Chapter 522: The Great Harvest

Reminder is a reminder, but you must not be arrogant, so after saying this, Shi Bin immediately took a few people to turn around and quickly return to the room. Although his face is still indignant, he is actually happy in his heart.

Glancing at Jia Ling, Shi Bin motioned for Jia Ling to say first, because she, the daughter of Jia Nidao, was the most suitable to speak, so that she would not make Jia Nidao, who was actually not happy, really angry.

As Shi Bin expected, Jia Ling was indeed a roundworm in Jia Rudao's belly, and he knew his mentality clearly. Therefore, after Jia Ling's soft words and kind words, Jia Rudao completely calmed down and promised to talk about the refugee issue.

In Shi Bin's opinion, Jia Ling is just a few words of horses, and there is no skill at all. But he must also admit that it would be counterproductive if he said these words. I couldn't help but sigh: Why is the gap between people so big?

Although he sighed, he couldn't help but admire Jia Ling. She was the one who gave Jia Nidao a look of anger and left before, and now she is the one who coaxes Jia Nidao to dissipate her anger, which is really amazing. Therefore, Shi Bin gave Jia Ling an 'admiring' look, and secretly gave a thumbs up.

"Shi Bin, just now you said that you were willing to help me share 100,000 refugees, then tell me what you want to get?" When Shi Bin was about to say his request, Jia Rudao added, "But you can't ask for a price, otherwise I'd rather not have your help." ”

The sentence "I can't ask for a sky-high price, otherwise I'd rather not have your help" made Shi Bin's solid eyes shake, and he began to think about whether to put forward the condition of 'one stone of grain to help Jia Nidao solve a family of refugees', and think about whether this condition is too high.

This kind of hesitation was fortunate that Shi Bin didn't show it, but Jia Ling, who was on the side, thought of it. So when Shi Bin pretended to 'bow his head and ponder', Jia Ling quietly leaned into his ear and said: "The price is all over the sky, pay back the money on the spot." Don't speak, I'll speak. ”

Just didn't know what to do, now that Jia Ling was willing to negotiate with Jia Yidao on his behalf, Shi Bin was naturally very happy and nodded without hesitation. It's just that he still told Jia Ling not to make random offers, and she couldn't be angry with Jia Rudao anymore, and she couldn't be unfilial.

Nodding a little impatiently, Jia Ling ignored Shi Bin and said to Jia Yidao, "Father, we don't ask for much, just to help you solve a refugee family, you will support us with five stone of food." ”

Five stone grain? Didn't you discuss a stone before? How did it become five stones now? As soon as Jia Ling's words came out, Shi Bin and the others immediately became anxious. If it weren't for the fact that they knew that this matter was urgent, and they were afraid of gangs, a few people would have jumped up a long time ago. And Jia Yidao, who heard this condition, also widened his eyes like lanterns, and obviously felt incredible.

It's just that because he was really tickled, and it was his daughter who made the bid, Jia Rudao naturally had a hard time losing his temper, but he looked helplessly at Jia Ling, the daughter who didn't know how to be considerate of her father, and then lowered her head and thought about it.

It didn't take long for Jia Rudao to raise his head and say: "A family only consumes ten stone of grain even in a bumper harvest year, but now half of the year has passed, and it won't take long to harvest, which means that you can be self-sufficient as long as you survive half a year." This is another disaster year, naturally it is impossible to live so comfortably, and the imperial court still has appropriations and tax exemptions, so it is absolutely impossible for a family to have five stones of grain. ”

"Impossible?" Jia Ling asked.

Giving Shi Bin five stone rice will leave one less refugee household, in fact, Jia Rudao is not unacceptable. But he wasn't willing to agree so easily. Because he knew that 'no one will cherish what is too easy to get', he still said very strongly: "My father has already said, don't ask for a price, I'm not old and confused." ”

"How do you call this a sky-high price?" Jia Ling said very 'aggrieved': "Taking away these refugees who are easy to get into trouble is to help you fundamentally solve the problems in your jurisdiction, so that those with bad intentions can't speak ill of you in front of the emperor."

