Chapter XXIII Refugees
If this 80,000 yuan account is only counted in and out, there will naturally be no problem at all, but as long as you look at the unit price again and imagine what may happen in the future, there are many strange things. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The price of grain per stone is now quite stable, and Wang Bin's advice is also very pertinent, although the price of grain is likely to double during the war, but the four northern states have always had enough grain to eat, and with last year's big harvest, it will definitely not rise.
There is a big hidden danger here, once the war breaks out, the price of food rises, then this price will immediately become a burden on the royal government.
Because the palace signed a two-year contract with Yuan Tan according to the usual grain price, even if the grain price rises, it will supply Yuan Tan with grain at this weekday price, so that the palace's loss in the grain price is not a little bit, and the loss will be very large immediately, and this grain contract is not just a few hundred stones, but calculated in tens of thousands.
"Yuan Tan's plan is actually very simple, war is coming soon, Yuan Yun knows very well that a war will break out in Qingzhou, which is next to Leling, and the price of food will inevitably rise, and it is Wang Bin who is responsible for the intelligence on the Qingzhou side, which is tantamount to blackmailing Diao Chan fiercely." Yuan Yun sneered, he had already guessed what Yuan Tan was planning.
And I also learned another news, Wang Bin seemed to be turning his elbow outward, and he rolled with Yuan Tan.
From this, I thought of Captain He, these three people are very interesting, in this extraordinary period, they have made it so mysterious, if they have no plan, they don't believe it if they kill Yuan Yun.
Tapping on the table with his knuckles, Yuan Yun weighed it carefully, and decided to take another look, after all, if he wants to come out at this time, he is afraid that he will suffer unnecessary trouble, and now he has enough trouble, there is no need to wade into troubled waters again.
After a short time, Juan'er came to Yuan Yun's residence and asked when the accounts would be settled, Yuan Yun only gave a reply three days later, and Juan'er got a definite answer, and immediately fled as if hiding from a pest.
Yuan Yun smiled bitterly, last time, you master and servant broke in by themselves, and also saw Lao Tzu's naked appearance, how can you make Lao Tzu seem to be a subordinate person, unlucky, hurt your self-esteem.
After another half a month, Leling ushered in a major event, that is, from Liyang and Qingzhou and other places, refugees who fled the war poured here, this time twenty or thirty thousand people came at once, they were in rags, people also looked malnourished, a listless appearance, it seems that they have been rushing a lot of roads for several days.
After Yuan Yun knew the news, he just smiled bitterly and shook his head, Yuan Tan seems to be a very patient person, he just knew that the refugees were coming to Leling, so he signed such a contract with the palace, and now because of the arrival of the refugees, the food immediately rose wildly, and the palace has begun to lose money.
When Diao Chan faced these refugees, he did something that Yuan Yun admired very much, that is, to distribute relief food, and the amount was definitely quite large, and a large amount of food would be transported outside Leling City every day.
Because of the fluctuation of food prices, the palace is already losing money, Diao Chan is still stubborn in a wide range of food, and the money consumed is almost beyond the capacity of the palace, but even so, Diao Chan still gritted his teeth and continued to insist.
Others just saw that there would be grain trucks in the palace to deliver grain outside the city every day, and at most they would praise it, but only Yuan Yun looked at the account book and knew in his heart how much it would cost.
At this point, I didn't care much about the many difficulties of Diao Chan before, but began to praise Diao Chan, what a good woman.
"Qin Han, where did you learn these health regulations?" Diao Chan sat in the study, holding a roll of bamboo slips in his hand, and was very satisfied after reading it.
It's just that Yuan Yun is very puzzled, the expenditure of the palace is already stretched, and Diao Chan still has the leisure to manage the lives of these refugees.
These health regulations not only cover the daily habits of refugees, but also include a special chapter on population management, in which the life of tens of thousands of people is clearly divided, adults and children, and even men and women.
As for the land hoarded by refugees outside the city, Yuan Yun even made a clean-up restriction, and strictly determined where to go to the thatched house, where to eat, and even a place to bathe.
It was also very simple for the subordinates to carry it out, clearly telling them that if they did not comply with the rules, then they would not be given a grain of grain.
In such an environment, there were many fewer deaths due to disease among the refugees, and people were able to work when they were healthy, and some even began to help the Wang family and share some of the work they could, such as the work on the docks.
On the dock, because of the addition of this group of refugees, the invincible beggar gang has been expanded for the first time, and now the beggar gang has developed into an organization with 300 strong laborers, and once there is work on the dock, they always rush to the forefront.
