Temple of Manna.

The incense burner is curling, the coal stove is hot, and there is more warmth.

Fang Xuanling came in a hurry, Li Er asked people to give a seat and explained in detail the grain theft and Qin Huaidao's strategy, hearing that Fang Xuanling's face changed greatly, he was shocked at first, 300,000 stone grain is not a small amount, almost hollowing out the disaster relief reserve in North Taicang, and then he smiled with relief.

After Li Er finished speaking, Fang Xuanling said happily: "Holy Lord, this kid Huaidao can be of great use. ”

Li Er said with some emotion: "Yes, to my surprise, isn't this kid a good martial artist?" I haven't heard of any outstanding performance in Guozijian before, and the policy of work for relief is simply a stroke of genius, which seems simple, but in fact it is exquisite, and no one in the past dynasties has thought that from now on, disaster relief will act in this way, so that the disaster victims can do things that require forced labor, and the forced labor can be reduced, and the people can farm with peace of mind, killing two birds with one stone. ”

"Holy Lord, Weichen thinks that this method of hiring workers to serve on behalf of others is also good." Fang Xuanling was full of smiles.

"Does Xuan Ling see anything else?"

"The minister does have some ideas." Fang Xuanling smiled calmly: "The people have been suffering for a long time, but without the conscription, many things in the imperial court are difficult to do, and the contradictions are difficult to reconcile, but with the law of hired labor is different, the court only needs to pay a little wages, and the people will inevitably actively serve, and they are grateful for the benevolence and righteousness of the saints, the people's hearts can be used, and the construction period can be greatly shortened, killing two birds with one stone." ”

"I also know, but the court is short of silver." Li Er was depressed when he talked about silver.

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Saint, this is what the minister wants to say, I am afraid that the law of hiring workers to serve on behalf of Huaidao has reservations, and this kid may have a way not to let the court pay a penny of silver." ”

"How so?" Li Er is not calm, that can save a lot of silver.

"The minister's intuition." Fang Xuanling Zhengse said: "Shengshang, this kid acts very uniquely, such as burning bricks, who would have thought of using coal?" For example, who dares to do this in all dynasties? He dared, for example, what does the law of opening up wasteland according to the capitation, the acquisition of land by the imperial court, and the separation of property and rent mentioned last time? It shows that he has a good fortune in his heart and is not afraid of losses, and it also shows that he is good at business and has the talent to help the people. ”

"It makes sense, this kid is hiding deeply, if I hadn't forced it just now, I wouldn't have said the method of cashing in for work and hiring workers for service, Xuan Ling, you find a chance to ask, if there is really a way to do things without spending money, the court will not have to worry about levy and conscription in the future, who doesn't want to come to pay wages directly? It's time to repair my palace, and the walls of my border gates should be repaired, but I'm short of silver. Li Er said with some emotion.

Fang Xuanling hesitated for a moment, but still agreed: "Minister, take the order!" ”

"Check the household department, find a few people to confess, cooperate with Huaidao's side, connect with Huaidao, see how much grain has been seized, and take out some people to sell, this matter cannot be delayed, and the method of selling according to the population is wonderful."

"That's true, the population problem of Chang'an, which has plagued him for many years, can be solved, and I don't know how this kid's head grows, if he is not transferred to the household department, the minister thinks that he can do a good job with a waiter, maybe the court will not worry about silver in the future." Fang Xuanling suggested.

The household servant is under the fourth grade, and Qin Huaidao is only from the fifth grade, which shows Fang Xuanling's appreciation.

Li Er was also a little tempted, but after thinking about it, he said, "I don't believe it for the time being, I need a knife." ”

"The minister understands, and the minister retires." Fang Xuanling said knowingly.

……

Inspectorate of the Ombudsman.

Cheng Chumo and Wei Chi Baolin were waiting in the main hall, their faces were full of sadness, the grain shop was sealed, but countless people came to question, put pressure, and some couldn't bear it, seeing Qin Huaidao coming back, the two quickly got up, and found that Qin Huaidao's face was calm, not like something was wrong, and his heart was slightly relaxed.

"My lord, how's that?" The two said in unison.

"You two...... Is something wrong? Qin Huaidao saw that the two of them had bad faces, and asked rhetorically.

The two exchanged glances, and Cheng Chumo said: "Many people came to question, put pressure, and said that if the grain shop is closed, the people will be in trouble if they can't buy food, and we will be upset when we hear it, so we just come back and wait for you to get an idea, but don't worry, the shops are all closed, and the guards are watching." ”

"That's good, you two will divide it, arrest the grain merchant for me, raid the house, seal it, and then search for some contraband, such as crossbows and the like."

The two of them were dumbfounded when they heard this, and their faces changed greatly, what is this for?

Yu Chi Baolin reminded: "My lord, this is not a joke. ”

"What does the Holy Lord, why, don't you dare?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

As soon as the two of them heard that it was the meaning of the saint, they were still afraid of a fart, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they shook their heads again and again, Qin Huaidao looked at no one at the door, and whispered: "You must be suspected of rebellion, and you must be more hidden, understand?" ”

"Understand, it's not enough to have a crossbow, you also have to have some weapons, however, every grain merchant has more than one caravan, and the caravan will inevitably have weapons. Cheng Chumo patted his chest and agreed.

Yu Chi Baolin reminded: "Brother, there will be more people who will offend you by doing this, and I am afraid that it will bring you trouble." ”

"It's okay, the saint plays a big game of chess, it is done, it is a great achievement, no one dares to provoke the Supervision Mansion in the future, and if it is not done well, the consequences will be serious, as for me-will I be afraid? Go ahead. Qin Huaidao admonished.

"Obey!" The two agreed and hurried away.

Qin Huaidao also came to Dongshi, and was not in a hurry to check the sealed shop, walked to his shop, and saw many people queuing up to buy, in an orderly manner, two little girls were serving tea and water to everyone, saying sorry, waiting for a long time, etc., and the two guys were helping to pack and get the goods.

The Liu family was busy receiving, registering, and busy, Qin Huaidao was relieved, this sales volume is okay, just about to leave, seeing Xue Rengui driving the carriage over, he went up curiously and asked, "Brother Xue, who are you?" ”

"I've seen the young master." Xue Rengui explained: "The cheap one asked a guard in the house to go to Qinjiazhuang to spread the word, saying that a lot of silver had been sold in the past two days, and it was afraid that it would not be safe to store it in the shop, so he asked the young master how to arrange it, but he couldn't find the young master, so Uncle Jia asked him to come down and pull it back to Qinjiazhuang." ”

"I was negligent, I didn't expect it to be sold so quickly, by the way, did you give money for the 2,000 that the county lord Li Xueyan transported away last time?" Qin Huaidao asked.

"The day after I took it away, I sent someone to Qinjiazhuang, all of which were copper coins, which were just used to pay for wages, otherwise there would be no change, by the way, Uncle Ma also sent a hundred sets of honeycomb coal molds." Xue Rengui explained.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to go back in the past two days, you can remember two things, the first thing, let Uncle Jia find someone outside the village to make honeycomb coal, the more the better, twenty a day, manage lunch, the honeycomb coal mold sent is just looking for someone to do, Zhuang Shang is making honeycomb coal all the change to make the iron ring piece on the stove, let Uncle Ma go back to the village to guide, and the vacated honeycomb coal mold will also be given to people outside the village to do."

Although three companies were asked to help, it was far from enough, and production had to be expanded.

Qin Huaidao paused here and added: "Let the people outside the village open up a place near the pile of stones, which is some distance from the village, and they are not afraid of peeping techniques." ”

"Noted down, the other one?" Xue Rengui solemnly agreed.