The worst time travel, surviving seven years of famine

The food was very delicious, but the food was not very delicious.

In the evening, Gu Liang met Xu Caizhu who had returned from business in Xu Mansion.

Before the New Year, Gu Liang had discussed a business deal with Xu Caizhu, which was to ask Xu Caizhu to buy a large amount of grain from other places. It was almost half a year before the New Year, and the grain bought by Gu Liang had just arrived, which was also the reason why Xu Caizhu asked Gu Liang to come.

The reason why it took half a year to arrive was because Gu Liang said that there was no rush for this matter, and it was okay to be late. In addition, rice is heavy and cheap, and Jiangzhou is a grain-producing place. Generally, few people buy grain from other places. And this batch of grain was brought back by Xu Caizhu when he returned to Lianhua Town from other places. There was no cargo on the ship, so he pulled it back by the way. Anyway, it was empty.

After meeting Gu Liang, Mr. Xu took him to the warehouse of Xu Mansion and asked him to check the quality of the rice. The rice was all shipped from Xunyang County by boat. Xunyang is a very famous rice market, only three or four hundred miles away from them, connected by a river. Ships can enter Jiangzhou through the river and then transport to Lianhua Town Wharf. In ancient times, waterways were equivalent to modern "highways". It was because of this highway that he dared to ask Mr. Xu to help him sell grain from other places.

"Little guy, you've come at a good time." Mr. Xu said to Gu Liang who was checking the rice, "Brown rice in Xunyang is only two and a half cents per catty. It only costs three cents per catty to transport so much rice here, including the freight and labor costs. Now the price of brown rice in our county has risen to three and a half cents per catty. Today I heard from the housekeeper that the price of brown rice in the town has risen again, and now it's four cents per catty. That means you can make one cent per catty now, and this tens of thousands of catties of rice is incredible." After hearing this, Gu Liang also grinned and said, "It's all thanks to you, Grandpa Xu. I'm also lucky. Without you, I wouldn't be able to get back so much rice." Mr. Xu felt very useful after hearing what Gu Liang said, and said with a kind tone, "You are right. Since you asked me to buy rice from such a long place, why don't you buy polished rice? Refined rice is more expensive than brown rice, so naturally I can earn more money than now. "

"It doesn't matter, I just want brown rice, and it's hard for me to get refined rice!" Gu Liang said with a smile: "Grandpa Xu, is the money I gave you before the New Year enough to buy these rice? If not, tell me the amount and I'll go home and give it to you tomorrow."

For some reason, the tone of the rich man Xu was much softer than usual tonight, and he said to Gu Liang: "It doesn't matter, the money you gave is just enough for the rice, and we'll settle the money and goods."

Gu Liang heard it and said quickly: "Grandpa Xu, this won't work, the freight can't be waived, it must be paid. Besides, if you waive the money, then your subordinates will work in vain, you are committing a taboo in the workplace, and your subordinates will resent you at that time!"

"What is the workplace?" Xu Caizhu asked puzzledly?

"Nothing, I'm talking nonsense!" Gu Liang explained quickly. As a wage earner in his previous life, he knew that Xu Caizhu's behavior seriously infringed the interests of his subordinates. After all, returning with an empty ship turned into a full ship, which was equivalent to working overtime. So he said this out of empathy as a social animal.

"Oh, don't worry about that. My subordinates will naturally not treat them unfairly." Xu Caizhu continued, "Sometimes the ship came back empty before, and I don't know what it brought. This time you reminded me that I can transport grain from Xunyang to sell. Although the profit is not high, it can also make my subordinates earn a hard work fee, so I won't accept your money this time."

Gu Liang didn't say anything after hearing this. Since others didn't accept it, why should he rush to send it? These are all interpersonal relationships. It's meaningless to be straightforward, so Gu Liang decided to send a jar of bayberry wine to Xu Caizhu after returning home, which is also another way to thank him.

Because it was too late, Gu Liang rested in Xu's house for a night and returned to Lanxi Village tomorrow.

The next day, Gu Liang and the Jiang brothers set out from Xu's house, followed by seven or eight ox carts, and the ox carts were naturally carrying brown rice bought from Xunyang Prefecture.

Before setting off, the driver under the rich man Xu also confirmed whether the rice was really taken to Lanxi Village. After getting a positive answer, the driver was stunned for a moment, because he originally thought that the rice was brought back from Xunyang to sell. Since it was sold, it should naturally be taken to the rice shops in various towns, not Lanxi Village.

About an hour later, seven or eight ox carts entered Lanxi Village. This scene immediately attracted the attention of many people in the village. After all, there were more than a hundred households in their village, and not many families owned cattle.

There were even fewer ox carts, so this scene was still very uncommon in their village.

When they arrived at his door, Gu Liang hurriedly asked the driver to take a break and drink some water before going back. After all, it would be embarrassing not to entertain them after coming so far, especially since they were from the Xu Mansion.

The driver had been driving for more than an hour, and with the scorching sun, he was naturally very thirsty, so when he heard what Gu Liang said, he naturally did not go back immediately, but chose to drink some water.

Gu Liang asked the Jiang brothers to pour water for the driver, and he went to the stone cave in the back mountain to get a jar of wine.

However, this jar of wine was not for these people to take back to the rich man Xu, but for these drivers to drink. After all, at the beginning, these people thought that the grain could be pulled to the grain store in the town, but they didn't expect it to be pulled to Lanxi Village, which would take a lot of effort. So Gu Liang felt embarrassed and took out a small jar of wine to entertain them.

The drivers were all rough people, used to doing physical work, and naturally they were good at drinking. Seeing that Gu Liang took out the white wine to entertain them, naturally no one refused, and they all picked up the cups and drank happily.

As they drank, they praised Gu Liang for being generous, and he was willing to give such good and expensive wine to them, the servants.

However, Gu Liang did not let them drink this wine for nothing. A small jar of wine was shared by seven or eight people, just enough to make them feel good but not drunk, which was the best time to fool them. So after drinking the wine, these people were praised by Gu Liang again, and they took the initiative to help Gu Liang unload the grain.

A bag of grain weighing more than 100 kilograms, a total of seven or eight carts, was carried to the yard by several of them in a lively manner. If they asked the Gu family to move it, it would probably take a long time.

After moving the grain, these people left. They had a good alcohol tolerance, so Gu Liang was not afraid that they would overturn the car. After all, ox carts are still very safe. Even if no one is driving the cart, the ox can still take the initiative to go home. It can be said to be truly "unmanned driving."

Tens of thousands of kilograms of grain were piled up in the Gu family yard. Old Mrs. Gu was worried when she saw it and complained that Gu Liang should not buy so much. Because Gu Liang bought brown rice, not rice with shells. Even if you want to store grain, you should store rice, not brown rice. Brown rice will not last that long after the shell is removed, and it is easy to grow rice weevils, or mold and turn red. You must know that moldy rice must not be eaten, and eating it will kill people.

Gu Liang smiled and said that this rice is not for storage, but for sale.