120. Acquisition
Lu Shi was a little strange when he saw Lu Shiyi coming over, and when he heard him say Mo Shu's decision, he was very emotional.
These locusts can naturally be used as feed, but even if Mo Shu does not say that he will buy them, but only hire someone to clean them, it will be much cheaper.
Mo Shu has now chosen the method of acquisition, and naturally has the intention of taking care of these victims.
Looking at the victims next to them, when they heard the news, their initial reaction was obviously that they had misheard, and their faces were full of disbelief.
Seeing this, Lu Shiyi repeated it again, and said: "I think all the villagers should have heard that now the county lord of Chaoyuan has built many farms in various places, and it can be seen from this locust plague that these poultry prefer to eat this locust. Therefore, the Mo family and the Wu family said that they would buy locusts from this side of the beam, whether they were dead or alive, as long as they were not killed by medicine, they would be harmful to the poultry......"
At this moment, all the victims reacted, and before Lu Shiyi finished speaking, they started talking about it word by word.
And such a good thing?
Can these locusts that eat their crops be sold for money?
Now I had a more active brain, remembered the news that came back from the county a little to the south, and immediately went home to get the tools.
At first, these people thought that the poultry would still come this way, so that they would not have to sweep the dead locusts from the ground.
However, it is said that the people on the farm heard that after the locusts crossed the border, most of the locusts left behind were only locusts that had died for unknown reasons, and the damage caused was irreparable, and there were almost no locusts that continued to infest here, so they did not come back.
This part of the well-informed people felt a pity that they could not see the legendary majestic and spectacular poultry procession, and they had to find a way to clean up the carcasses of these locusts.
Now that I think about it, if this purchase of locusts is true, I must be glad that these poultry did not come.
Otherwise, with the rumored amount of food for these poultry, how can they find so many locusts for people to buy?
The move of the Wu family and the Mo family is really a savior for the victims! And in the final analysis, it is still the grace of Mo Liuniang, if it weren't for the fact that the county lord didn't develop a farm because he wanted to open a cake shop, now the prefectures and counties south of Qilu will also be eaten into red soil by locusts that cover the sky and the sun, and the scope of the disaster is wide, even if you escape the disaster, you don't know where to flee.
Maybe there will be a terrible situation after the locust plague in the past.
However, because of the breeding farms developed by the county lord of Chaoyuan, not only have the locusts been eliminated in many places before they have fully grown into the climate, but they have also been eliminated when they are still bugs, making the scope of the locust plague much smaller; And when the locusts are raging, these fowl can even prey on these locusts at an astonishing speed; Now there is news of the acquisition of locusts.
In other words, the victims can also rely on these locusts that have died and fallen to the ground, and originally thought that they would need to spend their efforts and efforts to clean up in vain, in exchange for some money to get through the current difficult situation.
Still others are skeptical, but don't dare to ask.
Seeing this situation, Lu Shi turned back to the car and told Mo Shu about the reaction of the victims, and said, "What are they all starving, many of these victims are still hesitating to wait and see, but they don't know how long to delay." But the county lord still has to rush to Linhai County, why don't you leave the matter of purchasing locusts here to Steward Zhao, and the carriage continues to hurry? β
Lu Shi's name as Zhao Qiang is Zhao Gao's younger brother, and Wu Ziheng assigned him over this time, so he is ready to deal with similar things at any time.
Mo Shu agreed, and asked Lu Shi to call Zhao Qiang over, explain the situation, and give a few more instructions, but still said the price for Zhao Qiang to look at: "...... Although it is a way for these victims, the price does not need to be too high, of course, it should not be too low, just set it according to the quality of the feed. β
Zhao Qiang bowed and promised.
Mo Shu thought for a while, and then said: "In today's situation, even if there is money, it is not easy for these disaster victims to buy food, so it is better to exchange it for food." The farms around here have some spare grain stored here, which will be used here first, and then transported from elsewhere to replenish it another day. β
While speaking, seeing that Zhao Qiang was also thoughtful while nodding, Mo Shu asked, "What else does Manager Zhao have in mind?" β
Zhao Qiang just listened to Mo Shu mention the storage of spare grain in various places, and remembered that the county lord had not forgotten to store grain when he built farms in various places, and at that time, because of the bumper harvest in various places last year, the price of grain was not expensive, but it was a few months of hard work, and now the price has risen several times.
Therefore, Zhao Qiang sighed in his heart a little at the bottom of his heart, Mo Shu's foresight and foresight.
Now that he heard Mo Shu's question, Zhao Qiang immediately cheered up and said, "Does the county lord think it's more appropriate to exchange more grain for how many locusts?" β
Mo Shu raised her eyes and said in surprise: "If I have calculated everything, what are I going to do with you?" β
Zhao Qiang immediately broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, and immediately said: "What the county lord said is reasonable, but it is a small inconsiderate. β
Saying that, Zhao Qiang quickly calculated in his heart, and after a while, he asked: "How does the county lord feel about the three stone locusts for a bucket of medium-quality wheat?" β
At present, one stone is about ten buckets, and in this way, it is equivalent to thirty buckets of locusts can be exchanged for one bucket of wheat.
Mo Shu thought it was okay, and nodded immediately: "That's it." Lu Shiyi will stay behind, you will do this well, and your cousin will naturally give you a reward when you go back. β
The Zhao steward, who had just been entrusted with the important task, nodded hurriedly, and then retreated in the direction of the disaster victims and Lu Shiyi.
Mo Shu called Lu Shiyi over and said a few words before letting the coachman set off, and more than a dozen of Lu guards naturally followed.
Here, Zhao Qiang walked next to the victims, immediately showed his identity kindly, and took out the wooden sign of the Jin State Mansion.
Speaking of which, Zhao is still experienced, and as soon as this sign came out, these victims didn't have to tell the truth from the fake, and they didn't even know the words on it, but they suddenly felt that Cheng DΓΉ was credible in this matter, and it was greatly improved.
Now that it was decided that this incident should be true, the victims of the disaster could not stay for a long time. And seeing that Steward Zhao seemed to be better talking than Lu Shiyi, some people who went back to get the tools dared to ask: "Since the nobles of the Mo family and the Wu family accept this locust, I don't know what the price is?" How much can a stone locust get? β
When asked about the price, everyone became nervous and looked at Steward Zhao with a smile.
Zhao Qiang said angrily: "The master said, three stone locusts for a bucket of medium-quality wheat. β
So good?!
Everyone felt as if they were in a dream.
One of the victims stammered and asked, "How much, how much?" Yes, you can change directly to ...... Wheat? β
Steward Zhao nodded affirmatively, and repeated again: "The three stone locusts are exchanged for a bucket of medium-quality wheat, and if the locusts are brought over, they can be directly exchanged for wheat." β
When everyone heard this, they hurried home to get their tools.
And the wise, who had already brought their tools, began to sweep up the locusts on the spot.
The Wu family and the Mo family are really good people!
only used a little wheat harvested at a low price, so that the Qilu victims remembered the great kindness of Mo Shu, the Mo family, and the Wu family, and others could not say that Mo Shu was buying people's hearts, because she bought feed with wheat.
After Yang Liuli heard about this, she couldn't help but start to wonder, she always felt that Mo Shu was not good at planning, could it be wrong? (To be continued.) )