Chapter 109: Good Grain, Bad Grain, Burst!
Zhongshan country, Lunu City!
When the principles and policies formulated by Liu Tianhao and Jia Xu were implemented with the power of the Prime Minister's Office, the entire Lunu City could almost be said to be a new look every day!
The deployment of officials, gentry and wealthy families, and ordinary people are all mobilized, and they have made strong contributions, and they have money to contribute, and people, cities, money, and food have developed in an all-round way!
On this day, Liu Tianhao stayed in Jia Xu's Xiangguo Mansion to discuss things, and at this time, Li Yang came from outside, followed by an official, Liu Tianhao remembered, this person seems to be called Wang Ji, and he is the warehouse official of Lunu City!
"Chen Li Yang has seen His Royal Highness, and he has seen Lord Jia!"
"Chen Wang Ji has seen His Royal Highness, and he has seen Lord Jia!"
"Li Yang, why are you back? Didn't I tell you to go and urge the trenches to be dug outside the city? Jia Xu looked up and asked.
Li Yang is sweating all over his head, the early spring has not yet arrived, Zhongshan is still cold in spring, Li Yang's sweat is not nervous, he is now regarded by Jia Xu as a confidant, and Liu Tianhao also values him very much; Li Yang's ability to observe words and emotions also made him discover early that although Liu Tianhao and Jia Xu are high and powerful, they are not unapproachable masters, on the contrary, the two are very easy to get along with; Therefore, when Li Yang faces Liu Tianhao and Jia Xu now, he no longer has too many restraints; Of course, the proper etiquette still needs to be in place!
Li Yang is sweating, he is busy, he can really be said to be the busiest person in Lunu City now! On the one hand, he is an ambitious person, and on the other hand, he is still a capable person, so Jia Xu can rest assured that he will arrange for Li Yang to do more things! Li Yang can also do the things that Jia Xu explained to him beautifully, and live up to Jia Xu's expectations!
Hearing Jia Xu's question, Li Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead while pointing to Wang Ji, the cangdian behind him, and turned his head to Jia Xu and said, "Tell your lord, this is Wang Ji, the cangdian of our Lunu City, he has something to report to you!" ”
Oh? Liu Tianhao and Jia Xu glanced at each other, revealing a trace of doubt, this Wang Jilai is a little strange, why didn't he come to report directly, but dragged Li Yang along? It should be because Li Yang is close to him, right? In comparison, there are some stories in this!
Jia Xu glanced at Liu Tianhao with his eyes again, meaning, Lord, are you coming? Or am I coming?
Liu Tianhao understood, and said, "Wenhe, you deal with it, I'll take a look!" ”
"Wang Ji, aren't you in Cangli, responsible for receiving grain purchased from other places? What's the matter? Jia Xu got Liu Tianhao's instruction and turned his head to look at Wang Ji, the official of the warehouse.
Wang Ji is also sweating profusely, his sweat may not be tight, just busy sweating, there should also be cold sweat, hearing Jia Xu's question, and seeing Liu Tianhao on the side, Wang Ji became even more nervous,
"Hey, tell your lord, the lower official, the lower official is, he just rushed over from the cangqi!"
Under the nervousness, Wang Ji also stammered when he spoke, seeing that Liu Tianhao and Jia Xu were very disappointed, how could this Wang Ji also be an official who manages hundreds of people, how could he be so flustered when he encountered something?
"Don't be nervous, speak slowly!" Liu Tianhao was on the side and softly appeased!
"Your Highness! That's the case, today when I was in the warehouse to inspect the grain collected from all over the place, I found that there are still some landlords and gentry in the following counties sent over the grain, some of which are old grain, and even mildew grain, so I specially came to tell the adults, how to deal with this situation, please make your decision? Wang Ji finally calmed down a little.
When Jia Xu heard this, he frowned and said, "They sent some bad grain, what are you nervous about?" Just report it truthfully! ”
When Wang Ji heard Jia Xu say this, his heart that had just calmed down was unconsciously entangled, and cold sweat slowly seeped out of his forehead again, "This, this, this ......"
Liu Tianhao looked at Wang Ji's expression, and immediately understood, "Hehe, I'm afraid that the warehouse you are in charge of has already spoiled a lot of grain, right?" ”
"Damn it! Your Highness spares your life! As soon as Wang Ji heard Liu Tianhao's words, he broke the original worry in his heart, and he was immediately terrified, and hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy!
Jia Xu glanced at Liu Tianhao, frowned and thought about it, and was about to say something to Liu Tianhao, but unexpectedly, Liu Tianhao spoke first,
"Get up! Alas, in fact, you should not be blamed for this, at least, you cannot be blamed alone! When Zhang Chun was the prime minister of Zhongshan, he shouldn't have taken good care of the grain in the warehouse, right? ”
Liu Tianhao's words are what Jia Xu thought in his heart, the government collapsed, the warehouse could only enter and not leave, let the grain rot and deteriorate, and didn't care about the famine of the homeless, whether they could eat or not, and even the cannibalism of Yizi even happened! The county officials of the entire Han Dynasty are estimated to be unable to escape this fallacious and chaotic government, right?
Jia Xu lowered his head slightly, expressing his approval of Liu Tianhao's words!
