In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 380 Distribution

"Too."

Gou Xin smiled and nodded: "Now that we have our own land, our lives will only get better and better. Our children won't have to work hard all day like we did, not even having enough to eat!"

Gou Xin looked up at the fields to his side. The crops in the fields were growing vigorously under the sun, just like them at that moment, their lives were full of hope.

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In the main hall of the Wang family residence.

Zheng Qing, Han Yue, and Chen Dao each sat in a seat, while Zheng Qiuyan, who had rushed over, was reporting the situation to them.

Just as dawn broke, Zheng Qing sent someone back to the county town to inform Zheng Qiuyan. Then, Zheng Qiuyan led a large number of the Zheng family's managers and accountants to the Wang family manor to take inventory of the manor's property and supplies.

"Father."

Holding an account book in her hand, Zheng Qiuyan said, "In half a day, the Wang family's assets have been roughly inventoried. This is the account book recording the total amount."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Qing took the ledger with his still-intact right hand and examined it carefully.

Han Yue asked impatiently, "Niece Qiuyan, I'm a rough man and I don't know how to read accounts, so just tell me directly, how much money and grain does the Wang family have in total?"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Qiuyan smiled and replied, "The Wang family doesn't have much gold and silver, only 1 taels of silver, but..."

Zheng Qiuyan paused for a moment, then announced an astonishing figure: "The Wang family's grain reserves are truly staggering, totaling a staggering 20 shi (a unit of dry measure)!"

"hiss!"

Upon hearing this number, Han Yue and Chen Daoqing couldn't help but widen their eyes. What did 20 shi of grain mean?

Assuming an adult eats four catties of grain a day, one shi (100 catties) of grain can feed an adult for 25 days. If eaten sparingly, one shi of grain is roughly an adult's monthly food ration.

20 shi (a unit of dry measure) can feed 20 adults for a month!

What an astonishing number!

It's important to know that even the most prosperous city in the entire Taicang Prefecture only has a population of 20, which means...

The Wang family's grain reserves alone are enough to support the entire county's population for a month.

This is simply... terrifying!

"Damn it! The Wang family is rolling in money!"

Han Yue couldn't help but curse out loud. The Wang family had so much grain stored in their warehouse, yet they were unwilling to sell him some low-priced grain. The Wang family deserved to die and be exterminated!

"Besides grain and gold and silver, the Wang family also had a lot of antiques and paintings, but because the value of these items was difficult to estimate, they were not included in the accounts."

As Zheng Qiuyan spoke, a look of shock flashed across her pretty face. Even as the daughter of a prefect, she was quite astonished by the wealth of the Wang family!

The Zheng family is already considered wealthy, but compared to a large family like the Wang family that has been passed down for hundreds of years, they are still far inferior!

Putting aside everything else, the Zheng family didn't have any of those precious antiques and paintings, nor did they have any grain...

Even now, Zheng Qiuyan still remembers the mountains of grain she saw when she entered the Wang family's warehouse, some of which had even rotted due to prolonged storage...

The wealth of the Wang family is truly astonishing!

However, the wealthy Wang family preferred to let their grain rot and mold rather than sell it to the people at a low price, watching helplessly as many people starved to death because they couldn't buy food...

This Wang family deserves to be exterminated!

"Let's talk about the allocation."

Zheng Qing closed the ledger and looked at Han Yue and Chen Dao. Now that the Wang family had been wiped out, it was time to discuss the distribution.

Han Yue and Chen Dao both contributed significantly to eliminating the Wang family, and naturally, they would also receive a share of the spoils—this was something the three parties agreed upon before setting off.

“I have already seen the ledger. The Wang family has a total of 12,000 taels of gold and silver and 200,000 shi of grain. As we agreed before, we will split it equally among the three parties. Each party will take 4000 taels of silver and 70,000 shi of grain. How about that?”

Zheng Qing asked.

"I have no opinion!"

Han Yue nodded in approval of Zheng Qing's distribution plan. 7 shi of grain plus 4000 taels of silver was already a pleasant surprise for him.

"And you, young friend Chen?" Zheng Qing then looked at Chen Dao.

"I have no objection either, but..."

Chen Dao nodded first, then changed the subject and said, "I don't need the silver. I'd like to trouble Prefect Zheng to help me transport these 7 shi of grain back to Chenjia Village."

"no problem."

Zheng Qing agreed without hesitation. Although 7 shi of grain was a lot, Zheng Family Trading Company had the capacity to transport it without any problem.

"so be it!"

Chen Dao nodded: "I will set off to return to Chenjia Village tomorrow. I hope Prefect Zheng will make arrangements as soon as possible."

"Young friend Chen, please rest assured."

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The next day, a large procession set off from the north gate of the county town.

To help Chen Dao transport this batch of grain, the Zheng family mobilized a large number of people and trucks. Half of the guards were mobilized, and the number of trucks was astonishing, reaching 3000. Each truck was loaded with thousands of kilograms of grain and was overloaded.

In addition, Zheng Qing also conscripted a large number of laborers for Chen Dao to be responsible for transporting grain.

Of course, these laborers were not working for free. Zheng Qing promised them that as long as they helped transport the grain to Chenjia Village, each of them would receive at least 200 jin of flour.

Simply by selling some labor and helping to move some grain, one could receive 200 catties of white flour as payment, which was obviously a very tempting offer.

Therefore, the people in the county town signed up enthusiastically, and within half a day, 300 laborers were recruited.

"Li Lao Er, do you really think the prefect will give us 200 catties of wheat flour?"

As the laborer Cao Shui walked alongside the truck, he casually asked the person next to him, "..."

"Could the prefect's words be false?"

Li Lao Er laughed and said, "Put you back in my belly. Look at what's on this truck. It's all real grain. I bet the total weight of the grain on this truck is more than 10,000 jin. And it can't possibly be missing your 200 jin of flour, can it?"

Ten thousand catties of grain was already the limit of Li Lao Er's imagination. As for the total of seventy thousand shi of grain piled up on these trucks, that was a number he could not even imagine.

"Right."

Cao Shui nodded. Although the goods on the trucks were covered with cloth, he was still able to judge what they were based on his experience after personally loading them onto the trucks. It was none other than the grain he had been longing for. With so much grain in hand, the magistrate's promise of 200 catties of white flour should not be broken.

but……

Cao Shui seemed to have thought of something again, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Li Lao Er, I've heard that it's not safe outside the city. Will we run into thieves?"

Cao Shui put himself in the thief's shoes and realized that if he had noticed the mountain of grain, he certainly wouldn't have let it go, which meant...

The transport team I'm in is very likely to be attacked by thieves!