The Heroes of Gulong: Great Chefs from Past to Present

Chapter 402 Everyone for themselves
The chief helmsman of the Shenlong Gang.

Through the window, Li Chaofeng looked at the vast white city of Anqing, his face neither sad nor happy.

Turning to look behind him, Li Chaofeng also asked coldly.

"How is the situation in the workshop?"

Long San bowed slightly, and quickly reported it when he opened his mouth.

"Heavy snow has blocked all roads in the city, making it difficult to start construction."

Li Chaofeng continued to ask: "How are the snow clearing arrangements going?"

Long San was silent, making Li Chaofeng grimace.

"has a problem?"

Long San saw Li Chaofeng's expression and quickly explained.

"I don't know how long the heavy snow will continue to fall. It costs too much to clear the snow every day, and the workers are not willing to go out in the snow."

Li Chaofeng glared at the Dragon King and said contemptuously.

"There are many reasons but things must be done."

The Dragon King lowered his head: "I will arrange for someone to do it immediately."

Li Chaofeng closed his eyes. Clearing snow was never so that workers could go to work normally, but to give the workers a way to survive in the snow.

It's just work-for-relief.

But this kind of thing cannot be told to the people below.

The Shenlong Gang is a gang and a businessman, but it has never been a savior.

Without work-for-relief measures, tragedies would happen every day under the heavy snow and with such a high population density in Anqing.

Even Anqing is like this, and other cities are probably more difficult to maintain. Li Chaofeng tapped the table lightly and asked again.

"How much food prices have increased in each city?"

Long San swallowed his saliva and also answered.

"Anqing's price has increased by 10%."

Taking a breath, Li Chaofeng continued to ask.

"Where else?"

Long San lowered his head: "Thirty percent. Or even fifty percent."

Li Chaofeng's eyes widened: "Who else dares to hoard food stamps?"

Long San shook his head, then nodded: "Big households have long been afraid to offend the Shenlong Gang, but the common people have begun to stock up on food after seeing such heavy snow and it has been snowing for so many days."

As these words came out, Long San also said with some fear.

"Grain stores across the country have recycled too many food stamps in recent days."

Li Chaofeng closed his eyes in pain. Big households were easy to control, but ordinary people who were frightened by hunger might not be able to stock up on food for several months in this kind of weather.

Grain on both sides of the Yangtze River can only be purchased with food stamps, but there is also a risk of a run on food stamps.

If too many people hoarded food for three months intentionally or unintentionally in the snow, they would indeed not die.

But those people who did not hoard food would starve to death.

Looking at Long San, Li Chaofeng asked.

"How much food has arrived in the Sun Mansion?"

Regarding this question, Long San also quickly replied.

"People have been sent to pick him up, but the roads between the state capitals are not smooth. The heavy snow in the south has just melted, and the roads are even muddy. I'm afraid it will take a long time to get there."

Li Chaofeng clenched his fists, his eyes became fierce, and he spoke firmly.

"Send people to keep an eye on the food, use other bills to hire people to go to the mountains to chop firewood, and set up soup kitchens in cities covered by heavy snow. If anyone dares to speak out against it, don't ask me for permission. Kill!"

Long San felt the coldness in Li Chaofeng's tone and quickly lowered his head and held his hands in hand.

"Here!"

After thinking for a long time, Li Chaofeng also clenched his fist and said.

"Send a message to Ba Long and ask his fleet to divert to Songjiang Prefecture and transport food by sea as soon as possible."

"Inform Tielong again that from today onwards, in addition to transporting food from various places, all the ships on the river will set up nets for me to catch fish and send them to various restaurants for sale."

"There's not enough food, so I'll get some meat. No matter how hard and tired the Shenlong Gang is, they still have to help me survive this period of time. Do you understand?"

Long San looked at the redness in Li Chaofeng's pupils and quickly lowered his head.

"My subordinate understands!"

Li Chaofeng turned his back and said coldly.

"Go do it!"

"Subordinates retire."

As Long San left the room, Li Chaofeng's expression instantly became lonely.

After several years of operation, he built a prosperous city in Yijiang. Although Li Chaofeng was very tired, he always had a sense of pride in his heart. But just after encountering a heavy snowfall, his true colors began to be revealed.

