Mingshi

Chapter 181 Preparation
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"What kind of sage is this!" Luo Xin waved his hands and said, "I can't watch my neighbors starve to death."

Shopkeeper Song walked to a cabinet, opened the cabinet door, took out 500 taels of silver and put it in front of Luo Xin, saying:

"Mr. Luo, the 200 taels is the remuneration for the two volumes, and the 300 taels is the advance payment for the sixth to eighth volumes."

A touch of emotion floated in Luo Xin's heart. He knew that it was Shopkeeper Song who was helping him, so he stood up and bowed to Shopkeeper Song, saying:

"Thank you!"

Luo Xin didn't stay long, he hurried back to Yanglin County, and in the evening, Luo Xin returned to Yanglin County.Entering Yanglin County, Luo Xin went straight to the Lu Mansion.Entering the Lu Mansion just as Lu Tingfang's family was having dinner.Given the relationship between Luo Xin and Lu Tingfang, naturally there was no need to be polite, and they began to eat as soon as they sat down at the table.It was not until he followed Lu Tingfang into the study that Lu Tingfang asked:
"Xin'er, where did you go, you're covered in dust and dust!"

"Teacher, I have already solved the food shortage problem."

"Huh?" Lu Tingfang looked at Luo Dao curiously: "How did you solve it? Tell the teacher."

Luo Xin told Lu Tingfang what happened in detail, and also told Lu Tingfang his own thoughts, so that Lu Tingfang would not get angry with him like Zhou Zhixian.

Sure enough, when Lu Tingfang heard the first half, his face became ugly, and after hearing the explanation of the second half, his face softened.Sitting there and meditating for a while, his face completely eased, and there was a touch of appreciation in his eyes:

"Xin'er, it's not easy to do this with your background and age. At first, the teacher was eighty percent worried about your future career, but now he's only sixty percent worried."

Luo Xin's face collapsed and he said, "There are still six points left!"

"Hehe..." Lu Tingfang couldn't help laughing: "You should never underestimate Yan Song and Xu Jie, they are... both of a generation of masters. Whether they are scholars or officials. Sigh..."

Lu Tingfang sighed softly, his eyes were a little sad.Luo Xin said nothing, of course he knew that Yan Song and Xu Jie were not easy to mess with.And the teacher's evaluation of the two of them also made Luo's confidence sink.But only a few breaths passed, Luo Xin couldn't help laughing.I am still a white man now, so far away from Yan Song and Xu Jie, do I need to think too much now?
"Teacher!" Pressing down on this thought, Luo Xin remembered that there was one more thing to do when he came to see the teacher this time: "Now Shanglin Village has started to suffer from a food shortage, and there are also refugees. So Uncle Zhang wants to distribute food by himself. Uncle Zhang alone is not enough to organize the villagers. You also have Zhuangzi in Shanglin Village, so why don’t you help too.”

"There is no problem. Tomorrow I will send a few people to Shanglin Village to discuss this matter with Zhang Shu."

Luo Xin nodded happily and said, "The teacher will send me another ox cart tomorrow, and I will also buy some grain to go back."

"Yes!" Lu Tingfang nodded in agreement.

the next day.

The price of grain has risen, Luo Xin spent [-] taels of silver to buy two thousand catties of grain, and Lu Tingfang also sent someone to follow Luo Xin to Shanglin Village.There is no need for Lu Tingfang to buy grain. There are several thousand catties of grain in the village of Shanglin Village.This time Lu Tingfang not only sent a butler to follow Luo Xin back to Shanglin Village, but also took four strong servants to escort him all the way. Xin returned to Luo Xin's house at noon.

Luo Xin drove the ox cart into his village, unloaded a thousand catties of grain, then went to his grandfather's house and unloaded five hundred catties of grain, and finally drove the bullock cart to Zhang Shu's house with the steward of Lu's house, and took the Five hundred catties of grain were handed over to Zhang Shu for use in the village.Then the housekeeper of Lu's house also sent two thousand catties of grain.Zhang Shu was overjoyed, and the people in Shanglin Village were even more excited when they heard the news.The energy to protect the village is even stronger.

There are more than 300 households in Shanglin Village, and there are more than 15 young and strong people aged 35 to 80.Moreover, Zhang Shu's family also has five guards with martial arts skills, Zhang Shu's family has three horses, Luo Xin's family now has two groups of horses, plus the four family members from Lu's house all have horses, Shanglin Village actually has nine horses. Take a small cavalry.

The horse that Zhou Yu presented to Luo Xin was confiscated by his father without hesitation. According to his father, it is a time of food shortage and Luo Xin is not good at martial arts, so it is better to let him ride first.Naturally, Luo Xin couldn't refuse, but he still has nearly 400 taels of silver, so he decided to go to the county seat to buy you another horse.But this matter is not in a hurry, wait a few more days, then go to the blacksmith shop in the county town to get back my Guandao together.

Luo Xin fell into a coma for a day and a night before returning to his daily routine.I just spend an hour every day writing "The Legend of Shushan", which is all used as calligraphy practice.

After five days.

Luo Xin's family of four drove an ox cart to Yanglin County. In the past few days, Luo Shi heard that Luo Xin had bought a house in the county, and they clamored to go to the county every day, so today the family of four went to the county to see their new home.There are Luo Ping, father and son, and they are not worried about encountering any robbers on the road, and they have not heard of any mobs nearby.

Near noon, Luo Xin's family entered the county town. The plan was already made at home, and the family of four went straight to the grain shop, and spent more than fifty taels of silver to buy a thousand catties of grain before arriving at their new home in the county town.

Luo Xin took out the key and opened the courtyard door. After driving the ox cart into the courtyard, disappointment appeared on Luo's face.

"This is the house in the county seat! It's...too dilapidated! It's not as good as our Zhuangzi."

Luo Xin smiled and said: "Mother, if this house is not so dilapidated, 150 taels of silver would not be able to buy it at all, and this is still in the food shortage year, if not for the current situation, even this dilapidated house would not be able to be bought for 150 taels of silver. The purpose of buying this house is to make a preparation, and if there is a homeless riot, we also have a place to hide."

"Don't listen to your mother's ignorant nagging, let's unload the food first." Luo Ping shouted.

Luo Shi stopped talking, and the father and son quickly unloaded the grain into the house, and then Luo Ping and Luo Qing drove the ox cart out again.Luo Shi went to pick out three rooms and tidy them up, preparing to stay overnight.Luo Xin wanted to help, but was pushed out by Luo Shi, so Luo Xin strolled to the lotus pond, walked along the Jiuqu Bridge to the Bajiao Pavilion, sat on a stool, and looked at the green pond water.

Before Luo Shi could clean up the three rooms completely, Luo Ping and his son came back with the ox cart, which was full of jars. After unloading the jars, the father and son drove the ox cart out again.It wasn't until Luo Shi cleaned up the three rooms, went to buy some wine and vegetables, and finished the meals, that Luo Ping and his son finished shopping, and placed a whole room of jars, as well as two bundles of oilcloth and two bundles of rope.

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