Infinite Doomsday: I rely on space to stock up and bully the scum

"Village chief, this is my recently met relative, Jiang Shanjun." Jiang Jiang introduced the person next to him to the village chief.

"Hello, Mr. Jiang. I am the village chief of Daxi Village. You can just call me Li Shuming." In order to sell the village's grain at a higher price, Li Shuming lowered his posture. After all, face can't be eaten or spent as money.

The middle-aged man, who goes by the alias Jiang Shanjun, glanced at Jiang Jiang without making a sound. When he saw the latter nod slightly, he immediately put on a friendly smile and said, "It is fate that sister Jiang Jiang and I have met again after a long time. Now she can live so well, thanks to the care of you, the village chief. We are all family, so don't be so formal."

These words touched the village chief's heart, and Li Shuming's smile became more sincere.

Jiang Shanjun got straight to the point: "I heard that Daxi Village has a batch of grain for sale. I can buy it at a price that is one level higher than the market price."

After these words were spoken, the smile on Li Shuming's face became even bigger. Just as he was about to say something, Jiang Jiang beside him pulled his sleeve.

"Village Chief, I have something to tell you."

Jiang Jiang pulled Li Shuming aside and asked quietly, "Do we have to sell the grain in our village? There is famine in the north now, and we will feel at ease if we have grain in our hands."

Li Shuming shook his head slightly: "It's not me who wants to sell, it's everyone who wants to sell. Every household needs food and clothing. If we don't sell it when the grain price is high, it will be even harder to sell it later."

Jiang Jiang was also somewhat helpless. Due to system restrictions, she could not tell anyone about the doomsday news. She could only remind them indirectly. As for whether they listened to the reminder or not, it was none of her business.

Anyway, she has said what she should say, so it can't be blamed on her.

"Then I'll talk to my relative and see if he can raise the price a little bit."

So Jiang Jiang pulled Jiang Shanjun aside and whispered a few words to him.

After the two of them talked, they returned to the main hall. Jiang Shanjun cleared his throat and said, "My sister just said a few more words to me. People in our village depend on the weather for their food, and life is not easy. I will earn less and the grain price will increase by two levels. But I have one condition. You have to pack the grain in bags and help me deliver it to the outside of the village."

"No problem, no problem." The village chief agreed immediately. It was just helping to deliver food. The young men in the village might not have much else, but they still had some strength.

"Jiang Jiang, take Master Jiang around the village. I'll go and tell everyone to move their grain to the grain field."

"it is good."

Li Shuming, with a smile on his face, hurried to notify every household.

"Dazhuzi, hurry up, move your grain out. The grain collectors are here, and the price is 20% higher than the market price."

"Chunhua, where is your husband? Tell him to move all the grain to the threshing ground. The harvesters are here."

"Goudan, go home and tell your father that the grain collectors are here, and move the grain to the threshing ground."

Under Li Shuming's urging, the entire village started to operate like a machine.

Before long, the threshing ground, which was usually empty, became bustling.

Jiang Jiang had previously asked the village chief not to reveal her relationship with Jiang Shanjun, and just say that a businessman came to collect grain.

Li Shuming was a little puzzled as to why Jiang Jiang didn't want this good reputation. It was obviously her who asked the relatives to buy the grain at a high price, and the whole village had to owe her a favor. However, he was not a nosy person, and since Jiang Jiang said so, he naturally would not tell anyone else.

Jiang Jiang's idea is very simple. Although she buys grain at a high price now, what about in the future, when the doomsday comes and people flee famine, grain will be more expensive than human life. There is no guarantee that someone will not blame her, so it is better to keep a low profile.

"Five hundred and sixty kilograms, two thousand eight hundred coins, next one." Li Shuming opened a bill, signed his name on it and handed it to the villager who had just weighed the food.

The villagers took the tickets and stood on the other side with a smile, watching their rice being packed into bags.

"Seven hundred and fifty catties, three thousand seven hundred and fifty coins."

"Wow! Li Qiang, didn't you say you didn't have much food at home? Why are you all coming out now?"

A villager joked that Li Qiang just touched his head, laughed a few times, and tried to get away with it.

"Okay, Li Dadan, stop laughing. Come on, it's your turn. We have to get everything done this afternoon. Time is running out." Li Shuming frowned and got angry. These people are getting... day by day.

The line in the village was long and winding, but no one felt impatient. They chatted and laughed, waiting for their turn to be called.

Li Xu also joined the team carrying 100 kilograms of rice. All the villagers came to sell grain, and their family also contributed some, it was just a matter of money going out of the left pocket and into the right pocket.

There was an old man in the village who used to be an accountant in the town when he was young. He was good at calculations and was asked by Li Shuming to help. The old man held an abacus and moved it up and down skillfully.

"The total is 28,300 catties, which adds up to 141 taels and 5 cents."

After repeated calculations, the elders came to the same answer.

Li Shuming walked up to Jiang Shanjun, rubbed his hands excitedly, and said, "Master Jiang, look at this..."

Jiang Shanjun was well prepared. He took out a silver note of one hundred taels and five silver notes of ten taels from his pocket and handed them to Li Shuming.

After Li Shuming took the banknote, he looked at it carefully and confirmed that it was from a local bank and could be exchanged at any time at the town's money shop. He finally felt relieved.

Great, everyone can finally have some money in their hands.

After giving Jiang Shanjun the change, the sky gradually darkened.

"Master Jiang, why don't you have a simple meal in the village? I will ask the young men in the village to deliver the food to the outside of the village tomorrow morning."

Jiang Shanjun shook his head: "To be honest, Village Chief Li, I also want to stay overnight, but the price of grain changes every day. I have to transport it to the north as soon as possible. It would be bad if I get a loss."

That's true. Li Shuming now has no reason to keep him.

"Everyone, work harder and carry the food out of the village. I will get the silver tomorrow morning and distribute it to everyone!"

"it is good!!!"

Finally, when the moon was high in the sky, all the food was transported out of the village.

"Village Chief Li, please go back and rest. My people will be here soon."

"Okay, Jiang Jiang, you have to thank Master Jiang for me." Li Shuming saw Jiang Jiang accompanying Jiang Shanjun. He thought that the two were relatives and might say something. He would be a bit of an eyesore here, so he went straight home.

After seeing everyone leave, Jiang Shanjun suddenly relaxed. He took out the eight taels of silver that Li Shuming had given him from his pocket and returned it to Jiang Jiang.

"Mrs. Jiang, I have done everything you asked me to do."

Jiang Jiang only took six taels from the hand he handed over and left.

"This, wasn't it agreed before that the reward would be one or two taels of silver?"

"The extra money is for your hard work, and also for hush money. Don't say anything you shouldn't say."

The man immediately clasped his palms together and tightly grasped the two taels and five cents of silver, which was his annual salary.

"Okay, okay, Madam Jiang, don't worry, I won't tell anyone a word."

"Okay, let's go."

The man didn't care what Jiang Jiang would do with the large amount of food. Anyway, he had got the money and it was time to go home.

Gradually, the man's figure disappeared into the darkness.