In such troubled times, who cares about whose life or death? Whoever was killed, starved to death. Or maybe a certain town has been plundered by thieves, a certain village has been slaughtered, and an epidemic has occurred somewhere, and the whole village has died.

For a place that has been ravaged by war, the world here is a miserable world, a hell on earth.

Now that the war is basically over, except for a few places where the officers and soldiers of the imperial court have not yet been killed, and in some places there are still wandering thieves and soldiers who are in rebellion, it is time for the people everywhere to rebuild after the war and start a new life.

However, basically the people who are already destitute and have no food to eat are in such a cold season. How do they go about rebuilding their homes? How do I start a new life? How to restore the normal order of life and production?

At this time, the imperial court should play a role in supporting, relieving, and guiding.

But here, the imperial court has to be separated, divided into the imperial court and the local government.

Now the Han court, or Luoyang. As soon as the main force of the Yellow Turban Army was destroyed, the whole court breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, where would the imperial court care about the lives of the people in the war-torn areas?

Strictly speaking, in Luoyang, the capital division of the Han Dynasty, this rebellion of the Yellow Turban Rebellion actually did not have too direct impact on Luoyang. It was just at the beginning, when the secret report was received that Ma Yuanyi had been executed, Luoyang Capital was unprecedentedly tense. But after that, the tension in the imperial court was actually nothing more than ideological tension. In fact, the war seems to be far away from them.

During this period, it may be said that it is this year, in fact, how the capital Luoyang usually should be.

From the emperor onwards, those eunuchs, relatives, powerful ministers, etc., they are actually still the same poor and luxurious and desperate to live their happy lives. Even when the war was tight, they did not stop eating, drinking, and merrymaking.

This is really the smell of Zhumen's wine and meat, and there are frozen bones on the road.

It is conceivable that such a court would really pay attention to the life and death of the people in those war-torn areas?

Therefore, now, the imperial court does not have any relief.

At the moment, the imperial court is only thinking of a way, bent on getting rid of the burden of those rebels, dismissing those rebels in every possible way, and sending those rebels away without paying much price.

Therefore, in such a situation, Huangfu Song scratched his head. It's not just him, the entire Jizhou government is scarred. Because it is impossible for them to conjure up money and food out of thin air to solve the immediate difficulties of the people of Jizhou.

Even if there is a way to get some food from somewhere else, it is still far away from the water and cannot save the near fire.

Therefore, the current government offices in various parts of Jizhou are really difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. Much of the work of their government would not have been possible if it had not solved the problem of the food crisis among the broad masses of the people.

The imperial court ignored it, did not pay attention to it, did not support it. But the magistrates could not do nothing. Because the local government is sandwiched between the court and the people below, it is fine if nothing happens, but if there is another civil riot, then the responsibility is theirs. When the time comes, the court will pursue it, and the people will shout and kill, which is really not pleasing to the last one. One is not good, that is, to be killed and lose your life.

Especially the rebuilt government in various places, they can basically be said to have started from scratch, with no money, no food, and no one to use. How can they govern the people well?

It's just that the living naturally can't let their urine suffocate to death.

No, now they run wherever there is food.

Like Liu Xian, tens of thousands of good people who have survived in this troubled world are naturally the objects of the local government's decision. In addition, I don't know who leaked the news, and the two million catties of grain sent by Huangfu Song have just arrived.

Liu Xian suspected that this might have been deliberately leaked by Huangfu Song, because now even he has no way to solve the problem of food shortage for people everywhere.

These officials sent by the local government did not directly find Liulin Village, but first went to meet with Wenshen, the acting county commander of Yangshi County.

They didn't know Liu Xian, so it was naturally not good to come directly to Liu Xian to ask for food. In the current situation, who will easily take out the food on hand?

They found out that Liu Xian had a close relationship with Wenshen, the acting county commander of Yang's County. It's just that they didn't find out that Wen Shen was actually Liu Xian's person. They all thought that they had found Wen Shen, and Wen Shen came forward to talk to Liu Xian about food, so Liu Xian would definitely give them food.

There is no way, they are also making a mistake of inertial thinking. They thought that Liu Xian was a great good man, and since he could get so much food to save tens of thousands of people in Yangshi County, it seemed to be a matter of course to relieve the people under their rule.

