Chapter 1027
: Food Delivery
Chapter 1027: Food Delivery
"You three, give the old soldier a ride." Captain Zhong called three soldiers.
"Yes!" The soldiers took the order and greeted the old soldiers: "Uncles, let's go."
"Hey, thank you three little brothers, and thank you County Captain Zhong." After expressing their gratitude, the old military households bowed and said goodbye to the carriage that was leaving Grandpa Qin's house and the surrounding villagers before setting off to return home.
There was a thud of footsteps as the old military households moved in an orderly, steady and fast manner. After a short while, they left the Xue family's new warehouse, turned onto the village road, and then ran towards the official road.
Inside the Qin family carriage, Grandma Qin said, "Our County Magistrate Zhong is truly a rare good man. He holds an official position and enjoys prestige, yet he remains upright and honest..."
"Grandma, just say whatever you want to say." Qin Xiaomi looked at Grandma Qin and then glanced at Qin Mei.
Qin Mei caught her gaze and said with a smile, "Xiaomi is right."
Grandma Qin was seen through, and was choked by Qin Mei's frankness. She was also concerned about the large number of people in the car, so she said to Qin Xiaomi unhappily, "What can I say? I just think our County Magistrate Zhong is really good, so I want to praise him."
"Haha, then keep praising grandma." Qin Xiaomi smiled and felt that her grandma was really cute sometimes, like a little child.
Humph, Grandma Qin ignored her and told Grandpa Qin: "Drive faster, there is still a lot of work to do in the medicinal materials workshop."
However, it was impossible to go fast because there were too many villagers queuing up to sell their medicinal herbs, so the bus had to go slowly.
"Master Qin, you're here."
"Good morning, Mr. Qin!" The villagers in line greeted the Qin family's carriage with bows when they saw it.
"Hey, good morning, folks." Grandpa Qin was afraid that the horses would be frightened by the crowd, so he and Xu Zhengmao got out of the car and walked slowly, leading the horses.
When they were almost at the gate of the herbal medicine shop, the chief steward Jie, who had been waiting by the roadside, called out to Grandpa Qin, "Master Qin, please stay!"
"It's Chief Steward Jie. Come with us into the herbal medicine shop. We can talk inside if we have anything to say." Grandpa Qin called to Chief Steward Jie.
Chief Steward Jie heaved a sigh of relief, and with a group of people, he followed Grandpa Qin's carriage into the herbal medicine shop with a smile.
But before entering the gate, most of the Xie family servants were stopped, and only Xie, the chief steward, was allowed in, and he had to register.
The Xie family members thought to themselves: The Qin family's broken rules are even worse than theirs!
But Chief Steward Jie seemed to have been tamed by the Qin family and had lost his temper. He cooperated with the family in completing the registration and taking off his weapons before entering the herbal medicine shop and following the carriage to the reception room in the outer courtyard.
Qin Xiaomi lifted the curtain and jumped out of the carriage. As she walked, she asked Chief Steward Jie, "Chief Steward, what's the hurry? You're blocking me at the door without even handing me a visiting card? This isn't the custom of your family. Okay, no need to explain. Just tell me what's going on."
She moves in a loud and unruly manner, has no manners at all, speaks rudely, and has absolutely no manners at all. A girl like this, even if she makes a lot of money and does a lot of good deeds, will never become the bride of a wealthy family.
No, are you stupid?
When did Qin Xiaomi express her desire to be the wife of a wealthy family?
If you have the guts, just say it out loud and see if Qin Xiaomi will slap you!
Chief Steward Jie only dared to murmur in his heart. He was very respectful on the surface. After bowing to the Qin family's grandparents, he said, "I wonder if Mr. Qin still remembers the matter of exchanging food for quotas?"
The story goes that before Kang Rong died, the Xie family wanted the Qin family to help them get a few spots so that Xie family members could follow Elder Qiong to conduct a trial planting of high-yield sweet potatoes.
Originally, the Xie family only wanted to exchange the quota for orders for new anthelmintic drugs.
But Qin Xiaomi, the vicious woman, asked the Jie family to exchange food for it, which made the Jie family angry and left.
Even until Kang Rong died from running a private warehouse, the Xie family did not give in and offered to exchange food for the quota.
But today I came here eagerly to bring up this matter again.
Qin Xiaomi looked at Chief Steward Jie and laughed, "So Chief Steward Jie is sending food to my door, but this is the wrong timing. He's trying to harm me."
