Article 177 When the grain harvest is in progress2
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.
But most of the people were blinded by Cai Dao's words, they were all poor, and most of them could not prepare ox carts to transport grain, so they could only carry the grain to Shuibo Liangshan on their shoulders and on their backs. However, Cai Dao is now letting people go, what are they trying to do here, and it is not the rumored ultra-high grain purchase price.
If you just go home to resist the grain again, the hard work of the past few days will be in vain. Now that the price of food outside must have fallen to the bottom, this year is obviously a bumper year, but how to survive this year?
Just when everyone was confused, annoyed, and hated, Cai Daoyou spoke: "Fathers and fellow villagers, Poor Dao also wants to fulfill the previous promise to buy grain at a high price. I said that the 500,000 copper coins that the official family promised to send me here will only take time to get here from Bianliang City, but you don't have the patience to wait, and you don't believe my words. Isn't there no way to do it? What do you say should be done? "Author's recommendation: The boy here
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd, which had been noisy just now, suddenly became silent. Cai Dao's words are indeed reasonable, what he said, everyone does not trust, then there is no need for the two sides to continue talking.
"Chief, can we leave now?" Those who wanted to leave just now, they knew that if they continued to talk now, there was no merit at all, so they saw that this was a good opportunity now, so they asked one after another.
"Yes!" After saying these two words, Cai Dao asked the deputy general to arrange for people to supervise these people to leave Shuibo Liangshan.
Seeing a small number of people leaving, the rest of the people were anxious, and began to gather in groups of three or five to discuss countermeasures.
However, if these ordinary people were not forced by ultra-low food prices, most of them would never have left their villages in their lives. Not to mention crossing the state and coming to Shuibo Liangshan.
In the end, these ordinary people who had no knowledge still elected the loyal scholar just now.
In their small understanding, the scholars are always the smartest among them.
"Little adult, you don't have any good way to solve this matter?" This one was timid as soon as he opened his mouth, the big guy let you have an idea, and just now he discussed a few questions, why did he become an inquiry as soon as he opened his mouth.
"I don't know this uncle's surname?" Being able to get the trust of thousands of people in such a short period of time is really a kind of ability, this person is loyal and straightforward, and the question just now shows that he is a little sleek, such a contradictory personality is gathered in one person, so that Cai Dao has to be impressed by this person.
Although this middle-aged scholar was angry in his heart, he was elected by everyone, and he did not panic at all, and when he heard Cai Dao's inquiry, he generously said his name: "The contemptible surname is Song, the name is Dacheng, and he is from Yuncheng County."
"Mr. Song, you ......" Cai Dao almost wanted to ask if this uncle had a son named Song Jiang, but fortunately, he held back, and then said: "Actually, your question is in vain." You don't trust me, and after that, there is no need to talk about it. No matter how good your idea is, you don't trust me, so what? Isn't it? ”
"This ......" this Song Dacheng was speechless when Cai Dao asked a word.
"Actually, at the end of the day, it's still a matter of mutual trust." Cai Dao said Fang Cai's words loudly again, and said: "Fathers and fellow villagers, no matter what you think of Poor Dao, I have to tell you the conditions given by Poor Dao
First, if you are willing to continue to stay and wait for the official family to transport the copper coins, the purchase price of each bucket of grain will be raised to 20 Wen, and I will pay 5 Wen a day myself, and hire the people who stay here to reclaim the famine, and take care of meals three times a day;
Second, those who are unwilling to stay, can also keep the grain, the purchase price of each bucket of grain, maintain to 15 Wen, poor Dao can now make a white note to you, and the white strip will also be stamped with the official seal of Poor Dao personal. Fifteen days later, this place is still the place, where those who leave can exchange the notes in their hands for copper coins;
Third, those who leave can still bring grain over, but here in the poor road, each household only receives 50 buckets of grain, and if anyone brings too much, you have to transport all the extra back. If someone thinks that I don't recognize you because there are many people here, and wants to queue up many times to fish in troubled waters, once discovered, the food that has been transported after will be confiscated.
Finally, those who are neither willing to leave nor to leave their food, you can now leave with your own food. Since you don't believe in the poor way, then there is nothing to say. By the way, there was no grain left, and the second time they got the news and brought back the grain, the purchase price of each bucket of grain was 10 cents. ”
After Cai Dao finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to these people, and began to eat in batches with the forbidden army, regardless of whether he wanted to leave or stay, he temporarily put aside his doubts, threw off his cheeks one by one, and began to eat and drink violently.
The preparation is very simple, which is black flour buns and pickles, plus a bowl of shrimp skin and kelp soup, which does not need to be salted at all. But these poor people still ate with relish, and ten black buns per person were wiped out in an instant, and Cai Dao controlled the total amount of food eaten by everyone. Otherwise, dozens of people would have to die of this meal.
Cai Dao's words divided the surrounding people into three factions.
First of all, the people who are unwilling, but plan to eat dinner and leave immediately with food, do not account for a high proportion of the people, and the statistics are less than half of the total;
secondly, the hesitant people;
After all, everyone has endured it for two days, and it is not too difficult to wait here for half a month longer, .ne really has to leave with the white slip issued by Cai Dao, not only to bear the loss of five cents per bucket, but also to lose the opportunity to work this time.
Five cents a day doesn't sound like much, but for these honest people, just by staying here to open up wasteland, they can get five cents a day, and they can also take care of three meals a day, which is sky-high. It is true that some of them are tenants for the nearby landlords, who do not own their own land, and have worked as hired laborers all their lives, but they have never heard of such generous customers.
The second group of people who eventually left their food is not very many, either the people whose homes are nearby, afraid that their food will be swallowed by these forbidden forces, and want to go home to watch the situation, or there are some nearby landlords, gentry, thieves or bandits' subordinates, knowing that their lord's family or leader cares about the 20 Wen selling grain money, so they also leave their own food, anyway, when they came, they didn't bring too much food.
In the end, there are the people who are reluctant to wait, who have made up their minds to stay and wait. On the one hand, you can eat and drink and work with your salary, and on the other hand, you can wait here to see if what this Taoist chief said can be realized, and that Song Dacheng belongs to the third category of people.
"Little lord, can I ask you one more thing?" After Song Dacheng finished eating, he walked up to Cai Dao and asked respectfully.
To be honest, if it weren't for Song Dacheng's thoughtful attitude, Cai Dao would have wanted to let people beat him up immediately. You just called Xiao Dao Chang, and Cai Dao didn't care, but he actually called him 'Little Adult' twice.
Cai Dao knows that he is young, but this guy has repeatedly said it in front of him, what does this mean?
It's really unbearable for uncles, but unbearable for aunts!
"Ask?" Cai Daohu said with a look of disgust.