Chapter 388 Affordable Food (Minor Revision)
Liaoxi County
The governor's mansion and the county governor's mansion are going to hold a wedding, and the second daughter of the Shi family and the eldest son of the Lu family are getting married.
Previously, the Shi family and the Lu family were now deeply troubled by rumors.
Shi Xue, the second daughter of the Shi family, was at the center of rumors, and her reputation was damaged. Even though the Shi family invited a famous midwife in Liaoxi County to verify Shi Xue's identity, indicating that she was still a virgin, no one believed it.
Everyone just thought that either the midwife took money or the midwife was afraid of the prestige of the governor's mansion and did not dare to tell the truth.
This is how Huang Yao is made, which is equivalent to yellow mud falling into the crotch. No matter how you explain it, it is difficult to convince people.
Moreover, it is a fact that she was kidnapped by bandits, and this rumor is mixed with truth and falsehood, and Shi Xue has no way to defend herself.
Lu Yiliang is not having a good time either. He was also slandered by rumors. I don't know which wicked thing came up with it, and directly linked his embarrassing Lu Desheng to his collusion with the mountain stronghold.
He made things difficult for Lu Desheng just to stand up for the destroyed Liufu Village.
In short, Lu Yiliang couldn't go against Lu Desheng anymore.
He felt aggrieved, but he had to stop.
In order to dispel the rumors surrounding Shi Xue, Shi Tao decided to marry her to Lu Yiliang's eldest son. There was no way, the reputation of the second daughter was ruined, and it was impossible to marry up.
He wanted to marry his second daughter to Qin Sheng, but Qin and Lu refused to cooperate. If it dragged on, it would be bad for the reputation of the governor's mansion.
As long as Shi Xue's matter was not resolved, the Shi family would always be the topic of conversation among the people, and there were other unmarried girls in the Shi family, which would affect their reputation.
Lu Yiliang originally wanted to ask for Shi Xue to marry his eldest son, but now, he seemed to be hit by a pie in the sky.
The two sides hit it off and decided to become relatives.
Faced with such a result, Shi Xue couldn't help crying, "Dad, these waves of rumors must be caused by the Lu family, you must make a decision for your daughter!"
"Don't worry, Dad won't let you suffer this in vain."
If Lu Desheng knew this, he would definitely roll his eyes and despise the Shi family father and daughter. Even if the Shi family guessed that it was them, what would happen? After all, Shi Xue, a girl, was imprisoned and was fortunately rescued. Then she was quietly escorted home, and no one made a public announcement. She just needs to live her life well in the future.
Everyone quietly covered up this matter for you, and you have to repay kindness with hatred, so don't blame others for lifting your fig leaf.
Luoyang
Liu Xiaohuai came back from outside with a happy face, "Master, the grain in Changping Warehouse has arrived."
Before, Zhang Xian borrowed one million dan of grain from Changping Warehouse in Dali through a secret letter, using one million taels of silver as collateral, and signed a military order.
The reason why Song Mo agreed was that even if Zhang Xian's plan failed, he would not lose.
Although one dou of grain in Nanyang is 280 wen now, 10,000 shi is about 28,000 taels, and one million shi is 2.8 million taels.
But the one million shi of grain in Changping Warehouse was collected at a low price at ordinary times, and it didn't even cost one million taels.
In addition, the disaster in Nanyang was a land dragon turning over, and Song Mo really wanted to solve it well.
Now, the grain is in place.
Ji Wuyin asked Liu Xiaohuai, "Where are the grain merchants from all over the country?"
The news that was previously sent back through the Ji family branches in various places, because the news that Nanyang had the highest grain price in the country spread to all places, the grain merchants set off one after another to transport grain to Nanyang to sell.
"The grain ship of the fastest grain merchants is about to dock."
"Good! Next, it's up to us to show our performance! The time when grain prices are as low as onions has come!"
Nanyang
The subordinate asked, "Sir, is the disaster relief grain running out?"
Zhang Xian: "Yes, this batch of disaster relief grain is indeed running out."
Zuo Anmin frowned. In fact, in order to prolong the relief time and allow more victims to rebuild their homes during this period, they have been very frugal. But no matter how frugal they are, the emperor has only so much disaster relief grain, and it will eventually run out.
He looked at Zhang Xian. The head of the family said that Zhang Xian must have a way to get through this difficult time. What will he do?
Zhang Xian thought, the situation has been set up, and the next step is the harvest period.
After the news that the disaster relief grain was about to run out came out, the people of Nanyang wailed.
Grain merchants from all over the country have been paying close attention to Nanyang. After receiving the news, they urged the grain ships to move forward quickly.
On this day, several ports in Yuzhou were filled with grain ships of all sizes from all over the country, especially Luoyang, which was the busiest.
Grain merchants who knew each other greeted each other, those who wanted to inquire about the news went to inquire about the news, those who rented warehouses rented warehouses, those who unloaded grain unloaded grain, and those who looked for sellers looked for sellers. Everyone wanted to take the opportunity to make a fortune and eat a big meat.
At this time, the Ji's branch in Nanyang officially announced that there was a large amount of affordable grain for sale!
The people of Nanyang bought it per person, and after registration, they were eligible to buy affordable grain.
As soon as the news came out, countless people flocked to it, and everyone told each other that soon, the Ji's branch in Nanyang had a long queue.
In the grain store under the Yuzhou Grain Merchants Association, a sister-in-law was choosing grain with a sad face.
At this time, her husband rushed in, pulled her away, and said, "Let's go."
"Hey, I haven't bought any food yet."
"What are you buying? I won't buy any. Who wants to buy this black-hearted, high-priced food?"
"But there's no food at home."
"Let's go to the north city to buy affordable food!"
"Affordable grain? How much is it per dou?" No matter how cheap grain is now, it must be at least 200 per dou, right? But even if it is 200 per dou, it is cheaper than the grain sold by the Grain Merchants Association.
"One hundred and twenty wen per dou!"
"What? Did I hear it right? Is it really 120 wen per dou?"
"Really! You heard it right."
"It's so cheap, can the grain be eaten?"
"Don't worry, I've seen the grain, it's good!"
"Then let's go!" What if it's too late and it's gone?
One hundred and twenty wen per dou, it's really the most affordable grain, even in a bumper year, it's only this price, right? Is the Ji's Chamber of Commerce the Bodhisattva Guanyin who saves people from suffering?