At this time, because the local government had concentrated its efforts on repairing the Yellow River embankment, and the embankments at several breaches had been reinforced, the flood water in the disaster area had gradually receded, leaving only the devastation.

When Liu Juntao returned to Yushan Town, he began to mobilize all the forces of Yushan Town to rebuild and provide relief to the victims in various places.

At this time, it is already the end of June of the fifteenth year of orthodoxy, and in two months, the weather will begin to get cooler, and if Liu Juntao can't settle the hundreds of thousands of disaster victims in various places, once the snow and temperature plummet, it will be dead!

Although the local government is also doing its best to provide disaster relief, at this time, the main energy of the imperial court has been concentrated on the northern border, and it is still unknown how much grain can be transported from the disaster areas in Shandong and Nanzhili!

As a result, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Yushan Town, under the command of Liu Juntao, began to operate in full force:

First of all, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has the most abundant manpower, and the peasant households and manpower scattered in various places have begun to gather in an orderly manner in various parts of the disaster area.

On the one hand, Guo Yongzhong presided over the large-scale purchase of wasteland in the disaster area to resettle the victims in various places, and on the other hand, he rebuilt the tunzhuang destroyed by the flood in various places so that the production of the Ministry of Civil Affairs could be restored in the coming year.

At the same time, Guo Yongzhong also sent dozens of teams of men and horses to Nanzhili, Henan, Beizhili and other places, preparing to buy grain on a large scale.

According to the order issued by Liu Juntao: No matter how high the price of grain in various places rises, it must be purchased in large quantities, and no one can starve to death in the sphere of influence of Yushan Town this year!

In this regard, Guo Yongzhong felt a lot of pressure in his heart, and in just a few days, his hair was a little gray.

Secondly, Tang Yu also began to fully mobilize the human, material and financial resources of the Ministry of Commerce.

In Yanzhou and Xuzhou, the hardest-hit prefectures, a large number of people from the Ministry of Commerce began to appear, shops destroyed by floods began to be rebuilt, and mines in various places began to resume production.

At the same time, Tang Yu also hired a large number of disaster victims to repair the roads washed away by the flood in Yanzhou and Xuzhou Prefectures, so that the freight teams of workshops and mineral deposits in various places could start to ship as soon as possible, so that the caravans and the people of the Yushan ticket number could start to operate.

However, at this time, Tang Yu's biggest headache is the turmoil of the withdrawal of shares from all over the country, as well as the turmoil of the centralized withdrawal of silver from the branch number of Yushan ticket number in various places, if these two things are not handled well, not only the financial strength of Yushan Town will be dealt a fatal blow, but also the prestige of Yushan Town and Liu Juntao will also collapse!

In this regard, Liu Juntao immediately ordered: All the silver in Yushan Town should be concentrated on the needs of the people everywhere to withdraw silver, and there must be no such thing that the people cannot withdraw silver with silver tickets!

For the shareholding Haoqiang, Liu Juntao had other plans, and ordered Liu Zian to immediately spread the news, saying that Liu Juntao led the army to pacify the thieves, and the imperial court was about to reward Liu Juntao, so that those who participated in the shares of Haoqiang did not dare to make too much trouble for the time being, and bought some time.

However, even if he acted like this, Tang Yu was very embarrassed and said to Liu Juntao: "General, the life of the Ministry of Commerce is too difficult now!" The monthly salaries of the soldiers of the battalions of the Yushan Town Guard must be set aside in advance, as well as the pensions of the casualties and the relief of the victims from all over the country. The remaining expenses in all aspects of Yushan Town are also very huge, and now the Ministry of Commerce is already unable to make ends meet, we must find a way as soon as possible! ”

Liu Juntao asked in a deep voice: "What is the biggest burden of the Ministry of Commerce now?" ”

"Disaster victims!"

Tang Yu said categorically: "As long as the burden of relief to the victims can be removed, then I will be sure to turn around and let the Ministry of Commerce survive!" ”

"No way!"

Liu Juntao said even more resolutely: "Now we have more than 100,000 or 200,000 disaster victims in the sphere of influence of Yanzhou Mansion and Xuzhou Mansion, if we ignore these disaster victims, sooner or later there will be chaos, and if we want to stabilize the situation at that time, we will have to spend ten times as much money and food as we have now!" ”

Tang Yu said in embarrassment: "General, how can that be good!" ”

Liu Juntao pondered for a while, and then said: "Immediately invite those Haoqiang who are ready to withdraw their shares to Yushan Town, and say that I will invite them to dinner!" ”

Tang Yu was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "General, don't do it!" This Hongmen banquet can't be placed, and those heroes won't come! ”

"What do you want!"

