Chapter 80: Making Refugees Self-Sufficient

Lord Yang succeeded in buying food here, not to mention how excited he was.

After the food security entered the city, as soon as the city gate was closed, his hanging heart was settled.

Quickly pulling the grain back to the granary, looking at the granary that was filled again, Lord Yang's face finally saw a long-lost smile again.

Of course, the same is true of Nangong Ye.

No matter how many doubts there are in the whole transaction process tonight, it doesn't matter anymore, anyway, the food is in hand.

One thousand taels, buying back more than 30,000 catties of grain, can make the people drink a bowl of porridge a day, it is worth it.

When he returned to the small courtyard, Tao Qiqi thought that everyone was probably asleep, but he didn't expect that they were all waiting for them, and even left dinner.

Eating the cold meal, Tao Qiqi couldn't help but sigh: "A mother's child is like a treasure, just right." ”

"Well, the food problem is solved, right?" Tao Qiniang looked at Tao Qiqi and asked gently.

Tao Qiqi nodded, took a sip of porridge and replied: "Well, it's solved, this time the third brother is a big deal, one thousand taels, and he bought more than 30,000 catties of grain back." ”

Tao Qi Niang raised the corners of her mouth after hearing this, "The common people are lucky, they met such a good prince as King Pingyang, thanks to King Pingyang looking for food everywhere during this time." Now that food has finally been bought, the people no longer have to worry about going hungry. ”

"Hunger is for sure, and this food only guarantees that they will not starve to death so quickly for the time being. Now it's certain that the above won't take care of everyone. Moreover, in this situation, it may be difficult for these refugees to return home this year, and even if they do, they will die if they do not have food.

But there is still half a year to go this year, what should we do after eating more than 30,000 catties of grain? If you want me to say that if you want to solve the livelihood problem of these refugees, you have to find a piece of land, as big as you can, and then let these refugees cultivate their own land, the north cannot be planted, but the south is not affected.

Now it has just arrived in July, the strength of the people is great, the grain will be planted in July, and the harvest will be harvested in November, and if this famine year is over, some refugees can still go home for the winter as soon as possible, and if they can't go back, then find a warmer place to hide, and rush home to plant in the spring next year. ”

After Tao Qiqi finished speaking, Fang Yu on the side agreed: "I agree with Qiqi's proposal." We often say that it is better to rely on others than to rely on ourselves, others have the ability is not as good as our own ability, and others are not as good as ourselves. Relying on the third brother to run around to buy food not only does not solve the problem, but it is easy for them to develop a dependence. felt that the government should feed them for nothing. ”

"But the question is, where to find such a place to grow food for them?" Chang Wu Soul asked.

Nangong Ye replied: "This is simple, if one place is not enough, then find two, if two is not enough, find three, and if Nanyang City is not enough, continue to the next city." ”

Tao Qiqi: "That's right, they will open up land for free to grow grain, and the grain tax will be handed over as usual, and I believe there will definitely be no opinions from above." In addition, when the refugees leave, the wasteland can still be sold or rented. If there are people who want to stay, support them to stay. ”

Fang Yu: "Yes, yes, this method can be tried." ”

Tao Qiqi: "In addition, we still have our things to do. It is impossible to stay here all the time in order to buy food and eat and drink for nothing. Although they are refugees, no one wants natural disasters, and it is a bit unpleasant for me to say that. But they don't have to wait. Wait for the above to take care of them, wait for food, wait for the natural disaster to pass, and finally you can only wait for death! ”

Nangong Ye: "Okay, I'll go to Lord Yang early tomorrow morning to discuss this matter, and when this matter is dealt with, we should continue to set off." ”

Chang Wu: "Isn't it, at first, I was only going to rest, but then because of Peach Gongzi's treatment of Mrs. Yang's illness, and then Miss Yang's file, and then it was the matter of these refugees, we stayed in the small courtyard of Yang Mansion for almost a month, right?" ”

Fang Yu: "There are a few more days that are exactly a month. ”

Chang Wu: "Look, if this month's time is spent on the road, we should all sit with Gongzi's uncle in Nanguan." ”

"The third brother is going to Nanguan to find his uncle?" After hearing Chang Wu's words, Nangong Yi looked at Nangong Ye and asked.

Nangong Ye didn't hide it, so he nodded and replied, "Yes." ”

"Then, does the second brother know?"

"I don't know."

"Then I've been with you for half a month now, and I'm going to leave here then, so what should I say?"

Chang Wu was confused when he heard it: "What do you say?" ”

Nangong Yi replied: "What do you want to say to the second brother?" ”

Tao Qiqi on the side drank the last mouthful of porridge, and then replied: "What he wants to know, you just tell him something?" ”

Nangong Yi: "He wants to know weapons, he wants to know the mind of the third brother." ”

Tao Qiqi: "Then you can tell the truth." ”

"How can you tell the truth?"

Tao Qiqi looked at Nangong Yi: "Have you ever seen a weapon??" Your third brother's mind didn't talk to you last time? He wanted to take his family to his fiefdom right now to live their little life. That's not clear enough? ”

When Nangong Yi heard this, he immediately understood: "Yes, tell me the truth, I understand." ”

"Okay, it's not too early, I'm afraid it's going to be dawn if we continue to talk, so let's go back to the room and sleep." After arranging these things during this time, you have to continue to hurry, and then you won't have such a good opportunity to practice martial arts all the time. And once you continue to set off, the dangers on the road will also appear, so hurry up and practice martial arts. Tao Qiqi got up and yawned after speaking, and then walked to his room.

During this time, although Nangong Yi successfully approached them, there was no movement over there, but after a long time, the side knew that Nangong Yi had rebelled and would think of other ways to start.

Peach Qiqi left, and then everyone went back to their rooms to sleep.

The next day, just after dawn, Nangong Yi and Nangong Ye seized the time to go to Lord Yang together to discuss what they said last night.

I didn't expect Lord Yang to coincide with everyone's thoughts.

The new grain I got yesterday can be planted at this time just in time for the harvest before winter.

So the three of them quickly came to an unanimous idea.

Lord Yang is familiar with Nanyang's side, and the affairs of the land are handled by him.

The refugee matter will be handed over to Nangong Yi and Nangong Ye to deal with it together.

The number of these refugees must be registered before further distribution planning can be made.

Tao Qiqi was not idle, and while there were still a few days left, he went up the mountain to collect medicine and hunt. If they can't finish eating, they will let Zhao Song take them to the city gate and sell them to the refugees cheaply.

If you need it, you will process it and eat it on the road later.

The rest seized the time to continue practicing martial arts.

As for the second miss of the Yang family, because she did something sorry for everyone before, she basically won't appear in front of everyone after that.

Most of the time I spent most of my time in Mrs. Yang's yard with her old man.

Tao Qiqi thought that she could live quietly every day going up the mountain, going down the mountain, going home, and sleeping every day.

But her leisure days have not passed for a few days, one day when she came back from hunting, when she returned to the city gate, she saw a familiar figure circling around Nangong Yi and Nangong Ye.