After cheating and drinking all the way, the three Lin brothers finally arrived at their first destination, Liuye Village.
Yes, it was the village where an epidemic occurred and it was finally proven that someone had poisoned him. It was also in this village that Zhou Ze showed his amazing diplomatic skills and courage for the first time, making Lin Chong really admire him.
Speaking of which, Zhou Ze seemed to be in teasing mode recently and couldn't stop it. Lin Chong could no longer remember what Zhou Ze was like when he was always a serious and humble gentleman.
The reason why I chose Liuye Village was because I just received a letter from Wu Youke two days ago. He was the one who solved the problems in this village, so Lin Chong wanted to come and check on the situation for him.
Moreover, Lin Chong is now facing another problem. The large-scale purchase of farm tools by Mongolian businessmen last year was not without any impact. Although this problem seemed to have been perfectly solved in the spring of this year, a large number of new farm tools rushed to be produced by the Ministry of Industry increased the
the crop yield.
But in reality, the number this year will still be far lower than in previous years. It is already late autumn, so this situation is not obvious yet, and it will become more and more serious in winter.
At that time, food prices will skyrocket, and refugees will appear in varying numbers in various places, especially in southern coastal cities. It is easy for grain dealers to monopolize food and raise prices.
The reserves in the national treasury are far from enough for disaster relief of this level, not to mention the huge impact of the war that was just calmed down at the beginning of this year. We must not bring more serious disasters to the people at this time, otherwise the situation that has just stabilized
People's hearts will easily become a piece of loose sand.
So from now on, he will purchase grain, not only from ordinary people, but more importantly, from the hands of several major grain merchants.
Now most people have not realized that food prices will rise rapidly soon. Lin Chong decided to collect food from farmers first, leaving them with enough food for the winter, and buying the rest at a higher price than usual. They would
Happy to sell.
At the same time, preferential policies must be formulated as soon as possible to attract grain merchants from other places who do not have such concerns to sell grain in the capital. It will be too late to formulate these things by the time a disaster actually occurs, and countermeasures must be thought out in advance.
Lin Chong, who was full of these worries, was not as relaxed as he seemed on the surface. His choice of the suburbs of Beijing was only part of the deal. He also had to deal with those difficult grain merchants.
Liuye Village is actually a very beautiful village. Just like its name, there are indeed many willow trees growing in this village, but in this season, the ground is already covered with dead leaves.
Now is the busy time for farming, and every household is busy with the autumn harvest. On the road at the entrance of the village, Lin Chong saw an old mother-in-law pushing a small cart with difficulty.
He felt sour and ran up quickly: "Old man, where is your home? I will take you back." As he spoke, he helped the old woman push the cart.
The old woman's hair was gray and her eyes and ears were a little hard to use. It took her a while to realize that Lin Chong had been standing next to her to help her push the cart. "Ah, young man, thank you for your hard work. My house is right in front, the first one on the east turn."
Lin Chong stood in front of a dilapidated house that looked like it had not been repaired for countless years and sighed. The old woman obviously did not notice his depression.
"Thank you for your hard work, why don't you come in for a meal?" The old lady was missing two teeth and her smile was a bit leaky.
She also seemed to realize that Lin Chong and the other three were probably young men from wealthy families who came out to play, and felt embarrassed for the request she had just made.
Lin Chong was very happy: "Okay, I just wanted to try your mother-in-law's cooking. I was exhausted from walking all the way."
The old woman quickly poured them three cups of tea and stood aside awkwardly.
Lin Chong took a sip. The tea was really bad. He glared at the wood that was trying to secretly pour the tea away. Then he turned around and looked at the old woman with a pleasant look: "Sit down quickly, this tea is very good."
"Really? We from a remote country can't actually come up with anything good, so we're worried that you guys won't be used to it."
He really wasn't used to it, Mu Xi complained. Although he didn't do anything bad, he only took two sips of the tea and pushed it aside.
Only Lin Chong persisted in drinking the whole glass and still praised it full of praise.
Mu Xi and Mu Mu both gave a thumbs up to this foodie who usually picks and chooses the things made in the imperial kitchen. They didn't expect that he still has such a side.
Since he was going to stay for dinner, Lin Chong naturally would not eat in vain. He had prepared some broken silver early. Because he not only planned to eat, but also planned to stay here at night. Although the old woman's eyes and ears were not working well, she
Her cooking skills are really good, and those simple wild vegetables turn out to be extremely delicious under her hands.
Although they didn’t drink a few sips of tea, the two naughty children did eat a lot of dinner. They were already full and clamoring for another bowl of rice. The old woman was always very happy. She originally had two at home.
Son, and grandson. However, wars have been frequent in the past two years, and both sons have been drafted into the war. My wife and grandson remarried and I don’t know where they went.
The old man also fell ill last year and passed away first. Now she is the only one left in this house. It has been a long time since anyone has had such a lively meal with her. She just wants to guard this old house as long as she can live for one year.
One year, maybe.
As soon as she mentioned this, the old woman clasped her hands together: "Thank God, thank Dr. Wu. Without him, Liuye Village would not be what it is today."
It turns out that when Wu Youke first suggested that they might not be infected by an epidemic but poisoned, not many people in the village believed it at all.
Many people thought he was just a barefoot liar passing by. In addition, after everyone took the temporary antidote, the symptoms had disappeared, and no one believed Wu Youke's words. Some people even said bad things to him.
Want to drive him out of the village.
But Wu Youke was not frightened by these sounds. He insisted on staying in the village and waiting for the symptoms that would appear after the short-term effects of the medicine passed.
At that time, everyone thought he was a lunatic, but unexpectedly, just a few days later, all the things he had said were confirmed one by one.
New symptoms did appear in people who had taken the antidote, but Wu did not show any complacency, nor did he take the opportunity to add insult to injury, or raise the price of the medicine he sold.