The county magistrate Niu Ben from Qingshi County is really bald during this period.
It’s not because the stones in the county’s stone mines cannot be sold, but because the stones required during this period are much larger than the maximum amount they can produce every day.
This is a pain and happiness!
After all, although Qingshi County owns this stone mine.
But this stone ore is not an iron ore, or a gold, silver or copper ore.
Most of the people who need stones are the fishermen on the coast who have no money.
The previous stone selling business was a state where the people of Qingshi County could not eat enough, but could not starve to death.
Niu Ben was quite satisfied with this state before.
After all, compared with Nanyue Prefecture City, the people in Qingshi County where he is located at least have some food to eat.
Of course, when Chen Tai was working as a Futai, Niu Ben wanted to take the people in the county town to beg to the capital to ask His Majesty for an explanation several times!
However, thinking about how he took his family with his family, the Niu family of the clan finally endured that breath.
At that time, the fishermen on the coast all fled one after another.
There are fewer and fewer people buying stones.
Fortunately, Niu Ben was not suitable for growing grain because the land in Qingshi County was not suitable for growing grain, so all the money sold in the stone mine was exchanged for grain by him and secretly hid it.
It is also because of the existence of this batch of grain that the people in Qingshi County did not die of hunger.
However, Niu Ben naturally couldn't let the people in the county eat their fill.
If everyone is hungry and they are touching their backs, the people in your county will all eat red.
Without others coming to cause trouble for Qingshi County, Chen Tai would be the first to let Qingshi County go.
After all, Niu Ben was in front of Chen Tai and was a small person, which made Chen Tai think that Qingshi County only had stones and nothing else.
Even if I want to scrape oil, I can't scrape it out, so I can only scrape out a layer of stone powder.
Qingshi County also made everyone survive because of such a good county magistrate.
After Xin Futai took office, the cows were envious of the high-yield crops provided by Xin Futai.
But what's the use of envy? The key is that their county is not suitable for planting!
Therefore, we can only return to our old business and sell stones.
Fortunately, Futai is a good person this time, and he is also serious about the people.
After the run away fishermen came back, they began to need stones again.
As long as someone buys stones, Niu Ben finds ways to exchange the silver for food and save it back to the granary that was secretly taken out to help the people.
Although there are more and more people buying stones, Niu Ben always feels that there are still too few.
Before the grain in the granary was full, the cow would not feel safe.
Just when he was worried about the money he earned, he didn't expect that such a large order would come.
Originally, he left some of them for others.
After all, if this stone is sold to a family and others cannot buy it, if they don’t buy their stone in the future, it will be more than worth the cost.
Niu Ben felt that he could not do a one-time deal.
But he didn't expect that Liu Hu could actually get the new Futai warrant.
With the new Futai warrant, Niu Ben naturally could not leave a part of it, and it was all given to Liu Hu.
But even so, Liu Hu still felt that it was not enough.
Niu Ben was a little suspicious. Could it be that the master behind Liu Hu was building a castle?
The stones pulled away during this period are already sold in Qingshi County for half a year.
However, Niu Ben knew that since the new Futai came forward, he, the little county magistrate, would better pretend to know nothing.
Anyway, every time Liu Hu comes over, he gives a lot of money.
However, no matter how much money is, it is better to ask for food than to ask for money in Nanyue Prefecture.
So, seeing the common people in the stone mine working day and night, Niu Ben couldn't let them find a way to buy food and eat it, right?
Why not let Liu Hu help buy all the food needed by the people of Qingshi County?
Anyway, Liu Hu can get the handwritten order from the new Futai Lord, so it must be a piece of cake to get some food.
Niu Ben touched his thinning hair, which was already sparse, because it was too sparse, and the bun on his head was not tied up too much.
"Niu County Magistrate, did you say you want food and don't have money?"
Liu Hu was a little surprised at the request of the Niu County Magistrate, but after being surprised, he felt a little clear about it.
Thinking of what the old lady said to her before, Liu Hu calmed down.
"I wonder how much food is Niu County Magistrate wants?
As long as the stones can meet the required quantity and food, it is easy to say."
Seeing Liu Hu coming to the yamen again to ask, Niu Ben was loving his hair a lot.
In order to prevent himself from losing his hair, Niu Ben directly told his request.
Moreover, he was a little nervous.
After all, all the counties under the jurisdiction of the Nanyue Prefecture have been more or less exploited by Chen Tai.
Every county is like a jingling poor person. Finally, a Futai Lord who cares about the people has come.
In addition to paying taxes, they only eat enough foods themselves, and there is no room for the remaining amount to be sold to others.
This is also the reason why Niu Ben has money in hand but doesn’t buy much food.
The grain shops in Nanyue Prefecture City were in charge of the new Futai Lord at the beginning.
However, I heard that Hongchang Grain Store has reopened recently.
However, although the Zhao family grain store was opened, it stipulated that the grain sold should not exceed ten kilograms if each person came to buy it.
The new Futai University Master also agreed very much.
Niu Ben is not a fool, so he quickly realized that the grain store opened by the Zhao family sold grain like this, and it was probably because people maliciously stored grain, which led to ordinary people not being able to buy food, which led to the price of grain rising again.
This method is naturally good, but for Qingshi County, Niu Ben feels it is a bit unfriendly enough.
"Can you really get food?"
Originally, Niu Ben was just thinking about having a date or not before talking about it. When he heard Liu Hu's words, he immediately widened his eyes and asked.
"My old lady has a farm in Mingzhou Prefecture, and there are a lot of food in the farm.
Now, as long as the magistrate Niu County can get the amount of this stone every day, there will naturally be no problem with food."
Liu Hu ran back at the cow with a smile.
"Mingzhou Prefecture?
Then I would like to thank the old lady of the mansion. The more food you have, the better.
As for this stone, please rest assured Manager Liu, and you will definitely do it as required."
When Niu Ben heard this, he was stunned. He knew that although the Mingzhou Prefecture was adjacent to the Nanyue Prefecture, the Mingzhou Prefecture was much more prosperous and richer than the Nanyue Prefecture.
Then he became happy again and replied to Liu Hu with joy on his face.