The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket! novel Chapter 1036

Chapter 1036: Chapter 874, Helper

The grain had arrived, and both Daohua and Xiao Yeyang breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Yeyang sent a letter to the Border Army Camp that very day, asking Cao Dan to come and collect the grain the next day.

Upon receiving the letter, Cao Dan was stunned for a long while, especially when he saw Xiao Yeyang’s words in the letter that the soldiers on the frontier must not compromise their health, and it was imperative to ensure that every soldier had enough to eat. Future provisions would be fully delivered. Although these were all expected, he could not help but be somewhat moved.

The military provisions were, in fact, well known to everyone. If five or six tenths were distributed, the higher-ups were considered exceptionally good officials, a full portion... He had never received that in all his years of military service.

With the food secured, both the Border Army and the refugees outside the city were at ease.

Inside the Guard’s office, Xiao Yeyang selected a thousand young soldiers of decent physical condition and personally trained them.

In the past few days, people had seen these soldiers weary as dogs daily and had not spared their jokes, but when the food arrived and they saw the soldiers’ meals were double theirs, they were burning with envy.

The day before Lantern Festival, while Xiao Yeyang was busy training troops, Daohua also stepped out of the Xiao Residence.

She had been in Ganzhou City for almost a month and had not properly explored the city due to the cold weather and the multitude of matters to handle.

Compared to other towns they had passed through, the Gan State Guard was slightly more lively, although the economy was still very depressed, with few items for sale in the shops and not many customers.

Daohua wandered two main streets, got a good grasp of the city’s situation, and then turned to Yan Shouhou, who was following by her side, and asked, "How’s the investigation into the shop matter coming along?"

Yan Shouhou hurriedly replied, "Miss, it’s very easy to buy shops in Ganzhou City. The business here is challenging, and each year many shops close down. I’ve found a few good ones—good locations and sizes. Would you like to see them today, Miss?"

Daohua nodded her head. There was no snow today, and she wanted to take a longer stroll.

The shops Yan Shouhou had in mind were all on the main street, and it wasn’t much of a walk. Daohua checked each one, and finally, she directly bought five shops.

"Open two grain shops, one fruit and vegetable store, and two pharmacies. Hurry up and arrange them."

She paused then added,

"The pharmacy and fruit and vegetable store are not urgent, but the grain shops need to be quick."

"By the end of the month or early February, Qin Xiaoliu should have the grain transported here, and then the grain shops need to be opened."

At the end of winter and the beginning of spring was when food was most scarce, and she did not want the number of refugees outside the city to increase.

Although she was not short of grain, continuously providing porridge was unsustainable over time.

Thinking of the refugees, Daohua glanced in the direction of the city gate: "Let’s go, we’ll go up on the city walls and have a look."

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Outside the gates of Ganzhou City, the number of refugees had nearly reached fifty thousand.

The porridge tents had already served morning porridge, and now the refugees huddled in their straw tents, warming each other.

Daohua stood on the city wall, looking at the trembling refugees in the straw tents, feeling somewhat distressed. No matter the time, it was always the common people who suffered.

Ever since the porridge distribution began, Zhang Da had almost always been stationed by the city gate. Each day, he would go to the storeroom to check the grain inventory and calculate the remaining stock. He had just left the storeroom when he saw Daohua standing on the city wall.

Zhang Da jogged up to the city wall and stopped two meters from Daohua to give a salute, "This humble official has seen Madam Xiao."

Daohua turned her head to look at him, "Are you the official Zhang in charge of distributing porridge?"

Zhang Da did not expect Daohua to know him and was somewhat flattered, "Indeed, it is this humble official."

Daohua smiled and said, "The matters of distributing porridge are of great importance. You have been working hard during this time, Official Zhang."