Liang Zongyi stopped talking. He knew that Yu Ren's worries were not unreasonable. In this era, there are not many officials who really care about the life and death of the people, and when they encounter problems, most of them first consider their own positions and hats. Therefore, when they really encounter a large number of displaced people, they tend to stop them, in order to prevent these people from gathering together to rebel.

"I have a solution here, maybe I can give it a try!" Standing aside, Jiang Xiaowan, who had not spoken, said suddenly.

Since she appeared that time and helped Yu Ren persuade the victims to go to Taiwan, Yu Ren has attached great importance to her, and every time he summons his subordinate leaders to a meeting, he will call her along. Although this was the first time she had spoken on such an occasion, Yu Ren was still very happy.

"Tell me about it!" Yu Ren looked at Jiang Xiaowan encouragingly.

"I know that there is a hermit living in the city of Taizhou. If we can invite him to come out, no matter how many people we go out of Shandong this way, we don't have to worry about it at all. ”

"Oh! Are you talking about Qi Shijiao? Yu Ren asked.

"Yes, it's him."

Yu Ren was a little embarrassed. "This Qi Shijiao is still the founder of the Qi Party, and it can be said that he has considerable prestige in Shandong, if he can be invited to escort, of course there will be no problem. But the problem is, we don't have much friendship with him, so why should he help us with this? ”

Jiang Xiaowan didn't answer Yu Ren's question directly, but said confidently, "If Yu Xianggong believes me, he will go with me." I'm 70% sure that I can convince Qi Shijiao to help us with this. ”

Yu Ren looked at Jiang Xiaowan seriously, this was also the first time he had seriously looked at the woman in front of him.

This is a young woman of twenty-three or four, and her appearance is not particularly beautiful, at least a little worse than Huang Yudie. She wore a set of patched coarse cloth clothes, but her noble temperament that flowed from her bones was always difficult to hide. This makes her stand so different wherever she stands.

Yu Ren looked at the woman in front of him fixedly, he always felt that this woman had a different identity, but he couldn't guess it for a while.

Jiang Xiaowan's face showed a hint of displeasure when she was looked at by Yu Ren's rude eyes.

Huang Ji'an gently pinched Yu Ren on the side. Only then did Yu Ren realize his gaffe and quickly retract his gaze.

"I'm sorry, I'm thinking about the problem just now. Where it is rude, I hope that Mrs. Lu will not be surprised. Yu Ren had always called Jiang Xiaowan Miss Jiang before, but this time he specially called her Mrs. Lu, mainly to express that he didn't have that kind of thoughts about her.

Jiang Xiaowan heard this sentence from Mrs. Lu, and her face immediately showed a relieved expression.

"It doesn't matter. So, when are we going to see Lord Qi? Jiang Xiaowan returned to her usual calm demeanor, as if Fang Cai's unhappiness had never happened.

"Go now." Yu Ren stood up as he spoke. "Ji'an, the matter here will be left to you and Zongyi for the time being. I should be back soon. ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Yu Ren took the two sisters Ruolan Ruomei and followed Jiang Xiaowan into the city to visit Qi Shijiao.

If you want to talk about Qi Shijiao, maybe in the whole country, not many people know about him. But in this Taizhou city, there are really few people who don't know him. Today's Taizhou, if he hadn't taken the lead half a year ago to buy back a batch of coarse grains from the south as relief grain, I'm afraid that the city of Taizhou would have been unknown for a long time. Therefore, all the people of the city were grateful to him.

I heard that Yu Ren was going to Qi's hometown, and many people were vying to show them the way.

Qi Shijiao's family lives on a hillside in the city. There aren't many people around here, but a little forest is the city. It can be said that it is a good place to live in the middle of nowhere. The courtyard is not large, and the construction is relatively simple, with a bamboo fence surrounding a set of single-entry courtyards.

Several people came to the door, Yu Ren stepped forward and knocked on the door, and a young servant in his twenties opened the door. Yu Ren was about to hand over his commonly used name sticker among the gentry and doctors, and Jiang Xiaowan on the side had already taken out a small jade plaque from his arms and handed it over.

