Chapter 0887 The trivial matter of selling grain(1/3)
"Don't talk nonsense! What could happen to you?" When Zhang Tingzhang heard this, he became anxious on the spot, "You are the one who is in trouble."
"Yes, yes, something happened to me." Sir Si'er responded quickly, and then asked carefully, "Junhou, will there be any trouble?"
"There will always be some trouble, otherwise why would the government buy food at this time?"
Zhang Ting let out a long sigh, "This is a troublesome thing. Is it big or small?"
"If only the imperial court could send food to Liangzhou one day earlier, I think there wouldn't be any trouble."
"But even if your family's food is missing, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the prince is so capable."
The elder Si'er glanced at Zhang Tingchang, moved his lips, but finally said nothing.
Seeing his appearance, Zhang Tingzhang couldn't help but said angrily:
"If you fart, let it go! This is your home, it makes me feel like I'm raiding your home!"
"I can... I can help a little bit." Sir Si'er finally summoned up the courage, but his voice was still low, "It's okay to do your best."
Having said this, his face, marked by years of suffering, showed a look of worry, "Otherwise, I would feel uneasy."
He didn't understand any big principles, he only knew that his family could live like this because of the legacy of the monarch.
The hope of turning the family around lies in the school. As for the Nanxiang School, it was established by the prince himself.
If the warehouse collects grain at a high price because the prince needs grain, then it is appropriate to sell the surplus grain at home.
"Besides, the wheat will be harvested in more than a month, so we don't have to worry about the family going hungry."
When Zhang Tingzhang heard this, he gave a thumbs up: "What a man!"
"I only have one and a half months' worth of food left at home, and I plan to sell the rest."
Zhang Tingchang also expressed his plan, "I originally wanted to stay for two months, but the person at home was more decisive than me and only allowed me to stay for one and a half months."
Telling about the embarrassing things at home, Zhang Tingzhang smiled sheepishly:
"She said that the price of grain is so high now that it's really not feasible. After the wheat is harvested, she will go back and buy some more. Maybe she can make a few more bushels."
The elder Si'er smiled honestly: "Yes, I will earn a few more buckets."
It doesn't really matter whether you make money or not.
Cangtou Qianshou, which family is short of those few copper coins?
What’s missing is those tickets, okay?
The people who had just emerged from the hunger of the past few years valued food more than anything else.
Most of the people who are willing to use their stored grain at this time have the simplest wish: to help the prince a little bit, just to have peace of mind.
Feng Sang and Feng Can are not called for nothing.
"Then it's settled. Before it gets dark, I'll go to other houses in the village."
Zhang Tingzhang stood up and said, "After a few days, the villages in our pavilion will collect the grain together and sell it, and let outsiders see that although we don't have much ability, our conscience is worthy of heaven and earth."
As he spoke, he walked outside the yard.
"You...walk slowly."
The elder Si'er held it in for a long time before he said something.
Zhang Tingzhang has long since disappeared.
A few days later, as the sun just rose and covered the earth with a layer of gold, the official road started to be noisy.
As we enter the month of April, it rains more and more, or it becomes gloomy from time to time. It is rare to see a day without the morning glow.
Taking advantage of this rare good weather, people who were willing to sell grain carried the grain and pushed it on chicken carts. Zhang Tingzhang even found a few ox carts.
He raised his whip and waved it in mid-air, "Go!"
The oxcart began to squeak and squeak, heading towards the school.
In fact, the few villages that Zhang Tingzhang was responsible for did not have much surplus food.
At least it was much smaller than the other kiosks that arrived at the warehouse near the school one step ahead of them.
"Hey, Zhang Laizi, you are here to sell grain too!"
Someone came over and said hello.
Zhang Tingchang glanced sideways at the other party and sneered:
"What's wrong? There's been news from the higher ups and they won't let me come over?"
"How dare you! It's just your pavilion. Who doesn't know that there are more hills. When it comes to planting mulberry and raising silkworms, no one dares to speak in front of you, but when it comes to this food..."
The visitor half turned around, raised his chin, and motioned Zhang Tingzhang to look at the pile of grain bags on the ground in front of the school:
"Did you see it? The sack! It was specially given to us by the warehouse and is specially used to hold grain!"
Seeing the other party's triumphant look, Zhang Ting let out a loud "poof" and said disdainfully:
“How amazing is the food?”
"Ah……"
It must be amazing to have so much food!
"Haha..." Zhang Tingchang said one more word than the other party, and then pushed Si'er beside him forward, "Food has a price, but knowledge has a price, right?"
"Today, our booth will send someone to help with the warehouse. If nothing else, I can still help!"
This year, Si'er definitely occupied one of the places recommended by the school to be sent to Qiongdu.
I saw Si'er's blushing face and a somewhat embarrassed look, and then I saw Zhang Tingchang's arrogant demeanor.
The other party was as disgusted as if he had eaten a green-headed fly, gritted his teeth and said:
"Old man Zhang! I have never seen a person as shameless as you. You are cruel!"
With that said, he immediately turned around and left.
Zhang Tingchang pressed the opponent's head, and suddenly his thoughts became clear, he felt comfortable, and burst out laughing.
He immediately arranged for someone to find a place to unload the grain, and then went to negotiate in person.
When he learned that another batch of grain sellers had arrived, the warehouse manager was overjoyed.
When he heard that the most alert child in the school had come to help, the steward's face suddenly turned into a smile.
In these ten pavilions, I really want to find a few students who can write and do calculations. They are the few students in the math class.
It was easy to talk about those pavilion chiefs and so on when they were in the army.
When you arrive at a place, there is no one to supervise you, but you can still recognize a few words, and if you can memorize the Nine-Nine Jue, it is considered a great achievement.
And they have their own things to do, so how can they find time to help?
“Excellent, excellent!”
The steward took the book and pen and asked Si'er to sit at the table again, "You can remember as much as the food is shouted outside. This shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"
Si'er looked at the account book and saw that it only wrote where he was in his hometown and how much grain he sold.
For him, it was still within his capabilities, so he nodded immediately.
Seeing this, the steward said to Zhang Tingchang, "I will stay with you for now and have dinner with the people in our warehouse tonight. Then I will personally take him back to the village."
"Don't let others lose out. My pavilion is just hoping to produce a reading seed!"
Zhang Tingzhang still ordered again and again.
"What are the rules here that others don't know but you don't know?"
The steward said angrily, "Don't worry, if you give him another piece of meat, it will be considered as reward."
"That's good, that's good."
Zhang Tingzhang said cheerfully.
"Looking at your search results, do you want me to tell you some more tidbits?"
"What's the matter? Tell me."
"I heard that after the deadline of three days, the villages that can sell grain will have more batches of silkworm seeds after the summer harvest."
"Is this true?"
Zhang Tingchang's eyes suddenly widened and he screamed.
The mulberry trees in Yuexun are different from those elsewhere. They are mulberries that can raise good silkworms.
But besides mulberry trees, silkworm seeds are even more important.
The first season of silkworms is raised in a year, and everyone has their own silkworm seeds on hand.
Even if something unexpected happens, you can borrow some from the government.
But if you want to raise a second season of silkworms, most of them have to be obtained from the government.
The official source of second-season silkworm seeds basically comes from the Xinghanhui.
To be continued...