Space at hand: Pick up a prince to farm

Chapter 539 Selling Grain

She hoped that she could save more people, but at that time almost all of her energy was devoted to refining fresh water.

It's basically a lack of energy.

What if...she could find some people who could play a role in refining fresh water?
"Do you know where the people are best at drying salt?"

Song Chen suddenly asked such a question. Cang Xiuxuan and Su Ze both looked at her intently, "Why do you ask this?"

Now seems not to be the best time for salt merchants.

"I was just thinking about refining fresh water. The current weather is actually very suitable for refining seawater. We all know that seawater is salty, and it can actually be converted into salt. If we can find someone who is good at drying salt, then The process of refining fresh water can be speeded up a lot, and the amount produced is also very large."

The things she asked Cang Xiuxuan to prepare before were actually equivalent to distillation. These principles would definitely be easier for someone who knows how to dry salt.

When Su Ze heard this, he immediately became interested.

"This matter is on my shoulders, and I will find it for you as soon as possible."

There is such a big sea and so much water. As long as this matter is solved, there will be no need to worry about water shortage in the future.

Since Su Ze has taken care of this matter, Cang Xiuxuan will not interfere and let him do it.

"If you are looking for someone, you should give me a way to stabilize the people in the city first."

After solving the water problem, Su Ze felt much more relaxed and his mind was spinning rapidly.

Not long after, he spoke, "As long as you don't feel bad about the decrease of these grains, I think we can just set up a few places to sell the grains openly."

"Find a few suitable spots in our city, and the military will be responsible for escorting and maintaining the scene. Food will be sold at market prices, and each household is only allowed to buy half a catty per day."

Half a catty of grain may not seem like much, but it is enough to sustain life in the current environment.

Originally, Su Ze was thinking of one kilogram, but he was worried that Cang Xiuxuan would not be able to eat enough food.

Cang Xiuxuan had already sorted out his opinion again when he said it. It is completely implementable. "Every household has a household registration. Let them bring their household registration and purchase according to their household registration. If the household with a large population can have the most Buy a pound.”

If there is a business, there must be a way to make money. Now they are almost all spending money in the city. For a long time in the future, people in the city will definitely hold on to their money bags and save money to buy food.

"In addition to food, you also need to find ways for them to make money."

Cang Xiuxuan wasn't too worried about this issue. After all, Su Ze was born as a businessman, and these things were what he was best at.

**
Su Ze's method of stabilizing people's hearts was quickly implemented.

There are food stalls set up in the four directions of the city, southeast and northwest. In fact, it is better to say that it is a stall than a large warehouse that they built in the shortest possible time.

Today is the first day of selling food. Before dawn, Cang Xiuxuan had already sent troops to bring all the food needed today and stacked them neatly in this huge warehouse.

After preparing these, people began to walk around the streets beating gongs and drums to tell everyone the news.

The people in the city have indeed begun to worry about food problems, especially after hearing that food has been stolen from large families in the past few days. People who have food at home are in a state of high mental stress every day.

Now when they heard the sound of gongs beating outside, they felt relieved.

"Madam, did I hear you correctly? Did you say there was food for sale outside?"

In a certain house on a certain street, the man rubbed his ears in disbelief, trying to confirm whether there was something wrong with his hearing.

But before his wife could answer, the voice outside sounded again.

"There are grain purchase points set up in the four directions of the city, southeast, northwest, and each household can go to buy it with their household registration every day, and sell it according to the market price, with a daily purchase limit of half a catty per household."

"There are grain purchase points set up in the four directions of the city, southeast, northwest, and each household can go to buy it with their household registration every day, and sell it according to the market price, with a daily purchase limit of half a catty per household."

The person who beats the gong will call again after walking a few steps.

The man quickly opened the door and came out. What he saw was two men in military uniforms holding gongs in their hands, shouting as they walked.The men were almost stunned.

It took him a while to realize what he was doing, and when he turned around, he saw that all the neighbors were also confirming whether this situation was true.

Not long after, the doors of each house were closed again. The first thing everyone did after entering the house was to find their household registration, and then hurried towards the point closest to them.

This is the most exciting news they have heard recently, but the weather is still like this. If food is not grown locally, there will be no food. They have to buy some food quickly while they have it now, otherwise they will wait until If there is no food to sell, he will be in trouble.

