The biography of Gu Qi, a poor girl

"I don't know why the two adults came late at night, why?"

"It's ashamed to say that the yamen has borrowed a lot of manpower from Qi Shaodong's family these days, and got the method of digging river mud by digging canals. They simply rushed to solve the flooding of several main rivers outside the city of Lushan County before this heavy rain." He Yong. As he said that, his face was a little more ashamed: "Master Wang and I didn't want to bother Mr. Qi's family about this matter, why did all the pedestrian gang members on Liuxing Street withdraw two days ago, Mr. Liu got When the news arrived, the building was already empty. Later, our people searched all the vacant houses and shops on Liuxing Street, but only found more than a hundred catties of old grain, and nothing else.

Now there are only tens of thousands of people in the entire Lushan County city waiting for the media to eat and use. The move of the Pedestrians is tantamount to drawing salary from the bottom of the pot. Since yesterday, the guards in the yamen have taken over Liuhang’s shop and started selling these old grains in a limited number per household every day. But no matter how limited it is, a weight of more than a hundred catties will not last for a few days.Now the people in the city of Lushan County don't know that there is no more food reserves in the city, Master Liu is really helpless, so let us two come here to discuss with Qi Shaodong's family to find a solution. "

After Jin Zhaodong's death, the Hongwentang gang in Lushan County was in a state of disunity, and sooner or later there would be chaos. It was expected that they would withdraw from Lushan County now.It's just an unexpected coincidence that misfortunes never come singly and there are floods at this time, which doubles the severity of the problem. If it is not handled properly, thunderstorms may occur, causing immeasurable disasters.

Since a month ago, the Sihai Escort has formed a back-and-forth route from Lushan County to Hesong County, Jiangling County. From the beginning, each bodyguard team will start every half a month, and then a small bodyguard will be dispatched three to five days later. Correspondingly, at the same time as the departure from Luojia Village, the headquarters of the Four Seas Bodyguard Bureau in Xiaoqi Village will also set off a bodyguard team full of goods on the same day. The number of carriages is less than ten to fifteen. Although the number is not large, the risk is also reduced a lot because they are dexterous enough.In addition, the carriages and horses used to transport the goods have been modified. Even though the number of carriages and horses has been greatly reduced, the amount of grain transported in the dark warehouse has not decreased much.

It is because there is such a steady stream of food safely sent to the warehouse in Gu Zhuang outside Luoshan Village that Gu Qifang can freely open two commercial branches in Lushan County, and buy a large number of fields outside the city to hire nearby villages. of farmers work as farm laborers for themselves.

Apparently Liu Shouzheng, He Yong, Wang Hebin and the others are also aware of this, but they obviously don't know how much rations they have sent to Yuzhong, whether it is enough to stabilize the residents of Lushan County after the Pedestrian Gang evacuates, and support them safely. Get over this flood.

"Qi Shaodong's family?" Seeing that Gu Qi was silent, He Yong was a little impatient.Chen Liang in Lushan County could not last much longer, if not, he and Wang Hebin would not have rushed over overnight in this ghostly weather for two days.

Gu Qi didn't answer right away. He was silent for a moment, then got up and said, "I have arranged for the three Four Seas Markets in Lushan County to limit their registration and quota, but not the total amount, to distribute food to the outside world from tomorrow."

He Yong's eyes lit up when he heard the words: "It's really great."

Wang Hebin was cautious and asked, "How about the price of the grain?"

"What is the price today will be the same price tomorrow. Until the beginning of summer, the price of grain in the city will remain unchanged."

"Really!" He Yong's voice trembled with excitement: "Qi Shaodong's family is righteous!"

Unbelievable flashed across Wang Hebin's face. Before coming here, both Mr. Liu and he and He Yong were already prepared that people from all over the world would take this opportunity to raise prices. As long as the people in Lushan County can survive this disaster, it is worth giving in. , It's nothing to endure it for a while.

However, today, the good talk of the Qi Shaodong's family made Wang Hebin not know how to treat this matter for a while.Is it really for the people?Wang Hebin didn't believe it.

A merchant is called a merchant only if he has many pictures, if he has no pictures...

How can it be possible to have no plans, what is afraid of is that the plans are not for immediate benefit.

Sure enough, Wang Hebin did not wait long, and Gu Qi said again: "My lords, I promise that as long as the grain can be delivered to Lushan County safely and smoothly, it will be sold to the people of Lushan County at today's price in the Four Seas Market. Never a penny more. Just...

It's just that I'm just a merchant after all. Although my subordinates have some means of making a living, their abilities are limited. Given the current situation in Yuzhou Prefecture, I can't guarantee that the convoy from Four Seas will be able to bring goods into Yuzhong smoothly every time. "

Yuzhou Prefecture is now a no-nonsense area. Before the flood came, ordinary caravan escorts wanted to go back and forth between the two borders safely. Among them, the hardships were not as simple as lack of water and food, and the bumpy roads.Border checkpoints, frontier troops along the road, and bandits that appear at any time.Even passing through various counties and cities all the way may be exploited and blackmailed by local officials and servants.

If it's just these things, maybe in the past six months, the circling forces in Yuzhou have tended to be balanced. As long as you find out the way, you may not be able to walk safely.But the current situation is different. The flood this time is not the disaster of Lushan County. Judging from the current rain, the whole of Yuzhong is shrouded in it.

Afterwards, if the flood continues, I don’t care about the situation in Yubei for the time being. If the Yunan area is also affected, even if they try their best to defend Lushan County, there is no guarantee that the people in other counties will die because of this. The flood once again brought out a large number of victims. Once a large number of victims gathered on the official road, it would be extremely difficult for the convoy to go back and forth between Yuzhou Prefecture and Yunzhou Prefecture smoothly.

Gu Qi can think of this, so can He Yong and Wang Hebin.

Wang Hebin thought for a moment, then asked seriously: "Then based on what Qi Shaodong's family saw, is there a solution?"

It has come to this kind of time, and people on both sides know that they are both grasshoppers on the same rope, and it is meaningless to talk about those nonsense. It is better to put all the difficulties on the bright side and gather the strengths of all parties. Solve the problem.

"Is there any friendship between you adults and the government offices in the counties and cities in southern Yuzhong?" Gu Qi asked.

He Yong was not proficient in these things, so he turned around and looked at Wang Hebin.

Wang Hebin frowned, and said with some hesitation: "Also in Yuzhou, the governments of various counties and cities are more or less connected, but if we talk about friendship, most of them are just superficial. Before the Yuzhou government suffered a disaster, our Lushan The relationship between the county and several counties in Yuzhong and Yubei is fine, but the relationship with Yunan is relatively normal."

In the officialdom, they always speak with respect, and three-point relationship should be said to be seven-point friendship. Since Wang Hebin used the word "normal" at this time, it means that it is not very different from friendship.