Zhu Yingtai asked her husband to sit down and massage his head, and asked: "How long can our food last?"
"There's less than seven days' worth of food left!"
"And the number of victims is increasing. I'm afraid they won't be able to survive even seven days by then!"
Zhu Yingtai was silent for a while, and then said with relief: "Husband, didn't you write to Mr. Zhou some time ago, informing Mr. Zhou of the floods in the south of the Yangtze River, and ask him to help with some food! Mr. Zhou knew the suffering of the people in the south of the Yangtze River. , we will definitely not stand idly by! We just need to hold on until Mr. Zhou’s disaster relief food comes, and then we will be able to let the people survive this winter!"
After pressing his head for a while, Liang Shanbo stopped letting his wife Zhu Yingtai press it any further. Instead, he asked him to sit down, sighed again, and said: "Master Zhou loves the people like a son and cares about the common people. He will definitely have people prepare disaster relief materials for the people in Jiangnan."
"Then isn't this a good thing for the people of Jiangnan? Why don't you, husband, look happy at all on your face?"
Liang Shan stood up, shook his head, and sighed, but he finally expressed his worries.
"Some time ago, Master Zhou conquered the Xiongnu in the north and single-handedly defeated the Xiongnu Wuwan Chanyu and drove him to the north of the Qilian Mountains. Since then, there has been no Xiongnu royal court in Monan."
"But some time ago, I heard that Mr. Zhou was sent by the emperor to expedition to the Kingdom of Dayuan. I heard that the Kingdom of Dayuan is thousands of miles away from the Kingdom of Chen. With such a long distance, the amount of money and supplies consumed by the army is an astronomical figure. ! And I heard that the imperial court still did not allocate any money or food for the general’s westward expedition to Dayuan this time, and asked Mr. Zhou to raise it himself in Yongzhou..."
Speaking of this, Liang Shanbo stopped talking.
"Husband, are you worried that your letter will reach the commander's hands and distract him, leading to the defeat of the Mighty Guard?"
Liang Shanbo nodded lightly, confirming his wife's guess.
But he didn't expect Zhu Yingtai to laugh the next second.
"Hahahaha~"
"Hahahaha~"
...
Liang Shanbo was a little confused and asked doubtfully: "Madam, what are you laughing at?"
"Husband, husband, I'm laughing at you for being so unfounded!"
"Think about it, when Mr. Zhou was in Pingjiang County, he defeated 400,000 Xiongnu and Khitan troops with only tens of thousands of troops and horses. Now that he has a cloud of fierce generals and a rain of counselors, how can he be defeated? The small country in the Western Region was defeated!"
This is indeed the case. At this moment, Zhou Yi and Wang Dachui, who had returned to Loulan New City with oil, were eating the red oil hot pot around the brazier!
"By the way, Mr. Zhou, we can auction off the things Mr. Zhou gave us earlier to raise money to buy some food to help the victims!"
When Liang Shanbo and his wife left Yongzhou before, Zhou Yi prepared five carts of gold and silver treasures and Yongzhou specialties for them, but Liang Shanbo and his wife only accepted three carts of them.
Liang Shanbo used the gold and silver to buy grain in the early stages of the flood, which was one of the reasons why he was able to sustain it for so long.
And now all that's left are some glassware.
Among them, Zhu Yingtai’s favorite is the glass statue of a pair of golden boys and girls.
In order to support her husband, Zhu Yingtai also planned to auction the couple to raise money.
Seeing that his virtuous wife supported him so much, Liang Shanbo also decided to sell his cherished collection of ancient books.
The next day, Liang Shanbo organized all his collection of ancient books early.
At the top of all the books is a book called "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" with Zhouyi written on it. This is Liang Shanbo's favorite book.
Not only because this book is signed by Zhou Yi, but also because Liang Shanbo himself wanted to be a character in the book who was as wise as Zhuge Liang and almost as demonic.
Liang Shanbo once thought that the reason why he wanted to be like Zhuge Kongming was probably because he had such a realistic role model around him!
And this real-life role model is none other than Zhou Yi, the lord of Liangshan Boyuan in the north.
In Liang Shanbo's view, Zhou Yi was a man of extraordinary talent. He not only knew astronomy, geography, and human relations, he was also proficient in troop formations and tactics.
Such a perfect character, the only one in the world.
When Zhu Yingtai saw her husband putting up all his favorite "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" for auction, she felt heartbroken.
Many of the people who came to participate in the auction of Liang Shanbo, the son of Master Yin of Hangzhou, were wealthy businessmen and landowners in Hangzhou, as well as many wealthy businessmen from Jinling, Suzhou and other places in Yangzhou.
The reason why these wealthy businessmen and wealthy people came here was because of the face of Liang Shanbo's father, the Governor of Hangzhou.
Moreover, these wealthy businessmen and wealthy businessmen who are looking for profit also know that they have to spend money this time. If they didn't want to establish a line with the governor of Hangzhou, they would not come here.
Liang Yongxiu, Liang Shanbo's father, said politely to the wealthy businessmen and gentry who came to support him: "Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedule to come."
"Nowadays, there are floods in the south of the Yangtze River, and countless people have been displaced. So in order to raise money to buy food to help the people, I and many officials from the Hangzhou Prefecture brought some utensils from home to auction here. I hope you can help me!"
Liang Shanbo and his son are honest people. In order to rescue the people affected by the disaster this time, they took out a lot of valuable things from their homes. On the other hand, other county magistrates and officials only took out some worthless junk. .
In addition, Liang Shanbo and his son may be good officials as honest officials, but they are not good at business. Many of their previous items were sold by them at auctions for much lower than the market price.
Liang Shanbo's books were all sold at low prices for a few taels of silver each.
However, the pair of glazed statues of a golden boy and a beautiful girl attracted countless wealthy businessmen and wealthy businessmen to compete for them after their final appearance.
The last pair of glazed statues of a golden boy and a beautiful girl were sold to a wealthy Jinling businessman surnamed Zhu for ten thousand taels of silver.
If Zhou Yi or Yang Xiu were here again, they would definitely scold Liang Shanbo for not knowing how to do business.
If this pair of glaze statues of a golden boy and a beautiful girl were in the hands of Zhou Yi, he would definitely auction them off twice. The rich merchant who bought the glaze statue for the first time would definitely spend a lot of money to send the second one in order to get a good meaning. Glazed statue.
During the auction, you can set a high price from the beginning.
It's a pity, it's a pity that Liang Shanbo and his son had no one to guide them. In the end, the auction could only raise more than 30,000 tons of silver, while the price of food in Yangzhou was increasing day by day.
Liang Shanbo and his son destroyed their homes and raised 30,000 taels of silver to provide relief, but the food they purchased could not last more than a few days.
