"This kid...... It's amazing!'

While reaching out to make a saving move, Liu Wei secretly thought in his heart.

He swore that he had no intention of releasing the water, completely according to his understanding of Wang Dan, the commander of Ruyang County, because he also wanted to see if the little guy in front of him who had come up with the 'cash-for-work' strategy could catch it.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yu was even better than he imagined, and he turned retreat into advance, but instead forced him, the pretended "Wang Dan", to the cliff.

Opening up half of the grain storage in the official warehouse and instigating the refugees in Luyang County to defect to Ruyang is really ruthless.

On the side, the Luyang Township Marquis also looked at his son Zhao Yu in surprise with a straight face and pretended to be serious.

In all fairness, he is not interested in participating in this "game" between his son and Liu Xianling, but at present, it seems that his young son's wisdom is not simple.

The Jing Nu, who was sitting on the other side, looked at her young master in amazement, and was surprised that her young master could not show fear in front of someone of Liu County's status, and even sincerely rejoiced.

At this time, the "game" in the car was still going on, and Liu Wei, who was pretending to be Wang Dan of Ruyang County, became more and more interested, pointing at Zhao Yu and pretending to be angry: "Liu Wei, what do you mean by this?!" Are you threatening me? If you dare to instigate refugees, Wang will truthfully report to the court and treat you for a big crime! ”

"Cure me for a great sin?" Zhao Yu laughed, spread his hands and said, "What kind of crime do you treat me?" My Luyang County will contain refugees in the territory, so that it will not be a disaster for neighboring counties, until my Luyang County is powerless, heaven and earth can be learned, the sun and the moon can be learned, even if you report to the imperial court, I am not afraid! …… On the contrary, Wang County's order seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages, as an official of the imperial court, he does not want to help neighboring counties, but only seeks to not be implicated, is my Luyang not the city and county of the Great Jin? Or are you not Ruyang? Hum! Liu wants to see how the court will decide in the end! …… Farewell! ”

"That's a good point."

Liu Wei secretly praised himself, stroked his beard and nodded, and said, "Well, even if it's Wang Dan, there's nothing he can do about it." ”

However, to his surprise, Zhao Yu reminded him at this moment: "Gong Liu, the next thing is the key, and it is also the suggestion that the kid wants to make." ”

"Huh?" Liu Wei said with some puzzlement: "Second son, under your persecution, then Wang Dan can only give in...... Oh, the key to what the second son said, I'm afraid it's the amount of money and food that Ruyang is willing to allot, right? Haha, then go ahead. ”

As he spoke, he restrained the smile on his face and continued: "Okay, Wang will discuss with the county Cheng later, and allocate a sum of money and grain to Luyang County......

However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhao Yu.

I saw Zhao Yu staring at Liu Wei Zhengse and said: "Prince, let's spread out some words, this refugee disaster, the counties around Rushui have not been troubled by refugees so far, thanks to the counties in the south to prevent the disaster for the counties in the north, including my Luyang." To put it bluntly, my Luyang County has suffered irreparable huge losses this year, to put it bluntly, my Luyang is also a disaster for Rushui County, therefore, the counties allocated money and food to me Luyang to help refugees, this is not your county to help our county, but your county's self-help! …… I hope the prince understands that if my Luyang County can't hold on, then the next one to suffer will be the Rushui counties, including Guixian. In other words, what will happen to Ruyang County in the future, whether it will be implicated by refugees, it is all up to the prince's thoughts, if the prince is stingy with money and food, then Liu does not dare to guarantee the stability of Ruyang. On the contrary, if the prince does his best to help my Luyang County, then my Luyang County can make a guarantee to block this group of refugees for your county and Rushui County, and will never make your county implicated by refugees. ”

『…… That's a lot of rhetoric.'"

Liu Wei secretly praised himself, and nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, what Liu Gong said is extremely true, and I will do my best to ...... next."

"Do what you can, not just talk."

Interrupting Liu Wei's words again, Zhao Yu pointed to the Luyang Township Marquis and continued: "Regarding how much your county can help our county, Liu and the township have already sent people to investigate carefully, and they generally understand the money and grain situation in Ruyang...... Of course, I don't think that the prince will cheat on this matter, but just mention it slightly, so as not to cause any unnecessary trouble. ”

As he spoke, he crossed his fingers with his hands, looked at Liu Wei and said again: "Okay, now please let Liu see the sincerity of the prince." Remember, Liu only gave the prince two chances, if the prince can't grasp it, then he and the townsman will immediately return to Luyang County, please. ”

"Take the lead, this trick is amazing."

Liu Wei laughed, stroked his beard and said, "Even if it is Wang Dan, I am afraid that I will not dare to be perfunctory at this moment." ”

Zhao Yu arched his hand and said: "How much grain you need to ask for from Ruyang County, the kid doesn't have a rough idea about this, he can't help anything, and he still needs Liu Gong and his father to make up their own minds." ”

"Huh." Liu Wei waved his hand and said, "Don't say that, the second son, the second son has been helping for a long time." ”

"Liu Gongyan is serious."

Zhao Yu humbly arched his hand, and then added: "Liu Gong, in addition to money and food, if you want to implement 'work for relief', you also need a lot of manpower to take care of those refugees, if my Luyang County is short of manpower, Liu Gong may as well also make a request to Ruyang and other Rushui counties, as the kid said, Rushui counties have given me help in Luyang County, in fact, they are also saving themselves, Liu Gong can make a request." ”

『…… Not? That's a good idea.'"

didn't expect to be able to solve the problem of manpower shortage by the way, Liu Wei and Luyang Xianghou glanced at each other, and they were very surprised.

