Blake's Blind Faith and Ethan's Unyielding Spirit Chapter 47

Because of Pei Siqing's incident, Gao Ming and Xu Kang were also driven away, leaving only Xu Jianqing, Brandon Lee, Cai Rui and Fan Yutian. The four of them arrived the next day and brought a large amount of medicinal materials and powders. They worked enthusiastically with Ethan Bennett. In addition to Xiao County, they also distributed medicinal powders for dispelling colds and curing diseases to several other counties in Huaibei.

Lu Zhuo also showed his determination to fight to the death, and quickly resettled a large number of victims in the city and some farmhouses outside the city according to Blake Harrison's instructions. Officials, yamen runners and students from the county school all came out to help build sheds at the city gate. The situation in Xiao County was finally under control, and the number of casualties among the victims gradually decreased.

Jiang Zhuxing still sent people to collect grain from the surrounding areas. At the highest point, the price of rice had reached one tael per catty. Soon, the surrounding rice merchants heard the news and moved. Not only did merchants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang come to sell grain, but even many merchants from Huizhou came. Blake Harrison and his men were not in a hurry. They dragged their feet every day and only collected a symbolic amount. Rice merchants from all over the country became restless. In addition, some disaster victims in Huaibei were extremely hungry and robbed grain trucks several times. Some merchants no longer dared to wait for a higher price, and the price of rice showed signs of falling.

By the end of November, Jiangsu Prefecture transported 3,000 dan of relief grain to the Jiang family. Blake Harrison secretly sent people to spread the news that another 4,000 dan of relief grain would be delivered later. The official warehouses of Songjiang Prefecture and Hangzhou Prefecture were also raising grain for relief. Now these rice merchants could no longer sit still and rushed to lower prices. As soon as December began, the price of rice dropped to one cent per catty. Blake Harrison then sent people to purchase large quantities of it. The collected grain not only solved Xiao County's urgent needs, but also helped several other counties in Huaibei.

Although the price of rice in Huaibei was no longer outrageously high, it was still much more expensive than usual. Blake Harrison had spent a lot of money on this trip. In just one month, he had burned nearly one million taels of silver and consumed a lot of manpower and material resources. In fact, all of this had nothing to do with Blake Harrison.