Chapter 3392 Extra Zhou Yin 8

"If my family had been without food for several days and my sister-in-law had fainted from hunger this morning, I would not have come to the chief steward to sell myself." Zhou Yin sighed: "Although it only takes ten days, for us, we can get it in a quarter of an hour.

Human lives.”

"I know that those grain merchants have grain in their hands, and the county magistrate also knows it, otherwise he would not have detained them. Compared with them, the batch of grain from our company is not worth mentioning at all. I will not harm the interests of the company for this.

Yes," Zhou Yin said with a frank look: "And I am now a member of the company. You know me. I want to stand out, so I will definitely think about the company. The interests of the company are small interests. The interests of the company are small.

The better, the smaller the talent, the better.”

"Okay!" The chief steward patted his shoulder happily, "Thirty-two people, just thirty-two people. You can bring them over tomorrow for me to take a look. It's getting more and more chaotic outside, so we have to leave quickly.

"

Otherwise, if the refugees really become a rebel army, they will all be trapped here.

"Can the little one please beg a favor for them and advance one day's rations in advance?" Seeing the big steward looking over with indifferent eyes, his smile did not change but became brighter. He bent down and said, "This way they can be ready tomorrow."

The spirit god came to see the chief steward."

The chief steward lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and called someone over, "Take Zhou Yin to get a bag of wheat, and give him thirty-two loaves to take away."

The chief steward handed a deed of sale to Zhou Yin, "Zhou Yin, you must really think about the company as you said..."

Zhou Yin patted his chest and said: "Boss, I've been running errands for you for two or three years. Don't you still understand me? A gentleman's words are hard to catch up with!"

He grabbed a pen and signed his name on the contract skillfully. His handwriting was not good, but the word "Zhou Yin" was very good. These were the two best words he had practiced.

He pressed his fingerprints and presented the deed of betrayal with both hands. The chief steward took it and nodded with satisfaction.

When Zhou Yin left, the second manager was very puzzled, "Brother, why are you so nice to him?"

"He is worth it," the chief steward said, "This kid is very smart, and he is very popular in several nearby counties, especially in Luojiang County."

"But Luojiang County is just a lower county, and we just passed through it in previous years. How useful will he be to our business if he eats well here?"

"Isn't it worth a bag of wheat in exchange for a smooth road?" The big steward said: "Besides, if this kid can live well in Luojiang County, he will definitely be able to live well in other places in the future. It's him who I like."

The second steward wanted to speak, but the first steward raised his hand to stop and said: "Let's go and find out the news first. Did the county magistrate really buy grain from other places?"

The second manager agreed and went to find their contacts in Luojiang County. Finally, he found out from a government official: "The official who was following the chief clerk said that the county magistrate did buy grain from other places and was already on the way.

It won't take long to transport it. The relief grains given by the imperial court were robbed on the road, so they probably won't arrive that soon."

"Do those grain merchants still have grain in their hands?"

"I heard that there are, but they don't want to sell them, so they release them every day in limited quantities. I heard that they are all detained in the county by the county magistrate, and they are guarding the city gates to prevent them from getting out."

The chief steward couldn't help but cursed secretly, "How long have you been trying to raise food prices and push the hungry refugees in the county to a desperate situation? No one can survive."

It also delayed them all their lives.

"Boss, what should I do? This batch of grain belongs to the Wu family in Shangzhou. We are trapped here. It is already too late and we will not be able to deliver it..." This is a big blow to the reputation of the company.

The chief steward turned around and said, "The Wu family is all about money. Although we can't give them food, we can give them a satisfactory price. That's understandable. The most important thing is that we have to live.

To Shangzhou."

"Then..." Just as the second steward was about to speak, a waiter ran in from outside, came up and whispered back: "Chief steward, we are not allowed to go out at the city gate. They say that anyone who leaves the city with more than one cart of goods will be banned.

Don’t go out.”

The chief steward sighed and said: "What I was worried about has happened. The emperor has just issued an edict asking all regions to work together to overcome the difficulties. Many states and counties have begun to close their city gates. One is to prevent refugees from flowing in again, and the other is to prevent

The rich fled, leaving behind a whole city of poor people.”

"This, this, this, why is this emperor like this?"

"The world is not yet stable. There are wars everywhere. People either have to pay taxes or be drafted for military service every year. Who else but the rich can afford to survive such a natural disaster?"

The chief steward said: "The imperial court does not have much surplus food, so it is forcing the rich and wealthy families to provide relief."

"Then what should we do? Are we going to be trapped and die in Luojiang County?" The second manager became anxious, "Brother, we are foreigners. Once there is a riot in Luojiang County, we will be the first to be targeted."

"So Zhou Yin is very important." The chief steward pinched his fingers, "Now you know why I agreed to Zhou Yin, right? With him, we have a foundation in Luojiang County and are not considered outsiders. Even, we said

Maybe we can leave Luojiang County smoothly."

Zhou Yin returned to Qili Village with a bag of grain and a bag of cakes.

He handed the grain to Zhou Jin, "This is our family's. Grind it and save some to eat. The Yamen should release the grain in twenty days."

Zhou Jin stared blankly at the food at his feet, "You, you went to rob?"

Zhou Yin picked up the remaining bag and said, "No, I just found a job."

He said to Zhou Dalang, who was stunned at the side: "You come with me. I will also find a job for you. I will find all the young people who are still in the village and gather at the village chief's house."

Zhou Erlang on the side immediately dragged Zhou Lang to join in the fun.

The remaining people in the village quickly gathered at the village chief's house, and it wasn't just the young people, but the old, weak, women and children, all of them came.

There are not many people left in the village. Many people died in the front, and many people fled in the back. Now less than half of the people are left.

Everyone was silent, mainly because they didn't have the energy to speak.

Zhou Yin hasn't eaten anything for a whole day except for the little fat man's half piece of cake. He went back and forth to the county town again today. Even if someone from the caravan helped carry things when he came back, he didn't have much strength now.

So he kept the story short and said to the newly appointed village chief's nephew: "Dahua, I found a job for the young men in the village in the county."

Dahua and the villagers were stunned when they heard this, and then looked at Zhou Yin with bright eyes.

Zhou Yin said: "Unloading, loading, and guarding are all manual labor. There is no wages. We only provide food, two meals a day."

Dahua asked blankly, "Really?"
Chapter completed!