Liu Xian applied Wen into the small hall, and instructed Liu Xue, Liang Cheng, and Liang Heng, the three girls, to bring the hot meals to Wen Shen.

While eating, Wen Shen told him how he went to see Yang Jie, the county commander.

"Great! With food, the people of Yangshi County will be saved! After hearing this, Wang Bao was overjoyed.

Liu Xian's face also had joy, he could get so much food without spending money, which was indeed something to be happy about.

All of this was an accidental opportunity, and I got it. If you hadn't met Wen Shen and Wang Bao, you hadn't heard their indignant words, and you hadn't stopped them. Then Liu Xian will only go to meet the county commander Yang Jie, but the result will definitely be different.

However, the main reason why this plan was successful was that the county ordered Yang Jie and them to be too greedy, if they were not so greedy, then how could they be fooled? How could they easily hand over their food?

"500,000 catties? I really didn't expect that these small and medium-sized landlords and local tyrants in Yangshi County still had so much grain in their hands, and they couldn't eat so much. However, it is really ironic that ordinary people starved to death because of lack of food during this time. Liu Xian sighed, and then said to Wen Shen: "However, don't be too happy, don't let them find out that the situation is wrong." At the very least, we need to be cautious until this food is available. ”

"Yes." Wen Shen listened, also calmed down, nodded and said, "They have already prepared food overnight, and they will send it tomorrow." I thought, now that Wang Bao is in control of the South City Gate, I asked them to send the grain to the Nancheng Guard Camp, and Wang Leopard's men and horses will guard the grain. ”

"It's not a way to guard like this, let's move out of the city, I've already asked people to prepare, early tomorrow morning, after the food arrives, it will be quietly transported out from the south city gate and transported to my Liulin Village." In this way, the food is in my hands, even if Yang Jie and the others detect that something is wrong, they can't help us. There's no way they're going to send troops to attack my Liulin Village, right? What's more, with a little time, we can also organize enough forces to protect our food and fight them. General Liu Xian said the plan to move the grain in hand.

Wen Shen hesitated for a moment and said, "That's ......"

Liu Xian knew that he had some concerns, and was worried that after the grain was moved away by himself, what would he do if it was not used to relieve the people of Yangshi County? As soon as the grain left the city, it was out of his control.

"Master Wen, if you can't believe me Liu Xian, you can follow the grain into my Liulin Village tomorrow." Liu Xian knew that he had to explain to him to make him feel at ease, and said: "The grain is in the city, and the county order Yang Jie wants to take it back, it's just a matter of one sentence." In addition, early tomorrow morning, we will start to give porridge immediately, and at the same time, we will announce the soup soup to the people of Yangshi County in the name of Liulin Village Liufu. At that time, for the time being, I won't let Yang Jie and the others know that I am giving to the people with their grain, so I can hide it for as long as I can. ”

"Master Wen, don't worry, Brother Liu Xian can be trusted. Let's just do what he says. Wang Bao actually stood up at this time to guarantee Liu Xian's character.

Liu Xian said again: "In addition, Brother Wang Bao's men, I also want to ask you to send out to protect our soup kitchen, maintain order, and not let the people riot." As for the seventy or eighty people of Brother Wang Leopard, it is estimated that they will not be able to keep hundreds of thousands of catties of grain, right? If the people knew that there was so much food in his camp, once there was a riot and looting, it was estimated that this little man would not be able to control the situation. Therefore, it is better to send it away as soon as possible. And tomorrow's notice can only mention Liu's giving soup and food, but it can't tell the people that you have food in your hands now, so as not to cause trouble. ”

Now the people of Yangshi County are all hungry, if they know that there is still so much food at this time, no one dares to guarantee whether they will riot and loot.

Liu Xian estimated that even those landlords and local tyrants in Yangshi County did not dare to let people know that they had a large amount of grain, for fear of causing the people to riot and rob. This is also one of the reasons why the grain and rice stores of those landlords and tyrants did not dare to store too much grain.

In fact, every day, people try to grab a little food from those rice shops. No way, they have no food or money, they are hungry, and when they see food, it is really normal to grab a handful and leave.

Now, in those grain and rice shops, there will be some evil slaves with knives, guns and sticks guarding them. When encountering those people who grabbed grain, they were basically beaten to death with sticks, as long as this was the case, the people could be deterred.

"Master Wen, we still have a lot of things to do, and it doesn't mean that we can do it after the food is in hand. We also have to find a way to deal with Yang Jie's reaction after giving alms and eating porridge. You have to be careful that they are behind the scenes. Liu Xian said worriedly.

"Make it bad? How else can they make it bad? Wen Shen really didn't think about how Yang Jie would make them bad.

"Human nature is evil. Master Wen never thought about it, if I Liu Xian gave porridge to save the people of Yang County, how much impact would this have on Yang Jie's reputation? Don't talk about prestige, just about interests. They took out the grain, but they only got white slips, which they could not cash in until later. But with Liu's soup kitchen, who will buy their high-priced grain again? This is tantamount to directly cutting off their business and financial resources. ”

Liu Xiandao: "They may not be openly evil, but they are worried that they will send people to blend in with the people and instigate some people to make trouble." ”

"Especially when they know that we are giving their food to the people, so during this time, Lord Wen, you must pay close attention to their situation, and if necessary, you can explain to them that you sold the food to me. And they sold it to me at a slightly higher price than they sold to the government. We dare to sign an open and dark contract, the obvious one is for the county commander Yang Jie and them, and the dark one is that Liu will return the government's grain in the future. ”

"Okay, then do what you say Liu Xiangongzi." Wen Shen nodded in agreement.

"In addition, I will pay you 100,000 yuan first. Brother Wang Bao must make good use of this money, and in addition, Lord Wen must also quickly recruit some available manpower, and some work in Yangshi County cannot be left behind, such as re-registering the household registration and counting the population. If we do a good job in this regard, it will be more beneficial for us to give porridge, because it is impossible for us to give porridge all the time, right? After you have done your job well, we will directly distribute a certain amount of grain to them by borrowing grain. ”

"Borrowed food?"

Wen Shen and Wang Bao were a little puzzled by what Liu Xian meant by borrowing grain to the people.

"If you borrow something, you can pay it back. You don't think I have the ability to rescue so many people for a few months, do you? These 500,000 catties of grain are only enough for the people of Yangshi County for two months at most, and then what? Where did you get the food? Ever thought about it? ”

Liu Xian's question made Wen Shen and Wang Bao a little speechless.