Chapter 274 Shandong Refugees

"You are a big official, either in the palace or in the yamen, have you been outside recently?"

In a word, like the thunder at the end of summer, it exploded in Lu Xiangsheng's heart. A simple sentence seems to wake up Lu Xiangsheng, who has been very good recently, from his self-pride.

"I went out with your daughter today, who would have thought that the back streets and alleys were all victims from Shandong. These ten dolls turned out to be two families of brothers in the same village, but when they got up one night, all four adults died beside them. Such a young child, crying there all the time. I think there are a few people from that village who are going to sell these girls directly to those places. The child is crying, and your daughter is crying too. I didn't come forward, but I sent Lu San to burn and bury the parents of these children, and gave some silver and food to those people in the village. I also know your lord's temper, but now there are all homeless people outside, what will happen if these children are released? That's why I brought them back. ”

After finishing speaking, he glared at Lu Xiangsheng.

"Can these children still be human? The concubine is thinking of keeping it at home first, and then let's see what can be done. ”

All of a sudden, Lu Xiangsheng was stunned in that place.

He has always felt that Beizhili is not bad, and since the land has been divided, there should be no such thing as selling children. But what I didn't expect was that there would be a large-scale displacement in Shandong.

"Cai'er, my father was wrong. If you're willing to keep them, stay there, okay? ”

"Hah, good!"

Children are like this, they were still crying just now, but now they are happy again.

Adults can't do it, Lu Xiangsheng comforted the child, and told his wife and the housekeeper a few words, then put down the bowl in his hand and left in a hurry.

When I returned to the official office, I found that Sun Ningyi, who was in charge of civil affairs, and Liu Kuang, who was in charge of agriculture and animal husbandry, were still in the yamen.

"Just right, Ning Yi, Liu Kuang, come here, Liu Kuang, you send someone to invite the commander Zhang Jingtian and Commander Zhang."

"Okay, Ministry."

Soon, Zhang Jingtian's commander came over.

"In the past few days, the imperial court has reported the disaster in Shandong."

Lu Xiangsheng didn't see it in his impression, and he was a little worried that he missed it.

"Yes, but it's not a catastrophe." Sun Ningyi is in charge of civil affairs and is familiar with this aspect.

"It's not to the extent that the imperial court wants to order disaster relief." This is the conclusion, he knows that Lu Xiangsheng is an acute person, so he directly said his conclusion.

"Let's change into civilian clothes and go for a walk."

"Good!"

These people didn't figure out what Zhongcheng meant, but they knew that there must be something in it.

The three of them quickly changed into civilian clothes and walked out of the yamen, but the street in front of them was lively, and several people turned aimlessly, not seeing anything different from usual.

"Shopkeeper, have a pot of tea." walked for half an hour, but didn't see any homeless people, Lu Xiangsheng was still a lawsuit. It stands to reason that his wife will definitely not lie, but why didn't he see anything.

"Okay! A pot of fragrant tea! ”

Xiao Er stretched out a towel to wipe the seat, and then put a pot of tea on the table.

"Wait." Lu Xiangsheng took out some loose copper plates from his arms and put them on the table.

"Give you a reward, I'll ask you a few words."

Xiao Er saw that this one was indeed generous, and hurriedly swept the copper plate into his hand, then nodded and said:

"Your Excellency, you say, if I knew anything, I would know everything."

"Let me ask you, a few days ago, everyone could buy the outless kid and the current person, why did I walk around the city today and didn't see anything."

"Hey, young man, you have to be quiet, there are no homeless people in our Baoding Mansion." Xiao Er said loudly.

And then this sneakily bent down:

"Master, do you really want someone in your house?"

"That's natural, not only do I want it, but I can also recommend you to these noble people's homes, at least a hundred people. The age should be young, both men and women. ”

As soon as he heard a hundred people, Xiao Er's eyes lit up.

He didn't dare to sit down, so he could only squat next to a few people.

"Master, I'll tell you. You're asking the right question. Even this morning, you can still see displaced people from Shandong on the streets. Those little boys can buy one for five dollars. But now......"

