Be good, call me uncle

Chapter 470 The life-saving seed

Dong Shi continued: "I am from the Dong family in Yangzhou. Our Dong family has been doing business for generations. In my father's generation, he accumulated a lot of money by selling grain. Unfortunately, my father and mother were killed. In order to protect me, my sister and the Jiang family However, after my sister married into the Jiang family, the situation did not improve. I was still hunted day and night. I guess it was the Jiang family. I fled to Xuzhou this time to find someone to save my sister. .”

The keen Yu Qinghuan has already noticed something is wrong: "Was the death of your parents an accident or was it thought?"

Dong Shi clenched his fists: "I don't know, my sister didn't tell me, but I guess it's man-made."

Yu Qinghuan lowered his eyes again and said in a calm voice: "Did a competitor do it? Otherwise, as a businessman, how could your father be hunted down?"

Dong Shi's next words shocked Yu Qinghuan: "The teacher taught me a saying, which is called 'Every man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade.' Three years ago, my father's merchant ship went out to sea, and when he came back, he brought a kind of Grain seeds, that kind of grain can be planted anywhere, whether it is fertile land or ground. Even after clearing wasteland on the mountain, you can grow it by just digging into the soil. The yield per mu is fifteen to twenty stone. My parents His death and my being hunted may have something to do with this kind of food. If I am like this, my sister’s situation must not be optimistic!”

In addition to grains, is there such food in this world?
Yu Qinghuan was deeply shocked!
Finally, she controlled all her emotions and told Dong Shi: "That thing is too powerful. Don't tell anyone about it in the future. It will definitely lead to death."

Dong Shi asked Yu Qinghuan: "You don't want it?"

Yu Qing replied with a smile: "Why wouldn't I want it? If I were a businessman and something with an output of fifteen to twenty stones per mu would be a gold mine, I would definitely fight for it with all my might."

Dong Shi said stubbornly: "But you just don't want it, I can see it."

Yu Qinghuan said: "Why are you telling me this? Do I have a trustworthy face?"

Dong Shi shook his head: “I want to do business with you.

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Yu Qinghuan: "Oh?"

Dong Shi's little body tensed up: "As long as you rescue my sister from the Jiang family, I will give you the grain seeds."

Yu Qing said with a smile: "The seeds of the grain were brought back by your father three years ago. Can the seeds still be used after three years?"

Dong Shi said: "It works. After my father brought the seeds back, he asked his cronies to plant them in several secret valleys. There was a great harvest last year. I have at least about [-] dan of seeds on hand. As long as you save my sister, I will plant them in several secret valleys." These seeds are given to you. If you can sow them in time for the spring rain, you will become rich overnight by this autumn."

Yu Qinghuan shook his head and chuckled: "Is there such a good thing in the world? You will give it up at will? I don't believe it."

Dong Shi said: "My father and mother may have died because of this thing. I can't save it by myself, not to mention that I only have my sister as a relative. If I can save my sister, I will give you all the Dong family's things and I won't feel bad!" "

Yu Qinghuan said: "I have more important things to do, and I need to consider your proposal."

Dong Shi looked puzzled: "Why? You are not moved."

Yu Qinghuan reached out and caressed Chang Sun Tao's cheek: "You are willing to sacrifice everything for your sister. I also have people more important than gold and silver."

Dong Shi clenched his fists and finally said nothing.

Yu Qinghuan picked up the sewing thread and continued to sew clothes. After a while, she suddenly put down the sewing basket, blew the bamboo whistle to summon Mingzhu, and asked her to go next door to call Yang Qian.

Dong Shi was in the house. Even though he was just a child, Yu Qinghuan did not dare to leave him alone with the seriously injured Changsun Tao.

In this world, there is no age distinction between bad guys and devils.

Whether they are good people or bad people, they can be very young or very old.

Mingzhu let go of Huihui, who was still unable to move flexibly, and swayed her little body to the next door. Yang Qian came soon, followed by Sanmeng.

"Miss Chu, what's wrong?" Yu Qinghuan motioned for them to sit down: "Please sit down."

The two of them knelt down in front of the small table and made a pot of tea with water boiling on the small red clay stove. They drank while waiting for Yu Qinghuan to speak.

Dong Shi continued to return to the table to practice calligraphy, turning a blind eye to Yang Qian and Sanmeng. Yang Qian knew that Yu Qinghuan had something to say, so he waved his hand lightly, and a small tea cube hit Dong Shi's acupuncture point. Dong Shi immediately collapsed on the table. superior.

