honor me as god

Chapter 514

During this period of time, the escort team for the Caolu and Land Transports has been traveling day and night, without stopping for a moment on the way, and transported the relief food to Danyu City as quickly as possible.

The delivery point of the food relief is at the port of Danyu City, which is the intersection of the water and land transportation routes and a prosperous trade center.

In order to ensure the smooth transportation of grain, the trade market has been temporarily closed, and the port has temporarily stopped import and export activities, and all the routes have been vacated for the transportation team. After all, it is 162 million tons of grain. If there is not enough space and manpower, it will be difficult to unload the goods. I don't know how much time it will take.

Of course, business activities have stopped, and life still has to go on. There are a lot of spectators on both sides of the street outside the port, pointing at the relief food packed in the car and transported to the granary:

"The harvest time for this batch of wheat in the Danyu Plain hasn't come yet, has it? Where did so much grain come from?"

"I think these grains have been transported a few days ago, and they have not stopped sooner or later. It is estimated that the granary is almost full."

"Is there going to be a war with so much food? Are these all military food?"

"Whether it is military rations or not, it is definitely not for us anyway. There are so many wheat fields in Danyu Plain, so there is no need to buy food from other places."

"Hehe, I heard that you are not a local. How many catties of the wheat in Danyu Plain can fall into our mouths? Forget it, let's not talk about it, I don't want to be imprisoned in the Public Security Department again."

While the civilians were chattering, the officials of Danyu City, headed by Consul Ge Mai and Prosecutor Lin Gengsen, were meeting with the local nobles in the center of the port.

There are hundreds of noble families in Danyu City. These people have their own connections and backgrounds in the political arena. Speak politely.

The representative of the nobles in Danyu City is named Du Mingwei. He has no official position, but his family background is very strong. Among the relatives who are related by blood, there are 6 provincial-level officials and 23 main city-level officials.

Du Mingwei himself has no intention of going into politics, and only likes the wealth brought by business. He usually has a calm personality and is rich in the city. He was rich in the business field when he was young. The representative of the nobles and the richest man in the entire city.

There is no accurate statistics on how much Du Mingwei's family property is, but to become the richest man in Danyu City, a city directly under the Central Government with a population of 600 million, his wealth must be as vast as mountains and seas.

Gomez had already exchanged his thoughts with Du Mingwei before, and now that the two met again, Du Mingwei looked at the century-old wheat that was constantly being carried off the ship, and said thoughtfully: "This handwritten letter from His Majesty the King is really intriguing. .According to the conventional income, there is at least a 10 times difference in income between using the Danyu Plain to grow blood essence grass, and maintaining the current cultivation of wheat."

Gomer narrowed his eyes: "Mr. Du Mingwei means"

"This is not a commercial act." Du Mingwei's eyes gradually became deep, and he said in a low voice, "His Majesty the King gave up such a large profit margin and must forcibly plant the blood essence grass. There may be political factors in it."

"If I were to guess, it might be that the Hetch family invented some new potion, and the formula needed blood essence grass. The king didn't want to be stuck by the Far Eastern dynasty in the future on the issue of raw materials, so he made strategic adjustments."

Speaking of this, Du Mingwei paused and shook his head slightly: "But I don't understand one thing. According to the time stated in the king's handbook, if we want to harvest and hand over the blood essence grass on time, we must cut off the wheat that is about to mature in the current season. Sui, this will cause huge economic losses, and all the initial investment will be in vain. Why is the king in such a hurry?"

Anyway, no one else nearby could hear it, so Lin Gengsen just smiled straightforwardly: "Why else? I don't have common sense of agriculture~ I thought that the straw is like a stick stuck in the soil, if you want to pull it out, you can pull it out, and if you want to plug it back, you can stuff it go back."

"Let me tell you, I have dealt with high-level people a lot. I have seen too many people who have no common sense. Those ministers are very good at talking, but they don't know anything about basic common sense. The king must be the same."

Gome said with a straight face, "Old Lin, restrain yourself. If you speak ill of the king, no one will be able to save you if someone hears it."

Lin Gengsen gave a short smile, stretched out his palm and patted his mouth.

Gomez looked at Du Mingwei, and his voice sank slightly: "Then, about cultivating blood essence grass."

Du Mingwei sighed softly: "I am personally willing to cooperate with the Kingdom's strategic policy, but to be honest, this policy is very difficult to implement."

"There are a total of 112 noble households contracting the Danyu Plain. Yesterday, I called the patriarchs of various clans to conduct an intention survey. Only 3 households were willing to pull out the ears of wheat. The others expressed strong opposition."

"Everyone has to support their families, and no one wants to suffer unreasonable losses. I also hope that Lord Gome will listen to everyone's opinions when considering how to implement the policy."

This answer was already expected by Go Mai. He took a step forward and got closer to Du Mingwei: "That's the plan of 'purchasing instead of farming' proposed by Lao Lin before."

Du Mingwei shrugged his shoulders, and said calmly: "As long as the two adults are sure to communicate with each other, of course we have no objections."

Gomeg laughed in a low voice, and if there was any deep meaning in his words: "Of course the plan is good, but what about the implementation? Blood Essence Grass is a natural treasure of the Far Eastern Dynasty, and it needs such a huge quantity of 6270 tons. In terms of funds, I'm afraid it depends on me and Lao Lin."

Du Mingwei, an old Jianghu, understood what Gome meant early on, and said directly: "In terms of funds, if the two adults are really in trouble, I am willing to join hands with other nobles to rent it together. We are all friends, so don't say anything about interest." , borrow as much as you want, and then pay back as much as you want.”

Gomez pretended to decline: "Why is this so embarrassing? This is an extremely huge expense, and I am already ashamed to borrow it. If there is no interest, then what is the difference between me and robbery?"

"No, really no need. Rather than thinking about the interest, the two adults should think about what to use as a mortgage." Du Mingwei said unhurriedly, "It is a business tradition to pay first and then borrow. The two adults and I are old friends. If you just want to borrow from me, just ask the two of you, I don’t want any collateral.”

"It's just that the total amount of monthly coins required to purchase 6270 tons of blood essence grass may not be available to me alone. I need the cooperation of other nobles. I think if the process can be more formal, it will reduce a lot of unnecessary troubles by then. .”

These words are very beautiful, but it also made Gomez face a difficult situation: "With such a large amount of funds, the collateral required is sky-high. What should I mortgage you with?"

(End of this chapter)