492 After hearing this, Zhao Ya looked at Wang Yuanwai and said, "One hundred dan, Wang Yuanwai is very generous!"
Wang Yuanwai said, "Haha, Princess, you are too kind."
With Mr. Wang taking the lead, Mr. Zhang, Zhou Peng, Liu Rong and others all said, "Well, we will also contribute 100 dan of grain."
After hearing this, the others all expressed their opinions.
Seeing that everyone had expressed their opinions, Zhao Ya looked at Magistrate Tang Wannian and said, "Magistrator Tang, what about you?"
Tang Wannian said: "Princess, I am poor and have no extra money at home. Although I want to help you, I am really short of money."
Tang Wannian cried poor. Zhao Ya glanced at him and said, "Haha, really? Then how do you calculate County Magistrate Tang's shares in Yihonglou?"
"Ah, these are all rumors. I don't have any shares in Yihonglou. But since the princess is devoted to the people, I can't be stingy. But I really don't have any food. How about I donate one ounce of silver..."
Um?
The princess looked at Tang Wannian. Tang Wannian wanted to say 100 taels of silver, but when he saw the princess' eyes, he changed his mind immediately: "1,000 taels of silver to help the princess rescue the people. This is a great deed."
Upon hearing this, the princess said, "Haha, Magistrate Tang, that will cost you a fortune."
Tang Wannian said: "It is all my duty."
Then the princess looked at Yelu, and Yelu said, "Princess, I have quite a bit of wealth. Please tell me how much you need."
After hearing this, the princess smiled and said, "Haha, Yelu, how can I take your money? But your Yelu family is also very powerful. Why don't you help me get some food from other places to solve my urgent need?"
Yelu heard this and said, "My Lord, as long as you ask, whether it is one thousand taels or five thousand taels, I can take it out, but as for the grain, my Lord, I really can't get it!"
After hearing this, Zhao Ya looked at Yelu and said, "Can't do it?"
Yelu smiled bitterly and said, "Princess, there is war in the north, and all the prefectures in Hubei Road are collecting grain. How can there be any surplus grain? Although I really want to share your worries, it is difficult to do so. Please forgive me, Princess."
After hearing this, the princess looked at Chen Jie, and Chen Jie tapped the table with his finger.
The princess said: "Oh, although it is difficult, Yelu you must also find a way to relieve the people's worries!"
Yelu frowned slightly, but still clasped his fists and said, "Yes, I will do my best to help the people."
Chen Jie heard this and said, "Master Yelu, the main thing is food."
Yelu immediately said, "Yes, yes, it is food. I will do my best to find a way to mobilize food from other places to relieve the worry of the Mian River. Please rest assured, my lord."
Zhao Ya said: "Haha, thank you for your hard work, Lord Yelu."
Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie as she spoke. Chen Jie smiled and said, "Haha, as long as you, Yelu, admit it yourself, then everything will be easy. In today's situation, Chen Jie needs Yelu's words. Now that Yelu has said it, this matter will be easy to handle. All that's left is to lure him into the trap."
Chen Jie thought so and took a sip of the tea on the table. Yelu looked at Chen Jie and always felt that this guy was plotting against him!
But he didn't know how Chen Jie was planning to plot against him, so he frowned, but soon he said, "Chen Jie, you just said that you have nearly 200,000 dan of grain in stock?"
Chen Jie said: "Almost. Lord Yelu, what advice do you have?"
Yelu said: "Why don't you open up the market, but limit the amount of grain each person can buy?"
Chen Jie said, "Lord Yelu, don't you understand? I'm afraid someone will take advantage of me. If I sell grain on a large scale without restrictions, I think it's very likely that someone will buy it directly and then sell it to the people at a higher price. In the end, the people will still have to eat the high-priced grain."
"In addition, Mianshui County is short of grain, at least 300,000 dan. You should all know this, but I only have 200,000 dan, which is not enough. If I sell it freely, the rich families will probably hoard grain, and the people will not be able to afford it."
"So I only sell two kilograms of rice to each household in Antai Grain Shop every day, and buy one kilogram per day. This will prevent people from wanting to hoard the rice."
Zhao Ya listened from the side and said, "Well, Boss Chen, you are indeed very wise."
After hearing this, Yelu looked at Chen Jie and said, "Boss Chen, there is so much food. Where is it stored? Won't it be washed away by the water?"
Chen Jie said: "It's in the highest east warehouse. The water can't get in there, so it's a good place to store food!"
After hearing this, everyone said in unison: "Boss Chen is indeed a man of foresight."
Everyone was praising him, but those who had stockpiled grain were cursing, "Damn Chen Jiusi, you hoarded so much grain, if word gets out, how can we sell our grain at a high price? You are so hateful, you are cutting off our source of income!"
Yelu also narrowed his eyes. He also had 100,000 shi of grain being transported to the Mian River. If Chen Jiusi had so much grain, he would not be able to make a five-fold profit from his 100,000 shi.
At this time, Yelu was so angry that his teeth were itching. It is said that cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing his parents. Chen Jiusi's behavior was to cut off someone's financial resources. Everyone hated Chen Jiusi to death.
Chen Jiusi, damn it, he actually stockpiled so much food in advance. Oh God, if you have eyes, please burn Chen Jiusi's food with fire!
Everyone prayed like this in their hearts.
At this moment, there was a burst of intense gong sounds outside: Dangdangdang~
Everyone present was startled when they heard the gong sound, and then they all looked outside: "Who is it that is disturbing everyone by beating the gong at this time?"
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a fierce shout outside: "Help, it's bad, there's a fire, there's a fire!"
After hearing this, everyone was stunned. The fire broke out? Where did the fire break out?
