Chapter 556 The Power of Heaven Begins to Reveal
Lu Mei cooked the food herself, and worked in the kitchen for a long time with many of the servants in the Governor's Mansion, and finally prepared a sumptuous banquet.
He Yunyan, Niu Jin and other senior officials in Shuozhou were all invited.
This was equivalent to the first meeting between the two teams of Gu Nanxi.
Gu Nanxi poured a glass of fruit wine for Cui Sanlun: "Yunyan is still in Yunzhou, helping Wang Buxi handle Yunzhou affairs. She will not come this time."
Yunzhou is Gu Nanxi's foundation, so he must arrange for the most trusted people to guard it.
Cui Sanlun expressed his understanding.
After the wine tour, both parties were interested in making friends, so the atmosphere at the banquet was harmonious.
Cui Sanlun also quickly integrated into the Shuozhou team.
When the banquet was about to end, everyone turned their attention to Gu Nanxi.
Gu Nanxi knew that everyone was waiting for his statement on how to arrange the next matters.
Gu Nanxi took a sip of tea and moistened her throat: "Everyone has seen the attitude of the imperial court. They are afraid of us. Since we have eaten Shuozhou, we cannot spit it out."
"The weather this year is not good and there are droughts in many places. Even in Shuozhou, the grain output is not as good as before. We will not go south until the autumn harvest."
This choice was expected by everyone.
Gu Nanxi continued: "Although the advantage is mine, it does not mean that we do nothing. We need population and food!"
Gu Nanxi turned her attention to Niu Jinyi: "Do you remember the siphon effect I told you?"
Niu Jin clasped his fists: "Sir, I know what to do!"
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The weather in Dazhou this year is very abnormal. Summer rainfall has already begun in Jianghuai, Hubei, and Jiangnan, but in the north, Hanzhong and Shangyang are still suffering from persistent drought.
As for Yunzhou and Shuozhou, they are also affected by drought.
According to Mr. Xu's prediction, Yunzhou's grain output will be less than half of previous years.
As for Shuozhou, the same is true.
Fortunately, due to the need to deal with the war and the natural disasters this year have long been known, the entire Yunzhou Group's mission center throughout the year, in addition to preparing for war, is to obtain food.
After the Tatars were driven out of the grassland, all the Tatars' savings over the years fell into Gu Nanxi's hands.
After capturing Shuozhou, the powerful private treasury greatly enriched Gu Nanxi's reserves.
After five days and four nights of statistics by thirty or so accountants, they finally came to the conclusion that these two waves of battles alone were enough to sustain Yunzhou Shuozhou for three years.
But other states and counties in the Zhou Dynasty were not so lucky. Gu Nanxi was willing to use her private treasury to provide disaster relief, but officials and aristocratic families in other states and counties would not be so generous.
In Hezhong County, except for a rain at the end of April, with loud thunder and light raindrops, which only moistened the ground, basically no rain has been seen since May.
If it weren't for the rich water resources in Hezhong County, the wheat on the ground might have dried up long ago.
At the end of August, officials from various counties in Hezhong County received two official documents at the same time.
One came from the governor, urging the counties to collect grain and set the amount of money to buy it.
One came from the General Order, which allowed counties to suspend grain collection and urged them to focus on disaster relief.
Li Mingde read both official documents and felt very complicated in his heart.
"Brother Li, what should we do? Who should we listen to?"
Li Mingde turned his attention to "Yunzhou Weekly". A few days after Mr. Cui left Hezhong County, "Yunzhou Weekly" spread through various channels in Hezhong County.
In the latest issue of "Yunzhou Weekly", the headlines on the first page are all about disaster relief.
For example, organizations are organized to dredge rivers, rebuild coastal irrigation canals, provide work-for-relief services, etc.
"Yunzhou Weekly" also proposed a new method of farming. The government will provide land, seeds, and cattle, and farmers will give guidance on planting. The government only collects 40% of a year's harvest, and this 40% also includes grain taxes. .
As soon as this news was published, the governor of Hezhong County immediately ordered that "Yunzhou Weekly" was not allowed to be sold within the boundaries of Hezhong County.
Therefore, this news has not yet spread to the people.
Li Mingde clasped his fingers together and took a deep breath: "Of course we listen to the governor. The governor is backed by Mr. Li Ge, and behind Tongpan is Taishi Tong. Taishi Tong has lost his holy family, and Tongpan is unable to survive alone."
More importantly, my godmother wants to be a refugee!
Li Mingde: "The grain tax will be levied from now on, but don't rush it too much. It will be mainly rural gentry. After the grain tax is collected, it can also be used to relieve the victims. This not only follows the order of the governor, but also follows the order of the general judge."
Other counties in Hezhong County also made the same choice as Li Mingde.
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But Pingyang County, which borders Wudu County, is completely flat.
Their county is already poor, and the county magistrate has little say. He only receives one or two tributes during festivals, and his combined annual income cannot keep up with that of a small official in Hezhong Prefecture.
After receiving the two official documents, the Pingyang County Magistrate did not collect any money or provide disaster relief. He only asked the local wealthy gentry to distribute porridge while he hid in the county government office drinking and eating meat.
I love so and so, but I don’t want to do any work at all. I’ll wait for a few years and then leave this hellish place.
"Lord County Magistrate, grain harvesting has begun in Wudu County. Do we want to send someone?"
The Pingyang County Magistrate frowned: "Does it have anything to do with us? Of the entire county's fields, does one belong to the county government and the common people?"
Boss: "Just now, the Wang family asked people to come and ask. There are already three or three refugees in the county. When will the warehouse be opened to release grain?"
The Pingyang County Magistrate drank a glass of wine and sneered: "Now do you remember that I am the county magistrate? They have so much hidden land and don't pay taxes. At this time, they are counting on our county government's granary? Our granary is better than theirs The pants pockets are still clean! Let them handle it themselves.”
The boss also knew that the county government was so poor that the previous county magistrate rented the official land to the Wang family for a hundred years for one penny.
On the other hand, the governor often intercepted the funds allocated to the county.
Zhu Bo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "Perhaps everyone in Wudu County is busy with the autumn harvest. There are no soldiers guarding the area between the two counties. If these refugees go to Wudu County, should we send someone to stop them?"
A few days ago, tall Yunzhou soldiers were often stationed on the official road connecting the two counties.
Just one look at them made people tremble all over, and the people in Pingyang County wished they were thousands of miles away from Wudu County.
Yesterday, the boss discovered that all those soldiers had withdrawn!
The Pingyang County Magistrate looked at Zhu Bo as if he was looking at a fool: "Why do you want to stop it? If the refugees stay in our county, can you open a warehouse or give out porridge? I'm afraid you have forgotten the civil unrest in the past few years!"< br>
After scolding the boss, Pingyang County Magistrate seemed to have thought of something, and warned again: "Be smart and repair the road to Wudu County and make the signs more conspicuous. By the way, "Yunzhou" Didn’t the Weekly talk about the method of farming? Hire a few beggars to talk about it on the street.”
"But didn't the governor refuse to let it go?"
Pingyang County sneered: "He won't let me! He will take these refugees to Hezhong Mansion!"
Following everyone’s advice, I revised the introduction.
I don’t know if this introduction is possible?
I don't dare to change my name, for fear that you won't find me. Hahaha.