Chapter 727: Trouble

Chen Xing arranged for someone to take them back to their room to rest. Xuanyuan Chen simply freshened up, then turned around and went to Xie Jin's room: "Nine Masters."

Xie Jin was sitting at the table reading a file. When he saw him coming in, he just said casually: "Sit down."

Xuanyuan Chen sat down opposite him and looked at Xie Jin quietly. He had many questions in his heart but didn't know where to start.

This disaster relief was a little different from what he expected.

"Do you have any questions to ask me?" Seeing his silence, Xie Jin raised his head and glanced at him, "If you have any questions, it doesn't hurt to ask."

"Master Chu is also coming here?"

"Um."

"Have these grain merchants here made arrangements in advance?" Xuanyuan Chen was puzzled, "But how could they agree to cooperate with us so easily? What is the attitude of the local government? Do these people know Master Jiu?"

Xie Jin closed the file, clapped his hands and poured himself a cup of tea: "Businessmen all over the world are profit-seeking. Some people will destroy their conscience for money, and some people will do anything for profit. However, there are still people who pursue money and profit but are also afraid of death. There are also some People have enough brains and retain the most basic conscience and principles.”

Xuanyuan Chen said nothing.

"The grain merchants just now are old and young. Although they are doing business to make money, the lives of their families are more important to them." If there is a dead end, they have to obey."

Xuanyuan Chen nodded slowly: "But these principles are easy to say, but some people don't buy them."

Everyone understands the truth, but there are actually many obstacles behind "obedience". If nothing else, just taking the initiative to take out the food in one's own granary to cooperate with disaster relief and distribute steamed buns and rice porridge to the people, this violates the rules between businessmen. If there is a "tacit understanding", they will definitely be dissatisfied and criticized by other grain merchants, who think that these bosses have destroyed their common interests. They may form some grudges in the business field in the future and be waited for opportunities for revenge.

Businessmen are a community of interests. This is an unwritten rule between them. Those who take the initiative to break the contract at this time will usually not have good results.

"There are all kinds of people in the world, some are good and some are evil, some are smart and some are stupid, and so are businessmen." Xie Jin took a sip of tea and smiled casually, "We will ignore those people who don't buy it for the time being. You can start with some people who are willing to buy it. As long as some people are willing to cooperate, the current dilemma can be easily solved. In a few days, the imperial envoys for disaster relief will arrive in Mianzhou, and then all the problems can be solved. "

"Imperial envoy?" Xuanyuan Chen was surprised, "Are there any other officials coming?"

"The two of us are imperial envoys." Xie Jin glanced at him, "But the officials in Mianzhou don't know we are coming yet. According to their expectations, it will take at least ten days for Her Majesty the Queen to send people over to provide relief. Time, so they will count the days, wait for the documents to be sent, and make all arrangements before the imperial envoy arrives. "

Xuanyuan Chen immediately understood his words, and even more clearly understood the regent's foresight - sitting in the palace, calmly making decisions about the situation thousands of miles away, as if all relevant personnel were under his control, planning the layout It's so perfect and meticulous, it's really shocking.

Xie Jin said: "Go and rest early. We don't have anything to do tonight."

Xuanyuan Chen nodded, stood up and left.

The next plan was under control. Chen Xing arranged for all the people under his command to recruit cooks and cooks overnight and dispersed them in various towns. They began to wash rice, make porridge, and mix noodles to make steamed buns.

Several small towns were mobilized, and they started giving out porridge and steamed buns on the streets early the next morning.

The people on both sides of the street thought they had heard wrong and swarmed in like crazy. The women holding their children were obviously at a disadvantage. In the chaotic scene, there was pushing and wrestling, and the children cried fiercely. The scene was almost a mess. A pot of porridge.

The people are so hungry. They finally have food. Who can control it? I'm afraid that if I take one step slowly, I'll be snatched away.

The chaotic scene was quickly stopped by a group of officers and soldiers holding swords.

"Don't rush! Don't run around! Don't crowd! There's a lot of porridge and a lot of steamed buns!"

