Lu Songli invested 10,000 stone of grain in five county towns and towns, which can be described as a drop of water falling into the oil pot, causing an uproar.

Everyone took the household registration book to the grain and oil store of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce in the town and county, and lined up in a long line.

Nowadays, people have more than ten people in a household register, unlike later generations, if they are single-family, there are only four or five people. Therefore, even if there is a limit of three catties per person and a maximum of thirty-six catties, there are many people who have bought enough food.

For the first time, the grain and oil store of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce sold cheap grain, and Wu Ren personally sat in charge, starting to sell it at noon and working until evening.

Those who bought grain came out of the grain store with dozens of catties of grain, and went home with their families to protect the grain.

Wu Ren looked at the grain jar and there was not much food left, and there were still a lot of people queuing outside, so he thought about it, went out and counted the five people in front of him, and came to the sixth person, "Uncle, this grain is almost sold out, don't line up behind you, go home." ”

There was something that came late and didn't buy it, and I was already anxious, and when I heard Wu Ren's words, I couldn't stand it.

"Why is it sold out? I haven't bought it yet. The old man who spoke blamed himself very much, blaming himself for walking too slowly.

Those who have poor endurance are crying, "Yes, I am almost out of food at home, so I hope to buy some cheap food to go back." ”

Someone begged Wu Ren, "Little brother, can you let the store add a little more food?" "They have seen it, this is a conscientious merchant, and the grain sold is all good grain, and it costs fifteen yuan a pound next door.

The shopkeeper next door has come out to look at it four or five or six times this afternoon, blowing his beard and glaring.

Wu Ren also noticed this scene, but Wu Ren was not afraid of him, what is the background of their Liaodong Chamber of Commerce?

Besides, on the issue of grain prices, Lord Lu also asked Guo Chunsheng and Guo to talk to the grain merchants, asking them not to set the price so high, to be cheaper, and it is best to occasionally put a little special grain to the poor people. But these profiteers, one by one, crying and shouting that they don't make money, they really want to lower the price, and they would rather close the shop.

This forced his master to try to find a way to get food for Liaodong County outside.

Facing the hopeful eyes of the common people, Wu Ren could only smile bitterly, "Ladies and uncles, uncles and aunts, the food quota in the small store has really run out today." ”

This 10,000 stone of grain, 1.2 million catties, the master said to let them put it in three times.

Today is the first day of the parity grain delivery, Hou Cheng invested 1,000 stones, that is, 120,000 catties, and the remaining four counties are a little less, that is, 70,000 catties.

He is now in Gaoxian County, the entire Gaoxian County, with eight townships. Each township has its own shop, and each store only distributes less than 10,000 catties of grain.

It was all sold out in one afternoon, and their clerks were all exhausted.

Wu Ren's words caused an uproar among those present who had not yet bought food.

Wu Ren hurriedly said, "Listen to me, if you don't buy it today, you can come tomorrow, and it will still be sold tomorrow." ”

Someone immediately asked him, "That little brother, you close your shop, can we not leave?" "They have to keep queuing, otherwise if they go back, they won't be able to catch up tomorrow.

Wu Ren thought for a while and said, "In this way, if you are queuing, I will ask people to register and give you a serial number, and you will line up according to the serial number when you come tomorrow?" ”

Some people think it's okay, and some people think it's safer to stay in line.

The grain was sold out quickly, and the clerks of the Gaoxian County Grain and Oil Branch of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce were busy, finishing the finishing touches and preparing for proofing.

The people who queued up before didn't leave, but now the grain is sold out, and they are not anxious, but they have the leisure to chat. The last two who went out on their backs were a pair of brothers, who were stopped by their fellow villagers.

"Uncle Zhang, Second Uncle Zhang, have you split your household?" Otherwise, you can't buy so much grain, and the sum of the two bags of grain must be more than thirty-six catties.

"Yes, the household is divided, and food is the most important."

"We have 21 people in the Zhang family, and we can only buy 30 catties of food, which is not enough to eat."

The Zhang brothers replied separately, and after they returned, they saw that the sky was gradually coming down, and they hurriedly said goodbye to their fellow villagers.

The matter of the Zhang family's household division made many people present think about it, and there are still so many people who have not bought food today, which has exacerbated the anxiety in their hearts, and they also want to divide their households.

This scene fell in Wu Ren's eyes, he smiled secretly, the master's trick is really good, and the matter of dividing the household cannot be forced, but he still has to be tempted.

In the afternoon of the next day, Wu Ren noticed that there were still many people queuing up to buy food.

On the third day, people from other counties even came to line up. However, according to the regulations, the grain invested in Gaoxian County can only be purchased by the people of Gaoxian County.

Wu Ren sat in this shop for three days in a row, his face was tender, and he smiled when he met people, and his amiable appearance made people feel very good.

Uncles and aunts, consciously mixed with him, couldn't help but get close to him.

"Shopkeeper Wu, who opened this grain and oil store of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, and who is the owner?"

"Yes, I haven't heard of this grain and oil store before."

