Soon, Zhao Chunsheng could already see the stall not far away, a sturdy butcher was slaughtering cattle and sheep and handing them to everyone.

The price is also clearly written on the sign on the side, which is the same as grain, and only costs a penny per catty.

The fifty taels of silver tickets in his hand can buy five thousand catties of beef and mutton.

Enough for father and son to eat for a year.

Soon, it was Zhao Chunsheng's turn himself, and he took out fifty taels of silver tickets and wanted to buy more.

The person in charge of collecting the accounts on the other side asked, "What is the surname, how many people are in the family!" ”

Although Zhao Chunsheng was puzzled, he still said: "Zhao Chunsheng, there is an only son in the family!" ”

The man recorded the information and handed him something like a food stamp.

"One person can buy thirty catties of meat, which is sixty catties of food stamps, a total of six yuan!"

Zhao Chunsheng asked with some doubts: "Can you buy more?" The child is still growing! ”

The official patiently explained: "Beef and mutton are limited, in order to ensure that everyone can eat it, now one person can only buy 30 catties, wait for ten days later, and continue to buy!" Do not worry! ”

After listening to his explanation, Zhao Chunsheng took out a tael of silver from his arms and handed it to the other party.

"The rest should be donated to the General's Mansion, and you can't find some loose silver!"

The official excused himself, looked at the people who were still in line, and wrote it in the account book on the side.

"Chengdong Zhao Chunsheng, donate four dollars!"

Then he handed the food stamps to Zhao Chunsheng and began to arrange for others to buy them.

Just as Zhao Chunsheng was about to move the beef and mutton home, a noisy sound suddenly came from the queue behind him.

"My lord, if he lies, there are only five people in his family, where are ten people!"

"Even so, I can testify that he is lying, there are no ten people in the family at all!"

The official in charge of statistics changed his face and asked in a cold voice: "Liu Shan, how many people are in your family?" It's too late to admit it! ”

"If you continue to be stubborn, all your benefits will be canceled after the investigation!"

Hearing this, Liu Shan, who was still stiff-mouthed just now, said that there were ten people in his family, suddenly sat down on the ground.

He hugged the table in front of him and cried: "Five people, five people, please don't cancel my welfare!" ”

"My old father has to rely on medicinal herbs every year to support him, and a son is about to go to a private school!"

"If this is canceled, where will I get the money to feed the family."

As he spoke, he ran over and hugged the official's thigh and pleaded.

"Ask the adults to open the net, ask the adults to open the net!"

Hearing that the benefits were going to be canceled, he now regretted it.

The old father in the family needs fifty taels of silver for medicinal materials a year.

The son went to a private school, and it was also forty or fifty taels of silver a year.

If all this is weighed on you, you won't have a few dollars left over at the end of the year.

He couldn't accept that his family was going back to the hard life he had before.

Some newcomers not far away looked at this scene with great puzzlement.

Isn't it just the cancellation of benefits?

As for being so scared?

He looked at the people around him suspiciously and asked, "Big brother, do you know why he is so scared?" Isn't it just the cancellation of benefits? Is it necessary to be so worried? ”

The man he called explained, "You must be a newcomer." ”

"This is a very serious punishment for the removal of benefits."

"Once the benefits are cancelled, people in your family will have to pay for medical treatment when they are sick, and children will have to pay for private school, where can they afford it!"

After speaking, he was quite excited to give an example.

"Take the medical department as an example, a trip is five taels of silver, and once it is a serious illness, it will be even more!"

"You don't have to go three or twice a year, do you? Someone in the family gets sick more, how much does it cost? ”

As he spoke, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and suddenly patted him and said, "There was one before, when the general gave everyone free summer shelters, which were some Chinese herbs and ice cubes!" ”

"But some people like to take advantage of small advantages and lie about the number of people in their families, and later they were found out by the government and directly canceled all benefits!"

Speaking of this, he put it next to the homeless man's ear and whispered: "That person used to have a wealth of one hundred taels of silver a year, but after the abolition, his life plummeted, and he lived by picking and searching all day long!" ”

"I still have a lot of debts all year round, and it is said that I even sold my house later!"

As he spoke, he shook his head even again, as if he was living an extremely miserable life.

When the homeless man heard this, he looked at Liu Shan not far away, and his heart suddenly became nervous.

After weighing it up, he immediately canceled the idea of lying.

Report a few more people, but it is just a few dozen catties of beef and mutton.

Once the benefits are canceled, it will cost at least hundreds of taels of silver a year.

Which of these is more and which is less, he knows it with a little thought.

Not only him, but also some of the newly arrived homeless people at the border have canceled the idea of lying about the population.

Compared with a hundred taels of silver, these dozens of catties of beef and mutton are not so important.

As the turmoil dissipated, the sales of low-priced meat were soon reported to Zhuge Liang.

In the county guard's mansion, Zhuge Liang is constantly reviewing one document after another, which is a summary of people's livelihood from all over the world.

An official stepped forward quickly with a letter and said loudly: "Master Qiqi Military Division, this is a summary from Xiangguan, and the sales of beef and mutton in the sixteen cities have all been mobilized!" ”

Zhuge Liang took the document in front of him, flipped through it, and then roughly sorted out a list of the popularity of low-cost meat.

According to the documents sent by the Sixteen Cities.

The first batch of 5 million catties of meat has been consumed, and nearly a million people have not yet received low-priced meat.

Fortunately, the follow-up 100,000 cattle and sheep have been put in place.

The slaughterhouse is slaughtering overnight, cutting and then transporting it to various cities to ensure a continuous supply of beef and mutton.

According to the battle report sent back by the general.

The first stronghold, about 30,000 cattle and sheep, can have about 3 million catties of meat, that is, the food needs of 300,000 people for a month.

In addition, with all kinds of resources collected by the border army itself, it is possible to seize two or three more strongholds to alleviate the food crisis this winter.

At that time, the border army will be able to buy grain from various dynasties and reclaim wasteland.

Once the winter is over, the border army can be relieved.

There is no need to worry about the rapid increase of these displaced people, and the border army can conquer countries at any time.

Just as he pondered what to do next, an official walked in briskly.

"Master Qiqi, there are people in Tai'an City who are greedy for small profits and lie about the population!"

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang frowned slightly.

This happened yesterday, and now it's happening again?

He turned his head and asked with some concern: "How many people have been investigated and punished in various places on the border?" ”

The official thought for a while and blurted out: "About 30 people!" ”

Hearing this number, Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment.

More than 30 people?

How can it be so little?

The lack of food at the border is now a matter of the obvious thing.

As everyone knows.

Under the panic of the people, the looting of food should be more serious.

Now that they have launched low-priced beef and mutton, everyone should find a way to store more.