Chapter 157: The Emperor's Secret Letter
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It's a good thing to wake up to a disaster, you don't have to hide it, and you can make it as loud as possible. Besides, this is also a matter of revitalizing disasters and being above board, not only to promote the current emperor's holy grace, but also to make a name for himself. The official position is a little smaller, but it has always represented the current emperor, and it has been passed out, and he is also a famous figure, which is a real benefit, so Liu Yi is not afraid to spread the word, the more people know, the better.
Now, naturally, it has been publicized to the whole city, and there are notices written by Xi Zhicai himself, as well as people who beat gongs and drums every day to shout slogans.
Oh, what does the proclamation say? And what slogans?
Naturally, the proclamation is to vigorously publicize the sage of the current emperor, how the emperor cares about the suffering of the people, and especially personally confers Liu Yi as the disaster relief food officer, so that Liu Yi can go to the disaster-stricken areas on behalf of the emperor to help and relieve the people affected by the disaster. Of course, the focus is to publicize that Liu Yi also used 100,000 taels to buy disaster relief materials. At the same time, it also vigorously publicized that everyone has the responsibility to revitalize the disaster and help the poor, and hoped that the broad masses of the people could work together, and hoped that people from all walks of life would make a strong contribution and donate a part of the relief materials to allow more people affected by the disaster to receive assistance.
This proclamation is also a temporary reminder of some of the disaster relief practices of Liu Yi in later generations, so that Xi Zhicai can give it a try and see if he can get a little material donation. In order to attract people and attract those wealthy businessmen or gentry who want to gain fame to give them, Liu Yi also explained to Xi Zhicai, and asked him to make a list of good people, write down the names of donations to a certain amount, arrange them according to the number of donations, and set up a stone tablet for the donors in front of the Zhenfeng Grain Mansion, and engrave their names on them, so that future generations can know the good deeds of those donors.
This move is a fresh practice to attract the eyes of the people and attract the attention of the people in the city.
Fame and fame, everyone wants it, spend money to buy fame, rich people don't care at all, originally Xi Zhicai thought that no one would donate, as soon as this initiative came out, the respondents gathered, and many people rushed to the disaster relief grain government to donate, which achieved an unexpected effect.
By the time we're ready to go, you'll receive countless donations, and if it's not time-sensitive, you'll probably receive more.
Now, Xi Zhicai has counted that the donated food received is no less than 50,000 quintals, and the money is more than 50,000 yuan, which is as much as the silver taels donated by the emperor. In addition, there are countless quilts.
The 100,000 quintals of grain donated by the emperor and the 50,000 quintals received from the donation, plus the 100,000 quintals purchased by Liu Yi, are a total of 250,000 catties. However, this little food alone seems to be far from enough. Well, don't look at 250,000 catties It seems like a lot, but what is the concept of 25 catties of grain? According to the current situation of the Han Dynasty, one pound of grain a day for one person is considered very rich, which is equivalent to the food of 250,000 people for a day and 25,000 people for 10 days.
What Liu Yi wants to go to relieve is Julu County, a county, it is estimated that there will not be only 25,000 people, right? It can only provide them with food for 10 days, which is far from enough. Therefore, we have to purchase grain again, and the money is used to buy grain again.
It's just that there are more things, and the team of transporting grain has also grown, and it is difficult to transport too much at one time for a while, so it can only be sent in batches later.
A horse-drawn cart or ox cart or screw cart can carry about 2,000 catties of heavy goods and 250,000 catties of grain, and at least 120 horses and ox carts. What else do you need to carry? Therefore, it cost Liu Yi 4.5 thousand taels of money to purchase horses and ox carts alone, which is only the purchase of 150 horses and ox carts.
Horses and cattle were treasures of agriculture in ancient times, and if it weren't for Luoyang, the largest capital in the country, Liu Yi might not be able to purchase them in just a few days. Of course, it is not that Luoyang lacks horses or anything, on the contrary, Luoyang is not short of horses, because there are people selling horses to Luoyang everywhere. It's just that it is difficult for ordinary people to buy them, because those horse dealers are either related to the imperial court department, or have a relationship with those wealthy families in the court, and the horses they sell must be purchased by them first, and when they are almost picked, they will rush to the horse farm market to sell and buy.
Now Liu Yi has purchased 150 oxen and horse-drawn carts to transport grain, which is just enough to load all the disaster relief materials. In addition, there were two coachmen for each car, a total of 300 coachmen, and another 150 young and strong migrant workers who had the right to carry them. These 150 people, everyone pushed a wheelbarrow, and on the cart were three hundred catties of grain, these were the food of the grain transportation team, Liu Yi deliberately separated, to prove to the world that it should be the food of the disaster, that is, the food of the disaster, and no one could move it.
Of course, the coachman plus 150 porters, they all have to be paid by Liu Yi for a certain amount of silver, and they will not work in vain, they are not considered to be the establishment of the Zhenfeng Grain Government, and Liu Yi can only privately pay out of his pocket to recruit them to do things for themselves.
A total of 750 people, 150 oxen and horse-drawn carts, the team pulled out, enough to open three or four miles. It really made Liu Yi see the situation of the logistics and grain transportation and heavy troops in ancient times. This disaster relief food transport team is actually similar to a wartime logistics force, and Liu Yi will have such an idea.
The team left Luoyang City early in the morning, and there were really a lot of people who came to see them off, most of them were businessmen and gentry who donated money, and of course, there were a few enthusiastic people.
To Liu Yi's surprise, Princess Yiyang actually came, but there were many people, so she didn't say anything to Liu Yi, but handed Liu Yi a secret letter, saying that it was handed over to him by the emperor and let Liu Yi watch it privately. After handing over the secret letter to Lewy, she went home.
Hehe, what's the matter? It's so mysterious, this emperor is really interesting, I don't know what the letter he entrusted to Princess Yiyang will say? Liu Yi hid the secret letter close to his body and put it in one place with the solar-powered mobile phone. Then he waved to the people who saw him off, and beat his horse to keep up with the large army.
Liu Yi didn't know those people well, they just came to gain a good reputation, and Liu Yi didn't plan to have a deep friendship with them, so he didn't greet them much.
The newly recruited grain guards only underwent a few days of training, and in a few days, they only learned a little common sense of military orders, let them know what to do and what not to do, and did not really train them, so their combat effectiveness was almost equal to zero. Liu Yi knew that there would be a lot of accidents on this trip, and he would not be too calm, and he had to be well prepared.
Of course, it can be regarded as an opportunity to take advantage of this escort to transport grain to conduct an on-the-spot training and actual combat training for these two hundred or even the other few hundred. It is believed that after arriving in Julu County, these hundreds of people will have a qualitative transformation.
Naturally, Liu Yi also figured out Guò's trip and tried to find a few fierce generals who would become famous in the future to see if there was a chance to take them under his account.
Leaving Luoyang this time is Liu Yi's first trip after arriving in the Three Kingdoms, and I hope to make some gains.
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