With a snap, a silver dollar of one or two silver was directly slapped on the table by Lu Xiangsheng.

Xiao Er originally wanted to deliberately hang his appetite in order to pave the way for Lato behind him, but he didn't expect this guest to be so generous. Swallowing his saliva, he accepted the rare silver dollar on the market, and then said:

"Noble, you may not be able to know if you ask others. That's what I was asked about. Our Lord Bai Han Zebai of Baoding Mansion knows Lord Lu's hobbies, how can he allow these homeless people to appear on the street, isn't this an eye medicine for the master. What's more, the homeless people slept outside Lord Lu's backyard last night. At noon, the Tongzhi Lord asked the officials and governors to dispatch and drive out all the displaced people. Now the city gate is still checking the road, how can I get in? ”

Lu Xiangsheng's hands were trembling, and Sun Ningyi, Zhang Jingtian, and Liu Guo were looking at each other.

Lu Xiangsheng held back his anger and then asked:

"That's all gone?"

"Why, I took your money, how dare I if I can't buy it."

"That's money. Lord Bai Han Zebai has a brother who is the door bell of our Baoding Mansion Qianmen Gambling House, you don't know. Originally, we only had to introduce a customer to the Mendalang Casino, and we could collect some money. Now Lord Bai Han is definitely not easy to come forward, so Lord Bai is responsible for driving the displaced people to the Laojun Temple outside the city, and the rest of the things will be handed over to Mendalang. ”

"Oh? How? ”

"Guest officer, you just need to make your requirements clear, and each person pays a deposit of half a penny, and you sit here and wait, and I will buy someone for you."

"What about the Chinese credentials?"

"This is Lord Bai Han Zebai's business, guest officer. You don't have to worry about it, people and people are sitting in Laojun Temple, and they will do it properly for you. As long as you are satisfied in the end, the half penny of silver ......"

Lu Xiangsheng naturally understands that this should be the intermediary silver of this little two.

"Baoding Mansion is so big, how can there be a place where so many people are needed."

"Otherwise, I can take you to see it for myself, just tell me if you like it. It is also saved to deal with those unscrupulous people. ”

Lu Xiangsheng nodded and pointed to the three. Said:

"Let's talk about it, you wait."

"Your Excellency!"

"I have taken in 10 homeless people in my house today."

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the four of them with a cold face.

"Your Majesty has always said that Beizhili wants to become the first good district of the Ming Dynasty, this is what the first good district looks like?" He lowered his voice and tapped his fingers on the table instead of his palms.

"There are displaced people, one does not deal with the resettlement, and the other does not report, but he starts the business of the displaced people!"

"My lord, we don't care about the matter of Baoding Mansion for the time being, but the matter of the displaced people is a bit strange."

Sun Ningyi has been dealing with the civil affairs of Beizhili for a long time, and he is very familiar with the displaced people.

"It stands to reason that what follows us is nothing more than Shandong Hejian Mansion, but this year's Hejian Mansion is smooth and rainy, and it is impossible for large-scale displaced people. If it were other state capitals, these homeless people would have passed through the state like this, and it should have been before the people arrived, and the documents of the imperial court would come down. Where did these displaced people come from? ”

"Yes, sir." Zhang Jingtian, the commander of the capital, continued.

He was called over today and was confused by the lake, and when he said this, he was even more confused.

"There is no news of the displaced people on my side."

"Then let's go to Laojun Temple to have a look."

At first, Lu Xiangsheng was still furious, but after a little analysis, everyone found that no matter what, this matter was full of weirdness up and down. Bai Han also knows that it is better to save face, but if he thinks about it carefully, he will not hide the homeless people for the sake of these few money, which of the two is more important, he thinks that Bai Han should be able to distinguish clearly.

Sun Ningyi gave Zhang Jingangel a look, and Zhang Jingtian hurriedly went out to arrange for someone.

He just raised his hand.

"Xiao Er, take a look, in half an hour, take us to have a look."

"Okay!"

A hundred children, that's five taels of silver that I can only earn in a year.