If you are framed by those villains for weaving crimes because of being stingy with these few stones of rice, it is really not worth it. ”

It was quite comfortable to hear this, but he was comfortable, and he would not be relieved because of this. Because once he loosens his mouth, he will lose a total of 600,000 stone of grain. Even the rich land of Huainan and Lianglu could not afford such a squander, and he had to deal with the excesses and miscellaneous taxes of the Song court.

"If, on your terms, the Father will give out 600,000 stone of grain at this time, do you think I can do so? Is there such a deep pocket? Jia Rudao snorted coldly and said, "If you are not afraid that I will be sent to the army by the emperor, you want to do so." ”

Naturally, Jia Yidao couldn't think that Jia Ling really had no conscience, so Shi Bin immediately spoke: "Father-in-law, Xiaoling has never taken care of food, so naturally she doesn't understand the Tao, and she is a little indiscriminate, and the sky-high asking price is not intentional." But it can't be just three thousand taels of silver, as you said. Please think carefully before setting a price. ”

"You already have 100,000 stone of grain there, so it's a lot. In that case, if you help me settle a refugee family, I will give you a stone of food. After a while, Jia Rudao said.

Although the remuneration offered by Jia Nidao was the same as the conditions discussed by Shi Bin in their room before, they understood a truth at this time: Jia Rudao is absolutely wealthy, Jia Ling did the right thing, and he can't just agree with the remuneration given by Jia Nidao and have to bargain.

Since Jia Ling is right, of course, Jia Ling will continue to negotiate the price with Jia Yidao as a representative, and Shi Bin consciously closed his mouth and gave her a smile on the side to cheer her up.

At this time, Jia Ling also realized that his offer would not make Jia Yidao run wild, otherwise he would not have said that he could give 100,000 stone grain as Shi Bin's reward for helping him resettle 100,000 refugees.

"Isn't 100,000 stones too little? Father, do you believe the words of the imperial court? They allocated 250,000 taels, and it would be good to remove the fire consumption and layers of exploitation that could reach us for 16 taels, even if they didn't dare to offend you and your husband too much, it wouldn't exceed 180,000 taels at most. Jia Ling said helplessly.

knew that what Jia Ling said in the appropriation was right, and it was true that 250,000 taels of silver would never exceed 180,000 taels in Shi Bin's hands, but Jia Rudao didn't want to care about this, because this kind of thing should be handled by Shi Bin and Lu Wende themselves, and it has nothing to do with him.

"Those silver two things have nothing to do with me, they are Shi Bin and Lu Wende's affairs. Besides, I have promised to give you one stone of grain as long as you help me resettle a family of refugees, which means that you can actually get a total of 200,000 stone of food from me, is this not enough? Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant! ”

"Father, how can the account be counted like this? You promised the 100,000 stone of grain before, but we didn't say anything about helping you settle the refugees at that time. Now we are talking about the issue of helping you resettle refugees, how can one yard be one yard, how can it be mixed up? Jia Ling said very calmly.

"Okay, let's talk about it separately. Three stone of grain for two refugee households, 100,000 households is 150,000 stone of grain, this is my bottom line, any more will be gone. If I am still greedy and insufficient, then not only do I not have the 150,000 stone grain, but I also don't have the previous 100,000 stone grain. Jia Rudao said with certainty.

Of course, I don't believe that Jia Yidao will really not give it, but I am still a little afraid in my heart, afraid of complications, so when Jia Ling was about to continue to speak, Shi Bin rubbed her waist and motioned for her to sit down and calm down.

Jia Ling, who didn't know why, glared at Shi Bin a little anxiously and said, "What? Why should I sit down? ”

"Don't you see that my father is a little impatient? I'm afraid..." Shi Bin said.

It's just that she was interrupted by Jia Ling halfway through her words, and she said, "What are you afraid of, are you really afraid that he will not regret it?" If he really doesn't keep his promise, then he won't be my father! ”

Of course, I was not afraid of this, but I was afraid that he would deliberately delay again. We don't have time to play with him. Shi Bin explained.

