Chapter 134: Disaster Relief and Relief for the People
After listening to Ling Xia's disaster relief plan, Chen Fuchen and the others all shook their heads, saying that they couldn't accept this plan, seeing that these people wanted to get together to resist the order, Xia Ning'er got up and threatened, although Chen Fuchen and the others were scared half to death, but they still refused to implement the plan.
It's not that they are hard-boned, it's not that they're not afraid of death, in fact, they really can't take out so much money for disaster relief, seeing everyone's attitude so firm, Ling Xia felt a little helpless in his heart, and then discussed it, and everyone compromised with each other.
Ling Xia revised the plan, according to the new plan, the six provinces affected by the disaster each took out five million gold coins, this money was used to resettle the victims and prevent epidemics, while relocating the victims and preventing epidemics, Chen Fuchen and the others tried to raise funds, and strive to prepare five million jade coins within three months.
As for the four provinces that were not affected, they had only one task, that is, to be responsible for repairing the embankments along the Huangshui River, regardless of whether they belonged to the four provinces, as long as the embankments on both sides of the Huangshui River were repaired, they had to work together to repair them.
Ling Xia gave the governors of the four provinces and the political envoys a common task, that is, the four provinces to work together to protect the Huangshui River, plug the collapsed gap, restore the flooded areas, and do everything possible to ensure that there is no water during the flood season next year.
In addition to them, Ling Xia also assigned tasks to himself, during which Ling Xia was responsible for the disposal of corpses, the cleaning of rubbles, and the dredging of roads, which were borne by Ling Xia himself, and the epidemic prevention and post-disaster reconstruction work began to be implemented after the provinces had prepared funds.
Previously, Chen Fuchen calculated that the disaster relief cost was 10 million jade coins per province, but Ling Xia took over the three tasks of disposing of the corpse, cleaning up the rubble, and dredging the road, which greatly reduced the burden on the yamen in the provinces.
After recalculating, Chen Fuchen and the others came to a conclusion, that is, after Ling Xia helped solve part of the problem, they saved half of the cost, and the disaster relief project that originally required 10 million jade coins can now be completed with only 5 million jade coins.
After calculating this data, Chen Fuchen glanced at Ling Xia with a complicated face: "The horses, the cleaning and handling of corpses, the cleaning and induction of ruins, and the removal and transportation of road debris all require a large number of manpower and material resources.
It costs money to hire workers to work, and it costs money to lease tools for construction, not to mention the cost of those projects, just hiring manpower and leasing tools also costs a lot of money. ”
"You don't have to worry about that, I'll find a way to solve it." After speaking, Ling Xia looked at everyone and said in a calm tone: "Okay, it's not too early, everyone go back to work, I hope that when the princess goes to check tomorrow, the victims of the provinces have been settled." ”
"Don't worry, as long as the colt can help us deal with the ruins and corpses, ask him, and the rest will be up to us."
"Yes, if the pony really takes the corpse away and cleans up the rubble, we can't just stare at it."
"Now that I've said that, I'll make a statement that as long as the horses can open the road within three months, I will be able to help all the victims."
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have each cut the budget of five million jade coins, but the horse has undertaken the construction of thirty million jade coins, so we should have a little conscience."
After listening to Ling Xia's words, Chen Fuchen and Wang Jisheng expressed their determination one after another, and those who were unable to speak due to serious injuries also expressed their determination by raising their hands, and Ling Xia was secretly relieved to see that everyone finally agreed to work.
When Chen Fuchen and the others returned to their respective yamen to prepare for disaster relief, Xia Ning'er came to Ling Xia and looked at him with a slight frown: "Where did you go to get so many funds for disaster relief?" Declare in advance that I won't go to my father to ask for money. ”
"You don't need to look for the emperor for this." Speaking of this, Ling Xia put his hand next to Xia Ning'er's ear and whispered quietly, after listening to Ling Xia's words, Xia Ning'er looked at him with a surprised face: "Is this ----- okay?" ”
"It's up to you if you can do it or not." When the words fell, Ling Xia muttered again: "At the same time, it is also time to test those people." ”
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After leaving the yamen of the Governor's Mansion, Liu Xian looked left and right, and seeing that no one noticed his side, he quietly approached Chen Fuchen's side and asked him in a low voice: "Brother Fuchen, is what the horse just said reliable?"
What he promised was a disaster relief project in six provinces, each of us governed one province independently, and I still felt a headache for the funding of five million jade coins, and the horse took over the project amount of 30 million jade coins in one go, can he do it? ”
"I don't know." After pondering for a moment, Chen Fuchen replied with a sigh: "You and my brother have been serving in this Ziyanjiang for more than 20 years, and they were just a prefect at the beginning, but now that they have come to this position, to be honest, they also have feelings for the disaster area in their hearts.
Now seeing the collapse of the jurisdiction, the victims are wandering and lost, and my brother is also very sad, after all, this is the place where he is in charge, and no one can bear to see it become like this.
But the earthquake happened after the second prince took the money, if there was an earthquake before the second prince asked us for money, maybe there would be no need to give the money to the second prince, alas----- since we chose the second prince's camp, we had to be at the mercy of others. ”
Yes, in this position, I can't help myself a lot of the time. Achiming with emotion, Liu Xian said in a deep tone: "Let's wait and see, if the horse really fulfills his promise, then we will cooperate with him once." ”
"Well, let's see, maybe the colt will be able to fulfill his promise." When the words fell, Chen Fuchen hesitated for a moment, and then instructed in a low voice: "Brother Liu, stop the business in your hand for the time being, that piece can't continue to be done." ”
"I've thought of it." Liu Xia nodded, and responded with a clear look in his eyes: "Now the concubine and the princess can't spare their hands, once the disaster relief matter is stabilized, they will punish and crack down on this hoarding behavior." ”
The two whispered while walking into the distance, when everyone came to a junction, Chen Fuchen hugged his fists at everyone, said goodbye to everyone, and after everyone returned the salute, they met and exchanged two words, and then returned to their own jurisdiction.
In the evening of the same day, the yamen at all levels in the six disaster-stricken provinces sent people to set up pots at the intersection, and many yamen took out the grain, cotton clothes, medicinal herbs, and tents they had hoarded before, and at night, tents were built from the areas where the victims gathered.
At dawn the next morning, the victims found an unexpected thing, the government actually opened a "porridge and rice shop", all the people affected by the disaster, can go to get porridge and nest head for free, and at the same time there is a catcher next to the registration, as long as the record is filed, you can get a set of cotton clothes, and you can also go to the camp tent to take refuge from the cold and rest.