Super Mom System

Chapter 56 It's All Drama
Liu Taishou wrote lightly: "My dear nephew, I only want 900 shi of rice. I won't let you suffer any loss. How about [-] shi of rice?"

Lu Yuan felt at ease, four thousand stones was enough.But seeing Liu Zhiyuan's expression, he suddenly came to his senses.Liu Taishou is testing!If Lu Yuan lets go easily, Governor Liu will have doubts about the Lu family's food stock.

Lu Yuan immediately put on an expression as if he had a toothache: "Sir, there are so many mouths in the Lu family, it's impossible not to have some food left. The common people can only sell it for 2000 shi."

"Haha, my nephew has just taken over as the head of the family. I'm afraid there are some things that I'm not sure about." Liu Taishou said, "The Lu family and the Taishou's Mansion are on the same boat. The grain in the Changping warehouse is all bought from the Lu family. If the imperial court finds out anything, the Lu family will bear the brunt of it."

Lu Yuan lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head and said, "My lord, the Lu family can only give out 2500 shi at most, it really can't be more."

"3000 shi. Not a single shi is missing." Liu Zhiyuan's eyes were cold, "We are in the same boat, we are both prosperous and we are all damaged. Now is the time for the Lu family to make sacrifices for the sake of the overall situation."

Lu Yuan was immediately alert, what overall situation did he need to take care of?

"Sir, let me think about it."

"Every stone is consistent. And it will be stored tomorrow."

In fact, Liu Zhiyuan was also angry.Originally, this year's grain prices were bumper, and it happened that a batch of grain was collected at a low price to fill the shortfall in the regular warehouse.However, the Lu family suddenly paid a high price for grain, which caught him off guard.Moreover, the rate of increase in food prices was beyond Liu Zhiyuan's expectations.He thought that Lu Yuan hoarded food just to make a fortune.According to the current market price of rice, it is possible that it will rise to two grains per stone in the next few days.Liu Zhiyuan bid every stone for a consistent price, which would cause the Lu family to bleed a lot.

"Caomin...obey the order." Lu Yuan pretended to reluctantly agree, "Tomorrow Caomin will personally bring someone to deliver the grain to the warehouse."

In fact, this is in Lu Yuan's arms.Finally had the opportunity to visit Changping warehouse!And he was prepared to sell only consistent ones per stone.

"That's very good. This government will honor you in front of King Huainan. I'll send someone to your residence early tomorrow morning." Liu Zhiyuan stroked his beard and picked up the chrysanthemum tea in front of him.

This is to see off guests.Lu Yuan stood up and said goodbye.When he left, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, what about King Huainan here?

……

The next day, people from the prefect's mansion arrived before dawn.

Lu Yuan had already ordered his servants to load the grain into the truck, and personally escorted the team to Changpingcang in the east of the city.Because Changpingcang is a state-owned granary and an important grain storage place, it is more conducive to guarding it if it is located in the city.

Changpingcang in Donghai County occupies a large area in the east of the city.There are 10 brick and wood structure warehouses with 50 rooms, which can store up to 3 shi of grain.The gate of the granary is a small city gate, which is heavily guarded. There are not only armored soldiers guarding the city gate.There are also archers posted on the wall.

The convoy was able to enter only after the people in the prefect's mansion showed their tokens to the guards.But everyone who entered the reservoir area was carefully searched.

After Lu Yuan entered the warehouse area, he observed carefully and found that all the warehouses here were guarded at a certain distance.The convoy walked along the road in the middle of the warehouse area for a short time, and stopped at the door of the largest warehouse.

The moment the warehouse door was opened, a musty smell suddenly gushed out, almost suffocating Lu Yuan.The small officials in the warehouse area covered their faces with cloth, and directed all the coolies to take out bags of old grain from inside, and then unload the new grain brought by Lu's family. Each cart picked a bag for inspection, and then one by one. Weighing into storage.In addition, some soldiers stood on the periphery to monitor the crowd.The whole process was silent and serious.

