At the foot of Yangshan Mountain, Autumn Wind Stronghold.
After receiving Ye Qiu's mission, Wu Yong brought his men along. He returned to Mount Dangyang without any hesitation.
It was already late at night when they returned to the Autumn Wind Stronghold on Mount Dangyang. Wu Yong and the others rested in the stronghold for the night. Then, they went down the mountain the next morning, preparing to buy the surplus grain from the commoners at the foot of the mountain.
The Eighteen Villages at the foot of Dangyang Mountain was a peaceful scene. The busy autumn harvest had ended, and the leisure time after the busy farming was the happiest time.
Wu Yong gathered the village chiefs of the eighteen villages together.
"Mr. Wu, didn't you go to Guangyang County with Ye Qingtian? Why are you back so soon?"
"Yes, you're back so soon. Where's Ye Qingtian? Why isn't he back yet? My girl misses him so much.”
" Old Wang, do you want your girl to marry Ye Qingtian? Don't dream about it. Ye Qingtian is the Celestial Lord in the sky. How can he like your girl?"”
"Old Li, what did you say? What's wrong with my girl? She's better than your silly son. Besides, even if my girl doesn't marry Ye Qingtian, she can be a servant girl for him.”
"Old Wang, I think your girl is not bad. Why don't you marry my grandson? My grandson is a top figure in our university. He will definitely be the top scholar in the future.”
"Come on, you only know how to dig bird nests and catch lobsters every day. Don't you look at how old you are? You're like a half-grown child all day long. What a disgrace! If Ye Qingtian knew about this, he would have killed your silly boy's fart. You can't beat me until my thighs bloom."
" Old Wang, you're too much. Ye Qingtian once said that we shouldn't suppress the children's nature. We should let them grow up healthily.”
Everyone discussed animatedly. Although they were arguing with each other, they were happy.
"Alright, alright, everyone stop arguing and listen to me.”
Normally, Wu Yong would have brought a chair, a stack of peanuts and melon seeds, and a pot of warm wine to sit here and watch them fight.
However, it was different now. He had come with a mission, and he had to complete it as soon as possible.
The village chief of the Eighteen Villages quickly stopped and looked at Wu Yong.
Wu Yong coughed and said," Actually, I came back this time with a mission from the Chief. The Chief has something that he needs everyone's help with."”
" Mr. Wu, just say it. As long as Ye Qingtian wants us to do it, we'll do it even if we have to go through a mountain of knives or a sea of fire.”someone said.
Wu Yong laughed and said," It's not that serious. Everyone's harvest this year is pretty good, right?"”
Everyone nodded.
"This year, the weather is good. In addition to the reservoir that Master Ye built for us, it can guarantee that the Zhuang family will not die from drought. Every household will have a bumper harvest. This year's harvest can guarantee the next three years of rations.”The Wang Family Village Chief, Old Wang, said.
"Our Li Family Village is the same."
"Our Deng Family Village is the same."
"Our Zeng Family Village is the same."
"Our Huang Village is different. We can guarantee food for the next four years.”
Everyone told Wu Yong about the situation in their village.
"I'm sure you already know about our Chief. Our Chief has a Bodhisattva heart and doesn't acknowledge the suffering of the people of Guangyang. That's why he specially sent me to Dangyang to buy all the surplus seeds in your hands so that the people of Guangyang County can have land to grow and food to eat. According to the market price, sweet potatoes were ten wen per catty, potatoes were seven wen per catty, and corn was six wen per catty. I hope everyone can help me out and not be stingy.”Wu Yong said.
" Mr. Wu, what are you talking about? Our land belongs to Ye Qingtian, and he gave us the seeds for free. He doesn't charge us taxes. How can we accept his money?"”
"Mr. Wu, just say the word. We'll give you as much as you want.”
" Yes, we'll give you as much as you want. As long as it's what Ye Qingtian wants, we'll give it to him even if we don't eat."”
Wu Yong waved his hand and said," That's another matter. You know what kind of temperament the Chief has. If he knows that I took you for free, I'm afraid he will immediately take my head."”
Everyone nodded. After being here for more than a year, they were extremely familiar with Ye Qiu.
That was a great blue sky. It was a Bodhisattva sent down by the heavens to save them from hardship.
At the same time, they also knew that Ye Qiu was a man of principles. He would never take a needle or a thread from a commoner for free.
"Our Wang Family Village's sweet potatoes are five copper coins per catty.”Old Man Wang suddenly shouted.
"Our Li Family Village's corn is two wen per catty.”Old Man Li said, unwilling to be outdone.
"The potatoes in our Zeng Village are three wen per catty.”
"Our Huang Village's sweet potatoes are four copper coins per catty.”
"The potatoes in our Deng Family Village are two wen per catty.”
For a moment, everyone started to bid. Hearing their bids, Wu Yong didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
How could anyone do business like this? When others did business, they wanted the price to be as high as possible. When they were good, the price became lower and lower. All of them wished that they could give it away for free.
In fact, Wu Yong also knew that if they could really give it away for free, they would be more than happy to give it to Ye Qiu for free.
He also knew that they were using their own way to express their gratitude to Ye Qiu. After all, without Ye Qiu, they wouldn't have been able to live such a good life.
However, Wu Yong also knew that even if they did this, he could not do it.
Because he knew that his boss would never allow him to do that.
Even though the First Master was usually stingy with money and thought of all ways to scam money, those were all ill-gotten gains. The First Master was very good to those commoners.
"I appreciate everyone's good intentions, but this matter will be based on the market price. You also know the boss's character. I hope you won't make things difficult for me.”Wu Yong said.
Everyone was speechless. What was wrong with Ye Qingtian? Others would prefer cheaper ones, but he liked expensive ones.
It was really infuriating.
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