According to Yuan Yun's arrangement, the level of the invincible generals in the gang is very strict, and their status in the beggar gang can be judged from the pockets on their bodies, for example, the two invincible retinues now have six bags, and they have a lot of power in the beggar gang.
And this kind of hierarchy with the feeling of fighting monsters and upgrading is very popular with the children of the beggar gang, because everyone can see clearly that as long as they work hard to contribute to the gang, then there is the possibility of promotion, and promotion represents a huge benefit, so everyone is brave.
After a month, the government's relief was finally approved, because the pressure of public opinion was too great, and the world was rumored that Yuan Shao was tyrannical, regardless of the suffering of the people in the territory, and tens of thousands of refugees were indifferent.
When Yuan Shao learned about this, he was furious and scolded the officials in Jizhou, saying that these people had ruined their good reputation of the Yuan family.
The officials in Jizhou are also very troubled, before Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan ordered to take away the grain in the Leling area, almost all of them were transferred to Yecheng, and now the refugees naturally have no food to help.
But now that it's okay, Yuan Shao personally gave the order, and the Jizhou officials naturally began to transfer the grain back from Yecheng again, and then put grain in Leling for relief.
The palace was commended by Yuan Shao for this relief of refugees, and even received some awards.
After that, Yuan Shao's reputation suddenly became inexplicably better, and some people even brought the rumors to Yecheng, only saying that Yuan Shao was really the reborn parent who saved the world and helped the people.
This can make Yuan Shaole bad, he is the happiest about this kind of thing that praises merit and virtue, and the fame that can be exchanged for some food is not expensive, not expensive at all.
One day, Yuan Shao was returning from hunting in the suburbs of Yecheng, and happened to meet a beggar on the way, Shao asked him if he had anything to eat?
The beggar replied, "I am under the wing of the great general Yuan Shao, and even if I beg, I have never starved." ”
Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard this, and returned to the mansion to set up a banquet to celebrate, and during the banquet, he once again remembered the great benevolent Wang family in Leling City, so the special envoy repaired a letter, once again expressed his praise and gratitude, and brought a large amount of food to help those refugees tide over the difficulties.
When Yuan Yun was asked about those health regulations by Diao Chan, he hurriedly gave up his hand and said nonsense: "On the way to wander before, I saw some refugees gathering, and some officials with great skills formulated these, and the kid just has the same example." ”
After speaking, Yuan Yun scolded Wang Er, originally saying that he would take a big credit and give this refugee plan away, but who knew that in order to show his righteousness, this kid actually said when he met people that this was Qin Han's painstaking work.
"Disgusting uncle!" Yuan Yun scolded fiercely.
Diao Chan was full of suspicions, but his heart was very clear, what kind of official is not an official, isn't it taught by Master Zuo Ci and his old man, who can teach you such a living treasure except him, no matter what the problem, as long as it is in the hands of you Yuan Yun, it can be solved immediately.
It's just that it's quite strange recently, Yuan Shao has always ignored the refugees in the territory, how did he suddenly start to be kind this time, and even rewarded the Wang family for disaster relief, this is really incomprehensible.
Glancing at Yuan Yun standing at the door of the study again, Diao Chan knew something in his heart, and it was estimated that this kid made it, but he could actually bewitch Yuan Shao, isn't this a bit outrageous?
"These days, Qin Han, have you ever been out of the mansion?" Diao Chan asked again.
Yuan Yun is now full of impatience, every time he comes to Diao Chan's room, he can only stand, unlucky, there are still so many problems, and he doesn't know when he plans to let himself go.
Sighing secretly, Yuan Yun replied again: "The eldest lady has clearly ordered the palace to be controlled, and I naturally dare not go out, boy." ”
Diao Chan nodded, and the person sent to monitor also said that Yuan Yun has been in his courtyard recently and almost never leaves, it seems that he has never left the palace.
But this is even more unspeakable, how did he bewitch Yuan Shao without leaving the palace? Could it be that this person really has any immortal secret skills?
Thinking about it, Diao Chan smiled bitterly to herself, she knew Zuo Ci's understanding very well, she had been getting along for more than half a year, Zuo Ci's knowledge was superb, but if she wanted to talk about immortal arts or something, she Diao Chan had never seen it.
"Master is really eccentric, obviously teaching all the good things to Yuan Yun, a bastard boy, but he doesn't pass on himself, eccentricity, absolute eccentricity." Diao Chan was depressed in his heart, and found that it was not pleasing to look at Yuan Yun, so he waved his hand and drove him away.
Yuan Yun came to the outside of Diao Chan's study and rubbed his legs and stomach, damn, it's really a disaster.
