Yipin County Magistrate: Start with invincibility

Chapter 152
The elders of the Su family recognized Su Jin because of this incident, and no longer had any objections to her decision.

Qin Feng is indeed a magistrate worth making friends with.

Qin Feng got his wish, and soon got a silver note of 2 taels from Su Jin.

With this money, he can let go of resettling the refugees.

Qin Feng returned to the county office, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhao Yi walking around at his door. When Qin Feng came back, Zhao Yi rushed up to meet him.

"Master Qin, you are back. While you were away, a large number of refugees arrived, adding more than 1000 people."

"There is too little food in the warehouse, and it is estimated that half of it will be consumed by tonight..."

"These refugees are settled today, and they can last another day tomorrow, but after the food is used up, what should they do? Please show me, my lord."

Qin Feng sighed, patted Zhao Yi on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry, this matter has been anticipated by the officer, and has already started to solve it."

He took out two large bills of ten thousand taels from his sleeve, handed them to Zhao Yi, and said, "Take the money and allocate half of the people to maintain the porridge shed. You take the rest and go to the grain shops in the county." Let's buy food."

"Ah! So much silver!"

Zhao Yi laughed immediately, how much food do we have to buy?

Qin Feng patted him on the shoulder, left without saying a word, and went directly to the accountant.

"Do the math, if all 2 taels of silver are exchanged for food, how long will these refugees be able to eat?"

The accountant made calculations for a while, then cupped his hands and said: "My lord, if the number of refugees does not increase, it can last for half a year. If the number of refugees increases every day, it is uncertain, maybe a month, maybe two years." moon……"

Qin Feng's face was a little ugly, he nodded and left.

Since the magistrate has issued an order, all the refugees who have arrived in Dengzhou will flock to his Ninghai County.

Just giving porridge can't solve the problem, and they can't be asked to eat free food all day long.

Although the Su family is willing to borrow more money, Qin Feng is not willing to borrow more. Who wants to owe others money all the time?
Qin Feng is not worried about the large number of refugees. In this agricultural society with backward technology, population is the productivity. As long as it is used properly, these refugees can create value for Ninghai County.

The problem is to think of a sustainable method, it is absolutely impossible to keep them for nothing.

Qin Feng was thinking hard, and Zhao Yi ran back panting.

"grown ups."

Qin Feng frowned and asked Zhao Yi: "Why are you back again? Didn't I tell you to teach you to buy food?"

Zhao Yi's face was green, and he waved his hands again and again: "My lord, that grain... can't be bought!"

"how?"

"The local gentry... Seeing us go to buy grain, they raised the price of the grain on the spot. They raised the price of the grain that was originally two taels of silver a stone by ten times! They sold it for 2 taels of silver per stone. Such an expensive grain, the villain can't help it." Dare to make up your own mind, that's why you came back to report..."

Zhao Yi said helplessly.

"What? It's unreasonable!"

Qin Feng slapped the table directly, these bastards, why don't they leave here to retaliate?Actually took the opportunity to raise the price?
"Take me to see!"

"Yes!"

The two rushed to the grain store under Hu Lai's name, and the servants under him were arguing with the manager of the grain store.

"You black-hearted and rotten people, we adults took out money to buy food for disaster relief. It's not that we don't give you money, and it's not that we don't have to make money! You actually raised the price of food, aren't you afraid of retribution?"

"You just have the heart to watch the refugees starve to death outside?"

"A bunch of black-hearted bastards!"

Several yamen servants each said a sentence, and surrounded the shopkeeper of the grain shop to export.

The shopkeeper was so helpless, he said with a bitter face: "Master, the villain is just a shopkeeper. If you tell the villain about this, the villain can't make the decision. The big official said, it's cheaper, isn't it?" Sell ​​it, what can I do? 2 taels of silver and 1 stone, buy it if you can buy it, if you can’t buy it, just look at other houses..."

A lot of people have gathered at the scene, not only Qin Feng's yamen servants, but also many county residents.

The county residents also knew about the refugees. Qin Feng arranged the refugees outside the city, which did not cause any trouble to the life of the county residents, and he was very happy.

Everyone has also seen the tragic situation of these refugees. Although they can't help, they have empathy and sympathy.

No one can bear to see Hu Lai's grain store sitting on the ground raising prices and making money from refugees.

"This guy named Hu has a rotten heart and a rotten lung!"

"That's right, God has no eyes, let this kind of life live in a rich family... Pooh!"

"Hmph, from now on, I will never go to the Hu family's grain store to buy grain again, because his grain will be rotten and moldy. Let's see who he can sell it to!"

"It's not just him. Apart from the Su family, every one of the other squires in our county is not a good thing. I went out to buy grain today, and after walking around, they all raised the price as if they had made an agreement!"

"Hey, Wang Liehu, if you are short of food, you can buy my family's food. The price is the same as in previous years! My family's food can't be clear this year."

"Yeah, after buying from his house, buy from my house. My family probably has a balance..."

The masses talked a lot. Although the farmers in Ninghai County suffered disasters this year, they got a lot more grain than in previous years. Thanks to Qin Feng's teaching of fertilizers and planting skills, each of them began to sell their own grain. After all, life can't just eat food, you have to buy some meat, vegetables, salt and oil.

While discussing, Zhao Yi shouted from behind the crowd: "Get out of the way, Mr. Qin is here!"

The crowd immediately separated. Qin Feng walked up to him, looked at the price signboard hanging out of the Hujia grain shop, which said today's grain price was 2 taels of silver per stone, and gritted his teeth.

"Shopkeeper, your grain price is too high!"

Qin Feng glared at the shopkeeper.

"Hey, Mr. Qin, please calm down. The little one is just a worker. The price of food is what Mr. Hu asked for. This year, except for our Ninghai County, other counties have suffered disasters. It is normal for the price of food to be high. Well……"

"The height is not so high!"

"This...Anyway, what the villain said doesn't matter. If the adults have any objections, please go to us, Mr. Hu."

Just as he was talking, there was a series of smug laughter outside: "Hahahaha, who is looking for Hu? Yo! It turned out to be the county magistrate of Qin!"

"Hu Mou is being polite here. I don't know what business Mr. Qin is looking for Hu Mou?"

Not only Hu Lai came over, but also several other squires, don't even think about it, these bastards must not know where to hide, they came out to jump when they saw Qin Feng arrived.

Qin Feng glanced at them and pointed to the sign: "The price is too high. I want to buy food for disaster relief, so change the price back."

"Haha! Mr. Qin has such great authority! Tell us to change it back?"

Hu Lai said something to the squires in a strange way, then turned around and raised his eyebrows and asked Qin Feng: "But why? There is no regulation on the price of grain in the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, right? Master Qin is using the name of the court to Are you robbing us of our food?"

(End of this chapter)