Chapter 241: Conflict of Interests
"Aren't you just worried about those people in Lijia Village? More than a dozen households, I will allocate 1,000 catties for you, no, 2,000 catties of grain, enough for you to eat, right? ”
"No! The grain you harvest this season alone is enough for everyone to eat until next year, and you can continue to grow here, why do you want so much food? ”
Yun Yao and Xue Yin were listening outside the door, and when they saw that the two were arguing, they had to push open the door and walk in as peacemakers.
"Da Niu, Mo, don't fight. If you have something to say, let's discuss it, and quarrels can't solve the problem. ”
Seeing Yun Yao come in, Da Niu immediately stopped talking, leaving Nangong Mo alone there chattering endlessly.
"Yun girl, you come to judge! Tell me, hundreds of thousands of people in my palace are waiting for dinner with their mouths open, and they finally have a bumper harvest, and your big cow brother actually asks for half of it, do you say there is such a reason? ”
Yun Yao glanced at him and persuaded, "Is Da Niu the kind of person who makes trouble unreasonably?" Can't you just ask him what he wants food for? ”
Saying that, Yun Yao turned to Da Niu and said, "Da Niu, if the grain in Lijia Village is not enough, I can take the lead and transfer some to them, half of the grain is indeed too much." ”
Da Niu sighed and said: "Xiaoyun, there is no shortage of food in Lijia Village, Qiyun Town, including the entire Shunhe County, can live this winter, I am afraid of ......"
Yun Yao hadn't figured out what Da Niu was afraid of, and Nangong Mo had already replied first: "What are you afraid of?" What's the matter with you? Do others care about your life and death when their lives are good? That's what Xiao Chuhan should think, what kind of heart are you?! ”
Is the bull for the people of other places? Yun Yao looked at the big bull with a persistent face, and scratched her head a little.
Although she provided seeds and technology for Nangong Mo, and Da Niu also made a lot of efforts for farming, it was really not easy to open her mouth to tell others about half of the harvest.
As soon as she wanted to open her mouth to persuade Da Niu, she saw that Xue Yin had already run over and grabbed Da Niu's arm, and shouted to Nangong Mo: "What are you fierce? Without us, you wouldn't even be able to enter this valley, and even if you did, you wouldn't have the money to develop it. It's just some food, and I'll be stingy! ”
"Brother Da Niu, let's ignore him! What do you want food for? I'll let the host buy it for you! ”
I'll go, this little fox, hundreds of thousands of catties of grain, I can buy it if I say it? Yun Yao's head died.
"Okay, let's sit down and talk well, and we have something to discuss."
With Yun Yao's mediation, the two finally stopped fighting each other and sat at the table together.
"Big Niu, let's talk about it first, do you want so much food to prepare?" Yun Yao patted Da Niu's shoulder and reassured.
Da Niu probably knows that his request is a bit excessive. When facing Nangong Mo, he can still argue with reason, but when facing Yun Yao, he can't open his mouth.
He hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help but say: "Xiaoyun, when you came to Lijia Village, you should have also seen how difficult the people's winter was. ”
Seeing Yun Yao nodding, his next words were much smoother.
"Our days are better, we can't pile up grain in the warehouse and watch others freeze and starve to death, right? I can't do that anyway. ”
"What do you mean by watching someone starve to death?!" Nangong Mo didn't agree, "Who sympathized with me when I was in a difficult situation?" ”
Seeing Yun Yao's unhappy glare, he hurriedly made up for it: "Of course, only the little sister sympathizes with me and is willing to come to me to help regardless of her hard work." ”
"But, what did he Xiao Chuhan do for me? Don't forget, I am an enemy country with him, and you know the enemy country? You actually told me to take the food I saved between my teeth and use it to support the people of the enemy country?! ”
This...... Nangong Mo seems to be very reasonable.
He is the old royal family of Nanzhang, not only Xiliang, but even Nanzhang is an enemy with him. It is indeed unreasonable for him to take out his own food to help the enemy.
These two people seemed to be very reasonable, and Yun Yao didn't know who to help for a while.
"What enemy country is not an enemy country, why are you so narrow-minded?" Xueyin doesn't help her relatives anyway, no matter what Da Niu says, she thinks it's right.
"You can't eat all the food anyway, what's wrong with giving someone a little? Maybe someone else will take your food and become a believer in your goddess's palace? Isn't that a win-win-win? ”
Nangong Mo didn't dare to offend Xueyin, so he had to persuade him with good words: "Sister Xueyin, you are still young and don't understand politics. I can give this food, but I can't give it in vain, but I have to exchange it for corresponding benefits. ”
Seeing Xue Yin pursing his lips disdainfully, he explained in detail: "You see, I have paid a lot of price for growing these grains, right? The goddess palace has worked hard up and down for more than half a year, and I have worked tirelessly to run around, and even your master almost died in the dense forest. You say, can I give away the fruits of my hard-earned labor in vain? ”
"How can he Xiao Chuhan, why can he sit at home and take my food for nothing without doing anything?"
Hearing him mention Xiao Chuhan again, Xueyin saw that Yun Yao didn't speak.