"Brother Lao Ma helped me hand this thing to your master.

The doorkeeper promised to take the jade card. He saw that this jade plate was exquisitely made, and there was a big "letter" engraved on it, and he knew that this thing must have some origins, so he didn't dare to slack off, and quickly took the jade plate and went in to spread the word.

After a while, I saw a middle-aged man in his forties sorting out his clothes and walking out.

When Yu Ren saw him, he knew that this old man was not old, at most he could only be regarded as an old man, and everyone called him an old man, it seemed that it was just to show respect for him.

Qi Shijiao came to the door and arched his hand to the four of them, "I don't know how many people came to the cold house, and they missed the welcome." Forgiveness of sins and forgiveness of sins. ”

Yu Ren glanced at Jiang Xiaowan and did not speak. At this time, he was even more sure that this Jiang Xiaowan must be a person with a great background, but he didn't know why she lived in seclusion in a small town outside Jinan.

Jiang Xiaowan glanced at Yu Ren and saw that he didn't speak, so she said, "Lord Qi doesn't have to be polite. We came to the adults today to ask them to do us a favor! ”

Jiang Xiaowan was very direct, and she said her intention straight to the point.

Qi Shijiao let everyone into the house and said, "Madame has something to say, just command." It's just that don't call the grass people. The grass people now have no official or position, they are just civilians! ”

Jiang Xiaowan showed a light smile, "Lord Qi apologizes to himself." We all know your talents, and we are well aware of your achievements. I believe that the emperor will soon reinstate you. ”

Qi Shijiao stopped talking, because he really looked forward to the day when the emperor could think of him again and use him again. But the arrogance of the scholar doctor made him unwilling to beg people in the officialdom in order to make a comeback. What's more, he also knows that today's Ming officialdom is the time when the Donglin Party is in power. As the leader of the Qi Party, the Donglin Party will not let him come back no matter what.

But the person in front of him, although he can't be sure of her identity, he knows that this person's identity is extraordinary, and it may be a chance for him to make a comeback.

A few people walked away, and Jiang Xiaowan was polite with Qi Shijiao. Yu Ren followed behind the two and did not speak.

After entering the house, Jiang Xiaowan introduced to Qi Shijiao, "This is Yu Xianggong from the south. He came to Shandong this time to provide disaster relief, and on the other hand, he hoped to recruit some people from Shandong to help him. ”

Qi Shijiao looked Yu Ren up and down, "This is the one who recently opened Xu's porridge shed outside the city, known as Yu Xianggong of timely rain, right?" ”

Yu Ren hurriedly surrendered his hand, "Don't dare to be." In the next is Yu Ren. He didn't expect that this Qi Shijiao would also hear about him.

"I heard that Yu Xiangcheng carried these victims away in a whole boat. I was about to ask, I wonder where the little minister is going to transport these people? ”

"Tofan!" Yu Ren did not hide it.

"Dongfan is thousands of miles away, and it is a wild land. Forgive the old man for being stupid, I don't know what the intention of the little minister's move is? Not to mention the danger of shipping along the way, how can you support so many people when you get to Dongfan Island, such a wild place? Qi Shijiao had actually heard about it a long time ago, and he asked it on purpose. The last sentence already has a vague meaning of questioning.

Yu Ren stood up calmly, "What Lord Qi said is certainly good. Dongfan is indeed a wild place, sparsely populated. But it is precisely because of this that so many victims can be accommodated. The provinces south of the Yangtze River are fertile and densely populated. What would happen if we did move these people there?

When they get there, how can they have extra fields for them to plant? Shall they live there forever on the handouts of others? ”

Qi Shijiao also stood up. "Why do you have to move them somewhere else? Wouldn't it be good to just let them stay here? This is their home! ”

Yu Ren sneered. "Stay here?"

"Have you ever thought that Shandong will not be able to receive green and yellow for four or five years in ten years, and even so, the officials will have to exploit them in many ways. Do you know how difficult it is for these people to live here? And now, seeing that such a serious disaster has occurred in Shandong, how much relief food can the imperial court pull out for the people? ”