sbdcsierra Chapter 909 The Cave is Empty
Chapter 909 The Cave is Empty
The old man sighed, "I think this life of great wealth and honor is nothing. Anyway, we only have one stomach and one mouth to feed. No matter how much we earn, we can only eat so much every day, wear one set of clothes at a time, and sleep in one bed at night. The life of a small fortune is much better than that of a great fortune, and we don't have to worry about anything."
In fact, he did not live a peaceful life. It can be said that he lived on the edge of a knife. When he was young, he was fearless, but when he got old, he became worried and afraid.
Zhou Guo comforted him, "Master, don't be afraid. I will do it slowly and will not make any mistakes. What we have on the table now are the fertile fungi and the escort agency. These things are just a little fertile, but this is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. It will benefit everyone. I will do the escort agency slowly. I only grow a few fungi every year. It is not a big deal now. Don't worry. I will not be targeted."
In fact, to be honest, deep down she still wanted to believe that the general was a humane person. At least she was safe now.
The two people talked for a long time.
The old man was finally persuaded by her, and they both went back to their rooms to sleep.
On the second day, Zhou Guo called the village heads and told them what to do in the next period of time. Finally, he said, "I will be away for a period of time, at least twenty days, at most a month. You must not take it lightly during this period of time."
Everyone said that they were all heads of various villages below, and now Zhou Guo had gathered them together. With more people, they felt more confident, and they all told Zhou Guo not to worry, they would definitely not mess up.
Zhou Guo had to feel relieved even though he was worried. He packed his luggage and left with Dashu and Xiaoshu and the old man. Erpang asked her to stay and help Huzi. After they were done with the work here, the two of them would go to Huaiyang to meet her.
Big Fat has already gathered people in Huaiyang.
On the day Zhou Guo arrived, he had dinner and led his men into the mountains.
The place where the grain is stored cannot be known to anyone, so they have to carry the grain down the mountain bag by bag.
A group of several hundred people were prepared to divide into two shifts and carry the materials down the mountain from outside the cave day and night. Half a month would be enough.
Zhou Guo opened the stone door and the old man followed him in. This was his first time here.
When he saw the food in the cave, even though he was mentally prepared, he was still surprised.
After turning around, he sighed, "You really did a great job quietly. How much food does this require?!"
Zhou Guo said: "I didn't hide it from you. Didn't I tell you that we have 2 million dan of grain in stock, but only 800,000 dan are here."
The old man shook his head. "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, two million shi would have been just a number in my mind. Now I see with my own eyes that there are only 800,000 shi in this cave. It's hard to imagine how much two million shi of grain is. It's only been a few years. This is really the first person in history. I'm really enlightened, old man. This is a god descending to earth!"
Zhou Guo: “…”
Looking at the food in this cave, is it so powerful?
If I had known earlier, I would have brought him with me every year when the grain was harvested. When he saw two million shi of grain, he wouldn't have fainted from excitement, right?
He waved his hand and shouted, "Move."
People came in from outside the cave and started carrying bags down the mountain.
Zhou Guo followed behind with two bags in each hand, and Dashu and Xiaoshu also carried one bag each.
When everyone saw Zhou Guo carrying the bags with them, sometimes four bags at a time, they worked even harder.
The old man had wandered around inside enough, so he started to carry the goods too, two bags on each shoulder. Just him and Zhou Guo were enough to do the work of several others.
Zhou Guo put down the grain bag and saw him carrying it, so he said, "Master, you should take a rest. This job is not easy."
The old man said, "You can't carry it all the time. It's not easy to carry a few bags. Don't worry about me. Just do your thing."
After all, he is a bodyguard, knows some martial arts, and is much stronger than some of the young men.
While they were moving the food, smoke began to rise from the farm. There were pots of big fish and meat, with red oil and sauce, which made people drool.
At the same time, Song County and Cangshan Village were also in turmoil. Bags of grain were brought down the mountain, and the caves were emptied bit by bit.
Li looked at the cave and sighed, "This kid is doing great things quietly. I always knew that there was a lot of food at home, but I didn't expect it to be so much. This is a mountain of food."
She always regretted that her family had little land. Later, even though she bought dozens of acres, the number of mouths to feed at home increased instead, making her even more anxious.
It was not until this year when rice was actually planted in the salty and bitter land of Song County that the inhumane regret in my heart disappeared.
But ever since I saw the mountains of grain, my mind went blank. How did the family store so much grain?
The person in charge of this matter before was mainly Wu Jiang. During the autumn harvest, the grain was collected and piled up in the mountains.
Li had never been there, he only knew that six new granaries had been built on the farm, and after the autumn harvest, the granaries were always full of grain, filling the entire warehouse.
The food they eat on weekdays and the grain sold to shops in several nearby counties all come from here.
I thought that was enough.
As for Wu Jiang storing grain in the mountains, I personally thought that there was not much, and it was reasonable that the granary could not hold it all and it was put here, but did you expect that there was so much?
Zhou Gu did know, but he only knew about this one cave and had no idea how much food was there.
Wu Jiang also learned about it from Zhou Guo this time.
When they heard the number of two million shi, both Li and Zhou Gu were stunned and almost dropped their jaws in shock.
Zhou Gu said, "My, my, my, when did our family have so much food?"
"With so much food, even if we don't have a piece of land in this life, the next life, and our descendants for dozens of generations, we don't have to worry about them not having enough food to eat!" Li murmured to herself.
Wu Jiang said: "Madam, we need to start moving the food out."
Li woke up as if from a dream and nodded, "Yes, yes, yes, we have to send it away. It is no longer ours. Come on, move the food."
Seeing bags of grain being carried away and the grain cave slowly being emptied, Li's heart was bleeding. So much grain was just given away for nothing?
Zhou Guo led his two groups of people to work day and night for fifteen days and finally emptied all the food in the cave.
On the day after moving the last bag, she asked people to buy ten pigs, thirty sheep, and dozens of jars of wine, and they drank and barbecued in the open space at night.
A group of men were shouting loudly, and they didn't seem tired at all after working for half a month. They slaughtered pigs and sheep with great enthusiasm, and lit a bonfire at night, drank big bowls of wine, and ate meat with big mouthfuls. They didn't look tired at all.
Zhou Guo sat opposite the old man, waiting for the meat that he would grill himself.
Like everyone else, she had hardly had any rest during this period. She even worked much harder than others, and her little face was pale from tiredness.
The weather during the Greater and Lesser Heat periods isn't much better. The masters are still working, so they can't just take a break, right?
If they work more, their masters can work less.