Liu Shi knew that in order to ensure that Zhao Mo successfully completed the secret task of clearing out the bandits in Guanyin Mountain and the Xiaoqingtan Witch Pilgrimage, Emperor Taixi must have allocated a lot of funds to Zhao Miao, but this is absolutely impossible to be unlimited, so it is not appropriate to trouble Zhao Mo for disaster relief. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, the most important point is that Zhao Mianming's identity is just a businessman, and his speech is even worse than that of him, the county, how useful can he be?

If Zhao Miao's identity can be clearly stated, it may be a different matter, after all, as the special envoy of the Son of Heaven, it is not impossible to ask Wang Dingguo to give priority to the relief of Honghe County, where he lives.

But the key is that Zhao Miao's identity must be kept secret!

In this way, what other important role can a merchant have besides providing silver?

Therefore, the disaster relief can only rely on themselves now!

After such a visit one day, he had a general understanding of the disaster situation in Honghe County, and Liu Shi's mood became more and more heavy.

In the evening, Zhao Mian specially came to visit for the disaster, and when he saw that Liu Zhimei was heavy, he helped him and said: "Otherwise, I will first transfer some food from the nearby Weisho Tuntian or embezzle some silver to save the current emergency?" ”

Liu Shi shook his head without thinking too much, thanked Zhao Mian for his kindness, and explained: "The previous road construction has already bothered Lord Zhao a lot, and he has spent a lot of silver. Holy and holy, this kind of thing can never be done again. ”

Although Emperor Taixi is far away in the capital, but "the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister", before they pretended to carry out the special imperial order, they allocated a large amount of silver to build the road, which has aroused the displeasure of the head of the local guard, if it is not for the holy order above, I am afraid that this matter will not be so smooth.

At this time, if this move is done again, it will undoubtedly deepen the contradiction between the two sides, and if the other party investigates deeply, this matter will be brought to Emperor Taixi, and they will be the ones who will suffer at that time.

Although the disaster is serious, compared with the major events that will benefit the future such as the elimination of the bandits in Guanyin Mountain and the Xiaoqingtan witch pilgrimage, it may not be impossible to solve it from other aspects.

"Moreover, there is a granary in the county, although there is not much grain storage, but it can also solve a temporary emergency." Liu Shi was afraid that Zhao Mo would be worried, so he explained, "As long as the Wang Governor's Mansion can help, the disaster relief work should be carried out smoothly." ”

When Zhao Mo heard Liu Zhi say this, he was slightly relieved, and promised righteously: "Don't worry! When the time comes, if Wang Dingguo's old puppet embarrasses you, you just have to tell me, and I will go directly to beat him down until he is convinced and obediently offers food. ”

"Then I'll thank Lord Zhao here first!" Liu Zhi received Zhao Miao's kindness, tried his best to make a brisk appearance, and replied.

After all, if Wang Dingguo really disregarded the life and death of the people for personal interests and grievances, Liu Zhi could really let Zhao Mo beat him!

Fists sometimes don't solve all problems.

However, it is not known whether Wang Dingguo is embarrassed Liu Zhi, but some treacherous rich families in the city began to take advantage of the flood, regardless of the lives of the people, taking the opportunity to raise prices, making huge profits from it, and preparing to make a fortune from the disaster, among which the most violent is the Wu family.

Since Wu Zhong stepped down, the Wu family's local prestige has declined rapidly, and even their business has been greatly hit. Especially after Wu Zhong was publicly beheaded last autumn, the Wu family's business plummeted, and it has long since ceased to be lively.

However, the dead camel is bigger than the horse, and even if the business encounters unprecedented difficulties, the Wu family still relies on the previous exploitation and accumulation to occupy the top ten wealthy households in Honghe County.

For more than a year, the Wu family has been holding their breath, just waiting for a suitable opportunity to give Liu Zhi a fatal blow, and the current flood is the best opportunity.

After the floods, the Wu family united some profiteers in the county overnight, bought rice and grain on a large scale, hoarded them, and took the opportunity to arbitrarily raise prices.

In just one day's work, the price of rice in Honghe County has increased several times, and the prices of other daily necessities have also soared, which cannot be suppressed.

This is only the first day after the disaster, if the Wu family continues to gather profiteers to raise prices, it will not be long before the people will really have no way to live.

Liu Zhi was so angry that he became angry with his subordinates for the first time, and ordered them to strictly inspect the market and arrest illegal traders.

But what's the use of that, they can't just go and close other people's shops.

Doing business, of course, it is normal for the price to be low and high, love to buy and buy, not to buy and pull, this is what you are willing to do, and no one forces you, that is, it is bought in the court, and the Wu family also has something to say.

Liu Zhi gritted his teeth with hatred for this, but there was nothing he could do.

On the second day, prices reached a new high under the deliberate coaxing of the Wu family and others, and the number of people who came to the county government to sue for survival also increased a lot compared with yesterday.

Liu Shi looked at the people outside, all of them had haggard faces, panicked expressions, and uncertain looks, and couldn't help but sigh.

Peng Jin had already heard the news, walked over from the backyard, and saw that the people were surrounding the county government, so he said solemnly to Liu Shi who was sitting at the table: "It's better to open a warehouse and put grain." ”

There is a granary used as a reserve in the county, called the righteous warehouse, which is originally used for disaster relief, and the county has the right to open the warehouse to release grain and give relief to the people.

However, the food reserves in the Yicang are not much, and they are not enough to provide relief to the victims of the disaster in a county.

Therefore, Liu Shi understands that Peng Jin is talking about the abundant reserves.

At the beginning of his tenure, after discovering that Wu Zhong had used Chang Ping to make a raft, exchanged old grain for new grain, filled good grain with inferior grain, and even falsely reported the amount to embezzle the deficit, Liu Zhi specially recovered the grain that Wu Zhong had embezzled, so that Chang Ping was full again, and this time it could be used to help the victims.

However, Chang Liquidation is responsible for regulating grain prices, buying grain at a high price when the market price is low, selling at a low price when the market price is high, or even borrowing money from the people in a famine year.

Liu Zhi raised his head and looked at Peng Jin's fearless solemnity, feeling both relieved and distressed, relieved that his wife was so knowledgeable that she didn't care about personal interests, and did not hesitate to bear the charge of opening a regular position without permission for the sake of the people; The distressing thing is that Peng Jin has not had a comfortable life for a few days after marrying him, and he will be worried about him again.

"Let's open the Yicang first." Liu Shi thought for a moment and made up his mind, "If the price still can't be suppressed by then, it's not too late to open a regular position." ”

ps: It seems that it's still a little late~~~~(>_<)~~~~~ It's probably too sleepy, and the dead ends are blocked......

Good night everyone~ What's the matter? (°?‵?′??) (To be continued.) )