"Could it be that there is really only 250,000 stone of grain?" Jia Ling asked a little unwillingly, "You don't."

Will it be merciful and shaken again? ”

Looking at the unwilling look of the person in front of him, Shi Bin couldn't help but smile secretly, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, I didn't have compassion, I just came up with a good way to ask for more food without offending my father." ”

If it is said that Shi Bin can fight, everyone in the hall is not convinced, but if it is said that he can move his eyes, none of the people in the hall will be convinced, so Jia Ling looked at Shi Bin with a face full of disbelief.

will definitely not be unhappy because of Jia Ling's distrust, and Shi Bin is just a little frustrated. Whoever said that she was not strong in negotiations on weekdays, now Jia Ling is almost helpless, and she really can't believe that she has a way.

was also afraid that Shi Bin would be angry in his heart, Jia Ling immediately said very modestly: "Husband, the slave family wants to hear your good method." ”

This softening sentence made Shi Bin immediately happy, so he asked, "Xiaoling, what kind of food do you say we eat on weekdays?" ”

"Why is this asking?" Jia Ling was puzzled.

"The answer is, and when the answer is out, you will know the answer." Shi Bin smiled slyly.

Looking at Shi Bin's appearance, Jia Ling knew that if she didn't answer the question as required, she wouldn't know the answer. Even if you know, you will only know after Jia Yidao, which is not good. So he said very happily: "Wheat, rice, corn, oats, rye, barley, millet, sorghum and barley." ”

"Then think about it, did we talk about the specific kind of food we talked about before?" This time, the sly smile appeared on Shi Bin's face again.

With Jia Ling's intelligence, she immediately understood what Shi Bin was referring to, so she also nodded and smiled slyly to show that she understood.

"All right, father. Then so be it, a total of 250,000 stone of grain, even if we suffer, who called you our father? Jia Ling said 'frustrated'.

These words almost blew up Jia Yidao's lungs, Jia Ling asked for so many benefits and pretended to be a considerate daughter.

"But father, we have a small condition." Jia Ling said with a smile.

"On what terms?" Jia Rudao asked angrily, "If it's still food, then there's no need to talk about it, there's not a single stone!" ”

"Please rest assured, father, we will not be so ignorant, and we will definitely not do anything to catch fish, absolutely only 250,000 stone of grain." Shi Bin said immediately.

looked at Shi Bin, and then at Jia Ling, although he believed that they would only need 250,000 stone grain, but Jia Rudao was always a little uneasy in his heart, and his intuition told him that these two people must have some small abacus. Therefore, he did not speak, intending to come and respond to all changes with the same.

Seeing that Jia seemed to be silent, Shi Bin and Jia Ling knew that he was suspicious and became cautious. And these two also knew that they couldn't say it clearly, for fear of revealing their stuffing, so they came up with roundabout tactics.

"Father, do you think the warriors in the north who are defending against the Yuan people should eat better? That skinny skinny can't fight like that, right? Jia Ling asked with a smile.

"Yes." Jia Rudao knew that Jia Ling was digging a pit for herself, but she couldn't think of where the pit was, so she had to nod in agreement.

"Then they naturally have to eat wheat and rice, not millet and barley."

"Hmmm..." Jia Rudao thought for a while and nodded, "Yes." But as soon as he said that, he regretted it, because he realized that he had been tricked. When he was about to open his mouth to retract his previous words, Shi Bin immediately said: "Father really understands the righteousness, I thank you for the 100,000 soldiers on the front line." Then please give us 250,000 stone of wheat and rice! ”

It's hard to be calculated, but it can't be helped. Jia seems to say that this husband is difficult to chase after him, and he can't change it if he wants to. You know, wheat and rice are fine grains, and the rest are coarse grains. If Shi Bin was allocated 250,000 stone grain, it would actually be equivalent to nearly 1.5 million stone coarse grain was allocated to them...

After Shi Bin thanked him, Jia Ling and the four of them also thanked each other, praising Jia Rudao for being compassionate and understanding the righteousness, and then followed Shi Bin out of Jia Nidao's bedroom.

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