Chapter 159: Disaster
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Raw materials, tools, venues, including sales channels, have been taken care of.
On July 17, the twenty-fourth year of Tianyuan, most of the prosperous cities in Dayu had a Qin Ji Ice Shop opened.
Because behind this matter is the tacit support of the imperial court, many clear-eyed people among the officials know that they can turn a blind eye and protect themselves.
Don't go to other people's troubles, and don't make trouble for yourself.
There are even some officials who have made a show in the past to show the attitude of the imperial court.
But there are still some people who are extremely unhappy looking at this shop, such as those on the prince's side.
"Smack!"
With a crisp sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, the prince in the yellow brocade robe was full of anger at the moment, and he was full of anger, which was very different from the image of the noble and elegant son before.
Viciously smashed all the things in the room clean, Prince Xuanyuan Rui's face was so angry that his face turned blue, his chest rose and fell violently, he turned his head and stared at the officials who were bowing their heads on the side, and roared angrily: "A group of useless things!" ”
The officials shook their bodies and didn't dare to make a sound, Xuanyuan Rui continued to point his nose and scolded angrily: "This palace asked you to stop their movements, but the result is good, they are now officially opened!" ”
An official whispered, "Returning to the prince...... It's not that the subordinates didn't do their best, but ...... But...... Behind them, but now the saints! ”
Xuanyuan Rui's pupils shrank, and he suddenly lifted the man's collar, and his eyes could spew out anger and roared: "So what?!" I'm the Prince! It is the future emperor! ”
Seeing that the other party was so frightened that he couldn't speak, Xuanyuan Rui snorted coldly and dropped his collar. Turn around and sit down in a chair next to you.
Speaking of which, Xuanyuan Rui is really hard, since that time the jade pendant has not been obtained. When he went back, he was grounded and punished by his father, and began to be wary of him. After that, nothing went well!
Disaster relief is the same, how could he know that the treasury has long been emptied by those people, just to take this opportunity to save his father's heart, so he can't wait to take this matter.
It wasn't until he found out that there wasn't much food in the treasury at all, it was already a little late, and he happened to be put on the hook by his fourth brother with a ghost in his heart, and he swallowed this grievance hard.
Without food, disaster relief has not been effective for a long time. He didn't dare to go back, so he could only suffer from shabby in this barren land.
Finally, the prime minister came with the news that there was a way to make ice in the Jige Pavilion that day, thinking that if he pulled the other party under his command, he could also alleviate some of the difficulties with this method.
As a result, people didn't cooperate at all, and there was no way. I had to use it strongly, and I was glad that I grabbed a secret recipe, but I didn't know. Cracking the secret recipe didn't ......
Thinking of this, Xuanyuan Rui, whose face was gloomy, eased slightly, and raised his eyes to glance at the group of frightened quail-like officials. I was bored in my heart, and waved my hand impatiently. Then someone else went and called the person who had cracked the secret recipe.
Soon, the man came in. Xuanyuan Rui sat up straight with some anticipation and asked eagerly, "Master, what's going on?" ”
"This ......," the man nervously wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, trying to phrase it, "His Royal Highness the Prince...... The secret ingredient...... No matter how you look at it, it's a blank slate......"
"Smack!" Angrily slamming the table, the prince stood up and roared, "What did you say?!" ”
“…… The villain said that the so-called secret recipe was just a blank sheet of paper...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, "Cautiously glanced at the face of the person in front of him, and the man continued to whisper: "Could it be that he was deceived by those people......"
The words fell, and the room fell into silence for a long time, and the sound of the prince's heavy breathing and grinding teeth was faintly heard. ”
The man hurriedly saluted and prepared to leave, and asked by the way, "That...... Is that secret recipe still ......?"
The prince paused, and sighed faintly, "That's it, no need, you can go!" ”
"Yes, the villain is retiring."
The man hurriedly withdrew, and the prince sat in the middle of the house, rubbing his brow in annoyance, and holding the other hand tightly in his sleeve.
In short, he was careless this time, so he became what he is now, but fortunately, the four princes did not get any benefits from this matter, at most they had a tie with themselves.
King Jing is his own imperial uncle, there is no threat, although I don't know what the reason is for meddling in this matter this time, but it shouldn't be for the fourth brother.