As for the four sales points in the city's southeast, northwest, and large warehouses, the food was piled inside. When Su Ze built these warehouses before, he deliberately did not let anyone open the door, in order to let these people see the food inside.

It will definitely be very popular in the first few days. After all, everyone wants to buy more food. After a few days, if you see that there is still so much food supply here every day, the people will feel much more at ease.

The first person who came here was an old man. In addition to her, she also had a grandson at home. His son had died on the battlefield. When the daughter-in-law heard the news, she ran away and he was left alone from then on. Living with children.

Cang Xiuxuan would have people sort out the situations of soldiers who died on the battlefield every year. This category was classified by him into those that needed lifelong care. When the city was built, the people below brought the old man here directly.

For the elderly, the most important thing is to raise their grandchildren. Naturally, it is better to do whatever is better.

When they lived here before, they could receive some money every month. He also knew some crafts, which was enough for the two of them to live on. He kept all the money he saved to give to his grandson in the future.

Who knows that natural disasters are coming at any time.

In the past, they bought food according to their needs, and there was almost no food saved at home. Later, the price of food began to rise and he was even more reluctant to buy it. He used a little rice to cook some gruel every day. Both his grandfather and grandson had already eaten. He was reduced to skin and bones.

The trembling old man led the poor child to the food sales point and groveled, "Excuse me, my lords, is the food here really sold at the market price?"

It just so happened that Su Ze was at this point today and wanted to see what the situation was like.

When I turned around and saw the old man like this, I couldn't help but feel very bitter, "Old man, this is a stall set up by the prince. All grains are sold at market prices. You can buy half a catty of it today with your household registration."

When the old man heard this, he shed two lines of tears, "Your Majesty is a good man and the best master in the world. If it weren't for Your Majesty, our grandparents and our grandchildren would have died of hunger long ago. Your Majesty is a good man."

"My son used to be a soldier under the prince's command, and later died on the battlefield. The prince has always taken good care of us and brought us to this new city. When I was working in the city, I heard people say Talking about the situation in other cities outside, I said that many people starve to death every day, but not in our city. It’s great, it’s great~”

What the old man said is really all true. There was indeed a lot of news coming in before the city was closed down. These are indeed the real situations in other cities now, but almost all the people the old man said died of starvation. Most are beggars.

In the past, when times were good, many people would give them alms. But now, when times are good, everyone is too busy to take care of themselves. Where would anyone still give alms to beggars? They would either run away or die.

"Old man, don't worry. The prince said that as long as he has a mouthful of food to eat, he will not let the people in the city starve."

Su Ze said this to the old man, and also to other people who came after him. As long as one person hears this, and one person spreads it, it will soon spread throughout the city, plus If these grains are placed here, no one will disbelieve them.

The old man believed it. He lowered his head and wiped away his tears before carefully taking out the household registration from his arms. "Sir, this is our household registration. Please take a look at it."

Su Ze took it personally and took a look. It was marked on the household registration, and there were only two names on the household registration.

"Old man, please keep your household registration and take your things over there to weigh the food. You don't need to pay."

The old man was puzzled, "Why don't you want my silver? To maintain such a big city, the prince needs silver. Although I don't have much here, an extra penny is worth a penny."

The prince has taken care of him all these years, and the old man doesn't want to cause any more trouble to Cang Xiuxuan.

Su Ze was moved in his heart, "You see, there is a mark on your household registration. You are the one being taken care of. Our prince has an order. Anyone with this mark on the household registration does not need to spend money to receive food. Don’t worry, it’s not just you, there are others as well.”

The old man couldn't believe it when he took the food, but with the white rice in his hand, he had to believe it.

He knew in his heart that the prince must have sympathized with his son who lost his life on the battlefield. These things were all exchanged for his son's life. But if he didn't have such a good master, his son's life would have been used to pay for the golden hair. It's useless after it comes down.

The old man put the bag containing half a kilogram of rice on the ground, took his grandson and quickly knelt down on the ground and bowed to heaven.

Su Ze knew that he was thanking Cang Xiuxuan.

He didn't stop them. Now they really need to thank the prince, otherwise how could they have such a good life now?

(End of this chapter)