Wang Tongzhi's messenger handed the road guide, and the soldiers at the door did not dare to slack off, and immediately trotted in.

Song Youliang hadn't heard of this Wang Zilin, but Jiang Huairen, the deputy Qianhu, knew something, "Wang Zilin? This Tongzhi is in charge of grain and grass~~ What is he doing here? Could it be ~~"

"Do you know that we have collected an extra three or five buckets and want to come to fight the autumn wind?" Xu Renbiao frowned

"Won't it?" Zhang Guishan muttered: "Our grain used to be allocated by the state and county, but now we can be self-sufficient, maybe they want us to allocate grain and grass for them in turn?" ”

Song Youliang is also at a loss, but there is no way, some things on the scene still have to be done. So Song Youliang brought Jiang, Xu, two deputy thousand households, and Gu Yushan, who happened to be in the fort, to greet him.

"Wang Tongzhi came from afar, and he worked hard all the way!" Song Youliang stepped forward and said with a smile. He observed Wang Zilin, the manager of grain in Dengzhou Mansion, and only looked at him in his forties, very tall and thin, with a long beard, and wearing a five-grade official uniform

"As an official of the imperial court, Wang's duty is to eat the king's fortune and bear the king's worries, why bother?" Prince Lin slightly returned the salute, his grade was lower than Song Youliang, but his superiority as a civil official, as well as the high level of a scholar, still let him return the salute slightly. He carefully looked at this Qianhu Lord who filled his heart with all kinds of speculations, and Song Youliang first gave him the feeling that he was young. In fact, Song Youliang is twenty years old this year

Then I felt that this young man from a military household behaved generously and decently, and his words were also polite, and later I learned that Song Youliang had also participated in the imperial examination, although he did not win, but Wang Zilin had more recognition of Song Youliang in his heart

Entering the city of Haiyang, the scene inside left a deep impression on Wang Zilin, the clean and neat streets run straight through the north, south, east and west, and the houses on both sides of the street are arranged in a regular manner, and various shops are opened. The five major chambers of commerce, led by Gu Yushan, which were the first to enter Hai Duong, opened their own shops in the most crowded places in the city. Due to the acceptance of new immigrants in recent years, the actual population of Haiyang Qianhusu has reached nearly 10,000, and Song Youliang selected hardcover from them to expand the second new military camp. Among them, there are more than 1,200 veteran military families living in Haiyang City, and the rest live in tun houses. After a busy day's work, everyone will come to Hai Duong City to go around and buy some snacks or daily necessities from the store.

The streets are crowded with people and coolies carrying goods, as well as merchants with Northwestern, Jiangnan and Zhongzhou accents. Xu Erduo and Zhang Shi had to shout loudly to open the way, so that everyone could move forward smoothly. In later generations, it is a typical city appearance that is dirty and messy, but at this time it is a manifestation of prosperity. Wang Zilin even felt that this scene was not far behind the city of Dengzhou

Not long after, everyone came to the official office of the thousand households, the guests and hosts sat down, and the servants served tea.

Wang Zilin took a sip of tea lightly and said: "I just heard about it before, but now I see with my own eyes that Song Qianhu is really a capable official~ Your Majesty praised Song Qianhu as a model for officials in the world, and it really deserves it~~~ A small thousand households, the prosperity is better than any county under the rule of Dengzhou Mansion~"

"That's Your Majesty's love~~" Song Youliang immediately bowed his hand and bowed to the north, "Song Youliang is really ashamed~"

Wang Zilin said: "Why should Song Qianhu be modest, this official came all the way, and everywhere he passed, there were disasters and famines, and the people were wandering and lost. Only Haiyang is a place, with abundant grain and rice, and a thriving market, which is all the work of Song Qianhu, so why push it? ”

Song Youliang didn't want to play this kind of trick again, so he immediately said straight to the point: "Wang Tongzhi is here, what is his business?" Could it be that he is here to pay salaries? ”

"Uh~~" Song Youliang's snatching made Wang Zilin very embarrassed, yes, it has always been the state and county that allocated grain and grass to the health office, and now he is cheeky to ask others for grain and grass. Wang Zilin secretly complained in his heart, complaining why Governor Chen asked him to do such an embarrassing errand. "Hehe~~" Wang Zilin laughed a few times and said: "Song Qianhu should know that Dengzhou has been a drought and locust plague recently, and the prefect Chen wants to help the victims, but the food in his hands is limited, so he asks Song Qianhu to allocate a batch of food to solve the urgent need." ”

"How much?"

