Walking into a cesspit, the best evil widow wants to stand up

This summer harvest made people from all over the area know about this high-yield rice, and many people came to inquire if they could get some seeds.

However, Shen Ping told everyone in advance that the rice had alarmed the imperial court, and Magistrate Zhang had instructed him that she should reclaim it and no one else could sell it, so everyone gave up.

In fact, Magistrate Zhang did not ask her to take it back because he was still undecided at the moment and was still waiting for the letter from Prefect Xu.

All of this was Shen Ping's own idea. She thought about it and knew that she had the hundreds of thousands of dollars she had stolen from the gambling house before.

This money was ill-gotten gains, and she certainly would not use it. She would feel uneasy if she did. This was the fat of the people that the gambling house had extorted, and Shen Ping wanted to return it all to the people.

Of course, if you do this, you can't do it too obviously, otherwise it will easily arouse suspicion.

She thought about it and decided that if the villagers bought the rice privately, only a part of the people would benefit. She wanted to take out the money first and then buy back the rice.

On the other hand, she guessed that Prefect Xu would also report to the court, so she had to gather the rice first.

She believed that the imperial court would definitely find a way to obtain the rice, so that Shen Ping could sell it to the imperial court at a low price. The imperial court would then distribute the seeds to all places, and everyone in the Dazhi Dynasty would benefit.

If you calculate it this way, Shen Ping will suffer a loss no matter what if she buys high and sells low. However, if a man is innocent, he is guilty of possessing a treasure. She cannot keep such a good thing to herself.

By doing this, you can also gain a good reputation, and it’s not your money that you lose anyway.

After a few transactions, the money you get back will be your own money, and you can feel at ease putting it in your pocket. This can be considered a disguised form of money laundering, and some of the money can still go into your pocket.

Shen Ping spread the word that after the rice was dried, it would be bought back at a high price of 25 cents per catty, and people from the neighboring villages also sent people to post notices.

As for the employees in the workshop, we also specifically told them to tell their families and bring them all over.

This news caused a sensation among everyone. People from all over the place knew that the people of Yu'an wanted to buy back the high-yield rice at a high price.

This high-yield rice is 12 wen per pound without husking, and only 8 liang of rice is produced per pound. It is much more valuable than other grains. In addition, many people grow traditional rice, so even if it is not enough for them to eat, they can go and buy grain, and the gray flour is only wen per pound.

There are still many vacant rooms in the workshop at the end of the village. Shen Ping plans to turn it into a temporary warehouse and store all the collected rice here.

On the day when the purchase began, Kaoshan Village became lively with many new faces. Many ox carts from other villages came into the village with full of grain, happily exchanged it for silver, and then returned empty-handed.

Shen Ping asked Dadong to arrange all the young and strong servants in the house here. Dadong was mainly responsible for weighing the rice, and the other servants would move it into the warehouse.

As for Shen Ping herself, she was in charge of accounting and paying the bills. Many people brought thousands of kilograms of rice.

Brothers Zhang Daniu and Zhang Sanniu picked out the rice the night before. Their family planted 6 acres of rice and harvested more than 7 kilograms of rice in total.

Except for some kept for seeds, the rest were all sold to Shen Ping, and the total amount was 84 taels of silver.

Mother-in-law Li was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. She made a net profit of more than 80 taels of silver just from planting this season. It was like picking up silver.

The villagers had not dared to buy too much before, but now they were beating their chests and stamping their feet in regret. Even the village chief regretted that he had only planted two acres of land, and he would have bought more if he had known earlier.

The two acres of land yielded more than 2700 kilograms of produce, of which 2500 kilograms were sold for 30 taels of silver. My daughter-in-law, Mrs. Xiao, was so happy that she was grinning from ear to ear.

After drinking the Coke, he changed his mind and started to complain to the village chief again: "Old man, it's all your fault. I asked you to buy more, but you didn't believe me!"

He Guang's face was full of grievance. He didn't know who didn't believe him at the beginning. He had clearly asked her to buy more, but she grabbed the purse and refused. Now she was blaming him. How could he seek justice?

The daughter-in-law Niu interrupted, "Mom, think about it, this is our income for the past 10 years, and we are satisfied. Think about it, our family has a lot. Some villagers are reluctant to buy this rice seed, and I don't know where they are crying now."

"Yes, yes! My wife is right!" He Jing nodded repeatedly.

"That too!"

After hearing what her daughter-in-law said, Xiao felt more balanced. She also remembered that, as far as she knew, there were several families in the village who did not buy the rice, including Liao.

Liao must be regretting it at this moment. Thinking of this, Xiao felt much happier.

She knew that apart from Dachunniang and Zhang Tiezhu's family, hers was probably the only family in the village that had the most crops. Some other villagers even planted less than she did.

Xiao was right. Liao was standing at the door of her house, watching the ox carts that kept passing by. The carts were full of grain and were all going to the workshop at the end of the village. Liao's eyes were about to pop out.

Gu Dong walked out of the main room and saw his mother standing at the gate of the yard watching the ox carts passing by. He pouted and said, "Mom, what are you looking at! My wife and I both said we wanted to buy it, but you refused to give it to us. Now we have to watch others make money!"

Liao was just worried and had no place to vent her anger: "You idiot, if you insist on buying it, will I stop you? I am so old, why are you still arguing with me!"

Gu Dong opened his mouth but didn't say anything in the end. As he spoke, he realized that it was all his fault and he shouldn't have opened his mouth. He shook his head and walked back to the main room.

At this time, another oxcart came outside and stopped right in front of Liao. A man got off the oxcart and said to Liao respectfully, "Auntie, I would like to ask you for some saliva. Is that convenient?"

Liao was already in a bad mood, and she didn't expect someone to automatically run into her trap. Just when she was about to scold the other person, her eyes rolled and she immediately came up with a plan. She smiled and said, "Yes, yes! But ~"

"But what?" The other party was confused.

"Well, I'll give you water, and you give me a pound of food in your car." Liao's face was full of calculation.

"Are you crazy?" The man said in disbelief, "I asked you for a pound of grain when I asked you to drink some water. Do you know that this pound of grain is worth more than ten coins?"

"Forget it, I'd rather be thirsty. We're almost there anyway!" The man turned around and got on the ox cart again.

It wasn't that he was thirsty, but the cow had walked a long way and looked out of breath, so he wanted to ask for some water for the cow. Unexpectedly, the old woman actually asked him for a pound of food.

"Bah~"

Liao spat and cursed, "Don't do it, I'll kill you with thirst!"

As he was speaking, an oxcart came from the other end of the workshop. The cart was empty. It was probably because they had just sold rice and were leaving the workshop.

The man driving the cart was chatting and laughing with a woman behind him, and both of them were laughing so hard that they couldn't stop.

Looking at the other person's smile, Liao felt it was dazzling and became inexplicably irritated.