Chapter 256 Cooperation

In fact, County Magistrate Yang has already sent an official document to the court, but the food requested for relief should not have arrived yet.

In recent years, the imperial court has also been troubled.

The Hu people in the north invaded the border one after another. Now, most of Bohai County has fallen into the hands of rebels who colluded with the Hu people.

News came out from Bohai County that there were rebels in two cities in the south. Even the Nanzhao Kingdom, which had been quiet for decades, was somewhat ready to make a move.

Heavy rains fell continuously in many places in the interior, and several grain-producing areas suffered from flooding to varying degrees.

The situation in Zhongzhou County is actually not the most serious. It’s just that because Zhongzhou County has floods all year round, the people in Zhongzhou County react the fastest and run the most timely.

Although Ping'an County is not large in area, it suffers from far fewer disasters than other places. Naturally, it has become the first choice target for people fleeing famine from all over the country.

The imperial court had to provide free food and money to the disaster-stricken areas, and it also had to allocate food to the victims.

Magistrate Yang's plea for food relief must have been lost among the petitions for help and help that flew towards the court like snow flakes. When the court approves it, I don't know what year and month it will take!

Mrs. Wang planned to send a message to the Wang family when she got back, asking her parents' family to escort a batch of grain.

But it will take some time to transport this batch of grain. If we count on it to help in an emergency, we may not be able to count on it.

She also had her own dowry farm in the suburbs of Jixiang County, as well as the land she later bought.

But the grain output in Zhuangzi is limited, and it may not be enough to last for a few days.

Secondly, all this food cannot come from one’s own farm.

After all, she doesn't want to have a reputation as someone who wants to buy people's hearts. Such a reputation is not a good thing for Magistrate Yang, or for the Wang and Yang families.

Therefore, she had to make arrangements to get merchants to donate food.

Or, buy grain from the grain store, then take the account book and report the accounts to the court later.

However, these women from the grain store in front of them all spoke so unanimously that they did not even take Magistrate Yang or herself seriously...

Wang was a little angry, but remembering what she had promised Yang Lang, she could only endure it and think of other ways.

She finished the banquet as usual, but afterwards, the expression on her face was always dull and no longer as enthusiastic as before.

The female relatives of several grain merchants were feeling a little uneasy, as if they were sitting on pins and needles.

After the banquet was finally over, they all left and hurried home to discuss ideas with the master of the house.

But Xia Daohua stayed.

She has food in hand, and it is inexhaustible, but she is not sure whether Wang is really trying to provide relief to the victims, or whether she is planning to draw chestnuts from the fire and use the name of relief to force merchants to give up profits.

Make a fortune from it.

She had to take another look before talking.

Seeing that Xia Daohua stayed, Mrs. Wang knew that she had something to say, but she didn't know whether it was to ask her to do something or something else. She was in a bad mood now, but her demeanor as a noble daughter of aristocratic family was still there, although she was impatient in her heart.

But it didn't show on his face.

I only invited Xia Daohua to drink tea and sit around chatting. After about half a quarter of an hour, I finally got down to business:

"Ms. Xia, are you in trouble and do you need my help?"

Xia Daohua smiled and said:

"That's not true. I just wanted to ask my wife, if we get food, are there any rules for relieving the victims?

In this matter of relieving the victims, are you confident and ready for everything, and all you need is the east wind, or is everything difficult at the beginning, and you haven't even scratched the surface yet?"

When Wang heard this, his eyebrows suddenly widened:

"This... what if everything is ready? What if everything is difficult at the beginning?"

Xia Daohua smiled and said:

"If everything is ready, I naturally want to do my best for my wife. If everything is difficult at the beginning, then I also want to help my wife and alleviate some of her troubles."

Wang and Xia Daohua looked at each other and smiled.

As the saying goes, "Be obedient." Wang guessed from Xia Daohua's probing words that she had food, or that she had channels to buy food. The "Daohuaxiang" shop sold both candies and snacks.

, there must be no shortage of ways to sell food.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt confident. Wang said with a smile:

“We have done this relief work elsewhere, and the regulations are pretty much the same.

What we owe now is food and trustworthy manpower.

In terms of manpower, the slaves in our house are well-trained and can read and write. One or two at each place is enough.

So, all I owe is food."

The two chatted happily, and after that, Wang sent her own carriage to take Xia Daohua back home.

Xia Daohua finally decided to trust Wang's sincerity in disaster relief.

Anyway, if Wang dared to lie to her, she would dare to vacate the county magistrate's house again.

In this matter, if you do it well, you will not make any profit; if you do it wrong, you will not suffer any loss.

It was simply that she couldn't bear to see the refugees starving, and she had food in her hands but it was inconvenient to take it out.

I just borrowed the name of Mrs. Wang, the county magistrate's wife, and asked her to take the lead.

If Mr. Wang really wasn't worthy of her trust, it would be a simple matter for her to find someone to blame.

Of course, food cannot be taken directly from space.

There is still a process of changing hands.

Xia Daohua made plans and went to Fuwei Escort Agency.

This was not the first time she had asked this escort agency to help deliver messages. She had dealt with him several times and knew that the charges at this place were quite reasonable and the work was reliable.

After ordering some carriages from Fuwei Escort Bureau, finding a team of escorts, paying a deposit, and giving instructions like this, Xia Daohua got up and left, and went to Yaxing again.

After renting a hotel on the dock, Xia Daohua changed two locks on the warehouse, stayed there for a while, and then left with satisfaction.

On the same day, the escorts set off from Jixiang County with the carriage, took a detour to Kyoto, returned from Kyoto, walked to the hotel at the dock, and then sent a message to Xia Daohua.

Xia Daohua took the county magistrate's wife, Mrs. Wang, and went to the inn to look at the food.

When he opened the lock of the warehouse and saw that it was filled with grain packed in sacks, the eyes of the confidant sent by the Wang family widened.

This Lady Xia’s abilities are truly extraordinary!

You can actually think of buying food from Kyoto!

Most people only think that they can go to Kyoto to sell grain. Who would even think that they can buy grain from Kyoto!

The most important thing is that I asked her to buy it!

The steward left a confidant to guard here, and he was filled with shock and happily went to report to Mr. Wang.

After Wang learned about it, she also sighed:

"Let me tell you, this kid can run a store like this by herself, and no one has bothered her yet. She probably has something to do with Jingli. It seems that she is just a person in front of the stage, and there are still experts behind the scenes!

"

It's just that the person behind the scenes can't find any agent, so why must he cultivate a little girl like her who has no money, no power, and no support from her relatives?

Asking for votes!

(End of chapter)

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