Need for money

Aunt Yu's eyes were obviously full of doubts. She probably didn't expect that Lin Jingzhi would be provoked in broad daylight. She just noticed that Lin Jingzhi's breathing was disordered and his face was flushed, and there seemed to be something wrong. Secret Art, coughed lightly.

But she didn't know that Lin Jingzhi, who was in a state of nervous stimulation, almost jumped out of his throat after being frightened, and at the same time as his body trembled suddenly, the baby's roots immediately drooped like soft noodles down.

Oops, it won't be frightened, it will only become a display in the future.

Lin Jingzhi was flustered, secretly worried, and looked at Aunt Yu in the air for a while, not knowing what to do when there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the courtyard door, and then Shi Mo ran in eagerly , he did not greet the mistresses, but knelt down and said, "Second Lord, the locust plague has broken out, and the news has spread to Luo City."

As soon as the words came out, Lin Jingzhi straightened his waist, "So fast? Has it all reached here?"

"Well, now there are many people queuing up in front of the grain store, ready to buy grain." Because of Lin Jiang's matter, Shi Mo didn't sleep for a long time last night. Following Aunt Yue's natal family, now he is disheveled, his face is covered with dust, and he looks dirty.

Seeing that Shi Mo had drawn black marks on his face due to running and sweating, Lin Jingzhi frowned, "Since the news has reached here, I think food prices will rise in a few days, you go down and wash your hands." If you don’t face it, go find the big housekeeper and let him go to the village outside the city to have a look. We must let the tenant farmers harvest the grain in the field and bring it home as soon as possible, and pay the rent to the warehouse as soon as possible, otherwise the refugees will arrive in a few days. , I’m afraid something will happen.”

Most of the refugees do not have enough to eat. If there is food in the field, it would be strange not to rush to eat it.

"Yes, Second Master, just now the steward asked the slave to come to ask, did you have someone prepare the salt a few days ago?"

Hearing this sentence, Lin Jingzhi patted his forehead, how could he forget about it, "Go, let the chief steward buy more salt immediately, by the way, we must buy more sea salt."

After a few days to start digging the canal, there will be at least tens of thousands of people eating, and the salt consumed every day will be considerable. Once the refugees flood in, with the increase of the population, the price of food will rise, and the salt will naturally increase. Will increase the price.

Lakes in many places can also produce table salt, but these salts do not contain iodine, so Lin Jingzhi asked the chief executive to buy more sea salt. Lin Jingzhi is a modern person, so he naturally understands that the human body cannot do without a certain amount of iodine every day .

Upon hearing this, Shi Mo responded, and without thinking about finding a place to wash his face, he hurried out to look for someone.

Lin Jingzhi's concubines didn't know that there would be a large-scale locust plague in the north, so Aunt Wan asked worriedly, "Second Lord, where is the locust plague?"

"North!" Lin Jingzhi sighed softly, "There are locust plagues in many places on the four continents in the north. I think that within a few days, the victims will wander here."

"Second Lord knew in advance?" Aunt Yu interrupted suddenly and asked, when Shi Motong passed the news just now, she was not as careful as she said.

Nodding his head, Lin Jingzhi responded.

Aunt Rou is a child from a poor family, and she has been hungry since she was a child. The dizzy feeling of a hungry person is really uncomfortable. She let go of Aunt Shuang's arm, walked in front of Lin Jingzhi, pulled up He shook his big hand slightly, his eyes filled with unbearable, "Second master, I remember that every year, the family opened a shed to help the poor refugees through the difficult winter. Rou'er also ate porridge when she was a child. How about, this winter, the family will still help the victims?"

She really couldn't imagine the tragic image of the victims being starved to death because they had no food to eat.

Dotingly embraced the lovely and kind girl in front of him, Lin Jingzhi responded: "Yes, I have already prepared in advance. When the victims of the disaster flood into Los Angeles, the Lin family will open a shed to provide porridge."

