After eating the porridge, the faces of the homeless people finally became more ruddy, and Mo Qian and the people of the Dragon Guardian Villa took them to the wasteland at the foot of the mountain, and they also had to help build the homeless people's residence as soon as possible. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Zhu Pinggui followed closely behind Mo Qian along the way, and after drinking the porridge, his spirit improved, but he was still a little uneasy, "My lord, what do you need us to do?" We don't know anything but do some crop work and have a lot of strength! "Hahaha, Uncle Pinggui, what were you doing before that?"

"I can't afford the word 'uncle'." Zhu Pinggui said in a panic, "The villain is a mason in the village, and he makes a living by repairing a house or something on weekdays, and he is also familiar with the village when he comes and goes, so when he comes out this time, the villagers will let me take it away." ”

"You see, when we build a house at the foot of the mountain, won't we use you craftsmen? By the way, who else did you come out this time? ”

"There are also a few carpenters, two of the teachers, and most of the others are farmers." Zhu Pinggui said.

Mo Qian thought for a while, "You think this is good, this famine will not be able to pass for a while, you will live in the Huangzhuang first, we will provide you with food, you will help us repair the house, and wait until the famine has passed, and then you will make plans, okay?" ”

"Wouldn't that be too much of a hassle?" Zhu Pinggui asked in a low voice, they felt that Mo Qian took them in to see them pitiful, wouldn't this matter of repairing the house be solved by just a few people?

There are so many such craftsmen in the capital, why take in so many homeless people for a few houses?

The more this is the case, the more grateful they are to Mo Qian in their hearts.

"It's okay, the situation in the capital is not clear now, I don't know how the disaster relief work is, it is better for you to go over so rashly."

"The villagers of Pinggui have thanked the adults for saving their lives."

Zhu Pinggui sincerely saluted Mo Qian. Next, Mo Qian asked the people of the mountain villa to help the displaced people build houses, and there were originally a few masons among them, so the construction work was very fast, and in just a day and a half, the simple houses were built, although several people were crowded together, and there were some loopholes, but those who suffered from displacement laughed sincerely.

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"Is the news true?" Mo Qian's brows jumped, he was just a little worried before, but thinking that since the capital had already prepared, there should be no big basket, who expected that something would happen.

Lin Guanlan nodded, "This is the news from the imperial court this morning, saying that the number of victims pouring into the capital far exceeded expectations, about seventy or eighty thousand people, but the capital has only prepared relief food for 40,000 people, which still uses His Majesty's inner treasury silver taels, so the situation in the capital is really very grim now." ”

"How could the imperial court be so poor?" Mo Qian's heart was a little cold, Lin Guanlan shook his head, "This year's autumn harvest has been used to calm the turmoil in the north and south, and there is not much left, but this money cannot be used, once it is used, if other countries come to fight, it may be the entire Great Qi who will die at that time, and now Your Majesty is also very embarrassed." ”

"I see so many rich families in the capital on weekdays, so no one comes out to help?"

"Of course there is, but the real money is in the hands of officials, even if those businessmen have the heart to make a good name, how much can they donate? It's not enough.

As for the people who are officials, on the contrary, there are more honest people who come out to raise donations, and the family is just setting up a shed to give porridge at the door of their own house to earn a good reputation, and in fact, they will not do much practical things. ”

Mo Qian thought for a while and said, "That's it, Brother Lin, you first help settle the victims in Huangzhuang, I'll bring some food, and go to the capital to see if there is anything that can help, presumably Uncle Guan is already anxious now." ”

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Household Department of the capital

"Officials? Cut by 30%! Guan Qian made a slight stroke on the ledger, but his expression was very solemn.

The man standing in front of him was a little stunned, "Big ...... My lord, the budget of this ministry has been cut too much, right? I wonder if they're going to make a fuss? ”

"What about the fuss? I will explain to Your Majesty that no matter what, the disaster in the capital must be resolved this time, and too many people must not die! ”

Guan Qian said to himself: "By the way, how is the grain transferred from Jincheng?" How long will it take to get to Beijing? ”

"It will take half a month at the earliest!" The man below replied.

"No, it must be as soon as possible, I will repair a book, you take it to Su Shangshu, and let him arrange for the soldiers and horses to be transported to the capital as quickly as possible."

"Yes." The man replied and hurried out. Immediately after that, another person walked in and said, "My lord, Mo Qian has come to ask for a meeting." ”

"I'm not available."

Guan Qian waved his hand, and was suddenly stunned, "What did you just say?" Who is asking for a meeting? ”

"He said his name was Mo Qian......" "Don't be stunned, let him in!"

“……”

Just when the subordinates were going out, Guan Qian's brain was running at high speed, when the southern uprising before, Mo Qian provided hot air balloons to the army, when the Wuqiang invaded, Mo Qian provided gunpowder, the most recent one was the bandits of Jiming Mountain, everyone was in a rut, as soon as he got out of the horse, he let the other party lose his armor and remove his armor with three strikes and two strokes.

It seems that he has been involved in the big things recently, and they have all been properly resolved.

Could it be that this time, what is his good plan? Seeing Mo Qian come in, Guan Qian smiled and said, "Xiao Qian, you have a lot of things to do in Dragon Guarding Villa, and now you have time to come to the household department, presumably because of the disaster victims, right?" ”

"That's true." Mo Qian sat on the chair on the side, "Now that more and more victims are pouring into the capital, I wonder if there are any countermeasures on this side of the capital?" ”

"Since you asked so, then Uncle Guan will tell you frankly, on the one hand, the current expenditure of the national treasury is insufficient, and on the other hand, the grain transferred from other places will not arrive so quickly.

Even when I raised donations from the wealthy families in the capital, I couldn't raise a few taels of silver. ”

Mo Qian said: "I also took in a group of refugees in the villa, I plan to let them work for relief, I provide shelter and food, and they help me work......

"Cash-for-work? That's a good idea! It can reduce the waste of labor. ”

Guan Qian's eyes lit up, but then it dimmed: "It's okay to say a small group of refugees, but now what we lack most is food, and the cash-for-work is all a later story." ”

"Well, I brought some food to Beijing this time, let's give porridge on the street first, and then I will think about how to raise money."