Chapter 56: Feeling Uncomfortable
After Xu Ang and Leshui separated, they wandered on the road for several days, and they went to Xishui County for a few days, Leshui returned to the capital and checked with Gan Zhiwei and others, and really didn't find Zhang Ruoxu, so they unanimously decided that this Spring River Flower Moon Night was made by Xu Ang, the prince Yang Shengzhe was still young, and when he saw his sister coming back from outside, he was also pestering to tell some interesting stories, and Leshui said.
As the editor-in-chief of "The Merry Romance of the Great Zhou", Yang Shengzhe, when he encounters such an interesting thing, why can't he write it down and publish it? The story of Zhou Renshu eating deflated, that is a guarantee of sales! simply made an album of Xu Ang, and even the three jokes that Xu Ang told Leshui were published, but this caused Xu Ang a lot of trouble, which is a later story.
"My brother is famous in the capital now, but if you go to the capital in the future, you have to be careful." Wu Hongwei said
"Your Excellency is too worried!" Xu Ang said. "It's a big deal to cover your face so my fans don't recognize it."
"What do you mean by a fan?" Wu Hongwei asked
"Huh! It's the one who worships me. Xu Ang touched his head and replied embarrassedly
Wu Hongwei saw that Xu Ang didn't understand what he meant, so he didn't say much. Originally, he boasted that he was talented, and he especially liked poetry, and when he met a big "family" in the literary world like Xu Ang, he must have been able to talk a few days ago, but today he is even more attentive, all kinds of consultations, he has seen so many good poems and songs in his previous life, and it is not difficult to flicker at this time.
Xu Ang came with something, looking at Wu Hongwei like this, it was not easy to interrupt, and after a while, he couldn't hold it back, and said
"Lord Wu, this time the lower official came here to ask for help."
Wu Hongwei was chatting with Xingtou, and when he saw that Xu Ang was speaking cautiously, he stopped
"Tell me something."
Xu Ang cleared his throat and said, "That's the case, yesterday the lower officials went to the camp for disaster relief to inspect it, but it was carried out in an orderly manner, but it seems that there is still a problem at present." ”
Wu Hongwei nodded, and Xu Ang continued
"At present, the number of victims is 50,000, which is only a lot more, and the food in the camp for the victims is only enough for two days, if there is any accident and the transportation is interrupted, it will be difficult for us to do it, so I wonder if the county government can store more food in my county? Just in case. ”
Wu Hongwei nodded and said, "You have a point, I have never been careful about these things, I called my master over to see how it should be carried out." ”
After speaking, he went out and asked the little guy at the door to find the master, and after a while, Master Liu had already arrived, Xu Ang told Master Liu what he meant, and after listening, Master Liu asked
"How much food does County Magistrate Xu want to prepare?"
"That's enough for ten days! The more the merrier! Xu Ang thought for a while and said
Master Liu closed his eyes and thought for a while, then opened his eyes and said
"At present, the silver thing is easy to do, but now there is no silver to buy food, a year of relief work, my county now has not much grain, the recent grain is transported from the south of the Yangtze River, these grains to be transported to the seriously affected places in a steady stream, left here only enough for more than 50,000 people to use, these imperial courts are counted, ten days of grain is too difficult to get, I want to find a way, get two days of grain storage will not be a problem."
Xu Anggang was about to say what if something went wrong with the pontoon bridge, or if the water rose? Without waiting for Xu Ang to answer, Master Liu continued
"The grain of the imperial court will be transported to us from Jiangnan on a regular basis, there will definitely be no problems, now the two counties of Xishui and Shanyuan are only separated by a river, and the pontoon bridge can communicate, in case the water rises, the previous big ships can also come in handy, and the grain storage for two days is enough!"
When Wu Hongwei heard this, he also nodded.
Xu Ang couldn't say anything at the moment, since he had said that he still needed to find a way to store food for two days, it was useless to say anything more, so he nodded.
Master Liu said when he saw that both of them nodded
"Since the two adults agreed, then I will find a way to contact the others to provide two days of food and leave."
And when he had finished speaking, he went out,
Xu Ang saw that this matter was almost like this, so he said to Wu Hongwei
"My lord! I have one more thing here, and I would like to ask the opinions of adults,"
"Oh! Then you go on. Wu Hongwei replied
"At present, we are arranging soup kitchens in disaster relief camps, and many of them are arranged by King Qi, so most of the banners of soup kitchens are hung with the name of King Qi, for example, although the Shanyuan County Office and the Shanyuan County Office have a lot of grain transported by the imperial court, but there is only one porridge shed with a name, I wonder if we can decide the number of banners according to the amount of relief grain." Xu Ang said
Wu Hongwei thought about it and looked at Xu Ang, in the end, he was a young man, and he still couldn't find the way! The young man himself is a little pleasing to the eye, so let's give him a look.
"Xiao Xu! I know what you said, King Qi came to me at that time and said that he would provide manpower, but I only knew about this name after listening to you, but I think it's a bit complicated for you to think about it. Wu Hongwei said
"First! The manpower problem is also a big problem, the remuneration of the personnel and the management are very troublesome, and the king of Qi is willing to provide manpower, which is the best. Second, since the king of Qi replaced the name with that of the king of Qi, and the other squires did not say anything, presumably the king of Qi likes the reputation of the people, so let them go. This is an official matter, you may not understand, it is the task of the imperial court to help the victims, we do a good job, and when the victims leave, we have no merit or fault, then we are all happy. Even if there is merit, it will not be our turn. Wu Hongwei looked at Xu Ang after speaking.
When Xu Ang heard it, why didn't he understand what Wu Hongwei said? Yamabara County threw the burden on him, but there was no risk except for the regular delivery of grain, but if there was a riot and the people did not think of him, wouldn't he suffer a big loss? With an idea, he said
"The county guard has a point, but I think this matter still has to be done, it is the emperor's will to help the victims, and this lot of food is sent by the imperial court, I will wait for the emperor to be an official of the imperial court, and finally the people say that the king of Qi is good, where will the emperor be placed? King Qi likes the good reputation of the people, doesn't the emperor like it? If this matter spreads, then I will make a mistake! Please think about it! ”
Seeing that Wu Hongwei's expression seemed to be a little shaken, he said again
"The so-called food of the king, the matter of loyalty to the king, I am not doing this so that I can have a good reputation, this relief of the victims is the business of the imperial court, what credit will I want there? It's just that all this is for the court, for the emperor, and the emperor's benevolent people can't understand it, but they all say that King Qi is good, and we courtiers feel uncomfortable! ”