Lao Tzu saw that you Diao Chan was pitiful, independently supporting the rations of tens of thousands of people, and sooner or later the palace would be poor, so he mobilized the beggar gang to spread rumors everywhere, and even sent people to Yecheng to post big-character posters, which stinked Yuan Shao's reputation.
Then provoked Yuan Shao to start taking care of these refugees, and then ambushed Yuan Shao on the way back from hunting through the beggar gang, and slapped Yuan Shao's sycophants, so that this guy who was so happy continued to increase his investment in refugees.
As a result, the burden of the palace was completely relieved, and the internal and external cooperation between Yuan Tan and Wang Bin was also easily broken, laying a good foundation for the future, lest Yuan Tan still not give up, and think about uniting Wang Bin to calculate the palace all day long.
Now that the palace has entered Yuan Shao's sight, then Yuan Tan should be more or less scrupulous.
It's just that Lao Tzu thought so much for you Diao Chan, and he even had to punish Lao Tzu's station, which was unlucky.
Yuan Yun complained while preparing to return to his small courtyard, but when he arrived at the door of the back house, he bumped into a big man head-on and knocked him directly to the ground.
Dahan was stunned, and when he saw that the other party was Qin Han, he immediately said a little apologetically: "Don't blame Qin Han, Ning was in a bit of a hurry when he came." ”
Yuan Yun stood firm, and then glanced at Gan Ning in front of him, this person is very heroic, and with his ability, he must be the dream prince of every daughter's family in this era, but why didn't he go to Dongwu, but came to Diao Chan's palace, which is a little confusing.
For Gan Ning who often goes in and out of the palace's back house, there are naturally many people who like to chew their tongues, so there are always some rumors about Diao Chan.
However, for these rumors, Yuan Yun scoffed at them all, because he knew very well that Gan Ning liked Diao Chan's maid Juan'er, as for Diao Chan himself, Yuan Yun asked himself, this kind of old fox-like woman, it is estimated that not many men are interested.
"Why is Brother Gan Ning in such a hurry?" Yuan Yun patted the dirt on his leg and asked casually.
Gan Ning frowned and said: "The dock has been a little unpeaceful recently, it seems that there is a gang called the Beggar Gang that has suddenly grown, I don't know if this is a good thing, I am a little worried, so I want to come and tell the eldest lady." ”
Yuan Yun chuckled in his heart, he had already let the invincible develop carefully, and he didn't want to be noticed by Gan Ning, it seems that none of the famous generals in history are fuel-efficient lamps.
With a roll of his eyes, Yuan Yun said with a smile: "Some gangs, now that so many refugees are gathered in Leling, it is reasonable for some people to huddle together to keep warm, if nothing like this happens, it will be wrong." ”
Gan Ning was slightly stunned, and after thinking about it carefully, it is true, now that the eldest lady has worked very hard for this batch of refugees, and she still reported such a trivial matter to her, does it seem that she is too useless?
"Yes, it's just a few dozen people, if they really make any trouble, I can calm it down with a few nursing homes." After Gan Ning finished speaking, he seemed to remember something again, so he smiled and said to Yuan Yun again: "The kind of liquor you recommended in Qin Han before, is there any new product now?" ”
Yuan Yun saw Gan Ning's hungry expression, and smiled bitterly in his heart, this matter still needs to be kept secret, looked left and right, and then replied: "I don't know who brewed that kind of wine, I just know that there is a sale at the dock, if Brother Gan Ning likes it, you can go to the dock to buy it." ”
Gan Ning laughed, patted his head and said: "I said this to you, I just remembered that I still owe the wine money last time, and I will pay you back in a while, since the dock is sold, it will be convenient for me to buy it in the future." ”
Yuan Yun said with a smile: "Brother Gan Ning doesn't want to make some small money, you can buy these wines and sell them again, the price difference in the middle must be a lot, haven't you been worrying about the capital of marrying Sister Juan'er?" ”
Gan Ning was stunned, thought for a moment, and instantly had a happy expression, patted Yuan Yun's shoulder, and said, "It's really a good way, I'll go to Juan'er to discuss." ”
Yuan Yun nodded in goodness, and Gan Ning laughed and entered the back house, and then went straight to Juan'er's residence.
Seeing Gan Ning go away, Yuan Yun muttered: "It seems that it is time for Invincible to increase the brewing of some spirits, and the development of the beggar gang also needs money." ”
Taking a look at the direction in which Gan Ning went, Yuan Yun was not worried that Gan Ning would expose the connection between the wine seller and the beggar gang, after all, the wine seller chose a local son to be the shopkeeper, and he also knew a few words, so he didn't look like a beggar.