I have to say that the Chinese people, from ancient times to the present, and even in later generations, will always have such a phenomenon, that is, to take it for granted that someone is morally kidnapped.

There will always be a thinking that if this person has done many good deeds, then he is a good person. Since he is a good person, when he needs to do good deeds, he must do it. If he doesn't, then he's a bad guy...... Well, the bad guy may not be, but it will definitely cause many people to talk about it, and they will start to doubt the person's character, and even think that the person is a hypocrite.

On the other hand, if someone does something bad all the time and occasionally does a good thing, then he is praised and praised.

has always been, Liu Xian sometimes the most annoying thing is that the Chinese people are like this.

It's just that Liu Xian is annoyed now, but things really have to be done. He also knew that the two million catties of grain he had on hand could indeed live a lot of people.

In Liu Xian's original idea, he would leave 500,000 catties of grain for the support of the people of Yangshi County in February next year. He planned to use the remaining 1.5 million catties of grain to help the people. There are still more than two months between now and February next year, and during this time, Liu Xian has long planned to go elsewhere to get another batch of grain.

However, it is impossible for Liu Xian to do this like in Yangshi County. Even if you take out food, you have to have a certain profit.

The officials sent by the local government, Liu Xian did not go to meet them immediately. For the time being, they are all still in Yangshi County. Without Liu Xian's permission, it would be impossible for Wen Shen to let them come to Liulin Village directly, and it would be impossible for them to bring them here. Now it's just a matter of sending someone to tell me what is going on.

But the master sent by Guo Dian went straight to Liulin Village without even informing Wen Shen.

With Liu Xian's relationship with Guo Dian, it is true that he can not go through the Yang County Government. What's more, Liu Xian also knows Guo Dian's master, because Liu Xian's transactions with Guo Dian were all through the hands of this master. After all, no matter what Guo Dian said, he was the Taishou of Julu County, and it was impossible for him to handle the trivial affairs of those transactions in person. In the same way, it is impossible for Liu Xian to personally go to Guo Dian to conduct those detailed transactions.

For example, it is impossible for Guo Dian to drag out an injured war horse, and then bargain with Liu Xian for how much to give this war horse to Liu Xian, right?

Guo Dian's lord Bo is called Zhou Shun, and he is his brother-in-law. This is also nepotism. But there is no way, Guo Dian is a military attaché, and there must be a scholar by his side to handle some affairs for him. And this man must be a person whom he himself can trust, so that he will appoint his wife and brother as his lord.

Since they were acquaintances, Liu Xian naturally wanted to meet him first to see what he had to say.

In the welcome hall of Liu's Mansion, Liu Xian asked Zhou Shun to come in.

Liu Xian got up to greet him and invited him to come in and sit down.

After the maid served tea, Liu Xian said to Zhou Shun: "Master Zhou, this journey has been hard, drink tea first, and then set up a banquet for you tonight." ”

Liu Gongzi was polite. We are all old acquaintances, what to catch the wind and wash the dust is exempt, I can't hide it, this time I came to Liulin Village, I was entrusted by Guo Taishou to ask Liu Gongzi for help. Although Zhou Shun is the lord of a county, he really doesn't dare to trust it in front of Liu Xian, this may be something that Guo Dian has told him, and he is now very clear that Liu Xian is their biggest "creditor", not to mention that he really asked Liu Xian to come this time.

Liu Xian was already clear about Zhou Shun's intentions, and when he saw that he was straight to the point, he nodded and said, "Master Zhou, are you talking about food?" ”

"That's right, it's very difficult for Guo Taishou to do it now, and the imperial court has no relief grain to be allocated. In addition, our Julu County is the place that has been most affected by the Yellow Turban Army, and our Julu County government is no different from the ordinary local government, and it is equivalent to being re-established. Therefore, now the Julu government can also be said to be poor and white. ”

Liu Xian waved his hand and said: "The situation of the government, this son also knows a little bit about it, so you don't need to say anything about Master Zhou." Just tell me how you want this son to help. ”

Zhou Shun was overjoyed when he heard that Liu Xian meant to help, hurriedly picked up the teacup, stood up and said: "Guo Taishou said that Liu Xian Gongzi is a person who values love and righteousness, and if he opens his mouth to ask for help, Liu Gongzi will definitely help." In this way, Zhou borrowed flowers to worship the Buddha here, replaced wine with tea, and paid tribute to Liu Gongzi's help. ”

"Don't ......," Liu Xian stopped him and said, "This tea can be drunk, but don't be busy thanking you." Hey hey ......"

