The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 1042 Sending to Yingnan Mansion

Gu Chengyu frowned upon hearing this, Jiangnan is Xia Qing's ancestral land.The Xia family has been in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time, and has become the leader of the south of the Yangtze River.

Whether it is merchants or local officials, big or small, they all respect the Xia family.If he wanted to implement his plan, he would have to attack Xia Shi first.

So he began to seriously deploy a few days ago, he wrote a secret letter to the emperor, and he may have arrived in the capital by now.

Now it's up to the emperor to understand his intentions, and he has to find something for Xia Qing to do, so that Xia Qing won't focus on him and hinder his plan.

I don't know when the government's disaster relief money will arrive, and the victims can't wait long.As an imperial envoy, he is also aggrieved, he has no money, no food, and a pile of mess is waiting for him when he arrives in the south of the Yangtze River.

Gu Chengyu frowned. Of course, the rise in rice prices must be curbed, but it's not the time yet.

For those who hoarded rice, he naturally had a way to make them spit it out obediently.

"My lord, how should those victims be resettled? As soon as there are too many victims, there will be constant conflicts. We have stopped several fights over land and food. Many victims have expressed dissatisfaction when they heard that someone could enter the city to do business. Look for something to do when you have nothing to do in the day."

Ming Mo is very worried, not worrying about the shortage but the unevenness.Everyone is in the same situation, so these people naturally have no hope.

But the same victims, some people can go to the city to work, not only get wages, but also take care of two meals.Seeing that they and their families are starving to death, how can these people bear it?

Gu Chengyu was not surprised to hear this news, he could have expected such consequences a long time ago.

It is impossible for Hangtian Mansion to accommodate so many disaster victims, and of course not all of them will go to the city to do river work.

"Take my seal to find Yang Chaoying, and order him to register the victims. Temporarily divide them into two groups, one of which will be escorted to Yingnan Mansion."

Gu Chengyu feels that the number of people is almost the same at this moment, and half of them can be sent to Yingnan Mansion.There were too few people before, and it would be very inconvenient to divide them into several batches, so it would be better to send them all at once.

"But my lord, will those people be willing to leave? And isn't Yingnan Mansion not agreeing to take in the victims?"

Ming Mo frowned slightly, did he think his lord might be too optimistic?

Gu Chengyu sneered when he heard the words, "Disagree? It's up to him, Li Taixing, what right does he have to disagree? You ask Ming Yan to follow the victims with three D-types, and make sure they reach Yingnan Mansion safely."

Gu Chengyu calculated that from here to Yingnan Mansion, ordinary people estimated that it would take three or four days to travel, but most of these victims were old, weak, women and children.It has been a long time since I have had a full meal, so two more days may have to be added to that time.

"Before you reach Yingnan Mansion, I will hurry there. Li Taixing has a handle in my hands, and the Shangfang sword in my hand is holding me back. How dare he disagree?"

Gu Chengyu didn't have a good impression of this person, and he hadn't settled with this person yet when he conspired with Prince Jing to plot against him!Now that he's in the south of the Yangtze River, why don't he avenge his previous revenge?
"But the victims are now penniless and haven't had enough to eat for several days. Can they walk to Yingnan Mansion? What will they eat on the way?"

Ming Mo has always been careful in his work, and it's nothing to escort him all the way. He will see which bandit who doesn't open his eyes can come to his door by himself.

Besides, the ragged clothes of these disaster victims can be seen as refugees at a glance, and the bandits don't like such things.Without money, who will rob?
"Forget it, you go and invite Yang Zhifu over, I have something to discuss with him."

Gu Chengyu pondered for a moment, and felt that Yang Chaoying had to make it clear in person, after all, this was his Hangtian Mansion.

"Oh! And Mr. Hu, please come together!"

After a while, Yang Chaoying arrived at the study where Gu Chengyu was.

"Master Gu! More and more disaster victims gather outside the city, how can this be good?"

As soon as she entered the room, Yang Chaoying wiped the sweat off her head.

On the way to Gu Chengyu's study, he ran into Ming Mo, and as soon as he learned that Gu Chengyu was looking for him, he rushed to the study immediately.

"Master Yang, don't be in a hurry, please drink some tea to relax. When Master Hu comes, let's discuss the disaster victims together."

Hu Maoshen came soon, and he couldn't sleep at night because of worry these two days.As soon as he entered the room, he asked the same question as Yang Chaoying.

After Gu Chengyu saluted, he smiled slightly.Knowing that these two people were anxious, he simply didn't make a fuss and went straight to the point.

"This official plans to divide the victims into two parts, and one part will go to Yingnan Mansion. Today's Hangtian Mansion has nowhere to go."

Hu Mao pondered deeply for a moment, then frowned and said: "We have agreed to go to Yingnan Mansion before, but the distance is so long that it is impossible for so many people to hire a carriage. How should the victims be arranged for food on the way? Besides, the government We have to send someone to protect their safety, if something goes wrong halfway, we can't afford to walk around."

There must be a lot of disaster victims going to Yingnan Prefecture. Based on the number of people outside, there must be at least 8000 to [-] people.With so many people, what happened on the way, they can't afford it.

"I asked four followers to follow, and with the number of servants in Mr. Yang's house, there is no need to worry about safety. As for food, that would be a better solution. All the disaster victims who followed to Yingnan's mansion, every day Each person will be given three steamed buns a day until they reach Yingnan Mansion. When they arrive at Yingnan Mansion, there is no need to worry about eating."

Gu Chengyu felt that these were not problems, the most troublesome thing was how to deal with Li Taihang.

But he already had countermeasures, so he wasn't worried.

"May I ask Mr. Gu, how do you plan to solve this problem?"

Yang Chaoying couldn't understand that Gu Chengyu solved the matter so lightly, but the problem was that the root of the matter had not been resolved yet!
Even Hu Maoshen looked over, he was also very curious.

"Isn't this a granary? Open the granary and take out part of it first, it should be all right."

Picking up the tea bowl, Gu Chengyu was thinking that it would be a waste to put the food in the warehouse, it was moldy, and if they didn't take it out to rescue the victims, the court would be too rigid.

Even if you want to plan ahead, you can't let the victims go hungry, but the grain in the warehouse is fed to the mice, right?
Are people less noble than mice?The mice were fat and strong, but the humans were skinny and skinny, which is ridiculous.

Yang Chaoying opened her mouth wide when she heard the words, and was stunned for a while, then shook her head like a rattle.

"No, no! Without an order from the imperial court, the granary must not be opened. Otherwise, the emperor will blame me, and I will have to go around without food. Even Mr. Gu, you will not be spared!"

Yang Chaoying didn't expect that Gu Chengyu would have the idea of ​​the granary, she was desperate, she was crazy.

"Just take it out for emergency. The time is too short, and I don't have time to prepare the grain. I will borrow what is in the granary first, and I will be able to pay it back within three days."

(End of this chapter)