The first thousand one hundred and forty third chapters will kill me
The old man pointed outside and stammered: "Sir, it's raining heavily. It's raining heavily outside!"
Changsun Chong turned his head and glanced at the pouring rain outside, without any intention of stopping, and said angrily: "Of course I know that it is raining heavily outside, you old dog, the heavy rain scares you like this, are you still a man?"
The old man cried: "Sir, the heavy rain has flooded the granary of Changsun's family. Go and have a look!"
boom.
When Changsun Chong heard this, he was stunned for a moment, pushed the old man to the ground, turned around and rushed outside.
Most of the other big grain merchants were sober.
One by one, they rushed out of Zuixianju, regardless of the pouring rain, and ran towards their granary.
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When Changsun rushed to Changsun's family's granary in the west of the city, he was already soaked to the skin.
There were several losers behind him holding umbrellas, but they couldn't catch him.
When he saw the situation in the granary, Changsun Chong was completely dumbfounded.
The granary of Changsun's family was washed away by the heavy rain and collapsed. Countless grains were all wet by the heavy rain.
He turned around, grabbed the old man's collar, and asked with a roar: "What's going on? Why did the fine granary collapse? Is someone playing tricks?"
The old man said: "Sir, you don't know something. This granary has been in disrepair for a long time and can't store much grain. Later, we bought a lot of grain and filled the granary so full that no one could get in. It rained heavily.
The west wall will collapse, there will be too much grain, and then it will collapse, and the entire granary will collapse... It's over, it's all over!"
Changsun Chong shouted: "Call people immediately to carry the food."
But the old man said: "Sir, it's too late. It's been raining for five full hours. Most of the food in our granary has been soaked. Now the roof of the granary has collapsed and all the food has turned into water."
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Changsun Chong shook his head: "No, no, we still have a chance, quickly send people to move the grain to a safe place, wait until the weather clears, and then dry the grain!"
Immediately, the Changsun family's grain merchants mobilized manpower and began to rescue grain.
It’s not just the Changsun family whose food was flooded.
The big grain merchants who had followed Chang Sun Chong in buying grain on a large scale also encountered a situation where grain was flooded.
Originally, each family's granary had limited capacity.
In order to defeat the Huxian Grain Distribution Center, everyone sold iron and bought grains in large quantities. The granaries could not be stacked. Some people simply piled large quantities of grains outside and simply covered them with linen cloth.
If it is an ordinary light rain, it will damage at most one layer of food.
But this heavy rain was so powerful that it didn't stop for five full hours, and it continued to rain so hard that even the granary couldn't withstand it, let alone the grain piled outside.
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at dusk.
Finally, all the food in Changsun's granary has been moved.
The old man came to Changsun Chong and whispered: "Master, a full 10% of the food was washed away by the flood. The remaining food was all fished out of the water..."
Changsun Chong said with a gloomy face: "I know this, and I have ordered you to go down and have people watch over you all night. The heavy rain is still falling, and it will be sunny tomorrow. When the time comes, take out all the food to dry immediately."
"yes!"
The old man just went out.
But I saw grain merchants walking in one by one with tears in their eyes.
"Master Changsun, save me!"
"Young master, you can't just ignore the situation. All my food is flooded."
One by one they ran in crying.
Changsun Chong said distractedly: "Everyone, there is a heavy rain. This is a natural disaster. There is nothing I can do... However, after this heavy rain, it should be sunny. When the time comes, we can dry the grain and sell it at a slightly lower price."
If we sell it, those untouchables won't be able to eat it anyway, and we can still make money, so the loss this time is nothing."
"Now, that's all we have to do."
Everyone nodded helplessly.
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Prince Consort's Mansion.
heavy rain.
It was rare for everyone to take a break.
Ma Zhou said: "Such a heavy rain lasted for seven or eight hours. It is really rare to see it in decades!"
Wang Laowu turned around and said: "Dad, although we moved the grain to a safe place in advance this time, the rain was really heavy and 20% of the grain was flooded. Should we send someone to take care of it immediately?
Tomorrow morning, after the weather clears, we will start drying the grain immediately to reduce losses?"
Du He heard this and shook his head: "Give up. Early tomorrow morning, let Wei Shuwan go to the Hu County Grain Distribution Center to collect the flooded grain and send it all to the pig farm to raise pigs."
"Raising pigs? Wouldn't that be too much of a loss? If these grains were dried in time and sold at a slightly lower price, some people would still buy them." Wang Laowu was puzzled.
Du He looked outside and shook his head: "This rain will not stop tomorrow."
Judging from Du He's common sense, this rain will probably last for several days. Even if it rains lightly in the end, it will not be sunny.
This is a typical Jiangnan plum rain.
It's just that Chang'an is located in the northwest, so such a situation can occur.
Although Wang Laowu was confused, he did not dare to neglect and hurriedly made arrangements.
Ma Zhou asked: "Master, you started to arrange it months in advance. Did you know that it would rain like this? When it rained heavily, big grain merchants like the Changsun family were unprepared and stocked up a lot of grain.
There will definitely be heavy losses in food. Afterwards, the big grain merchants will definitely be unable to recover, but the new small grain merchants will be able to fully establish themselves. The young master is really the best man in the world!"
Ma Zhou was extremely impressed.
Ma Zhou’s analysis is also correct.
But Du He smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This is God helping us and the people. The plan I prepared has not been implemented yet. According to my prediction, the big grain merchants will not die so soon, but this rain
Suddenly, it was all over."
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The second day.
Light rain.
The third day.
Light rain.
On the fourth day, it was still the same.
This rain is endless and non-stop.
Chang'an.
Zuixian was in the middle, Changsun Chong and others were completely depressed.
A grain merchant said: "Master Changsun, we can't wait any longer. Four days have passed and the grain in my warehouse has become moldy. If this continues for two more days, all the grain will rot. What should we do?"
Changsun Chong said nothing.
He was helpless.
Ordinarily, as long as the weather is clear, we can start drying the grain immediately to minimize losses.
But now it's good, the rain has been falling non-stop, and there is no intention of clearing up.
"God is going to forget me..."
Changsun Chong couldn't help but said.
puff!
A grain merchant who suffered heavy losses vomited blood on the spot.
At this moment, a boy came in and reported: "Sir, there is a group of people outside who want to see you, claiming to be Duke Hu."
Duke Hu?
Duhe?
Changsun Chong was furious: "That fellow Du He came to see my master's joke, so drive him away."
A grain merchant couldn't help but said: "Master Changsun, we might as well meet Duke Hu and see what he wants to do. What do you think?"