"Yang's County is in ruins, do you think that everything will be fine if you get fifty catties of grain from Yang Jie and them?" Liu Xian looked at Wen Shen and Wang Bao speechlessly and said: "This bit of food can only last the people of Yangshi County for two months, we must get more food within these two months, otherwise, the people of Yangshi County will still be dead." But how do you get food again? ”

"It's winter now, and it's just entered November, and this batch of grain is just enough for the people of Yangshi County to finish this year. What about next year? The people ploughed in spring and harvested in summer, and there were still four months to go, in other words, there was still a shortage of at least one million catties of food. ”

"This food problem, on the one hand, can apply to the imperial court for relief, but can you get it? And how many? On the other hand, grain is purchased from other grain-producing areas, but at this time, the price of grain will not be low, and a lot of money is required, so where does this money come from? ”

"In addition to the food, and the issue of re-registering the statistical population that I just talked to you about. Yangshi County also has the problem of keeping warm out, the problem of sanitation management, the problem of guiding the people to resume production, and the problem of recovery of all walks of life. These, I don't know how Wen Chengdu plans to carry out his work? ”

Liu Xian threw out several questions in a row, which made Wen Shen and Wang Bao even more embarrassed, because of these problems, they really didn't think about how to start it.

Among them, there is only the issue of grain, Wen Shen has considered it, but he only thought that with this 500,000 catties of grain, Yangshi County can have a buffer period of two months. In the past two months, all he can think of, which is what Liu Xian said, is to allocate grain relief by the imperial court, and to buy it in other places where there is grain.

However, as Liu Xian said, where did this money come from? How can I buy food if I don't have money?

"Brother Liu Xian, Wen is not talented, in the face of this kind of problem, there is a feeling of helplessness and I don't know where to start. I also ask Brother Liu Xian to look at the more than 10,000 poor people in Yangxian County, and dare to ask why you can teach me? Wen Shen gave Liu Xian a deep salute and asked.

At this time, Wen Shen really felt sincere admiration for Liu Xian. He felt that with his own talents, it was estimated that it would be really difficult to govern Yang's County well, and in his heart, he relied more on Liu Xian.

He vaguely knew that now maybe only Liu Xian could save Yang's County.

In the final analysis, in fact, Wen Shen was just a military Chinese officer beside Huangfu Song, and he had no experience in governing local areas at all.

Huangfu Song, the new pastor of Jizhou, was killed in the entire Jizhou government and fell into a state of chaos without an official government. Huangfu Song had no one to use for a while, so he could only send the military and Chinese personnel around him to the following counties to be county orders or county officials, and then send dozens of officers and soldiers to accompany each of them. That's all we can do at the moment.

It can also be imagined that in fact, not only Yangshi County, but even other counties are facing the same difficulty...... Food crisis. This exists in every county, and they all need to face it.

However, food will not come out of nowhere, and how many counties can solve the food crisis?

For this problem, even Huangfu Song estimates that there is not much to do. The only thing he can do for the people of Jizhou is to ask for a one-year exemption from Jizhou's land rent.

However, this exemption of Jizhou's one-year land rent has actually failed to solve the current food crisis and the current practical difficulties. Throughout the year, all the fields have been basically deserted, and no one has cultivated them, so what difference does it inevitably make? If the underlying problem is not solved, the people will starve to death and the fields will be left uncultivated. When everyone is dead, what's the use of waiving the rent for next year? Not to mention one year of exemption, it is useless to exempt ten years of land rent.

In fact, Liu Xian is also very puzzled about this situation, he really doesn't know how Jizhou recovered after the Yellow Turban Chaos in history.

You must know that soon after next year, Huangfu Song, the Jizhou pastor, will also be deposed, and Jizhou will not have a real political chief of the imperial court within two or three years. During this period, the localities were basically in a state of self-government.

Perhaps, because of this, a large number of talents have emerged to govern all parts of Jizhou, so that Jizhou has recovered its vitality.

Liu Xian doesn't know how the specific counties do it, anyway, don't underestimate the survival wisdom of the Han people.

Liu Xian also knows very well that it is precisely because in the next few years, until Jizhou is taken over by Yuan Shao, all counties will be in a state of "autonomy" and have greater room for development. Therefore, Liu Xiancai believes that this is an opportunity to develop as soon as possible.

Liu Xian was very satisfied with Wen Shen's situation that he was helpless now and could only ask himself for advice, only in this way could he rely on himself for everything in the future. If he is a talented person himself, and he can solve all kinds of problems in Yangshi County without using himself at all, then how can he use himself? And how can I control Yang's County?

Liu Xian likes this kind of person who is a little upright and strong, has a certain degree of execution, but is limited to experience or resourcefulness, and has no way to solve the problems in front of him for a while. These people can become their right-hand men if they are accepted as subordinates and with a little allocation by themselves.

After thinking about it, Liu Xian said to Wen Shen and Wang Bao: "The food crisis and survival crisis in Yangshi County are not my Liu Xian's personal affairs, nor are they the personal affairs of Lord Wen and General Wang, nor are they even the affairs of the imperial court. This should be everyone's business. Therefore, the people of Yangshi County, they must not just wait for our relief, they must also immediately start self-help production actions. ”

"I, Liu Xian, only have thin assets, but I Liu Xian alone will definitely not be able to save so many people, so when the time comes, I can only lend food to the people, and then mobilize their enthusiasm and arrange for them to do something that can be done in the current period, but can produce economic benefits, as long as they can make money, so that they can enter a virtuous circle......

Liu Xian was stunned, didn't say any more, and said to them: "How to do it, this son already has some specific methods and plans, and you will be able to see it when the time comes." But at the moment, we still have to do the work in front of us step by step. In the future, it is indispensable to ask Lord Wen and General Wang for more help. ”

"This is easy to say, as long as Brother Liu Xian and you have a comprehensive plan, then what you haven't said, if there is anything that needs to be used in my Wang Leopard, please just give me orders."

The same is true of Wen. Since Brother Liu Xian already has a way, then I, Wen Mou, for the sake of the people of Yang's County, will definitely saddle up the horse and assist Liu Xian Gongzi to do things well. ”

Wang Bao and Wen Shen immediately expressed their position.

"Okay, so let's go ahead with the plan for now. Mr. Wen and I negotiated to sign a contract for the purchase of grain. Brother Wang Bao hurried back to the barracks, arranged to receive food, and then early tomorrow morning, he had to send someone to me. ”

"Good!"

Both of them answered at the same time.

Wang Bao left first, Liu Xian and Wen Shen stayed, and after a while, they signed a contract in duplicate for light and dark.

After getting it done, Wen Shen also left.

It was already completely dark, and before I knew it, it was already a little night.

Liu Xian thought about it and felt that there was actually something else he could do.

Immediately, Liu Xian asked Zheng Bo to call the owner of the inn.