Xu Yuanzuo looked at Zheng Yue's face and felt quite funny. Whether this silver is used or not, it is not Zheng Daling's turn to dispose of it. However, as soon as the smile passed, there was a slight warmth in my heart.

This is Mr. Zheng really treating himself as a nephew.

A teacher for one day, a father for life. The apprentice regards the master as the father, and the master treats the apprentice like a son. When your own children and nephews do such extravagant things, do you worry about your mind, or do you sit back and watch a good show?

Although the apprenticeship on that day has some meaning of taking what they need, it is the same as getting married first and then meeting each other, as long as the master-apprentice relationship is determined, they will naturally treat each other with the standard of master and apprentice, and the friendship between master and apprentice will naturally arise. Now it seems that Zheng Yue is a native of the Ming Dynasty after all, and he has naturally entered the role of master, while Xu Yuanzuo is still one step behind.

If you think about Zheng Yue's acceptance of Xu Yuanzuo's filial piety that day, leaking the topic, and even handling it himself, then Xu Yuanzuo is not one step or two steps behind. If it weren't for his closest relatives, Zheng Yue would never do such a thing that violated discipline.

Xu Yuanzuo was moved in his heart and said: "Teacher, in fact, hardening and smoothing the road surface is by no means a waste of silver. For the rural villagers, they only need to shout the slogan "If you want to get rich, build the road first", but Zheng Yue is a Jinshi from seven articles, and he has studied literature, history and philosophy at the same time, and it is definitely not something that can be fooled by shouting slogans.

"After the road is repaired, the speed of business travelers can be enhanced, the physical energy consumed on the road will be reduced, once everyone is not afraid of the road, there will be more business travel, the goods transported will be more complete, the more commercial taxes will naturally be, and the people's lives will be better. In addition, if the travel cost of students seeking a bachelor's degree is reduced, they will be able to go further, visit famous teachers, and be proud of the field. Local culture and education also flourished. Xu Yuanzuo gave two examples.

Zheng Yue has just eaten the benefits of commercial taxes, and this year's task has been successfully completed. Look at Zhang Zhixian in Shanghai, begging grandpa to sue grandma everywhere, and being pinched by the officials below, it is really a world of difference. At this time, I heard Xu Yuanzuo say that it was conducive to commercial taxes, and my ears naturally pricked up, and I began to think about whether this investment could recover the cost. Waiting to hear again is beneficial to local culture and education. Then don't think about it, the road must be repaired, and it must be repaired!

Xu Yuanzuo said: "Now it's just a test, so more cement is used, and the price is expensive." If it is really necessary to cover the whole county in the future and build several cement official roads, the cost will also be reduced. ”

"This is not a small profit but quick turnover, can you save fire if you burn too much?" Zheng Yue was skeptical.

"If there is a high demand, there will be more people doing this business. They sell goods for convenience. The price will not be raised too high. Secondly, the biggest cost of cement firing is not in the mineral material, not in the firewood, but in the manual grinding. First of all, the feed must be broken before it can be burned, and the finished goods must be ground very fine before they can be used. It's all labor-intensive. In the past, there was a shortage of labor in this county, but if there was land at home, who would be willing to do this dirty and tiring work? Now that the flood of victims is pouring in, it is just right to provide labor. Xu Yuanzuo explained.

Zheng Yue is completely convinced this time. His eyebrows widened, and he smiled: "It seems that you can transfer flowers and trees." Turn the corner. ”

Xu Yuanzuo also smiled: "Please ask the teacher to enter the city and take a look." ”

Zheng Yue didn't make a show this time, only let the officials open the way in front of him, and walked into the city with Xu Yuanzuo. The whole Tang Bank is naturally thriving, and although the festive atmosphere has faded, there are still many merchants and customers, which is enough to demonstrate the economic status of the Tang Bank in Songjiang. In order to prevent the disciples from reporting good news but not bad news. Zheng Yue also deliberately chose two alleys to walk around, not only could he not see the hidden victims, but he didn't even see a beggar Huazi.

"I heard that tens of thousands of victims have come from Suzhou?" Zheng Yue squinted at Xu Yuanzuo and said secretly: No matter how good you are, can you turn people into nothing?

Xu Yuanzuo said innocently: "I also specially sent someone to pick it up." Who knew that less than a thousand people were received. Now those people are camping in Dongshan outside the city, and both men, women, and children are registered. If the teacher does not believe him, he can take the roll call according to the book. ”

Zheng Yue gritted his teeth and immediately went to Dongshan. Originally, it was not very far, only two or three miles away, but in order to make the old man's work efficient, Xu Yuanzuo still dispatched a carriage.

When everyone arrived at Dongshan, they saw groups of shacks. As Li Wenming suggested, bamboo and wood are bones, and grass is the wall, in order to save labor and materials, it is not so much like a house, but a "box" that can live in people. Seeing this, Zheng Yue's heart was relaxed: this big-spending apprentice still knows how to save money.

