Farmer’s Blessed Girl

"If my family hadn't been out of food for several days, and my sister-in-law passed out from hunger this morning, I wouldn't have come to sell myself to the chief steward." Zhou Yin sighed: "Although it only takes ten days, for us, a quarter of an hour can be enough. human life."

"I know that those grain merchants have grain in their hands, and the magistrate of the county also knows it, otherwise he would not have detained them. Compared with them, the batch of grain from our company is not worth mentioning. I will not harm the interests of the company because of this." Yes," Zhou Yin said with a frank look: "And I am now a member of the company, you know me, I want to get ahead, so I will definitely think for the sake of the company, the interests of the company are small interests, the company The better, the smaller the better."

"Okay!" The chief manager patted him on the shoulder in relief, "Thirty-two people should be thirty-two people, you bring them to me tomorrow to have a look, now the outside is getting more and more chaotic, we have to leave quickly. "

Otherwise, the refugees will really become a chaotic army, and they will all be folded here.

"The little one, can you intercede for them and advance one day's rations in advance?" Seeing the senior steward looking over with indifference, his smile did not change, but became brighter. Spirit God came to see the chief steward."

The chief manager lowered his eyes to think for a moment, nodded slightly, and called someone over, "Take Zhou Yin to get a bag of wheat, and give him thirty-two cakes to take away."

The chief manager handed a deed of sale to Zhou Yin, "Zhou Yin, you must really think about the firm as you said."

Zhou Yin patted his chest and said, "Boss, I've been running errands for you for two or three years, don't you understand me? A gentleman's words are hard to follow!"

He grabbed a pen and skillfully signed his name on the contract. His handwriting was not good-looking, but the word "Zhou Yin" was very beautiful. These were the best two characters he had practiced.

He pressed his fingerprints and presented the deed of sale with both hands. The chief manager took over and nodded in satisfaction.

When Zhou Yin left, the second steward was very puzzled, "Brother, why are you treating him so well?"

"He deserves it," said the chief steward, "this kid is very smart, and he is very popular in several nearby counties, especially in Luojiang County."

"But Luojiang County is just a lower county, and we only passed by in the past years. How useful will his eating here be to our business?"

"Isn't it worth it to exchange a bag of wheat for a smooth section of road?" The chief manager said, "Besides, if this kid can enjoy himself in Luojiang County, he will definitely be able to enjoy himself elsewhere in the future. I'm looking for him."

The second steward still wanted to talk, but the chief steward raised his hand and stopped, saying: "Go and find out the news first, did the county magistrate really buy grain from other places?"

The second manager responded and went to find their contacts in Luojiang County, and finally found out from a yamen servant: "The official who told the chief secretary said that the county magistrate has indeed bought grain from other places and is already on the way. It won't be long before it arrives, and the relief food given by the imperial court was robbed on the road, so it probably won't arrive so soon."

"Do those grain merchants still have grain?"

"I heard that there are, but they don't want to sell them, so they put out the amount every day. I heard that they are all detained in the county by the county magistrate, and they are guarded at the gates to prevent them from going out."

The chief manager couldn't help but cursed secretly, "At what time are you still thinking of raising food prices and driving these hungry refugees in the county to a desperate situation, no one will survive."

It also delayed them for life.

"Boss, what should I do? This batch of grain belongs to the Wu family in Shangzhou. We are trapped here. It is already too late, and we can't send it any longer..." It was a big blow to the company's reputation.

The chief manager turned around and said: "The Wu family is looking at money. Although we can't give them food, we can give them a satisfactory price. This is also understandable. The most important thing is that we have to live To Shangzhou."

"Then..." The second steward was about to speak when a clerk ran in from the outside and whispered back: "The chief steward, we are not allowed to go out at the gate of the city, saying that anyone who goes out of the city, and a team with more than one load of goods will not be allowed to go out." Don't go out."

The chief steward sighed and said: "What I was worried about happened. The emperor just issued an edict calling for all regions to work together to tide over the difficulties. Many states and counties have begun to close their city gates. The rich flee, leaving behind the poor of the city."

"This, this, this, why is the emperor like this?"

"The world is not stable yet. There are wars everywhere. Every year, the people either have to pay taxes or be conscripted into the military. Except for the rich, who else has the ability to survive such natural disasters?"

The chief steward said: "The imperial court doesn't have much surplus food, and they are forcing the rich and powerful families to help the disaster."

"Then what should we do? Aren't we going to be trapped to death in Luojiang County?" The second steward became anxious, "Brother, we are foreigners. Once there is a riot in Luojiang County, we will be the first to be targeted."

"So Zhou Yin is very important." The chief manager squeezed his fingers, "Now you know why I agreed to Zhou Yin, right? With him, we have a solid foundation in Luojiang County, and we are not considered outsiders. It may not be possible to leave Luojiang County smoothly."

Zhou Yin returned to Qili Village with a bag of grain and a bag of cakes.

He handed the grain to Zhou Jin, "This is from our family, grind it out, save some to eat, and the yamen should release grain in twenty days."

Zhou Jin stared blankly at the food at his feet, "You, did you go to rob?"

Zhou Yin picked up the remaining bag and said, "No, I just found a job and did it."

He said to Zhou Dalang who was stunned by the side: "Come with me, I also found a job for you. I recruited all the young people who are still in the village and gathered them at the village chief's house."

Tuesday Lang on the side immediately dragged Wednesday Lang to join in the fun.

The remaining people in the village quickly joined the village chief's house, not just young people, but old and weak women and children.

There are not many people left in the village. A lot of people died in the front, and a lot of people fled later, and now only less than half of the people are left.

Everyone was silent, mainly because they didn't have the energy to speak.

Zhou Yin hadn't eaten anything for a day except for the half of the little fat man's cake. Today he went back and forth to the county again. Even if there were people from the caravan to help carry things when he came back, he didn't have much strength now.

So he cut the long story short, and said to the newly appointed nephew of the village head: "Dahua, I found a job for the young and strong in the village in the county."

Dahua and the villagers were taken aback for a moment, then looked at Zhou Yin with bright eyes.

Zhou Yindao: "Unloading, loading, and guarding are all hard work. There is no wages, and only food is given, twice a day."

Dahua asked in a daze, "Really?"