EBE Chapter 184 Price Reduction
Chapter 184 Price Reduction
Everyone stopped and did not walk over immediately, but wanted to listen carefully.
"Girl, what did you say just now? You said this japonica rice is 15 wen per pound?"
"Yes, that's fifteen cents per pound. But we can give you a bucket of clean water every day."
Everyone was silent at first, then rushed straight to Dongqing.
"Is what the girl said true? Is there really a bucket of clean water?"
"How big is the barrel? You have to show us."
"Can we really drink it? We are short of water now. It's impossible. Don't drink it!"
Dongqing asked everyone to be patient, and then saw someone pulling a bullock cart approaching.
There were 20 buckets neatly placed on the ox cart. Although they were not big, they were enough for the family to eat and drink.
"You need to bring a bucket with you to take the water away. If you don't mind the trouble, you can come here and queue up every morning. The supply is limited to 1000 servings per day."
In fact, one thousand copies are not enough, after all, there should be more than two thousand households in the city.
But then again, it's definitely enough if you drink it sparingly!
Although Liu Rumei has raised the price of refined rice now, this bucket of water is life-saving, which is equivalent to doing a good deed.
In fact, some people have been selling water in the city these days, and it's already 30 cents a bucket. Although everyone feels the pain, they have to pay.
Now, they spent 12 cents to buy food and only 3 cents to buy a bucket of water!
They don’t have to flee famine anymore!
"Girl, how long can you supply this water?"
An old man asked this because he was really scared. What if it was cut off in a few days? So they had to make preparations early.
"Don't worry, old man. We are from Dahe Village. You may not know that His Royal Highness Prince Xian has made preparations early on and dug several deep wells in the village, just in case the victims have no water to drink.
We are now supplying water to everyone so that everyone will not be afraid. The prince will not ignore everyone."
The people are extremely excited, Dahe Village!
Listen to the name of this village, there must be water!
Now we are saved. Even if it doesn’t rain, we can hold out for a while.
They don't want to flee from famine. On the one hand, it is difficult to leave their homeland, and on the other hand, who can guarantee that they will be protected?
This group of disaster victims were lucky enough to have met King Xian, which allowed them to reach their destination alive.
If it weren't for King Xian, they would have been lucky to have 30% of their people survive.
So everyone praised the prince, saying that he was the best because he cared about their lives.
To be disrespectful, what's the point of the emperor praying for blessings? It hasn't rained yet, has it?
But the prince is different. He dug a deep well early on. This shows that he is truly smart and he really cares about the lives of the people.
Tang Mingchen glanced at Liu Rumei. This girl was the best at winning people's hearts.
In fact, this water can still make money, 3 cents per bucket of water.
However, the money did not go into Liu Rumei's own pocket, but was given to the victims.
The victims were responsible for transporting well water. Liu Rumei was one of the people in charge of the transportation, and she earned sixty cents for a round trip on the ox cart.
Although this money is not much, it is still a small income.
The victims are naturally willing to work. As long as they can make money, putting in some effort is no big deal.
There were many similar guys in Dahe Village, and Liu Rumei paid the victims for their work.
Of course, the subordinates will also be evaluated. They only want loyal and honest people. Those who are cunning, deceitful, or have too many schemes will not be considered.
In just a short while, a long line of people buying water formed, and the number of people on Xie's side suddenly decreased.
An ordinary family only has this little money, so after buying expensive food and water, they naturally don't have enough money to buy other things.
If they live frugally, they will have to buy food from the Liu family every day, especially since they need to drink water every day.
Unless your family is really well off, you won't have that much money to store food.
Xie Linlang looked at the situation and couldn't recover for a while.
How is this possible?
They actually have water!
Xie Linlang naturally knew that it would take another ten days for it to rain.
Even though the emperor went to pray, it would be useless if he couldn't hold on until the day it rained.
Before that, the well water was almost dry, and many people ran far away to fetch water and then sold it at a high price.
The people in the city also had a few hard days, and some people fled in a hurry.
She actually thought about this idea and waited until that time came to sell the water at a high price.
A bowl of water costs one penny, that's a lot of silver.
After all, they are transporting the goods back by ox carts, so they can't work in vain, they have to make money.
But she never expected that Liu Rumei would actually block this road!
She even gave away well water, so this way of making money by selling water is definitely not a viable approach.
Why is this woman always so annoying? Why is it always her?
Why would Tang Mingchen fall for such a superficial woman and even support her? This is so unfair!
It was obvious that he was reborn, and the world should be in his control, so why were his plans ruined every time by Liu Rumei!
"Lower the price! Sell all the food today!"
After Xie Linlang said so, the manager had no choice but to do it. In the end, the best quality rice only cost 3 cents per pound.
3 cents!
This is like picking it up for free!
Then a large number of people appeared in the city and ran to the city entrance.
Some people lined up to buy water, while others lined up to buy food from the Xie family.
This scene is so chaotic.
Tang Mingzhen couldn't just ignore it, so he asked his people to maintain order.
Those who caused trouble and cut in line were all arrested.
The Xie family’s food was almost stolen, but fortunately, the people in Tangming Town did not let this happen.
Although Tang Mingzhen didn't want to care about Xie Linlang, he didn't want the people to suffer.
An hour later, when it was almost evening, the Xie family's grain was finally sold.
Although I lost a lot of money, at least I got back a few thousand taels.
When Xie Linlang heard the news, there was a hint of a smile on her lips.
"That bitch, didn't she say that the food of my Xie family can only be given to her! This time I want to see how she can get these food into her hands!
Even if I don't want a penny, I will never let her get away with it! This bitch!"
Xie Linlang's ferocious look made the maid and the manager beside her dare not say a word.
It's obvious that the girl has been severely provoked. This eldest daughter of the Liu family is too powerful.
In fact, if someone else was against Xie Linlang, she might have carefully considered the countermeasures and would not have made such a hasty decision.
But when facing Liu Rumei, Xie Linlang loses all rationality. She loses her mind because of resentment and jealousy.
The manager thought for a moment and said, "Miss, we only got back five thousand taels of silver. We are at a huge loss!"
The manager felt so distressed, but there was nothing Xie Linlang could do and she didn't care.
"So what! It's just a little silver! I want to see what other ways Liu Rumei can use to deal with me!"
Xie Linlang refused to leave. She wanted to see what Liu Rumei was going to do next!
All the grain has been sold, and she doesn't believe that Liu Rumei can find a way to take it back.