Chapter 256: Don't be too cost-effective
If it was because Zhao Guo looked down on their identity as a Hu person and didn't let them dig coal, felt wood would have recognized it, after all, they had been looked down on for hundreds of years, what was the big deal, and it wasn't bad for a few years.
However, the Nima Tiege tribe is also from the Hu people, and can not only talk and laugh with the officials of the Zhao State, but also take the clansmen to the mountains to dig coal.
This felt wood is a little difficult to balance in his heart.
Thinking that their tribe had frozen to death, the tribesmen of the Tiege tribe were able to hide in their tents while warming themselves with charcoal fires and roasting meat to eat, and the roots of their teeth itched.
"I've never heard of any order requiring prefectural consent for mining." Li Mu said in a deep voice.
The minerals of the Central Plains countries are the private property of the monarch, under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu or the Department of Internal History, and have nothing to do with the locality, the officials are directly appointed by Handan, and the money collected is also into the monarch's small treasury, and there is no such thing as having to go through the consent of the county order, "Li Er, you take a few people to bring me the county order here."
"General...... It's not good." Li Er said with some hesitation.
Although Li Mu commanded all the soldiers in northern Xinjiang, he did not have the right to govern the localities, and if he did so, he was afraid that he would fall into the hands of others.
"According to the king's order, I have the right to take over all affairs in the disaster relief area until the disaster relief is over." Li Mu said loudly, "The mine manager of the Woyang Coal Mine and the leader of the Tiege tribe are also invited."
"No." Li Er saluted and turned around with a few people to leave.
Felt Mu looked at Li Mu excitedly, this young general of Zhao actually wanted to help him make the decision.
"Don't worry, the leader of the felt wood, I will report this matter to the king, and I will definitely give the leader an explanation. In addition, no matter what the identity of the leader of the felt wood was, please remember your current identity, you are a Zhao person." Li Mu patted felt wood on the shoulder and said solemnly.
"Yes." Felt said loudly.
"Take your men down there to carry coal and food, and from now on, no one of your people will starve or freeze to death." Li Mu said.
"Yes." Felt Mu said excitedly, and with a wave of his hand, he summoned nearly a hundred clansmen to carry grain and coal down the hillside.
"Chief, these seem to be the new grains of the year." One of the clansmen opened the lid of the basket, pointed to the corn, and said excitedly.
What he didn't know was that it was much more difficult to find the old grain in Zhao than the new grain.
"Look, Chief." At this time, another clansman pointed to the coal basket and said, his voice trembling a little.
The baskets for coal and grain were made of bamboo and reeds, and the lids were the same, pressed against them with two wooden sticks to prevent the lids from being blown off by the wind.
But Felt saw a scribbled word "army" written on the basket.
This is coal for the Great Wall Guards!
"Little ...... Little General, this ...... This coal ...... But military?" Felt pointed to the coal basket with trembling fingers and looked at the soldier next to him.
It's not that they're moved, it's that they're frightened, and if they use them, it's a great crime to kill their heads.
"Yes, the general said that since we went south, we couldn't run out of coal, so he brought it here." Wu Chang nodded.
"Has the king approved it?" Felt asked hurriedly.
"Don't worry, the king has said that the general will be in charge of all matters in the disaster relief area." Wu Chang pointed to the two behind him and said, "By the way, these two doctors are from Handan, you take them to the tribe, and if there are injured or sick, let them be treated."
"Thank you, General, thank you, General." Everyone really didn't expect Zhao Guo to bring a doctor for them, and they didn't stop saluting excitedly.
Lin Hu didn't have a doctor before, even if the big nobles were sick, they could only ask for a few mouthfuls of "talisman water" from the wizard who didn't know what to do, and then see if the belief in "gods" was pious or not, piety could live, and if they were not pious, they would deserve to die.
As for ordinary people, they are not even qualified to drink "runic water".
In the past, everyone believed in "Fu Shui", but then I saw that almost all of them died, and even fools knew that this thing was useless.
In contrast, the doctors of the Central Plains are much more reliable
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"Chief, I actually think it's good to be a Zhao person. In the past, when we were Hu people, there was a snowstorm in winter, and King Lin Hu didn't take care of us, and he would send people to rob our remaining cattle and sheep, and then drive us away, leaving us to fend for ourselves." A clansman said.
The grasslands are even more cruel than the Central Plains, and in the event of a natural disaster, these small tribes will automatically become the "rations" of the large tribes, and there is no way to survive.
And if there is a famine in the Central Plains, whether it is real disaster relief or fake disaster relief, even if it is just for show, the government will open a warehouse and release grain.
There is no pretense on the grassland, they are all robbed, this year's snow disaster, my cattle and sheep are not enough to eat, then your family is ours!
"Yes, Zhao Guo not only sent us winter clothes, food, and doctors to treat the disease as soon as possible, I think Zhao Guo really treats us as his own." Another said.
"yes!"
"yes!"
When everyone heard this, they echoed it.
"When my son comes back, I will ask him to teach everyone to speak the most authentic Zhao dialect and write the most standard Zhao Guo characters." Felt said with a smile.
"Thank you, Chief." Everyone shouted.
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Tiege was the first to arrive, his tribe was not far from here, and after receiving the order, he set out without delay.
"Spending money, I sent 20,000 yuan to the mine manager and the county magistrate each, and they let me dig coal, and they specially chose a good place for me, so that it will not collapse, and I can dig more than others."
Hearing Li Mu's question, Tie Ge said as a matter of course and confidently.
Then he glanced at the felt wood, and said clearly in his eyes: Young man, are you stupid, you can't understand such a simple truth and still come to be the leader? Who will do things for you if you don't send money this year?
Felt lowered his head and blushed, he suddenly realized that he was really stupid, and he didn't even know how to send money. If I had understood this trick earlier, my people would not have froze to death.
Li Mu was not angry, and continued to ask, "I can understand sending money to the mine chief, why do you still send money to the county order?"
"I don't know, the mine manager named Wang Yu hinted that I went, and his subordinates gave it away with 20,000 yuan, and they couldn't be wasted, so they sent another 20,000 yuan." Tiege said.
As the largest tribe in Linhu, he can still get 40,000 yuan.
Besides, 40,000 yuan is used to buy coal, which is not much at all, and it is not enough for every family. But if it's used as a gift, then take all the adult men of the tribe to the mines to mine...... That's different......
Now every household in the Tiege tribe has enough coal, if it is not burned for a long time, there will be a feeling of dizziness, and it needs to be ventilated, even if it cannot be burned for twelve hours a day.
With 40,000 yuan in exchange for a warm winter for the entire tribe, Tiege felt that his business was not too cost-effective.