Chapter Forty-Eight: Benevolence and Righteousness
"Have you ever experienced despair?"
Xie Xiaojun seemed to be stunned by Jiang Nan's question, so he had to subconsciously spit out two words.
"I didn't ...... No! ”
Jiang Nan directly took the Tang knife in Bai Wei's hand in the blink of an eye, and the knife fell in his hand, and in a second, there was already a head and a headless corpse on the ground.
Blood splattered on his face, after coming to Kyushu, in addition to killing people with poetry, this is the first time that Jiang Nan personally handled it. But he didn't regret it, a person like Xie Xiaojun could only be angry on the earth, and it had to be said that it was a quick thing to come to Kyushu and kill it with his own hands.
Pan Min and the three of them had already come to the Taishou Mansion, and when they saw Xie Xiaojun's head in a different place, they also knew in their hearts that they had lost this time in the bet.
Pan Min bit his lip and looked at Jiang Nan for a long time without speaking, as if he was waiting for Jiang Nan to propose a gambling contract.
I saw Jiang Nan pat Pan Min, who was still struggling in his heart, Jiangnan said: "Brother Pan can leave by himself, and lead all the brothers in the cottage to this Xinwei County tomorrow!" ”
"Oh! By the way, the old and young women and children in your village should also be brought! ”
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On September 3, the sixth year of Xin'an, it seems that it was still affected by yesterday's heavy rain, and there is still no trace of the sun in the sky today.
Just like the hazy weather, Pan Min's heart is also very hazy.
He was smart enough to know that when Jiang Nan proposed to bring the old and young women and children of the cottage by himself yesterday, he had already decided to accept them all.
Then the problem comes, so many old and young women and children housing is always needed, Jiangnan wants to give people in Xinwei County to ask for housing in units of 10,000, then there are only two ways, one is to buy existing houses, and the other is to let people build. But in any case, all that will be spent is silver taels.
Even if the house is arranged, these people still need food and drink, according to the calculation, one stone is equivalent to one hundred and twenty catties on the earth, which is about the ration of a day for a population of fifty, so the ten thousand people need to consume more than two hundred stone of grain and grass in a day.
The more Pan Min thought about it, the more he felt a little ashamed of Jiangnan, he used to live by robbing his family, and he naturally ate and drank spicy food and spicy food in the whole village after a rich harvest, even if he didn't get much on some days, he could barely survive by tightening his belt.
To put it bluntly, this is a business without capital, and now if you want all your people to be a positive business, then your livelihood will naturally be all smashed on Jiangnan's body.
Although Jiangnan has some reputation in the rivers and lakes, this is only limited to those literati and righteous people on the rivers and lakes, and those ordinary people do not sell Jiangnan's accounts.
So such a burden falls on a small general who does not have enough prestige, which is indeed a bit heavy.
Jiang Nan still stood on the huge stand temporarily built between the markets with a smile on his face, smiling at Pan Min and others who came from afar, and a stone in Jiang Nan's heart was finally put down.
"Fellow folks!" Jiang Nan, dressed in gold armor, arched his hand to Baixin, who was watching the excitement in the audience.
"I am the general Jiangnan who was personally sealed by the monarch of the dynasty, and the people here have made amends!"
Jiang Nan took off his helmet and bowed deeply to the people, "Due to the negligence of the imperial court, it is wrong for the Taibai thieves to continue to do evil, and let the people suffer in the water and fire."
But today our army has conquered Xinwei and killed Taishou Xie Xiaojun, here I promise you that one day in Jiangnan will not make you suffer! ”
Although Jiangnan is righteous and righteous, but the people of the country did not react, it can be said that these people were first left to fend for themselves by the Liu Dynasty, and then they were harassed by the Taibai thieves, so naturally it is not something that Jiangnan can be influenced by a few words.
Of course, these were also expected by Jiang Nan, and then he motioned to Guo Zhun beside him, Guo Zhun also put away the wine jug and asked dozens of soldiers to carry more than a dozen large boxes and walked up.
"Under Guo Zhun!" Guo Zhun arched his hand, "It is the main book of the general army, and now he is instructed by the general to give all the silver looted in Xie Xiaojun's mansion to everyone present!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the crowd naturally exploded, and the eyes of these people released greedy eyes, this is a genuine treasure, much more than those empty vernacular in Jiangnan.
"General, is what this master bookkeeper said true?"
"It's true!" Jiang Nan smiled and asked Guo Zhun to start distributing silver taels.
"It's these people who suffer!" Jiang Nan sighed lightly, in this troubled world, how many ordinary people can't even afford to eat, obviously the people in front of them only recognize money and don't recognize people, but even if the evil side of human nature breaks out, can these people really be blamed?
"Husband!" Bai Wei of Yan Lingjia saw Jiang Nan's sigh and was a little unbearable, so she stepped forward to comfort her.
"Husband, you're fine!" Jiang Nan smiled at Bai Wei, and then said to Chen Lin beside him: "Lao Chen, according to what was said in advance, open a warehouse and release grain!" ”
Chen Lin nodded and did it, in fact, there was not much grain in the granary of Xinwei County, Jiang Nan and Guo Chen discussed it, and insisted on distributing half of the grain and grass to the people of Xinwei County despite the opposition of the two.
Jiangnan still understands the truth of taking it from the people and giving it to the people, even if he ignores this truth, Jiangnan can't watch the people with yellow faces and thin muscles starve to death.
Now it's good, there is money and food, and the people of Xinwei County have been grateful. After some rumors, the people who were reluctant to participate in the Jiangnan conference also went out one after another, took their own utensils and began to accept Jiangnan's distribution.
