Wheat, chickens and ducks

Hearing this, Qiu Shuang and Qiu Yu were both slightly startled. They didn't understand. Why should they stay away from the big trees? Is there any danger?

Is there any danger? When it rains, isn't it common for you to take shelter under a tree?

Although she was a little confused, Qiu Shuang still nodded and turned around to explain.

The rain came very quickly this time, and in just a few breaths, dense raindrops poured down.

Outside Zhuangzi, many of the victims were standing in the rain, very happy, very happy.

The scope of the drought this time was not small. They fled all the way from their hometown to the capital. They endured many hardships and saw many miserable places.

Although they were lucky enough to arrive at Lu Yaoyao's farm, during this period, they were still praying for rain day and night.

Soon, the people from the village arrived.

Lao Kang took the lead in announcing Lu Yaoyao's instructions.

The victims, who were originally celebrating, calmed down and cooperated with the people in the village to start their work.

About half an hour later, Qiu Shuang returned to the village courtyard.

At this time, it was still raining heavily outside.

"Miss, everyone outside the village has been settled."

"Look at you, your clothes are soaked. Hurry down and change your clothes before you come back."

The autumn frost recedes.

Not long after I came back, I saw Lao Kang in the living room.

"Qiu Shuang, how much money do we have on hand now?"

"money?"

"There are still many more. I don't know the exact number, but it should be around two to three hundred thousand taels."

At first, Baizhenlou received only 600,000 taels. During this period, although it spent a lot, the previous one took a large amount of grain and transferred it all to the King of Jin at the original price.

Grain was also purchased later, but at that time the price of grain had soared a lot, the quantity was still small, and it didn't cost much.

"Haven't the price of food dropped yet?"

She nodded and looked at Lao Kang beside her.

"No, although it has begun to rain in many places, the drought this time is very widespread, and the court's food reserves have been almost exhausted."

"In the next period of time, the court will need to spend a lot of money and food for the subsequent resettlement of the victims."

"The resettlement of millions of victims is a huge sum of money, and the food in the court will definitely not be enough."

If there is not enough food, the only option is to initiate procurement from the private sector.

Those aristocratic families haven't released any grains yet, probably because they plan to sell the grains to the court at a high price.

This is really courageous, since he dares to scheme against the court.

It can also be seen from this that Dongzhou seems to be peaceful, but in fact there are many and very big internal problems.

Take this drought as an example. The power of those courts to intimidate those aristocratic families is very insufficient.

It can even be said that he was completely suppressed by the wealthy family.

And there is absolutely no way to deal with them.

She can almost see that once the court is short of food, it will inevitably turn to aristocratic families to purchase food at high prices for disaster relief.

After all, if there is no food relief, it will be very scary for more than a million victims to riot.

As for disturbing aristocratic families, especially at this juncture, the court would never dare.

Because the aristocratic families control many of the lifeblood industries of Dongzhou, if the aristocratic families are affected, not only will they not be deprived of food, but the aristocratic families will also unite to intensify the riots of the victims.

There will definitely be chaos in the world.

This is what the royal family least wants to see, so this time, the royal family will definitely pinch their noses and admit defeat.

“Aren’t there other grains on the market now?”

The types of grain in Dongzhou are too simple, almost most of them are rice, and the planting technology is still very backward, and the yield per mu is very low every year.

Otherwise, the emergence of sweet potatoes and potatoes would not have been regarded as godsend food.

"Aside from rice, there is also wheat."

"It's just that this wheat is really unpalatable."

"wheat?"

Lu Yaoyao's eyes lit up, but the next moment, she frowned.

Wheat is pretty good, why does it taste so bad?

"Yes, this wheat is not easy to cook, and it is also very hard when cooked."

Well, she had forgotten that Dongzhou's cooking method was very simple. When cooking, it was either boiling or steaming.

Stir-fried dishes were only invented after Baizhenlou was invented, and only then did people slowly start to follow suit.

With Dongzhou's cooking methods, it can't be said that wheat is inedible, but in terms of texture and feeding, it is definitely unpalatable.

"How much does this wheat cost per pound?"

"It's very cheap. Normally it only cost 2 cents per catty, but now the price has only increased to 3 or 4 cents."

Lu Yaoyao smiled, this is too cheap.

"Is there a lot of wheat on the market now?"

"It's not much. It's worthless. It will definitely not be planted in those fertile fields. It will only be planted in those newly reclaimed wastelands."

"But this thing is better and the rice is easier to grow, so you will get a lot of harvest every year."

"Now go and arrange for people to buy back all the wheat around."

Hearing this, Lao Kang and Qiu Shuang Qiu Yu were all a little confused.

Although not many people grow wheat, there are still people who do it every year. It is not easy to sell this stuff, and there are many people who have a backlog of it everywhere.

As far as the food stores in the surrounding villages, towns and cities currently exist, if not say one hundred thousand dan, there will be at least 70,000 to 80,000 dan.

Even if it is cheap, there is no need to buy so much, right?

“It’s such a good thing that no one takes advantage of it. It’s a waste of money.”

"Lao Kang, please hurry up and get people to take action. We will collect as much as you can."

Lao Kang came to his senses and did not answer. Instead, he asked, "Miss, do you really want to do this? Why don't you buy so much wheat when you don't have no food now?"

"Yes, miss, it has been raining now. Although there is a severe drought outside, the fields on our village have not been affected."

"This thing is cheap, but you don't need to buy so much."

Qiu Yu also looked puzzled.

"You guys, do you really think things will end with the rain?"

The three of them were startled, then saw Lu Yaoyao continuing to smile, "It's still early."

"Lao Kang, you are not only going to buy wheat, you also need to buy a lot of chickens and ducks. Let's buy twenty or thirty thousand of them first."

"What?"

Lao Kang was dumbfounded again.

I don’t understand at all what Lu Yaoyao is trying to do.

Forget about wheat, after all, it is cheap, and it can be regarded as food. If you keep it in your hands, it can be used as an emergency need. There are nearly 6,000 people in their village now, and the consumption of this food will be huge.

We don’t know exactly what the future will look like, but it makes sense to take precautions now. Even if nothing happens later, these wheats can also be used to raise pigs if they are harvested separately, so it is not completely lost.

But isn’t there too much chicken, duck, etc.?

Twenty to thirty thousand of them need to be fed, and they also consume some food every day.
Chapter completed!