Yipin Farmer

Chapter 73 Emergency Grain Requisition

Ting Shuang became vigilant, in such a hurry to urge food, is it going to start a war?

But the actual situation was not like this. Qi Chongyu took out the copy of the nearest mansion, which said that there was an earthquake in the capital area recently, and the water transportation was also affected, so the imperial court urgently transferred autumn grain from neighboring provinces to Beijing.

Ting Shuang anxiously asked what magnitude the earthquake was. Of course, it was impossible for ancient people to classify earthquakes according to their equivalent. The mansion only said how many houses collapsed, how many casualties, people's hearts were fluctuating, and the market was depressed, so autumn grain should be transferred to Beijing in advance.

Qi Chongyu looked serious: "If there is a vision today, disasters appear on the ground, people are panicked, and even some officials say it, this is because the monarch does not cultivate holiness. It is necessary to ask the people to pardon the prisoners, to make up for the shortcomings, to be close to the virtuous and far away from the sycophant. Consulting on the good way, self-examination and cultivation of virtue, to reassure the hearts of the people..."

Ting Shuang listened to a black line, ran the CPU well, and translated this classical Chinese into modern vernacular, that is, an earthquake occurred in the capital area, causing many casualties and property losses. God, so heaven sent punishment, requiring the emperor to change the current administration.

Ting Shuang slandered inwardly, and shocked you. You should carry forward the fearless spirit of fighting against natural disasters, mobilize the masses to fight against difficulties, engage in feudal superstition, what is punishment from heaven, pardon criminals, the emperor should criticize himself What are Xianyuan and sycophants, who is the virtuous and who is the sycophant, who has the final say?

Of course, telling the ancients about the movement of the earth's crust is like playing the lyre to a traveler.

Earthquakes are natural disasters, and it would be foolish to insist on having something to do with personnel.

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In this earthquake, the public opinion seems to be targeting the emperor. This is not superficial ignorance. This is a conspiracy. From the perspective of people who travel through historical novels, there may be tricks in it.

Will those feudal kings take advantage of the earthquake to create public opinion unfavorable to the emperor, and then what will they do?

I hate it. It’s not a completely fictional era, nor is it completely real. It’s located after the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, but it’s not the real Qing Dynasty. Although it was ruled by the Manchus, it didn’t change its clothes. Either Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, or Qianlong means that in this semi-distorted time and space, not only can I not plagiarize poems and lines, but I also lose the predictive function that a time traveler should have.

I can't predict the future, I can only use the historical materialism and current affairs and political knowledge I have learned to make a rough estimate of the current national situation. Wars will definitely happen, but when will it happen and how will it happen? The vassal king took the opportunity to attack the court, but he didn't know.

Ting Shuang frowned and thought, should she take her family and hide in the mountains, or dig a tunnel just in case?

Seeing that he was thinking endlessly, Qi Chongyu couldn't help urging: "The imperial court issued a strict order to transport grain to Beijing as soon as possible to reassure the people, so we must collect and ship the grain as soon as possible within the next few days. Brother Meng has always been talented, so hurry up and think of a way .”

Food is a strategic material. If there is food, the panic-stricken people will naturally settle down. The emperor's measures are indeed simple and powerful, and they go straight to the point. It seems that this person has a lot of brains.Ting Shuang suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and asked again: "Some people say that this natural disaster was caused by the emperor's failure to cultivate virtue and caused a warning from the sky. How did the emperor deal with it?"

Qi Chongyu took out another copy of the mansion and said: "The emperor issued a decree, saying that the disasters of heaven and earth are natural phenomena, and comparing them with human affairs, those who create panic and interfere with the government will be punished. The offender shall be punished severely."

"Good job." Ting Shuang slapped the table excitedly. The emperor is really smart. He can see at a glance that people with ulterior motives are using natural disasters to create man-made disasters. The transfer of food into Beijing will stabilize the people's hearts, and the two-pronged approach is to control the situation. There may be a secret transfer of troops. Of course, this kind of news cannot be copied in the mansion, and it is not something that officials of Qi Chongyu's level can know.

With food reserves, military arrangements, and a smart emperor in charge, it is still very difficult for the feudal lord to engage in some demon moths. Looking at it this way, there should be no wars this year or next.

What we have to do right now is how to collect 60 shi of grain within two or three days, which is about [-] million catties. There are [-] villages in the suburbs of the county, and dozens of villages in the periphery. It is difficult to collect the full amount of grain in such a short period of time. too big.

