The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 88
The second uncle gently touched the bags of grain with his hand, and said happily: "Okay, okay, okay, I have food in my hand, don't panic, patriarch, you are really the savior of our Lu family in Fuzhou."

For ordinary people, food is more important than the sky, food is better than anything else,
Especially when there is a plague, even if you have money, you can't buy food.

Lu Changle said modestly: "I just bought a little emergency food, not much, second uncle was joking."

During the prosperous Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, there was a record of Dou Mi San Wen Qian.
The Ming Dynasty was not as good as the Tang Dynasty, and the price of food was mostly between [-] Wen and [-] Wen.
With the climate of the Little Ice River and the intensification of social unrest, the price of grain began to climb to one tael per stone during the Wanli period, and now the price of grain has risen to about three taels per stone.

Calculated, that grain is worth about 1 taels of silver.

Three thousand shi seems to be a lot of food, but consider that the Lu family in Fuzhou has a population of over [-].
With all the calculations, it is only three to four months of food rations for the Lu family in Fuzhou, which is really not much.

The main reason is that the clan is too poor, there is no money in the front, and there is no money to buy,

Later, when I got rich, buying in large quantities was afraid of attracting the attention of interested people, so I could only secretly buy in small quantities and hoard g,

The amount of food reserves surprised the second uncle, and the surprises continued,
There are tens of thousands of horses in the caves for cloth, silk, and satin, and they are piled up into a big mountain.
The amount of daily necessities such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc., is no problem for the whole family to eat for a year.
Especially the salt, more than [-] tons, is still good salt with no impurities;

More than [-] catties of pig iron, and various medicinal materials piled up the entire cave,

The most exciting thing is gold and silver, 700 taels of gold, 600 taels of silver, and more than [-] copper coins.

What makes the second uncle speechless is that there are also messy things like horse feed, beans, dishes, etc.

With so many things to sort out, no wonder Lu Changgeng lost a lot of weight after not seeing him for a few days.

"Patriarch, why don't you keep these things?" Second Uncle asked, pointing to the horse material.

Lu Changle said with some pride: "Fan Sanbo is stored in a secret warehouse outside the city, presumably it was prepared for Jianlu to go south, and most of the rest came on credit from Fan's firm, I thought I would kill him, as much as I could get." How much you earn, don’t waste it, you can’t throw it away, Fan Sanbo sold a lot of inventory at a low price in order to raise money, and let people secretly collect a few batches back, anyway, the money is left handed to right handed.”

It was the first time that Lu Changle had such a good time, and Lu Changle missed Fan Sanba a little bit.

"You can't throw it, pull it back, it will come in handy sooner or later," said the second uncle with a smile.

Knowing that Lu Changle was hoarding supplies, he didn't expect to hoard so much, Second Uncle was in a good mood,
I really want those guys with no eyesight to come here to have a look, and let them evaluate the new patriarch after reading it.

One by one, they hold up their bowls to eat, put down their bowls and scold their mothers, so you can't spoil them.

Lu Changle walked around with Lu Changgeng's company, and was not satisfied with Lu Changgeng's performance.

The old rules, I praised him, let him continue to work hard, and be the shopkeeper himself.

After the inspection, Lu Changle and his second uncle went to the village,
Halfway through, the second uncle suddenly said, "Brother Le, what should we do next?"

The children of the clan organized themselves in the name of defending their homeland,

For the treatment of pimple plague, the reputation of the Lu family in Fuzhou is increasing every day, and a lot of supplies have been prepared.

It depends on what Lu Changle does next.

"Wait for a suitable time, or say, an excuse, to expand the territory." Lu Changle replied without thinking.

It is necessary to strengthen the strength, but not to be regarded as an early bird,

Fujian is different from those hard-hit places in Shaanxi and Henan.

The people in those places can't survive anymore.

If you don't rebel, you will starve to death. There may still be a chance of rebellion.
This is also the reason why Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others have revived many times.

The situation in Fujian is much better. It belongs to the subtropical marine monsoon climate, warm and humid, and is one of the provinces with the most water.

The harvest is guaranteed, at least there is no famine,
With Zheng Zhilong in charge, there is less turmoil, and the common people can still live,

If you suddenly say you want to rebel, no one will respond, so you can only take it step by step.

The second uncle nodded and said, "Yes, the teacher must be famous."

Back from the back mountain to count, the second uncle walks lightly, humming a little song and going back to the ancestral hall to sit in town,
Lu Changle watched Gan Hui and Lu Jinyuan practice Lu's children on the sun-drying field,
Everyone worked hard during the training, and now it's winter, and the younger generations of the Lu family are sweating all over their heads.

