Just as a few people were about to say goodbye and leave, Wang Gang spoke again.

"Fang Zhizhong and Mu Song will wait in advance, and the others will be busy with their own government affairs first, and the situation in the state is complicated now, and they have to rely on their colleagues a lot."

The people behind bowed and saluted, said goodbye and left. When the rest of the people were far away, Wang just spoke.

"There are some things to discuss with you when you leave them behind."

"Please instruct the state pastor" the three of them responded, Wang Gang left the three of them behind, there must be something to say.

"I'm going to recruit a thousand soldiers from among the refugees in the city and be responsible for patrolling the city. Although the thief Cao of Jinyang is also in charge of patrol matters, there are too many refugees nowadays, and it is easy to breed cholera, so I don't know what the three of them think."

"I have no opinion" Mu Shun took the lead in stating, his duty was to train soldiers, and he was not in any faction in the state, and he usually did not have much government affairs.

"Dare to ask the state pastor, why don't you recruit from the children of the good family in Jinyang, but choose refugees, the refugees are mixed, and most of them are malnourished and thin," Fang Rui asked, he didn't want to oppose Wang Gang, but he didn't understand why the state pastor wanted to recruit from refugees.

Wang Gang said with a smile.

"Recruit these 1,000 soldiers, they will not participate in the war, but they are responsible for patrolling the city and dealing with some disputes among the refugees in the city, they are all refugees, some things can be empathized, and the refugees will not be rejected, and the most important thing is to at least solve the livelihood problem of these 1,000 refugees."

Fang Rui nodded when he heard this, and secretly praised Wang Gang in his heart for being thoughtful.

Song Kuan next to him was a little restrained, Wang Gang saw what was on his mind, smiled at him and said.

"Song is engaged in but it doesn't hurt to say, since I have discussed with you, if there is anything, I will say it directly, so as not to cause trouble in the future"

"The money and grain in the treasury are already stretched, and there are now only fifty-two counties left in the prefecture, and the money and grain taxes in the autumn have been paid, so I am afraid that I will no longer be able to support the recruitment of soldiers" Song Kuan finished speaking, and looked at Wang Gang with a look of grievance.

He is in charge of the money bags of the state, but he does not necessarily have the wealth of a large county in the Central Plains.

"I'll settle the matter of money and food, and I'll talk about this later."

"Then there is no opinion on the humble position" Hearing Wang Gang say that he would solve the problem of money and food, he naturally had nothing to say.

"Then I'll bother Mu to do it, let's do it today. If you have any problems, you can come to the government to find me."

"Yes, the last general must live up to the general's trust" Mu Shun gave a military salute, turned around and walked out of the mansion.

Wang Gang's face became serious and he spoke.

"What happened in Jingchengguan, the two of you must have heard about it, so I won't say more. Over the years, the Zhou family has done evil in Jingcheng Pass, amassed a lot of money, I have ordered the soldiers to seal it, and Song Cheng went to Jingcheng Town to count all the property and land to fill the treasury."

The matter of Jingcheng Pass, the two of them naturally knew that many people in Jinyang City were also waiting for the follow-up, and most of them thought that Wang Gang would take these properties for themselves, but they didn't expect Wang Gang to fill the state treasury.

"Let's do it" The Zhou family's money and food, he also knew that if it could all be charged to the treasury, then the life of the state would be much better, and he couldn't help but have more respect for Wang Gang.

Although Fang Rui still felt that something was slightly inappropriate, after all, Zhou Hu belonged to Taiyuan County, and if the family property was confiscated, it should also be taken by the Taiyuan government, but Jingcheng Town was nominally under the jurisdiction of Shangdang County, and Shangdang County should be responsible for the raid. But now in extraordinary times, everything was facilitated by Wang Gang, and it is understandable that it will be confiscated by the state government.

When Song Kuan walked out of the hall, Wang just sighed and said.

