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The passage of this typhoon, in the words of later generations, is once in 50 years! In the coastal areas, there will not be a few typhoons in any year, but the typhoons basically do not make landfall, but only bring a lot of rain to various areas. However, fortunately, this is only a few coastal provinces, and Huguang in the west is basically not affected.

Although Kangxi is not very old, he is very skillful and has strong governance ability. As soon as the disaster was reported to the Qianqing Palace, Kangxi quickly made a move. The first priority is, of course, to raise food for disaster relief, and as for repairing the river and helping the victims rebuild their homes, that is all a matter of the future, and the victims must be resettled immediately to prevent civil unrest. Kangxi's holy decree went quickly, and only ten days after the end of the typhoon, the provinces received an order to open warehouses and release grain.

The official warehouses in various parts of the imperial court have always been greasy, and it is not uncommon for local officials to resell the grain in the official warehouses. Now in the early years of Kangxi, the situation is much better, in history to the Qianlong period, the national granary generally existed in the double-layer warehouse problem, the country's granary has been ten warehouses and nine empty. Even now, the grain in the official warehouses in various localities is generally dissatisfied, and all the food sent out can only be supported for a short period of time.

The imperial court raised grain for disaster relief, in addition to the grain in the official warehouse, the second thought of the grain in the Huguang area. The minister was sent to Zhejiang to assist Liu Zhaoqi, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, in disaster relief. The Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions have always been important places for grain. Therefore, there are many grain merchants here. There is also a huge amount of food in stockpiles. The imperial court can take out the silver, and the disaster here can be managed, of course, this is under the condition that the officials below are very powerful.

Due to the bumper harvest in the first half of the year, there was no big problem in supporting the 300,000 hungry people in Fujian, and Geng Jingzhong paid money to buy grain from grain merchants and large households. As long as it takes about half a month, the Kunpeng caravan will bring back the grain. The pressure on Fujian was relieved. This time, the relief effort is much faster than the one three years ago. The flood caused more than 100,000 victims in Fujian, but it took a long time to resettle the victims due to inconvenient regional communication.

This time it was different, the official roads between the various prefectures and counties in Fujian have been built, and the ten-meter-wide road makes the grain transfer very fast and convenient. The five prefectures of Jianning, Yanping, Shaowu, Xinghua and Tingzhou are not close to the sea, so the damage is relatively light, and basically no houses have been destroyed. Geng Jingzhong sent 8,000 marines. They are stationed in various provinces and counties to assist in local disaster relief. At the same time, it also has the meaning of supervision, first, to prevent people from taking the opportunity to make trouble, and second, to prevent the occurrence of reselling materials and delaying disaster relief at the local grassroots level.

Whenever the officers and men of the Marine Army arrived in a prefecture, they quickly dispersed and posted their posts in all counties and towns. The content of the list is very simple, calling on local large households to provide grain for disaster relief, and the Jingnan Royal Mansion can subsidize their losses. Those who respond positively will be awarded a commendation order by the royal government according to their rank, and those who have a commendation order in the future can enjoy a series of privileges when cooperating with the royal government and ocean trading companies.

"Look, look, there's a notice here!" On the wall of the entrance of Yujing Town, Xianyou, Putian, a bright red notice was newly posted, and as soon as it was pasted, the people surrounded this place. It seems that it is the habit of the whole Chinese people to love to watch the excitement.

"Second baby, read it to grandpa, what is written on it?" An old man about fifty years old said to a child about ten years old.

Hearing the command, Erwa approached from the side, and then said, "Ao, I know!" Then he turned to face the notice: "Geng Jingzhong, the prince of Jingnan, hereby informs all the people of Fujian: In order to help the people survive this typhoon, the palace has taken corresponding measures. 1. The affected people can receive two buckets of grain and rice from the princess square at one time, and it is strictly forbidden to receive more than one person, and if there is a violation, it will be severely punished. Second, the affected people can go to the road administration company to sign up, participate in the road repair, or go to the princess square to register, ready to repair the river work, where the people work, give 50 wen a day, this is work for relief! 3. When this is difficult, the prince of this world called on the local gentry in Fujian to help the people. All the losses were borne by the Jingnan Palace. ”

"That's it? Anything else? The old man asked.

