Han Xiang

Chapter 113
From Longxiang's settlement in Hefei to the summer of the fourth year of Jian'an, Hefei grew from an empty city to 7000 people. With the help of Yuan Yin's abandonment of Shouchun, the number of people in the city may exceed [-] by the end of the year.

Housing, farmland, food, laws, low taxes, and less corvee
Hefei, which was originally barren, is now a paradise in troubled times, and people's lives are gradually normal.

Most of the households who arrived first had surplus food in their warehouses, but the situation of the later refugees was different. Some were working hard to move bricks in order to obtain an ID number, some were recruited to the artisan camp to learn skills, and some had just been assigned to Xintian. In short, there is hope for survival.

Where there are people, there are people with sophistication.

The latecomers took shortcuts to quickly "get rid of poverty", and many chose to intermarry with the early residents.

Hefei was not powerful at this time, the ruling class was not indulged in pleasure, and the people at the bottom had no differences in family status, so there were happy events among the people every month.

Whether it was the relatives of Feng Zhong and Tang Yu, or the clansmen who moved in from the Xu family brothers, they all integrated new members into each other.

Once the bond of in-laws is formed, the interests are bound together. Some voices seeking special care are slowly transmitted from the grassroots to the upper floors, and finally reach the ears of Feng Zhong, Tang Yu, Lu Su and others.

Long Xiang had seen too much of the low-level people's cleverness on the construction site, and he knew it was human greed, so he neither blamed nor expressed his opinion, and planned to deal with it coldly.

Both Feng Zhong and Tang Jue were born in poverty, and they had the experience of going through life and death with their colleagues. Facing the small requests of their generals, they couldn't bear to refuse, but they couldn't make the decision, because they had to pass the test of the master Lu Su.

Lu Su was the mayor of Dongcheng, and promised to help Longxiang manage Hefei well. He knew that lax laws would not convince the public. Learn from Longchamp cold treatment.

With more and more voices, they were finally placed on the table.

Taking advantage of the crowds that night, Lu Su went to the next door to bring a bamboo slip.

Handing it over to Long Xiang, he said, "Yunqi, the harvest is about to be delivered. These are some of the requests I have counted over the past six months. Most of them want to be taken care of in terms of rent and tax, and some want to change to better fields."

Dangdang.
While looking at it, Long Xiang tapped on the table, thinking that cold treatment of this kind of thing doesn't seem to be effective. He thought that being completely selfless would easily chill the hearts of the soldiers, but if this opening is opened, this group of people will become a privileged class in disguise. .

Although in a feudal society, using power for personal gain is quite normal, Long Xiang still hopes that Hefei can be clearer, at least in the "initial stage of entrepreneurship" to adhere to principles, otherwise, just like Yuan Shu who just died, taking the lead and exploiting the people with the privileged class, and eventually living An usurper who can't even drink honey water.

Long Xiang was engaged in civil engineering in his previous life, and he knew that the construction party would fiddle with cement, steel bars and other materials in order to save costs, but they have a bottom line in their work, and the quality must meet the minimum requirements of the design, otherwise the shabby project will definitely collapse.

"Ok?"

Long Xiang looked and thought, and suddenly found two points on the bamboo slips, then raised his head and asked Lu Su: "Zijing, I see that the requests above are basically from Uncle Zhong and Uncle Xi, why is there no Cao Xing?"

"It is estimated that General Cao's cavalry battalion has a small number."

When Lu Su was analyzing his needs, Cao Xing quickly stood up and agreed: "Yes, sir, you are right. There are only 30 people here, and there are few people and few family members."

Long Xiang nodded slightly: "You don't have to worry. After the summer harvest, the market will open for trade. If you buy horses, I will add people to you."

"Thirty rangers are enough, the last general is not in a hurry." Cao Xing said and sat down again.

Long Xiang rubbed his forehead, sorted out his thoughts, and turned to Feng Zhong and Tang Xi: "Uncle Zhong, Uncle Xi, what's your opinion?"