Especially the Luyang Township, he took the young Zhao Yu to Ruyang today, although he really wanted to see if this son still had any good ideas, but what he didn't expect was that this young son was really wise and actually solved most of the problems that plagued them.

"Ancestor bless, could it be that this kid really fell from a tree and opened his mind?"

The Marquis of Luyang thought secretly.

Luyang and Ruyang, about 150 or 60 miles apart, considering that there were dozens of county officials from Luyang County next to the convoy on foot, slowing down the speed of the journey, so this journey took two full days, until the third day, that is, the afternoon of the third day of the eighth month, the team could not reach Ruyang.

However, compared to when they set off, Liu Wei and Luyang Xianghou were full of confidence at the moment, because when they were on the way, they and Zhao Yu had repeatedly simulated the meeting process with Wang Dan, the county magistrate of Ruyang County, in the way of "games", and the two were completely sure that they could convince Wang Dan.

And in this matter, Zhao Yu is really indispensable.

After the group came to Ruyang City, they first settled down in the post house in the city, bathed and changed clothes, after all, on the way, the group basically did not have the time and conditions to bathe and change clothes, and it was very rude to go directly to the county order of Ruyang County.

An hour later, after a few people finished bathing and changing clothes, Liu Jian and the Luyang Township Marquis prepared to go to see Wang Dan, the county commander of Ruyang County.

Before leaving, Liu Wei summoned Zhao Yu and asked if Zhao Yu was interested in going with them.

Of course, Zhao Yu will not refuse, after all, he also hopes to solve the refugee problem in Luyang County as soon as possible.

Hearing Zhao Yu's affirmative answer, Liu Wei was very happy, and said with a smile: "Then please ask the second son to mention it at that time." ”

Saying that, he smiled and said to the Luyang townsman: "Ha, to be honest, if it weren't for the second son being too young, in fact, for today's trip, it would be enough for the second son to come forward, so how could Wang Dan be an opponent?" ”

"Hmph." The Marquis of Luyang glanced at Zhao Yu and snorted lightly, and said calmly: "Children can't stand praise, Liu Gongdon't want to be overpraised." ”

"The townsfolk are too harsh."

Liu Xianling shook his head, given that this was a family matter, he didn't have much to say.

About half an hour later, Liu Wei and Luyang Xianghou took Zhao Yu and Jingnu to the county government of Ruyang County and asked to see Wang Dan, the county commander.

According to Zhao Yu's observation, Wang Dan, the county magistrate of Ruyang County, is about the same age as Liu Wei, probably in his early forties, with a round face and a short neck, a bulging belly, and a big belly, which looks a little bloated.

However, what really made Zhao Yu feel a little resistant was the arrogant appearance of this Wang County Commander, which was more arrogant than the image that Liu Wei pretended to be in the carriage on the way.

No, after Liu Jian made his intentions clear, the Wang County Commander said unceremoniously: "I said Brother Gongqian, the matter of your Luyang County should be solved by you Luyang County, why should it be relied on by my Ruyang County?" Not? …… Although the foolish brother has the heart to help, but it is really a pity that my Ruyang County has been too seriously affected by the drought in recent years, and it is almost the end of the year, and the imperial court taxes have not been collected enough this year, so I really can't help your county...... Of course, for the sake of Brother Gongqian and the townsman coming in person, Wang can't be unkind, right? In this way, I will order someone to transport ten truckloads of grain to Luyang County...... That's a lot. ”

Listening to Ruyang County's order Wang Dan finish saying this in the tone of sending beggars, Liu Wei and Luyang Xianghou glanced at each other, and both of them saw a strong anger in each other's eyes.

"You brought it on yourself!"

The two thought secretly.

Half an hour passed quickly, and at this time, the posture of the Wang County Commander had undergone earth-shaking changes, and I saw that he kept wiping the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeves, and looked at Liu Wei and Luyang Township Marquis sitting in the hall with pleading eyes: "Two, two, then two percent, I am willing to allocate two percent of my county official warehouse to support your county to work for relief." Two of them, two percent is really missing......"

Under his pleading gaze, Liu Wei smiled and said calmly: "Prince, you see, my Luyang is only a small county, and the fields in the territory are not as many as Guixian...... Ruyang is a big county, and if there is an influx of refugees, the loss will probably be even greater than that of our county, right? Oh, Liu, this is not a threat, just a matter of facts. ”

After a while, Wang Xianling gritted his teeth in a cold sweat: "Twenty and a half, this is Wang's last concession!" Brother Gongqian, you are also the commander of Luyang County, you know that I can't lose the official position......"

"How can this be considered a deficit? It's just that the warehouse grain is embezzled to support the neighboring counties, and Wang County's order is assured, and Liu will definitely reward Wang's county order to the imperial court when he turns back. …… In another month, your county will be able to harvest, and then won't the official warehouse in your county be able to make up for it? Why don't you think about it again? Liu Yi said kindly.

"Sancheng! Thirty percent! This last retreat! Wang Dan shouted angrily.

Liu Wei and the Luyang townsman glanced at each other, and neither of them dared to reveal the joy in their hearts.

They never imagined that they would get so much out of this trip.

And just when the two were rejoicing, Zhao Yu, who was sitting beside Liu Wei, quietly pulled Liu Wei's sleeve.

"Oh, by the way, there's a manpower problem......

Liu Wei immediately suddenly said to Wang Dan with a smile: "The prince is righteous, Liu and the townsman represent the people and villagers of Luyang County, thank the prince and Ruyang." …… Now that the issue of money and food has been negotiated, let's talk about the issue of manpower in Ruyang County, right? ”

"Huh?"

Ruyang County Ling Wang Dan was about to breathe a sigh of relief, and his eyes couldn't help but widen when he heard the words.

Ha?

Do you want manpower?!