A burst of hurried shouting came from the outside in. After the sound, a young man in green trotted up in a hurry, waving his hands, his face was as red as the voice, anxious.
Ma Yuanyi's residence is also where he, Zhao Da and Wu Fan work. It was slightly repaired and rebuilt on the old house of Uncle Wang. The original Shigang Village has been fully purchased by Zhu Kui.
It was changed to a farm. In the past few years, all the fields in the surrounding villages had fallen into the hands of the Zhu family. Huge farmsteads had risen from the ground, and sweet potatoes, rice and other grains were sown in large areas.
Especially sweet potatoes, since Zhao Da and Wu Fan brought them back from Jiaozhou, they have easily succeeded in planting them, and the initial harvest has been very high. There is almost no risk of loss of rice, millet and other plants. The output is large, and the price of food is naturally low.
After selling, the Zhu family became the number one grain merchant in Moling City in one fell swoop. The price of grain in Moling also became the lowest in all counties in Jiangdong. Low prices and high sales naturally brought Zhu Kui a lot of money.
It became Zhu Kui's main industry like the escort agency.
Ma Yuanyi, who was looking through the bamboo slips, heard a call outside the house, and his heart skipped a beat, as if he had guessed something. Could it be that there was a riot by the refugees, and they failed to maintain order in the porridge shed for a while? What happened?
"Pa!" He quickly put down the bamboo slips in his hands, without even adjusting his clothes. He walked out of the room in a few steps and came face to face with the young man in green clothes. He raised his head and shouted: "Don't panic! Please tell me what happened."
"Porridge...Porridge...Porridge!" The boy in Tsing Yi was panting heavily, and his sentences were inconsistent and incoherent, making it difficult to understand.
"It doesn't matter, let's talk it over, but the porridge is unevenly distributed, or someone is causing trouble to grab food!" In order to appease his subordinates, Ma Yuanyi's voice suddenly became very magnetic, quiet and encouraging. How could his martial arts skills in the decades be simple?
, immediately helped the young man in green clothes calm down, and the whole person suddenly calmed down.
The boy in Tsing Yi calmed down his anger, and then replied: "I have met Mr. Yuanyi, and I can tell you that the thing is like this. The refugees did not fight for porridge, nor did they complain about unfair food distribution..."
After a pause, he continued with a tone of displeasure and anger: "It was the few Zhu surnamed men from Wu County who joined forces to prevent the villain from giving porridge and food. Now they are with Wu Fan and Zhao Da
The two gentlemen started to fight, and they had already invited Zhu Taigong to come over."
"What are you talking about? How can our Zhu family's food be cheap to these untouchables? Mr. Yuanyi has selfish motives and wants to line his own pockets. He wants to report and judge in front of Grand Duke Zhu."
"Bastard!" Ma Yuanyi suddenly became angry after hearing what the young man in green said. He slapped the pillars with his palms and exploded, causing the wooden pillars to bounce and a large amount of dust ropes to fall.
As the dust fell to the ground again, the anger went away as quickly as it came. After all, it was just a villain, a temporary chaos, and it could not change the world. As the commander of the Southern Canal of Taiping Road, he was not a person who was afraid of trouble.
Naturally, he was confident in dealing with these Wu Jun children, but he did not take action. He waited for Zhu Kui to come back before making a decision. After all, Zhu Laoshi, his lord's father, was involved.
My lord's face is not something that can be swept away casually.
Therefore, he has always been on the defensive. As long as these Wujun disciples do not touch the foundation of Zhu Kui's interests and plans, otherwise he can just let them jump up and down for a while. Unfortunately, this time these Wujun disciples have stepped on the bottom line.
However, Ma Yuanyi remembered that when Zhu Laoshi brought these Wu Jun disciples here, he expressed his inner thoughts, which was to arrange for the Zhu family disciples from Wu Jun to integrate into his family and add some birth capital to his son. Therefore, Ma Yuanyi and Zhao
Da and Wu Fan tried their best to win over the loyalty of these people...
At that time, Ma Yuanyi and the others laughed bitterly after hearing this. This was an act of luring a wolf into the house, and they were bound to suffer. Unfortunately, no matter how Ma Yuanyi and the others warned of the dangers and the possible potential conspiracy of the Zhu family in Wu County,
Zhu Laoshi had long made up his mind to transform their humble origins into the status of a prominent family in Wu County, and he was determined not to change. As expected, as time went by, Zhu Laoshi began to trust the Zhu family in Wu County more than Ma Yuanyi and the other three.
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This incident made the three of them feel the strong family values in Zhu Laoshi's heart. Facts have proved that the three of them have been alienated to a great extent. Today, the Zhu family of Wu County dared to attack them.
Bad things eventually happen.