As everyone thought about it, they pushed open the window and saw a raging fire burning in the northeast corner. The flames shot up into the sky and looked very scary.
Everyone looked in that direction, and then turned to look at Chen Jie. They saw that Chen Jie's face was livid. One person said, "Hey, isn't that the East Warehouse where Gang Leader Chen stores grain?"
After hearing this, the others also spoke up: "Yes, it is the East Warehouse of the Fishermen's Gang."
As they said this, everyone almost laughed out loud. God is watching over us. He actually burned down the fishing gang's warehouse. Hahahaha, this time I can sell my grain at a high price.
Chen Jie's face was grim at this time. He immediately gave Zhao Ya a fist bump and said, "Princess, I have something to do so I'll take my leave now."
After saying that, he left in a hurry. Zhao Ya heard him and said, "Let's go and take a look. These 200,000 dan of grain are related to the safety of 100,000 people in Mianshui."
Thinking this way, Zhao Ya rushed out, and the others all looked at Yelu, who said, "Let's go and take a look together."
Yes, they also have to go and take a look. After all, if the grain is burned, they will really get rich. So why don't they quickly confirm whether it is really burning or not!
Thinking of this, a group of people rushed to the East Warehouse.
At this time, flames were seen rising into the sky from the east warehouse. The fire scene was filled with the smell of burnt charcoal. A group of people gathered around, pointing and talking.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way."
The disciples of the Fishermen's Gang rushed in, drove the people aside, and began to pour water on the east warehouse to put out the fire.
At this time, some people asked curiously: "What is in this warehouse?"
A disciple of the fishing gang said, "The food is what our fishing gang prepared for disaster relief."
ah!
After hearing this, the people were shocked and shouted loudly: "Ah, put out the fire!"
But it was too late. This was obviously a premeditated fire. The flames shot up into the sky and could not be extinguished by water.
At this moment, a man suddenly rushed into the flames.
[Eighteen Dragon Capturing Palms]
With a roar, he slapped the flames in front of him. The flames were immediately suppressed by the strong energy and were about to go out, but they rekindled in a moment, and the next moment the flames directly engulfed the east warehouse.
Zhao Ya and others rushed over, and when they saw this scene, they all gathered around.
Zhao Ya asked anxiously: "Chen Jiusi, how is it, how is it?"
Chen Jie's face was blackened by smoke and he looked very embarrassed: "It's over, it's completely over, my food is all in there!"
Hearing this, Yelu almost laughed out loud, and immediately brought people up to pretend to comfort him: "Ah, Jiusi, you should be more positive. These natural disasters and man-made disasters are inevitable, right..."
"Yes, yes…"
Everyone around said with a smile.
Chen Jie glanced at them, his lips curled up slightly, but he quickly suppressed it and became even more depressed...
Laugh, laugh, there are times when you can't laugh.
Chapter 219 Zhao Ya: Chen Jiusi, your plan is too powerful
The fire surrounded the East Warehouse, and the intense flames forced everyone to retreat. The younger brothers of the Fishing Gang frantically asked for help, and the surrounding people also came to ask for help spontaneously after knowing that it was food.
But the arsonist actually used a large amount of kerosene.
The kerosene stuck to the flame and it jumped up directly, and it couldn't be put out.
Looking at the flames burning, the people around were helpless and could only sigh.
In this way, the fire was finally put out after an hour of fighting, but the huge East Warehouse had been reduced to ashes and burned completely.
Looking at the East Warehouse reduced to ashes, Chen Jie's acting skills reached their peak. He threw himself on the warehouse and shouted, "My food!"
That's really heartfelt. The Oscars owe Chen Jie a little golden man.
In the underworld, all you have to do is rely on your acting skills. If you want to deceive others, you have to deceive yourself first.
Chen Jie's behavior really deceived many people, such as Zhao Ya.
The princess's face turned pale. Yes, she believed it.
Although she knew that Chen Jie did not have 200,000 shi of grain, but only 70,000 shi, this fire burned the life-saving 70,000 shi of grain, which was also a serious blow to Mianshui County. With these 70,000 shi of grain, tens of thousands of people might be saved. If there were no 70,000 shi of grain, who knew how many people would starve to death!
Zhao Ya panicked at this time and looked at Chen Jie, who had a sad and angry look on his face, as if he was hit hard.
Zhao Ya looked at Yelu and the others around her. Although they were trying hard to pretend to be sad, Zhao Ya could see a gloating look on their faces for some reason!
Looking at the ruins in front of her, Zhao Ya really felt helpless. She really had no way to clean up this mess.
We originally had some food, but now we have nothing at all.
Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and asked, "What should we do now?"
The people around were also in a state of panic. After hearing what Zhao Ya said, Chen Jie seemed to have just come to his senses. He looked around blankly, thought for a moment, stood up and said, "Everyone!"
Chen Jie found a high place and stood on it, then said to the people below: "Everyone, you have seen it. Natural disasters cannot be avoided. The food stored by my fishing gang here was burned. Therefore, my Antai Grain Shop will not be able to sell large amounts of food to everyone in the past two days. But I assure you that my fishing gang will find a way to solve the food problem for everyone. Don't worry, and don't panic."
Chen Jie said this to the people below, and after hearing this, the people below were in an uproar.
"Ah, no, Boss Chen, what are we going to do if you don't sell the grain?"
"Yes, Boss Chen, please, our whole family is still waiting for food to eat!"
"Boss Chen..."
As the people below were shouting, Chen Jie sighed and said, "Everyone, even a good cook cannot cook without rice. The granary is destroyed, and I can't do anything about it. But don't worry, folks, my fishing gang will definitely find a way, we will definitely find a way, so let's do it this way."
After Chen Jie finished speaking, he turned around and left the scene in shame.