Thinking that in the future, these victims will have to go back to their hometowns, and they are purely helping others raise children, even if such a house is too luxurious.

Xu Yuanzuo explained: "Teacher, look. The whole shanty is divided into three parts. The men's camp to the east and the women's camp to the west are slightly larger sheds that can accommodate ten people. Sandwiched between the two is the husband and wife camp, a small shack that can only accommodate three or five people, but can reunite the husband and wife with their children. ”

Zheng Yue keenly grasped the conversation: "Is there still a husband and wife who can't be reunited?" ”

Xu Yuanzuo nodded and said: "The men's and women's camps cost one penny per person a day, as long as they are willing to work, they can afford to live." The husband-and-wife camp not only has to be willing to work, but also has to have a stable income, and charges 10 cents per house per day. For me, of course, the squatters in the mom-and-pop camp have high returns, the materials used are halved, and the rent remains the same. However, for the victims, if it is a family of five, the rent is equivalent to double, so not all couples are willing to spend this money. ”

"You have received this money, and the gains outweigh the losses." Zheng Yue hit the nail on the head: "Most of them spend a lot of money, why do you have to charge them this little money?" ”

"I just don't want them to get used to it." Xu Yuanzuo said: "God helps people who help themselves." Cash-for-work is fair to everyone. ”

Zheng Yue nodded. This is in line with the direction of today's officialdom in Songjiang. In the entire Nanzhi, the person who shouted "work for relief" was the governor of Yingtian, Hai Rui Haigang Peak in ten prefectures and one state. Although Hai Rui's original intention was to save a little silver, it was very much in line with the mainstream thinking of Ming Confucianism to provide relief for work and self-support, so he was full of confidence when he shouted.

"It's always been common for hosts and guests to fight, but you're very quiet here." Zheng Yue walked around outside the shantytown, quite a leisurely farmhouse, and there was no complaint, and he was in a good mood.

Xu Yuanzuo said with a smile: "Generally speaking, there are only two reasons for the rivalry between the host and the guest. One is the language barrier, which is not tolerant of each other. "Five miles of different winds, ten miles of different customs, the scholar speaks the official dialect of Yayan. Most of the people speak the local language. Because of the misunderstanding caused by the difference in language and intonation, it is naturally difficult to get along.

"The other is the coexistence of good and evil." Xu Yuanzuo said: "Those who give favors to others will feel high; He who receives favor is apt to grovel. At the beginning, it did not appear, but later it was inevitable that there would be contradictions. The giver thinks that the recipient is not grateful. The recipient of the benefactor hates the giver for being domineering. The result is a good thing turned into a bad thing. ”

"How did you do that?" Zheng Yue asked.

"I use the victims to help the victims." Xu Yuanzuo said: "From the reception, placement, charging, and workmanship, all kinds of people who handle all kinds of things must have the elderly and virtuous people among the victims to serve as deputies. Their native accents are cordial, their experiences are similar, and they are the easiest to empathize with, even if they speak heavily, they will not make people feel that they are looking up to others and eating food. ”

"As for the locals of Tang Xing. It is more of a relationship of employment and employment with the victims. The victims work hard, the employer pays, there is no such thing as benevolence, so it is more harmonious. Xu Yuanzuo said.

Zheng Yue thought for a while: "But in fact, you still did a lot of things for them. ”

How much more?

Even the work of the government has been done!

If Xu Yuanzuo doesn't do anything, and the city gate will be closed when there are more victims, no one can accuse him of being cold-blooded and ruthless. In fact, the vast majority of people in power in most places do this, let you freeze and starve to death, what is my business? It's not my relatives. Huai'an people are affected by disasters and go to the Huai'an government!

"My hometown and my land, after all, I can't bear to see starvation all over the wilderness. Bandits swarmed. Xu Yuanzuo grinned: "As for thanksgiving Yunyun, if they think it through and say thank you to me, I will be happy; If they don't figure it out, they will treat me as a general merchant, and they will take what they need. I think I deserve it. ”

Zheng Yue praised sincerely: "Jing Lian, people don't know and are not ashamed, you are a true gentleman's words." ”

Xu Yuanzuo doesn't think that he is a true gentleman, but he just thinks that he still has an independent personality. Doing things according to one's heart is the foundation of an independent personality. After doing something, they ask others how to reciprocate and how to cooperate. Then this personality is still attached to external objects, where can we talk about independence?

Zheng Yue roughly counted the shantytowns, and the number was indeed exactly the same as Xu Yuanzuo said, because he asked: "Then the incident of tens of thousands of disaster victims in Suzhou flowing into Songjiang is a rumor?" ”

"It's not all rumors." Xu Yuanzuo couldn't help but laugh.