"Our Liaodong Chamber of Commerce is a new business name." Wu Ren saw that they were still confused, so he continued to explain, "Actually, it's similar to the Ji family's business, Ji's business, have you heard of it?" ”

"I've heard of it."

Wu Ren continued, "Our Liaodong Chamber of Commerce is specially approved by the county guard, specializing in high-quality and low-cost goods. ”

The old man who spoke nodded, "Like this time, the grain you sell is very good and cheap. ”

"Haha, thank you for the compliment. In the future, there will be more types of items operated by our Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, so stay tuned. ”

"Yes, otherwise the price of this grain will be so high that it will kill people."

"Yes, yes, this food is good, but it is limited to purchase, and there are too few people who can buy it, and many people don't buy it."

Wu Ren smiled, in fact, the purchase limit was calculated by them, and in the past three days, it can basically allow 5,000 households to buy food, covering eighty percent of the population.

"There's no way, the entire Liaodong County is short of food, in fact, it's not just Liaodong County, the south is flooding, and there is a shortage of food everywhere."

An old man with a figure of eight characters next to him shrugged his eyelids and said, "You guys still have such cheap grain in Gaoxian County, just snicker, we don't have it in Liao County." ”

The young man next to him also immediately said, "We don't have any danger in the county." ”

The people of Gaoxian County were stunned when they heard this, and they thought that all counties and towns had cheap grain to sell.

Then they began to talk about it.

"Don't you have one in Liaoqi County?"

"You don't have any danger in the county?"

"No, no!" The young man replied.

God knows, when they learned that Wuxian County and Liaoyang County next to them had cheap grain to sell, but they were in danger of reading that the county did not have it, they almost cried out. Who understands the taste of this grievance.

"How so?"

The eight-character Hu Laohan said in a flat voice, "Among the affordable grain this time, Houcheng has put the most grain, and the people of Houcheng are limited to five catties per person, and they basically buy it." Other counties and towns such as Wangping, Wuxi, Gaoxian, Liaoyang and other counties and towns are limited to three catties per person, and most people have also bought them. ”

"Shopkeeper Wu, what's going on?"

Wu Ren was not in a hurry to explain, and when the eight-character Hu Laohan finished speaking, and the rest of the people came to ask him, he said, "Everyone, please be quiet, I'll explain to you." ”

"First of all, our Liaodong Chamber of Commerce is operated independently, and it will cooperate with some policy regulation and control of the government when it is convenient and appropriate, but it is not controlled by the government."

"Secondly, this time our Liaodong Chamber of Commerce has not gotten much food, and there is no way to cover the eighteen counties of Liaodong County, please forgive me."

Then, Houcheng is the seat of the new county guard, and the four counties of Wangping, Wuxi, and Liaoyang border the Xianbei grassland, and a lot of grain was robbed last year, and the people in these counties had a hard time. Not to mention, they are still in service to build roads. "More policies to benefit the people are needed to appease and attract people who have gone out to return.

"The last reason is that we have too many bandit nests in Liaodong County, and as soon as the grain is divided, I don't know which village will be eyed, and then it will be poisoned by the bandits. Therefore, the scope of the distribution of cheap grain is tentatively set as the counties and towns where these bandits have been uprooted. ”

"No, what about Gaoxian County? It doesn't border Xianbei. "Doubts were raised.

"Gaoxian County can get cheap grain because it just happens to be able to come out a little evenly, and it can only be said that it is too lucky. Moreover, Gaoxian County is already assisting the army in suppressing bandits. ”

After Wu Ren's words came out, the people of Houcheng were very proud. The other counties, such as Wangping, are also honored, and the people of the other thirteen counties are bitter.

They can also serve as conscripts to build roads, or they can support the army in fighting bandits, and they promise to be obedient.

Lord County Shou, the owner of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, you can't favor one over the other.

Wu Ren finally reassured, "But please rest assured, our owner is already trying its best to purchase grain, and in the future, the other fifteen counties will continue to sell cheap grain, so everyone be patient and wait." ”

After saying that, he wanted to go back to the store, but was stopped by the lady next to him, "Shopkeeper Wu, will all the good things of your Liaodong Chamber of Commerce be limited to purchase in the future like this time?" ”

"Yes, there will be a limit to the purchase of the user registration book, and each household registration book is also limited."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was stopped by another lady, "Shopkeeper Wu, is your store still recruiting?" My eldest son is big and tall, and he has a lot of strength, so he can help you carry the goods. "It's great to be able to enter this store, not to mention that the wages are not paid, just say that they have good things to sell in the future, and they can know in advance."

"Recruited. But Auntie, our Liaodong Chamber of Commerce recruits people strictly, and basically they have to be literate. The specific recruitment requirements will be posted, so please pay attention to it. ”

Now many of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce are absorbed from Tianshui Village, and the original team is full of people.

The eldest lady got his words and let go of her hand.

As they spoke, the others listened with their ears pricked up, and took Wu Ren's words to heart. Hearing Wu Ren say that they need to be literate when recruiting people, some people are happy and some are worried. But without exception, they are all a little aware of the importance of reading and literacy.