Just like when he first came to this village, he tried his best to distribute the antidote he had prepared. At the same time, he patiently and carefully told everyone what to pay attention to, even those who had said bad things to him.
"Doctor Wu is really a living Bodhisattva." The old woman sighed. All the villagers in Liuye Village felt ashamed and regretful for what they had done. At the same time, they were deeply impressed by Wu Youke's father-like medical attitude.
Moved by this, they built a shrine for Wu Youke in Liuye Village, hoping to bless him with a long life and turn misfortune into good luck.
Lin Chong was very happy for him when he heard the old woman's praise for Wu Youke. Although he knew that Wu Youke was not the kind of person who particularly cared about fame, doctors always hope that they can be accepted by patients, and even more so.
I hope what I do can truly help patients escape from pain.
Wu Youke did it, so Lin Chong was happy for him.
The old woman was very happy and even proposed to take them to read some new words the next day. Lin Chong agreed.
The next day, Lin Chong saw the new statue erected for Doctor Wu. He was very serious at first. But when he saw the round and lovely shape of the statue enshrined inside, he thought of Wu Youke's thin figure.
With his thin and small body, he couldn't help but want to smile.
Perhaps it was a good wish expressed by the villagers of Liuye Village that they hoped that he would live a long life and eat more food. Lin Chong explained to himself secretly, otherwise he would really be unable to understand so many people who had met Wu Youke.
Why are clay sculptures made like this?
After bowing politely to the people around him a few times, Lin Chong couldn't stop laughing. When they were about to go back, Lin Chong finally started his main purpose of coming this time, which was to inquire about grain output and grain prices.
It is not yet the time for grain merchants to harvest large quantities of grain, so grain prices are not yet certain, but there is no doubt that grain production is not as good as in previous years.
"So what were the prices in previous years?" Lin Chong asked next.
"Usually one tael of silver is exchanged for two buckets of grain." After all, what the grain merchant buys is not fine grain. He has to perform a series of processing himself. The price of fine grain in the market is more than one tael of silver, so the price is quite reasonable.
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"If I am willing to exchange one tael of silver for a bucket of grain now, is it okay with me, mother-in-law?"
"One tael of silver per dou?" The old woman was surprised that she could fit an egg into her mouth.
Lin Chong nodded.
"Hey, you don't have to feel sorry for me. Besides, one tael of silver for a bucket is too expensive. I can't help it." The old woman thought that Lin Chong wanted to help her and offered such an expensive price. The grain merchant bought it at this price.
Wouldn't it be a shame to go back?
Lin Chong thought to himself that after a while, you will still feel that one tael of silver for a bucket of grain is cheap! Of course, if I handle it well, maybe this situation will not happen.
Soon the news that he purchased grain at double the price of the grain merchants spread in the village, and many people came to ask him. Lin Chong had enough money, but it was a pity that there were not so many people with things in hand.
He frowned, thought up his plan, and went back to ask the secret guards to ask for someone from King Xiang. He had brought so many people with him and was idle, so he might as well use them to do hard work for a few days.
King Xiang was really angry when he heard that the emperor wanted someone to move things with him, but then he thought about it. It was not a bad thing. He could just keep an eye on the emperor nearby. If there was a suitable opportunity, he might be able to get rid of him and replace him. So he was happy.
I sent someone.
As a result, his people were gone and his things were moved, and he didn't even see Lin Chong. Throughout the whole process, enthusiastic villagers helped them collect food for them to take away.
King Xiang couldn't help but wonder if this emperor was really stupid. He used money that was double the usual price to collect so much grain. Could it be that he was deliberately trying to trick him? King Xiang doubted it.
Before he could think clearly, Lin Chong had already continued to direct his people to move food to other places. Soon bucket after bucket of food was delivered to the treasury.
Xiangyang has never experienced the purchase of large quantities of agricultural tools in the past, so naturally King Xiang could not understand why he suddenly had to stockpile so much food when there was neither a natural disaster nor a man-made disaster.
When Lin Chong left Liuye Village, the old woman was very reluctant to leave. She saw them go a long way and asked them when they could come back again. Lin Chong smiled and promised her that he would come over to see her soon when he had time next time, and then the old woman revealed that she was missing two pieces.
He had a toothy smile. He even packed them with a lot of random specialties, including that kind of tea that was terrible to drink.
Lin Chong has visited almost all the villages near Liuye Village, and there is still one very interesting place left, Ivory Hill.
There is no ivory in Ivory Hill, so the name was probably just an ancestor's whim.
The interesting thing about Ivory Hill is that there are many bandits here, so many that you can encounter two just walking on the road.
Rather than saying that this place is under the jurisdiction of the government, it is more appropriate to say that this place is under the jurisdiction of bandits. The largest group of bandit leaders lived on Liangshan Mountain in Ivory Hill and gave themselves a very unique name called Heifeng Village.
When Lin Chong heard this name, the scene of Sun Wukong causing havoc in the Black Bear Cave came to mind. He had already inquired about the situation in Heifeng Village on the way here, and the results were mixed. This group of bandits acted recklessly and seemed to do whatever they wanted.
It all just depends on your mood.
Sometimes they rob the rich and give to the poor, and sometimes they stop innocent passers-by. But one thing is, they almost never kill people, they just want money. The money they steal is often distributed to some poor people, mostly from their families.
When men go to join the army, only the old, weak, women and children are left.
Even when farming is busy, they will find people to help them collect grain. The reward they want is very simple, just take a little grain.
They occupy favorable terrain in Liangshan, and the government has nothing to do with them, not to mention that most of the time the government's combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of the bandits.
If we fight head-on, no one will be a match for the other. When the time comes to break up, it will do no good to anyone. Let’s analyze it carefully.
Lin Chong was very interested in this group of righteous bandits. Ivory Hill was far away from the capital, and not many people knew that there were such interesting things in a small town so far away from the capital.
You have to know that in his entire life, he has never seen a living bandit. He still has the low-profile pistol that Jonathan gave him in his arms. He even brought a lot of gunpowder, and he knew very well that he was following him.
Countless secret guards made Lin Chong more courageous than ever before.