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"Master Zhou, I really bought the food with the 20 taels of silver and distributed it to the refugees. If you don't believe me, then I will send someone out to inquire and find out if what I said is true!"

"No need to inquire!" After Xu Zi finished speaking, he took out the paper from his arms. On it was the receipt of the bank's deposit, and on it was Li Yuan's handprint. Looking at the thing in Xu Zi's hand, Li Yuan's expression changed. ,road. "Where did you get it?"

Xu Zi sneered and said. "If you want more than others, you have to do nothing!" He put away the paper and said to the official. "Take it to the prison, so I can take care of it!" This receipt was given to him by Zhou Tianmiao, but Li Yuan made a mistake. The 20 taels was silver. Apart from the other two major families in Chao Yang Kingdom, the largest family belonged to the Bai family. family, but Zhou Tianmiao is Baiyao's cousin. If an official deposits a large amount of money, how can he not do anything?

As for the 20 taels, the purpose of taking it back this time is to buy food. The most important thing right now is to feed the refugees!

"Master Zhou, since the money is stored in Baijia's bank, and Baijia is also a big business family, as for the grain..."

Zhou Tianmiao nodded and said. "Master Xu, don't worry, I have informed my cousin Baiyao about this matter, and the food will definitely be delivered tomorrow!"

20 taels, just for one family, it is enough to eat and drink for a lifetime, and can support the next generation, but the food purchased by the people in these counties with 20 taels is probably not enough Eat for half a month!

Because of the floods, the price of this grain also increased.On weekdays, a bag of white flour costs only seventy or eighty Wen. If it is a little better, it can cost ninety or more than a hundred Wen. Now, for a hundred Wen, it would be nice to be able to buy a bag of crushed corn, not to mention a bag of white flour. up!

Rao is a hundred families who come forward to buy food, and the amount is too much.The price can't be kept down, and once Baijia takes over the matter, the grain prices of the rice and grain shops of the other two families will also continue to rise. As a result, many people who do business with Baijia will get involved in other companies. Two big families!

Because of this matter, Bai Yao was not less worried.However, if he doesn't agree with this matter, his cousin is also taking care of Baijia when he is an official in the court. On the other hand, Baijia has to rely on him to do business!

"Third Brother. Tomorrow, you will personally transport the grain!" Bai Yao clapped his abacus while holding it.Bai Jing nodded and frowned. "Brother, I bought food for 20 taels, and the food is not enough. The steward said the day before yesterday that the part across the river was flooded!"

"It can't be helped, 20 taels of silver. It's the other two families who can buy twice as much money as they are now. But taking advantage of this opportunity, they are not afraid to raise the price of grain again and again." Will you be beaten afterwards?" Bai Yao also thought through it thoroughly, now that he contributes to the imperial court, the status of the Bai Family will also grow in the future!

In the eyes of the world, this man who runs a business is full of copper coins, and he is naturally inferior to being an official. Even if the family is big and the business is big, even a small official can beat you!

"Okay, I'll deliver the food tomorrow morning. By the way, the person who is going to cross the river with my cousin is Master Xu Zixu?"

Bai Yao nodded and said. "What?"

"Master Xu, isn't he married to Chunnong's daughter as I heard earlier?" Chen Chunhua and Xu Zi got married, and they didn't send people to the hundreds of houses to bring word, but Bai Yao found out about it later, and sent them too. People sent gifts!

"It's him!" Bai Yao said after finishing speaking, raised his eyes to look at Baijing. "what do you mean..."

"The daughter of Chunnong is a title bestowed by the Holy Majesty. Wouldn't it be better if the matter of food was entrusted to her? It's better than us giving away the money for nothing!"

"I forgot this!" Bai Yao said after finishing speaking, put down the abacus in his hand. "I have to go to Zhaojia Village myself!"

Chen Chunhua has also listened to the letter now, Dong Niang told her about the flood disaster in crossing the river yesterday, thinking that Xu Zi was also going to cross the river!

Today, I heard the old woman who went to the town to buy vegetables say that the price of pork has also risen, and the price of everything has increased. The pork that was seven or eight yuan a catty has now risen to twelve yuan a catty. Don't mention anything else.

In the area of ​​Qingshui Town, everyone can eat pork worth twelve cents a catty. Chen Chunhua is also a little strange. Dujiang is far away from Minmin City, and it is even farther away from Qingshui Town. Prices have gone up?

"Boss, Master Bai is here!" Chen Chunhua nodded after hearing this, and said. "Let him in!"

After not seeing each other for several days, Bai Yao came in, looked at Chen Chunhua and said with a smile. "Boss Chen, are you free?"

"It's not a problem, I don't know if the Baida young master is here today for money?" Chen Chunhua's fan business is booming, even if the flood across the river doesn't affect this area, it's still very hot here, but it's Chaoyang Country It's okay, many business people from neighboring countries come to her Zhaojia village to order fans, which is good!