Liu Juntao smiled angrily and said, "I really want to invite them to dinner!" I am ready to talk openly and honestly with you, I believe that in the general righteousness, those heroes can still stand firm! ”

Tang Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

In the end, Liu Juntao commanded the officers and men of each battalion to start mobilizing:

Zhang Xiaojun led the front battalion of the Yushan Town Guard back to Anshan Town to garrison, Yan Hu led the rear battalion of the Yushan Town Guard back to the Yushan Military Bureau to garrison, and the left and right battalions of the Yushan Town Guard remained unchanged and were still stationed in Yushan Town and Xuzhou Mansion; Sun Xu led the Yanzhou Mansion Barracks back to Yanzhou Mansion Fengsui Fort to garrison, and the Yanzhou Mansion Qi Barracks was temporarily managed by Bai Yuxing and returned to Dongping Prefecture to garrison.

The iron cavalry battalion led by Zhou Zongsheng temporarily stayed in Yushan Town and was stationed.

After some arrangement, Liu Juntao ordered the commanders of each battalion to do their best to stabilize the locality, assist the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs in all actions, and ensure the stability of order in various places.

Guo Yongzhong still has a lot of complaints about this move, after all, once those victims riot, it is also because of hunger, and they are not like thieves who want to rebel against the imperial court.

So, Guo Yongzhong wanted to find Liu Juntao to persuade him, but was stopped by Guo Muying.

"Father, at this time, our Yushan Town can be described as full of crises, and for my husband, stability is better than everything! Only when our Yushan is as stable as Mount Tai can we have the ability to save the lives of more victims, otherwise all the victims will just wait for death! ”

"But that can't be done! If those hungry people do anything out of the ordinary, it will be a dead end! ”

Guo Muying sighed and said, "Father, once those hungry people riot, they are no longer hungry people, but thieves!" As the saying goes: with vajra means, practice the bodhisattva's heart! If you want to control chaos, the only way to fight violence is to fight violence with violence! Husband's decision is right! ”

Listening to Guo Muying's words, Guo Yongzhong was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time to come back to his senses.

At this time, Guo Yongzhong suddenly realized that he might really be old, and this world is already a young man like Liu Juntao and them!

At the same time, Ren Chengwei's commander Lei Bai and Yan Shenggong Kong Yanjin saw Liu Juntao start to act, and they all began to act.

Lei Bo, the commander of the city guards, ordered the guards in all parts of Yanzhou Prefecture to do their best to maintain local tranquility, and at the same time took out a batch of military rations to help the victims.

However, the quantity of this batch of military rations is limited, and for Lei Bo, the commander of the city guard, the symbolic meaning of the official career is far greater than the practical significance!

Kong Yanjin sent Mr. Shan to visit various parts of the disaster area, set up 17 porridge factories in a row, and allocated a large amount of grain to help the victims.

For a time, the good deeds of Yan Sheng Gong spread all over the banks of the Yellow River, and the local government has gone up to ask for the seal of Yan Sheng Gong.

In this regard, Tang Yu, Guo Yongzhong, Liu Zi'an, Hu Dexing and others were very dissatisfied: Ren Chengwei commanded Lei Bai to do some face-saving work, and did not contribute to the work; And Kong Yanjin, the prince of Yansheng, is fame-and-seeking, although he has produced a lot of food, but he takes this opportunity to unite civil officials from all over the world to add bricks and tiles to his reputation.

The behavior of the two is too hypocritical compared to Yushan Town!

However, Liu Juntao doesn't have the kung fu to see Lei Bo and Kong Yanjin in general, as long as the two of them still know how to behave, at least they can urge the local governments to do their best!

In this way, Yushan Town made every effort to provide disaster relief for a month, and finally stabilized the victims in various places, and the affairs of various departments in Yushan Town began to change from relief to regrouping and resuming production.

But for Liu Juntao, the real test has just begun.

On this day, Tang Yu hurried to the government office to find Liu Juntao and said: "General, the news has come from all over the country that Haoqiang is preparing to withdraw shares one after another, and they will all participate in our banquet, and many people have already begun to leave!" ”

Liu Juntao was in a hurry to deal with the recitals of various departments, and he didn't close his eyes all night last night, and he was already drowsy at this time.

However, hearing Tang Yu's words, Liu Juntao still cheered up and said, "Okay! Then let's start preparing, there is such a big disaster in our Yanzhou Mansion, and these heroes from all over the country must not stay out of it! We have to pull them all in and help! ”