After Liu Hongji slapped him, the scene, which had been as noisy as a vegetable market just a moment ago, suddenly became quiet.
The shocked people looked at Liu Hongji and cursed in their hearts: If the Tang Dynasty Navy had the same virtue as you, then they would not have to worry about not being able to buy food!
"Ahem..." On the other side, Master Cui Ren saw that the atmosphere was a little tense, so he coughed lightly and asked, "What do you mean by the Marquis, we won't be short of food soon?"
"We have never been short of food!" Xiao Han looked at Master Cui Ren with a smile and said: "The reason why the price of food in the market is soaring now is because people lack confidence and are afraid of running out of food, so everyone wants to buy more food.
If you order some food, there will naturally be a shortage of food!
Another point, I don't know if you know this: During the Chinese New Year this year, I raised a considerable amount of money. Later, His Majesty issued a bond in Chang'an Bank.
Very little, and a large part of this money was used to purchase food.
Now, these grains have been purchased and stored in warehouses in various places! It’s just that the canal is not open now, so it cannot be transported here. But looking at the current weather conditions, the canal must be restored, which will last ten days and a half.
Time! By then, the food alone will be enough to support the lives of the victims."
After hearing Xiao Han say these words in one breath, the faces of everyone in Luoyang suddenly looked much better, and some even began to whisper to the people around them.
"I heard from relatives in Chang'an that Xiao Hou raised money for poor people!"
"Yes! I've heard of it too! And that bank, to be honest with you, my family's business in Chang'an also went to buy bonds! But those things are so popular, it doesn't matter, I can't buy them at all!"
"Hiss... If this is the case, wouldn't the price of food drop soon?"
"Humph, it doesn't matter whether it's down or up, our family doesn't make money by buying and selling food. As long as our family members don't go hungry, there's no harm in donating some!"
"Yes! Lord Marquis has been very kind to us after all! Besides, this is also a great thing to save people's lives! As long as it can ensure that we will not be hungry in the future, I am also willing to donate some food!"
Listening to everyone's discussion, Xiao Han knew that their hearts were finally relieved, and there was a little joy on their faces.
Then, he stretched out his hand and pressed down on everyone. After everyone calmed down, he took a deep breath and relieved them of their last worries!
"Don't worry, everyone! This time the food will not be in vain for everyone! I am willing to take the place of the court and write an IOU for everyone! If everyone is short of food in the future, you can take the IOU and go to the Yamen of the state capital to cash it!
Of course, it won’t work these days, because there is no food in the Yamen these two days. When the canal opens, the first place where food will arrive will be our Luoyang City!"
"good!"
Now, as soon as Xiao Han finished speaking, someone below immediately jumped up and applauded desperately: "Xiao Hou! We... our Sun family supports you! We are willing to donate five... five thousand shi of food!"
"Oh, I'll go!"
Hearing this extremely familiar voice, the old uncle of the Sun family, who was still bowing his head and calculating, saw his eyes darken and fainted on the spot!
Before he fainted, there was only one thought in his mind: Why didn't your father put you on the wall back then!!!
"Okay! Hahaha! This handsome guy donated five thousand shi of food! Xiaodong, Xiaodong! Make a note of it! When the time comes, give this guy a plaque of a kind person!"
When Xiao Han saw that after some lobbying, someone finally came forward to pledge, he immediately laughed and told Xiaodong to quickly write down this person's name! This would save him from regretting it later!
"What? Give me back the plaque?"
Others who were still hesitating were also startled by the movement of the young master of the Sun family. Before they could fully react, they suddenly heard that the person who donated food had a plaque to send to him, and their eyes suddenly lit up!
"Is...did you carry it with your own hands, Lord Marquis?"
"Haha, well, this may have been mentioned by me, or it may have been mentioned by His Majesty~ Of course, there are not many plaques, it all depends on who has made the greatest contribution." Xiao Han looked at the crowd and replied pretending to be mysterious.
"And... His Majesty mentioned it!" Everyone was stunned when they heard this. When they looked at each other, they immediately burst out into shouts:
"I, I will donate 10,000 shi! No IOUs!"
"I, I will donate 10,000 dan, and I don't want an IOU. I just want a plaque!"
"I want to donate 20,000!!!"
During the Tang Dynasty, the price of rice was not high, and one stone was about the same amount.
Therefore, twenty thousand shi of grain may be an astronomical sum for ordinary people, but for a wealthy family, it is only a drop in the bucket!
Of course, today's food prices have increased to more than ten times what they were before.
But for Master Cui Ren and others, even if the food supply increased a hundred times, it would have no impact on them.
Because a family like theirs would not be like those profit-seeking grain merchants who would rather risk being beheaded by the emperor to make money from this national treasure!
When a family reaches their size, money is secondary, and reputation is the most important!
After all, a rich evil person is just a pig waiting to be slaughtered! As long as you make a mistake, there will immediately be a group of people eager to kill you!
And if a good person is praised by the people, even if he makes a mistake one day, there will be a high chance that someone will stand up and intercede for him. Yan Ming knows that it is just an unintentional mistake.
So, in the end, the food is put in the warehouse, watching it rot little by little, and finally becomes worthless.
It is better to donate it, and you can gain a good reputation and get awards from the court.
It is estimated that a three-year-old child can make the right choice!
The time of one stick of incense
Xiaodong, who was sweating profusely, had already written down several pages of paper! A rough calculation showed that these people had to donate at least three to four hundred thousand shi of food!
Xiao Han was very satisfied with this!
If they were forced by the imperial court's righteousness, even if they could be forced to give out some food, they would never be able to raise so much, even a tenth would be enough!
"Gentlemen! Drink to win!"
When the last person signed and signed, Xiao Han raised the wine bowl, laughed and poured all the wine in the bowl into his mouth!
"Drink victory!"
When the others saw this, they imitated Xiao Han and drank heavily!
But, who is Xiao Han? He is a veteran in the alcohol battlefield! Even Liu Hongji is not his opponent! If other people want to imitate him in drinking, then there is only one ending!
"puff……"
On the broad road, a fog of wine filled the air! The smell of alcohol made even the generals who had not drank a little drunk.