Liu Xian said with a smile: "One thing, I think Guo Taishou is also very clear, I, Liu Xian, am a businessman, if it's a matter of grain, I can't give it for nothing, right?" ”

"Huh? Oh, right. Zhou Shun was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said: "Liu Gongzi is not strange, it is Zhou who is too anxious." In fact, when Zhou came, Guo Taishou had already confessed. Guo Taishou said that the debts of General Huangfu would fall on him anyway, and in the end, he would be asked to repay Liu Gongzi, the giant deer Taishou. Therefore, they all owe Liu Gongzi 20 million money, and this debt is not pressing, and it doesn't matter if you owe more. Therefore, as long as Liu Gongzi's offer is not too excessive and does not embarrass us, then we can all agree. ”

"Oh? Guo Taishou really confessed like this? In this case, can I raise the price of this food? Like the original landlords and tyrants in Yangshi County, we naturally can't offer a grain price of 100 wen a catty, but what if it is 30 yuan? Isn't that okay? Liu Xian looked at Zhou Shun and said half-jokingly.

"This ...... Theoretically, according to the current market, it should still be possible. Zhou Shun seemed to calculate very seriously, nodded and said.

"Then Guo Taishou asked Master Zhou to ask for how much food you are planning to come here?" Liu Xian asked with a smile.

"Guo Taishou's meaning is to ask Liu Gongzi to stay in Yang's County for enough food for a month after the New Year, and the rest can be eaten. After all, General Huangfu doesn't know why, we don't give a grain of grain in Julu County, but just say that Liu Gongzi has two million catties in his hands, so much food is not enough for Julu County to alleviate the difficulties? Scold...... This is what Guo Taishou said to Zhou. In this way, in addition to your Yang County, there are more than ten counties in the entire Julu County that need food assistance. Each county has to be at least about 200,000 catties. It's not enough to ask for everything, so it's best to give us about 1.8 million catties, but if you can't, it's just 1.5 million catties. ”

"Well, if you calculate it according to 1.5 million catties of grain, 30 yuan a catty. That's 45 million dollars. Plus the original, isn't this 60 million dollars? How do you plan to pay it back in the future? When will it be returned? Liu Xian helped Zhou Shun calculate.

"Hmm...... Let me calculate ......" Zhou Shun's eyelids jumped and nodded, six million dollars, this thought made him feel a lot of pressure, this amount seems to be really big, he really can't figure it out at this time.

"Haha, Master Zhou, don't forget it." Liu Xian laughed out loud and said, "Master Zhou, I'm sorry, I was joking with you just now." In fact, there is no need for Guo Taishou to send Zhou Master Bo to talk about this grain matter, and this son will not watch so many people starve to death. Let me tell you the truth, the government offices of some nearby counties have already sent officials to come and want to attack my idea of this batch of grain. No, I was just about to discuss with them, and you are here. ”

"Oh? Is there such a thing? It seems that they are also in a hurry. Zhou Shun listened to Liu Xian's words, and couldn't help but feel a little clear, but he didn't care that Liu Xian was joking with him.

"If it's really for the people, this child's food can indeed be taken out for them in emergency first. But how much to take depends on the situation. Therefore, the matter of food, there is no need to go through your Julu County Government, just let the local government come and talk to me directly. Liu Xian said solemnly.

"Liu Gongzi is righteous, Zhou admires."

"Don't dare to be! I still say the same thing, I, Liu Xian, am a businessman, and this grain will not be given in vain. Of course, I won't be too embarrassed by the local governments, anyway, it's similar to your Guo Taishou's deal. I don't have to have money, I can trade something of value for it. If you don't have it now, then you can give it later, but you have to say that you will pay it off within a few years. ”

"In addition, since Zhou Zhubo is here, I Liu Xian also has a reluctant request, when the time comes, I want to buy some properties in Julu County and other counties, and I will ask the government to give it a convenience at that time. Of course, I can also use some of the properties I fancy to pay off my debts. These, I hope that Lord Bo Zhou, you can explain it clearly to Guo Taishou. ”

Liu Xian said one after another.