With so many refugees in the city, it is naturally impossible to make exquisite food and distribute it. Not to mention the countless manpower and material resources that have to be consumed, even the most basic food is already a big problem.

Yu Panxi didn't think about how fine the food should be, not to mention that most of the refugees fled all the way here hungry, where to calculate what to eat, as long as they could fill their stomachs!

Considering that a large number of refugees should come to the city in the future, and in order to save food, he only brought the coarsest rice out of the storehouse of this grain store, and sent people to boil it into porridge and move it out.

It's not that the shopkeeper Zhao is reluctant to give up this bit of rice, it's just that this kind of rice is not sold very well on weekdays, so he hoards the most, and at this time it can be taken out to help refugees, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. If you need it later, it's not too late to use other food.

As early as when the shopkeeper Zhao said that he would also be kind to the refugees, he had already sent someone to erect a shed around the corner outside the store and move a lot of porcelain bowls out. This place happened to be chosen at the mouth of the alley where he took Yu Panxi to get dry food before, and there was no one living in the back, so it would not hinder others.

By the time the first pot of rice porridge was put in wooden barrels, there were already a lot of refugees in front of the shed, and they were looking at this side with their eyes on it. But even though the saliva didn't know how many times he had swallowed, no one dared to come forward.

They had come to escape for their lives, and they were very unfamiliar with this place. No matter how hungry they were, they didn't dare to do anything rude when no one greeted them, for fear of offending the nobles in the city and being thrown out by the latter.

Seeing this, Shopkeeper Zhao couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "It seems that he really lost his courage on the way to escape." ”

If ordinary people saw this posture, even if they didn't need to say it explicitly, they would probably be able to guess that these porridges were specially used for distribution. But this group of refugees are living a life of fear all the way, and there is only the word "life" left in their minds, where do they want to get so much?

After a few contacts, Yu Panxi has already seen that this shopkeeper Zhao is a hard-mouthed and soft-hearted person. At this time, when I heard him say this, I didn't answer him, but just raised my eyebrows and looked over. Sure enough, after the latter's voice fell, he still raised his hand to beckon a guy in the store and whispered a few words.

"Yes, the little one has been noted."

The man nodded, and repeated what the shopkeeper Zhao had just said in his heart, and then walked quickly to the side of the porridge shed and shouted: "The wife of the loyal and brave general is kind-hearted, and she has opened a porridge shed here to relieve the refugees who have entered the city." If you have something to drink, come here! ”

His shouting was obviously full of energy, even on the noisy streets.

The nearby refugees had been staring at the porridge shack here for a while, and when they heard his words, they naturally rushed towards this side immediately. I'm afraid that if I take a step slower, the porridge here will lose my share.

Fortunately, the guy in charge of distributing porridge has been working under Zhao's shopkeeper for a long time, and when business is booming, there will be such a crowded scene in the shop, although the number of refugees at this time is more, at least a few people over there will not be in a hurry.

Seeing this, although Yu Panxi was a little surprised, he still sent a few soldiers behind him to take charge of maintaining order among the refugees. After that, he turned his head to look at the shopkeeper Zhao and opened his mouth as if he was joking.

"This manpower and material resources are all from the shopkeeper, but I didn't get it at all, why did you put such a big good name on me?"

But isn't it, although she came over with a silver ticket at the beginning to buy the food first, but the shopkeeper Zhao still didn't accept it in the end, and even took the initiative to provide manpower and porridge shacks and other things to help the refugees together. If she really wanted to count it, she would sit on the sidelines and watch.

Helping refugees at such a juncture will certainly earn the name of a great benevolent person. If you were someone else, I was afraid that at most half of the "credit" would be handed over to Yu Panxi, but in what the guy said, only the latter's name was mentioned.

Although her tone was very brisk, Shopkeeper Zhao still saw the doubt in Yu Panxi's eyes at a glance. So he smiled the same way, and then replied: "Businessman, the news is naturally very well-informed." I've heard about the strange weather that is gradually spreading across the border, and I guess the generals haven't thought of a way to deal with it at the moment. ”

"This time, the battlefield was expanded several times by the Nanjin Kingdom, and over time, it was inevitable that these displaced people would not put all the resentment in their hearts on the general. At this time, my wife wanted to come forward to help the refugees, so I took it upon myself to give all the credit to my wife. Please also ask Madame not to blame. ”

He analyzed it very well, and even involved Xiao Chumo, who was far away on the frontier, and Yu Panxi couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard it.

In fact, Shopkeeper Zhao was right, she could think of buying food to help the refugees, one was that she couldn't bear to see them starving and cold, and second, it was indeed to prevent this from happening. Now is a critical time for the two countries to go to war, and in any case, we must first stabilize the people's hearts.

It's just that what Yu Panxi didn't expect was that even an ordinary merchant could think of this little bit of caution. So he smiled immediately, and a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes.

"The shopkeeper is really a rare smart person, no wonder he can make such a big business!"

"I don't dare to be smart, but I just have a few more eyes than ordinary people."

Shopkeeper Zhao saw that most of the doubts on her face had disappeared, and he didn't blame himself for speculating, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then continued to talk with a smile.

"Besides, the boiled rice porridge was moved out of my shop, and the guy who distributed the porridge was doing chores in my shop. Even if I put all the credit on my wife's head, when others mention it, they can know that I, Zhao, have done something for my wife. In this way, I am still stained with the light of my wife! ”

Hearing this, Yu Panxi's heart finally understood, it turned out that this shopkeeper Zhao wanted to have a relationship with her through such a sentence!

If it was really as he just said, everyone knew that he helped the wife of the dignified and brave general to help the refugees at such a juncture, and his reputation would naturally spread far and wide. At that time, are you still afraid that the business will not be able to go to the next level?

This trader is really cunning!

Yu Panxi shook his head secretly in his heart and laughed helplessly, but his face didn't show it at all. On the contrary, with a decent smile, he responded to the last words of the shopkeeper Zhao.

It was good that he had other purposes in this matter, but the refugees did get help. In that case, she will meet such a small request!