The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chapter 152 Food Plan

Following Lu Zixuan's previous instructions, Chen Ping cried and recounted the past events that the mother and daughter had experienced together.

Although Lu Zixuan's eyes were no longer as lively as before, they were much better than their previous dullness, and also increased Chen Ping's confidence.

A week later, Lu Zixuan seemed to have improved a lot compared to when he was first injured. He could recognize people and was polite...

Two weeks later, things are much better than before, and we can communicate normally, but not much...

"Xuanxuan, your aunt is back, aren't you happy? Here, this is your favorite chocolate, imported from your aunt as a reward for you..."

He Yushui cried and stuffed all the chocolates she had exchanged from her classmates into Lu Zixuan's hands.

"It's been more than half a month, Xuanxuan, you have to get better quickly. Auntie has run into a problem again and I'm waiting for you to solve it for me..."

"Xuanxuan, today your mom was the most generous person ever. She spent all her meat coupons to make your favorite sweet and sour pork tenderloin..."

He Yuzhu's eyes were red as she placed the dish directly in front of Lu Zixuan.

"Sister, what did the doctor say? It's been a month, why hasn't Xuanxuan fully recovered yet? Last time he said it would be quick, and it's already been half a month..."

"My dear Xuanxuan, grandma is here again, and she brought brother Chen Qi with her. Chen Qi, take Xuanxuan home to play. Your aunt and I will go to the hospital again."

After Director Wang gave Chen Qi instructions, he took Chen Ping to the hospital.

"It's been almost two months, you scared me to death, if I hadn't seen the secret code, I would have thought you were really stupid.

Xiao Jing asked me to bring this to you. Tell me, how did it become like this? "

Chen Qi closed the door, pulled Lu Zixuan to the cubicle, sat down on the bed, and asked anxiously.

"What else can I do? I fell into the trap of that beast Old Tong. I thought he would at most let me let down my guard and hypnotize me, but who knew that the old beast actually used the legendary aphrodisiac incense.

It turns out that this thing really exists. Luckily I had mint with me at the time, otherwise I would have been in trouble. It was almost as I planned..."

Lu Zixuan told Chen Qi what had happened.

After Lu Zixuan got to know Lao Xiao through Director Zhou, he gave Lao Xiao a part of the trace identification records he had compiled, and fabricated a fictitious reclusive master.

Lu Zixuan didn't want any credit, he just wanted a promise from Lao Xiao and two requests.

After the incident with Lao Tong, the original plan was to let Lao Xiao find a way to deal with Lao Tong.

But Lao Xiao said that there were difficulties, and Lao Tong was his old leader who had once saved him and was also Lao Tong's greatest reliance.

Old Xiao was very curious about the reclusive master that Lu Zixuan mentioned, so he sent people to keep an eye on his every move.

When Lu Zixuan found out that someone was watching him, he felt uncomfortable but could do nothing about it.

So Lu Zixuan thought that if he portrayed Lao Tong as the reclusive master, he could not only get rid of Lao Xiao's surveillance, but also control Lao Tong and make him lose his freedom.

Then Lu Zixuan prepared a copy of the first half of the submitted appraisal record in Lao Tong's handwriting, ready to turn Lao Tong into a reclusive master.

When he met Lao Tong that day, Lu Zixuan felt that his opportunity had come, so he placed the small package containing the upper half on the altar in his home.

After Lu Zixuan finished his narration, he exhaled and said:

"Now that the plan is basically complete, we can breathe a sigh of relief."

Chen Qi asked in confusion:

"Then Lao Tong has been controlled now, why are you still pretending to be sick? You even lied to your aunt."

Lu Zixuan pouted and replied:

"Do you think I want to pretend? Didn't the people sent by Lao Xiao to monitor me yesterday withdraw?

If my mother knew I was pretending, would she still be as nervous as she is now?

Can't Lao Xiao's people see it? Once Lao Xiao knows that I am faking illness, I will lose everything.

He will definitely let me confront Lao Tong and ask me whether Lao Tong is really a hidden master.

It will take me a few days to recover. It's impossible that my illness will be cured as soon as Lao Xiao's people withdraw. It would be too much of a coincidence and it would be easy to be exposed.

After recovering from the illness, he lost his memory. Even if Lao Tong died, he couldn’t explain it clearly. "

Chen Qi nodded in understanding.

"Then what about your arrangement for Xiao Jing to collect grain, and your arrangement for Da Jing to recruit soldiers? Are you dragging it on?"

Lu Zixuan took out a stack of papers from the secret compartment under the bed.

"Send these to Xiao Jing later. Write down what needs to be done recently. I will not show up again in the future.

I will put all my plans in the broken courtyard. I will be more low-key and reduce my presence in the future. Let me explain it to you.

Why do we collect grain? Because we are short of grain.

Why is there a food shortage? Natural disasters plus man-made disasters.

The natural disasters are drought and locust plagues, which have already occurred this year, but they were not so serious that they did not attract much attention.

The man-made disaster was the over-reporting of production this year, which resulted in the grain belonging to the farmers being given to the state, and the state then allocated the grain to areas in need.

If the production is underreported next year, the farmers will hide the grain that should be given to the state, thus emptying the state grain depots.

But what about the workers who were given food? They could only flee the famine or buy food at high prices.

What about the year after? There will still be disasters, and workers and farmers will have to flee together.

What I want to do is to collect the surplus food that everyone has now, including those in the granaries.

As for the money, it is just borrowed for a period of time and someone will lend it voluntarily, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

I asked people to dig so many cellars to store grain. If they were stored in a unified manner, it would make too much noise and would easily lead to the entire cellar being destroyed. It would also be detrimental to ventilation.

My principle is that local grain feeds local people. The grain collected in Henan Province is only supplied to Henan Province, and the grain collected in Hebei Province is only supplied to Hebei Province.

It is basically a county town with four grain storage cellars, all of which are located in wealthy areas.

Because they have no shortage of money or food, they are not that crazy, while poor people generally do not dare to enter rich areas.

This way, materials can be obtained locally, shipping costs can be saved, and most importantly, it is not likely to cause panic and prevent large numbers of hungry people from flocking to one place.

If we store grain now for use next year, one-quarter of it will become moldy. This is the kind of grain I sell.

First, find an excuse for low grain prices, reduce the snooping of local tyrants, and suppress high grain prices;

Second, those who have surplus food at home will not eat this food. What I sell is life-saving food, not food to fill the stomach;

Third, do not give those vain officials the opportunity to earn fame and profit. No one dares to admit that someone is selling moldy grain in his jurisdiction.

You see, the price I set is only allowed to be one cent higher than the grain purchase price. This is their salary and activity funds. Anyone who violates this will have one hand chopped off.

I am not a saint. I will not give away anyone who dares to ask for money from the poor. In addition, I have provided them with many more ways to make money.

The people or communes that sell grain nowadays are either those that have abundant grain or those that are extremely short of money.

If the prediction is correct, they will be the main buyers of grain in the future, because this kind of people only care about the immediate benefits.

As for the grain in the granary, someone will contact us when the time comes.

Being low-key now is paving the way for being high-key in the future. I cannot tell you what I am going to do for now. I will tell you when I have more clues.

This is the general plan, you can read the details yourself. "

After listening to Lu Zixuan's plan to collect and sell grain, Chen Qi was full of admiration.