Yu Qinghuan stood up, carried Dong Shi back to the couch, covered him with a blanket, and then sat down next to Yang Qian and the others.

Yang Qian was ready, waiting for Yu Qinghuan to release some shocking news, but Yu Qinghuan said: "Yang Qian, do you believe in the cycle of cause and effect and retribution?"

Yang Qian was silent for a long time: "I don't believe it, I don't believe it either."

Finally, Yang Qian continued to add: "What's life? It's useless to tell you in advance. You live in the present and can't see it. By the time you understand, it will be too late."

That's why Yang Qian said such contradictory words, because whether you believe in fate or not, when it presses you to the ground and rubs you hard, you don't even have the slightest chance to resist. So what if you believe it or not?

Yu Qinghuan clenched the teacup, bit her lip, and said: "The person lying on the couch is Dong Shi, the son of the Dong family in Yangzhou. Her father went to sea three years ago and brought a kind of grain seed. The yield per mu can be as high as twenty stones." , and that kind of food can be grown in fields or mountains, as long as a piece of land is cleared."

Yang Qian and Sanmeng's eyes widened, their excitement uncontrollable.If such a thing really existed, once it was promoted nationwide, why would people worry about having enough to eat?

They know the importance of this seed.

Yu Qinghuan continued: "Dong Shi's parents were probably killed because of this kind of seed, and Dong Shi was also hunted down because of this kind of seed. He said that if we could save his sister, he was willing to give me the seeds, and in his hands, this kind of seed About [-] shi.”

Yang Qian and Sanmeng were speechless.

Yu Qinghuan added: "In the past few days, my father and mother-in-law have told me in a dream that there will be a major flood in Yangzhou in June. Most of the fertile fields in Yangzhou will turn into a vast ocean, and ten of the productive fields in the Qin Dynasty will be destroyed." Yangzhou, which needs five grains, will have no harvest this year. When the time comes, it will be devastated and people will die of hunger everywhere. This is what your master calls the catastrophe of Yangzhou."

"If there really is that time, once the court's disaster relief efforts fail, what awaits the people of Yangzhou will be hell. And at that time, the biggest shortage will be food. Even if the court mobilizes the whole country to provide disaster relief, the national treasury will be emptied. The current national treasury of Da Qin There is no abundance, the granaries are not full, and they cannot withstand such a disaster.”

"Yang Qian, I may know what the key is. What the Dong family owns is too important and precious. The Dong family alone cannot keep it, nor can it grow enough to feed the whole country for a year. of food.”

"If we want these seeds to be planted after the spring rain and become the key to disaster relief, either the government will mobilize the whole country to promote planting, or it will be left to a powerful family like the Bai family in the south."

"But it is not realistic to leave it to the court, because in the current government and opposition parties, the emperor is busy suppressing powerful ministers, the princes are busy fighting for the throne, and the ministers are busy protecting themselves wisely. At this time, they will not promote food until disaster strikes. Planting is something that is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Even if there is a good official who loves the people like a son and wants to do it, I am afraid it will be difficult to do it alone."

"So, Prince Qi's Palace can only work with the Bai family to do this. In this world, the only one who can give full support to Bai Li and his adoptive mother is me, because I am the daughter of Mrs. Bai's best friend and Bai Li's most beloved sister. . Let me go out and talk to the Bai family, they will definitely be willing to help."

"Finally, even if the Bai family alone can't do it, you still have Yang Qian. Your power can ensure that when the Bai family does this, it won't be stopped or destroyed by anyone with intentions."

"On one side is the Bai family, which holds one-third of Da Qin's financial resources, and on the other is the largest civil society force on land and sea. With these two major forces gathering around me, won't I become the key to solving the problem?"

"More importantly, Dong used these [-] shi of grain seeds to trade with me, and I can get these seeds."

Although he was the successor of the fortune teller, Yang Qian still felt that the dream mentioned by Yu Qinghuan was too mysterious, but Yu Qinghuan said it so categorically that he instinctively believed it.

In fact, he was already prepared. Even if the "key" could not be found, it didn't matter. He would not force his cousin to do anything, so when Yu Qinghuan took the initiative to talk to him about this matter, he was surprised in his heart.

Finally, he said: "Have you decided to take care of this matter? What are you going to do?"

(End of this chapter)