"So that's what happened! Brother Guo, let's be honest, if you don't come to borrow food, I will open a warehouse to release food to help the victims!"
Lin Xu said frankly.
"I know!"
Guo Nanxing's face was solemn: "That's why I want to come to you to borrow food!"
"Brother Guo, what does this mean?"
"It doesn't mean anything else. Last winter, you spent tens of thousands of taels of silver to relieve the victims of Jiangling! How can I ask you to pay for it again this time? In the name of the government, I borrowed your food.
After the disaster is over, I will definitely return it to you with interest!"
"Brother Guo just wants to borrow my food because he doesn't want me to pay for it?"
Lin Xu looked at Guo Nanxing with complicated eyes.
"yes!"
Although Guo Nanxing answered affirmatively, his eyes were a little wandering.
Based on his understanding of Guo Nanxing, Lin Xu knew that Guo Nanxing must have lied just now. As for why Guo Nanxing did this, he had already guessed the general reason.
"Brother Guo, can you lend me a moment to speak?"
"Okay!"
The two of them walked a few steps to the side. Lin Xu stretched out his hand to signal the people he had brought with him, and said: "Brother Guo, I met those people on the way back. Their villages and fields have been destroyed.
The water flooded, and several people even died. In order to survive the disaster, people in their village pooled some money and asked them to go out to sell food. They succeeded in buying a few carts of food, but on the way back,
I was stopped by several sergeants from the Yamen, saying that the Yamen had issued an order not to allow any common people to buy food privately! Brother Guo, is this the case?"
"this......"
Guo Nanxing was about to speak but stopped.
"Brother Guo, do you still need to hide from me?"
"well!"
Guo Nanxing sighed deeply and said sadly: "Now that you already know about this matter, I will no longer hide it from you! Yes, the Yamen has issued this order. Not only does it not allow ordinary people to speak privately,
When buying grain, grain merchants are not allowed to sell grain privately!"
"Then the Si Yamen does not allow anyone to open a warehouse to release grain?"
"Yes......"
"Brother Guo is worried that I will get into trouble if I open a warehouse to store grain, so he wants to borrow my grain. If anything happens, Brother Guo will bear the responsibility! Right?"
"well!"
Guo Nanxing sighed again: "Sir, you are really discerning, I can't hide anything from you!"
"So, does Brother Guo know why the Yamen did this?"
"Sir, please stop asking so many questions! Lend me all your food, and leave the disaster relief to me! Just leave this matter alone!"
"no!"
"why not?"
"Because I'm afraid that after I lend this food out, I won't be able to get it back!"
Lin Xu said with something in mind!
Guo Nanxing was silent.
"Since the Yamen has asked everyone not to provide disaster relief, this naturally includes the Jiangling County Yamen! Brother Guo, if you borrow my food to help the victims, then the Yamen will be blamed. How should you deal with it?