Seeing Zhao Yu walking into the study, the Marquis of Luyang said indifferently: "Your mother has been favoring you, conniving at you, saying that when you are still growing your body, you are sleeping, hum!" Why does your brother wake up early every day? ”

As soon as they met, he was reprimanded with a split head and a face, Zhao Yu really felt inexplicable, but he didn't dare to talk back, so he lowered his head and didn't speak.

Seeing his son's low-eyebrow and obedient appearance, the inexplicable anger in Luyang Township's heart quickly disappeared, although there was still a bit of irony in his words: "How can you get up so early today?" ”

Zhao Yu arched his hand and replied: "It was the child who asked Jingnu to wake up the child, father, you didn't say it yesterday, if the child can come to see you before two o'clock, will you continue with the child yesterday's words?" ”

"Huh?"

The Luyang townsman was slightly stunned, and then remembered this.

Only then did he realize that the son in front of him had not come to greet him.

"I specially asked Jingnu to wake him up in the morning...... It seems that this kid is very concerned about this."

Glancing at the quiet girl who was also a little uneasy behind Zhao Yu, the Marquis of Luyang thought in surprise.

Although he would be wrong, out of his father's majesty, the Marquis of Luyang didn't intend to explain anything, but he sat down behind the desk in the house, looked at Zhao Yu Zhengse and said: "Yesterday, you put forward your thoughts to your father, and then you were interrupted by your mother, so that there are some things that your father didn't have time to ask you. …… What you said yesterday was taught, or did you come up with it yourself? ”

"Dad, the child came up with it himself."

“……”

The Marquis of Luyang stroked his beard, but he didn't doubt the words of his young son in his heart.

Because of the people who knew about this matter, there were only three people in the mansion, his wife Zhou, the chief steward Cao Ju, and the chief of the guard, Zhang Chun.

Cao Ju and Zhang Chun have no contact with Zhao Yusu, and the only one who is a little suspicious is Zhou, who also asked the Luyang Township Marquis in person last night, and Zhou never revealed it to the young son in front of him.

Looking at it this way, that plan was indeed devised by this young boy himself.

"Is this naughty boy so wise?"

Glancing at Zhao Yu, the Marquis of Luyang thought secretly in his heart.

"Huh."

For no reason, the Luyang Township Marquis smiled slightly.

A smile appeared on his face, not to mention Zhao Yu, and even the Jing Nu next to him widened her eyes in surprise.

Noticing the actions of his son and Jingnu, the Marquis of Luyang immediately smiled, put on his face without any previous words, and said slowly: "Yu'er, the method you proposed...... Yes, I thought about it for my father last night, but my father felt that this matter was easy to say, but it was not easy to implement. ”

When he said this, he couldn't help but think of the many consultations with the county magistrate Liu Wei in the past two months.

Yes, he proposed this trick to Liu Wei in mid-June, but until it is now approaching August, a full month and a half, he and Liu Wei still haven't really started to implement it, why?

The reason for this is that this strategy is simple, but it is not easy to implement, and the food for the refugees, the manpower for the refugees, and the tools for digging the canals will all become problems.

And just when the Luyang townsman was in deep thought, Zhao Yu's voice of confusion came into his ears: "Dad, child...... If the child doesn't understand, please make it clear to his father. ”

Seeing that his son didn't seem to realize the difficulties, the Marquis of Luyang Township thought for a moment, and then asked: "First of all, Qian Liang, when you came to see your father yesterday, you said that you have learned the approximate number of refugees so far from Zhang Ying, who is on duty at the main gate, but my father thinks that you don't know much, you must know that the number of refugees so far, just gathered outside the county, there are no less than four or five thousand people, if you count the refugees in the whole territory of my Luyang County, I am afraid that there are close to 10,000 people, such a huge number of refugees, You don't have to think that my township is burdened ......."

"The child knows that my township can't afford it." Zhao Yu nodded and asked, "What about the county seat?" There should be a granary in the county, right? ”

"You mean Guancang?" The Marquis of Luyang shook his head and said, "The official warehouse can't be moved!" ”

"Why?"

"Why?" The Marquis of Luyang frowned.

He didn't want to explain this obvious problem, but after glancing at the young son in front of him, he reluctantly explained, after all, he also had the consciousness of being a father, although he neglected to teach himself on weekdays, but if he encountered such a situation as now, the Marquis of Luyang thought that he should fulfill his father's responsibility and explain his doubts to his son.

"Why can't the official warehouse be moved? Think about it, if because of the current refugees, the county town has opened the official warehouse, then when this winter comes, I am afraid that it will not be only those refugees who will starve. …… Keeping the official warehouse can at least ensure that the people of Luyang County can survive this winter safe and sound, and will not be dragged down by those refugees. ”

Hearing the words of the Luyang Township Marquis, Zhao Yu felt a little cruel to those refugees, but he also understood that Liu Wei, the county commander of Luyang County, including the Luyang Township Marquis, did have the obligation and responsibility to give priority to ensuring the rations of the local people in Luyang County.

"If the official warehouse can't be moved, then there is only ......."