Yun Yao looked at the two people in embarrassment, and persuaded: "Why don't you fight first, anyway, there is a lot of coarse grain collected this year, and everyone should not be as bitter as before." Let's store the food for now, and then talk about it when we really need it. ”
Da Niu opened his mouth and stopped talking, Nangong Mo also snorted and did not continue to quarrel, and several people exposed the topic in this way.
Although the quarrel stopped, the thoughts in the hearts of the two did not change. Da Niu was still worried about the ordinary people who were in the same situation as him, and Nangong Mo was still pinching the food, wanting to exchange it for the greatest benefit for himself this winter.
He had already discussed with the high-level of the Goddess Palace, and with Yun Yao's help, he would have more bargaining chips, and it would be just around the corner to restore his identity as an orthodox royal family in Nanzhang.
At this time, it would be a pipe dream for him to take out such an important strategic material for nothing. Want food? He must be asked for by Xiao Chuhan in person.
Don't mention the troubles of their harvest here, just talk about Xiao Chuhan, he has been really difficult recently.
Except for the good news sent by Shunhe County, no matter whether it is difficult or not, it is still the same as before, and the mouth is begging for winter food.
Thought he didn't know? Yun'er distributed many seedlings on the way to the royal city, and the people who benefited from it will no longer have to worry about food this winter.
Xiao Chuhan identified the real needs of various places, and couldn't help but sigh heavily. The gap is still very large, what should I do?
In the past, these were not a big problem for him, he only needed to run to the God King City, or take Yan Ji over to coax him, and the Great Elder nodded, and his problem would be solved. However, he can't do this this year, he wants to quit Yan Ji.
Xiao Chuhan held his head and asked the prime minister: "Regardless of the shortage of materials for the winter, how are the preparations for the tribute at the end of this year?" ”
Zuo Xiang preemptively came out and said: "Back to the prince, last year we sent some gold, silver and jewelry, as well as special furs from Beibi Mountain, and this year we are still preparing according to this example, do you think it is feasible?" ”
Last year? Last year, he and Yan Ji had just made a marriage, and the Great Elder naturally didn't care about the thickness, so I am afraid that he would not be able to get such a thing this year.
Xiao Chuhan shook his head slightly, and said, "Add three percent more to each item, and then find some rare things." ”
After the matter of the tribute was finished, the right minister came out again and said: "Lord, are you not going to the God King City this year?" This winter's supplies ......"
Alas! Xiao Chuhan sighed secretly and said, "Wait a minute, the two of you will go to my study with Jiang Jianguang, and let's calculate it carefully." ”
In any case, after setting aside next year's rice seeds, there is still a big gap in grain for the winter. The right minister looked at Jiang Jianguang, who had a sad face, and hesitated: "Isn't the prince going to ask God King City for help this year?" With the help of the Great Elder, our days are much better. As long as the same amount of grain as last year is brought in, no, even if it is only seventy percent, the minister dares to guarantee that no one will starve to death this year due to lack of food. ”
Xiao Chuhan held his forehead with a headache and said vaguely: "Let's discuss it again." ”
What to do? Yun'er refused to forgive him, and he was unable to promise her a marriage contract. Originally, I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to pay tribute at the end of the year to go to the God King City to withdraw from relatives, but now it is not feasible?
Xiao Chuhan's brows were locked for three days, and he couldn't transfer the limited materials, so he had to make up his mind to go to the God King City again.
Regardless of whether he has a marriage contract with Yan Ji or not, the Great Elder can't ignore the life and death of the people of this state because of his relationship, right? Aren't the other states also getting some food more or less every year?
I have to say that Xiao Chuhan can be regarded as a doctor in a hurry. Yan Ji waited for half a year, just waiting for him to throw himself into the net and ask for help. If you want food and want to quit your family, is there such a good thing in the world?
Winter came as scheduled, because of the reminder of the big cow, Yun Yao ran back to Shunhe County to take a look, and carefully asked Zhang County to confirm that everyone was not short of food this winter, so she was relieved.
There are too many people in Xiliang in the whole country, she can't worry about coming at all, and she can save the people of this county, and she can be regarded as doing her best. As for the others, leave it to the fake and serious prince to worry about.
Da Niu accompanied Yun Yao to see the granary of Shunhe County with his own eyes, and under everyone's persuasion, he no longer insisted on asking Nangong Mo for food, but as the temperature dropped, the smile on his face became less and less.
Yun Yao couldn't take care of Da Niu's mood for a while, because of Xueyin's evolution, she can now stay for more than 20 hours at a time in modern times, as long as she goes home every night to sleep, she can continue the next day. The long-awaited modern life has finally come true.
Yun Yao developed winter clothes at Tang Pei's request, and explained the matter to Fang Liangyu and Yidie, and she was happy to be a hands-off shopkeeper.
Anyway, Yidie, this little girl, has been really well-behaved recently, and she no longer pesters herself to mess around with Nangong Mo, she only looks for all kinds of tonic elixirs to feed Fang Liangyu every day, and she doesn't know how Fang Liangyu can bear it.
Yun Yao didn't explain her work kindly, and then slipped away with Xueyin.
She has been rich and free lately, and her adoptive parents, who used to have a lukewarm relationship with her, are much more enthusiastic about her.
No, as soon as I got home today, my mother pulled her to chatter.
"Yao'er, why don't you bring your boyfriend back with you? It's almost the New Year, and you should have decided to get married early! ”