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What’s important is that in the current environment, food is definitely more important than money. Maybe it won’t be long before food becomes hard currency and is more useful than money.

But she was not short of food. On the contrary, she had more than enough food to eat.

Of course, all the food in the space will be used for the poor people, but she just needs to think carefully about how to do it.

She has already considered the pros and cons of selling grain to seven village offices.

At present, the most important thing for the villagers, besides money, is food.

And to a certain extent, money is not as important as food.

After all, during the period of food shortage, food prices rose sharply. If you wanted to buy food, you had to spend several or even dozens of times more silver than before, and you might not be able to buy it even then.

So when she took out a large amount of grain, she sold it to the villagers at the price of two cents per pound.

Now that there is food in the village, it is much easier to recruit people for the patrol team.

Anyone who joins the patrol team can buy food from the village office at the price of three cents per pound.

This is very attractive to most villagers.

You should know that the price of grain in the town’s grain store has risen to eight cents per pound, and I believe it will rise further in the near future.

The patrol team members can buy food at normal prices, which is really exciting.

Although there were droughts and locust plagues this year, the grain harvest was good, but compared with the yield of thousands of kilograms per mu in later generations, it was too little.

Three hundred kilograms per acre is considered a high yield. Besides, many fields cannot reach this yield, and the harvested grain is certainly not enough for the family to eat.

If this had happened in previous years, there would be no need to worry about money at home, and one could just go to the grain store and buy some grains to eat.

But this year was too special. Not only were there disasters in the local area, but natural disasters also occurred in Guangping Prefecture and Yongkang Prefecture, resulting in a large number of fields being harvested and countless people being displaced and fleeing to the north.

As a result, rising food prices are inevitable.

If we tell the villagers at this time that as long as they join the patrol team and spend a small amount of time patrolling the village, they can buy food from the village office at the price of three cents per pound, there will definitely be a lot of people who will participate enthusiastically.

What's more, even if you don't eat the food you buy, you can sell it in town and make a profit from the difference.

Of course, this situation is not allowed.

Li Mengyue has also considered this problem and it can be effectively solved by limiting purchases.

Each member of the patrol team can only buy 20 kilograms of food from the village office every month, so no one will think of selling it.

Li Mengyue is not afraid of the low price of grain sold to the village committee, but the seven village heads do not want to take advantage.

They knew that if it weren't for Li Mengyue, everyone would probably still be hungry and wondering how they could survive until next autumn harvest.

"Girl Yue, I know you mean well, but we old guys can't shamelessly take advantage of you. Your money didn't come from the wind, so how can we let you pay out of your own pocket to subsidize seven villages?"

"Yes, Miss Li, what Old Li said is right."

"Even if there is no food, I believe there will be villagers willing to join the patrol."

"Yes, the patrol team is here to protect the villagers' property. This is an honorable thing to do. I don't believe that no one would be willing to do it."

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Seeing that all the village heads refused to buy food from her, Li Mengyue felt a little funny and a little touched.

When the seven village heads said they would not buy food, Li Mengyue raised her hand. Suddenly, the room fell silent and all seven village heads turned their eyes to Li Mengyue.

"Village leaders, I know your concerns. Don't worry, I have a way to buy a lot of food at a very low price. Even if I sell it to you for two cents per pound, I won't lose money."

Hearing Li Mengyue say this, the seven village heads immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then a scene appeared that shocked Li Mengyue.

Seven village chiefs were seen vying to report how much food they wanted to buy.

They knew very well that once the refugees arrived in Wuning County, they would not have an easy time for the next period of time, or even next year, so it was necessary to stockpile large amounts of food.

Since Li Mengyue has channels and a large amount of food, they naturally can no longer act shy like little girls and must seize the opportunity.

"Yue girl, I want 20,000 kilograms from our village."

"Lotus Village also has 20,000 jin."

Village Chief Wang had previously asked for 2,500 kilograms, but when he saw that Village Chief Li and Village Chief Ma both asked for 20,000 kilograms at once, he was no longer polite. Anyway, their village had some money, so he just asked directly.

"15,000 kilograms from Taohua Village."

"Fifteen thousand kilograms from Stone Village."

"Twenty thousand catties from Osmanthus Village."

"10,000 jin from Meihua Village."

"Zhoujia Village also has 10,000 jin."

After hearing the numbers reported by the village heads, Li Mengyue felt unbelievable.

He was refusing to give it before, but now the minimum he wants is 10,000 kilograms.

If she hadn't gotten a lot of food from the mall, she would have been slapped in the face on the spot.

After all, 110,000 kilograms of grain is not a small amount. Even if you include what she bought herself, what she collected from Master Liu, and what the child’s father had sent over, the total amount is still less than 100,000 kilograms.

One hundred and ten thousand kilograms of grain would have to be sold out at once. Without a shopping mall, where would she get grain for the seven village heads?

However, she still agreed with the actions of the seven village heads.

During years of famine, food is life. Many times, even if you have money you may not be able to buy food. It is better to take the opportunity to exchange money for food.

"Okay, I've noted down the amount of food each village needs. I'll notify you when the food is in place, and then you can arrange for someone to go to the town to get it."

"Good good."

After talking about the patrol team, Li Mengyue prepared to go to the county government office.

She knew that if she wanted to settle the refugees, she would need the help of the government.

The key is that there are some things that County Magistrate Yang does not have the decision-making power and needs to report to the higher level.

As far as she knew, the prefect of Qingshan Prefecture was not a good official, and she expected there would be great resistance at that time.

She really hoped that the court would send someone to remove the prefect of Qingshan and replace him with someone who could work for the people.

But she knew that these were not something she could decide. The most important thing at the moment was to manage Wuning County well.

She had had many contacts with County Magistrate Yang. Although she didn't know him very well, at least he would not have any bad intentions towards the people.

As long as County Magistrate Yang cooperates, she believes that the refugees who come to Wuning County will be able to spend the winter safely, and will be able to carry out spring ploughing and live well in the spring of next year.

If she could really do all this, would she still be worried about not being able to collect enough gratitude points to complete the task given to her and Tuanzi by the Lord of the World?

Thinking of this, Li Mengyue didn't want to delay any longer. She told the seven village heads that she was going to the county to ask people to prepare food, and then she left in a hurry.

Seeing Li Mengyue leave, the seven village heads also left the Li family one after another. When they returned to the village, they rang the gong and called a meeting of the villagers to talk about the patrol team.