"Everyone, line up, take your time, receive one by one, everyone has something! There is no food in the crowd. If you are hungry, don't blame my master for being cruel!"

"Come here! Arrest anyone who dares to push and bump around!"

"Mr. Chen felt sorry for everyone's hunger. He cooked several large pots of porridge overnight and steamed a lot of steamed buns for everyone. You should all be obedient and line up. Those who don't want to queue will not get the steamed buns and porridge, and will be arrested. So everyone, please be honest and quiet!”

Under the menacing scoldings of the officers and soldiers, the situation slowly came under control. People lined up in two long lines, quietly waiting for a warm meal.

Xie Jin stood on the second floor of Chen's courtyard, watching the scene in front of him without saying a word. When order was completely under control, he turned around and walked down, "Let's go look elsewhere."

Xuanyuan Chen followed him and asked in a low voice: "If those grain merchants are dissatisfied with this, will they soon launch an attack?"

"That's inevitable." Xie Jin hummed, "But you don't have to worry, there will be someone to deal with it."

"yes."

After leaving the door, Xie Jin and Xuanyuan Chen got into the carriage and headed to the neighboring town.

The flooding situation in Anhe Town is also very serious, but it is slightly better than Linwu. The river water in the streets has receded, and less than half of the houses in the town have collapsed. The villages below are almost destroyed. The hot porridge and steamed buns led by the Chen family branch It is also being distributed in an orderly manner.

Officers and soldiers along the street suppressed the protesters with force and maintained the most basic order.

"If Lord Zhizhou disagrees, the grain merchants should not have the right to mobilize troops." Xuanyuan Chen frowned, "How did Master Jiu make these officers and soldiers willingly obey orders?"

"Although they wear the clothes of officers and soldiers, they are not real officers and soldiers." Xie Jin said, "They are very skilled guards."

Guard?

Whose bodyguard? Those grain merchants' homes?

Doubts arose in Xuanyuan Chen's mind, and when he looked at the guards wearing uniforms of officers and soldiers, the strange feeling came to mind again.

Xie Jin took Xuanyuan Chen around two or three towns, and a day passed like this.

Continue the next day.

After two days of this, someone really made a fuss.

Yu Zhong, the governor of Mianzhou, called all the grain merchants in Mianzhou together and sternly questioned Chen Xing: "I have not yet formulated a rigorous disaster relief plan. Why did Boss Chen make the decision without authorization?"

Chen Xing showed an unbearable look on his face: "I really can't bear to see the people being tortured by hunger. The adults are okay, but those children are so pitiful. I'm worried that if this continues, the people will do something irrational when they are extremely hungry - "

"It is also the government's responsibility to be irrational. What does it have to do with Boss Chen?" Other grain merchants took advantage of this and asked, "Does Boss Chen know the consequences of doing this?"

What are the consequences?

Of course, the grain purchased by other grain merchants at high prices from elsewhere was piled up in the warehouse and could not be sold.

The floods in Mianzhou directly caused a sharp increase in grain prices in the neighboring states and counties. Some bosses were hoarding grains but refused to sell them. In order to hoard more grains as soon as possible, grain merchants in Mianzhou had no choice but to buy them at high prices. If they couldn't sell them in the end, If you drop it in your hand, you will die.

"Don't worry, bosses. There isn't a lot of food in the Chen family's warehouse. It's been too hard for the people like Lianzhou this time. I just want to do a good deed..." Chen Xing said sincerely, matching his chubby body and The Maitreya Buddha-like face seems to be somewhat reliable, "Bosses, you probably don't want the people to starve to death, right? With more people, food can be sold better. If most of the people starve to death, Who else can you sell your food to?”

"I almost believed what Boss Cheng said." Boss Yu said coldly, "Man and money die, and birds die for food. The Chen family's great business can withstand consumption, but for the more than 100,000 people in Mianzhou, this ration is not small. number."

"Yes, if you really give alms for three days, the Chen family's grain depot cannot afford it." Boss Wang frowned, "Why are you doing this? If you say it is unprofitable, we don't really believe it."

Chen Xing walked to Yu Zhizhou's side, lowered his voice and said, "Sir, I am doing this all for your reputation."