Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

Lin Shouren nodded, "That's exactly what happened. The rumors were very mysterious before, and you and I have never been to the Northern Territory, so we don't know whether the rumors are true or not. Shi Wei came from the Northern Territory before. She believes in prediction and has connections in the Northern Territory. The news about the drought in the Southern Territory was just passed on by her."

"Miss Song is calm and composed. What she said is definitely true. It is too late to send people to the northern border to investigate. Dad, I think it is better to prepare early. Before the drought in the southern border comes, we should store more food. If the news is true, we will have no problem selling the food. If it is false, there is no need to worry. With the power of our Lin family, it is only a matter of time before we can sell a large amount of food."

Lin Shouren showed appreciation, "I thought so too. The grains from the farms outside Beijing will not be sold to the public for the time being. You arrange for people to go to various places to buy grains. Put some of the grains back home and transport the rest to the granaries outside the city. If something really happens, the granaries will need more manpower. I will send a letter to the shopkeepers in various places to let them prepare."

"Yes, I'll do it right away," Lin Mubai said and walked away. When he reached the door, he paused and turned to look at Lin Shouren: "Dad, do you want to send some people back?"

Lin Shouren pondered for a moment and said, "Let Uncle Fu handle this matter. Let Lin Qi bring people from home. The Lin Zhou and Lin Mao teams will go to guard the granary. Then summon the guards from other places back to the capital and have them all guard the manors outside the capital."

"Okay, son, I understand."

Lin Mubai had been gone for quite a while, but Lin Shouren was still sitting there without moving. It took him a long while before he got up and went to the study to write a letter.

Lin Shouren did not believe all of Song Shiwei's words, but the Lin family could still easily get a mere 10,000 dan of grain. What Lin Shouren was worried about was not the huge loss of grain, but if the drought in the south was real, there might be chaos in the capital.

Especially the emperor's princes, they will definitely not miss this opportunity to eliminate their opponents. The Lin family has now caught the attention of the second prince. If the other princes knew about it, they would either find a way to win over the Lin family or eliminate them.

The Lin family cannot make any mistakes.

When he thought of the Second Prince and the man surnamed Cao's plot against the Lin family, the brush Lin Shouren was holding suddenly broke, veins bulged on the back of his hand, and he looked at the letter on the table with a gloomy look. After a long time, he got up and went out.

Families like the Lin family, who have business all over the world, have long secretly hired a group of guards. Most of these people were born bandits, and they would kill those who were rich and unkind. For Lin Shouren, as long as they were not the kind of people who killed innocent people, the Lin family would not care what they did in the past. As long as they worked wholeheartedly for the Lin family in the future, what would be the harm in giving them a little money?

The guards of the Lin family each have their own strengths. Some are very good in martial arts, and some have extremely strong reconnaissance capabilities. These capable people are in charge of a team of ten people each. The leader is given the surname Lin. For example, Lin Qi, Lin Zhou and others are all people with high martial arts skills. They have received the kindness of Lin Shouren and are loyal to the Lin family. They often lead people to run around for the Lin family all year round.

During the natural disasters of the past two years, the Lin family was able to remain intact, thanks to the protection of these people, and was able to escape safely among the large number of disaster victims.

Lin Shouren took Uncle Fu straight to the house where he lived before, took out a wooden box from the dark room, opened the box to reveal the stacks of letters inside, Lin Shouren picked out a few and handed them to Uncle Fu, and instructed: "Find someone to deliver these letters to the eldest prince, and be careful not to be discovered."

Uncle Fu put the letter away solemnly.

Lin Shouren stood there and thought for a while. Instead of putting the box back into the darkroom, he took the box and walked home in a swagger.

The Lin family was busy purchasing and storing large quantities of grain, and also had to fight back against the Second Prince and Cao Chong's schemes. There were also account books sent from various places that needed to be settled and stored. They were so busy that even Lin Ting was assigned a lot of things to do by Lin Shouren, and had no time to play with Song Shiwei.

For five days in a row, Feng Ru and Uncle Qin went to buy grain early in the morning and came back with grain. When the house here was full, they took the grain to another house to store it. Fortunately, there was no news of drought in the southern border yet, and the price of grain in the grain shops in the capital had not increased. There were several large grain shops in Dongcheng alone, which was enough to meet Song Shiwei's grain needs.

The Li family also received news from Lin Shouren. Although the source of the news was not stated, seeing that the Lin family acted so quickly and generously, the Li family quickly followed the Lin family to purchase grain from various places and transport it back to the capital.

Although the people on good terms with the two families did not get the exact news, based on their understanding of the Lin and Li families over the years, it would always be right to follow them. Since they could not buy grain in large amounts, they would just buy as much as they could. Fortunately, these merchants bought grain from all over the place, so if the grain in the capital was not enough for these people, they might raise the price in advance.

Some officials and noble families who got wind of the news also bought a batch of grain and kept it at home. The head of the household thought that since there were many people in the family, they would buy more grain so that it could be consumed. In previous years, the family only stored enough grain for three months, but this time they stored it for half a year.

In other words, the Lin and Li families were low-key, and most of the grain was shipped back from the grain shops under their names, so it did not attract attention, and outsiders did not know how much grain the two families bought.

Lin Shouren received favors and news from Song Shiwei, so he asked his servants to send a letter to her explaining everything going on in the capital.

Although Song Shiwei stayed at home these days and did not go out, Lin Shouren informed him of all the happenings in the capital. At worst, Feng Ru, who went out every day, came back to tell him, so he was not bored for a while.

The Second Prince had a very unhappy time during this period. The First Prince got a letter from somewhere, which contained correspondence between the Second Prince and the Governor of the Southern Territory. The key point was that the letter also agreed that the Second Prince could raise private soldiers in the Southern Territory. The letter was not long, but it was clearly written in the letter. The First Prince delivered several letters directly to the Emperor, who was furious and confined the Second Prince to the Prince's Mansion, depriving him of his power. Now all his tasks were handed over to other princes.

Not to mention the Second Prince wanting to go out, even the servants in the Prince's Mansion could not go out. Daily purchases were delivered to the door by a special person and were guarded by the Imperial Guards. The two sides were not allowed to talk to each other, let alone seek help from Cao Chong.

Cao Chong was furious after the second prince was placed under house arrest in disguise. He wanted to remedy the situation in advance but found that the secret room outside the house had been looted. The key point was that he didn't even know when it was looted. After seeing a piece of paper with a smiley face on it sent by the people below, he was so angry that he vomited blood.

At this time, who would still remember the plot against the Lin family? Now they are unable to take care of themselves. The Second Prince has such a big handle in the hands of the First Prince, and it is not known whether he has any other handles. Cao Chong thought about it all night and finally decided to give up supporting the Second Prince.

It’s better not to save such an idiot.

While they were busy dealing with the eldest prince's counterattack and the emperor's suspicion, the Lin family finally breathed a sigh of relief and could finally concentrate on the food issue.