Article 176 When the grain harvest is in progress1
The reason why Cai Dao chose this place was for the sake of safety, he still had those precious treasures and books in his hands, and the forbidden army under his command was too small, so he had to buy food and protect his own safety.
Shuibo Liangshan has become a must-choose place, and Tiezhu and Gouzi are still following him, with the two of them, not to mention other water bandits, even if Langli Baitiao was born in this era, he can't please him. Although the two of them are not as good as the sea swimmers, the people who can dive in the sea are not afraid of these bandits at all.
The second is to be able to collect enough food before Dean arrives.
Before Dean arrived, Cai Dao did not have a penny in his hands to buy grain, and how to win the trust of the people was a big problem. If this is Fujian, Cai Dao doesn't have to worry about this matter at all, just relying on the name of 'Fortune Boy' is enough to win the trust of the people. However, Gen Yue's experimental field has just been harvested, and the results have not yet spread, and the people of the Central Plains, who will recognize him!
Therefore, when countless people rushed to Shuibo Liangshan hand in hand, the news they got made them desperate. That little boy didn't have a copper plate in his hand.
Cai Dao wanted to play white slips to temporarily collect the grain in the hands of the people, but this was not New China. The credit of the local government of the Great Song Dynasty is not so high, not to mention that Cai Dao is only a six-year-old child. If it weren't for the forbidden army guarding him, he might have been eaten alive by these angry people.
In order to prevent the leakage, Cai Dao temporarily left these arriving people in Shuibo Liangshan, whether they wanted to or not.
Naturally, some of them wanted to make trouble, and some landlords sent to test the water fanned the flames, wanting to leave behind the grain they had brought and leave here while the chaos was taking advantage of the chaos. However, there are forbidden troops watching, there is water in the water of Liangshan blocking it, and the dog and the iron pillar are taking people to guard in the water at any time. Cai Dao didn't leave the slightest room for these people to escape.
This is also the third benefit that Cai Dao did not think of when he chose Shuibo Liangshan.
can't take out a copper plate, Cai Dao is not good at persecuting these people. The people were relieved to see that these forbidden troops did not take any other superfluous actions other than restricting their freedom, let alone showing that they wanted to confiscate their food.
However, Cai Dao did not let these people idle, he mobilized these people to cut down trees on Shuibo Liang Mountain and build temporary residences.
Next, people gather more and more. By the third day, more than 5,000 people had gathered in Shuibo Liangshan to sell grain, of course, there must have been mixed with the fine works sent by the gentry or the big families to listen to the truth and reality, and there might even be bandits and bandits from the surrounding areas. In this regard, Cai Dao can only take the method of dividing and stationing to temporarily stabilize everyone.
As the old saying goes, there are no more than three things.
Cai Dao naturally understands this truth, he knows that at this moment, these ordinary farmers have been suppressed and are about to reach the extreme, if they still have to leave the people here like this after today, they will definitely have to cause a big disaster if they can't survive today.
So, early in the morning, he sent his forbidden army and asked them to inform everyone that after lunch today, they would definitely give everyone an explanation. And, after lunch, the big guys can leave.
Hearing this, most people finally breathed a sigh of relief, but a few people saw the crisis.
Under the banner of the deputy of the crown prince Yan'an County, these forbidden soldiers 'tricked' them to this place at a price more than twice the market price. However, so far no large quantities of copper coins have been shipped here. After two days of detaining them for no reason, at this time, if they are put back now, the price of food from the outside world will definitely continue to fall sharply.
Could it be that these people don't have any explanation, so they plan to fool the past? So, taking advantage of the gap between daytime and lunch, many people began to connect in tandem in an attempt to make trouble at noon. They want to rely on the strength of the crowd to force these people to compensate for their losses.
What's even more outrageous is that there are rumors that the forbidden army plans to give everyone a hearty meal at lunchtime, but in fact, this is simply a severed meal. These people from the Forbidden Army want to kill them all.
During this period, some forbidden troops reported this incident to Cai Daoyu, but after he heard about it, he did not send his forbidden army to suppress these actions of the people.
At noon, Cai Dao really had to prepare a hearty lunch for the big guys, but now that such rumors have spread, he has no choice but to give up for the time being. However, it was okay to save him a lot of money to buy meat.
For most kind-hearted people, it is naturally reasonable and legal to compensate for losses, and Cai Dao originally planned to do so. However, if someone really plans to take advantage of this time to fan the flames, if he wants to fish in troubled waters, he will not be relentless.
When Yizhou Island gave up the bereaved families of those pirates, he had already shown Cai Dao's decisive character in killing.
There was only an interval of three hours, but the people who had waited for two days lived like a year.
finally managed to get through to lunchtime, Cai Dao, the forbidden soldiers, and those kind people all gathered together.
Before the meal, Cai Dao stood in front of the long table used to distribute food in front of everyone and began his speech.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I repeat again, my name is Cai Dao. Don't look at the young age of Poor Dao, but the lieutenant of the imperial military appointed by the uncle of the official family of the Great Song Dynasty is the subordinate of the crown prince Yan'an Junwang. This time, it was rumored that people went to the countryside to buy grain from the people at a high price, which is of course true. If you are literate or not, look at this decree in my hand. "Author's recommendation: Stand-in maid charm gentleman's heart: abandon the concubine overnight
After saying this, Cai Dao took out the holy decree that the Song God Sect sent someone to pass to him urgently. At this moment, he hoped that after having this holy decree, it would be good if some of them could be left behind.
Fortunately, there are a few people who don't only care about reading the books of the sages at home, and forget their own fundamental reading.
They came to Cai Dao, and Cai Dao did not refuse, and generously placed the holy decree on the table for these people to see.
After a few people read it, they recommended a middle-aged scholar with a loyal appearance to convey the results they saw to the big guy, only to hear him say: "Fellow villagers, the content of this so-called holy decree is indeed to appoint this little Taoist chief as the chief grain collector on both sides of the canal. However, a few of us are just ordinary readers, and we have never seen what the Holy Decree looks like, so I don't dare to pack the ticket, he is really bad. ”
Some people who didn't know these scholars first thought that they were the trustees found by Cai Dao, and they knew the last words of this middle-aged scholar, so they believed what he said, but this did not eliminate the doubts in their hearts.
Cai Dao naturally understood, speaking of which, these people still looked at their young age and wore Taoist robes, so even if he had a holy decree in his hand, his credibility was extremely low!
After Cai Dao listened, he didn't get angry, let these nerds retreat, he carefully folded the holy decree himself, put it in his arms, and then continued: "Poor Dao just came back from the field this time, and the matter started in a hurry, so there are not many copper coins in his hand. Poor Dao is a Fujian person, and he is nicknamed 'Fortune Boy'. If this is Fujian, whether there are copper coins or not, the people there will definitely give me grain first, regardless of whether there are copper coins or not. ”
"Poor Dao, although he is young, is a man of his word."
"Okay, no more nonsense. Next, I want to say three points. I hope that my fathers and fellow villagers will not interrupt me. ”
"First, if you are afraid of being poisoned by poverty or do not want to continue selling food, you can leave now, and you can take the food with you as it is. To tell you the truth, Poor Dao really planned to prepare a hearty lunch for you to entertain you. However, I heard that there are rumors that Poor Dao is going to be poisoned, so if you talk about it, how dare Poor Dao prepare it for you? ”
As soon as he finished saying this, the pot immediately exploded. Among them, the fine works sent by the gentry, the family, the bandits, and the bandits have all been retired. To them, a cart or two of grain is not too valuable, even if they are left here. Not to mention that at this moment, Cai Dao actually made a promise to let them take the food away, which is really unexpected.