Talk About Bragging, How Do You Really Have The Qualifications Of The Great Emperor?

Chapter 49: Is it enough? If not, I'll kill another 3000 pigs!

Bang~

Bang~

Bang bang bang~

One by one, the ragged refugees knelt down in front of the servants of the He Mansion, some even kowtowing.

"No need to thank us."

The servants quickly helped the refugees up and explained, "We are just doing our job for money. The one who came up with this idea is Daoist Wang Xiu from the Three Purities Immortal Gate."

"Out of these 3000 pigs, 2000 were bought by Daoist Wang Xiu, and the remaining 1000 were donated by our young master."

"If you want to thank someone, it should be them."

After the servants explained,

All the refugees were moved to tears. Some came from nearby cities and had to migrate due to flooding disasters.

Some came from other territories ruled by Immortal Gates, and they had to leave their hometowns because of the harsh oppression by Immortal Gate disciples, unable to sustain their lives.

And some even escaped from the "human breeding grounds" within the territory of the Monster Race, risking their lives and finally arriving in Maple City.

They had been hungry and suffering along the way, already losing half of their lives.

But now,

After eating this steaming bowl of coarse rice porridge, they felt alive again. The feeling of being able to eat their fill was truly blissful.

Daoist Wang Xiu.

Young Master He.

These two names were deeply engraved in their minds, more profound than anything else.

...

The news spread quickly.

The news of the He family providing relief with "bran and coarse rice porridge" quickly spread throughout Maple City.

At first,

When the people heard that the He family was using animal feed to provide relief, the people in the city cursed loudly.

But,

When they heard that the He family was "exchanging pork for coarse rice, and at a discount," the curses disappeared, and all that was left was praise.

There were even suggestions for the He family to "add more pork," "who can eat 3000 pigs," "let the neighboring city see, they might think we people of Maple City can't afford it," and so on.

For a while,

The entire city was moved by this. Bags of coarse rice were sent from thousands of households to the He family.

In fact,

If this guy He Daren understood the concept of "futures," with a little manipulation, he could take this opportunity to store a large amount of coarse rice in the warehouse.

Then hoard it without releasing it, causing a shortage of coarse rice, driving up the price, and then selling it at the right time.

In this case,

With the exchange of pork at a discount for grain, not only would there be no loss, but there would even be profits.

Of course,

Daoist Wang Xiu wouldn't teach him this kind of operation. After all, it's not a good path to take. Merchants who do such unethical things too often tend to have sons without anuses.

However,

Even if he doesn't understand this principle, when 3000 pigs flood the Maple City market, the price of pork in the city is bound to fall. Whether they can keep 80% of the price is hard to say.

Hmm.

In other words, those who exchange coarse rice for pork.

If they just want to have a feast and enjoy some meat, naturally everyone is happy. But if they want to engage in buying and selling.

Cough cough.

I'm afraid they will lose everything, even their pants!

...

On the other side,

In the refugee gathering area on the outskirts of the city, the news of the He family's distribution of porridge for relief was also spreading rapidly.

After all,

For these refugees, nothing is more important than having enough to eat. They didn't go to the relief shed before simply because they were disappointed too many times and couldn't get anything.

Eating wild vegetables and gnawing on tree bark and roots on the mountain was more reliable than waiting for relief porridge.

But now it's different.

The coarse rice porridge is mixed with some bran?

(Note: The translation provided is a direct translation and may not capture the full meaning or cultural nuances of the original text.)

Bran and chaff are what animals eat, does it hurt their self-esteem?

Dignity means nothing!

Don't even mention bran mixed in with brown rice porridge, even if it's porridge made purely from bran and chaff, it's still good stuff!

For a moment.

The entire refugee area was in an uproar, with over ten thousand refugees rushing towards the various disaster relief sheds in the city. This made the surrounding people, including the other citizens, terrified.

Wow.

Are these people crazy?

That taste, brown rice porridge mixed with bran.

They can actually drink it?

For a moment.

Many who had originally insisted that Wang Xiu and He Daren's "bran relief" approach was an insult to the refined Maple City aristocracy and scholars, felt an inexplicable emotion in their hearts.

Let every grain of relief grain fall into the mouths of refugees, disaster victims, and hungry people.

It seems.

This should be the correct way to open relief.

"Wuwu~"

"I'm finally full, this is the first time I've been full in half a year, wuwuwu~"

"Brother, brother, we finally don't have to die."

"Mother, can you see us from heaven? My sister and I finally made it to Maple City, we can finally survive."

"Three Purities Immortal Gate, Daoist Wang Xiu, and Mister He, wuwuwu~"

...

In front of the disaster relief sheds, some people were moved to tears, some were grateful, and some wanted to kneel down and kowtow, no matter how they were stopped.

Various human emotions.

Fully displayed.

On top of the tall city tower, Wang Xiu and He Daren stood side by side.

The old steward lagged half a step behind, following them: "Everything is just as Daoist Wang predicted, the Daoist is truly insightful, Young Master..."

He Daren: "Call me Lord!"

The old steward nodded: "Yes, Young Master. I have calculated that with the grain in the He family's granary, including the brown rice and bran, it can last for half a month."

"If we include the brown rice obtained from exchanging those 3,000 pigs, we should be able to get around 3 million catties of brown rice, which can last for another three months."

He Daren nodded, looking at the grateful refugees who praised him.

He only felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart and muttered, "I didn't expect that being praised for doing good deeds would feel so great! Daoist Wang, how about we slaughter another 3,000 pigs!"

The old steward: ???

Wang Xiu: ???

The corners of Wang Xiu's mouth twitched slightly, he laughed and cried, "Don't be impulsive, as the saying goes, gratitude for rice, resentment for rice."

"Now."

"These disaster victims are grateful to you because you saved their lives by giving them bran and brown rice porridge."

"But, once they recover, if you continue to supply them with bran porridge, they will no longer have the motivation to support themselves and will no longer be grateful."

"They might even complain that the bran porridge you provide is not tasty and question why you don't provide white rice porridge or white rice."

He Daren was stunned, "How could that happen?"

The old steward, who was older and more experienced, nodded, "Young Master, if you continue to provide brown rice porridge, this is likely to happen."

He Daren scratched his head, "Then what should we do? It's not right to distribute porridge, but not distributing it is also not right. We can't just stand by and watch people die!"

"It's simple, provide work in exchange for relief."

Wang Xiu smiled, "I have already reported to the sect and proposed expanding the north gate of Maple City, incorporating those barren lands to the north of the city."

"The refugees can build houses and cultivate the land on those barren lands, so that they can quickly become self-sufficient."

"If they want to eat white rice, gnaw on a big pig's trotter, they can do that too."

"Let them earn it with their own hands!"

Damn!

He Daren's eyes lit up, "Wonderful, wonderful!"

...

Wow.

This Daoist Wang is clearly younger than him, why is his brain so sharp?

Over ten thousand refugees, a headache for anyone.

Is it really solved like this?

(End of this chapter)