Chapter 57: Departure
In the evening, Qiao Wenxuan really came to Xiao Mo's house, and after seeing Meng Qiuxiang, Qiao Wenxuan stayed at Xiao's house.
When Yu Niang asked about Qiao Wenxuan's purpose for coming to the county seat, Qiao Wenxuan glanced at Xiao Mo, and said that he was here to play in the county seat.
In fact, Xiao Mo didn't know, Qiao Wenxuan and Yu Niang's brother and sister have a very good relationship, from childhood to adulthood, Qiao Wenxuan has always taken care of his sister-in-law, after Yu Niang married to the Xiao family, Qiao Wenxuan knew that she was not doing well, although her heart hurt her sister, but after all, Yu Niang was the one who got married, and Qiao Wenxuan didn't care much, the last time he went to Xiao's house with Qiao Zheng, Qiao Zheng was angry and wanted to beat Yu Niang, but Qiao Wenxuan pulled it.
With Qiao Zheng's temper, Qiao Wenxuan still dared to pull him, indicating that in Qiao Wenxuan's heart, he still valued this sister very much, this time Qiao Wenxuan came to the county seat, just knowing that Yu Niang's life was hard, and he was afraid that she would suffer any more grievances, so he persuaded Qiao Zheng to come to the county seat to do business, but he didn't expect Qiao Zheng to agree.
What Qiao Wenxuan didn't know was that in Qiao Zheng's heart, Xiao Mo was submissive to himself, and he would become his son-in-law in the future, and he would be the second-in-command in the county, with such resources, the Qiao family wanted to open the door to do business in the county, and there should be no problem, so they agreed to Qiao Wenxuan.
However, Qiao Wenxuan obviously didn't know about Yu Niang and Xiao Mo, and this matter had not been completely settled, so Qiao Zheng didn't mention it to his wife and Qiao Wenxuan when he returned home, so Qiao Wenxuan didn't tell the truth to Yu Niang, in fact, Qiao Wenxuan didn't mind telling Yu Niang, because he wanted to take care of his sister, and he had to be willing to find him.
The reason why he didn't say it was because Qiao Wenxuan was worried about Xiao Mo and didn't want him to see it.
Xiao Mo didn't take Qiao Wenxuan's reaction to heart, but the next day, when Hu Yunxue came over to help Meng Qiuxiang with treatment, she proposed to Xiao Mo that she wanted to go to Luzhou together.
Yu Niang and Xiao Mo said about this matter, Yu Niang's original intention was to let Yang Yanqi go together, but Yang Yanqi herself was not interested, this girl, after making friends with Yu Niang, saw Xiao Mo talking well, and Meng Qiuxiang was sick in bed every day, unable to control herself, so she became lawless.
A girl, there were knives, swords, guns and other weapons hanging in the room, these were all given to her by Yan Shibai after knowing that Yang Yanqi had beaten Niu Da, and Zhao Guanying also gave Xiao Mo a sword when he left Shen County with Li Ji, after the matter of the White Lotus Sect, Zhao Guanying admired Xiao Mo very much, and Xiao Mo also respected himself.
As soon as Xiao Mo took the sword home, he was snatched by Yang Yanqi and never returned it, and then Xiao Mo could hear Yang Yanqi's sword practice in the courtyard every morning.
A strong suit wrapped her petite body, and her hair was tied back for several hours.
After agreeing to Hu Yunxue, Xiao Mo couldn't stay idle, but in fact, because he was bored, he went to the yamen and met Lin Yiye.
Now the situation in Shen County is that the people are very panicked because of the shortage of food, but Xiao Mo also asked Lin Yiye to write a lot of notices to reassure the people, post them everywhere, and send Xu Youzhi to patrol day and night.
Because in the disaster year, it was difficult to ensure that many people who were originally safe did those things like stealing chickens and dogs because they couldn't eat, so Xiao Mo also deliberately ordered a curfew in the whole city of Shen County, and asked Xu Youzhi to bring the soldiers to the city gate and conduct three exercises a day, and after Li Ji left Luzhou, Zhou Chang was also very cooperative, and more than 1,000 people from the Caoyun Division of Luzhou were also transferred to the north of Xicheng in Shen County, which suppressed the people, but Xiao Mo knew that these people were only temporarily pinning their hopes on the people as written on the notice. In a few days, the county government will release the grain notice.
With armed protection, Shen County should be safe these days, Xiao Mo is worried about releasing grain, this is the point, I don't know what Lin Yiye can do.
It's funny to say, Li Ji hoped that Xiao Mo would come to help solve the crisis in Shen County, but Xiao Mo recommended Lin Yiye to do most of the things, and he went to Luzhou to have fun.
But Lin Yiye didn't complain about this, he knew that Xiao Mo was actually dealing with these squires, Xiao Mo said that these squires were a problem, but the difficulty was like a spring, if you used force, he was obediently pulled away, as soon as you relaxed, he knew it immediately, and then returned to the original way.
So for these squires, if you don't want to pull hard all the time, you have to beat it enough at once.
But these squires are all hard-boned, and the backstage is also hard, and the means to deal with them can't be too tough, so they can only be tempted, and what benefits can be taken out of the current situation in Shen County?
Thinking about it, there is only iron ore, but Xiao Mo does not plan to do this, first of all, although the iron ore was found in Shen County, but these squires have no experience in mining iron ore, although the minerals are very attractive, those squires will definitely take the bait, but Xiao Mo has already planned, these iron ores, will be handed over to the merchants of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to deal with.
The reason is very simple, in addition to the shortage of grain in Shen County, the population is also lacking, the most lacking is labor, if the mines are handed over to the merchants of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, then in this way, those businessmen look at these huge reserves of iron ore, they will invest in Shen County, and then bring labor to Shen County, even with it, the population of Shen County will also increase, the population is prosperous, which is the basis for local prosperity!
Xiao Mo's plan is big, really big, he not only wants to help Shen County survive the disaster, but also hopes to make Shen County a rich place, so these squires are the first group of people that Xiao Mo must beat, and they have to let them know that the truth of unity leads to common prosperity, and they will fully cooperate with themselves.
So Xiao Mo plans to dry these squires for a few days first, and then don't give them iron ore, so that their grain will be moldy in their hands, until Li Ji brings back the merchants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, at that time, these squires will definitely be anxious, and when the time comes, Xiao Mo will come up with his killer weapon, lime!
The lime already had a method of firing in the An Dynasty, but it was not very perfect, and the yield was low, and the people of the An Dynasty did not know the wonderful use of lime, which could be used to decorate houses, if Xiao Mo said the improved method and use of lime, then it is conceivable that the reaction of these squires.
The largest mineral in Shen County is not iron ore, but lime, so the lime business is larger than iron ore, and it is more suitable for local squires to operate, which is one of the reasons why Xiao Mo does not plan to give iron ore to the squires.
After explaining some things to Lin Yiye, Xiao Mo returned home.
In the early morning of the next day, Xiao Mo and the three students of Zhushan Academy, as well as Hu Yunxue, who was dressed as a man, embarked on the road to Luzhou together!