Chapter 228
In the next two days, Cheng Yu took Ivennie to Dark Night City to give away free barbecue and harvest positive emotion points.
For a kind of food, the first time you eat it is the most delicious. If you eat it several times, you will not have the freshness of the first time, and the satisfaction and happiness in your heart will not be as high as the first time.
On the second day, a total of 370,000 positive emotion points were obtained.
On the third day, a total of 330,000 positive emotion points were obtained.
Adding the 400,000 positive emotion points on the first day.
In three days, Cheng Yu obtained a total of 1.1 million positive emotion points.
Antoine used the 100 gold coins given by Cheng Yu to set up a security team of more than 200 people.
With the security team, it is more convenient to manage refugees.
At noon three days later, a caravan arrived in Dark Night City.
The caravan had a total of more than 20 carriages, each of which was loaded with large bags of grain.
"You are the lord of Bailu Island."
The bloated grain merchant found Cheng Yu, and a smile appeared on his fat face, revealing two big front teeth.
"That's right."
"The 500,000 catties of grain you requested has arrived. Please settle the payment."
Three days ago, Cheng Yu asked Carter to help contact the grain merchant, and he really delivered it on time, and the efficiency was quite high.
"How much?" Cheng Yu asked the fat grain merchant.
"Some time ago, the south suffered from floods, and the price of grain has risen a bit. According to the current market price, wheat is four copper coins per catty, and 500,000 catties of wheat is two million copper coins, or two hundred gold coins."
The fluctuation of grain prices is understandable, and Cheng Yu took out two hundred gold coins to the grain merchant.
"Thank you, Lord, and may you be blessed by the Goddess of Light."
The grain merchant counted the money, feeling happy, and asked the workers on the carriage to unload the grain and pile it on the roadside.
In a short while, sacks of wheat were piled up like a hill.
When the refugees around saw the grain, they were like cats seeing mice, their eyes were shining, and they might rush up at any time.
However, Cheng Yu was here, and they had accepted Cheng Yu's favor for the past three days, so they were embarrassed to rush up and grab the food, or they were not hungry enough to lose their rationality.
Cheng Yu asked Antoine to take the security team to guard the pile of food and temporarily guard the food.
"I'll ask you to distribute the food later, regardless of adults or children, 70 kilograms per person." Cheng Yu said to Antoine.
Antoine looked a little embarrassed, "But we don't have a scale, how can we be sure whether it is 70 kilograms."
Cheng Yu walked towards the fat grain merchant just now and asked him, "Friend, do you have a scale on your carriage?"
"Yes."
The fat grain merchant nodded. He usually went to rural areas to collect grain, and the carriage was equipped with a scale at any time.
"How many scales do you have? Sell them all to me."
The fat grain merchant rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "I am willing to serve the lord in the future, and all the scales on the carriage will be given to the lord."
Today, he earned two hundred gold coins from Cheng Yu. The fat grain merchant said that he was willing to serve Cheng Yu, which actually meant that he still wanted to do business with Cheng Yu.
The scales are not worth much, so he gave them to Cheng Yu as a favor to leave a good impression on him.
There were more than twenty scales in total, and they were all handed over to the security team.
"You will use these scales to distribute food to the refugees later." Cheng Yu said to Antoine.
"Yes, lord."
Antoine stood up and said respectfully.
Cheng Yu jumped onto the wall of Dark Night City, looked at the many refugees on the open ground, and shouted loudly, "The flood has caused everyone to lose their homes, loved ones, and the land they depend on for survival. However, everyone should not be discouraged. Don't be afraid of any difficulties you encounter. Face it with a smile. The best way to overcome difficulties is to face them..."
Cheng Yu's voice was loud and spread throughout the venue.
Thousands of eyes looked at Cheng Yu on the wall. These words were indeed very positive and inspiring.
But the disaster has already happened. What's the point of making these empty motivational speeches?
The people under the wall had no expression on their faces. They listened with one ear and let it out with the other. They were not in a good mood. Only sparse applause sounded.
After Cheng Yu finished his ideological mobilization, he continued: "Now I give you two choices. First, go to Bailu Island with me to settle down and become my subjects. You will get free food, free high-quality seeds, free agricultural tools, and free land. In my territory, the agricultural tax rate is only 1%; second, wait for the flood to recede and return to your original city-state."
Hearing Cheng Yu's words, everyone was not calm and danced with excitement. Not only can they get a lot of free things, but the agricultural tax is only 1%.
You should know that the agricultural tax in other lords is more than 20%.
The motivational speech of this lord is too motivational and inspiring. It feels that the future is bright.
"I choose one, I choose one."
"I choose one."
"I am willing to settle in Bailu Island,Become the lord's subjects."
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There was thunderous applause in the open space. The refugees were in high spirits and couldn't wait to go to Bailu Island to farm.
A few refugees who were unwilling to leave their homes left here.
"Go over there to get food, 70 kilograms per person." Cheng Yu pointed to the piles of food on the roadside.
If an adult eats one kilogram of food a day, 70 kilograms of food is enough for them to eat for two months.
"Thank you, lord."
"Thank you, lord Cheng Yu."
"Thank you, thank you very much, lord, may the goddess of light bless you. "
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The refugees went to the food pile to collect food.
Cheng Yu sat alone on the city wall and turned on the system. The upper right corner showed that there were currently 1.1 million positive emotion points. Click on the system mall to enter the system mall and use the positive emotion points to exchange for high-quality wheat seeds.
Give the wheat seeds to these refugees later and let them go to Bailu Island to farm.
After exchanging wheat seeds, there were several tons of wheat seeds in the system warehouse, and the positive emotion value in the upper right corner of the main interface became 1.05 million.
"Lord."
Just as Cheng Yu exchanged wheat seeds, a skinny old man leaned on a cane under the city wall and shouted to Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu looked down at the old man under the city wall, "What's wrong? Old man."
"I wonder if the lord still remembers asking us to plant red sand wood?" the old man asked.
"Red sand wood? "
Cheng Yu thought about it and remembered that he had asked the old, weak and sick people who stayed in Dark Night City to plant the red sand wood.
Red sand wood can only grow on saline-alkali land. Its roots can absorb the salt from the saline-alkali land. The red sand seeds it produces have a very high salt content. They can be ground into powder and used as table salt. They have a light herbal fragrance compared to ordinary sea salt.
"The red sand wood we planted has been harvested. You promised to buy the red sand seeds we planted. "The old man said.
Traditional salt merchants spread rumors that salt made from red sand seeds is harmful to the body, resulting in the salt made from red sand seeds not being recognized by the public and no one is willing to buy it.
At the beginning, it was because of Cheng Yu's promise that the residents who stayed in Dark Night City were willing to plant red sand wood, a plant with no economic value.
However, after the red sand seeds matured, more than 200 people in Dark Night City had been waiting for Cheng Yu to buy them. Cheng Yu seemed to have forgotten about it, so the old man had the courage to remind Cheng Yu.
"That's right, how many red sand seeds did you harvest? I want them all."
Cheng Yu smiled, he did forget about it.
The old man was overjoyed. If no one bought the red sand seeds, the efforts of more than 200 residents in Dark Night City in the past few months would be in vain. "Lord, please follow me. There are probably several thousand kilograms."
Cheng Yu jumped off the city wall and followed the old man to buy the red sand seeds.