Chapter 14: Father-Son Communication (2)
The government invests in the construction of the region in kind or money, so that the people who receive the relief can be paid in the form of participating in labor, which is called cash-for-work.
The advantage of this is that the government will not blindly lose money like ordinary relief, and it can also effectively alleviate the public security problems caused by the surplus energy of local young people, and more importantly, it will not make the recipients of the relief dependent, and there will be no mood of "promoting rice and fighting rice hatred" in the future.
After thinking about it, Zhao Yu believes that this is the most suitable strategy for the current Luyang County.
But for some reason, after hearing the method he proposed, the Marquis of Luyang fell into a long contemplation and didn't say a word, which made Zhao Yu feel a little apprehensive in his heart.
The trick of cash-for-work is definitely a good move, and the father, who often boasts that he is responsible for the livelihood of the entire Luyang Township Marquis Mansion at the age of ten, will not be unable to see the cleverness, so what is the problem?
Zhao Yu shrunk his neck slightly.
Perhaps the problem is that this strategy is too clever to be proposed by a ten-year-old child.
He peeked at the Luyang Township, and sure enough, at this moment, the Luyang Xianghou was staring at him with inexplicable eyes, with a solemn expression.
But the matter has come to this point, Zhao Yu can only bite the bullet, after all, the woman with two children, and the appearance of Jingnu trembling with fear, make him feel unrelieved, he hopes that he can do something.
"Father, isn't the way the child said it work?"
Under the pressure from the Luyang townspeople, Zhao Yu concealed his real apprehension with his pretense of disappointment.
Hearing the young son's unconfident inquiry, Luyang Township Hou's sharp gaze became slightly calmer.
As early as a few years ago, refugees from other places fled to Luyang County one after another, but the number was not much, at first there were only a few hundred people throughout the year, so the county commander of Luyang County, Liu Ji, did not turn it away, although he finally set up a township outside the county to settle the hundreds of refugees, but also ordered people to give food relief.
However, the problem of refugees is getting more and more serious, and by this year, thousands of people have poured into Luyang County, and there may even be a steady stream of refugees flocking to Luyang County.
The official warehouse of the county seat, Liu Wei did not dare to release grain without authorization, not because he was afraid of the officials at the head of the official questioning, this is only secondary, more importantly, Liu Wei is afraid of causing greater turmoil - as the name suggests, the official warehouse of Luyang County is mainly to give Luyang County a local emergency, if the granary is empty because of the refugees who flock to the county, then what should the 3,000 county residents in Luyang County and the rest of the thousands of villagers outside the county town do?
You must know that this year's refugees are like locusts crossing the border, taking the fields of the Hou family in Luyang Township as an example, they have been frequently stolen and looted by refugees recently, and those refugees in order to survive, not only went to steal the unripe grain and wheat in the fields, but even broke into the barns between the fields, forcing the Luyang Township Hou Mansion to send people to guard.
As a nobleman in Luyang County, the crops in the fields are still stolen and looted by the refugees, not to mention other people's fields?
To put it mildly, this year's harvest, Luyang County Ling Liu Jian actually has no hope.
In this case, he will not dare to open the official warehouse, otherwise in winter, not only the problem of refugees, but also the local county and villagers in Luyang County will riot, and that will be the worst situation.
Therefore, as early as two months ago, Liu Wei personally visited the Luyang Township Marquis and implored the Luyang Township Marquis to help him solve the refugee problem.
But the question is, only a few people know about this strategy, how did the young man in front of him know about it?
Could it be that this young son actually came up with it himself?
Just as the Luyang townsman was about to test it, he suddenly heard the voice of Mrs. Zhou outside the study: "Husband? ”
Both father and son looked at the door, and then saw that Zhou was standing outside the study with Jingnu, and the two daughters were more or less worried on their faces.
"Didn't bother your father and son, did you?"
Zhou walked in with a smile and took the lead in taking a closer look at his husband's face.
Not...... I can't see it, damn it!
Secretly slandered to himself, Zhou said softly to Zhao Yu: "Yu'er, the hour is not early, you go back to the house with Jingnu to bathe first, and then rest early, eat and sleep enough every day to grow strong." ”
Seeing that Zhou was talking to himself in a coaxing tone, Zhao Yu couldn't laugh or cry: "Mother, the child is discussing something important with his father?" ”
"Big deal? What else is there to do when my son grows up? Zhou hugged his young son affectionately and urged softly: "Be good, obedient, tell your father for your mother, if you have anything else, come to your father tomorrow, it's too late today, go quickly." ”
"This ......" Zhao Yu hesitantly glanced at the Luyang townsman.
Seeing his son's reaction, the Luyang Township Marquis thought for a while and said, "Before two o'clock tomorrow, if you can get up, I will listen to you again." ”
Seeing this, Zhao Yu had to nod: "Okay." …… The boy quit first. ”
"Go ahead."
