When Zhang Xi received Liu Ba's first letter, the people who had come to Chang'an from all over the country to escape the famine had already arrived in Chang'an City one after another.

Zhang Xi immediately asked Chen Yi to arrange for these people to enter the vacant family houses first, and at the same time ordered people to distribute hot water and food, and took out the few fire carbons in the inventory to temporarily settle these people.

There's no way, everyone is here, if you don't settle down well, you can't stand freezing to death Zhang Xi.

Moreover, Zhang Xi also went to visit these people at the first time, asked about the needs of these people, and at the same time organized all the medical workers in Chang'an City to treat these people for free and treat frostbite, typhoid fever and other diseases.

By the way, Zhang Xi was still among the people and did a news investigation.

There were magistrates who escorted these people to Chang'an along the way, Zhang Xi asked for their names and asked Chen You to record them, and those magistrates who ignored the people and even expelled the people, Zhang Xi also let Chen Yi write them down.

This is part of the performance appraisal.

The feelings of the people fleeing the famine are the most real, and they are also the most unlying, who is good to the people, who does not take the people to heart, they are the people who know best.

Now is the disaster relief period, everything is based on stability, but after the disaster, Zhang Xi will not be soft-hearted, and wait for the autumn to settle accounts one by one.

After resettled the first batch of people, Zhang Xi began to have a headache, and the second group of people who were about to arrive in Chang'an should be done.

The opening of the Chang'an palace complex, Chen Yi is ready, as long as the edict of the Son of Heaven arrives, it can be opened to the people to live in and even Zhang Xi pondered, if it really doesn't work, he won't wait for the edict of the Son of Heaven, if there is any problem, he can bear it himself.

As for the grain reserves, there are still some in Chang'an, so if you can't do it, you can call Zuo Fengyi's county soldiers and military rations, and Zhang Xi still has this right.

The problem is fire carbon. Today's fire carbon, plus the contributions of those families, the inventory is less than 1,000 catties, but now it is about a month before the end of winter.

It's definitely not enough.

With the letter sent by Liu Ba, Zhang Xi knew how to negotiate with those families, and how much capital he had in his hands.

Just, bargain.

Oh, by the way, this time Huang Quan also joined the negotiations, and with Huang Quan's help, Zhang Xi at least didn't have to face the Guanzhong family alone, at least someone was willing to help Zhang Xi bargain.

Although Huang Quan said that he represented the interests of the Shuzhong family, to a certain extent, Huang Quan did not want to buy grain smuggled from Guanzhong at five times the price of grain in Shuzhong.

After all, it is impossible for the grain in Shu to rise in price, who dares to raise the price rashly, Zhuge Liang's knife really dares to kill.

In this case, the only possible result is the depreciation of the five-baht coin, which will bring the consequence of the depreciation of copper ore.

Therefore, Huang Quan very much agrees with Liu Ba's suggestion in this regard, the five baht is legal tender, and it is absolutely not allowed to change the purchasing power at will.

As for Shu Jin, Huang Quan even agreed with Liu Ba's suggestion.

Shu brocade is a luxury, Shu Zhong family sells Shu brocade to the outside world, and every time you have to pay a high transaction tax.

But why is it that when you come to Guanzhong, the Guanzhong family can sell Shu brocade to Kanto without tax, and the Shuzhong family will supply it to your Guanzhong family first, and then collect the money after you complete the smuggling? !

The imperial court will not care about these taxes, which means that before the Shuzhong family does not receive the payment for the goods of Shu Jin, they will have to pay a heavy tax first, and if they are done, the Guanzhong family will delay the payment for the goods. Isn't the Shuzhong family going to lose miserably?!

This matter, whether Huang Quan is from the position of the Shuzhong family or from the position of the court officials, he cannot agree.

Therefore, in Huang Quan's view, the tax on large luxury goods in Guanzhong is indispensable, and the imperial court must treat everyone equally. Of course, if the imperial court is in charge and can lower the tax standard of Shu brocade, then the Shu family can accept it.

The tax is less, and it is sold to the Guanzhong family a little cheaper, and there is always something to be earned.

But Huang Quan is doing this, and the Guanzhong family doesn't do it.

The opportunity of the white wolf, which was supposed to be a good empty glove, forcibly let this Shu barbarian stir it up, who would like it.

Originally, after Hu Zun's persuasion, coupled with the fact that the Guanzhong family did control the smuggling channels abroad, Zhang Xi was a little moved, and the rest was just to bargain over the price of the purchased grain.

But who knew that Huang Quan, a Shu barbarian, intervened sideways and forcibly mixed up this matter and paid taxes?! Why do you have to pay taxes if you smuggle them?!

Who is so careless to come up with such a bad idea?!

Of course, the Guanzhong family did not agree.

If you don't agree, you don't agree, this matter is a good opportunity to make a fortune, and if you smuggle food, even if you don't sell it to the Han court, it doesn't hurt for these Guanzhong families to hoard it themselves. These years are still troubled times, and no one really thinks that they have too much food.

Therefore, the Guanzhong family is still trying their best, especially hoping that Zhang Xi can come forward to make a final decision and finalize this matter.

After all, the assassin of Yongzhou is Zhang Xi, and this person doesn't know much about this kind of transaction when he looks at it, so he must be easier to fool than Huang Quan, the Shudi barbarian.

As long as Zhang Xi is moved, then the rest of the matter, even if Huang Quan jumps again, he has no problem.

So, a group of Guanzhong families went to talk to Zhang Xi through Hu Zun again.

