486 "see a visitor out!"
Zhou Chu was resolute. Su Yunjin sighed and said, "Brother Zhou, I know you are angry, but my husband is also in a difficult situation..."
Zhou Chu waved his hand.
The housekeeper said: "Madam, please..."
Su Yunjin sighed, then went out with Chen Heng. Soon, the two were respectfully escorted out of the courtyard. Standing outside, Chen Heng said angrily, "Brother Zhou, why is he like this?"
Su Yunjin said, "He is angry, let him think it over. By the way, don't tell the leader about this when you go back."
Chen Heng was stunned for a moment, then said, "Yes, Madam, I understand."
Su Yunjin got in the car and left.
At this time, the housekeeper said in the room: "Master, you were too aggressive just now. If Su Yunjin goes back and complains to Chen Jiusi!"
"I'm afraid of him!"
"I fought to death for him, but he sent a woman with some broken stuff. He is humiliating me and making fun of me. Screw you~"
As he said that, Zhou Chu threw all the gifts away.
The housekeeper said, "Hey, Master, Master."
Zhou Chudao said, "Get out, take all your stuff and get out, I don't want to see this pile of junk."
"Yes, yes."
The butler picked up the gifts on the ground and walked to the door with a smile on his face. If this matter is to be accomplished, he will quickly report it to Lord Yelu.
In the room, Zhou Chu slowly spread out his palm, in which was a Tai Sui Pill.
Zhou Chu looked at the Tai Sui Pill and a smile appeared on his face. The gang leader really spent a lot of money to put on a show and gave me a Tai Sui Pill...
Chapter 217 Chen Jiusi's plan, Yelu falls into the trap
"Meet the princess."
Chen Jie came to Zhao Ya's temporary residence and met the princess.
Zhao Ya saw Chen Jie was stunned, frowned slightly and said: "We just met not long ago, do you have anything else to do?"
Chen Jie clasped his fists and said, "Princess, I have an urgent matter to report to you."
"One hundred thousand emergency?"
Zhao Ya frowned slightly and looked at Chen Jie with a puzzled look. What was so urgent?
Chen Jie: "This matter concerns the life and death of 100,000 people in Mianshui, so I have no choice but to come to the princess for help urgently."
"Well, the life and death of 100,000 people?"
Zhao Ya instantly became serious and looked at Chen Jie: "You are not kidding me, are you?"
Chen Jie said: "I dare not."
Zhao Ya said: "Okay, if that's the case, tell me what's going on."
"food..."
Chen Jie directly told the princess about the food shortage problem in Mian River.
Due to this torrential rain, the entire Mianshui County was affected, fertile fields were destroyed, villages suffered, and even the Mianshui warehouse built outside the city had problems, resulting in an extreme food shortage in the entire Mianshui.
It has been raining heavily these days, and most people have some surplus food at home, so it is not obvious. But once the rain stops, people will definitely realize that they don't have enough food.
At that time, people will definitely scramble for food.
What was destroyed this time was the autumn grain. The autumn grain production was reduced, and the people had almost eaten up their summer grain. Then they would face the dilemma of having no food to eat in the autumn, winter and spring.
If it lasts this long, people will really starve to death.
Even before that long, many people would find it difficult to survive until the autumn harvest, and most of the 100,000 people would starve to death.
If Zoroastrianism takes the opportunity to incite people, it might even cause a civil unrest.
Therefore, this matter is extremely urgent, and Chen Jie had to come to the princess to seek a solution, to rescue the people and stabilize Daqian!
Chen's commentary was righteous and he talked about the people all the time, without mentioning that these people were also the base of his fishing gang, because he knew that the princess was a righteous person with a wicked side, and he didn't know who her master was, who actually taught her to be such a princess who served the country and the people.
Chen Jie even once doubted whether this princess was from Mulan?
Are there still people among the Mulan people who care about the life and death of the Han people?
After listening to Chen Jie's narration, Zhao Ya's expression became serious.
"You mean, from now until the summer harvest, the people will have no food to eat?"
Chen Jie nodded and said, "Yes."
"One hundred thousand people?"
Zhao Ya spoke.
"One hundred thousand people!"
Chen Jie nodded and said, "In fact, we may not need to wait until the summer harvest. When the autumn harvest in other prefectures is ready, we in Mianshui can buy food from other prefectures. However, I am afraid that a large number of people will starve to death in the next two months."
Zhao Ya asked, "The people have no more food left at home?"
"Yes, but not much. The rural people outside the Mianshui City may still have enough food to sustain them for half a month to a month, but the tens of thousands of people in the city definitely have no food. They generally need to eat the food in the Mianshui warehouse."
"But the Mianshui warehouse was flooded this time, which means these tens of thousands of people have nothing to eat."
