"Open the mechanisms outside the village and let the commoners in to buy food.”
Li Zhao answered without hesitation.
Zhuzi Village was filled with outstanding people and had a bumper harvest every year. The rice stored in the warehouse was piled up like a mountain, enough to feed tens of thousands of people.
"Although we have a lot of grain in our warehouse, we can't withstand the number of people buying grain. Ah Zhao, should we reconsider?”
Several elders raised their objections. After all, they had to prioritize the Village of Philosopher.
"Our Village of Philosophers is the descendants of our ancestors. In the past, they created hundreds of theories to save the world. Today, if we descendants can't even bear to sell some food to the people and neighbors, do we still deserve the title of descendants of the philosophers?”
Li Zhao was upright, and every word he said was deeply inspired by the sages of the philosophers. Hearing this, the elders were shocked, and all of them revealed ashamed expressions.
"You don't have to worry. With me, Li Zhao, around, I won't let the people of the Village of Zhuzi go hungry. If there really isn't enough food to sell, I have my ways.”
How could Li Zhao be the kind of person who only knew how to talk about great principles? His words were to give all the elders a reassuring pill to eat.
Zhao Xun quickly took the lead and said," Ah Zhao's words make sense. We descendants of the philosophers can't only care about ourselves and ignore the lives of the people and bring shame to our ancestors. We have to sell this grain!"”
"Ah Zhao is right. Listen to him."
"That's right. I'll go open the warehouse now and prepare to sell the grain.”
Li Zhao stood against the crowd and relied on his prestige and righteousness to convince the generals and elders.
Immediately, the Zhuzi Village opened the formation mechanism outside the village, allowing the people outside to enter the village to buy grain.
The usually quiet Zhuzi Village quickly became lively. In less than half a day, thousands of villagers from all over the country came to buy grain.
These villagers had fled to Chang 'an City with their belongings before the Turks arrived. Their food had been robbed, but their money was still there. They were not here to beg, but to do a fair trade.
However, the moment the Turks left, the government had no time to transfer grain from other prefectures to stabilize the price of grain. The entire Chang 'an area either had no grain to sell or the price of grain soared.
These people who came to buy grain thought that Zhuzi Village would take the opportunity to raise the grain price and make a fortune from the national disaster.
To their surprise, under Li Zhao's insistence, the villagers only sold grain at the usual price and did not take the opportunity to make a huge profit.
This huge surprise made the people feel grateful and moved to tears.
"Little girl, your Zhuzi Village is indeed worthy of being the descendants of the Zhuzi. If it weren't for you selling grain at a fair price, I would have starved to death with this little bit of money.”
A granny who had bought the life-saving food pulled her ragged granddaughter and was about to kowtow to Zhao Yu 'er while sobbing.
"Grandma, you're thanking the wrong person. If you want to thank someone, thank my Zhao gege. He was the one who strongly advocated selling grain to you at a fair price.”
Zhao Yu 'er quickly supported the old lady and pointed at Li Zhao, who was commanding the order not far away.
The old granny held her granddaughter's hand and staggered over, kneeling in front of Li Zhao.
"Thank you, little benefactor, for saving my life.”
With the old granny taking the lead, the other villagers also knew the whole story. They all knelt down in front of Li Zhao.
"Thank you for saving my life, little benefactor."
"Little benefactor is really a living Bodhisattva.”
"When we get back, we will definitely set up a memorial tablet for Little Benefactor and worship him day and night.”
All kinds of grateful thanks rose and fell, echoing in the village.
The grace of a meal was the grace of survival. The gratitude of the people naturally came from the bottom of their hearts.
Facing the villagers who suddenly knelt down, Li Zhao was a little at a loss.
He was not the kind of person who would fish for fame. He only remembered that his mother once said that there was a drought in Guanzhong and every household was short of food. Even so, the few families his mother passed by did not give her a bowl of rice.
Therefore, his mother often taught him that he had to know how to repay kindness. If he had the ability, when the villagers were in trouble, he must not stand idly by.
He did not expect to be grateful at all.
"Fellow villagers, we are all citizens of the Great Tang. The Great Tang is a country of etiquette and civilization. Supporting each other and helping each other in the same boat is the style of the Great Tang. This small matter that I, Li Zhao, have done is truly insignificant.”
With Li Zhao's wisdom and knowledge, he calmed down in the blink of an eye, and his calm words were powerful.
The villagers thanked him again before helping each other up and continuing to buy grain.
Li Zhao stood on the grain cart and looked at the people who were happy and satisfied with just a bag of rice. He could not help but sigh.
" Prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer…"
Not far away, a young man and a young woman did not buy food. Instead, they hid in the crowd and quietly observed Li Zhao.
The two of them were dressed cleanly and had an extraordinary bearing. There were also plainclothes guards beside them. One look and one could tell that they were the children of wealthy families.
"This little Langjun is not an ordinary person ~" The young woman secretly praised.
"Isn't he just a country boy? At most, he can be considered a kind country boy.”The slightly plump young master did not think much of it.
"A country bumpkin can actually say 'prosperity, the people suffer; Death, the common people suffer, could you, Fatty Cheng, do that?”
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