Chapter 14 It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice
"The shopkeeper, why don't we spend money and buy the recipe for this sugar water?"
As the butler of the dog-headed military division, he offers advice to Gao Chuan.
But he never thought about it, which caused Gao Chuan to be displeased: "In your mind, in addition to spending money to buy formulas, what else can you think of to pay attention to?" Mention this way of spending money to me again, and you can get out of here! ”
Last time, he spent five times to buy Chen Xuan's white sugar making recipe, and until now, he felt that he was cutting a piece of meat on his body, and it hurt to death!
"We'll just wait and see what happens."
"This mountain city has jurisdiction over seven towns, forty-two villages, and the number of displaced people, but more than that, his bodhisattva heart will only end up being the end of the head."
Gao Chuan's analysis can be said to be to the point, pointing out the most fundamental problem.
This kind of thing should have been done by the county government, and even the county government had the strength to take care of one or the other, not to mention Chen Xuan's personal ability.
"The shopkeeper's opinion is really insightful and thought-provoking, compared to you, that is the difference between fireflies and Haoyue."
The housekeeper was very timely, patting the sycophants, and slapping that was called one, which made Gao Chuan feel comfortable.
Seeing this, the housekeeper also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Serving such a one, an iron rooster that does not pull out a hair, is also very rare, fortunately, his kung fu of shaving and slapping horses has been good.
……
Another day passed.
Zhou Yanran counted today's income.
Nearly three times a dollar.
Coupled with the entry of the previous few days, deducting the cost and loss, Chen Xuan has already made ten yuan in revenue.
That's ten taels of silver!
In this Daning Dynasty, which is similar to ancient China, ten taels of silver can sell more than 800 catties of rice, more than 300 catties of flour, and build a small courtyard of blue bricks.
According to Daning's standards, it can be regarded as getting rid of poverty!
Chen Xuan kept his previous promise and settled the wages delayed by Aunt Li and others.
"In the blink of an eye, there are only six dollars left." Looking at the basket, a small half of the copper coins were missing, Chen Xuan shook his head and said.
The soul pierces the body of an ordinary person, and if you want the salted fish to turn over, it is too difficult.
The iron pillar who had just received his salary found Chen Xuan, and it seemed that there was something unspeakable, and he was embarrassed to speak.
Seeing this, Chen Xuan said: "Tiezhu, you are my relative, and you grew up with me wearing a pair of open crotch pants, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”
"That, I want to borrow some money from you, buy some food, and give it to my eldest brother."
Tie Zhu was not hypocritical, and explained the reason for borrowing money.
In Chen Xuan's memory, the appearance of a young man with big shoulders and a round waist, as strong as an ox, and darker skin than an iron pillar, gradually became clear.
The iron egg with the original body when he was a child and often went to the river to catch fish and shrimp has been enlisted in the Northern Army for half a month.
The Northern Army of Daning, especially the Northern Army guarding the Jiubian Military Town, had the most difficult living conditions since the confrontation between the north and south of Dawu and Daning.
It has always been a bloody battle with the fierce Dawu Army, and he is still a big living person on the same day, and he may be cut down by the Dawu Army the next day and recorded as a military merit.
Since there is no guarantee that the dog will return alive, then ensure that he can eat and drink well.
Without any hesitation, Chen Xuan lent the consistent money to Tie Zhu: "I'm not in a hurry to ask for this money, when you have money, just pay me back." ”
With the iron pillar of money, he happily gave the iron eggs in the military town far north to buy food.
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The homeless incident in Houshan City has just begun.
Every day, more and more displaced people from other towns and other villages have migrated to Houshan City, to the point where the county government has to pay attention to it.
Luzhi County opened a warehouse to release grain and boiled rice porridge for relief.
However, these rice porridges, inserted into them with a chopstick, cannot be erected, not only do they not matter if they are full, but after drinking, they are also easy to dilute.
Even with Chen Xuan's sugar water relief, it had little effect.
Every day, homeless people starved to death, no one buried them, and the stench of corpses was stinking, and gradually, a plague was triggered.
But fortunately, under the control of the county government, the plague was contained.
"This Lu Zhi County, as a parent official, actually sat back and let the situation worse."
Lu Xiucai, who was full of poetry and books and full of enthusiasm, came to buy Chen Xuan's sugar water as before, telling what he had seen and heard, and became more and more resentful, as if he hated his inaction.
I can't wait to replace the position of the magistrate and relieve the people.
Chen Xuan didn't think so.
It's not Lu Zhixian's inaction!
On the contrary, as a county parent official, Lu Zhixian has done a very good job.
There are so many displaced people in Houshan City, but Lu Zhixian was able to control the situation without completely detonating it, and this ability is already stronger than many county officials.
The rice porridge used for relief is thin and can't stand up with chopsticks, but I'm afraid there is not much rice in the warehouse.
If you cook porridge according to the standards of the standing spoon, more people will starve to death.
The war in the north was tight, and the grain and grass of the Daning Imperial Court were all given priority to supplying the northern army, and there was not much energy to take care of the place.
"Mother, I'm hungry!"
"Dad, mother, wake up, don't leave me alone, I'm so scared!"
On the outskirts of the mountain city, hungry skinny figures fell.
In the pile of fallen people, a little boy with a gray face shook his fallen parents and sobbed.
What he didn't know was that his parents would never wake up.
Seeing this scene, Chen Xuan could only sigh softly.
His small workshop has reached the limit of helping these displaced people, and can no longer take care of too many people.
However, every day there are refugees, and they are growing at an alarming rate.
"Old Liu, come and walk with me."
Chen Xuan said to Liu Dalong behind him.
"Okay." Liu Dalong answered, and followed behind Chen Xuan.