Aunt Shuang and Aunt Wan looked at each other when they heard the words, and both of them frowned slightly. Both of their natal families are businessmen, and they are very sensitive to numbers. Although they know that the victims are very poor, if there are too many victims, the government will I'm afraid it will cost a lot of silver.

"Second Master, do you estimate how many disaster victims will flood into Los Angeles?" Aunt Shuang finally couldn't hold back, and asked softly.

"Between 15 and [-]."

As soon as these words came out, all the women in the small courtyard exclaimed and opened their mouths wide. Fifty thousand to 15 victims are too many.

"There are too many places affected by the disaster..." Lin Jingzhi tried his best to briefly describe the disaster situation. After listening, all the women were silent for a while, and the atmosphere became dull.

A few birds flew overhead and chirped a few times, which appeared very clearly.

"Okay, I've made complete preparations for how to deal with this natural disaster. If there are no accidents, I will feed them all and not starve to death." Lin Jingzhi's heart rose when he saw the girls. There was a trace of shadow, and he quickly spoke to reassure. At the same time, he also understood that the hearts of these women were very kind.

"En." Aunt Rou nodded heavily, without any doubt.

Because Lin Jingzhi had almost prepared everything in advance, so after thinking for a while, he didn't go out, but still stayed in the small courtyard, teaching the girls to paint. It was almost noon, and Aunt Shuang's painting skills had also made great progress. The progress of the painting has basically possessed the characteristics of cartoon characters.

He has a lot of things to do in the coming days, so he plans to leave the business of making toys and selling brocade handkerchiefs to a few wives and concubines for the time being. When all the preparatory work is done, when the time comes, he can start mass production. At that time, the Lin family will definitely make a fortune.

As for the timing, I guess we'll have to wait until Tian Ji steps down.

But if you really want to do a lot of work, there is a lot of preparatory work in the early stage, which is enough for these girls to be busy, and if these girls can get together every day, their relationship will definitely become deeper and deeper.

Not long after having lunch in the small courtyard, the boys who had gone to forge the iron rings came back. There were eight iron rings in their hands, about three fingers wide, and two were placed on each wooden bar. Tightly hooped on the surface, not half loose.

"Come on, give me a hand." Lin Jingzhi asked a few servants to turn the unicycle over, and then he personally picked up the hammer and began to jingle it.

Except for Aunt Yu, none of the women could understand what their husband-in-law was doing, but they were all daughters, and except for Aunt Rou, they had never seen a carpenter work. So, just gather around and watch curiously.

Lin Jingzhi first connected the wooden bar to the two wheels with iron nails, then measured the distance between the two iron rings on the wooden bar, and nailed two crescent-shaped wooden wedges on the carriage, The distance between these two wooden wedges is exactly equal to the distance between the two iron rings, so that it is only necessary to lift the carriage and place it on the wooden bars.

The two crescent-shaped wooden wedges snapped right over the two iron rings and held them in place.When pulled, only the two hoops rubbed against the crescent-shaped wooden wedge.

At this time, the wooden bar is also the axle connecting the two wheels.

After completing these tasks, Lin Jingzhi wiped the sweat off his face, smiled and waved to Aunt Yu, "Yu'er, now you can take the car around and see if it matches the unicycle just now." than, which one is better."

In this era, all hand-drawn carts have one wheel, and only carriages have two wheels, so even Aunt Rou, a poor village girl, has never seen a cart like this before.

Aunt Yu obediently stepped forward, lifted the shaft, and felt it for a while. It seemed that it was no different from the previous unicycle, with the same effort, but before she pulled it, she saw Lin Jingzhi support it with his hands. Flipped into the compartment.

Does he want me to walk him like a wild horse?

Thinking of this, Aunt Yu felt that her self-esteem had been seriously hurt, her pretty face hidden under the veil was full of chills, and her heart was filled with rage.