Now that the matter of selling ice is also a foregone conclusion, the grain collected can alleviate the disaster and solve the siege, since it has reached such a point, it is better to push the boat down the river and give the other party a personal favor, and it will be easy to talk in the future.
Xuanyuan Rui's crown prince for so many years is not in vain, in such a situation, it is the best choice to be able to quickly make the most favorable judgment for himself.
Xuanyuan Rui, who had made up his mind, sighed helplessly, even if the matter was barely resolved, he always felt uneasy......
Moreover, this feeling of killing halfway and biting gold is really bad......
Cursing a few words in a low voice, cheering up, Xuanyuan Rui opened his eyes, his dark brown eyes flashed away, rearranged his demeanor, and restored to the appearance of a handsome boy in the past.
Soon, the people of the prince's faction received the news, and they fully cooperated with the other party in this matter, and showed their identities as vaguely as possible, so that the other party knew their attitude.
Although it is very inexplicable, but a good subordinate only needs to do things obediently, and there is no need to speculate on the intentions of the master, so a group of officials who make soy sauce rushed to the Qin Ji Ice Shop within their jurisdiction very hard, took a few carts of grain to exchange for a cart of ice, and went home satisfied.
This kind of situation is naturally excellent for the people of Tianji Pavilion, but there is one thing that I don't understand very well, that is, those people buy ice and buy ice, why do they report to their homes, what, do you want them to return the gift or what? Or is it a familiar face, next time you come to brush your face, you can get a 10% discount?!
The unguessable plot made the shopkeeper very confused, so he hurried in to ask his shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper touched his chin and pondered for a moment. To no avail, thinking that his master is not in a good mood now. Don't disturb him with such a small thing!
So the shopkeeper waved his big hand and said very calmly and mightily: "Don't care! Just keep track of who and how much you buy. The rest, so much for him! ”
So the shopkeeper obediently went back to his post, dutifully watched these dignitaries personally bring people over to deliver food, receive ice, brush their faces, and the shopkeeper entertained them very politely, and then recorded all of them in the account book how much grain they sent.
The impact of ice trafficking is undoubtedly enormous.
It doesn't matter who it is. It's an unprecedented shock.
In the eyes of ordinary people who don't know the truth, this is not only a miracle of heaven's manifestation, but also evidence of the collusion between officials and businessmen in the court.
Rumors slowly spread, especially in the disaster area, those ragged, displaced, hungry people with skin and bones, really hated the court for a while.
The so-called "Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road." ”
Although the situation is different. But in essence, there is the final effect, but it is about the same.
The pressure on officials in the disaster area is even greater, and they are eager to pack up their baggage and flee immediately. Because the feelings of that group of refugees became more and more excited, they gathered outside the yamen all day long to push and abuse, and they were about to come in. The local officials had no choice but to keep writing to ask for the support of the imperial court.
Fortunately, Tianji Pavilion is Tianji Pavilion anyway. The strength of the Huaiyun Gang, which relies on the logistics industry to gain a firm foothold, is not a joke.
Plus the green card given by the imperial court. You don't need to go through the process all the way through the checkpoint, you can be released directly, the prince and the four princes have a tacit understanding to support them, no one chooses to stumble at this time, thankless.
As a result, in just five days, as many as 10,000 quintals of grain were raised from all over the country! The emperor was so happy that he almost overturned all the twists and turns on the table.
The saint of Longyan Dayue greatly praised King Jing, verbally praised the Tianji Pavilion that had made a relatively large contribution, and then urged the food to arrive quickly, and the people in the disaster area were still waiting for help.
Xuanyuan Jing knelt on the ground, listening to the ******** who was chanting the content of the holy decree in a high-pitched voice, rolled his eyes unceremoniously in his heart, and sneered.
After receiving the holy decree, Xuanyuan Jing stood up and shook his robe, took the holy decree, and said coldly: "Send my father-in-law out of the house." Then he left without looking back, and his father-in-law, who had a flattering smile on his face, stood in place embarrassedly, and was "politely" invited out of the house.
With the efficiency of the Huaiyun Gang, coupled with the support of the imperial court, the food was quickly arrived, and the government of the disaster area was greatly relieved.
