If you want to give relief, you can't get much food in the treasury, and local officials have to find wealthy families to make a fortune, or complain, or play tricks, all kinds of means are exhausted, and they may not be able to have much effect.

Now that there is Zhuolu Trading Company in Baoan Prefecture to eliminate most of this hidden danger for him, how can He Wenrui not be ecstatic, even if the grain output is a lie, but seeing them recruit people like this, there must be no shortage of money and food, this kind of strength is enough for him to look at it differently and help him.

Zhiwen turned around and looked in the direction he was pointing, where there was a surge of people, it was the refugees they had just sent away and headed for the mountains.

"They," replied Zhiwen, "farm, build houses, work, and some have work waiting for them." ”

"Food..."He Wenrui pondered for a while, and finally decided to ask, "Is there enough food?" ”

"More than enough." Zhiwen replied as a matter of course, since he robbed the Fan family and Houjin's inventory, the biggest harvest is grain, not to mention the specific figures, Zhuolu Mountain will be at least within five years, even if the population expands to 100,000, there is no need to worry about food shortages.

"More than enough?" He Wenrui looked at Zhiwen with a little playfulness in his eyes, he could see that this young man did not hesitate when he said this, and almost blurted out, indicating that there was no shortage of money and food, could it be that selling that Rausch sweater was really so profitable?

Zhiwen was a little regretful before he spoke, in front of these old foxes, he couldn't say too much, and when he saw Zhou Chengyun on the other side, he couldn't help but squeeze his eyebrows at himself, knowing that his words and demeanor just now might have exposed Zhuolushan's strength, and he had to find a way to get around.

"That's right, sir." Zhiwen did not lose his temper, and bowed to He Wenrui unhurriedly, "This year, the summer grain in the mountains has been harvested, with a total output of four million catties. Zhuolu Trading Company collected three million catties,"

Zhiwen sighed secretly, and almost said the Zhuolu Trade Union, these things are really difficult for outsiders to understand, and it is better to call them the Zhuolu Trading Company, and then said, "According to the per capita daily consumption of one pound of grain, thirty pounds per month, it is enough for 100,000 people to eat for a month, not to mention that there are only more than 20,000 people in the mountains now, which is naturally more than enough." ”

Baoan Prefecture is located in a narrow area, is not the only way for Shanxi refugees to enter the Beijing Division, the number of refugees is not much, before being coerced by the bandits more than 100,000 to here, there are already a lot, after being defeated by Zhuolu Mountain, those who survived, a small number of escaped into the surrounding mountains, most of them still continue to go eastward, to the Beijing Division, Zhiwen They are not murderous people, and did not pay much attention.

During this period of time, the recruitment of refugees is not to accept people when they see them, to work in Zhuolu Mountain before, after the bandits come to take refuge first, if they are newcomers, then to orphans, and families are important, the former needless to say, there is a family, because they can farm, can weave clothes, have a concern, easy to manage.

The rest of the people, no matter how pitiful or unusually strong, once they are not recruited, they can only eat some porridge that the trading company gives in the town, and the people of Zhuolushan, including Zhiwen himself, although they have escaped the hardship, know the suffering, and also understand that this kind of thing is not used to abuse kindness, but needs to be given and decided.

The number of refugees is not large, and they can afford it, and although the porridge is not as clear as water, it can't make people eat much, and most of the eliminated people continue to go to Beijing after staying for a few days.

This is the reason why the number of people in Zhuolushan has not been very large so far.

"More than 20,000 people..."He Wenrui didn't seem to be optimistic, even the summer grain output that Zhiwen said was ignored by him for a while, and he twisted his beard and calculated, "Then what you get this summer is only five months' expenses, if the manpower continues to increase, it will be shorter, and if you don't last until next year's grain harvest, you have to make plans in advance, buy some grain for storage, do you need help, the official and the teacher have some relationship in the Huguang area, and you can also make some efforts to buy grain." ”

"Thank you, sir, how dare you bother your lords to worry about it." Zhou Chengyun on the side hurriedly said, "I am also a person from a trading company, so I should do my best not to disappoint adults." ”

He had already figured out the reason why He Wenrui was so concerned at this time, most likely because the Zhuolu Trading Company could absorb refugees, alleviate the situation, help him keep his official hat, and even climb up, so he naturally wanted to come out in time to show his support for this adult.

"Zhou Gongzi... I forgot about you for a while, with your ability and connections, buying grain is not a trivial matter, the class has an axe, see a smile and laugh," He Wenrui smiled, and then admonished, "Since Zhou Gongzi came forward, I am relieved, but please make plans early, it is best to take advantage of the new harvest of summer grain now, when the price of grain is not high, you can also use the capacity of the canal, if there is a delay, once it is winter, the canal freezes, and it will be very difficult to transport grain." ”

"Thank you for reminding me, and you will be able to accept it." Zhou Chengyun hurriedly responded.

Zhiwen was still a little puzzled at the beginning, why didn't the two of them react at all when they heard that there was a lot of grain harvested in Zhuolu Mountain, Zhou Chengyun was still reasonable, it should have been revealed to him by Li Dingguo, so what about this Lord Zhizhou? His reaction was very different from the behavior of other people Zhiwen had seen before.

At this time, when he heard the two of them ask and answer, Zhiwen only understood a little, this Lord He may not have heard about it on the road, or he heard it but didn't believe it, he was worried that Zhuolu Mountain would not have enough food at the moment, for fear that once Zhuolu Mountain was short of food, not only could it not appease the refugees, but also caused civil unrest in Baoan Prefecture, which was the reason why he intentionally or unintentionally ignored the high grain yield of Zhuolu Mountain.

Not only that, but also urged them to go south to buy grain as soon as possible, so it seems that this Lord He is also a cadre, knowing that the north has been in drought for many years and the grain harvest has failed, according to common sense, if the Zhuolu trading company wants to buy a large amount of grain more affordably, it is better to go south.

It's just that he and the two of them probably don't know that this sweet potato potato is drought-tolerant, has a high yield, and can be planted in two seasons a year, not counting Zhiwen's harvest that can't see the light, but it is actually enough to support it on the surface.

Seeing the two of them talking about how to go south, where to buy grain, and then how to take the Yangtze River, enter the canal, go to Tongzhou, and then hire a car to go west to the security guards, Zhiwen was a little funny, and wanted to interrupt their conversation, but he felt that if he did so, he seemed to be very uneducated, and he had to continue to listen patiently to the two talking.

After He Wenrui and Zhou Chengyun planned the matter of going south to buy grain, and even talked a lot about the details, they stopped unsatisfied.