Generous and powerful, neither humble nor overbearing, showing the domineering attitude of a king. At the end, Lan Chen also added, "Don't worry about hoarding. The food is already hidden in the cellar. I also specially prepared some food that is suitable for storage, and I will take time to put it away every day."
The big ice cubes are there. A rough calculation shows that if you save some food, it will be enough for the people of the city for seven days."
"Lan Chen...you!" Bai Zhixian stood up subconsciously and pointed tremblingly at Lan Chen, his eyes filled with shock.
He really didn't expect that this young man would have such foresight and generosity.
You know, the evil gentry in the chamber of commerce that I have been in contact with in recent days are asking for exorbitant prices, but in fact, the little grain they have in stock is really not enough.
If they are just neighbors on the street, the Chamber of Commerce can still afford it, but if it is provided to the people of the whole city? It is not even enough to fill their teeth!
Fortunately for Lan Chen, the deal was seven days of food, seven thousand five hundred taels, which was a big deal!
As if he had realized something, Baizhixian exclaimed, "Is this why you charge me five hundred taels a day?"
"Hey. That's a bad statement. You don't have to pay for it when you come to Baizhi County, right? I think the five hundred taels were collected from several major chambers of commerce. They are not short of money. Besides, if Xuzhou cools down, they will only have money.
Greater good.”
After hearing this, Bai Zhixian blushed at first, and then became a little incoherent. He wanted to make some excuses, but was directly interrupted by Lan Chen. "Perhaps the county magistrate doesn't know something. The dye workshops that have sprung up in Xuzhou recently are called "Yan".
I am from here, and those gossips were also told to me through my servants."
"Yanfang was actually made by the Lord?" Baizhixian was stunned for a moment, and immediately laughed in embarrassment. In fact, he just wanted to move out the five hundred taels to talk about it. After further investigation, wasn't that batch of grain bought by Baizhixian?
Well, it just passed through the hands of Lan Chen.
Naturally, the purpose of this visit is just to bargain.
Seeing that they could not reach an agreement with Baizhi County, the evil gentry of the Chamber of Commerce went into the streets alone and started reselling. This made a lot of poor people suffer, and Baizhi County felt very distressed. No matter what, Lan Chen would be killed.
Buy this batch of grain!
"Yes. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to spend more than seven thousand taels to buy food, right?"
Lan Chen shrugged easily. It seemed relaxed, but in fact, he had overcome all difficulties at the time.
From the day he returned from Huadu, he asked Wang Katie to purchase a large amount of grain.
Nowadays, one can praise his foresight in hindsight, but at that time, this approach was actually regarded as a joke. If a stupid boy came out to put aside this hoard of food, he still bought it at the high price at that time.
Looking back now, do the high prices at that time still hold true today?
What a difference!
Bai Zhixian was stunned when he reacted. Half a month ago?
In other words, Lan Chen started arranging this matter as soon as he came back from Huadu? At that time, the cooling strategy had not yet started. Was he so sure that he would not lose money if he spent seven thousand taels!
What a generous act!
It was also because of this generous act that the people of Xuzhou had hope of surviving.
Half a month difference, the purchasing power of more than 7,000 taels is greatly reduced.
Apart from deep admiration, Baizhixian really had no other feelings in his heart.
"Xuzhou can be saved, Xuzhou can be saved! Young Master, since you are determined to come to me, then the price...don't be too outrageous. Alas, you don't know something.
Several major chambers of commerce and some evil gentry are simply white-eyed wolves and snake-hearted devouring elephants!"
Bai Zhixian pretended to have suffered a crime while secretly observing Lan Chen's reaction.
Unexpectedly, Lan Chen just shook his head indifferently and blurted out, "I won't charge a penny for that grain. I want to entrust it to Baizhi County. You will definitely handle it properly and won't charge a penny from the people in the city."
Right?"
Baizhi County was shocked.
A total of 7,000 taels of food was donated without taking a penny? What a living Bodhisattva!
He could only nod blankly and asked in surprise, "Sir, are you serious about this?"
"Let me ask you first, if you had food in your hands, would you collect money from the people?"
"No, absolutely not!" Baizhi County waved his hands repeatedly. "The government and the public have almost forgotten our Xuzhou! Alas, it's no wonder, the famine is coming so fiercely that we don't even know how many people have died in the north! It's just,
We don’t know when it will be our turn to receive the disaster relief food from the court.”
"I'm not boasting. You don't even know how much money I have invested. When I think of my fellow villagers starving, my heart breaks."
In addition to being excited, Bai Zhixian was almost in tears. Lan Chen also rarely showed true feelings and immediately stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, taking it as comfort.
"I just have a merciless request."
"Oh? It doesn't matter! You were originally a great hero in Xuzhou, and now you have saved countless people with your own money!"
As long as money is not discussed, or it is within the control of the county treasury, everything is easy to negotiate!
In fact, Baizhi County was fully prepared mentally to purchase it at three times the price, but Lan Chen didn't take any money directly.
"Hahaha, listen to me first. I also know that this request is a bit difficult. Of course, you don't have to agree. I will still take the food. This is just my request and will not affect others."
After taking a deep breath, Lan Chen continued, "The county magistrate should also know something about my father. Although he was exiled by imperial edict, the punishment period is still more than half a year. I can't bear to let the whole family suffer outside."
, I hope to find it and bring it back to the old house."
"Naturally, you just take me back and take care of me. My father will never show his face. In this way, the government and the public will still only think of my father even though he is in exile. If something unfortunate happens, I can bear the responsibility alone.
It’s just that it’s convenient for you, sir. This is my request.”
Having said that, Lan Chen also bowed deeply to Baizhi County, firstly to respect him for his dedication to the people, and secondly to ask him to agree to this condition.
From the first day he came into contact with Baizhi County, he was planning this plan.
After careful consideration, the food hoarding plan planned with Katie Wang in Huadu still had some flaws. In fact, these flaws were only realized through the recent contact with Lin Dongshuang.
As for the grain, I had been hoarding it for a long time, but because of the change in my mood, I decided to donate all of it to the magistrate, and the magistrate would decide on the distribution of the grain.
It's a free gift, and if it can protect my father's safety for the rest of the year, that's great, great.
It's just that County Magistrate Bai also has to take a certain risk. If this is discovered, if it is traced, it will be...
Therefore, Lan Chen didn't hold too much hope and just tried his luck. No, he had already stood up, bowed to County Magistrate Bai and said, "You will have to ask the County Magistrate to send some troops to Lan Chen later."
I'll let the servants take you there. It's up to you to decide if you want to move them all out and then let me store them in ice, or if you want to move them every day. Then I'll take my leave first."