Young people worship the strong and aspire to be strong,
Besides, if you perform well, you will be rewarded with a big bowl of meat after training.
They all train hard.

However, Lu Changle's brows slowly frowned.

Not right.

Gan Hui likes to lead his team to boxing sets and one-on-one duels.

Lu Jinyuan likes to lead his team to lift stone locks and squat on horseback,

This is not like military training, more like physical fitness.

Lu Changle blamed himself a little, he had some ideals, of course,
I thought that if you are good at martial arts, you can train soldiers.
Gan Hui has not joined the army yet, and he is still stuck in the way of thinking of a Jianghu hero.

Not to mention Lu Jinyuan, the head of a clan usually at most supervises the younger generation in the clan to practice martial arts well,

As for how to train soldiers, both of them are laymen.

It seems that I have to rely on myself to turn the training of people into the direction of military training.

Lu's children have been practicing martial arts since childhood, and have fought in battle many times. They have seen blood and dare to fight. The main thing is to strengthen discipline and cooperation.

The sun is about to set, so it's too late to correct it now, wait until I figure out a set of training procedures.

After watching the martial arts training, Lu Changle walked towards the north of the village, mainly to see what was going on in the medical shed.

Climbing up to the high sentry box, Lu Changle was startled when he saw the medical shed outside the village:
It was full of people as far as the eye could see, and the line was much thicker and longer than yesterday.

Some patients brought mats and quilts to line up, and some even brought pots and bowls to cook on the spot.

Some people were still in line and suddenly fell to the ground,

Some people fought on the spot because of the location problem,
There is also a woman holding a dying child, kneeling on the ground, begging others to let her jump in line and save the child first,
The medical shed was built outside the village, and it is already the twelfth lunar month of winter, and many people lined up in an open environment,
Many of them are the elderly, women and children, can the body survive?

Lu Changle thought for a while, and asked someone to call back Lu Jindong who was treating patients.

The distance between the two parties is about four feet, and they both wear face masks when talking.

"Patriarch, what can I do for you?" As soon as they met, Lu Jindong didn't even exchange pleasantries, and asked directly.

Every time there is a delay, many people will die. In order to save more people, Lu Jindong didn't sleep for an hour in the past three days, his eyes were bloodshot,
Knowing that pimple disease can be cured here, people from all over the world rush here.
Lu Jindong and Luo Ming are so busy that they are too busy.
Lu Changle asked straightforwardly: "How about the clinical manifestations of blood pricking method and Qingwen prescription?"

"I dare not say it is the best. From the current point of view, it is the most effective way to suppress and treat pimple plague so far." Lu Jindong said cautiously.

No matter how hard he tried, the death rate still could not be reduced. The death rate of more than [-]% made Lu Jindong a little desperate.
Relatively speaking, the death rate of young and middle-aged people is relatively low, while the death rate of the elderly and children, especially those in poor health, is relatively high.

"Since it's effective, let's sum it up and spread the treatment method. Otherwise, with just two of you and four hands, you won't be able to save many people."

"What?" Lu Jindong couldn't believe his ears: "Patriarch, the current treatment method, only we can, really... reveal it to others?"

There is an old saying that a wealth of wealth is not as good as a skill. There is a prescription for the plague, and it is a clinically tested prescription.

Unlimited value,
The patriarch announced it like this?
"The pimple plague is ravaging Fujian, and there are cases of infection in many places. Uncle Dong and Luo Ming alone can't save many people. Saving a life is worse than a seven-level stupa. Why don't you share it and do good deeds?"

"The sooner we control the pimple plague, the sooner we can live a peaceful life, Second Uncle, I will leave this matter to you."

The whole of Fujian is plagued by plague, and every day a large number of soldiers and civilians die in despair,
Lu Changle had thought about expanding the influence of the Lu family in Fuzhou to the extreme through the plague, and also took the opportunity to strengthen himself.

But when I hear and see many people dying in despair every day, my heart softens.
Work together to eradicate the plague as soon as possible, and you can feel at ease as soon as possible.
If it is accidentally infected, no one can guarantee that it can be cured.

Lu Jindong said with a serious face: "The patriarch understands the big ideas, and I am also proud of it. Don't worry, I will do it properly."

Soon, Lu Jin's excited and proud voice came from a distance: "Is there a doctor here? Is there anyone who knows medical skills? Give me a hand, and I can teach him how to treat it."

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(End of this chapter)