The higher the population density, the more serious the dependence on food becomes.

Fortunately, the old man was easy to talk to. When Li Chaofeng asked for food, he gave it to him directly.

Is it just too late?

Thinking of the road conditions in this era, Li Chaofeng raised his hand to ring the bell.

People can die, but they can never sit still and wait to die.

A black-clothed secret guard appeared in front of Li Chaofeng and brought the news Li Chaofeng needed.

Looking at the black-clothed secret guard, Li Chaofeng hesitated for a long time and asked coldly.

"How is the situation in the north?"

Li Chaofeng returned to the Shenlong Gang as quickly as possible after the snowfall to arrange work.

At the same time, we immediately contacted informants from various places to explore the scope of the heavy snow.

The result made Li Chaofeng very desperate. This was a heavy snowfall that covered half of the Central Plains.

Sun Mansion's influence is in the south. Even if it snows, it will melt away in two or three days and will have little impact.

But there is heavy snow in the south, which means that the north is even worse.

Anqing is located in the middle zone between the north and the south. It is just a city on the edge of heavy snowfall. If we talk about climate hazards, it is not that big.

However, when Li Chaofeng built an industrial city, the population density was too high and the people's panic caused trouble.

Various situations were intertwined, which caught Li Chaofeng off guard.

He is not an old man, and he cannot accept that countless people starve to death in front of him.

But even if he prepares enough food, he can't stop millions of people from hoarding food.

As soon as the secret guard arrived, he also spoke.

"Reporting to the Dragon King, the price of food in the North has increased five or six times. It is already a good person, and ten times more is available. Moreover, the price is high but there is no market. Many people have died of hunger and cold."

When Li Chaofeng heard this, his eyes became extremely cold and he asked.

"How many grain merchants have been found who stocked up a large amount of grain?"

The food from the south has been provided by Sun Mansion, but the road is muddy and it cannot be reached in time.

However, the heavy snow in the north has not melted. Although there is a danger of freezing, the official road is still passable.

There is also food in the north, but it is too expensive. Not only is it difficult to buy, but it is often unavailable.

But if you can’t buy it, he can steal it!
The Shenlong Gang is a Jianghu gang!
Anyway, come spring, most of the landowners’ grain will rot in their warehouses.

For the sake of food, Li Chaofeng didn't need any shame at all.

He had killed many people in the past few years, and profiteers who hoarded grains were already on his kill list.

It's just that he never goes out of the Yangtze River to enforce the law.

"Almost all of them were found, and those merchants didn't hide what they were doing at all."

The black-clothed secret guard lowered his head and sounded a little excited.

"Now in the entire Northland, a girl can only exchange for one liter of rice, and three liters of rice can exchange for a young girl. Those guys are really not afraid that we will come to their door in the future."

Li Chaofeng looked at the dark guard in black and did not blame him for his excitement.

Many of the black-clothed secret guards were slaves, and Li Chaofeng was one of them.

The secret guards around Li Chaofeng have been in contact with Li Chaofeng all year round and have heard many of Li Chaofeng's principles.

In the past, he thought that disasters destroyed food and caused food prices to rise.

But now, he finally understands that most of the time the rise in food prices is not due to lack of food, but because large families are actively hoarding food.

It's not that the wealthy people are evil at heart and especially like to see the poor starving to death.

When enough people are about to starve to death, rich families will buy slaves to serve them at extremely low prices.

And wealthy families with too many slaves also need enough food to ensure their daily lives.

Of course, when they store food, they must store enough food for several months, or even several years.

Only a major disaster that lasts for several months can wipe out a large family.

Li Chaofeng looked at the hatred in the eyes of the black-clothed secret guard and said coldly.

"Slavery outside the Yangtze River has nothing to do with the Shenlong Gang. What I want is the unscrupulous grain merchants who have a large amount of grain. Do you understand?"

When the black-clothed secret guard heard this, he quickly calmed down and spoke.

"Have!"

Li Chaofeng: "Where is the closest place to the Yangtze River?"

The secret guard in black reported: "Feipeng Castle, the master of Iron Peng Hall, Fang Gang."

Li Chaofeng narrowed his eyes: "Feipeng Castle, it's him!"

(End of this chapter)