121. Disaster relief
At the same time as Mo Shu went to Linhai County, Chen Hai, the locust hunting envoy sent by the imperial court, and Wang Zhi, the eldest son of the current head of the Langya Wang family, had already received the news and had also arrived here to wait.
Although Chen Hai and Wang Zhi are like this, it is very important to see the face of the Jin State Mansion, but if it weren't for the fact that Mo Shu's poultry in the farm had indeed made a great contribution to the locust plague, even if they had the relationship with the Wu family and Mo Shu's status as the county lord, the two would not have come here in person.
Mo Shu knew that the two of them actually looked down on her in their hearts, so they got out of the car and took a full stand, she was also the county lord of the emperor's own title, even if Chen Hai and Wang Zhi despised her in their hearts, they still had to salute when they saw her, of course, Mo Shu was not too much, and the two of them were halfway saluteed, so they hurriedly returned the salute.
Then a few people exchanged pleasantries, Mo Shu talked to Wang Zhi, and Wu Zhong, another steward of the Jin State Mansion, who accompanied him, talked to the side of Chen Hai, the locust catcher.
When the conversation between Mo Shu and Wang Zhi came to an end, when Chen Hai returned, his attitude towards Mo Shu became enthusiastic.
Mo Shu didn't have to think about it to know that Steward Wu must have promised Chen Hai some benefits.
The next few people talked about the locust plague, Chen Capture Locust Envoy praised the great contribution of the Moshu Farm in the locust plague, and also said that Moshu is a woman who does not let the eyebrows, and is really a model of the family's ladies.
Mo Shu listened and had to say a few words modestly.
Thinking of the situation in the disaster area that he saw along the way, Mo Shu had the idea of going here for disaster relief, but with Liu Kai's suspicion, he had to think of a way to do this.
At this time, the steward of the Wu family and the officials who went to exterminate the locusts did not know what to say, and then Wang Zhi said: "The county lord has worked hard all the way, and this locust plague is also thanks to the county lord's farm, and the government has prepared some thank-you gifts, please smile." ”
Mo Shu heard that the Langya Wang family wanted to express his gratitude, but Wu Ziheng had already thought of it before he came, if the Wang family didn't take the initiative to mention it, Steward Wu would also help them remember, and immediately smiled and said: "How embarrassing is this." ”
Wang Zhi listened to Mo Shu say that he was embarrassed, but he didn't look embarrassed at all, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching a few times:
"Wu Jiamo's family has come all the way to drive poultry over to relieve me of the danger of Ludi, this little gratitude, it is really insignificant."
"Since the Wang family is so gracious, it is difficult to refuse, so I accepted it unceremoniously. It's just that there is no shortage of gold and silver in the Jin State Mansion. When I came, I saw that some prefectures and counties in Ludi were severely affected by the disaster, so it was better for Wang Gongzi to exchange all these silver coins for grain, so that I could use them for disaster relief, which was also regarded as the supreme merit of the Wang family. ”
Mo Shu still smiled.
Wang Zhi was obviously choked for a moment, and then said: "This road is far away, and it is inconvenient to transport grain, and this side has just been affected by the disaster, and there is no harvest of summer grain this year......
Mo Shu smiled and said: "I believe that the Langya royal family will not have a few years of grain storage because of the harvest this summer, right?" This land is affected by the disaster, and with the benevolence and righteousness of the royal family, it will certainly be relieved.
Wang Gongzi can rest assured, I also plan to use this grain to relieve disasters in the prefectures and counties of Ludi, and will not transport it back to Chang'an. Speaking of the long distance and inconvenient transportation, I remembered that I heard that the Wang family also has its own grain shops in the counties below, so it is better to wait for me to transfer directly from the Wang family's grain shop when I get to the place, wouldn't it save the trouble of transportation?
Wang Gongzi is still thoughtful, so I will thank Wang Gongzi for the victims of Ludi first. ”
These words made Wang Gongzi speechless.
And Chen Hai also echoed on the side, praising the benevolence and righteousness of the Wang family, and he would definitely tell the heavens about this matter, so the matter was settled.
The next day, the Wang family asked the grain shop in Linhai County to allocate some grain to Moshu.
After the grain was transported out of the Wang family's shop, it was directly put in a small warehouse with only one main entrance next to the porridge shed.
In normal times, it is normal for the officials of the imperial court to be greedy for the food money for disaster relief, or to replace the grain of the old worms with the grain allocated from above.
Now seeing Mo Shu's public approach, the victims of the disaster were greatly moved for a while.
In fact, today's people are really easy to be satisfied and even moved, and for a while, many people in the disaster area said that they would not accept food after sending the locusts they had collected from home.
Mo Shu naturally did not agree, but insisted that the people below all exchange food for the victims according to what they had originally said.
Moreover, Mo Shu also generously explained that these grains were all used by the Wang family for disaster relief.
But due to the news that Mo Shu intentionally or unintentionally revealed, the victims knew the ins and outs of the matter, and understood that these grains were to put it bluntly, and they were the Wang family's thank you gifts and rewards for Mo Shu's rush over to relieve the disaster, even if Mo Shu was all left to himself, no one could say anything wrong.
But Mo Shu took it all out for disaster relief.
Therefore, the victims are also the love of the Chengmo Shu and the Wu family.
As for the Wang family, because they had instructed the officials under them to refuse Mo Shu's construction of a farm, the locust plague was far stricter than that of other places where there were farms, and the people and local officials had many complaints, so it was even more impossible for Mo Shu to accept the love of the Wang family because of the thank you gift from the Wang family.
However, the Wang family can't go up to the fold to impeach Mo Shu to invite the people to buy the hearts of the people, because Mo Shu disaster relief keeps saying that the Wang family is benevolent and righteous, and took out food for disaster relief.
Mo Shu took the food of the Wang family and pulled the banner of the Wang family, but he won the hearts of the people of the disaster-stricken counties in Qilu for himself and the Mo family of the Wu family.
But after the royal patriarch finished training his son, although he was still so angry that he gritted his teeth, he couldn't help it: "This Mo Liu Niangzi is also cunning!" ”
The poultry of Moshu Farm had already been transmitted back to Chang'an in this locust plague.
Before the ministers could react, the Jin State Mansion had already responded. Recently, Liu Kai read the newspapers, most of them took himself out of the locust plague and then sang praises, saying that the locust plague will occur every few years, not because of the Son of Heaven, but because the Son of Heaven Shengming, moved the heavens, and only then will the heavens borrow the hands of the county lord personally sealed by the Son of Heaven to turn the phoenix divine bird in the sky into poultry and prey on flying locusts, which greatly reduced the loss of the locust plague.
Because these courtiers had already said that Quyuan Plough was auspicious, now this song of praise is naturally very smooth.
Moreover, if there are such beautiful words, the matter of this locust plague can be revealed, and the emperor can be happy, so why not?
Maybe the saint is long, and he is expected to be promoted.
When Mo Shu first heard these news, she thought that such flattering words would not be of much use, and maybe it would backfire, which would make Liu Kai bored and even angry, but she didn't expect to receive a letter from Wu Ziheng later, and Liu Kai's reaction was really happy.
After being silent for a moment with the letter, Mo Shu finally understood that Liu Kai had completely become a faint king. (To be continued.) )