Mrs. Fang was a little surprised when she heard Qingshu coming to the house. She had met Qingshu at the banquet at Duke of Wei's Mansion, but her identity was too bad and she didn't even say anything. Now she didn't send a post to her door, and she didn't know what was wrong.

She muttered in her heart, but Mrs. Fang went out to greet Qingshu into the house in person.

Qingshu sat down and said with a smile: "I came here without sending a post. I hope Mrs. Fang forgives my abruptness."

Mrs. Fang smiled and said, "Mrs. Fu, you can come to my house, it's too late to be happy!"

Who doesn’t know whether the threshold of the Fu family is high or easy to get into? Qingshu is also famous for being cold and cold. It is impossible for many people to make friends with.

Qingshu smiled and said, "Mrs. Fang, I won't beat you around the bush. This time I took the liberty to come to my house to buy a batch of food.

Mrs. Fang smiled and said, "I think it's something. Mrs. Fu, you want to buy food and ask me, just say a word, there is no need to come in person."

"I want to buy five thousand stones of grain."

Mrs. Fang paused and said, "Five thousand stones of grain? Mrs. Fu, what do you want to buy so much grain for?"

One stone of grain is 120 kilograms, and five thousand kilograms of grain is 600,000 kilograms of grain. The entire Fu family mansion has only 50 or 60 people, and they have to eat so much grain for two or three years.

Qingshu said: "To be honest, the Empress heard that many people in the capital were frozen to death and starved to death, and felt pity. She asked the emperor to designate me as a special envoy for disaster relief to help these victims survive this cold winter."

Mrs. Fang hurriedly said, "Mrs. Fu, I can't make the decision."

She can still make the decision for 30,000 to 50,000 kilograms of grain, and she must be a family member for such a large amount.

Qingshu nodded in understanding and said, "Of course, I hope Mrs. Fang can invite Mr. Fang to discuss this matter."

Mrs. Fang did not hesitate and asked the maid to invite Mr. Fang over.

Speaking of which, Qingshu is lucky. Mr. Fang is not at home on weekdays, and today he happens to be resting at home.

There are more than a dozen large grain merchants in the capital. The reason why Qingshu went to Shangfang's house first was because Mr. Fang had the best reputation.

Knowing the purpose of Qingshu buying grain, Mr. Fang said without hesitation: "Mrs. Fu, I still have 3,600 stones of grain in my hand, and I can sell all of these grains to you."

As for the price, Mr. Fang sold it to Qingshu at 20% lower than the market price. There were discounts on bulk transactions, but this transaction was obviously a loss. Because if the news of the court's disaster relief was spread, the food in the capital would definitely increase.

Qingshu stood up and said, "Thank you, Mr. Fang."

After the couple sent Qingshu away, Mrs. Fang frowned and said, "Master, is this price too low?"

They made some money to run errands in this deal.

Mr. Fang smiled and said, "Mrs. Fu bought this food to help the victims, not to sell it. What's the point of making less money? Furthermore, if you can make a good relationship with Mrs. Fu, it would be great."

Mrs. Fang felt a little uneasy.

Qingshu left the Fang family and went to another grain merchant Shen family. The Shen family also had a good reputation outside. However, Mr. Shen was not at home, so Qingshu waited for half an hour before waiting for the person.

Master Shen knew Qingshu's purpose and happily sold Qingshu's three thousand stones of grain. As for the price, it was the same as what Master Fang gave it to him.

Honggu said, "Madam, we spent more than 6,000 taels of silver to buy food alone. This kind of clothes, bedding, firewood costs money, and the 20,000 taels of silver is definitely not enough."

Qingshu smiled and said, "If it's not enough, let's go and ask for it."

Hong Gu asked back: "Madam, will you ask the emperor again?"

With her master's personality, she would rather post it herself than ask for money from the emperor and the queen again.

Qingshu smiled and said, "I won't ask the emperor for it, but I will keep every expense account. After reading the account book and the queen, they will naturally give me the poor money."

Honggu knew that this was the result.

The twelve people selected by Mrs. Wu for Qingshu were all very capable. When Qingshu returned home, they said that the house had been found.

The leader is Mushan, who has outstanding escort ability in the Duke's Mansion: "Second aunt, we found six houses, all of which can accommodate 1,800 people. Two of them knew that it was to help the victims' lives and death, and the other four houses only collected some rent symbolically."

Qingshu was very satisfied with the result. Why did she ask Mushan and others to find a house? It was naturally because of their identity. As long as these people knew that they were from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, they would not dare to offer high prices even if they collected money.

The emperor gave only a little money, so Qingshu naturally had to spend the money on the blade.

At this moment, Kikyo said outside: "Madam, the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture is asking for a visit."

"Please come in!"

There were two people who entered, one was thin and about forty years old, and the other was an old man with a big belly and half white hair.

After the two bowed to Qingshu, they introduced themselves. The young man named Chen was Ji Xing's master; the old man was the experience of the yamen's house.

Mr. Chen said, "Mrs. Fu, the prefect cannot come in person if you have any questions, so he sent a young man to help his wife."

Qingshu nodded and said, "You are here just in time. I have found the house. You will place the beggars and homeless people in these six places."

Master Chen didn't expect Qingshu to move so quickly, so he hurriedly said, "I'll go back to the yamen and the prefect to report this matter, and then settle these people at the disaster relief site as soon as possible."

Qingshu nodded and said, "Sir Chen, all these people must be registered. I don't want the people to sneak into the victims at that time."

I've experienced a flash of eyes.

Master Chen nodded and said, "Mrs. Fu, I will forward all these words to the adults."

Qingshu said again: "I have purchased grain from the Fang family and the Shen family, and I hope the yamen can help deliver the grain to the disaster relief site. In the first three days, I transported a truck of grain every day."

How long has it been since the house was found and the food was settled. The speed was really fast. Master Chen was impressed and his expression became more respectful: "Madam, do you have any other instructions?"

Qingshu thought for a while and said, "I have already gone to buy firewood, but I think I can buy too much. I wonder if the prefect has a way to get a large batch of firewood?"

Once you have food, the most important thing left is to keep warm. Now it’s not possible to have thick clothes in this weather, but there is also a fire. It’s not realistic for so many people to use charcoal to keep warm, but firewood is OK.

Mr. Chen agreed.

Qingshu went to the study to write another letter, and after writing, he sent Yuxia to someone.

Hong Gu asked in surprise: "Madam, what did you ask Yuxia to do?"

Qingshu said: "Let her select a group of excellent students to come and help."

Hong Gu understood a little and asked, "What can they do if they are so young?"

“There are many things that can be done.”

For example, you can record all your daily expenses, and you can also register the situation of the victims in detail. You can also help you make porridge and run errands when serving porridge."

Honggu asked, "Didn't the wife have already asked everyone in the yamen to register their names?"
Chapter completed!