Chief Steward Xie was startled and hurriedly denied it: "Master Qin has misunderstood. The Xie family has no intention of harming anyone. We sincerely want to ask the Qin family to help us send three of our sons to follow Master Qiong in trying to cultivate high-yield potatoes... After all, if this is successful, we will gain merit." "Did I misunderstand?" Qin Xiaomi didn't believe it and asked again: "Chief Steward Xie, has the Xie family in the capital opened their private granaries to donate grain? I heard that the noble families of Taizhou Prefecture were all moved by the death of Master Rong and opened their private granaries to donate grain to the country to fight the enemy."
Chief Steward Jie was startled: "..."
The Qin family got the news so quickly. Could it be that the Qin family had a route for sending messages by carrier pigeons?
Impossible, with the Qin family's ability, they can't develop such a Feishu route!
This information should have been obtained from Liang Jiajun and Jing Lao.
But it is also enough to prove that the Qin family is no longer what it used to be and now has a reliable and fast source of information.
Chief Steward Xie nodded and said, "The Xie family has heard about what happened in Taizhou Mansion... Mr. Rong's righteous act has moved the people, and all kind-hearted families have followed suit. The Xie family in the capital is no exception. They have opened two private warehouses to donate grain to fight the enemy."
The matter of opening a private warehouse has become a big deal in Taizhou Mansion, so it will definitely spread to the capital. Emperor Wuxing will definitely take the opportunity to let the noble families in the world open private warehouses to raise supplies to fight the enemy.
Things have come to this point, and the heads of the aristocratic families have no say in the matter. No matter what, they have to accompany one of them, unless the children of the aristocratic families in Jiangnan and Jianghuai also follow Kang Rong's example and commit suicide publicly to denounce such behavior as tantamount to robbery.
However, it is not that the emperor is greedy and wants to use the private warehouses of the noble families to enrich the Wei royal family. It is that foreign enemies are about to invade, and the country needs food and grass support to fight the enemy, and it is the responsibility of every citizen.
The masters of the aristocratic and powerful families felt very aggrieved… In the past, they were the ones who used justice to kidnap the emperor and the world, demanding that the emperor not do this or that, but now they were kidnapped by justice.
After the prominent families of Taizhou Prefecture opened their private warehouses to donate grain, the noble lords of the capital of Northeastern Province, who had been holding back on opening their private warehouses, also opened their private warehouses to donate grain a few days ago.
But they did not dare to donate too much. Each family only opened one or two private warehouses to avoid going beyond the reach of the patriarch's family in the capital.
The Kang family opened two more private warehouses. Together with the one opened by Kang Rong, the Kang family in Northeast Province now has a total of three private warehouses.
After the private warehouse was opened, the reputation of the Kang family in Northeast China was finally not so bad.
Chief Steward Jie returned to the topic of exchanging grain for quotas: "How many kilograms of grain can be exchanged for three quotas?"
Qin Xiaomi asked in return, "How many kilograms of grain is the Xie family willing to contribute?"
Chief Steward Jie is really fed up with Qin Xiaomi... The little girl is usually very decisive in doing business, why is she so hesitant this time!
"Twenty thousand kilograms of rice or wheat in exchange for one quota, what do you think, Mr. Qin?"
Qin Xiaomi heard the other party's tentative tone and knew that this was not a low price from the Xie family. "Twenty thousand kilograms of rice or wheat, after husking, only makes a little over ten thousand kilograms of rice and flour. It's too little. Add more... On the day Mr. Yong died, the Xie family didn't follow suit and opened a private warehouse. This must have angered Mr. Jing, making it difficult for us to get people here."
Vicious girl, how could you use other people's power to negotiate?
"The rice yield isn't that low, and bran and wheat bran can also be eaten as coarse grains." Chief Steward Xie said again in embarrassment, "Master Qin, the Xie family already has two private warehouses and has to support many people. We really don't have that much grain on hand."
This was exactly what Qin Xiaomi wanted: "You can exchange it for the charcoal for your cotton-padded jacket to keep you warm."
You little girl, how dare you say that? This is the Northeast Province, where cotton-padded jackets and charcoal are more valuable than food!
Jie Dazongguan: "How about 25,000 kilograms of rice or wheat in exchange for one quota?"
Qin Xiaomi looked Steward Jie up and down and said in a rather sympathetic tone, "It seems that the Jie family is indeed poor. Even a great Steward has started to be so petty."
Jie Dazongguan: "..."
Don’t be angry, don’t be angry. You are a normal person. Don’t bother with this crazy woman. Ahhhh!