"Ten thousand stones~" Wang Zilin stretched out a finger

"Ten thousand stones?" Song Youliang's eyes widened, Haiyang still has less than 100,000 stones of grain in stock, which is the life-saving food of thousands of people in Haiyang. As soon as this Wang Tongzhi opened his mouth, it was 10,000 stones, and it was strange that Song Youliang would agree immediately. "Wang Tongzhi has always been the state and county to allocate food and salary to the health center, how can there be a reason for the other way around?" Song Youliang said with a smile

"This is the tun grain that should be handed over~~" Wang Zilin replied

Song Youliang smiled, "Wang Tongzhi exempted the grain of the border town guard when he was Shizong, so how can he say that he handed over the grain?" ”

"Uh~~" Wang Zilin's face was a little ugly, "During the time of Sejong, the national dynasty exempted the grain of the border town guard to return to the warehouse, which was the court's sympathy for the soldiers, not because the guard house could not accept the grain land. Instead, the military cantonments in various places are in arrears and have no grain to pay. The official came all the way over, and saw the carts and horses transporting grain coming out in all directions, it seems that Song Qianhu sold the harvested grain, which should be handed over to the household department and sold privately, this method is not appropriate. This hat is big enough, Wang Zilin continued: "Since Song Qianhu has gained a lot. You should think about it to repay the country's kindness. Worry about the king. Could it be that Song Qianhu is unwilling to contribute to the court? "This hat is bigger

Song Youliang smiled and replied, "Wang Tongzhi is serious. I thought that the military households of our Haiyang Institute were self-reliant and self-sufficient, and they did not need to be allocated food and salary by the state and county, which reduced the burden on the imperial court. ”

Wang Zilin's face changed dramatically all of a sudden, as a fellow in charge of grain allocation, even the commander of the first-level military attache nodded when he saw him, this small Qianhu actually went against him openly, and said sarcastically, really give you three points of color to open a dyeing workshop.

Wang Zilin was about to have a seizure, Song Youliang suddenly changed his words and said: "Of course, since you are a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, you still have to pay what you should pay, but in terms of the specific amount, Wang Tongzhi can let some more ~~" Song Youliang smiled: "After all, Song has so many people to feed~~"

Seeing that Song Youliang was relieved, Wang Zilin also took advantage of the situation and said: "This official also knows that Song Qianhu is loyal to the country, so let's do it, Song Qianhu will send eight thousand stones to Dengzhou Mansion first, and the remaining two thousand will be said slowly, how about it?" ”

"Start Wu Qianshi, right?" Song Youliang crossed his five fingers, "Our Haiyang is also suffering from drought and locust plagues, but it is just a little better than the grain harvest elsewhere~~"

Wang Zilin rolled his eyes and said: "Okay, but it will take a few days to ship, and there are more and more victims who have gathered in Dengzhou Mansion recently~~"

Song Youliang was surprised: "Dengzhou Mansion is not a big state Fuzhou, why do the victims go to Dengzhou Mansion?" ”

Wang Zilin smiled bitterly: "I can't figure it out, and then I heard from the victims that the victims in Denglai and Qingzhou don't know where they heard it, saying that the government wants to open a warehouse in Dengzhou Mansion to release grain, so they came one after another, when I left, I said that one or two thousand people had gathered~~" Wang Zilin secretly said in his heart: "Actually, they should come to Haiyang~"

After a few more greetings, Song Youliang immediately arranged for someone to load Wu Qianshi's grain and hand it over to Wang Zilin to be transported to Dengzhou Mansion.

Less than five days after the grain was transported, I suddenly heard that a businessman who had come from Dengzhou Mansion said that the hungry people in Dengzhou Mansion were stealing grain, and there was a fierce clash with the officers and soldiers, which almost led to a popular uprising. After Song Youliang received the order, he was very strange, Wu Qianshi's grain was transported to Dengzhou Mansion, wasn't it enough to help the victims? Why do the victims still grab food? Could it be that the officials of Dengzhou Mansion deliberately did not give relief to make the hungry people make trouble? That Wang Zilin is in charge of food, and he seems to be very decent, is he looking away? If this is the case, then Wu Qianshi would rather take the grain and feed it to the dogs.