This time the prefect's mansion didn't intend to hand over the old grain to Lu Yuan, so Lu Yuan took the opportunity of directing Lu's servants to carry the grain, quietly broke the packaging of a bag of old grain, and grabbed a handful of old grain.The rice is dark yellow in color and has a strong musty smell.Lu Yuan rubbed it with his index finger and thumb, and it immediately turned into powder.

There is no doubt that these are aged grains, even dogs should not eat them.It stands to reason that it should be shipped out of the regular warehouse and destroyed. I don't know what is the use of keeping it.

Lu Yuan didn't ask, he ordered Jia Ding to make a clear settlement with the management staff of Changping warehouse, and took them away.

……

At the same time, in the city of Suzhou hundreds of miles away.The little prince Zhao Hao nestled in the post station, his face was livid.

The Huaihe River and Taihu Lake were flooded, and the waterways were temporarily impassable.Zhao Ritian and his party went ashore in Suzhou and changed to land.

The disaster situation in Suzhou is also relatively serious. The city is fine, but the suburbs, especially the western area near Taihu Lake, are already vast.Thousands of people were displaced.

The little prince Zhao Ritian received a reply letter from Fairy Zixia a few days ago, he was so happy that he couldn't sleep all night, he read the reply letter over and over several times, and he memorized every word by heart.

When Zhao Ritian's convoy approached Suzhou City, there happened to be a large number of refugees blocking the city gate.

The Suzhou prefect did not expel these refugees in time, and the refugees made a loud noise, letting the young prince know that there were refugees outside Suzhou city.Zhao Ritian recalled that Fairy Zixia had asked him to treat the people well in her letter, so he made a fuss about getting out of the car to observe the people's sentiments.

This time, the entourage around him was almost scared to death.If Zhao Ritian lost a hair, everyone would lose their heads.

But if this master gets stubborn, nine bulls won't be able to stop him.

The entourage had no choice but to stabilize Zhao Ritian, while sending someone to severely reprimand the Suzhou prefect for his ineffectiveness.The prefect quickly dispatched troops to disperse the refugees, and temporarily found some family members of the yamen servants to stand outside the city gate pretending to be refugees.

After everything was ready, Zhao Xiaowang got down from the ornately decorated carriage, and accompanied by Suzhou officials, he began to observe the people's sentiments.

Prince Zhao Xiaowang inspected the extras on both sides of the road with a compassionate expression on his face, and suddenly found that something was wrong.

He pointed to a little fat boy in the crowd and said, "Huh? Didn't you say that there was a disaster? Why is this kid so fat?"

The little fatty's father next to him broke out in a cold sweat. This guy's surname was Dong, and he was an aide to the prefect's mansion. He had a lot of oil and water on weekdays, and the whole family was fat.This time they pretended to be disaster victims temporarily, and did not put any make-up on the children hastily, and they were about to reveal their secrets.

Fortunately, Fatty Dong was alert, and he lied as soon as he opened his mouth: "Returning to the old man, my son hasn't eaten for several days, and he is hungry and swollen."

Zhao Ritian was very satisfied with this old man's call, it sounded better than the little prince anyway.

He sympathized and said, "This child is pitiful. Someone, bring him the Jinfengyulu ointment from my car."

The extras all yelled "Master".Zhao Ritian was so happy that he laughed.

Halfway through laughing, Zhao Ritian stared at Fatty Dong's big belly again: "Then what's going on with your belly?"

Fatty Dong immediately held his stomach and fell limply to the ground: "To tell you what, sir, I was very hungry, so I ate some rotten things, and there were worms in my stomach."

"Hum~" Zhao Ritian pinched his nose and said in disgust, "How dare you wander around in front of me with a worm in your stomach. Someone, give him laxatives and let him clear his stomach."

Fatty Dong, a mute man, eats Coptis chinensis and cannot tell of his sufferings, so he has to kneel down to express his gratitude: "Thank you, sir, for saving my life!"

Zhao Ritian entered Suzhou city in a happy and peaceful atmosphere.As soon as he entered the post station in Suzhou City, the smile on his face disappeared.

"Mom, do you really think I'm an idiot? These officials are all good actors, and they know how to find someone to act in a play. I have to understand the people's sentiments, sir. When I think of a clever plan..."

(End of this chapter)