Hu County.
On the one hand, Wei Shuyu rescued, and on the other hand, he sent teams to search for food in the ruins.
It would also take about two or three days for the Imperial College army to go to other state capitals to collect food.
Therefore, Wei Shuyu can only rely on Wei Shuyu to provide food these days!
At this time, Wei Shuyu was bargaining with dozens of landlords and squires...
"Do you have any objections to the imperial court's purchase of your grain at half price?"
What?
The landowners were immediately furious.
One by one they started to accuse Wei Shuyu...
"No, you are taking advantage of the situation!"
"We have worked hard to grow the food, how can we sell it at a low price?"
"Yes, we have already done a good deed by not raising prices. You still want us to lower prices? What a dream!"
"I think you, little censor, just want to defraud us of our food."
"Yes, we won't sell it, in this case, unless you buy it at a higher price."
The landowners got excited and became more and more outrageous.
Wei Shuyu wanted to lower the price, but they also wanted to raise the price...
"Now that the people are suffering from the disaster, aren't you willing to do your little bit?" Wei Shuyu smiled nonchalantly.
"This is our own food, and we have the right to choose to sell it or not!"
"Yes, the price is not right, we won't sell it!"
"Why don't you do your best?"
"Why doesn't Zheng Guogong donate food to such a big mansion..."
The words of the landlords and squires became more and more fierce.
They all knew Wei Zheng's character and would never rob the people of their food.
That's why they dared to bargain with Wei Shuyu.
"hehe……"
Wei Shuyu smiled nonchalantly: "They all have good words."
"General Liang, then just throw their food back into their warehouse."
Um?
Several landlords and wealthy people don't know why.
However, Wei Shuyu's understatement always gave him a bad feeling.
"What do you mean?" a landowner asked.
"It's not interesting."
Wei Shuyu shrugged: "What happens when the earth shakes? Just restore them to their original state."
All the landowners thought for a while.
Throwing it back into their ruined warehouse will only cause a little loss at most, which is more cost-effective than selling it at half price.
"Ahem..."
At this moment, an old landowner stood up and said: "Little Yushi, General Liang, I am willing to sell to the court at half price, and I am willing to accept the IOU."
As soon as these words came out, the landlords exploded again.
"Old man Huang, what do you mean?"
"We agreed to argue together, but why are you so fickle?"
"Traitor, big traitor!"
Old Man Huang ignored everyone and continued to wait for Wei Shuyu's reply.
"The old gentleman is very righteous."
Wei Shuyu enthusiastically raised his hand and said, "I will ask your Majesty for your merit."
"Thank you, little censor."
Old Man Huang returned the gift respectfully.
"Old Huang, what do you mean?"
A landlord who had a good relationship with Old Man Huang secretly tugged on Old Man Huang's sleeve.
"You guys..."
Old Huangtou shook his head: "In the face of the general trend, why do you care about the price? It's good if it can be sold."
"What does this mean?" The landlords were still puzzled.
"The people are starving to death. Do they still care about your status?"
Uh-huh.
The expressions of all the landowners suddenly changed.
The people are starving to death, but they don’t care so much.
Once there is a riot and attacks on their food, they will definitely not be able to hold on.
Moreover, they offended Wei Shuyu and Liang Jianfang.
Do you still expect the other party to help you guard the food?
Won't!
Liang Jianfang even sent a team to pretend to be victims of the disaster and robbed them...
Don’t say it’s half price then.
Can't get a penny!
"Little Yushi, I just made a mistake, I'll sell it at half price!"
"I sell it too."
"I also sell..."
Suddenly, the situation changed drastically.
Landowners began to compete to sell grain.
"oh?"
Wei Shuyu raised his eyebrows: "Changed your mind so quickly?"
"Yuxian is our hometown, and it is our honor to be able to contribute to our hometown!"
"I didn't force you to do this, right?" Wei Shuyu said with a smile.
"What did the little censor say? The villagers are in trouble, and we should do our best. If there were no children at home to support, we would have gone bankrupt to help."
A landowner clenched his fists and spoke solemnly.
"Then Wei Shuyu would like to thank you all."
Wei Shuyu cupped his hands, then turned to look at Liang Jianfang: "General Liang."
"What's wrong?"
Wei Shuyu took the pen and paper and handed it to the other party: "Write an IOU?"
"What?"
Liang Jianfang was shocked: "You want me to write it?"
"Nonsense, you are the commander-in-chief of this operation. If you don't write it, who will?"
"No, no, no..."
Liang Jianfang refused to do anything, shaking his head like a rattle.
There are at least tens of thousands of people in Huxian County.
Once this IOU is written down, will I risk my life to pay it back?
Li Shimin will never pay back the money for him.
"Why are you panicking?"
Wei Shuyu said disdainfully: "Won't there be food in a few days?"
"this……"
Liang Jianfang still hesitated.
Just those guys like Cui Shenji are unreliable no matter how you look at them.
If you don't get food in the end, won't you be in trouble?
"hurry up!"
"You can let me sign it, but you have to sign it too."
Liang Jianfang rolled his eyes.
Wei Zheng's reputation is still very easy to use.
"Are you so timid?"
Wei Shuyu rolled his eyes: "If you still don't pay, can't you just kill these landlords one by one?"
The landowners were all dumbfounded.
So you really are this kind of person?
Fortunately, we gave in early, otherwise we would have died in the middle of the night without knowing how.
"I don't care. If you don't sign, I won't sign either." Liang Jianfang bit him to death.
"Fine."
Wei Shuyu nodded in agreement.
After some guidance, Wei Shuyu finally purchased some grain.
But these grains are only a drop in the bucket.
How can the landlords and wealthy people support the tens of thousands of people in Hu County with a warehouse of grain?
Fortunately, I saved a lot of money and finally spent three days...
"Cauldron, we are back..."
Cui Shenji and his friends rushed back happily.
Behind them, the carriages loaded with food followed closely.
"Not bad……"
Wei Shuyu finally breathed a sigh of relief: "I'll add chicken drumsticks for you tonight!"
Liang Jianfang's mouth twitched.
Such a great achievement, how could he be fooled by just a chicken drumstick?
After the food is in place, the people will have the strength to work.
The next step is to start rebuilding Hu County.
A few days later, after the food from the court was delivered, the food crisis was finally over...
this day.
Wei Shuyu was leading the people to rebuild their homes, and a large group of people followed him to listen to their opinions.
There are officials, merchants, workers...
After getting along for a period of time, everyone was convinced of Wei Shuyu.
At this moment, Liang Jianfang hurried over...
"Wei Xiaoyushi, something big happened!"
Some officials wanted to scold him, but when they saw that the person arriving was Liang Jianfang, they immediately suppressed their words...
"The Duke of Zheng has received news that Wei Shizhong has fallen ill!"