"Now the entire counties of Taiyuan are full of people who have fled, and there is no food to help the people in Jinyang, and the same must be true in other counties. I have ordered the soup soup in Jinyang City, but the food in the army will not last long, and I don't know how to solve the problem in the rule of law."

Wang Gang left Fang Rui behind, naturally there was something to find him, and Fang Rui also knew that the things he said in the end must be the most tricky thing, and the most tricky thing now is the Taiyuan refugees and the rising food prices.

Fang Rui pondered for a while and spoke.

"Although today is not a bumper harvest year, grain production has not decreased, Taiyuan has a total of about 100,000 hectares of fertile land, more than 200,000 hectares of mountainous land, according to the yield of three quintals of corn per mu of fertile land. The yield per mu in the mountainous area is two quintals, and the entire Taiyuan County harvests about six million quintals this autumn. Taiyuan is a large county, with 21 counties under its jurisdiction, with more than 200,000 households and more than 700,000 mouths. According to the calculation of one liter per person a day, it has only been two months since autumn to now, and if you eat a maximum of one million quintals of grain, then there are at least five million quintals of grain left in the entire Taiyuan County. It's not that there is not enough food in Taiyuan, but that the people of Taiyuan can't afford it."

Fang Rui is worthy of being in the governance of the state, in charge of the cultural and historical archives of the state, and has been an official in the state for many years, so he knows the situation of the state well.

(Here is an explanation, the text has been used Dan, but not with stone, in fact, the two units are basically the same, I hope that the majority of readers do not deliberately compare the truth, as for the real difference between Dan and stone or leave it to experts to study, I will not explain much in the future)

Wang Gang didn't expect that there was still so much grain in Taiyuan, but those big families watched the people starving. Thinking of this, Wang Gang had an irrepressible anger.

Fang Rui saw that Wang Gang was about to get angry, and hurriedly spoke.

"The state pastor doesn't have to be too angry, it is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. As long as there is a little restraint, it can be solved, and the time and land in other counties are not as serious as those in Jinyang, and the people still have some food in their hands. In addition, Yanmen County is vast and sparsely populated, and the people have a lot of land, and most of them have grain in their hands.

Wang Gang knew this, and when he came to Yanmen, he passed through the counties of Yanmen, and no refugees were found in the city. Most of the people are wealthy, and there are many more smiles on their faces than in Taiyuan.

"How much grain can Yanmen allocate to come," Wang Gang asked.

"Yanmen was originally fifteen counties, but the four counties north of Hanshan had long been occupied by the Xiongnu, and now only eleven counties south of Hanshan are left, thanks to the state pastor and Zhang Taishou, Yanmen County was preserved. Yanmen County has many mountainous areas and few fertile fields. Today's autumn harvest can produce about 3 million quintals of grain, and most of the people have grain in their hands, so there should be no problem in allocating 1.5 million quintals."

This is the method that Fang Rui has thought about for a few days, only by transferring grain from other places into Taiyuan can the problem of grain prices in the state be fundamentally solved, although it is somewhat unfair to Yanmen, but there is no other way.

"Okay, I'll send someone to inform the county of Yanmen County to prepare food, and Zhang Liao, the Taishou of Yanmen County, is already on his way to Jinyang."

"Then the next official will thank the state pastor for the people of Taiyuan," Fang Rui said sincerely.

"There is another matter, I am worried that the counties below will ignore the refugees in the county, I want to bother the party to go down to inspect the counties for me, and the specific details can be discussed with Zhang Taishou in Taiyuan. Tell the prefectural ordinance of each county below. Grain from the government treasury was taken out to help the refugees. Wait for the grain from Yanmen to arrive, and then return it to them, if anyone dares to engage in favoritism, the official will personally dismiss him and investigate him. and a ban on all human trafficking"

This is the fundamental reason why Wang Gang is looking for him, which is to let Fang Rui go to the following counties to supervise those county orders to give porridge.

Fang Rui had a bitter look on his face when he heard this, this was a thankless task, but he was helpless, since the state pastor had come down, he had to comply. He bowed and bowed, and took his leave.