Rubbing his son's head dotingly, Zhou watched with a smile as Zhao Yu disappeared outside the door with Jingnu.
At this time, she turned to the Luyang Township Marquis and asked, "Husband, what did Yu'er say to you?" ”
Husband and wife, of course the Marquis of Luyang could guess his wife's thoughts, and said calmly when he heard this: "Don't worry, your son not only made me angry this time, but made me feel ...... Let me ask, Zhou, have you ever informed Yu'er about my discussion with Liu Xianling? ”
"No, why did the concubine tell Yu'er?"
As he spoke, Zhou looked at her husband strangely and asked, "Why did your husband ask about this?" ”
I saw the Luyang townsman sitting on a chair and brushing his beard, and said, "Your son...... With regard to solving the urgent needs of the refugees, he proposed to me a plan that is almost the same as the one I proposed to Liu Xianling some time ago. ”
"Huh?"
Zhou Shi was taken aback, raised his hand to cover his mouth with his sleeve, and his face was full of surprise: "Really? At such a young age, he had such wisdom...... It's my son. ”
Saying that, she took a few steps forward, half-nestled in the arms of the Marquis of Luyang, Bai Jie's fingers gently poked the latter's chest, raised her eyebrows and chuckled: "Just say it, the concubine body has contributed a lot to the old Zhao family, and gave birth to two smart sons for you, you still have to treat the concubine well?" ”
"Am I not good enough for you?" The townsman of Luyang endured the act of rolling his eyes.
Well, he didn't dare.
"Hmm...... It's okay, I want to be better with the concubine in the future. The wife in her arms said coquettishly, and then said happily: "Yin'er was originally smart, and now Yu'er has also opened up her wisdom......"
Seeing his wife praising their two sons loudly, the Marquis of Luyang smacked his lips and said with some taste: "Hmph, compared to when I was young, it is far behind. ”
Zhou couldn't help but sneer, and immediately buried his head in her husband's arms, and said softly: "That's natural......"
Hearing his wife's affirmation, the Luyang townsman, who was originally a little tasteful, also showed a little smugness on his face.
The next day, in view of the words of the Luyang Township Marquis yesterday, Zhao Yu got up for the first time at the right moment.
Of course, he asked Jingnu to wake him up.
At this time, the sky was just dawning, and even the Zhou family had not yet gotten up, so Zhao Yu and Jingnu went straight to his father, the study of the Luyang Township, because as far as he knew, the Luyang Xianghou should have gotten up at this time.
Sure enough, when Zhao Yu came to the study of the Luyang Township, he saw the Luyang Xianghou talking to a strong man in leather armor.
As if sensing something, the man turned his head sharply, and his gaze as sharp as a blade suddenly swept towards Zhao Yu.
Until he saw Zhao Yu, the other party's gaze immediately softened, and a little surprise appeared on his face.
But even so, Zhao Yu was still a little surprised, compared to the other party's blade-like gaze, the scar on his square face that was injured for some reason was particularly impressive.
It was a long scar, from the right eye to the left cheek.
"Young master, that is the chief of the palace guard, Zhang Chun and Zhang Weichang." Jingnu whispered in Zhao Yu's ear.
"Oh."
Zhao Yu nodded.
I have to say that this pure appearance and momentum are quite in line with the image of a "warrior" in Zhao Yu's impression.
The Marquis of Luyang also noticed Zhao Yu at this time, but he only glanced at his young son, and did not stop instructing Zhang Chun: "...... There are not enough people, if you still have some brothers who are not doing well, try to invite them to come to the house......"
Hearing this, Zhang Chun hesitated and said: "Townsman, although there are still some old brothers who met in the army, most of these people are disabled, either with broken hands or broken legs......
Luyang Township Marquis Zhengse said: "They are all righteous men who have cut off their limbs for the country, why do I have a damaged face, as long as they can suppress people, I will invite them to come with a heavy reward." ”
Hearing this, Zhang Chun grinned and swore that "Don't worry, the townsman is just some refugees, even if my old brothers have broken their hands and feet, as long as they look at them, they can make those people scared." …… I sent someone at once. By the way, I will wait for the townsman outside the mansion later. ”
"Hmm."
Seeing the Luyang townsman nodding, Zhang Chun turned around and left with his fists clenched.
When passing by Zhao Yu, who was standing outside the door of the study, the stout man stopped and greeted Zhao Yu with a smile: "Second son." ”
Not to mention, although this strong man had a smile on his face, because of the oozing scar on his face, it was still very bluffing at first glance, so much so that Zhao Yu subconsciously replied: "Zhang Weichang." ”
“……”
A little surprised that Zhao Yu actually knew that he knew it, Zhang Chun smiled and strode away.
"Come in."
At this time, the voice of the Luyang townsman came from the house.
Retracting his gaze at Zhang Chun's departing back, Zhao Yu turned around and walked into his father's study.