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When Wei and Yan were engaged in a life-and-death decisive battle, Wei Shuo was busy fighting locust relief.

After nearly a month of using poultry and manual extermination, Hexi finally brought the disaster under control.

However, controlling the locust plague does not mean that the fight against the plague has been victorious.

After the locust plague, the entire Qinliang Prefecture was almost a piece of white land, and a large number of crops that were about to mature were destroyed by locusts.

Fortunately, Hexi had already prepared and had stockpiled a large amount of supplies in advance.

As soon as a natural disaster occurred, the Metropolitan Government immediately allocated a large amount of food to the disaster area to provide relief to the victims.

On this day, Wei Shuo came to the Duhu Mansion and listened to Song Miao and Cui Hao report on the disaster relief situation.

"At present, 100,000 stone of grain and meat have been urgently delivered to the eight counties affected by the disaster, and the Metropolitan Protectorate will continue to allocate food to the disaster area."

"Well, that's good!"

"Shuo reminds everyone once again that during natural disasters, the people's psychology is very sensitive and fragile, and the slightest disturbance may cause turmoil."

"Don't worry, the lord has already asked for help from the Zhenxi General's Mansion, and Zuo Sima Wang Zhenwei has ordered the soldiers of various prefectures to assist in disaster relief."

"In order to prevent the outbreak of the plague, the minister also recruited a large number of doctors from all over the country and allocated medicinal materials to the disaster area."

"The minister has already greeted all the newspapers and asked them to step up their efforts to fight the disaster, and make sure that everyone knows that the Metropolitan Government is starting to provide disaster relief and has stockpiled enough food to reassure the hearts of the victims."

Wei Shuo nodded as he listened, very satisfied with the disaster relief measures taken by the Metropolitan Protectorate.

Finally, he expressed his gratitude to the people of the Metropolitan Protectorate headed by Song Miao and Cui Hao.

"The two gentlemen and you have worked hard, and it is all thanks to Hexi that he was able to stabilize the situation so quickly this time and prevent the disaster from spreading to the surrounding areas."

"The lord's words are heavy, these are all the responsibilities of the ministers, how dare you say the word credit?"

"Eh, this is a mistake, the merit is the merit, and when the disaster is completely over, Shuo should personally celebrate with you."

"However, for now, we ask everyone to continue to work hard to complete the disaster relief as soon as possible."

"Now the drought and locust plague have made the people's hard work for half a year come to naught, and the land of the eight counties of Qinliang is almost a white land."

"The achievements of construction have been lost in the past few years, and a large number of people have become displaced people, and they have not recuperated for three or five years, so I am afraid that they will not be able to recover."

Thinking of the huge losses caused by natural disasters to Hexi, Wei Shuo was very sad.

After a pause, he glanced around, and then said in a firm tone: "Everyone, the proper resettlement of the victims does not mean that the disaster relief is over. ”

"Next, the government will take measures as soon as possible to organize the victims to rebuild their homes."

Song Xuan, Cui Hao and other officials of the Metropolitan Protectorate nodded their heads when they heard this, and everyone knew that what the Metropolitan Protector said was true.

Since the beginning of the Yongjia period, the wars in Longyou and Liangzhou have continued, causing the people to be poor and homeless.

Finally, when Hexi rose, the people had just lived a good life, but they were beaten back to their original shape by a natural disaster.

At present, how to comfort the victims and do a good job in post-disaster reconstruction has become the most urgent issue at present.

Song Miao coughed lightly and said: "Cough, what the lord said is very true, and it is slightly the same as what the ministers see." ”

"According to preliminary statistics and surveys, drought and locust plagues have completely destroyed the local economy and people's livelihood."

"In view of the heavy losses suffered by the victims, the Metropolitan Government has decided to waive taxes in the affected areas for three years in order to reduce the burden on the victims."

"Since this year's autumn harvest is completely unexpected, the minister is urging local governments to organize the victims to replant other crops and try to recover the losses of the victims."

"In addition, the prefecture will dedicate a lot of manpower and material resources to help the victims complete the post-disaster reconstruction."

"First of all, the construction of the straight road from Shangtai to Guzang will be accelerated in order to provide more jobs to the victims."

"In addition to these projects under construction, the Metropolitan Government will also withdraw from a number of water conservancy, road and bridge projects one after another."

"Including a series of pontoon bridge projects to connect the banks of the Yellow River, as well as a cement road traffic plan to go deep into the county and villages."

