Chapter 47: Bran, for the animals?
Chapter 47 Bran Bran, is it for livestock?
Not enough!
The old butler next to him pulled out an abacus, fiddled with it for a while, and shook his head, “Young master.”
“It’s the old master!”
Elder He glared at the butler and grunted, “Call me master!”
The butler hurriedly said, “Okay, young master, I’ll definitely remember that next time, young master.”
Officer He: ~embarrassed~
The old butler continued, “Based on 200,000 pounds of pork.”
“If the entire city comes to eat pork stewed with vermicelli for seven days to provide relief, then each person, per day, cannot even share half a taels of pork.”
After all.
In addition to pork, rice, noodles, vermicelli, and other grains, also cost money.
And.
For this kind of food given for free, no one will feel full, and there is bound to be a situation of repeated receipt of food, to the death.
At that time, not to mention 200,000 pounds, even 2 million pounds of pork can be snatched up.
“It’s not right!”
Officer He scratched his head and curiously said, “Didn’t the Taoist priest say that he would provide disaster relief and hand out food to the poor stragglers who can’t afford to eat? Those 800,000 are permanent residents!”
As if he had discovered a bug in his logic, Elder He became excited, “Taoist Master, the number of stragglers is only about 100,000 people.”
“Two hundred thousand pounds of pork, divided among 100,000 or so people, each person can get a small two pounds!”
“Plus the staple food, it’s enough for them to eat with their mouths full.”
Wang Xiu seemed to smile.
It was the butler who showed helplessness and reminded, “Young master, every time several of our great clans provide disaster relief, the people in the city will pose as stragglers and receive disaster relief porridge.”
“If you really take big white rice, big white steamed buns, and pork stewed vermicelli to provide disaster relief, all the people in the city will come to pretend to receive it.”
“It’s even possible that if the scrambling is intense, a riot will start and people will be killed.”
Hiss~
Are there still such people?
He Wenwai’s face was filled with shock: “Is it that outrageous? It’s just a few pounds of pork, why are they so crazy?”
Obviously.
He grew up with a golden spoon in his mouth, but he didn’t know much about the people’s situation, but his old housekeeper was quite capable and knew the people’s plight.
“Young master is joking.”
The butler helplessly said, “Even the resident people of Maple City don’t get to eat pork every day, ordinary people only eat it once or twice a month.”
“If one’s family is in a more difficult situation, other than being able to dip into some meat on New Year’s festivals, they can’t even eat rice on weekdays.”
Hiss~
Seems to have opened the door to a new world, He manwai scratched his head, “But …… I’ve killed all my pigs, what should I do about this?”
Although he had raised more than 100,000 pigs, the purchasing power of pork from the surrounding people was actually not strong.
According to the normal situation.
He foreigner’s family pig farm, every day also slaughter three or four hundred fat pigs, killed fat pigs and then raise piglets, a year after the growth of the slaughter, the formation of the inner cycle.
Now a mouthful of slaughter more than two thousand big fat pigs, if you do not invite the whole city to eat pork, I’m afraid that the short term is very difficult to sell out.
Wang Xiu cried and laughed.
He stroked his chin and muttered, “Poor Taoist here, there is a good way.”
“Butler?”
“The biggest rice merchant and grass merchant in this neighborhood, your He family should know them all!”
Counselor He remained confused.
Instead, it was the old butler who nodded slightly and said, “In the rice business, our He family is involved with the Zhao, Qian, and Sun families.”
“As for the grass business, because our He Family raises over 100,000 pigs, the grass from the several nearby cities will be provided to our He Family on a priority basis.”
Wang Xiu nodded, “In that case.”
“The poor Taoist suggests that Member He directly use these 2,000 heads of pork to exchange grain with the people in the city at a 20% discount, only for brown rice.”
“So.”
“The people in the city get a bargain on the price, naturally they will miss the goodness of the post, and will also take the initiative to take their own brown rice to exchange with you for meat, to avoid these pork from spoiling.”
Hmm.
If the pork is exchanged for brown rice, with the number of 800,000 people in the city, it really isn’t difficult to digest this amount of pork.
However. Why only brown rice?