"Come one by one! It's all there! ”
Even Guo Chen and the others, who were originally opposed, felt a lot of emotion in their hearts at this time, these people are really the loveliest group, every time they receive food, they can't wait to kneel down to you and thank you for your great kindness.
"Is this the power of the human heart?" Pan Min stood in the crowd, looking at Jiangnan on the stage and fell into deep thought for a long time, if it weren't for the trouble of the old and young women and children in the cottage, I'm afraid he would have rushed over to worship the Lord at this time.
"Everyone!" Jiang Nan coughed when he saw that the distribution meeting had almost taken place.
"Actually, the young general still has something to explain!"
"The general has something to say, as long as we can do it, we will definitely not refuse!"
"That's right! No refusal! ”
Unlike just now, with money and grain as a foreshadowing, Jiangnan has received a lot of support.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Jiang Nan was also quite pleased, so he said: "There is an old saying in my hometown, a rich life depends on hard-working hands!"
Fellow villagers can usually do some needlework, raise silkworms, and all the clothes made can be sold to our army, and if any arable land has excess grain, you can also directly find Chen Shencheng to sell, and we will buy it at a price of 30% in the excess market! ”
"In addition, if any man needs to join the army, he can come to us, and I promise to take care of your family!"
Jiang Nan said a lot in one breath, but what he wanted to express in his heart was not finished.
"Actually, in this **** era, what we can rely on the most is my hands. If you want to live a good life, if you want to be bullied by others, then we can only use our hands to continue to create, everyone's potential is unlimited, no one is born inferior! ”
"So, from today onwards, let's use our hands to get rich!"
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After the capture of Xinwei, Jiangnan was not in a hurry to attack the next city, but devoted himself to developing the economy of Xinwei County, wanting to make the local people live a better life.
Fortunately, Xinwei is far away and sparsely populated, and no family is willing to be stationed in this county, and without the hindrance of the family, Jiangnan's plan to lead the peasants to get rich is realistically smoother and smoother.
Although Pan Min did not surrender in his mouth, he had already dedicated the 200,000 grains intercepted by Zuo Lan to Jiang Nan, of course, Jiang Nan did not hesitate to laugh at it, in his opinion, this Pan Min will one day be under his command, so it doesn't seem to be a cheeky thing to take some of his subordinates!
"Old man, take a break, I'll do it!" Jiang Nanfu this gray-haired old man, took the hoe in his hand, and wanted to pound it in the ground.
The old man was startled at first, and after finding out that this person was Jiangnan, he wanted to kneel on the ground, but fortunately, it was Ling Quan who followed him and quickly helped him up.
"O General! I can't help it! The little old man's family has received your great favor, how can they still let the general work! The old man's voice sounded, and there were already some tears in his eyes.
"If not, if it weren't for the general's food, my two little grandchildren would starve to death, and the little old man decided to have more land from that day on, so as to repay the general's kindness!"
Under Jiang Nan's instructions, Ling Zhu had already helped the old man to sit down on the stump next to him, and after being appeased, Jiang Nan started working in the field again.
It is said that this Jiangnan is really human-like when he does farm work, with two old high hands with rolled sleeves and hoes in his hands constantly renovating in the land.
Due to the hot weather, from time to time, a few little sisters next door sent delicious stream water, but this also aroused Bai Wei's vinegar jar, and after several pounding, he brought a bucket of stream water and put it in front of Jiang Nan.
According to Bai Wei's words, "Let you drink!" Let's drink enough today! If you can't finish drinking this bucket, don't think about going to your aunt's bed! ”
Bai Wei is also a knife-mouthed tofu heart, and under Jiangnan's begging for mercy, she also started farm work with Jiangnan.
The main princess and mother have taken the lead in the work, is this still necessary?
So Ling Press, Du Yang, Tan Jing, Liao Ya and others rolled up their sleeves and began to shuttle between the fields. Even Guo Zhun, who wanted to be lazy, was pulled by Chen Lin to experience life.
Pan Min and the three of them, who were standing on the side, looked at the scene of this military and civilian family, and they also wanted to join in, but Jiang Nan's delay in mentioning the matter of letting them return to obedience made the three of them feel a little unhappy.
Gritting his teeth, Pan Min had already led the two sworn brothers to Jiang Nan.
"It's Lao Pan!" Jiang Nan put down his work, and Bai Wei also carefully wiped the sweat on his forehead.
"General!" Pan Min said the word general fiercely, as if to express his dissatisfaction in his heart.
"Huh!" Jiangnan smiled and said: "Lao Pan, the family in your village has been arranged by Lao Chen today, presumably now they have lived in a new house!" ”
When Pan Min heard this, the resentment in his heart naturally dissipated, these days, Pan Min was embarrassed to talk about the things in the cottage, but he didn't expect that the careful Jiangnan had solved his worries.
Of course, Pan Min's worries are only that in the eyes of Jiangnan, Jiangnan is not bad for money, and it is still very easy to arrange the houses of more than 10,000 people.
As for grain and grass, don't you have 200,000 stones that your future subordinates will respect, as long as you lay down Xiangyu County in the future, then you will no longer have any scruples about the problem of grain and grass.
Pan Min gradually woke up from his surprise, reached out and dragged the two brothers beside him, and knelt down on one knee together.
"In Xia Pan Min, the two brothers Zhou Cake Zheng Ke and the seven thousand brothers in the cottage are willing to return to the command of the general, and the general is willing to ignore the past suspicions and leave me equivalent to the saddle before and after!"