After pondering for a while, Zhao Yu said again: "If the official warehouse cannot be moved lightly, then ...... Can you convince me that the big families in Luyang County can get some money and food? ”

Hearing this, the Luyang townsman sneered in his heart, feeling that his son's thoughts were too ignorant.

He is a big household in Luyang County, the most "big" is his Luyang Township Marquis, a nobleman who "eats 2,000 households", and is also the only nobleman who has been awarded a title by the imperial court, if the county citizens and villagers in the entire Luyang County add up to almost four or five thousand households, his Luyang Township Marquis family can get nearly half of the entire county's taxes.

In the entire Luyang County, there is no richer family than the Hou Mansion of Luyang Township, even if there are a few rich people with a little wealth in the territory, but they may not be as rich as his Luyang Township Hou Mansion.

This is also the reason why Liu Wei, the county magistrate of Luyang County, was the first to visit him in person when faced with the refugee problem, discuss with him, and ask him for help.

But the problem is that he Luyang Township Marquis Mansion can't afford to support thousands of refugees, let alone one township, no matter how many villagers there are, they may not be able to completely solve the food ration problem of those refugees.

If food is scarce, how can we let those refugees "work for food"? Don't end up running out of food, those refugees feel cheated, that's going to riot!

This is exactly the most headache for the Luyang township marquis and the county magistrate Liu Wei, and it is precisely because of this that they dare not take this strategy for a long time, and can only watch those refugees steal and loot the unripe grain and wheat in the farmland outside the city, and keep the official warehouse to make the worst plan.

"Not enough, far from enough."

Sitting on the chair and sighing, the Luyang Township Marquis shook his head and said: "Don't talk about the big households in Luyang County, even if you add the official warehouse, you may not be able to afford ......."

Hearing this, Zhao Yu thought for a while and asked, "Then ...... Dad, have you and the county magistrate ever considered asking for help from the surrounding counties? ”

The Marquis of Luyang glanced at Zhao Yu lightly, but he didn't bother to explain in his heart.

Didn't this kid think they hadn't thought about it? But the question is, why would the surrounding counties take the risk to help Luyang County if some of the surrounding counties themselves are also facing refugee problems, but those that have not encountered refugee problems or have a small degree of impact?

Out of the duty of being a father, the Marquis of Luyang explained patiently: "Yu'er, my father has just explained to you the reason why my Luyang County does not let go of the official warehouse, as you think, Liu Wei and Liu Gongqian are the county commanders of Luyang County, and their father is the township of Luyang County, and we must give priority to ensuring that the fathers and villagers of Luyang County will not be dragged into the water by those refugees...... The same is true for other counties. ”

"That'...... Are there any counties around Luyang that have not been affected by refugees? Can you ask them for help? ”

"Yes." The Marquis of Luyang nodded and said: "For example, to the north of Luyang, the people of Liangxian, Ruyang, and Yang in the Rushui area have not been affected by the refugees for the time being, and because there is Rushui in the local area that can be irrigated, the impact of the drought in these years on those counties is not very serious......

"So, can you ask those counties for help?" Zhao Yu asked.

The Marquis of Luyang Township was silent when he heard this, and then said in a flat tone: "Liu County Ling has sent people to go there earlier, and those counties said that although they have Rushui water to irrigate, the drought still affects them a lot, and they are powerless to help my Luyang County." ”

As he spoke, he quietly clenched his fists slightly.

Although Zhao Yu didn't see the movements of his father's hands, he still heard a few clues from his father's pretended plain tone, hesitated, and asked: "Dad, please tell the child the truth, is there any surplus food in those counties?" ”

The Marquis of Luyang glanced at his son puzzled, and after a little hesitation, he still said the truth: "Yes, but the other party will not borrow it easily." ”

"On credit? No, why take credit? Zhao Yu nodded, and then said with a smile: "Dad, you and Liu County Commander might as well send people to those counties to inform those county commanders of my Luyang County's preparation of 'work for relief', and ask them to give money and food to help...... If they refuse to help, then in the future, the refugees here in Luyang County will flock to those counties when they learn that those counties are full of food, and they will flock to those counties, don't blame us......"

As he spoke, he spread his hands: "Our Luyang County has long said that we can't afford to support so many refugees."

“……”

The Luyang townsman, who didn't think about it, was stunned when he heard this, and then a little joy flashed in his eyes.

"Threat?"

He stroked his beard and pondered, weighing.

"It's not a threat." Zhao Yu shook his head and said: "In recent years, there has been a great drought in the world, and there are many refugees in various places, this should be a disaster that my people of the Great Jin Dynasty need to work together to overcome, why can those counties stay out of the matter and sit back and watch my Luyang County suffer from the disaster of refugees?" Aren't they the cities and counties of my Great Jin? …… If they are willing to help with money and food, then our Luyang County can also stabilize the refugees in the territory and prevent them from flowing north; Otherwise, then everyone will have their own destiny, and we in Luyang County will not be able to control where those refugees go! ”

Listening to the young son's eloquent conversation, the Marquis of Luyang could not hide the consternation in his heart.

The money and food problem that had plagued him and the county commander Liu Wei for a month and a half seemed to be solved so easily by the ten-year-old young son in front of him?

The townsman of Luyang suddenly felt that the young son in front of him seemed to be more intelligent and witty than when he was young.