Chapter 3222
On the surface, Yang Ruoqing showed an attitude of being unconcerned about what Yang Zhenbang did, and it had nothing to do with her.
But secretly, she planned to teach this black-hearted businessman who seeks wealth and murder some lessons.
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Just when everyone was stuck in a rice shortage again, the transport team returned to the village.
Returning with a full load, we brought back high-quality rice from generation to generation.
Yang Ruoqing released the news that a warehouse will be opened to sell rice grains in two days. The price of the rice grains will be based on the price Zuo Junmo and the others purchased in Hangzhou, and the losses along the way will be properly taken into account.
After such calculations, the final price of rice was slightly higher than before the famine by about 20 cents.
At this price, compared with the sky-high price of rice in the rice and grain shops in Qingshui Town, it is simply a free gift.
Of course, the rice with real cabbage price is the rice sold by Yang Zhengbang.
But even if Yang Zhenbang is giving it away for free, the villagers in Changping Village will not dare to buy his rice.
Because of this experience, many people were wary of Yang Ruoqing's rice sales this time, fearing that the few taels of silver they finally got from selling their fields would end up being dumped into the cesspit.
Yang Ruoqing had already considered this, so as soon as the rice came into the warehouse, she scooped out fifty kilograms and sent five kilograms of rice to Wang Hongtao, brother Wang Hongquan, Chang Geng, Daniu, Baozhu, and several village elders.
Let these people with integrity and prestige in the village eat first, and let their results after eating tell more people that Yang Ruoqing's rice is healthy rice.
The day before, I gave rice to these families for tasting. The next morning, when Yang Ruoqing opened the door of her house, there was already a long queue of villagers who came to buy rice...
When sleeping, what you want most is a pillow.
When it's cold, what I want most is a charcoal brazier.
For the folks in Changping Village, Yang Ruoqing now plays such a role of providing help in times of need.
If everyone pays an acceptable price, they can buy white rice and go home, so that the withered bellies of the elderly and children can be comforted by the long-lost rice soup.
Everyone is praising Yang Ruoqing for her good rice and fair prices. She is not like those profiteers who hoard goods in the town, and she is not like a shady person like Yang Zhenbang.
Everyone said that they were all descendants of the Yang family. They were like heaven and earth. Even Yang Zhenbang was not worthy of carrying Yang Ruoqing's shoes!
Yang Huazhong and the others enthusiastically helped weigh the rice, and there was never a shortage, which was well received by everyone.
One thousand kilograms of rice can support the villagers in these ten miles and eight villages for a long time. After eating for a while, food will be delivered later.
This is Zuo Junmo's contribution.
When he purchased this batch of rice grains, he negotiated a long-term deal with the merchants there.
Next month, people will be sent over there to deliver rice. The land of fish and rice has plenty of rice. This year, other places have suffered from drought and insect infestations, but the weather in the east has been smooth and the rice harvest has been bumper.
Yang Ruoqing gave her fellow villagers reassurance and made countless people appreciate and admire her once again. She once again conquered everyone with her ability and integrity, making them feel ashamed for their previous distrust and lack of support.
At the same time, Yang Zhenbang's rice and grain business began to suffer.
"Shopkeeper, the number of people who come to buy our rice grains has obviously decreased in the past few days. A few days ago, we went to those villages to sell, and everyone was overwhelmed. Now, not many people have come to ask."
The clerk approached Yang Zhenbang, who was looking through the ledger, and said worriedly.
"It's impossible for these people not to be hungry, so I went to inquire about it. It turns out that these people have obtained food from other places. There is food in the rice jars. The food is better than ours, so they don't care about ours.
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"What?" Yang Zhenbang raised his eyebrows and finally took his eyes away from the account book.
"Is there anything cheaper than our food? This is a bargain sale!" he said.
The waiter said: "It's more expensive than ours, but the rice looks good at first glance."
"Good rice? How expensive is it?" Yang Zhenbang asked.
The rice and grain shops in the town also sell good rice, but the price of that good rice is sky-high. Even the poor guys in the village can't afford it even if they sell their sons and daughters!
"It's not expensive, just a little more expensive than ours, but the rice is really good." The waiter continued.
"Young man, I found out clearly that Mi came from Changping Village!"
"Changping Village?" Yang Zhenbang was surprised. He grabbed a big black mole with hair on his chin.
Could it be that that dead girl Yang Ruoqing also got rice?
Huh, you are jealous because I have made money selling rice and are trying to steal my business!
No matter how much you rob, you can't rob it, because the cost of my rice is so low that you can't even imagine it.
"Tell the other guys that we will change places tomorrow and go to Baiyan Town on the edge of Wanghai County to sell, farther away from Changping Village." Yang Zhenbang said.
The boy nodded hurriedly and went back to work.
At this time, Yang Zhenbang could never have imagined that going to Baiyan Town, Wanghai County, to sell moldy rice would be the wrong decision.
Because Yang Ruoqing arranged for someone to wait there.
When Yang Zhenbang repeated his old trick and went to a village under Baiyan Town to sell his rice, several people wearing white mourning clothes suddenly rushed out from the crowd, rushed directly to the stage and pushed Yang Zhenbang down.
They said that Yang Zhenbang's rice caused their family to eat to death, and then they treated Yang Zhenbang to a meal.
At the same time, in the villages that Yang Zhenbang had walked through before, the villagers who had suffered varying degrees of physical abnormalities due to eating poisonous rice, or their married women, all came after hearing the news and tortured Yang Zhenbang in Baiyan Town.
He stayed and was sent directly to the government office in Wanghai County.
The county magistrate, Magistrate Zou, had received a "letter of self-condemnation" from Yang Ruoqing before this.
Once Yang Zhenbang is caught, his relationship with his family's relatives will inevitably be found out.
Rather than being displeased by the county magistrate, it would be better to do something righteous and explain the whole story clearly in a letter.
To put it bluntly, if you report it, you will be rewarded.
There is a saying that says when a wall is knocked down, everyone will beat it; when a drum is broken, everyone will beat it down.
As soon as the news broke that Yang Zhenbang was imprisoned for selling poisonous rice, those who were responsible for his crimes in the business world all jumped out and began to dig into Yang Zhenbang's wrongdoings.
All kinds of tax evasion, all kinds of deception and abduction...
When the news spread back to Changping Village, the family in Lijia Village whose mother died immediately submitted the petition to the county government.
Little old Yangtou was shocked. Didn't he agree to keep it private when he accepted forty taels of silver? Why is it causing trouble again?
Little old Yangtou was so angry and anxious that he fell ill.
During the trial in the county government hall, Yang Zhenbang was said to have been quibbling. As a result, both witnesses and material evidence were available, and two of Yang Zhenbang's closest confidants, the steward and his assistant, turned against him.
Chapter completed!