Chapter 1584
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But it was a pity to throw it away, and he couldn't sell it. Now that there was a spendthrift willing to buy it, of course he was willing to help his friend in the chamber of commerce.
Most importantly, he could earn money by taking a cut.
When Gao Yang heard this, it was to his liking, so he nodded, "Alright, go and buy it for me. Buy as much as you have. Adding up the rice and noodles, it should be around ten thousand taels of silver each."
"Yes, sir!" After the boss finished speaking, he quickly sent a waiter to contact the boss of the Rice Chamber of Commerce.
He was prepared to buy their rotten rice for three copper coins and sell it to Gao Yang for five copper coins. This way, he would earn two copper coins per catty. It was a good business that wouldn't lose money.
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Then, Gao Yang paid for the storage of rice and sent people to bring all the rotten rice to the market. He then spent money to hire some workers to start building sheds and making porridge.
Soon, the simple sheds were built.
The workers untied the bags of rice and prepared to wash the rice.
But when they opened the bags of rice, they all widened their eyes.
"Why is this rice so bad? It's all sand and pebbles, and there are so many maggots. Can this be eaten by people? "
"This porridge was given by the empress. How could she have people buy this kind of rice for everyone to eat?"
"I also said that it was the empress giving porridge. I came to help and didn't need to pay for it. But I didn't think that the empress's heart would be so black as to give this kind of rice to the disaster victims! "
"Shh! Be quiet. Maybe the empress is giving out porridge for her reputation and is just putting on an act. We can't afford to offend her. Let's just obediently make the porridge. Stop talking! "
When everyone heard this, they could only brace themselves and start making the porridge.
How could they dare to offend the empress, so they naturally didn't dare to publicize this matter.
They were afraid that the disaster victims would riot, so they could only clean and wash the rice as much as possible.
But there was too much sand in the rice. No matter how much they washed, there was still a lot left.
Because they were pressed for time, they could only casually wash it and pour the rice into the pot to make the porridge.
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Soon, the sky brightened. The cooks had already finished making the porridge.
Even if this porridge was old rice, it still had a strong rice fragrance.
Therefore, when the refugees nearby smelled the aroma, they all gathered around and saw the steaming porridge on the stove.
But the porridge was covered by a wooden lid, so they couldn't see it.
When they smelled the fragrance, they immediately started drooling.
They looked up and saw a banner on the porridge stall. On the banner were the words "Her Majesty the Empress Provides Disaster Relief".
Everyone shouted excitedly.
"Wow, Her Majesty the Empress is providing relief. Everyone, come quickly, we have porridge to eat!"
"Her Majesty the Empress is indeed trustworthy. She started the disaster relief as soon as she raised the funds. That's great. I'm going to call my fellow villagers over to eat porridge together!"
At this time, Gao Yang hurriedly called out to the refugees and said, "Everyone, this is the porridge that Her Majesty the Empress used the money that she raised to give everyone. Everyone gets one bowl. Hurry up and line up. "
When the starving crowd heard this, they hurriedly rushed to the front, as if they were afraid that they wouldn't be able to drink it.
Gao Yang hurriedly said, "Everyone, don't push. Her Majesty the Empress wants to give out porridge for seven days, so everyone will have a share. Please line up and come up one by one to get your porridge. "
"Wow! The Imperial Concubine was going to send seven days of porridge? That's great, then we won't have to starve to death! "
"Many thanks, Her Majesty. Her Majesty is really a good person!"
"Her Majesty is indeed the nation's mother. She can think of us commoners. We must be deeply grateful to her!"
Then, Gao Yang sent people to stand in front to get the porridge. The disaster victims lined up to get their porridge.
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