After Weng Di and Xu Yuanzuo's talks collapsed, they naturally couldn't count on Xu Yuanzuo's verbal promise of "the best price". And after he went back, he found Xu Yuanzuo's various small actions, so he regarded this "most preferential promise" as a "delaying strategy". In this case, as an old-timer, it is natural to let the post-secondary students understand the cruelty in the shopping mall.

So taking the opportunity of the victims going south, there were rumors of Xu Yuanzuo's "benevolence and righteousness", Weng Di naturally asked people to spread rumors, blowing Tang Xing to a good flower, praising the people of Tang Xing for their hospitality, Renshoutang's benevolence and righteousness, and Xu Yuanzuo's righteousness Bo Yuntian.

"The porridge served by Tang Xing over there is meat porridge!"

"There is a big house to live in over there in Tang Xing!"

"There is a Tang Xing Master Yuan, who donated 3,000 taels to the victims, everyone has a share!"

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All kinds of news that seem to be true and false, and the truth and falsehood are mixed, and even go north to Changzhou Mansion.

Although the counties of Suzhou are quite affluent, the victims who settled here are not satisfied. When there is meat porridge to drink, who is still satisfied with rice bran soup? When there is a big house to live in, who would be willing to curl up in the land temple that looks up at the bright moon and looks down at the rat hole? What's more, Master Yuan of Tang Xing also donated silver, and I heard that it was distributed according to the head!

Of the tens of thousands of victims in the two prefectures of Suzhou and Changzhou, one-tenth of them were moved, and there were thousands. In addition, the scoundrels and Lahu collected the money and secretly coerced and intimidated, and the victims who went to Tang Xing naturally became larger and larger.

What will the government do in this situation?

Will you refute the rumors to set the record straight?

Of course not!

The government will definitely open the door of convenience, and even add fuel to the fire, so that these disaster victims can go to other people's jurisdictions! This is the so-called dead friends do not die in the poor way, let so many victims stay in their own territory, what if there is a civil uprising? Even if there is no civil uprising, how can you eat, drink, and lazar all day without serving? There is no accurate word in the court to argue about the governance of Huai, and Gao Gong is shouting to open the Shandong Jiaolai Canal. God knows when we'll be able to send them away!

Weng Di contacted Cai Guoxi, the prefect of Suzhou, and Cai Guoxi heard that he could harm Xu Jie's family, so he came forward to greet the county and governors. He is the immediate boss of these officials, and who would dare not listen to him? What's more, these words are indeed good words, and they are beneficial to everyone except the wealthy businessmen of Tang Xing.

Seeing that the scheme is sold, you just need to wait to see Xu Yuanzuo's jokes. Who knew that the situation had changed abruptly, first someone sneaked behind the scenes and said that the people of Suzhou were not happy, and there were tens of thousands of disaster victims; Then some people directly broke the window paper, saying that this was the prefect's incompetence and dereliction of duty, otherwise where would so many victims come from in the big county of Hainei?

The rumors soon reached Cai Guoxi's ears.

It is conceivable that Cai Guoxi will definitely not feel good in his heart.

-- Xu Huai was hit by the disaster, I have already provided food and lodging here, there is no living person, and the great merit is not given to me, but I bite back and say that I made trouble with the victims! What is this not a grievance?

If it was just a rumor, Cai Guoxi could barely calm down. But when Nanzhili's inspector Yushi also sent a letter to ask, Governor Cai finally couldn't sit still.

The Inspector of Imperial History is the official of many Jinshi.

Generally speaking, the Jinshi who ranked lower in the middle of the second class could not choose Shu Jishi, did not stay in Beijing as a Beijing official, and was not bad enough to be a county commander, so he was selected to supervise the imperial history. In addition to the internal difference in Beijing, there are also external missions such as the Qing army, the school, the salt patrol, the tea horse, the patrol pass, the patrol Cao, the Indian horse, the tuntian, the supervising army, and the patrol press.

Among them, the patrol press is the mainstream of the foreign difference, two Beijings and thirteen provinces in the country, two in the north, three in the south, and one each in Xuanda, Liaodong, Gansu and thirteen provinces. These patrols are only seven grades according to the imperial history, but they have the power to judge major matters and make decisions on small matters.

Even the governor with the title of Imperial History of the Metropolitan has to accompany the governor with three points of caution when he sees it, and sometimes he does not dare to be good at it, and he has to bear the wind and hope - of course, Hai Jui is not in this case. As for the prefect and below, he couldn't kneel down even more when he saw the patrol; Bu Zheng is listed as an entourage, and even bows down to his knees when he agrees, and he actually surrenders as if he kneels down!

Cai Guoxi can disobey Hai Rui, but he doesn't even have a perfunctory opportunity for patrols.

Because the governor is mainly here to do business, he can afford to fight a protracted war. The patrol press is a term of one year, and people don't play with you at all, but only take the short-frequency and fast route. If you want to delay time, people can immediately decide right and wrong, and then report to the DPRK, and someone's career will end here.

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