Chapter 255: Silver
"I'll go back to prepare food, if the salary doesn't arrive for a while, it doesn't matter, it's a big deal to go back to the capital and ask the emperor to ask for it, and I always have to let the soldiers eat their stomachs."
"With me here, this matter will not let you suffer, I guess the problem is in the household department again, they have the courage to delay, but they don't have the courage not to give."
Since this is the case, Manqing decided to arrange the affairs of Sujia Village first, and then come here to help, so he made an appointment with King Ding, and returned to Sujia Village with Ah Shuang.
"Those people are Uncle Su's Yue's family, and that old man is really a fierce man, and he almost smashed their house." Ah Yuan grinned,
"Just because I left my second uncle? Actually, I still want to call Brother Wen Jige, since the aunt's eye sockets are so shallow, let's talk about this matter. "She didn't want to get herself in trouble.
"They later reconciled, I don't know what the second master said, after a meal, the old man led the two sons and left happily."
Manqing is not interested in this matter, what she cares about is that the second grandfather will not harm the interests of the clan for personal gain.
"Didn't my aunt follow her father? You should come with me to his house later, and tell them about the mountain as soon as possible. ”
"No, after the person left, the aunt was scolded by the uncle, but the second master spoke, and the matter was over."
If you want to talk about the second grandfather's family, the women count the second aunt is a clear one, but fortunately, the family is not confused. The two came to Su Yunfu's small courtyard, it was dinner time, and they saw that each person on the table had a bowl of gruel and a few mixed noodles and steamed buns.
"Coming back? I heard that you went to Yangling Village, it's okay over there. The second grandfather hurriedly asked her to sit, looked at his own food, and didn't let her.
"They're all fine, they've moved into the fort."
"That's good, Wen Ji's grandfather was a little misunderstood a few days ago, and now he has said it, let's go up the mountain one day, go to the back mountain to find it, there should be a hidden place."
"I took Ah Yuan and them to find it, halfway up the mountain, there is a cave, the grain has been put in, let's go for a while, you recognize the place."
"So fast? Why didn't you wait for us together? ”
"Hehe, let's run fast, let's go before it's dark."
Su Yunfu knew that this was not a trivial matter, and the food stored by the girl would not be less, so he couldn't ask how it was transported, but he couldn't hide this matter from the clansmen.
"You go and call the fourth uncle, the third uncle, and the second uncle of your grandfather's family, and ask them to come home immediately, I have something to say."
He pointed to his son and asked him to go quickly, this is the current long house of the four heads of the Su family, none of them have left the village, Qing'er has done good things to let them know, and it can be regarded as a reassuring pill for everyone,
"Another thing, I walked this way, and the wheat in the field was gone, but if I didn't care, it wouldn't be harvested this year, and now if I plant corn, it should be successful, and it's very drought-resistant."
"That's right, I've been thinking about this for the past two days, but we haven't planted that for many years, and seeds are also a problem, Ming'er asked Wen Ji to go to the town to see, are there any corn seeds for sale?"
"You don't have to worry about the seeds, I have already sent a letter back to Beijing, and I have asked people from all over the country to collect them, and they will be shipped over soon, and the people from Sujia Village will come to collect them."
"Okay, it's really a good daughter of our Su family, this great grace, our Su family should remember!"
Someone shouted outside, and Man Qing looked back and saw that it was the fourth uncle of the big house, this person was in his fifties, full of white hair, but he looked very energetic.
"Fourth, I called you, there is something better, sit down."
"What's better than giving everyone the seeds of life?"
"Of course it's a great thing, wait until everyone comes, are all the people in your family here?"
"It's all here, the days of escaping the famine are not good, thanks to Qing'er's blessing, last year's winter wheat harvest was good, in the past few years, my family's grain has been saved, save some food, and it's no problem to stay up for two years, but I'm a little scared, if the people of the Northern Desert come to rob it, the food can't be saved."
"But no, we'll talk about this later," as he spoke, the two also entered the door, listened to the words of the patriarch, and were grateful to Manqing. Man Qing was not used to this kind of gaze, and hurriedly said,
"Let's go up the mountain first, I made a mark, and you can recognize it." led them at the moment and quietly went to the back mountain.
When they arrived in the cave, these people were stunned, they had lived here for most of their lives, and they had never found this place, and Manqing, a little girl, was able to find this place.
"Are you a god? Can you find it anywhere? The second uncle looked at her with awe.
"It's also my entourage, he grew up in the mountains, and he is very familiar with this kind of dark hole, you come with me." When she came to the third hole, she pointed out to them where the grain was kept.
"This, you put this? Oh, how much silver does this cost? ”
"Third uncle, the silver is not a matter, this is what my grandfather explained, these grains are the last reliance of our Su family, as for when to take it out, it is up to you to decide."
"The cave is really big enough, the first two places are enough, don't tell everyone here, eat your own food first, if you really reach a dead end, then take it out and distribute it to everyone."
The patriarch's decision was unanimously approved, these are life-saving, if you take it out too early, those little cubs will inevitably be wasted, this year, you can eat thin food, anyway, you can't starve to death.
"Let's go back and plow the land, since we can't return to green, plow the field early, and when the seeds come, we can plant, while the river is not dry, we have to plant water too, and it is not okay to sit and eat the empty mountain." The fourth uncle is also a successful one.
Seeing that the task was completed, Manqing took people to Licheng, and she wanted to find someone to transport the seeds and grain.
After being busy for nearly two weeks, Man Qing escorted the food into the barracks, and King Ding was overjoyed when he saw it, which relieved his urgent need!
The household department sent someone to convert the grain and grass into silver, saying that they could not receive the grain, so they could only give him money to solve it by himself. If it weren't for Manqing's words in front, he would have to die in a hurry, who doesn't know the drought in the north, where to ask him to buy grain?
As soon as Man Qing heard his words, he hurriedly said that this was the first batch, and there would be more later, so he didn't need to worry.
"Since the imperial court gave silver taels, then don't worry, my friend is a big family in Jiangnan, and food is not a problem!" In this way, the urgent need of the king was solved, and just as she was about to leave, a message suddenly came,
"Look at this report, it's from our spies, and the Northern Desert has begun to send troops here!"
"Fifty thousand horses? How can there be so many? Do you think this military intelligence is accurate? The last time Thunder brought people over, there were only more than 10,000, could it be that all the troops in the Northern Desert had driven here? ”