Of course, the development history of Time Traveling tells us that as long as you come from the world, you are omnipotent.So Ting Shuang still accepted the task. To be precise, he had to accept this task. The county magistrate even talked to him in person, so how can he refuse?

"Hurry up and collect food, as much as you can." Ting Shuang made the first step.What to do next, he still doesn't know.

It was already late to leave the county office. Ting Shuang went back to Caigenxiang Restaurant first. The shop was already closed. Li Dongsheng and Ting Hui opened the door when they heard the knock on the door. Seeing his serious face, they hurriedly asked what happened. Ting Shuang said.Li Dongsheng complained to him: "Why are you so stupid? Grain collection is the government's business. Why are you meddling in that business? When the county went to the countryside to urge grain and taxes, it didn't make people jump around, and they were scolded like blood. What are you doing with such a thing that you can't do your best?"

"The county master asked me to help find a way, and I can't refuse. Brother Li, you go back to the village tomorrow and mobilize the villagers to go to the county to pay for food." Ting Shuang explained that his principle is not to sacrifice his own interests. If you can help others, help others.Right now, this hot potato, how to collect so much food in a short time is a problem. If the task cannot be completed, the province will be reprimanded by the court, and the county magistrate will be held accountable by the province. Then he will also be angered and complained by the county magistrate, which is really troublesome .

Just thinking about it, there was a "gulu" in my stomach.

"Get me a bowl of mutton stewed noodles. I'm starving to death." Ting Shuang leaned back on the chair and waited for the meal. By the way, she complained that the county magistrate didn't care about the work meal. After all, our brain cells were also sacrificed for the public, right? ?

Thinking while waiting to eat.Option [-]: follow the example of the Communist Party, mobilize the masses to use practical actions to support the people in the disaster-stricken areas to participate in the great earthquake relief activities, and deliver enough food as soon as possible.The second plan is to imitate the Kuomintang and send more civil servants of the county government to urge food and taxes. They are vicious and intimidating.

The two methods are very different, but they have in common that it is difficult to raise so much food in just a few days.

"Gulu" his stomach growled even louder, and Ting Shuang also called out, "Where's the rice? I'm going to starve to death, and I can't serve a bowl of noodles for a long time. If you greet customers like this, our store will be closed."

"It'll be ready soon." Ting Hui hurried over with a plate of dim sum, "I still have to make noodles, and it will take a while to make noodles, and there is no mutton in the curry, so I sent Liu Gen to buy it from another place, you first Have some cake mats."

Ting Shuang wanted to yell at him, but she was so hungry that she didn't have the strength to teach him a lesson: "You won't find something else if you don't have reconciled noodles? I didn't say you must eat mutton stewed noodles. If you don't have enough food, you can't make it in a while, so you come here." Something easy to make is fine too, stupid..."

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Because time is tight, I can't make mutton stewed noodles for a while, but there are many other things that can fill my stomach. Why didn't I think of it earlier?As long as it is edible, it will fill your stomach, no matter where it comes from.I'm so smart, Ting Shuang solved the problem of food collection, and went to bed at ease after dinner.

At daybreak, Ting Shuang went straight to the county government to ask the county magistrate to show her solution.Take the money from the county treasury to buy grain from the big grain merchants, make enough for the shipment, and solve the immediate difficulties first.

Qi Chongyu also reacted, and slapped the table in surprise: "Yes, the court said to collect grain, but it didn't say whether it wanted the grain of the year or the grain of last year. As long as it is grain, it can fill the stomach. Where is the grain different? Brother, you really have a brain Lively and unconventional.”

After being praised, Ting Shuang was a little proud of herself, so she didn't care about plagiarizing a few lines of poems, so she quickly took action to contact various food companies.Changping County is located in the center of the grain-producing area, and a lot of grain from the surrounding areas flows into the county for distribution. Grain shops, large and small, bought their stored grain and returned to the village, keeping their own rice for their own use, and filling it into public grain. As for the price, it was naturally the same as the market price regardless of the grade.

The Meng family does not have its own grain store if it sells its own grain. If it is sold to a grain store in the city, the price will be lowered again. It will not be the case if it is sold to the public. Anyway, the public only wants grain but not How long does it take to wait for rice?We are not noble people, we just take a small hole when the government doesn't give special instructions, and we should run around for official business to get some rewards.

With peace of mind, Ting Shuang sold all her family's grain to the government at the market price of high-quality grain, regardless of grade, and then bought the grain stored in the county's grain store, plus some of the current year's autumn grain, and finally got more than half of it within three days.All that was left was to depart for Beijing.

