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"Hey, big sister, you don't know. Ever since the heavy rain, food has been in short supply. At first we thought that only our city had heavy rain and other places had no impact. In this case, we could transfer some food from other places. But we didn't know that many cities were in the same situation as us."

"You saw the rainstorm, which lasted for several days and nights. The crops in the fields were completely destroyed. Many people had nothing to eat, not to mention those of us living in the city. We didn't have any crops, so we had to buy food with silver. The price of grain is the same every day, and the silver we have is becoming less and less valuable."

"The food in the supermarket is a little cheaper, but it is also limited. There is not enough food for a large family. And the food sold every day is fixed. Once it is sold out, it will be gone. It is not easy to grab it. It is still much cheaper than the price bought from the grain merchants. The food in those grain shops is simply robbing you."

"Hey, when do you think this will end?"

Yun Tao was very surprised: "Didn't they say that the relief grain from the imperial court has arrived?"

When the yamen runner heard this, he looked left and right and then whispered to Yun Tao: "Hey, sister. Let me tell you the truth. Even if the court distributes the relief grain, there is not much left for the common people. Our governor is a good man, but what can a good man do? He still can't solve this problem. When the court distributes the grain to us, it is exploited layer by layer, and there is not much left for us. This is still a good ending."

"The bad outcome is that the food is all rotten, and there is even sand in it, which makes it inedible."

After the yamen runner had finished speaking, he kept sighing and complaining that he still had to have his own money, as the food from the imperial court was not reliable at all.

"Some of the elderly and children in the city who couldn't make it have already died."

Yun Tao was helpless. This was inevitable. Without food, people would die. The only thing he could do was to lower the death rate. Otherwise, too many deaths would easily lead to an epidemic.

The two chatted idly, and the more they talked, the heavier their moods became.

The two finally arrived at the government office. When Yun Tao saw the place in front of him, he felt that he had not been here for a long time. No good thing happened when he came here last time. It seemed that nothing good would happen this time either.

Yun Tao had just sat down when she saw the prefect coming immediately.

"Yun Tao, you're finally here. I haven't seen you for a long time. You're still the same as always."

"You too, Lord Governor, are getting younger and younger."

"You are good at talking. You deserve to be able to build such a big business. I called you here this time because I need your help with something."

After the prefect said this, he looked at Yun Tao embarrassedly.

"I called you here this time because I wanted to borrow some grain from you. I really have no other choice. The grain merchants in the city don't have much grain, and it's not very cheap. I just want to borrow some from you this time, but don't worry, I will return it to you."

When Yun Tao heard these words, she understood in her heart that the prefect was looking for her because of the food issue. Otherwise, why would he look for her, a peasant from a poor family, and even ask the yamen runners to come to her house to pick her up?

"Sir, I have no more food. When I was in the county, I sold it to the local people at 8 cents a pound, and I didn't make much money. Besides, the villagers in the village also bought their food from me. After all, my food is limited. Now I have a little white rice."

"It's unrealistic to sell this to ordinary people, you know. Ordinary people are not willing to eat this white rice."

When the prefect heard these words, he knew in his heart that ordinary people would not even eat white rice during the New Year, let alone now when there is no food.

When the prefect heard this, he felt very disappointed.

"What can we do now? We can't find any food. The food from the court will take a long time to arrive, and even if it arrives, it won't last long. In addition, the death toll in the city is rising, all because of lack of food. Although they are all elderly and children, if this continues for a long time, the young and strong will also die."

The governor really cares about the people, he is a good official, but he is a good official, I don't want to give all the food. The more Yun Tao thought about it, the more she felt that she should keep her food in her hands.

A lot of food has been taken out from the county town and the villages. If more food is taken out, people will be suspicious. Although there are mountains of food in the space, I dare not take out so much now.

"Sir Governor, do you think this will work? Grain merchants always have grain. It depends on whether they are willing to give it out. You officials need to negotiate with them about the grain they have."

"Each grain merchant contributes some grain. If all of them contribute, it will easily lead to conflicts. In addition, it is the season for selling grain, and the price is high. They make a lot of money. Merchants are after profits. They definitely don't want to do unprofitable business."

"Besides, you are the governor, and you are the most powerful official in this territory. The emperor is far away, and your word is the truth. Don't you think this is the truth, governor?"

As soon as the prefect heard Yun Tao's words, he understood what she meant. It turned out that he shouldn't ask a grain shop to pay for everything, and there was no need to discuss anything. He could just use force.

Among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, merchants are the lowest. It is time to give this group of merchants a good beating.

"Okay, big sister, I'll go talk to them one by one tomorrow. I hope there's good news."

Yun Tao smiled and said to the governor: "Governor, please feel free to negotiate. We will give out more or less. I just don't know about the quantity and quality. But now is a critical period. It's enough for the people to have food to eat and survive."

"If you want good quality food, it may not be realistic to order a large quantity, so you have to be patient and talk to each one one by one."

"Yun Tao, do you think they will not give it to you? Will this situation happen?"

"No, Lord Governor, because they still want to do business in the city, they won't offend you. Unless they don't want to do business in the city anymore, or don't want to do it anymore. As long as they still want to do it, they won't offend you. As I said just now, the quality of the donated food or the food sold will not be very good, and there won't be a lot of food."

"It's better to have something than nothing. In this extraordinary period, something is better than nothing."