Chapter 496 Disaster Resistance
The children were lined up to collect firewood from all over the mountain. Winter is coming, and heating is a big journey.
Yan Ran shuttled back and forth among the women every day, and when she saw who had good money, she had to call people aside to ask a few words, and finally let her find eight embroidery girls with excellent needlework, and some of them were good at Suzhou embroidery, some were good at Hunan embroidery, and some of them were not famous for what kind of embroidery Yan Ran was, in short, they had their own characteristics.
Yan Ran looked delighted, and directly gathered these eight people together, and inquired about their situation in detail, and the result was really as she expected, these people came from all over the country, and their hometowns were also affected by disasters and had nowhere to stay, so they fled here with the crowd.
After listening to them, Yan Ran's joy disappeared completely, and he just briefly told Lu Ju about his thoughts, and asked Lu Ju to separate these eight people from the others, and embroider some small things such as kang screens these days. And she was completely lost in thought.
It seems that this time the famine is not small-scale, at least seven or eight places have been affected, and the court does not seem to have the hands to deal with these things. But is the people's affairs trivial? There are clouds in the history books: the monarch, the boat also; Those who are familiar with the people, the water is also. The water carries the boat, and the water capsits the boat. At the moment, the water is about to rise to the bottom of my nose, and I don't know what those superiors think, and they actually ignore them, and Dayan's country is in danger!
In fact, for disaster relief, the emperor and hundreds of officials didn't want to pay attention to it, Yan Ran really wronged them, but they really couldn't draw out the money. In the past, there were successive disasters and famines, and the taxes in various places could not be collected, so it didn't matter if the taxes did not come up, and they also had to allocate funds to the lower levels for disaster relief, so wouldn't it be financially tight? Three or four years ago, there was another big war with the Jiang people. What is war? That's burning money!
Originally, I thought that if the Jiang clan was defeated, they would have to pay some money to make up for some shortfalls, right? However, who knows, in the past half a year, just messing with such a cunning Jiang people, they have not received any benefits, and they have been provided with food and accommodation for nothing.
Before this, the emperor pinched half of the income of the Furong Pavilion, and there was still some private wealth in his hands, but in the past two years, this Furong Pavilion was under the management of An Guogong, and the situation was getting worse day by day, and the silver sent to the emperor every month was not enough for him to reward the fat powder money in the harem!
Therefore, all the circumstances taken together have created the current situation, with more and more refugees, and the imperial court cannot afford it.
Yan Ran was depressed for a while, and then carefully combed through all the industries in his hands, and felt that the situation in front of him was a big crisis, and it was not a big opportunity.
After figuring it out, she summoned the head of Luquan Villa again, and asked him to keep an eye on it at any time to see if the nearby Zhuangzi were sold because of the flood, and if so, as long as the price was right, she would buy them all. Zhuang Tou'er left in response, and Yan Ran sent someone to find Xiao Wuji who was wandering around outside, of course, in Xiao Wuji's mouth, he didn't call it wandering at all, but what was it called patrolling. Yan Ran didn't care whether he was patrolling or not, and told him to pay attention to the people in Zhuangzi, and asked him to find the young people with good character in Zhuangzi to join the current patrol, and gradually expand the team. Xiao Wuji was unambiguous about this request, and immediately agreed to it and went out to play. And Yan Ran also completely let go of this piece to Xiao Wuji, the first Xiao Wuji is a person he has known for many years and can be trusted; Second, when the people in the palace used to wait, there were many people under him, and he should be able to manage them easily. With these two points, where does she still need to do it herself?
After arranging these two pieces, she just thought about going to the capital again, or simply going to a nearby town to see if there is a suitable shop, one down, or rent a place first, and then wait for the embroidery to come out to the embroidery, all of them will be sold, of course, through the shop or to buy some cotton cotton cloth and the like, of course, if in the winter they make the bedding and cotton clothes made on the Zhuangzi are rich, and they will not be paid for selling in the store.
So such a shop, the local requirements are not high, and one or two rooms are enough. Now that we are in troubled times, Yan Ran thought that it was better to keep a low profile as much as possible, and the door face did not need to be more conspicuous, just ordinary. In this way, whether it is in a nearby town or in the capital, the requirements are not too high.
The other thing is that the investment in Foguang Temple has been a few months, and she wants to go out this time, take the past to collect the profits, and at the same time send a batch of new things made by those masters in Zhuangzi.
It's just that before I had time to leave, there was news from Zhuangtouer, saying that it was not far from Luquan, and there was a Zhuangzi that was completely flooded in the water this year, and in the autumn, it was completely a situation of no harvest.
As soon as Yan Ran inquired, she learned that this Zhuangzi could be said to be adjacent to their Luquan Villa, just a little to the north, this Zhuangzi has a characteristic, surrounded by mountains, and in the middle is a huge valley, with more than 200 acres. This time it rained so hard that all the lowlands of the valley were soaked in water.
Because now the Zhuangzi is still soaking in the water, and the lord is not greedy, he wants to sell it at seventy percent of the original purchase price, a total of four hundred taels of silver.
When Yan Ran heard this, she was very moved, but when she heard that it was still soaked in water, she was a little worried, and wanted to go over and see it in person, but now the mountain road is muddy, the road is very difficult, and the carriage can't go deep at all. In this way, it is a bit difficult to decide whether to make a move or not. However, she did not completely give up the acquisition, but just told Zhuang Touer to inquire in detail to see if there were any others who wanted to buy.
After dealing with Zhuangzi's affairs, he called Xiao Wuji again, and then took Lu Ju and Huang Ying to sit in the carriage, this time without bringing Huang Wang's family, leaving her at home to watch the door. In fact, it's nothing else, now that the world is in chaos, there is a man, especially a man with good skills, who is a lot more down-to-earth.
The carriage first circled around the Zhuangzi, entered several houses, and then came out, and half of the wagons were piled up in the carriage, leaving half of them for the three of them to sit.
The carriage left Zhuangzi and first stopped along the official road to the nearest town. This town is called Luohua Town, which is less than five miles away from the capital, and can be said to be very close. The town is not small, but compared with the capital, it is simply a heaven and an earth, which is not the same. Still struggling with the latest chapter you can't find? Amway One or search for Hot/Degree/Net/Article "Remember to remove "/"Otherwise you won't be able to search", here is a young lady to help you find books and accompany you to chat!