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Wang Hai slammed his hand on the table. These people were usually long and short. When something really happened, there weren't many useful ones.

"Lord, it's easy to arrange the disaster victims to be settled here in Linshui County, but they need money. However, the funding from the imperial government has yet to come, and there isn't much left in the treasury of the magistrate court. We're having a difficult time as well."

Speaking of qualifications, it was also Master Liu who spoke. He had already been in Linshui County for ten years and had yet to be promoted or transferred. It could be said that no one knew the situation in Linshui County better than him.

"My lord, why don't we let the wealthy merchants of Linshui County collect their donations and wait for the calamity that will befall the imperial court?"

After thinking about it for a long time, he finally answered.

"That's a good idea, but how could it be easy for you to get money from these merchants?"

Xu Ziqi opened his mouth and laughed at Liu Zhenjun. Wasn't this a joke?

The richer they were, the more they would be deducted. These rich merchants were usually able to let them eat, drink, and have fun. If they were to raise money, it would be equivalent to taking their old lives.

Wang Hai sighed. What the two of them had said made sense. It would take more than ten days to get to Lishui County, and it would take even longer to transport the silver.

He could wait, but the victims could not. If he waited too long, there would be trouble.

"How about this, find an empty spot in the outskirts of the county, build a large shelter for the victims, and send a doctor to check if anyone is sick."

Xu Ziqi looked at Wang Hai's anxious back figure and smiled faintly. Wang Hai looked so anxious. He thought Wang Hai was a good official who was worried about the country, but he was actually worried about next year's promotion, right?

Speaking of which, he was still here to take over Wang Hai's position. No matter what, he had to do something about it.

"Master, this matter shall be handled by this official. How about it?"

Wang Hai frowned as he looked at him with fear in his eyes. In the end, he nodded his head. He believed that Xu Qi would not do something that was out of the ordinary with such a huge matter.

When Jin Weiwei and little Fugui returned to the butcher's shop, it was already dusk. Seeing Tao Xiaoqing so tired that he couldn't even straighten his back, Jin Weiwei felt that she really needed to recruit a few more waiters.

When she told Tao Xiaoqing about this idea, Tao Xiaoqing laughed and said, "Boss, you don't have to waste your energy. You might as well hire some servants and buy a few servants. The places where the teeth of that person gather have all been squeezed out by the servants recently.

Because Qingshui County had affected a few of the surrounding counties and towns, the number of victims was still increasing.

Jin Weiwei sighed. She had only picked a few servants today, and if it was in the past, she wouldn't have been able to buy that many. However, seeing that these people were pitiful, she decided to buy them.

"Little Qing, here's five taels of silver. Go pick two servants and bring them back tomorrow."

She didn't want to see that kind of tragedy again.

"Hai, boss, you better prepare this Rice Noodle Roll. The price has risen to 30 taels of gold today, it's worth double the price of pork. I estimate that it will be even more expensive in two days."

With this reminder, the tiredness on Jin Weiwei's face instantly disappeared. That's right, so many victims came from Linshui County. What was lacking would definitely be food, and the price of rice and noodles would definitely rise.

After returning to his room, he took out a hundred taels of silver from his storage space and found Xiao Fugui. "Let's go to the Rice Noodle Market to buy some rice and flour, and also some rice seeds, wheat seeds and the like."

Little Fugui nodded. He spread the hay in his hand in the trough of the sheepfold, clapped his hands, and walked towards Jin Weiwei.

When Jin Weiwei arrived, there were still a lot of people in the Rice Noodle Market. There was only half a slot of rice left in the trough, and the price of the rice had already risen to 35 words: 40 pieces of white, 25 pieces of black, and 20 pieces of small rice.

Seeing this, Jin Weiwei sighed to herself. Sure enough, natural disasters were when merchants were making a lot of money.

"Man, are these bags of rice?"

Seeing such a scene, Jin Weiwei decided to buy it with the bag as the unit. She now had more than ten mouths to feed.

Fortunately, she had a hundred and eighty taels of silver in her purse every now and then.

"Yes."

That shop assistant's smile almost reached the back of his ears as he led Jin Weiwei to the back.

"Take 30 bags of each and send them to the Jin family's meat shop."

Jin Weiwei said grandly while pointing at the pile of rice noodles.

The waiter was grinning from ear to ear. Seeing how Jin Weiwei was dressed, he thought she was a big customer.

When she counted the money, Jin Weiwei looked at the strings of numbers and felt as if her heart was bleeding.

In the end, they had to spend one hundred and eighty silver taels to capture all these items.

She had to sprinkle more rice into the space in case something went wrong.

When they finally rested, it was already late at night. Jin Weiwei ran into the space and scattered a large pile of rice and planted some potatoes before coming out.

The next day, when Jin Weiwei woke up, she saw that there were already two unfamiliar faces in the shop.

"Mistress."

The two of them bowed towards Jin Weiwei with respectful expressions.

Jin Weiwei was still not used to it so she coughed twice. "Mm, you guys can go get busy."

"Boss, where are you going?"

"To Chengjia Restaurant. Right, didn't you see your rich brother?"

This little rich kid got up earlier than her, so it should be time for him to finish his martial arts practice.

"Brother Fugui left early in the morning and hasn't returned yet."

Jin Weiwei nodded. Forget it, it was better for her to not bring along little rich kids to avoid embarrassment.

"Sir Cheng!"

"Why are you here?!"

Jin Weiwei was excited, and Cheng Yu was pleasantly surprised. In the past two days, he had been dealing with the bad things that had happened in the family, so he had become a lot more haggard.

"Ai, I came to find you before, but you had a lot of things to do at that time. How is it? How are things at home?"

"Much better. Cheng Jia Restaurant has, after all, fallen into my hands. You have not come here to find me today, have you?"

Cheng Yu was still gentle as a jade, but in Wang Mu's eyes, it seemed a bit lighter. This was something that only happened in front of Jin Weiwei.

Wang Mu couldn't help but sigh. It was a pity that the little golden girl was already married. Otherwise, she would have been very happy to marry her young master and have him as her concubine.

"Indeed, nothing can escape your eyes. I have come here today to ask you if you want my family's sausage?"

"Of course, this isn't like you. What do you have in mind?"

Seeing Jin Weiwei's cunning look, Cheng Yu couldn't help but chuckle. She was always like a cunning little fox. She clearly knew her tricks, but there was nothing she could do.

"My family's rice is ripe. I want to start a business with Young Master Cheng Yu."

As she spoke, she placed a small sack on the table. The contents were the rice she had brought out from the space.

"Don't you know that my family has its own fields? Why do I want your rice? "

Cheng Yu couldn't help but laugh out loud. He thought that Jin Weiwei was joking, but who knew that Jin Weiwei would directly give the rice to Wang Mu.

"Not everyone has my rice"

Jin Weiwei smiled, her two canines appearing extremely mysterious.