"No grandpa!" Erwa replied loudly.

"Good! All right! Hurry up, call your father and your second uncle over, and let them hurry up to the county to sign up, Princess Fang has started recruiting people again! If you're late, you won't be able to get your turn! After the old man reacted, he immediately shouted loudly at the second baby.

"Grandpa, but the notice said that recruiting people is to repair the river, grandpa, you said that the river repairer is very dangerous, why do you want Daddy to go to them?" Erwa asked suspiciously.

"You're stupid, you just know how to read in the school! In half a month, the river repair work began on the side of Bangxi, and there were guards from the princess square watching on the side, and no official dared to beat anyone. When encountering dangerous river sections, the adults discussed for a long time before they started, what danger could there be. Now it is the princess fang that is starting to recruit people, not to serve in the government, the salary is very high, and it also provides food. You kid can eat two slices of meat in the school every day, so you know how long it has been since you have eaten meat at home! Go and sue your father and your second uncle! ”

During the disaster relief three years ago, Geng Jingzhong ordered Gongzhufang to recruit a lot of workers, either to become workshop workers, or to become shop workers, and those who were lucky were directly recruited into the escort team. The treatment of workers in the various workshops under Geng Jingzhong was the best in Fujian, but at that time, it happened to be the period of great expansion of Gongzhufang, and there was an extreme shortage of manpower, so it recruited people on a large scale.

But now it's different, the development of Princess Fang has already been on the right track, and it has rarely recruited people in the past two years. The guys and workers who work elsewhere are all interested in the welfare of the workers under Geng Jingzhong's command, but they just can't get in. Now Geng Jingzhong is recruiting people again, so that the people can see the light again. Like the old man in front of him, who thought like this, accounted for the majority, and after listening to the notice, he scattered in a swarm, and after a simple tidyup, he gathered in front of the princess square in each county.

In fact, the people's understanding of the list is a little biased. Geng Jingzhong recruited these people just to solve the immediate dilemma. lest the hungry become outcasts. The displaced people have become mobs again, if that is the case, what Geng Jingzhong has done in Fujian in the past few years will basically turn into water! However, even if it won't take long to recruit people to repair the river, he can slowly select some people who are strong and nimble-headed from among them to serve as a reserve of soldiers in the future.

"Hurry up, hurry up, it's too late, but you won't be able to get on it!" The road was full of young men trotting. It doesn't matter if the family is affected or not.

At the gate of the princess fang, the stewards were also dumbfounded, how many people must be here, there are definitely no less than 5,000 people, blocking the entire street, just like this, there is still a long queue behind it! The princess manager immediately understood the cause of the incident, and it seems that the villagers have misunderstood! "Ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet! Be quiet! ”

"Thank you very much for your support. But this recruitment is a little different from what you think. This time, we are waiting for the order of the prince to recruit people. It was only temporary, and in order to help the victims, the prince came up with this method. However, the river repair is a long-term event, and if the river is repaired, we will not have waterlogging here in the future, and the people will be able to live a good life. Shizi said that he was very dissatisfied with the previous river work, the quality was too poor, so now Shizi wants to change this situation. ”

"We were ordered to recruit people this time, and the treatment is the same as that of the road administration company, and the prince said that road construction is as important as river repair. If these two things are built, all the people of Fujian will be able to live a good life. If you are still willing to sign up, an hour later, please go to the four city gates, and we will set up a table and register them one by one! ”

"How can this be! The harmful Lao Tzu rushed here in such a hurry, but this is the result! A big man complained in frustration.

"Well, I don't think you're right. The prince is also kind enough to help the victims. There are a lot of people who have been affected by the disaster in Xianyou, and a large number of refugees are just outside the city gate. Now they are saved. Do you know, Princess Fang has joined forces with the government to open a porridge factory outside the city gate! The tall and thin man next to him waved his hand and said.

"Yes, isn't it just that the salary has dropped, this princess workshop can't have so many people, no matter how powerful the son is, it is already very difficult for him to raise so many people! I think, it's better to go to the city gate and wait first, maybe we will be in charge of things in the future, what is this called, the building near the water will get the moon first! ”

"Okay, hurry up, if you really don't choose, go to the road administration company again, the salary they give is not bad, and they also provide a free lunch, the family rations are not much, you have to go to work!"