After the expression on Ma Yuanyi's face changed from green to red, he finally sighed. It seemed that he had given up on going against Zhu Laoshi to deal with the Zhu family's children in Wu County without Zhu Kui's permission. He planned to let Zhu Kui go north.
The fight against the Yellow Turbans has been going on for some time, and there should be some results. It seems that he should write a letter to report the matter. Previously, he, Zhao Da, and Wu Fan thought that the lord was fighting on the front line. If there was nothing serious, it would be better not to disturb him.
But now we should ask for instructions to stabilize the rear.
After Ma Yuanyi made up his mind, he said to the boy in Qingyi: "Let's go, take me to see the situation first." His tone was calm, which showed that the trouble caused by the Zhu family's children in Wu County did not panic him.
However, taking in the refugees and replenishing the population of Moling was a major task set by Zhu Kui and could not be missed. Therefore, Ma Yuanyi and three other men were left behind. These three most capable subordinates were Ma Yuanyi as the supervisor, Zhao Da and Wu
Fan is the deputy director.
The porridge shack managed by Zhu Kui was set up near the ferry outside Moling City, near the water. It had been several months since the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out. The refugees from various places finally left their homes after several months of long journeys.
A large part of the people from their hometown came to the Jiangdong area, and a large number of displaced people heard that there was a large-scale relief activity organized by the Zhu family in Moling, so they came in droves.
A commoner with a hungry face lined up in a long line, stepped forward in an orderly manner to receive a bowl of porridge, and then received a small bag of rice from the side. Finally, he came to a literate deacon and asked his name, place of origin, and strengths.
After waiting for a rough level for statistical arrangements, we will see whether to arrange for these people to open up wasteland, or arrange a place to provide jobs, perhaps the Zhu family's shop, or other trading firms that have good relations with the Zhu family, etc. to make a series of arrangements.
In short, you cannot have only one purpose. You can do it, but these refugees must leave their lives behind.
Ma Yuanyi and the boy in Tsing Yi walked straight through the long porridge and came to the granary deep behind. When he arrived, the troublemaking Wu Jun disciples had already arrived first with Zhu Laoshi, Zhao Da and Wu
Fan and the other two were saluting.
"I've met Grandpa!"
The two said goodbye and bowed seriously, and Zhu Laoshi accepted it with a smile.
People will always change, and Zhu Laoshi, who has suddenly become rich, will not lag behind. At the beginning, when Wu Fan and Zhao Da first visited the Zhu family, Zhu Laoshi faced two knowledgeable and strange men who knew the five elements.
When he was suddenly treated with courtesy, he felt extremely flattered, disbelieving, feeling like he was dreaming, and even more frightened.
However, humans are extremely adaptable animals after all, and they get used to it from time to time. As time goes by, the farmer becomes a grandfather, and Zhu Laoshi naturally becomes accustomed to these etiquette.
Zhu Laoshi walked cordially with Zhao Da and Wu Fan and asked a few questions about the current situation. When he looked up, he saw Ma Yuanyi arriving and shouted from a distance: "Mr. Ma is here too."
"I've met Grandpa! I've met Miss Zhang!"
Ma Yuanyi's magnetic voice came from afar, making people feel extremely comfortable and highly contagious. He stepped closer and then greeted Zhu Laoshi and Zhang Xiaomei who were waiting beside him.
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After seeing the ceremony, Ma Yuanyi inadvertently exchanged glances with Zhao Da and Wu Fan, and then said first, "I don't know why I bother your grandpa to come to the porridge in person. I'll let you know, and Yuanyi will go and help me."
Ma Yuanyi, Zhao Da, and Wu Fan have been his son Zhu Kui's right-hand men for several years. Zhu Laoshi knows this, so he always has a certain respect and trust for the three of them.
But just now, some of Wujun's nephews came to him and reported that Ma Yuanyi and the others were so ungrateful that they took advantage of Zhu Kui's absence to secretly open up the farm and supply all the food they had saved for several years to the refugees coming south for free.
They will be provided with food and shelter, and many follow-up rescue operations will be carried out until all the refugees have settled down.
There must be something fishy in it.
When Zhu Laoshi first heard this, he was also stunned. Over the years, he had also taken some money and done some good deeds. However, the size of the porridge farm reported by several nephews, and at first glance today, the first thing that came to his mind was
The thought is that this kind act is too much. It is a good thing to be kind to others and accumulate negative virtues.
However, natural disasters and man-made disasters are not the fault of the Zhu family, so they just try their best. Too much relief would be a bit stupid. If it damages the foundation established by the Zhu family in the past few years, it will be completely worthless.
Zhu Laoshi was deeply convinced by these words and explanations from his nephews.
"Mr. Ma, I heard that you are going to open the farm's granary to rescue these refugees, and you are also going to spend all the income saved by the mansion over the years on these refugees. Is this too much?"