Chapter Seventy-Nine: Cash-for-Work

Yang Chen walked to the door and saw Bruce at a loss.

A strong man squirmed and stood at the door of the mansion, which was really a little funny.

Don't look at Bruce is still a character in Blue Star Town, even if he and Yang Chen went to Blue Moon City together, he can still maintain his demeanor, but when he really stepped into Cecil City and came to the door of Cecil's mansion, he couldn't help but be a little cowardly.

Yang Chen, a visitor from another world, naturally didn't understand this feeling.

For the entire people of Noonan, Cecil City is the holy city in their hearts, and Cecil's Mansion is comparable to the existence of a royal palace.

When Bruce saw Yang Chen, he couldn't help but step forward, but as if he realized something, he glanced at the sign on the door of Cecil's mansion, couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and no longer dared to step forward.

Seeing this, Yang Chen couldn't help but shake his head a little, and he was inevitably a little disappointed in Bruce in his heart.

He walked up to him and asked, "Why are you alone?"

Bruce cautiously explained, "They've all been temporarily settled in the outer city by me, and the inner city guard said they could only let us in alone to report the news......"

Yang Chen was a little surprised, he really didn't know that there were still entry restrictions in the inner city.

Turning his head slightly, he glanced at Xili who came up next to him, and only after seeing the other party nodding did Yang Chen believe it.

"It's okay, Miss Ciri will take care of it for you......" he said, tilting his head to look at Ciri.

Ciri was silent when he heard this, but just took out a token from his space equipment and handed it to Bruce.

"This is the sign I used to be the commander of the Feather Guards, and those guards will naturally let you in when they see it......"

Bruce hurriedly took the sign, and sighed in his heart that he really deserved to be the master, but there was a way.

"Okay, you go and bring everyone over first, and then you can live here with me. Yang Chen saw Bruce take the token, and said.

"This ...... Master...... It's good for us to stay out of town...... Now that they have a sign, it's easy to get in and out......" Bruce squirmed, how could they be a group of flat-headed people who were qualified to live in Cecil's mansion?

"Let you live there, so much nonsense? Living in the outer city, how much time does it take to come and go?" Yang Chen was a little displeased, and the man with three thick shoulders was still twisted.

"Yes!" With that, Bruce saluted Yang Chen and went to the outer city to call someone.

Looking at the back of Bruce leaving, Yang Chen always felt that something seemed to be wrong, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong for a while.

At this moment, there was a faint voice in the ears of Ciri, "Do you think we should send him a horse?"

Yang Chen was shocked, what a word to wake up the dreamer!

Just looked up and saw that Bruce had disappeared, the corners of Yang Chen's mouth moved, and he said, "No need...... Let him exercise and exercise......"

For a moment, the air fell silent again......

It was a long time before Ciri took the initiative to ask.

"Before, you said that you have a way to solve the dilemma in front of you, what are you going to do?"

Yang Chen couldn't help but chuckle lightly, "Mountain people have their own tricks!"

Ciri was puzzled, "Who is the mountain man, is he very powerful?"

Yang Chen was stunned for a moment, and just looked at Xili directly......

Seeing Yang Chen's eyes looking at the fool, Ciri couldn't help but shrug his head, "What? I should know? But...... I don't know him......"

Yang Chen pinned his head to the side and sighed deeply, a little speechless...... Alas, that's a cultural difference!

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It would take a long time for Bruce to go to the outer city to call people, and it was naturally impossible for Ciri and Yang Chen to wait for them at the door all the time.

So after Ciri told the housekeeper to arrange Bruce and his party, he and Yang Chen took the car to the government affairs hall together.

Although Yang Chen already had some drafts in his heart, he still didn't know much about the specific form, so he had to go to Sero to inquire about the current situation of Xiluo City before making arrangements.

Along the way, Ciri was very curious about Yang Chen's so-called clever plan, and asked questions without listening.

Yang Chen wanted to hold it at first, but Xili was too difficult, so he had to reveal some thoughts to her first.

"Hurry up, hurry up, I can't wait. Heary sat upright, listening intently.

"I ask you, what is the root of the problem at the moment?"

"Uh...... Is it a plague of locusts?" replied Ciri, uncertain.

"No, the locust plague is only a trigger, and the locust plague will dissipate sooner or later under the devouring of chickens, ducks and other poultry......"

"Then what is the problem at the moment?" said Ciri, somewhat unconvinced.

"It's hope!" Yang Chen's head raised slightly, and his eyes seemed to be about to break through thousands of miles and thousands of mountains, and go straight to Xiluo City!

There, as the largest city in the entire Midwestern Plain, stabilize the situation there, and the Midwest can be stabilized.

"Hope?" Ciri wondered.