The affected prefectures and counties were so quickly busy, and the working guys and guards inside and outside dozens of princess squares were tired enough, but fortunately there were elite administrative talents trained by the Fuzhou Future School to help, otherwise, managing so many things at once, would have to make a big mess.

In the 12 counties of the three coastal provinces, the disaster was relatively severe, and with the cooperation of various road administration companies and Gongzhufang, most of the victims had a job and were resettled. Now everywhere is in full swing. Such a large-scale road and river construction project did not use enough cement supply, in fact, not even one-third of the project. There was no way, Geng Jingzhong had to let the recruited people go to the mountains to dig stones, and all use stones to build bridges and pave roads

Geng Jingzhong is busy on the Fujian side, and Wang Shishan on the Luzon Island side is also very anxious. According to the information sent by Geng Jingzhong, Wang Shishan knew that Fujian was really short of food at this moment. Fujian is not a major grain-producing province in the first place, and the wind and rain are favorable, and the grain produced is not enough for the people of Fujian to consume. Every year, it is necessary to buy a lot of grain from Jiangxi and Guangdong, and now that there is a catastrophe, Fujian will definitely be in short supply.

However, for disaster relief, food must be needed, otherwise each person will be given a large gold ingot, which will not be eaten as food. As soon as Wang Shishan received Geng Jingzhong's letter, he immediately sent people to the estates of the Chinese leaders in Luzon and promised a bunch of preferential conditions, with only one goal, that is, to quickly raise a large amount of grain and return to Fujian.

Luzon is indeed a treasure island, no worse than the island of Taiwan, and in some places, far stronger than the island of Taiwan. The area of arable land on Luzon Island is not comparable to that of Taiwan Island. Manila is close to the Central Plains, and many large merchants have estates here. Haijia, known as the first Chinese leader. The strongest comprehensive strength. But it is not his family who owns the most land. It's the Ma family. Ma Jia's ancestral home is Guangzhou, a Jiazi moved his family to Luzon Island before, the Spaniards slaughtered several times, his Ma family was safe and sound, and was able to continue to annex the land of other families, which can only be in line with his Ma family.

For such a Spanish lackey family, Wang Shishan is extremely reluctant to deal with them, and in the past, Xu Shan was in charge of taking care of these affairs. But not this time. You must come into contact with these wicked people in order to get enough food in the shortest possible time.

"Sir, all the people have been invited! You're not going to go now! Xu Shan came to the back hall and said to Wang Shishan.

"Okay, it's almost time, let's get over!" Wang Shishan sighed, got up and walked towards the living room of the merchant hall. He received the assignment in the evening, so he sent people to the estates of various large merchants early the next morning to ask for help.

In order to receive as much food as possible, Wang Shishan didn't sleep all night, and kept taking countermeasures. According to his budget. The grain stock here in Manila may not be enough for their 30 Kunpeng giant ships, after all, their 30 merchant ships are fully loaded with 1,000 tons. Thirty ships can hold 30,000 tons. Converted into a unit of measurement in this era, that is, 500,000 stones, saving enough for a million people to eat for a month. Wang Shishan is indeed right, there are only 200,000 stone of rice here in Manila, and the gap has reached more than half. After thinking about it for a night, he really came up with a good idea.

As for Geng Jingzhong's decision to take Luzon, these intelligence leaders knew earlier than Wang Zhenbang, so this method also took advantage of this. After thinking of countermeasures, Xu Shan just came over to call him, so Wang Shishan raised his feet and walked to the hall.

"The heads of the family have been waiting for a long time, and the contemptible people are late, and they hope to forgive their sins!" As soon as Wang Shishan stepped into the hall, he apologized to everyone with a smile on his face.

"Hey, Mr. Wang is polite, we just arrived." The eldest young master of the Hai family, Haijing, has communicated with Wang Shishan a few times, and he is very familiar with each other, so he took the lead in saying politely.

