The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 1043
Hu Maoshen was also very opposed to it at first. Since he came to Jiangnan, he has nothing to do with this matter.

Even if Gu Chengyu is in charge of disaster relief, once the emperor blames him, there is nowhere for him to escape.

But at this moment, when Gu Chengyu said that there was a way to pay back the food, he was very curious, and then he asked: "Then what is your good plan? You also know that this matter is no small matter. There is no order from the court. Let's open a warehouse and embezzle it without permission." Food, if the court blames it, we can't afford it. Even if you are quite valued by the emperor, those courtiers will not let you go."

Gu Chengyu naturally understands the power of it, if he is not sure, can he say this easily?He is not stupid.

"Your Excellency Yang, just do what you want, and I'll take care of everything."

Gu Chengyu naturally has this bit of confidence. In fact, the food in his space has piled up into mountains, but he has no reason to take it out.

But this problem will be solved soon, and now the time has come.

Yang Chaoying opened her mouth to speak, but after thinking about it, she didn't say anything more.

Gu Chengyu knew that he agreed, and after getting along with her for the past few days, he found that Yang Chaoying was an insider.

In fact, he is bold and careful, but he looks dull on the outside, it seems that he is still not good for his appearance.

"Then you put down the work of diverting the river embankment and hand it over to Duan Langzhong and the others. We have business to do!"

Gu Chengyu's eyes were bright, and the corners of his lips were slightly hooked, as if he had a well-thought-out appearance.

Hu Maoshen and Yang Chaoying looked at each other, only to see some doubts on each other's faces.

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"Shopkeeper! Those people gathered in front of our rice store and refused to leave, saying they still want to buy rice."

A clerk ran into the inner room to report while touching the sweat stains on his forehead with his sleeve.

The shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward and opened the curtain a crack, seeing the people outside still lingering in the shop and refusing to leave, while the shopkeepers were busy driving people out of the door, the shopkeeper was even more worried.

Putting down the door curtain, the shopkeeper turned around anxiously.

He had told his boss before that he didn't want to sell grain now, but the boss didn't listen at all.He knew that his master was kind-hearted, and he couldn't bear to stockpile food. He watched the people suffer from hunger and hunger, but his arms couldn't twist their thighs!
The Xia Family Rice Shop has opened many stores in all major cities, but now they are also collecting grain outside?
Are they for sale?Isn't it just for the purpose of garrisoning, and after the price of food rises, then make a fortune?

How can other Mihang dare to fight against the Xia family?Aren't they all following the lead of the Xia family?
Only their Li family and Zhang's family in the west of the city sell some grain every now and then, otherwise the people in the city would have died long ago.

But their Li family and the Zhang family are just small families, and the Li family is relying on the shadow of their ancestors to live.Now the Li family is going from bad to worse, and has become a family of small and medium merchants in Fucheng, not as good as the generation of ancestors who made a fortune.

Can such a small family be able to stand against such a giant as the Xia family?That is simply a fantasy.

If it weren't for the fact that the Li family has been doing business without deceit these years, they would have been squeezed out by those wealthy families long ago.

Even so, it is really uncomfortable to survive in the cracks!
"Tell your shopkeepers to come out. If you open a rice store and don't sell rice, what kind of rice store are you still open? What do you want to do? We are all stopped. If you don't buy rice, you will starve to death. What about your conscience? Is it the same as other families, wanting to stockpile food so that they can sit on the ground and raise prices?"

A young man dressed as a scholar was filled with righteous indignation, holding an empty cloth bag in one hand, and slamming on the counter with a folding fan in the other.

"Yes! Ask your shopkeeper to come out. Every time we buy rice, we buy rice from your rice store. We are familiar faces. Your shopkeeper and the owner are not acting properly this time!"

There were also people on the side who responded, and they were all regular customers of Li's Rice Shop.He came three times and didn't rush once.

Seeing the attitude of these people, the shopkeeper became angry.

He opened the door curtain and went outside from the inner room, "Everyone, please be quiet! Everyone in the whole city should go and ask, who is still running a shop besides our Mihang and Zhang's? In order not to let the people bear Starving, the boss made a lot of determination to open the rice shop as usual. For this, he paid a lot of money. Our Li family does not have much grain in the first place. In order for everyone to buy rice, we have to pay a lot of money. Raising food everywhere has offended a lot of people. What you say really makes us Mi Xingchi cold!"

Shopkeeper Li almost burst into tears when he said this.

He is the son of Li's family, his father almost starved to death back then, if Li hadn't taken him in, where would he be now?
Now that he was old, he was put out of the house as a steward, which was considered a bit of respect for him. Such a good master was really hard to find anywhere.

Although the Li family is a family of merchants, the owner's family is benevolent and kind, and everyone in Hangtian Mansion has a good reputation.

Now that he was so wronged by these people, shopkeeper Li trembled with anger.

Seeing that shopkeeper Li was furious and everyone in the shop was a little embarrassed, everyone couldn't help but quiet down.

In fact, how could they not know that it was very unreasonable for them to make trouble?But if there is no food to eat, isn't it going to starve to death?

Adults can bear it for a few days, but children can't bear it!
"Treasurer Li, we also know that your boss is a good person. We are also in a hurry for the rest of our lives, so we ask Shopkeeper Li to forgive us!"

One of the old men came out, his face was slightly flushed, and his expression was even more ashamed.

The whole Hangtian Mansion dare not say, who in the city doesn't know Li's name?I heard that the Li family was still giving porridge to the victims outside the city gate a few days ago. This is indeed a kind and generous family.

It is indeed wrong for them to persecute others like this, and it also seems ungrateful.

"Yes! It's our fault, but we are also driven into a hurry. Seeing that there is no rice in the house, and the two-year-old child has lost a lot of weight from hunger, I am so anxious! I also ask your boss to do a good job and sell it again. some rice."

One person proposed, and everyone agreed.They really had no choice. The other rice shops were controlled by General Tie, and only the Li family and the Zhang family sold rice from time to time.

Zhang's shop was small, and it was sold out as soon as it was brought out.Only Mrs. Li could have a little more rice, but that was just a drop in the bucket.

"Everyone, it's not that Mrs. Li doesn't want to sell rice, but because Mrs. Li has no more rice. Come back, everyone!"

Gu Chengyu drove out of the city in a carriage. He had to understand the situation of the victims in the past few days, but there was still a tough battle to fight.

When the carriage drove to the west city, Gu Chengyu heard the noise from a distance.

He opened the curtains and took a look outside, and found a group of people gathered in front of a shop, and then looked at the sign above it—Li Shi Mi Xing.

"Mingmo! Go and have a look!" Gu Chengyu ordered in a deep voice.

　Thank you book friend Gu Liang for rewarding 300 book coins!

　　It turns out that the Dragon Boat Festival has passed, and the author forgot to send blessings to everyone!May be a little dementia, please forgive me!
　　I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival!Life is booming!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)