Chapter 63 The Unlucky Events of this Period

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This approach of employing labor in exchange for relief completely alleviated the refugees' fears, and the Mount Tai standard salary was settled daily without any arrears, and no matter how many people came, they could be fed. After all, Chen Xi had mastered this system and as long as the money kept circulating in Mount Tai, he could keep it going indefinitely.

Fortuitously, Chen Xi wasn't short of money and grain during this period. The property obtained from bandit suppression and military drilling was sold to Xuzhou, then exchanged for grain transportation. With Xuzhou having an abundance of grain and Tao Qian willing to support Liu Bei, naturally, he was willing to lend grain to Chen Xi. Coupled with the suppression of bandits and the purchase of grain, Chen Xi had more than a million dan of grain circulating in his hands.