Warrantor He was full of confusion, but it was the butler who was pondering, “Taoist Master is really smart, swapping pork stewed vermicelli for brown rice thin porridge, this is indeed a good idea.”
“If the brown rice thin porridge is used to open the shed for disaster relief, then the cost will be many times smaller.”
“There will also be many fewer people in the city who are taking advantage of the situation, it should be able to be reduced by most!”
In fact.
In previous years, when there was a wave of stragglers in Maple City and the four great clans joined forces to provide relief, they also used brown rice porridge and added a lot of water, which was classified as rice soup.
Not only would it save money, but it would also avoid many of the people from taking advantage of the situation and wasting resources.
Unexpectedly.
This Taoist Master Wang Xiu was born in the Three Qing Immortal Sect, a true disciple of the Immortal Sect, a transcendent figure like a god, yet he was so knowledgeable about the plight of the people.
It was truly admirable!
Listening to the butler’s exclamations and looking at Elder He’s face full of admiration, Wang Xiu slowly shook his head, “The number of imposters, if it is only reduced by half, it is not enough.”
“Far from enough!”
“Eight hundred thousand people even if they are reduced by half, there is still a full 400,000 remaining, if they also go to receive the free rice porridge, the stragglers will definitely not be able to grab it.”
After all.
Whether it’s compared to physical ability, or compared to connections and relationships, the unsupported stragglers are too much weaker.
“This ……”
The housekeeper’s face showed a helpless look, “There’s nothing we can do if we can’t rob them, after all, free food, even if it’s just brown rice and thin porridge, it’s inevitable that some people’s hearts will be moved.”
Wang Xiu shook his head and said with a burning gaze, “If there are still people venturing out with the brown rice porridge, then add some more ingredients.”
Add more ingredients?
The housekeeper froze, “What kind of ingredients does the Taoist Master want to add?”
Wang Xiu calmly said, “Bran bran.”
Housekeeper: (⊙⊙)
Mr. He: (⊙⊙)
Bran chaff!
Mr. He gulped and said, “Isn’t that …… that the feed that our family, feeds the pigs?”
He exclaimed while looking at Wang Xiu, his face full of horror.
Good fellow.
Originally thought that the old dad guy, already enough for the rich and unkind, did not think that this three Qing immortal door out of the Wang Taoist, even more beast!
Adding bran to the rice porridge for disaster relief?
This …… is also too humiliating!
But the old housekeeper has read a few years, a bit of culture, after a moment of contemplation, directly is a pat on the thigh: “Wonderful ah! Young master, this plan is wonderful!”
Mr. He: “What’s so wonderful about it?”
The butler’s face was full of admiration, saying, “Bran is what livestock eat, brown rice is what people eat, if it’s brown rice porridge, even if it’s thin, there will be guys who are greedy for small gains who will take advantage of it.”
“But if the bran chaff is mixed with brown rice, unless people who are truly starving can’t stand it, even if they love to be cheap, they won’t risk claiming it.”
“If this plan of the Taoist Master’s comes to fruition, it can cut off the impostor claiming of disaster relief grain from the source!”
“Wonderful, it can be called wonderful!”
“However.”
The housekeeper seemed to have thought of something, and then showed a difficult face, saying, “The world is mostly ignorant and pedantic, if we really use bran chaff to provide relief, once this matter is spread out.”
“It will easily trigger public anger, and at that time, I’m afraid it will have an impact on the He Family, and on the reputation of the Three Clear Immortal Sect.”
“In case it’s not handled well.”
“The young master and the Taoist Master may be burdened with a thousand curses.”
……
Wang Xiu nodded slightly and smiled as he looked at Elder He, “If carrying a curse can save the lives of 100,000 stragglers, would you be willing to do so, Elder He?”
If I alone carry a curse, I can save the lives of 100,000 stragglers?
Hiss!
Why does it feel as if a flame is burning in his chest?
The young officer’s face reddened and tears filled his eyes, “A true man should be like this, I, He Daren, will carry this curse!”
“Very well!”
“Since the officer is willing to carry this scolding.”
Wang Xiu patted Elder He’s shoulder and said, “The Poor Taoist will not step in!”
He Daren: (⊙⊙)????
(End of chapter)