"That's right, because in the disaster area, whether it is the citizens living in the city or the farmers who are directly facing the locust plague, they must now be anxious and lose confidence. ”

"But haven't we already spread the news that poultry can devour locusts to the villages? ”

"No, you're wrong," Yang Chen shook his head lightly and said in a heavy tone, "It is precisely because they directly faced the terrible locust plague and saw that a large number of crops and crops were devoured by locusts, and they had already erected an invincible influence in their hearts. Moreover, in this case, there will definitely be people who wantonly spread rumors, saying that the supply of Nonnan depends on China and the West, and now that the crops in the Central and Western regions are destroyed, it is impossible to have enough food to save us...... And so on, and so on, and the people were panicking, and everyone wanted to hurry up and harvest the unripe grain in the field. On the one hand, because the preconceived locust plague is invincible, and on the other hand, because of the fact that they are clear and realistic, they are even more frightened and desperate!"

"But the problem is, as long as they are obedient, cooperate with us, take care of the crops with peace of mind, and add the food shipped from all over the country, they will always survive this disaster...... "Ciri was a little uncomfortable, in her opinion, although the amount of food is not enough, but if the people in the disaster area cooperate well, they will always be able to survive this disaster."

"Yes, they are so panicked that they can't listen to it anymore......" Yang Chen sighed a little.

"That'...... So how do we give them hope?" asked Ciri.

"Hope, their hope now is food, a lot of food!" Yang Chen said thoughtfully.

"How is it possible that there is still a lot of food? We don't have so much...... "Ciri's eyes widened, if there was so much food, how would he be so afraid of this locust plague?

"Hahaha...... If there is no food, then mobilize them to fight on their own!" Yang Chen said with a smile.

"You...... Inconsistencies! One moment they said that they had no food, lacked hope, and could not properly maintain the fields, let alone cooperate with us to fight against the locusts with poultry, and at another time said that they would work hard to farm and raise chickens and ducks to resist the locusts, and that they would have enough food and clothing...... I...... I really don't understand what you think......" Ciri was a little confused, she couldn't see where the solution was.

"It's okay...... You'll understand......" Yang Chen began to explain patiently, "At present, their biggest need is to need food! But you also said before that we don't have so much food to regain confidence for everyone! However, confidence and hope don't appear all at once, he needs a process ......."

Ciri said she still didn't understand.

Yang Chen was helpless and suddenly changed the topic. "Before, were we going to send the food delivered from various places directly to the victims?"

"Then what should we do? If we sell it, it will definitely be that the rich can have more food, and the poor can only starve to death......" Ciri couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard Yang Chen's words.

"What if...... We mobilize these people to help us with the work, how about we give them food?" Yang Chen said step by step.

"Work?" "Heary was a little puzzled, and he asked the victims to do some work.

"Every time you make a mistake, if you mobilize the victims to catch a hundred locusts a day, and we give them a day's rations, do you think anyone will do it?"

Xili was still a little puzzled, glanced at Yang Chen suspiciously, thought about it carefully, and said. "I guess so, after all, they are so short of food...... But what use are we to have locusts?"

"Hey...... We can use it to raise chickens and ducks...... Moreover, do you think that if we take chickens and ducks to the nobles to exchange the old grain in their hands, they will change it?"

Ciri's head was a mess, and he could only follow his feelings, and said, "I think I would like to......"

"Isn't that enough? We will use the food we have raised in the early stage to mobilize the victims to help us catch locusts, raise chickens and ducks, and then go to the nobles to exchange food......

"Wait, wait...... However, it will take at least a month for chickens and ducks to grow up, so what should we do to the nobles in exchange?" Ciri felt that he had found a loophole, and suddenly felt a little complacent.

"Then do you think they would be reluctant to make a contract with them in the name of the Cecil family, promising to let the nobles give them grain first, and then deliver the chickens and ducks in more than a month?"

"Should I be willing?" Ciri was stunned suddenly, he felt that with the greed of the nobles, he should directly agree to this deal, although the price of food is soaring now, but this does not mean that the price of meat such as chickens and ducks will decrease, but it will also rise wildly along with food crops. The same weight of grain to exchange for chickens and ducks is definitely a big profit!

"Isn't this the end?" Yang Chen said with a faint smile.

"Eh, no, you've been caught in it, but even if you can achieve what you have, even if you add the food hoarded by the nobles, it's still not enough?

"Convinced!" Yang Chen couldn't help patting his head when he heard Xili ask this question, "Then do you think that after the farmers see that chickens and ducks can eat locusts, they won't do something spontaneously?"

"This ......" Ciri couldn't help but scratch his head in embarrassment, when the victims raised poultry, they would definitely find the effect of poultry on the locust plague, coupled with the propaganda of the government affairs department, there was basically no problem.

At this time, Ciri seemed to think of something, and asked seriously, "And one last question, we don't have ducks?"

Yang Chen suddenly felt as if he was talking to a fool, and asked rhetorically, "Then do you have money?"

"But...... Now ducks are so expensive...... "Ciri was a little aggrieved.

“...... You really don't just plan to exchange ducks for food with the nobles, can you find a way to exchange some gold coins?" Yang Chen said that he never wanted to talk to this fool again.