope in the remaining space left by Sang Zhixia.
If such a thing were to get out, it would be a big trouble for the Xu family.
The village chief's eyes were filled with worry.
After hearing this, Sang Zhixia just smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have a way to deal with it."
When she agreed to open the warehouse and sell grain, she had already thought of everything she needed to think of.
As long as there are people who are not afraid of death and dare to come, we are confident enough to send people away in one go.
The person who was weighing the rice and grain was a temporary call from the granary. The person sitting next to him with paper and pen, who was responsible for keeping accounts, was Xu Tongsheng, who had gained a lot of weight in the past six months.
Xu Tongsheng was born and raised in Luobei Village. He was quite prestigious in the village and was familiar with the situation of every household in the village. It was most appropriate to ask him to do the accounting.
Xu Tongsheng glared at the man in front of him, who was wrapped in a tattered cotton jacket, and said angrily, "Laimazi, don't I know you?"
"There are only three mouths to feed in your family, big and small. Your mother is seventy years old, and the girl you picked up is only twelve. How much can three mouths eat in a month? You want to buy a hundred kilograms of food for every mouth you open? Do you think I'm stupid?!"
The man called Lai Mazi still wanted to defend himself.
Xu Tongsheng's face suddenly turned cold and he raised his voice: "The boss said that the amount you can buy depends on how many mouths you have at home!"
"No matter if you are male or female, young or old, you can only eat five pounds of rice per mouth! Not even a grain more! If you come and make unreasonable demands, I won't sell you anything!"
"If you want to buy, follow the rules. If you don't want to, buy the more expensive ones! This temple is too small to serve these picky, ungrateful, black-hearted bastards!"
These words are harsh, but not heartbreaking.
Most of those who rush to buy food at this time are waiting for the rice to be cooked.
But we cannot prevent those with evil intentions from making a profit from this.
Sang Zhixia had already thought of buying the granary from the Xu family at a low price and then selling it at a high price in exchange for benefits, and she would not tolerate such a thing.
Five kilograms of food per person is not a lot, but if you add up the number of people in each household, and add the miscellaneous food for a month plus the cabbage and radishes stored in the cellar, it is definitely enough to survive.
If you save some, you can still have some left over, so you don’t have to buy so much based on the number of people.
Most people had no objection, and the dissatisfaction of a few was covered up by scolding.
The commotion that had not yet been caused was suppressed, and it seemed that everything was going well.
Sang Zhixia, who was standing not far away and staring at this side, slowly pursed her lips: "Lin Yun."
Lin Yun, who was called, approached respectfully: "Boss."
"I remember you guys are all pretty good at fighting?"
Lin Yun whispered, "It's not very good, but it's good enough to deal with those scoundrels who want to cause trouble."
These people were all the Marquis's personal guards back then. They were not the best fighters picked from thousands, but when it came to fighting for their lives, these people who had crawled out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood had never feared anyone.
Sang Zhixia lowered her eyelids to hide the gloom in her eyes, gathered her fox fur coat, and said calmly, "From today on, you will be responsible for arranging the personnel to guard here. If anyone tries to take advantage of the situation and cause trouble, you can just beat them up and throw them out. Don't worry about anything."
"And then..."
"You must be more alert at night. We've been robbed on this land before, and I don't want to fall into the same trap a second time."
Lin Yun lowered his head and replied softly, "Yes."
There are more than 300 people in the village, and more than 60 of them came to buy food today.
Sang Zhixia also fulfilled his promise and gave a ten-cent discount for orders over ten kilograms.
The same rules apply when you buy more after finishing this month's supply.
If the amount exceeds the limit, we won’t sell you even a grain of rice extra.
Those who came to the grain field in a state of panic hurried home with their bags of grain, feeling satisfied.
Xu Tongsheng, whose voice was hoarse from shouting, ran over with sweat on his forehead and handed the account book to Sang Zhixia with both hands.
"Boss, I remember exactly how many people each household has and how much food they need."
"Also, I've circled a few people in the booklet. They're the ones who wanted to make excuses to buy more today, but I refused. If they come again, you'll have to keep a close eye on them. They're all shameless scoundrels!"
It's time to save his life, but he still wants to take advantage of the Xu family and take it back for his own benefit. Such a person can no longer be called conscienceless!
He is simply a greedy beast!
Sang Zhixia took the account book and said, "Uncle Xu is very careful and I trust him to do his job."
"You've been busy all day, go back and rest first."
Xu Tongsheng, who was really exhausted, kept muttering about the scoundrel's evil heart and walked away pounding his waist.
Sang Zhixia weighed the account book in her hand, which seemed to hold many lives, and closed her eyes and said, "Uncle Xu's spleen and stomach were damaged by hard study in his early years. He usually likes to drink millet porridge, but millet is expensive this year..."
"Song Liu, pack a bag of millet and send it to the Xu family. Tell them it was my idea."
Song Liu responded and left.
Sang Zhixia stepped into the granary.
Everyone in Luobei Village knew that the Xu family had a lot of land and a lot of grain, and they also knew that the granary here was still filled with all kinds of grains collected from all over and prepared for the granary in the county town.
But few people know that there are several granaries on the ground, and there is an even bigger one hidden underground.
This autumn, a total of 110,000 tons of rice were collected. Through Xu Yu's channels, 80,000 tons were sold at one time.
The rest, together with various grains collected from various places, and sorghum and other things bought specifically for making wine, there were 20,000 kilograms stored in the granary on the ground, and another 20,000 kilograms underground.
There are still more than 3,000 in the granary's warehouse.
When food prices soared, selling the stored grain in these places could bring Sang Zhixia more than double the profit.
But if she is unwilling to follow the trend of price increases, the large amount of stored grain here will become a hot potato in her hands.
Those who would set their sights on this place are not only greedy people who want to make a profit by reselling, but also grain merchants who are crazy about raising prices to make a profit, and even people who are starving and desperate and want to rob and plunder.
Crisis at every step.
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