Beauty Sihuanian

Chapter 219

This desperate heavy rain has been falling for 20 days, and people are beginning to realize that this is not an ordinary rain. There are officers and soldiers patrolling the streets in Wucheng Bingmasi and Chengfang Battalion every day. He said that the inner city was not flooded much, but he was afraid that the water in the moat would not flow in time, and then overflow, so that the people on the edge of the city would suffer.

Most of the shops in the capital were flooded. Only the newly built shops on Chang'an Avenue were built on a high foundation, so there was no impact on the inside of the shops. It's just that fewer people went to the streets on rainy days, and there were fewer customers. The shop is not bad, as long as there is something to sell every day, it will be sold, but those who buy jewelry, clothes and fabrics are empty. On a rainy day, who would go to the street to buy these unnecessary things? .

The price of rice and vegetables in the inner city rose for a while. After more than ten days, everyone found that there were fewer and fewer things to buy. The price of grain in the grain shop had risen beyond recognition. Song Yuxi told Lin Fan I found an empty storefront for the grain I had hoarded before, and set up a temporary place to buy and sell grain. The price remains the same as usual, but the person who needs to buy it must provide proof of household registration, and each family can only buy a bucket of rice at most per day. There is a reincarnation of five days, and then a two-day break, and the reincarnation continues for five days. If there is too much, it will not be sold, and no matter how high the price is, it will not be sold.

Many rice and grain traders came to discuss with Lin Fan, saying that they would buy back all the grain that Lin Fan hoarded at ten times the price, but Song Yuxi also refused, and agreed with Lin Fan that even if he paid a hundred times, a thousand times Even the price can't be sold!

At the beginning, some people said that the owner of this shop was stupid, that he didn’t know how to make money when he was rich, and that some big families had surplus food in their cellars, so they didn’t have to queue up for these two liters of rice.But after it rained continuously for more than a month, they didn't say that anymore. The surplus food in the common people's homes was almost exhausted, and the rice tank bottomed out. Song Yuxi's food store solved their big problem, and the big families also I began to realize this problem, and the key point is that the grain stores in other grain stores in the city have already sold almost all grains. Even if rich people have money, they can’t buy more things, so they can only do like ordinary people. Every day I go to the grain store on Chang'an Avenue to buy it. Some people can't get rid of the pot, and they all say that this grain store has a conscience. It spreads in the streets and alleys, and more people come every day.

Song Yuxi had foreseen this situation a long time ago, and took precautions from the beginning. In order to ensure that everyone could buy it, she limited everyone to buy one liter per day at the beginning, just because she calculated the supply, so, in To a large extent, it solved the embarrassment of food shortage for most people in the capital.

This matter was soon known to Song Yi. He heard that his daughter actually made such a big deal, and she managed it in a decent and orderly manner. He was afraid that there would be problems with the grain store. Song Yuxi also knew that if the rain continued, it would be difficult to guarantee No one will be evil to the side of the gall and come up with the idea of ​​her storing up grain, so I simply put this matter in Song Yi's name and let him buy and sell the grain in the name of the government of the town. Forty or fifty officers and soldiers of the city defense battalion stood guard in shifts, and the Song family's affairs were soon introduced into the court. Originally, Song Yi wanted to deal with it in a low-key manner, but he did not expect to be told by the prince to the court, and the emperor heard about it. Immediately relieved, he called Song Yi to him and said:

"Natural disasters strike, fortunately, Aiqing is there to share my worries!"

Song Yi blushed, and said bluntly: "This... is actually not my idea, but my daughter's idea."

The emperor was surprised, and said: "Oh? Aiqing's daughter thought of it? There is such a woman who is prepared for a rainy day in the world? I have seen most of your daughters. Which one is it!"

"It's Xiaoqi, named Yuxi, the emperor should have seen it before."

Song Yi's answer made the emperor suddenly find inspiration, and he slapped the table and said, "Oh, Song Qi, I remember her! It seems that she rescued the daughters of the Chu family and the Du family. She still has this idea. Okay, okay, tell her, I've made a note of this matter, let her do things properly, and when the rain is over, I will definitely reward you for your merits!"

After some episodes, the courtiers began to talk about this natural disaster and torrential rain again. At this time, they didn't know that the rain would last for three months. Only Xiao Qiyu and Song Yuxi knew it, so Song Yuxi would do that series of actions Xiao Qiyu didn't think it was strange, and he was not only not surprised, but also deeply relieved. He was really afraid that Song Yuxi would go crazy about money, so he took advantage of this opportunity to make money.However, judging from her current behavior, she is quite cunning and conscientious.

Her actions in the inner city also played a very good role in appeasing the hearts of the people, and prevented Xiao Qiyu from a lot of trouble, so that he could calmly order in the palace:
"I have let Qin Tian supervise this rain, saying that it is a natural disaster. I am afraid it will last for a long time. The court must consider what to do next! After the natural disaster, the affected areas will have no harvest. Is there any food in the treasury? , how to provide disaster relief? What should we do if a plague breaks out?"

(End of this chapter)