Bai Yao nodded and said. "Probably, Boss Chen is also aware of the flood in the Dujiang River. This flood has affected a lot this year. Not only the Dujiang River was flooded, but even several counties near the Dujiang River were flooded. There are quite a lot of refugees in that area. , there are many refugees even in the capital!"

"It's so serious. If it's really like this, isn't it a major national event?" Chen Chunhua frowned, no wonder even the prices of things in Qingshui Town have increased, said. "Young Master Bai, tell me why you came here this time?"

"Master Zhou and Master Xu entrusted the purchase of grain to my Baijia, and you know the other two families. Once my Baijia takes over this matter, they will definitely be squeezed out, rather than giving away the money for nothing. If you can’t buy food yet, why not…”

"You mean you want me to make a profit?" Chen Chunhua nodded and said. "I don't know the situation of the flood yet, but for food, I think it will be quite difficult according to the ability of my Zhao family. The ability of your family is like this. How can I be a small businessman?" take over?"

Chen Chunhua shook her head, she couldn't deal with it, there was still a month before the rice harvest, and the floods in crossing the river couldn't wait!

"Boss Chen, this is different. You are the daughter of Chunnong who was appointed by the Holy Majesty. You can't be compared with my family of business. With this name, how can the other two families compete with you?" Seeing that Chen Chunhua's face remained unchanged, Bai Yao continued. "The flood of crossing the river cannot be solved overnight. Because the refugees have no food, they are starving and panicking. They are doing everything they can. Master Xu and Master Zhou are crossing the river this time!"

After hearing this, Chen Chunhua was taken aback and said. "Young Master Bai, I accept this matter!"

"Okay, with Boss Chen's words, I'm relieved. In the morning tomorrow, my third brother Baijing will escort the grain to cross the river to meet Lord Zhou and Lord Xu. This batch of grain was originally 20 yuan allocated by the court earlier. Purchased in two places, now there is no money left, I'm afraid..."

"Wait, are you saying that the grain that will be escorted tomorrow is purchased with the money allocated by the court?" Chen Chunhua frowned. Since it was purchased with the money allocated by the court, how could the other two big families spend the grain like this? Wouldn't it be against the court to raise the price?

Afterwards, Bai Yao told Chen Chunhua about the reason of the matter, and after listening to it, Chen Chunhua cleared her doubts and said. "Since that's the case, I've been thinking about it for a while. Do you want Master Bai to listen?"

"Boss Chen, let's talk!"

"Since they are all doing business, Minmincheng, Xingxian, Qingcheng, Liaocheng, and other counties have many shops and businesses. As you said, I have the name of Chunnong's daughter. If these Wouldn’t it be better for the business owner to raise money to buy things? Besides, if the food is really not enough, they go door to door and say, not to mention money, even a catty of food is enough!”

Bai Yao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and said. "Why didn't I think about it, Boss Chen is smarter!" But then again, if Baiyao thought about this, he is just a businessman, so he must not be as famous as Chen Chunhua!

And Chen Chunhua's plan is very good, according to her name, but it has spread all over the area, who doesn't know her name, Chen Chunhua?

Chen Chunhua and Bai Yao talked about the fundraising in detail, and then asked people to set aside a part of the tens of thousands of catties of millet stored for their own food, and the rest was ground into rice. The busy people here called hundreds of people to mill the rice!

The boss and the third child came back to find out about this, and they didn't take a break. The rice and millet were taken by Mrs. Wen and Mrs. Wen, and the whole family got busy!

"Brother, hurry up and ask everyone to load the rice into the carriage, and mix and match the crushed corn together!" Chen Chunhua also had some thoughts, and mixed the milled rice and the milled corn together Well, this rice can't be used to cook rice for those refugees to eat. Each person can eat a bowl of it better. If it is cooked porridge, each person can still grab a bowl to pad their stomachs!

After all the work was done, Chen Chunhua counted the wages one by one, and when he heard that the rice was given to the refugees crossing the river, everyone yelled and insisted on confiscating it!

"Sister-in-law, the food is ready!" Hanzi clapped his hands and shouted to Chen Chunhua at the door.Chen Chunhua nodded and said. "It's almost dawn, everyone go back and rest, I'll be over early tomorrow morning, I still have things to keep everyone busy!"

"Success, let's go back and rest!" Everyone responded and went back to rest!

The boss looked at the food in the dozen or so carriages outside. These carriages were also borrowed from the houses of the villagers. Otherwise, they really didn't have anything to wear!

"Daughter-in-law, hurry up and rest, it's getting late!" The third child yawned, and helped Chen Chunhua into the house!

Chen Chunhua couldn't sleep now, the flood matter couldn't be delayed, she thought about it and said. "Big Brother, Third Brother, I will tell the village about the flood in the village tomorrow. If you live a relaxed life in the house, you can give some money and food, it doesn't matter much, as long as you have the heart!" Continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)