Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 732

"Not bad, this house is not bad, it's him, and the houses next to it, I want them all, Lao Li, please help me write them down, buy them later, our Ju family will settle down here in the future!"

Since Liu Wei can't be prevented from establishing the capital here, then follow his will and lay down a foundation here.

"Master Ju, as far as I know, there are only a few dozen people in your family, and this yard is enough for you to live in. Why do you need so many houses? Your family doesn't have that many people!"

Li Yu looked at Ju Shou and asked.

"Li Yu, why are you so concerned about the money? Don't we have no one in our Ju family, and no one can have children? Let me tell you, I will take a concubine in a few days, and I will have a few more sons! Are you in charge? ?”

Jushou said unreasonably.

"I……!"

Li Yu was at a loss for words, is this old man really a Taiwei?This is too unreasonable.

"If you are told to buy it, then go buy it, don't talk nonsense!"

Before Li Yu could speak, Ju Shou became impatient, waved his hand at Li Yu, turned around and went into the teahouse, ordered a pot of good tea, and drank it on his own.

"Grandma is a bear!"

Li Yu cursed, turned around and went to find the owners of these houses to discuss the price.

On the same day, after negotiating the price, Juhu and Liyu returned to Yecheng.

When Jushou returned to Yecheng, he kept silent about the matter of preventing Liu Wei from establishing the capital in Jixian County, and even his superiors could not excuse his illness. The opponents understood what Jushou meant at a glance. They opposed it, and all of these opposition parties compromised and agreed to Liu Wei's establishment of the capital in Ji County.

Seeing that there were no voices of objection, Liu Wei ordered people to make preparations in Jixian County. They were both immigrants and house builders. They planned to finish all the work before August [-]th, so that Liu Wei could ascend the throne on August [-]th.

But the weather was unpredictable. In May of that year, there was a severe drought in Hebei, and a plague of locusts occurred. Large areas of crops were wiped out by locusts.

"My lord, this is the wrath of the heavens. It must be because the massacre of Xuchang City last year angered the heavens. My lord should set up an altar to sacrifice to the heavens, and ask for blessings!"

Xu You couldn't kneel on the court again, and repeatedly asked Liu Wei to set up an altar to worship heaven.

The same is true for most of the civil servants, they all knelt down and asked Liu Wei to design an altar to worship the sky.

"Fart! This is a natural disaster. What does it have to do with the sky? Besides, if it doesn't rain, can it rain if I worship him?"

Liu Wei said angrily.

"My lord, natural disasters are not something we are sorry to resist, we should pray to the heavens and pray for the blessings of the heavens!"

Xu You continued.

"Natural disasters are not something I can resist, but I want to minimize the disaster as much as possible!"

Liu Wei ordered Tian Feng: "Tian Yuanhao, you send people to the south to buy chickens and ducks. After buying the chickens and ducks, distribute the chickens and ducks to the common people and let them put the chickens and ducks in the fields for free-range breeding!"

"My lord, I'm afraid it's not right!"

Tian Feng didn't accept the order, but instead said: "My lord, if the chickens and ducks are free-ranged in the fields, I'm afraid they will be caught by the people to eat meat!"

"Damn it, let me see who dares, these are chickens and ducks for disaster relief, whoever dares to secretly catch and eat meat, then catch the greedy person, smash his teeth, dig out his tongue, and pour boiling water down his throat Inside!"

If in normal times, someone is greedy for cheap, it's fine to steal some chickens and ducks, but stealing chickens and ducks at such a time is breaking his Liu Wei's roots.It's light enough not to kill directly.

"Here!"

Liu Wei talked about the way to punish those who steal chickens and ducks, Tian Feng went down to find the caravan, and planned to let them go south to buy chickens and ducks.

The strong team came and went for a full month. In June, millions of chickens and ducks were purchased from the south. After they were put in the fields, the chickens and ducks would be full from eating locusts every day, and the plague of locusts would be eliminated immediately. In order to control it, some people saw that the solar terms were still early, and they took hoes to the fields to fill up seedlings.

In July, the weather changed again. The weather changed from normal. Originally, there was no drop of rain. This time, it rained continuously for days, and sometimes it rained continuously. The crops were flooded again, and many people drowned.

In late July, a torrential rain fell for three consecutive days, and the Yellow River burst its embankment. Countless people on both sides of the river were washed away, their houses were destroyed, and their fields were flooded. Hundreds of thousands of people became homeless.Memorials requesting disaster relief spread to Yecheng one after another.

"My lord, Pingyuan County asks my lord to distribute food for disaster relief!"

"My lord, Cangting County requests my lord to distribute wood and stones to rebuild the city wall that was damaged by the water."

"My lord, there is a riot among the refugees in Dongwuyang! Please send troops to suppress it, my lord!"

"My lord...!"

Two civil servants were reading the memorial next to Liu Wei, and Liu Wei kept repeating yes or no.

It wasn't that Liu Wei was lazy and didn't want to review the memorial himself. It was really impossible for him to review the memorial. Liu Wei didn't close his eyes for four days in a row, and didn't stop reviewing the memorial. Except for eating and going to the toilet, he didn't move at all, but the memorial was like snowflakes , One after another, sent to Yecheng endlessly, Liu Wei's hand holding the pen was already swollen, and he couldn't review the memorials by himself, so he could only call a few civil servants to review the memorials for him in turn.

But now Liu Wei not only has dark circles under his eyes and swollen hands, but even his voice when giving orders is a little hoarse.

"My lord, there are too many people affected by the disaster this time. We must find a way! Otherwise, the resettlement of millions of refugees will not be done properly. Once someone with evil intentions stirs up the flames, these millions of refugees will die Will become millions of rebels!"

Zhong Yao was also one of the people who reviewed the memorials today. During lunch, Zhong Yao had the opportunity to talk to Liu Wei.

"I've already figured out what to do. Now there are two urgent tasks. The first is to count how many refugees there are, and the second is to quickly buy a batch of grain and grass before the grain merchants in Jiangnan and Central Sichuan raise the price of grain!"

Liu Wei said while pushing the rice into his mouth.

"My lord, what should we do with the refugees? We can't distribute gruel to them every day until the New Year's harvest, right?"

Zhong Yao continued to ask.

"Give them porridge now, and I won't give them porridge after a while. I have to give them something dry! Gulu!"

Liu Wei swallowed down the meal and continued: "I have already thought about the way to deal with the refugees. Among these refugees, there must be people who have studied or practiced martial arts. Let them go to Ji County. You can live with just one errand, and the rest of the refugee men will be taken to build roads. There will be no wages for a year, and they will only eat every day. They will build a few weaving factories. No wages, just eat, and at this time of the Chinese New Year, those who stay will be paid, and those who don't want to stay will go home! Suck!"

Liu Wei drank the last sip of soup, wiped his mouth, turned around and went back to criticize the memorial.

(End of this chapter)