We can talk about the purchase price of grain, but this kind of thing is definitely not collectible, we are smuggling, and it is not normal trade, how can there be taxes? !

Zhang Xi was suddenly happy, and he suddenly found that Huang Quan's involvement was not without benefit at all.

Therefore, Zhang Xi hurriedly asked Hu Zun to pass the word to these Guanzhong families on his behalf, just say that this tax matter, this can be discussed, but now, the top priority of the Yongzhou Thorn Mansion is disaster relief and peace of mind, so this matter, just wait until the disaster relief is over, let's talk about it.

Then, Zhang Xi asked Chen Yi to pretend to be inadvertent, and passed on the news to the outside world, saying that the imperial court had learned of the matter and was ready to send officials to be responsible for the negotiation, and he was about to arrive in Chang'an in the near future.

In this matter, it must be Chen Yi to reveal Jiang Wan.

It's not that Zhang Xi doesn't trust Jiang Wan, it's mainly that everyone now knows that Jiang Wan is a square person, and this kind of leaking gossip is not in line with Jiang Wan's consistent style.

Chen You's depressed. I'm also the grandson of Xu Jing, a famous man in the world, no matter what, I still have to be faced.

But in this matter, Chen You can't help but who makes Chen You's mind restless, he can have his current status now, not by Xu Jing, but by Zhang Xi.

In this regard, Chen You is still very "moral", and Chen You is very aware of who to eat and who to work for.

And as Chen Yi's gossip spread, in less than three days, the Guanzhong family took the initiative to come to the door.

In order to reflect the responsibility of the local gentry, they were willing to provide another 1,000 catties of charcoal and 2,000 catties of charcoal to the Yongzhou Thorn Mansion to relieve the victims.

What about Zhang Xi's anger. These big families are really the masters who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles.

1,000 catties of charcoal, plus 2,000 catties of charcoal, is indeed a lot, at least enough for the people who came to Chang'an City to escape the famine for five or six days, but what is the use of this, there is still a month before the beginning of spring.

If this is the Spring Festival Gala this year, this ignition carbon plus charcoal will be even more insufficient.

In fact, Zhang Xi also understood the meaning of the Guanzhong family, that is, to tell Zhang Xi that the matter of smuggling grain should be settled as soon as possible, as long as this regulation is set, then the heating problem of the people fleeing the famine will be solved by the family.

Even if the amount of charcoal is not enough, when these families spend the winter, who does not hoard a large amount of charcoal and take out this charcoal, it will be enough for these people to survive the famine for a month.

Looking at the charcoal and charcoal sent by the family, and then looking at the second batch of victims who have arrived in Chang'an, Zhang Xi is really angry and anxious, thinking that it is really not possible, in order to settle these people, this time I will temporarily suffer a loss? !

But if this concession becomes a common practice, it will not be so easy to get back the lost benefits next time.

Zhang Xi was very hesitant, hesitating whether to focus on the people in front of him first. Just when Zhang Xi hesitated, Liu Ba's second letter arrived.

Of course, it is impossible to count on Liu Ba's second letter to save the emergency, after all, Liu Ba's second letter is just a supplement to the previous letter, which refines this official smuggling behavior and methods, and by the way recommends a suitable candidate.

Although Fei Yi has great talents, he is still in Jingzhou now, and he will not be able to fly to Chang'an for a while.

What really relieved Zhang Xi was the people who came with this letter.

is the son of Fu Wei, Fu Yan, and now he is the squire of the Yellow Gate, and he is regarded as Liu Chan's confidant.

Fu Yi came to deliver the decree, about the will of the Son of Heaven to open the Chang'an palace complex to resettle the victims.

Let's do this, Zhang Xi sent it to Chengdu with a fast horse in the army, Zhuge Liang didn't have any slackness at all, and sent it to the palace after the approval was directly approved, explained the relationship of interests, and sent it to Adou to give an order.

As soon as Adou saw that there was such a good thing of reaping fame for nothing, he directly ordered Zhongshu Province to issue an edict at that time, and then asked Fu He to send it to Chang'an quickly.

Anyway, Adou also knows that it is impossible for him to come to Chang'an in a short period of time, and those palaces are empty and empty, so it is better to use them to buy a wave of people's hearts.

However, Fu Yan's arrival still brought Zhang Xi's private meaning - it is okay to open it to the people, but the valuable items inside must be put away first, and they must be cleaned afterwards, and there can be no damage or loss.

In short - the house is still mine, I will live in it in the future, I have to clean it up.

Well, it's very consistent with Zhang Xi's perception of Adou.

Adou is not a Ming monarch, but he is not a mediocre lord either, he is just an ordinary Shoucheng emperor who loves to play.

In the prosperous times, this kind of emperor is not a big problem, just the king of the guard, but in troubled times. It's going to die.

Of course, this is not what Zhang Xi expected, after all, he is a god like Zhuge Liang who can't bring it, how high can he expect from him? !

And what really reassured Zhang Xi was not the edict of the Son of Heaven, let alone Liu Chan's private advice, but Fu Yan told Zhang Xi that the prime minister had already set off from Chengdu and came north to Chang'an at the same time as he left Beijing to deliver the decree.

Not for anything else, just for the smuggling that Zhang Xi negotiated with the family.

Zhuge Liang really couldn't rest assured that he would let Zhang Xi do such a complicated matter, entrust the government affairs to Pang Tong and Fa Zheng, who had just returned to Chengdu, and go north to preside over the overall situation.

Well, Zhuge Liang is coming, and this is what makes Zhang Xi really feel at ease.

(End of chapter)