Acai's Sky

Chapter 700: What Does the Heroine's Escape Have to Do with Me?

The magistrate of Chang County had just returned from the capital. The road to the capital was not easy to travel, and it took him several times longer to go back and forth than before.

This time when he went to Beijing to meet the emperor, His Majesty specifically asked him to take good care of the Tong family.

The emperor has said before that if you encounter any situation, you can report it directly.

Especially now that drought is raging, the situation in many places is unstable, people are panicking, and some people have begun to make moves.

After Chang Yuzhou returned to the county government office, he did not dare to delay for a moment. He immediately picked up paper and pen and began to write furiously.

He wanted to record in detail everything that happened in the Tong family today.

I saw him writing very quickly, the tip of the pen rustling on the paper, and in a short while he had written several pages in a very fluent manner.

Not only that, he also described in detail all the good deeds and actions of the Tong and Tang families during the drought in Jialu County over the past six months.

He also wrote about the processing methods of potatoes, rice and potato flour in great detail, as if he wanted people to be able to see the entire processing process through words.

The most important point is that the Tong family generously donated a large amount of bacon and other meats, as well as a large number of dried vegetables to the soldiers guarding the border of the imperial court.

These supplies are undoubtedly a timely help to the soldiers guarding the border.

After County Magistrate Chang finished writing, he gently put down the brush in his hand and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Then, he carefully rolled up the secret letter, tied it tightly with a thin rope, and put it into the small bamboo tube on the leg of the pigeon he brought back from the capital.

Then he went to get some grains and water and carefully fed the pigeon that shouldered such a heavy responsibility.

Everything was ready. County Magistrate Chang walked into the yard holding the carrier pigeon in both hands. He raised his hand gently, and the pigeon flapped its wings and flew high, rushing towards the capital.

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A Cai was standing in front of the huge granary on the Tong family's farm, carefully examining the mountains of grain inside.

She thought to herself: Once this new grain is processed, most of it will probably have to be donated. Then, those poor refugees will have to rely on eating old grain to fill their stomachs.

Madam Ying, standing by, couldn't help but grumble, "Only our young lady is so kindhearted that she actually feeds these refugees so well. Other places only give them rice soup so thin you can see your reflection in it."

Ah Cai shook her head slightly and said slowly, "Madam, you don't know that we are about to start building the reservoir. Only when those people have enough to eat can they have the strength to do the hard work. Besides, the food we provide them is not given away for free."

At this time, Rong Mama also came over and echoed, "Yes, yes, although these millions of refugees are a large number and the number of people they need to feed is staggering, the labor force accounts for a full 60% of them. This way, no matter what work we do, we will never worry about lacking manpower."

After hearing this, Gu Mama nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right, that's right. The canals in all the farms owned by our Tong and Tang families are all made of solid stone. In the past, recruiting enough workers to mine and pile the stone was difficult even if we spent a lot of money. Now with these refugees, it really saves a lot of trouble."

Aunt Rong smiled and continued, "Besides, our young lady has ordered all those who are able to work to go out and build the road. The road will be paved with bluestone. Once it's finished, we won't have to worry about getting our feet covered in mud even on rainy days!"

Madam Ying also nodded and smiled, saying, "Our bluestone road is really well built. Many people in Jialu County have renovated their houses with it. There are even more refugees who can use it. As long as we have enough food, it will be fine."

Ah Cai frowned slightly and began to think seriously, "Building the reservoir this time is a massive undertaking. Not only do we have to pay the workers, but normally we let them choose between food and money. This time, things will be different. Not only will we have to provide them with three meals a day, but we also can't pay them less than a penny."

At this moment, Butler Qi Er slowly walked out from the depths of the granary. His originally round face was now filled with a bright smile, and he looked like a Maitreya Buddha.

As he walked, he praised, "Look at this granary of our Tong family. It's so exquisitely built! There's not even a trace of rat infestation."

He just walked into the granary and took a closer look. The grains piled up like mountains were full and bright in color, as if they had just been harvested.

Ah Cai nodded with satisfaction, and walked out of the granary with her hands behind her back, saying casually, "In that case, let's just send out our newly made canned braised pork along with the donated grain."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Ying on the side couldn't help but widen her eyes and hurriedly put her hands to cover her chest, her face full of heartache that was beyond words.

She couldn't help but grumble, "What? Giving them all away? We'll need to use these as gifts in the future. Now that they've all been given away, what are we going to give to others then? Oh my..."

However, Ah Cai simply waved her hand calmly and said soothingly, "Don't worry, there will be new pigs to be slaughtered soon anyway, so we can just rush to make another batch then."

After Nanny Ying and Butler Qi looked at each other, they saw a hint of astonishment and helplessness in each other's eyes.

They thought to themselves, "Our Ninth Miss is squandering money at a rocket-like rate!"

On weekdays, Miss Jiu is famous for spending money lavishly.

When buying clothes and jewelry for the young masters and young ladies in the family, she always generously took out large sums of money without blinking an eye.

Those gold, silver and treasures seemed like a pile of worthless scrap metal in her hands.

Moreover, Miss Nine is extremely picky when it comes to choosing jewelry and head ornaments.

She was only interested in the rare things sold by foreigners, especially the exquisite jewelry made in her own Fengyu country, and she would not tolerate anything other than the finest products.

The price is of no importance to her, as long as she is satisfied.

However, the most jaw-dropping thing is the donation of food and meat.

Miss Nine simply waved her hand and donated all the newly processed grain.

You know, that’s an astonishing amount of food!

It is enough to feed millions of refugees outside Jialu County for a whole year, and they are always full!

Looking back at his own full granary, the mountains of grain inside seemed to be destined to be donated.

After all, with Miss Nine's generous nature, how could she bear to see these foods lying there idle?

I have to say that these grains are preserved so well, with full grains and high quality, but I'm afraid they will eventually become someone else's meal.