"Hey, where did the Duhu Mansion get so much money to promote the construction of the project?"

To be honest, Wei Shuo was shocked by the cash-for-work plan proposed by the Metropolitan Protectorate, he didn't expect Song Miao and others to be so bold.

Originally, he was worried that everyone would not be able to let go of their hands and feet, but now he couldn't help but worry that the step was too big.

Faced with Wei Shuo's questioning, Song Miao said unhurriedly: "The lord is worried about official business, and the minister has already discussed the matter of money. ”

"Oh, is it? I don't know what the plan is? ”

"Last year, the rebellion in the Western Regions was suppressed, and a lot of money was made; This year, it has invaded Hebei and made another profit. ”

"Didn't the money be used to fill the vacancies in last year's requisition and annexation and the resettlement of displaced people in Hebei?" Wei Shuo's face was full of questions.

"Even if there is a surplus, I'm afraid it won't be able to support so many projects, right?"

"The lord is wise, and the remaining money is only enough to start the project, and if you want to keep the major projects completed, you need to find another way."

"So what are you going to do?"

"The ministers thought that if they wanted to raise enough money in a short period of time, they had to take extraordinary measures."

At this time, Song Miao suddenly got up and solemnly said to Wei Shuo: "The minister suggests that the lord immediately issue silver dollars and gold coins. ”

"What?!" Wei Shuo suddenly realized.

No wonder Song Miao looked confident, and he was playing the idea of issuing currency.

When it comes to issuing currency, Hexi is no stranger to it, and even has been profiting from it.

At that time, due to the lack of gold and silver reserves, Hexi only issued copper coins, and used silver dollars for foreign trade.

Now, after nearly ten years, the bank has already stored enough gold and silver, and at the same time, a large number of silver dollars and gold coins have been minted.

It can be said that the material conditions for the issuance of silver dollars and gold coins are ripe, and there is only one opportunity left.

"My lord, at present, the volume of private trade is expanding day by day, and the time is ripe for the issuance of silver and gold coins."

"Hexi can take the opportunity to issue silver dollars to Jiangdong to make a big profit and raise funds for post-disaster reconstruction."

"Well, since everyone thinks the time is right, let's do it."

"The lord is wise."

After the discussion, Wei Shuo was full of smiles and was very satisfied with the performance of Song Xuan, Cui Hao and others.

Through this incident, he saw that the Metropolitan Protectorate was quite mature in handling government affairs.

is no longer completely a vassal of him, greatly reducing his dependence and blind obedience to himself.

This is the most gratifying for Wei Shuo, he needs a qualified politician to assist, not just sycophants and flattery.

"Finally, Shuo is reminding you to remember: don't defy the law!"

"As long as you find someone profiting from it, you will never spare it! It should be closed, it should be killed, and it will not be soft! ”

The murderous declaration made everyone awe-inspiring, and they all said that they would never dare to live up to the trust of the capital.

Soon after the meeting, the Metropolitan Government introduced a 'cash-for-work' policy.

As soon as the cash-for-work scheme was launched, it caused a huge sensation, and all parties were dumbfounded by the government's generosity.

The sharp-eyed businessman quickly smelled a business opportunity.

They know that after the project starts, they will need a lot of materials, and as long as they receive one or two orders from it, it will be enough for them to make a lot of money.

With the start of various projects, a large number of victims have been able to earn wages to support their families through work.

In order to prevent people from being lazy and lazy, we will encourage the victims to actively participate in cash-for-work.

After the construction of the project, local governments successively reduced the amount of free food distributed.

Although some of the victims were dissatisfied at first, they were paid more for their work, and the mood of the victims gradually calmed down.

After all, working on the construction site can not only ensure food and clothing, but also earn wages, which is much more cost-effective than just receiving one ration.

Therefore, those who have some ability do not hesitate to choose cash-for-work.

In order to strengthen its control over the local area, the prefecture decided to build several cement straights to connect the prefectures and connect them with the cement straights that run from east to west.

If this huge transportation plan is completed, then it is not possible to say that Hexi is accessible in all directions, at least there will be no hindrance to the traffic between Guzang and the county seats.

In addition to politically and militarily significant transportation plans, there are also a large number of water conservancy and bridge projects.

In short, throughout August and September, the whole Hexi region was fully engaged in post-disaster reconstruction, and the disaster area seemed to have become a huge construction site.