The Prodigal Son

With the rebellion launched by Prefect Wanbao, chaos quickly spread throughout Ningzhou.

Immediately afterwards, news came from Yuanzhou that the governor of Yuanzhou, Tian Yan, intended to rebel, but he was captured by the Yuanzhou magistrate while still gathering troops.

There were also many disturbances in Shangzhou, Taozhou and other places.

However, in most places, it was all talk and no action.

Some people know they are doomed and want to take a gamble.

But for some, this desperate gamble is their chance to atone for their sins.

However, apart from the rebellion in Ningzhou, Qin Yu didn't need to worry much about the troubles in other places.

Qin Yu didn't even worry much about Ningzhou.

He had already deployed troops to surround Ningzhou from all sides.

The rebellions launched by those in Ningzhou who had close ties with the Shi family were suppressed in a short period of time. This not only helped the Wudang Flying Army gain a lot of credit, but also contributed to Qin Yu's confiscating of property.

All the officials from various places were escorted to Yunhuai, and the property confiscated from their homes was also transported to Yunhuai.

Qin Yu is now incredibly wealthy.

The total value of his wealth has long exceeded 60 million taels.

Yunhuai's treasury is already overflowing with all that wealth.

Unfortunately, none of that silver was his.

However, the chaos in various places has also had a significant impact on people's livelihoods.

Summer farming in many places has been affected, and there are many more disaster victims in various places.

The entire salt transportation system was also significantly affected.

Among them, Ningzhou was the most affected.

Ningzhou isn't exactly in complete chaos right now, but the Shi family has already infiltrated every industry in Ningzhou, and there are at least hundreds of thousands of people in Ningzhou who directly or indirectly depend on the Shi family for their livelihood.

They seized all of the Shi family's businesses, causing tens of thousands of people to lose their livelihoods and creating huge problems for the circulation of goods in Ningzhou.

Although Qin Yu arranged for some merchants to ensure the normal circulation of basic supplies as much as possible, bad news continued to come every day.

"My lord, we have just received news that Wanbao County is facing a severe food shortage. Food prices have doubled, and some grains have even tripled in price!"

"Lingzhao is facing a severe salt shortage, and the price of salt has quadrupled in a short period of time. Many people have reached the point where they have no salt to eat."

"Another incident of displaced people storming government offices has erupted in Shifo County, resulting in the deaths of nearly a hundred people..."

While Qin Yu was having a meal, bad news kept coming in one after another.

Although these are not particularly big issues, they are things that must be addressed.

Qin Yu rubbed his head, pondered silently for a while, and immediately ordered: "Immediately mobilize manpower to transport 5,000 shi of salt from the Yunhuai Salt Warehouse to Lingzhao, open the sealed Shi Family Granary, and transfer 50,000 shi of grain from it to Wanbao County. Issue orders to all regions to do their best to resettle the refugees, and suppress any rebellions by the refugees..."

Lu Si's eyelids twitched, and he whispered a reminder: "I said, those Shi family supplies that have been sealed away shouldn't be touched for the time being, right?"

According to normal procedures, all supplies must be verified by the Ministry of Revenue before any further action is taken.

These confiscated supplies must also be recorded in the accounts!

Otherwise, if it's too much or too little, no one will be able to say for sure.

"Don't move your fart!"

Qin Yu glared at Qin Xiong. "Are you just going to seal the grain in the warehouses and watch the people starve to death? Since it's already sealed, it's the imperial grain. What's wrong with allocating the imperial grain for disaster relief?"

Rules are rules, but people are flexible!

If everything is still done according to the rules at this time, countless innocent people will starve to death.

After a moment's thought, Qin Yu gave the order: "Among those already arrested, anyone not closely related to the Shi family should be forced into hard labor to help transport supplies! Anyone who tries to escape will be beheaded!"

"yes!"

Qin Xiong quickly accepted the order and left.

Watching Qin Xiong leave, Qin Yu, who had lost his appetite, put down his chopsticks, rubbing his head with a headache. "These damn things are such a headache!"

Damn it!

Dealing with these messy, trivial matters feels more troublesome than fighting a war.

It's not that it's difficult, it's that it's trivial and time-consuming!

I'm just not cut out for this kind of thing!

The men under his command were all incredibly skilled, capable of murder and arson.

But if you ask them to handle these complicated and trivial matters, they'd probably be even less capable than you are.

"Who can argue with that!"

Nan Que'er smiled helplessly, "I never expected that the fall of the Shi family would have such a big impact on the entire Ningzhou and the surrounding areas."

"After all, he was the number one merchant in the world. His sudden downfall will definitely have an impact."

Qin Yu let out a breath of stale air. "I'm not worried about the impact, as long as there's no major chaos, I can accept it! It's just that these complicated little things are really troublesome to handle, I need to find someone to help me with these little things..."

As they spoke, Qin Yu's gaze gradually fell on Lü Si.

"Why are you looking at me?"

Lu Si, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, retorted, "Let me tell you, I'm just the deputy salt commissioner. I'm just tagging along for the fun. I'm not cut out for this kind of thing!"

Asking him to handle these messy, trivial matters would be like taking his life.

"I was just trying to give you a chance to improve, wasn't I?"

Qin Yu, like the wolf in sheep's clothing, chuckled as he stared at Lü Si, "You should take this opportunity to hone your skills so that you can rise to the highest rank and make a name for yourself in history!"

"Get lost!"

Without even thinking, Lü Si refused, "I'm full, I'll go get back to work!"

After saying that, Lü Si immediately took off running.

He didn't believe Qin Yu's nonsense at all!

That bastard just wants to dump all those messy, trivial things on me!

Qin Yu watched speechlessly as Lü Si slipped away faster than a rabbit.

What the hell are you running for!

I still have the power to control the military and political affairs of the nine provinces!

If I assign him tasks, can he run away?

Qin Yu withdrew his gaze and then instructed Qi Dachui: "After dinner, you personally lead thirty men to Jiangning Prefecture and bring Ruan Zhi here as quickly as possible! Order Di Rong to temporarily assume the post of Sima of Fangzhou to ensure the stability of Fangzhou!"

Yang Jichun also has to manage affairs in Haizhou, so he can't be relied on for these trivial matters for the time being!

He has already dealt with Fangzhou, and with Fu Mingzhu and Di Rong in charge, there shouldn't be any major problems there anymore.

Let Ruan Zhi handle these trivial matters for me!

Qi Dachui nodded and quickly sped up his shoveling of rice.

In no time, the large bowl of rice was completely devoured.

The speed at which the rice was cooked left Nan Que'er speechless.

Qi Dachui wiped his mouth haphazardly with his sleeve. "Thirteenth Young Master, I'll set off with my men right now!"

"What's the rush?"

Qin Yu patted Qi Dachui on the shoulder, "Have some water and rest for a bit, I'll write you a warrant!"

"oh."

Qi Dachui chuckled sheepishly.

Soon, Qin Yu wrote a warrant and handed it to Qi Dachui.

Qi Dachui took the warrant and quickly led thirty men away.

Qin Yu sat there pondering for a while, then got up and went to his study.

Hmm, it's time to write a report to the she-devil!

Enko should be almost done with it by now!

Hurry up and send some decent people to him!