When the food arrived in the disaster area, it was distributed in the name of the imperial court, although it was impossible to alleviate the disaster in one day, but it was a shot in the arm for the rioting masses.
The people finally believed that the court had not forgotten them, and at this moment, they were moved by the white-flour steamed buns and porridge they received, and believed that the world was still beautiful, and the emperor was really the wisest saint......
The rest of the matter is very natural.
Once the food has been raised, as long as the disaster can be alleviated, and then when the next crop is planted, the seeds will be distributed so that the displaced people can return to their hometowns and start farming again.
Naturally, the emperor does not need to ask about these matters personally, otherwise the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household in the Central Committee of the DPRK will be able to take the lunch box home.
In this way, the drought in Dayu finally crossed the most difficult hurdle, and Dayu, which almost fell into a critical national situation, invisibly resolved the disaster.
The matter of selling ice in other places in Dayu is checked by the government, and the maintenance of Tianji Pavilion is in full swing, but Qingshan Town is a little different.
As mentioned before, Qingshan Town was not severely affected, everyone at least kept this season's food, and there were only a few people who had nothing to do and couldn't farm well.
In addition, the county order of Qingshan Town can also receive disaster relief food allocated by the imperial court and distribute it to everyone, and the people of Qingshan Town can be regarded as safe to survive this natural disaster.
Xia Mei's selling of ice naturally became less conspicuous.
As expected, if Xia Mei only sells ice cubes, only those rich and noble families can have food to exchange, and the business is like that, not good or bad.
In exchange, according to the agreement, six-tenths of the grain was sent to the yamen and then distributed to everyone, but the rest, Xia Mei was a little difficult.
"Mrs. Xia, why don't you send this grain to that grain store? We won't be able to finish it if we keep it! ”
Liu Quan accompanied Xia Mei to check the ice cubes in the cellar, and by the way, he glanced at the pile of grain next to him, he was very happy at first, but now he is beginning to worry, so much food, I can't eat it, what should I do if it is broken!
Xia Mei was also worried, the reason why she didn't send it to the grain store to sell it was because she always felt that she had wasted such a good opportunity by doing so.
I can only leave it here for the time being, and wait for now.
There is another thing at the moment that makes Xia Mei care a lot.
That's her chef, Mu San, who has been very strange lately.
I always looked absent-minded before, and there were many times when I always wanted to talk to her, Xia Mei thought that the other party wanted to ask for leave to go home, or the family needed food, or needed a salary increase, no matter what it was, Xia Mei asked, but the other party vetoed them one by one, and the situation did not get any better.
It wasn't until after the ice sale started that she first disappeared inexplicably for a long time, and then came back to look at her inexplicably...... Complex?
It's like I've done something terrible......
Xia Mei was speechless by him, thinking that she could just leave him alone, who knew that Mu San had become more and more strange recently, first she was crazy and courteous, and then she always looked like she wanted to speak in front of her, and there was a trace of guilt in her eyes......
Then Xia Mei blew up, what's going on! Didn't he know that he was originally a white rabbit?! This kind of thing will make people want to make him into toffee, okay?!
In short, after being kicked out of the kitchen once and saying that she wanted to rest by herself, Xia Mei finally couldn't help but break out.
"Mu San! Come with me, let's talk! ”
Mu San's face was embarrassed, and then he put on a pitiful and innocent look, "Mrs. Xia......"
Xia Mei had gradually become immune to this harmless face of humans and animals, and at this moment she dragged him to the private room upstairs expressionlessly, threw him into the room, closed the door, hugged her chest and asked coldly: "Say, what is the matter with you!" ”
Mu San just started to dodge his eyes, not daring to look directly at Xia Mei, and under Xia Mei's burning eyes, ah no, under the surveillance, slowly turned red.
Xia Mei: "......"
"If you don't say anything else, I'll fire you squid!"
Mu San's body shook, although he didn't understand what it meant to fire squid, but he had been with Xia Mei for so long, and it seemed that he knew that the other party was probably at the limit, so he hesitated for a long time before he said, "That...... That one...... I said my master is coming, will you be angry? ”
Xia Mei: "? "Your master came here, what does it have to do with her?
"My Master...... It's the valley lord of the Medicine King Valley......"
Xia Mei: "......" Mu San, you can go! (To be continued...... )