Tang Xie took the lead and said: "I don't think it's a big deal. Anyway, there is more than enough food in the official warehouse. These brothers are going through life and death. It's not too much to give some grace."

Feng Zhong thought for a while and added: "Although this year's harvest is not as good as last year's, it is not in short supply overall. I also consulted Mr. Zijing the day before yesterday, and he said that after taking into account the annual expenditure, there is still a small surplus in taxes and food. If it doesn’t work, give them some relief, as for changing the fields, you and your husband have to make up your mind.”

"What do you think of Zijing?" Long Xiang was noncommittal.

Lu Su stroked his beard and shook his head: "The two generals are right. Yun Qi treats his subordinates generously, but it's better to keep it secret and don't make a big deal of it. Otherwise, those who are not relieved will easily develop resentment."

"Who dares to complain?"

Tang Yu interjected angrily: "Without us protecting the city, distributing food, and dividing the fields, they might have starved to death."

"Oh, that's the truth"

Tang Xie's choking words made Lu Su smile awkwardly, and he looked at Long Xiang, as if he was talking about this matter, and it's up to you to make up your mind in the end.

Long Xiang put the bamboo slips on the table, and said with a flat expression: "Bo An and Zhong Kang are not here tonight, I don't know why the name of General Xu Village is not on the bamboo slips. Or have they not reported it yet?"

Lu Su cupped his hands and replied: "Neither of the two generals mentioned it. As for whether their subordinates have any opinions, Su can't know."

Feng Zhong analyzed the situation and said: "There are relatively more young and strong people in Xu Village, and most of them have joined the army as soldiers. The fixed food and salary itself is sufficient, so there will be fewer difficulties."

"There are many soldiers in Xu Village, but the total population is just as large, and they fought bravely, so they are worthy of the food and salary. Cao Xing and I went north this time, and I should have seen it with my own eyes."

After Long Xiang finished speaking, he looked at Cao Xing deliberately, implying that he wanted him to testify for himself.

Cao Xing hurriedly nodded in agreement: "Yes, they all count as ten."

"We are all rough and rough, and we don't know how to deal with government affairs at all. If Yun Qi has any ideas, he might as well speak up. If there is any difficulty, Old Tang and I will settle it."

Seeing that Long Xiang was upset, Feng Zhong brought the topic to Xu Cun again, and guessed that the other party did not agree to tax cuts. He was a staunch supporter of Long Xiang, so he gave up the officer's appeal without hesitation.

"Brothers have difficulties at home, of course we can't just sit idly by, but the fairness and justice of taxes is related to Hefei's laws and regulations, so we can't easily reduce or exempt them."

Long Xiang paused for a moment, pushed the bamboo slips in front of Feng Zhong, and said: "You and Uncle Xi will go from house to house to check the situation according to the list above, if you have difficulty getting by, you can directly distribute the food in my name, I will remember Zijing's transfer of grain from the official warehouse, so there is no need to sneak around."

"Wonderful, there is a saying in "Zuo Zhuan" that "even if you can't detect the small and big prisons, you must use emotion." Yun Qi strictly abides by justice and does not violate the law. , and no worries.”

Lu Su stroked his beard and looked at Long Xiang appreciatively.

Tang Yu asked naively: "What? I don't quite understand it. It is cumbersome to adjust the grain from the warehouse. Isn't it easier to reduce the burden? Anyway, it is Hefei's grain."

Lu Su explained with a smile: "Although they are all Hefei's food, they are handled in different ways, and the effects are also very different. Directly reducing or exempting the private and abolishing the public, through Yunqi rewards, it is using the public to help the poor, and the people will be happy." Happy to say."

"It's so hard to understand." Tang Yu scratched his head.

Seeing this, Feng Zhong poked Tang Yu: "If you don't understand, don't ask questions. You just need to know what they said is right. It's a waste of Mr. Zijing's tongue."

(End of this chapter)