Siheyuan: I am a trader in both worlds!

Chapter 217 Food Crisis
"food?"

It would have been fine if Bai Ling didn't mention it, but when she mentioned food, Ximen Lang suddenly remembered something.

That’s right, they are the two fake sisters Xu Huizhen and Chen Xueru from Zhengyang Sect.

The last time when Ximen Lang bought the ink bamboo painting from Xu Huizhen, didn't he promise that Xu Huizhen would not have to worry about the food needed for the breakfast shop next to the tavern, and he would take care of it all?

But because he has been busy with other things recently, he has been busy every day.

Besides, Xu Huizhen didn’t come to ask.

As a result, Ximen Lang was so busy that he completely forgot about this matter.

It was not until Bai Ling mentioned the food issue just now that Ximen Lang finally remembered this matter.

It was fine when I didn't think about it before, but now I suddenly remember it.
I feel really embarrassed.

Ximen Lang, who always kept his promises, immediately wanted to ask about the two sisters' recent situation and improve his reputation.

But now is obviously not the time to talk about these things.

After all, the world is big, but my wife is the most important!
Not to mention that Ximen Lang had no bad intentions towards the two "young widows" at all, he just treated them as ordinary friends.

Even if there is!
That’s not as important as your wife’s affairs!
Not to mention, Bai Ling had served him and satisfied him like that yesterday.

Thinking back, Ximen Lang couldn't help but feel hot all over.

No hesitation.

Seeing that Bai Ling asked directly about the issue of food, Ximen Lang spoke without thinking.

"What's going on? Are there not enough food at the steel mill? Tell your husband if there isn't enough! Tomorrow, no, today! I'll get you a few hundred tons of it today. I guarantee the workers won't starve and nothing will get delayed!"

As he spoke, Ximen Lang was about to contact the professional team he hadn't contacted for a long time since Xia Yiyi suddenly broke into his life, and ask them to help him handle this little matter.

But before Ximen Lang could go out, he was grabbed by Bai Ling.

He glanced at everyone around him but was too embarrassed to speak. He looked at the sky, the earth, or anything else, but not at his own Lao Luo and Hao Pingchuan.

Bai Ling sighed and said embarrassedly.

"Alang, a few hundred tons might not be enough."

"A few hundred tons aren't enough? Is the food shortage that big? Then... several thousand tons?"

Seeing that Bai Ling still didn't speak, Ximen Lang lost his composure.

"With only a few thousand people, you can't possibly stockpile tens of thousands of tons of food. Can we eat it all?"

After saying this, seeing that Bai Ling still didn't respond, Ximen Lang said in disbelief.

"You don't want hundreds of thousands, or even millions of tons of food, do you?! No, what do you need so much food for?!"

No wonder Ximen Lang reacted so strongly.

The food Bai Ling wanted was simply too much.

If it was just a few hundred tons, with Brother Lang's reputation, he wouldn't even need his professional team to take action. He could just find a few suppliers and place a few orders.

There was no need to even specify the purpose; the matter was decided immediately.

But once the grain reaches several thousand tons, it is no longer something that can be handled by individuals.

At least you have to pretend to open a food processing factory and purchase it under the name of a food processing factory, only then can you get it done smoothly.

Even so, you have to wait a while before you can buy it again. Otherwise, you might be noticed by some unspeakable giant and put on the supervision list.

But even so, it is just noticed. As long as you don't follow Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy of building high walls, storing up grain, and slowly becoming king, no one will care if you mess around.

But once the amount of food reaches a certain level.
Just like Bai Ling wanted hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of tons of food in one go.

This review is extremely strict!
Although food is not a rare thing in later generations, it is hard to hold so much food in your hands at once.
What do you want to do?

Are they planning to hoard goods and take advantage of the situation to raise prices to act like profiteers, or are they planning to use the food to do some other strange things?

If it really comes to this, it would be fine if you have a legitimate reason and a legitimate way to use it.

If all aspects are fine, considering that you can use so much food and create so many jobs at once, we may even give you some preferential policies to help you develop.

But if you don't have anything, you can't tell the whole story.
Think about it yourself.

Do you think the relevant departments will investigate all your ancestors for 18 generations one by one?
And now, Ximen Lang is facing this situation!

If he really did this, with all his secrets, he would have to reveal them to future generations and be sliced ​​into pieces!
Thinking of that tragic scene.
For a long time, I have always treated others as universal wish-making machines that will grant any request.

Ximen Lang was speechless, saying he never thought that he would have such a day.

"No, wife, do you really think I'm omnipotent? This much food, do you know what this means?! How much food does the city of Beijing consume in a year? So much. What's going on? Are we going to fight again?"

But Ximen Lang immediately denied it.

"No, the founding war just ended, and the surrounding area should be very quiet in the past few years. Even if we have to fight, it's..."

Even if he was going to fight, Bai Ling and Lao Luo pricked up their ears immediately.

It can be seen that Ximen Lang couldn't come up with the next sentence after a long time, and he obviously realized his slip of the tongue.

With deep regret, Bai Ling and others simply kept this matter in mind and planned to find another time to bring it up.

Then, Bai Ling said frankly.

"I need so much food not because we only have a few thousand people working in this steel mill, but for other purposes."

Having said that, Bai Ling directly told Ximen Lang about the difficult situation that the world of Sijiu City is currently facing, with the help of Lao Luo and Hao Pingchuan.

It talks about the rapidly developing education, the booming mining, and the difficult transportation.

"Everywhere needs food to survive. We're about to call on hundreds of thousands of veterans to enroll in school and learn driving skills. We also need to vigorously promote plastics factories and lighter factories to provide employment."

"With so many extra mouths to feed, we can't expect them to bring their own food to work or study, right? The whole country is so impoverished right now, and they don't have any either! Don't you agree?"

Ximen Lang, who had lived in a resource-rich world since childhood and had never worried about food, felt his scalp tingle after hearing this.

It is clear that solving the food crisis is urgent and cannot be delayed at all.

Ximen Lang sighed.

"I'm definitely out of ideas, but there's someone who definitely has a solution! It's just that this person, we just met... I'm going to find her now, in case something unspeakable happens again..."

Bai Ling clenched her fists upon hearing this.

But there is no way, the world is big, but eating is the most important thing.

In the face of the righteousness of the country and the nation, personal honor and disgrace are not worth mentioning at all!
So, although Bai Ling wanted to refuse this matter outright, she finally gritted her teeth and agreed.

"Just go ahead. No matter what happens, I won't blame you! But, do you have that much food?"

(End of this chapter)