But it was a pity to throw it away, and it couldn't be sold. Now that there is a victim who is willing to buy it, of course he is willing to help his friends in the chamber of commerce.
Most importantly, he can make money from it.
When Gao Yang heard that it was exactly what he wanted, he nodded and said, "Okay, you go and buy it for me. Buy as much as you can. The rice and noodles will probably cost ten thousand taels of silver each."
"Hello, guest!"
After the boss finished speaking, he quickly sent his waiter to contact the boss of Mihang Chamber of Commerce.
He planned to pay three cents for their rotten rice, and then sell it to Gao Yang for five cents, so that he would make a net profit of two cents per pound. It was a good business with a sure profit and no loss.
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Then, Gao Yang paid for the rice in this warehouse, sent people to bring all the rotten rice in the warehouse to the market, and then hired some day laborers to start building sheds and making porridge.
Soon, a simple shed was set up.
The day laborers unpacked the rice bags and prepared to start washing the rice.
As a result, when they opened the rice bags, everyone's eyes widened.
“Why is this rice so bad?
It’s all sand and pebbles, and there are a lot of maggots, can this be eaten by people?”
"This is the porridge given by the Queen. Why does she ask people to buy this kind of rice for everyone to eat?"
"I also said that my wife is giving out porridge, and if I come to help, I will treat it as my own contribution, and I won't be paid for it.
I didn’t expect that the queen’s heart would be so dark, and she would give this kind of rice to the victims!”
"Shh! Keep your voice down, maybe this lady is giving porridge just for fame and to show off.
We can’t afford to offend her, so we should just cook porridge honestly, don’t even say anything!”
When everyone heard this, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and start making porridge.
If they dare to offend the Queen, they naturally don't dare to publicize this matter.
They were afraid that the victims would riot, so they had to clean and clean the rice again and again, trying to make it as clean as possible.
But there is too much sand in the rice, and there is still a lot of it no matter how you wash it.
Due to time constraints, they had to do a quick wash, pour the rice into the pot, and start making porridge.
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Soon it was dawn, and the cooks had already cooked the porridge.
Even though this porridge is made from old rice, it has a strong rice aroma after cooking.
So as soon as the nearby refugees smelled the smell, they came over one after another and saw the hot porridge being cooked on the stove.
But the porridge was covered with a wooden lid, so they couldn't see it.
Smelling the fragrance, their mouths immediately started to water.
They looked up and saw a banner hanging on the porridge shed with the words "The Empress Relief for Disasters" written on it.
Everyone immediately shouted excitedly.
"Wow, the Queen is providing disaster relief. Come quickly, everyone, we have porridge to drink!"
"The Queen is indeed trustworthy. She raised funds and started to provide disaster relief. That's great. I'm going to call my fellow villagers to eat porridge together!"
At this time, Gao Yang quickly called to the refugees and said, "Everyone, this is the porridge that the Queen gave to everyone with the money she raised.
Everyone has a bowl, so hurry up and line up."
When the hungry people heard this, they rushed to the front, as if they were afraid they wouldn't be able to drink.
Gao Yang said hurriedly, "Don't crowd, everyone, the Queen is giving out porridge for seven days, everyone has a share."
Please line up and come up one by one to receive the porridge."
"Wow! Your Majesty wants to distribute seven-day porridge?
Great, then we don’t have to starve to death!”
"Thank you, Madam, you are such a good person!"
"The Queen is worthy of being the mother of the country. If she can think of us people, we must be grateful to her!"
Then, Gaoyang sent people to stand in front to serve porridge, while the victims lined up and started serving porridge one by one.