After the imperial court’s decree of emergency food collection was issued, many neighboring counties complained and emphasized the objective difficulties, saying that they could not collect so much food in just a few days. Only Changping County did not emphasize the difficulties but tried to solve the difficulties, collecting enough public food in advance The county magistrate, Qi Chongyu, was naturally rewarded for transporting him to Beijing, and he will definitely be rated as excellent in the next year's plan, so he will naturally trust and rely more on Ting Shuang.

Ting Shuang also benefited. After collecting the autumn grain intermittently that year, he hoarded it and sold it when it was out of stock in the next spring. It just so happened that the price of grain rose in the coming year. Ting Shuang and Qi Chongyu's private pockets, the rest of the food money, only the two of them know about this kind of thing, and no outsider knows what's going on inside. From then on, Ting Shuang felt that doing the food business could make money, and planned to open a food business. Doing grain trading is something I will not mention later.

Now Ting Shuang is still thinking about opening a pharmacy, collecting enough food needed, and after the scheduled departure, he returns to the village and asks people in the village who often go up the mountain to collect herbs to ask about the planting of medicinal materials. He is going to mobilize the masses to plant medicinal materials. Start with the ones that are easy to grow.

After returning home from work, Bao Qi came up to greet her: "Seeing that you are so busy these days that you hit the back of your head, take a break, I have something to tell you."

Baoqi swiftly scooped out a bowl of glutinous rice grits for him, mixed a bowl of thin batter, cracked a few eggs, sprinkled a handful of green onions, and spread out a few egg pancakes. Now he can cook some simple home-cooked meals.He spread out a piece of Ting Shuang and stood by the pot and ate one piece. After spreading out all the batter in the bowl, he looked back and saw that a tired person had already fallen asleep on the table.

Baoqi lightly carried him back to the room, put him on the kang, took off his shoes and covered the quilt, looked at his sleeping face, and gently brushed away a lock of messy hair stuck to his forehead.

Well, sometimes someone's sleeping posture is not too ugly, especially when the mouth is not messed up.

But how do you say that?

"Is Big Brother there?" A soft and beautiful voice came from outside the courtyard.

It turned out to be Miss Yumei, Baoqi hurried out, turned around and closed the door, and said to Yumei: "He just came home, he was too tired, he fell asleep when he didn't have a good meal, let's talk about things when he wakes up."

Yumei left disappointed, Chen Guang came back from the field to see her, and asked, "Why didn't Miss Mei go in?"

Baoqi didn't answer, but said: "Chenguang, you have been with me for many years, and you are not too young, it's time to get married."

Chen Guang was puzzled: "Get married?"

Why did you suddenly think of this? What stimulated Brother Bao?

Baoqi showed her true face: "What do you think of Miss Yumei? She is good-looking and has a good temper, and she is good at housework. Look at her body, she can have children."

Chen Guang's heart was full of tears. It turned out that Master Zi'an had such thoughts. Who in the village didn't know that Yumei had taken a fancy to Meng's eldest brother and even gave her a sachet, and now she actually encouraged him to have a leg?

It seems necessary, and very necessary, to educate someone who is not clear-headed.

"Cough..." Chen Guang started class. "Master, the eldest son is not young anymore. His family used to be poor, but now he has property and official titles. He has good looks and good character. It is less than a year since he was eliminated from filial piety. There must be many people who will attack him. Now, I'll abduct Miss Mei away, and then? Miss Lan, Miss Liu, Miss Tao, is it possible for a person like him to be single?"

Baoqi glared at him, thinking that the north wind blows snow and the other flutters, don't I know this truth?You still need to talk too much, I hate people who speak so clearly.

The winking Chen Guang continued to stimulate: "That Miss Lin is not suitable, but this Miss Mei is quite suitable, and they are from the same village, so they will have feelings when they meet often."

"I know, that's why I'm even more unhappy." Baoqi became more irritable and depressed, her thoughts were in a mess and she didn't know what to do.

Chen Guang understood in his heart, and couldn't laugh or cry: "Master, you have to think about your own identity. You will definitely marry a famous lady in the future, and he will also marry a capable woman who can do housework. If you can't be with him, why bother to destroy his marriage?" Besides, even if you are willing to give up everything for him, he doesn't necessarily accept men. He is still willing to live a normal life of men farming and women weaving. If you really can't do without him, tell me now, otherwise you will be so up and down Hanging, his mind will still run to the girl."

Thinking of explaining this inexplicable affection and entanglement clearly, Baoqi lost all strength and formed a small ball, with a small black cloud on top of her head exuding resentment. It's not that I don't want to make it clear, but I really can't.

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