Wang Ji knelt on the ground and listened, and nodded again and again, Liu Tianhao's words seemed to make Wang Ji grasp a life-saving straw!
"I can leave the previous cause and effect alone; However, from now on, you must give me the warehouse of Zhongshan Kingdom, which is well managed! After Liu Tianhao gave Wang Ji a sweet date, he immediately hung a sharp sword on Wang Ji's head!
"Yes, yes, yes, the next official will do his best to manage the warehouse in the future!" When Wang Ji heard Liu Tianhao say that he wanted not to blame the past, he finally wiped off a cold sweat from his forehead, but Liu Tianhao's later words made him secretly vigilant, this master is no longer the same Zhang Chun as before, the upper beam is positive, and the lower beam does not dare to be crooked, Wang Ji knows that he must be attentive!
Jia Xu praised Liu Tianhao's decision very much, and he used both soft and hard to be the way of a man! If you are too lenient, you lose the majesty of the king; And if you are too violent, you will not be able to make your subjects return to their hearts!
"Lord, Renming!" Jia Xu clenched his fists and said to Liu Tianhao.
For Jia Xu's sycophant, Liu Tianhao threw a white eye!
"Wang Ji, how much grain is there in our own warehouse, and how much is it broken?" Jia Xu automatically ignored Liu Tianhao's complaint and turned his head to ask Wang Ji.
Wang Ji is not useless, he has indeed done some work, hearing Jia Xu's question, he said without thinking, "Only in my Lunu City warehouse, there are nearly 30,000 hus, of which about 5,000 are stale and rotten!" ”
When Liu Tianhao and Jia Xu heard this, they were immediately dumbfounded, and even Li Yang on the side was stunned on the spot!
A small Lunu City warehouse actually has 30,000 pieces of grain! Moreover, it was actually broken by 5,000 Hu! What the fuck is Zhang Chun doing eating? Scrooge? Isn't your mother's food stored as long as possible, and if it is stored in the barn and does not move, do you still expect it to be able to get more? 30,000 Hu, that's 300,000 buckets, what is the concept?
Liu Tianhao is really sad and joyful, mixed with joy! The happy thing is that there are 30,000 hus of grain hidden in the warehouse of the official mansion in Lunu City, and the sad thing is that your mother actually broke 5,000 hus!
Jia Xu reacted relatively quickly, and hurriedly continued to ask Wang Ji, "Are the good grains and bad grains separated?" ”
"When His Highness did not come, he was not separated; However, I have arranged for someone to store it a few days ago! Wang Ji replied in a low voice.
"Well, you're doing a good job! In the future, you have to think more with your brain! Liu Tianhao found that if Wang Ji wants to really do things, he still has some ability, the key is to have a complete set of order for him to follow! He estimated that when Zhang Chun was there, even if Wang Ji wanted to do something, he couldn't do it. The mind is oblique, can you count on your hands and feet to go in the right direction?
Jia Xu thought of something more important, and hurriedly asked, "Just now you said that the grain sent by the counties and the gentry of the clan also has bad grain?" ”
When Wang Ji heard this, his face suddenly became bitter, and he nodded yes.
After Jia Xu heard this, his expression was not much better, and he turned his head to look at Liu Tianhao, obviously, he was at a loss for what to do about this situation.
"Fuck me!" Liu Tianhao directly spit out a dirty word, "Are these turtle grandsons the same as Zhang Chun?" So much grain would rather rot in the barn than go to the relief of the victims! Shaft, so short-sighted! ”
Liu Tianhao was really angry, angry that these landlords and gentry were short-sighted, it was really self-inflicted; If the government and landlords of the Han Dynasty were able to allocate some grain to help the victims from the moldy and rotten warehouses, how could they force the people of the world to rise up! Yes, the Yellow Turban Rebellion was quickly suppressed, but since it was suppressed, the million rebels have almost robbed most of the county treasury and landlords' private property in the eight counties of the Han Dynasty!
What the fuck is going to fuck with that?
"Lord, look, do we accept this grain or not?" Jia Xu thought to himself, what's the use of you just scolding, give me an idea!
Liu Tianhao once again deeply despised Jia Xu,, you are still the chief military advisor under me, this matter can't be solved, and you still have the face to force me?
Alas, Jia Wen and you forced me, who am I going to ask?
Liu Tianhao's brows have already wrinkled out three words plus a thirty word!
Collect, I lost a lot of money, it's all money! If you don't accept it, those landlords and gentry will definitely complain and doubt their credibility! Moreover, after all, he still has an unstable foundation in Zhongshan Kingdom, and he can't offend too many landlords and gentry!
"Lord, it's really not good, just take it! But ......" Jia Xu thought to himself that since Liu Tianhao valued him so much, he still couldn't say nothing and don't give anything, so he said.
Jia Xu also knew that Liu Tianhao wanted to buy grain, and the landlords sent the grain, so it was best for Liu Tianhao to buy all the good and bad grain!
"But what?" Liu Tianhao also tended to accept it, and when he heard Jia Xu's words, he couldn't help but have a trace of anticipation, hoping that Jia Xu would be able to move and come up with a good idea!
But if they are unkind, we can also be unjust! Bad grain should be discounted, and bad grain should be topped with good grain, so that our losses should be smaller! ”
"Wonderful! However, what can we do when we buy so much bad grain? ”