Chen Jie explained the situation. Zhao Ya's face became very solemn. After a long pause, she looked at Chen Jie and said, "Chen Jiusi, since you came to me to report, you should know how big the food shortage in Mianshui is. Tell me!"
"From now on, the autumn grain that supports other provincial capitals can be sold to Mianshui County. How much grain is needed for the transition?"
Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and asked. Chen Jie listened to this and thought for a moment before saying, "Princess, there are still two months from now until the autumn harvest. It will take at least another month for the grain from other prefectures to be transported to Mianshui, including the autumn harvest and other matters."
"And the Mian River now has a food shortage of 100,000 people. 100,000 people for three months. I did a simple calculation and it will take at least 300,000 shi!"
"Three hundred thousand stones?"
Zhao Ya murmured, and Chen Jie said, "It's better to eat sparingly. If you want to eat normally, it will probably cost 500,000 dan."
Zhao Ya understood that the minimum standard was 300,000 dan, which meant that one had to tighten one's belt to eat these 300,000 dan, such as eating porridge with wild vegetables, one meal a day.
If you want to eat better, such as returning to a normal diet, you will need 500,000 shi of grain.
It is possible to restore the people's demand for two meals a day and make the porridge thicker.
So the minimum is 300,000, which can ensure that people do not starve to death, and the best is 500,000, which can ensure that the people of Mianshui have enough to eat.
Thinking of this, Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and said, "Since you are so concerned about the issue of food, don't you have any food stored in your fishing gang?"
Chen Jie said: "There are some, but there are less than 70,000 stones."
"Seventy thousand stones, this is far from the gap."
Zhao Ya frowned. The gap was 300,000 stones, but there were only 70,000 stones left. That meant a shortfall of 230,000 stones.
Zhao Ya thought for a moment and said, "Except for your fishing gang, how much grain can the imperial court have from the big families in Mianshui, including the gangs?"
Chen Jie thought for a moment and said, "Together, they probably have about 50,000 shi. However, at a time like this, these big families will definitely want to hoard the treasures and won't sell them easily."
Zhao Ya said: "They dare. Human lives are at stake. Do they dare to hoard food and not sell it?"
Chen Jie said: "My lord, people die for money, and birds die for food. They can't sell the food they have hoarded at a low price."
Zhao Ya frowned and said, "I still don't believe it."
"Ada."
"Princess."
Ah Da clasped his fists. Zhao Ya said, "Go to the county government office and tell the magistrate Tang Wannian to issue a notice to reassure the people. Inform all the grain shops in the city that from now on, they must sell grain at a fair price. Anyone who dares to raise the price without permission will be severely punished."
"yes!"
Ah Da immediately clasped his fists, turned around and left.
Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and asked, "Will this make them take out the food?"
Chen Jie said: "There are countermeasures from above and policies from below, but since you, the princess, have given the order, they should at least give you some face."
Zhao Ya frowned and said, "You mean, they dare not obey my orders?"
Chen Jie said: "What's so strange about this? No matter how powerful the princess is, she is only a first-class official. The worst that can happen to them is that they will just hide from her. So force will not solve this problem."
After hearing this, Zhao Ya frowned and said, "What do you mean? Do you think no one listens to my orders?"
Chen Jie said, "Princess, let's not discuss this for now. Even if the big clans and gangs in Mianshui all listen to you and take out the grain they have stored, it is estimated that there are only 50,000 to 60,000 stones. Add my 70,000 stones, and we still have a shortage of at least 200,000 stones."
Zhao Ya thought for a moment and said, "Then I will write a letter and go to Huangzhou Prefecture to ask if they can mobilize some food and grass to solve the urgent problem."
After hearing this, Chen Jie smiled. Okay, this is what he was waiting for.
Why did Chen Jie come to look for Zhao Ya? Was it to trick the grain out of the hands of the gentry in the city?
No, it's not that. It's because Chen Jie discovered that even if all the grain in the hands of the gentry in the city was squeezed dry, it would still be impossible to fill the huge hole in the Mian River.
So we can only attract external forces.
This will help to break the impasse, for example by mobilizing food and fodder from Huangzhou Prefecture.
Zhao Ya looked at Ah San and said, "Ah San."
"I am here."
"Go to Huangzhou Prefecture and tell my third brother to gather some food to help the Mian River."
Ah San clasped his fists and said, "Yes, Princess. I'll go right away."
Watching Ah San hurried away, Chen Jie said, "Then I'll leave everything to you, Princess."
Zhao Ya said: "Don't worry, the people's affairs are my affairs, leave the matter of grain to me."
After hearing this, Chen Jie nodded slightly and said, "Then I'll take my leave."
Chen Jie turned and left.