"You may be seated!" Wang Shishan stood at the front and asked everyone to sit down, but he didn't sit down. After everyone sat down again, Wang Shishan spoke: "I am in such a hurry to invite you here this time, and there is indeed a big matter to discuss with you. Ten days ago, a typhoon hit the mainland, causing the people to be displaced and severely affected. The prince has written to me, asking me to buy food from you, and I hope that you can help you for the sake of the suffering of your compatriots! ”

"That's the case, it seems that the mainland has been affected very badly, otherwise Manager Wang wouldn't be so anxious."

"Not bad, not bad. Master Ma, your manor is the largest and has the most grain, what do you think? ”

As soon as Wang Shishan finished speaking, a buzz sounded below, and he hooked his head to discuss it in twos and threes.

Wang Shishan first set his eyes on Young Master Hai, and then on the other two family heads who had already reached an agreement with him.

"My Hai family is willing to cooperate with Mr. Wang. It is incumbent upon us to help our fellow citizens. Although my Hai family does not have a lot of grain in the city, there are still twenty or thirty thousand stones in the manor, and I hope to help some more mainland people! Young Master Haida was the first to speak up and responded.

"My Li family is willing to cooperate!"

"My Pan family is also willing to cooperate!" Immediately, the two heads of the family immediately agreed. The other heads of the family stared wide-eyed, you look at me, I look at you, and no one said anything for the time being.

The head of the Ma family saw that many people were looking at him, and knew that he couldn't touch it, so he said loudly: "Although there are a lot of people in my manor, most of them are not rice, so it may not be of much help." But my Ma family can also make up 10,000 stones, I hope that Manager Wang will not be too little. ”

As soon as he expressed his opinion, the other twenty or so family heads also spoke, but in terms of the total amount, it was less than 200,000 stones, far less than Wang Shishan's expected requirements. He chuckled, it seems that he still has to use a killer move!

"Hey, you care about the people of the mainland, and thank you here on behalf of the prince. But the prince said that he can't let you help in vain. Therefore, on the basis of the market price, I will raise you by two levels. This is one of them, and there is another great benefit for you. ”

Wang Shishan returned to his seat, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip slowly, completely losing the anxious expression just now. "You may not know that the Tokugawa shogunate of the Wakuni Province has recently announced a new policy in which the Tokugawa family has ordered the establishment of three more treaty ports in the Wakuni Prefecture and has strongly welcomed Chinese merchants to trade. I wonder if this news will be useful to you? ”

"Really?"

"Really?"

"That's right?"

There was a sudden sound of surprise and inquiry below. Wang Shishan was still drinking tea comfortably and did not speak until the hall was quiet again. "This matter is absolutely true, the other thirty merchant ships of my Kunpeng caravan have already set off for the Wa Kingdom, and they must be able to return with a full load!"

"Steward Wang, what does this matter have to do with the benefits promised by the prince?" The head of the Ma family asked impatiently.

"As you know, the Spaniards are very unwelcoming to the Japanese, so there are very few merchants on your side who trade with the Japanese. However, the Chinese do not reject trading with us Chinese, so as long as you can sail the country, you can make a lot of money. It is well known that maritime trade is lucrative, but the difficulty lies in the lack of merchant ships, right? Wang Shishan said with a smile.

"Not bad!"

"The benefits promised by the prince are also here, you know that my Fujian has the ability to produce large merchant ships, and my Kunpeng fleet is moored at the dock! The prince promised that if you could support the disaster relief, the prince could sell you some merchant ships, and at the same time guarantee that when you went to trade with the Japanese kingdom in the future, the Mawei fleet could escort you in the north! Of course, it depends on your sincerity, if you can trust the prince and Wang, this thing will be done! ”

This sentence exploded like a depth charge in the water, and the heads of the families below instantly boiled. They almost all thought that they had heard it wrong, it was the dream of every family to have large merchant ships in Luzon, but unfortunately the Spaniards controlled these very strictly, although they did not prohibit the Chinese from building sea ships, but they restricted the raw materials everywhere, so that the Chinese could not build large ships at all, so that the Chinese have always been under their control.

"My Ma family is willing to cooperate, that is, we don't eat or drink ourselves, but we also want to ensure that the prince of the world will be able to provide disaster relief and contribute to the people of the mainland!" (To be continued......)

PS: An autumn rain and a cold, the temperature changes too quickly, so the younger brother has a cold, snot and is very uncomfortable. For the sake of the younger brother's sick code, brothers should give more effort!

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