Crossing the wasteland: Farming and peasant girls can't be provoked

Chapter 114 Ways to Raise Money

Thinking of Jing Yi, the disaster victims who flooded into Huizhou Prefecture, approached Director Xiao and said, "Mr. Xiao, I don't need to send my share to my house last month. Please send someone to send it directly to Mr. Lin, the county magistrate of Hui'an County. Just tell me Donated to Hui'an County for disaster relief."

Jing Yi donated money to Hui'an County because she was afraid that Lin Xiuhan would not have enough money to help the victims.Lin Xiuhan's proper resettlement of the refugees in Hui'an County is also conducive to the stability of the law and order in Hui'an County, and it will also prevent Yunxi Village and his family from being affected.

The crops have not been harvested yet, and the spring wheat planted by the villagers will take more than half a month to be harvested. If the refugees fleeing famine are extremely hungry, they may steal the grain that is about to mature in the field, which will definitely cause panic.It is very important to settle the refugees well.

Xiao Zhen secretly admired the little girl in front of him.Such a generous and knowledgeable woman is worthy of her own prince.

He respectfully said: "I will send the money to Mr. Lin according to Dr. Chu's order."

Then Jing Yi told Xiao Yilin what she thought. Xiao Yilin heard what Jing Yi said about the possible harm caused by the refugees, especially now that some crops are about to be harvested, he must beware of some refugees fleeing famine from ruining the crops.

Xiao Yilin said: "I will issue an official document expressly prohibiting anyone from destroying the crops that are about to mature. I will also urge the county magistrates to resettle the refugees under their jurisdiction. If the refugees are resettled on the spot to open up wasteland, there is still time to plant crops. The court can give them Provide seeds, and when the time comes, they will return the seeds after harvesting the grain.

Jing Yi, the method you pioneered to plant two crops a year has saved a lot of people.Let's leave when the resettlement situation of the victims here is resolved. "

Jing Yi said: "Brother Xiao, you should settle the matter on your side first, and I will do whatever I want."

Xiao Yilin has often met with officials at all levels in Huizhou these days, arranging arrangements for the resettlement of refugees fleeing famine and drought relief.

Although Huizhou Prefecture has not been affected much this year, it is necessary to plan ahead.As long as there are conditions to install water trucks in Huizhou Prefecture, all water trucks will be installed, and villagers will be organized to dig water canals at the same time.The victims who fled famine from other places also organized them to dig water canals and build official roads.Let them work hard to support themselves in the form of work-for-work relief.

When the disaster victims open up wasteland and the crops they planted are harvested, the government doesn't have to worry about it anymore.

During the time Jing Yi stayed in Huizhou Mansion, he taught some dishes to the cooks of the Cyclamen Restaurant, which also made the restaurant's business more prosperous.

There is no shortage of rich people at any time, and the food in Cyclamen Restaurant can’t be eaten anywhere else. If you want to enjoy delicious food, you can only go to Cyclamen Restaurant.

Other restaurants also want to imitate the dishes of Cyclamen Restaurant, but Kenben makes the taste of Cyclamen Restaurant.First of all, other restaurants do not have soy sauce, which limits them.

Other restaurants can only be envious and anxious, but there is nothing they can do.Because the Cyclamen Restaurant is behind Prince Jing's Mansion, anyone with a bit of knowledge knows that the Cyclamen Restaurant cannot be moved, so no one dares to disturb it.

Because several prefectures of Jin State suffered from drought again this year, Emperor Xiao Chenghan was very depressed.Every day because of the disaster relief, there was a lot of trouble in the hall.The imperial government's treasury is now empty, and the silver taels that can be provided are really limited, and the disaster relief is more than what it wants but not enough.

Xiao Yilin's memorial soon reached Xiao Chenghan's desk.Xiao Chenghan looked at the work-for-relief method mentioned by his son and felt that it was very feasible, it was a way to kill two birds with one stone.It also prevents the court from blindly taking out money for disaster relief.

The next day, Xiao Chenghan discussed the method of providing relief with work with all the ministers in the court hall, and everyone thought this method was good.

Seeing that all the ministers had reached a consensus, Xiao Chenghan smiled and said: "You may not know, but this method was thought up by Prince Jing. It can be seen that he is really concerned about the country and the people, and for the sake of the court."

The ministers below all twitched the corners of their mouths, His Majesty really liked Prince Jing no matter what.With this momentum, Prince Jing is very likely to inherit the throne. Should they turn to support Prince Jing?

The princes below were envious and jealous in their hearts, and they all thought about how to make Xiao Yilin suffer again.Even if you can't kill him or make him a sick child, even if you let him lose the Xuanwei Army again.

Without the Xuanwei Army, Xiao Yilin would not have a big support.At least become like them, do not control the army, at most keep some guards in the mansion.

Xiao Chenghan praised Xiao Yilin for making everyone in the court think differently.

Although Xiao Yilin's idea of ​​working for relief is a good idea, and everyone has always agreed, it still requires a lot of money.Now that the national treasury is empty, there is no way to get that much money.

Xiao Chenghan felt that his fourth son was quick-witted, so he wrote a letter to Xiao Yilin about the current plight of the court.

Xiao Yilin had nothing to do when he received the letter from his father.Is there any way to quickly raise a large sum of silver taels?

Xiao Yilin had no choice but to think hard, his brows were wrinkled in distress, and he didn't think about eating or drinking.

Jing Yi heard Xiao Yilin say that the national treasury was empty, so after thinking about it, he gave Xiao Yilin an idea, "Brother Xiao, an empty treasury doesn't mean that you have no money in your hands. Think about it yourself, do those big officials in the capital have any money in their families?"

Xiao Yilin frowned and said: "How could they have no money? Every family has three wives and four concubines, and there are groups of servants. Can they support so many people without money? Which of the concubines that the officials pay can't spend money?" The food and clothing such as jewelry and fabrics are not bad at ordinary times, and I have never seen any of them say that they can’t afford it. They live extravagantly and spend money without blinking. Those aristocratic families even control a lot of money. But they don't care about the difficulties of the court at all."

Jing Yi nodded, "That's right. There are also rich businessmen from all over the world. They may have more money than officials' families. Since they have money, let's find a way to get them to pay."

Xiao Yilin looked at Jing Yi and asked, "How can I get them to take the money out obediently? Jing Yan, is there anything you can do? Come and listen."

Jing Yi said: "First of all, we can organize a fundraising event in the name of the royal family. In the end, the amount of money donated by the family will be recorded and announced. Let people release the news that the performance of this donation may be included in the official's annual evaluation.

Or hold an auction fundraiser.Various officials voluntarily donated something in their homes, and then held an auction, and the money obtained after the auction of the items donated by the officials was used for disaster relief.

Fundraising activities can start with the royal family, such as the emperor's concubines, princes, and clan children take the lead in donating money and materials, so as to drive court officials to donate money and materials.

If the businessman donates money, the imperial court can issue a certificate of honor or a plaque in recognition.Alternatively, other rewards may be given.The social status of businessmen is relatively low. If they can get something that is difficult for them to get through donations, then they don't have to worry about not paying for it. "

(End of this chapter)