As soon as these words came out.

Li Anmin, Zhou Qi and the other three were all silent.

But Wu Huanian still didn't stop talking, facing the three people: "I want to ask a few people, where was the imperial court when these three people died?" ”

"Let me ask the three again, after these three people died, when their relatives were humiliated and abused, where was the court?"

Speaking of which.

Wu Huanian's face was also gloomy, and he couldn't see it.

But in an instant, a warm smile appeared on his face again.

"Of course."

"As the people of the Great Cadre, the official of the Great Cadre."

"I still respect the imperial court in my heart, otherwise I wouldn't have come to this place to fight hard because of a letter from the imperial court."

"And the rest of this Shannan Province is the same."

"When it rains heavily, it is they who stand on the embankment on the front line, directing the people to flee."

"They were also the ones who stood at the forefront when the water storage river was excavated, personally supervising the excavation of the water storage river."

"When the water level dropped, they still stood up and led the people to build houses, clear the farmland and resume production."

Wu Huanian raised his eyes and glanced at the three people in front of him, and said, "And they did a good job, as a messenger, as the one who gave orders here, I took out some money to reward my subordinates, is there anything wrong with this?" ”

Li Anmin almost nodded and said that there was no problem.

But Zhou Qi next to him reacted greatly.

He jumped out directly and said: "Of course it's okay for you to reward your subordinates, but the problem is that you shouldn't reward you with the disaster relief silver that the court gave you." ”

As soon as this statement came out.

Li Anmin also reacted immediately.

Just now, he was almost led astray by this kid.

He was angry not because this kid rewarded a few officials, but because he used money that shouldn't have been touched.

Li Anmin said with a gloomy face: "In the face of the disaster, a tael of silver and a bucket of rice can save many lives. ”

"But if you give this money to these people who obviously have no shortage of food and clothing, won't your conscience hurt?"

Wu Huanian blinked and smiled.

"Before I answer your question, I want to ask you a question."

He stared at the two of them and said, "Do you know how much money the imperial court gave me in total when I came to Shannan Dao?" ”

It's no secret.

The civil and military forces of the dynasty all know it, and the people also know it.

Therefore, Zhou Qi didn't think about it, and said directly: "It is rumored that the imperial court has rushed to Shannan Road for a total of more than 400,000 taels. ”

"Then do you know how many people were affected by the disaster in Shannan Province?"

"About 300,000."

Zhou Qi still blurted out.

He had read the disaster report of Shannan Province, so he answered Wu Huanian's question at this moment.

At the same time, he was still thinking secretly in his heart.

What kind of problem is Wu Huanian asking?

Think you can stump him with this?

But Li Anmin next to him heard some clues.

He raised his eyes to look at Wu Huanian, stunned, and did not speak.

Really.

Right in the next moment.

Wu Huanian took out a silver ticket from his body and put it on the table.

"The imperial court gave me a total of more than 400,000 taels of silver."

"The total number of people affected by the disaster in Shannan Province is 300,000."

"If it is calculated according to forty-five to thirty, on average, each person will receive more than one tael of silver."

"I have three thousand taels of silver here, you can take it in a while, and I will find you two thousand refugees when I come back."

"You don't have to do anything else, and I don't need you to open a river or hire laborers or anything, you can feed them for two months with these three thousand taels of silver."

Wu Huanian looked at Zhou Qidao directly: "If you feed them, I will lose you 10,000 taels of silver." ”

"What if you can't feed your head to be mine?"

"What's wrong with this......"

Zhou Qi was just about to make a bet with Wu Huanian, but Li Anmin grabbed his arm.

"Don't gamble, you can't do it."

Hear this.

Zhou Qi was a little unconvinced.

What's not to be able to do?

Not all places in Daqian are as exaggerated as Wolong County.

Ten catties of grain in Shangjing City are only 35 yuan.

And one tael of silver is enough to exchange for four hundred copper plates, which means that one tael of silver can buy nearly a hundred catties of grain.

3,000 taels of silver and 300,000 catties of grain.

Isn't 300,000 catties of grain enough for 2,000 people to eat for two months?

The quota of two and a half catties per person per day is enough even if all of them are adults of the right age, right?

Seeing Zhou Qi's eyes, Li Anmin shook his head and sighed, and said straightforwardly: "Think about it, why the disaster area is a disaster area, and then think about what the price of food in Shannan Province is." ”

Zhou Qi was stunned, and then he reacted.

Due to the disaster, food is scarce in Shannan Province, and food prices have remained high.

When the price of grain was at its highest, it almost cost more than a dozen yuan a pound of grain, and it was not necessarily possible to buy it.

Even now, it costs about ten pennies a pound.

If this is the case, one tael of silver can buy forty catties of grain.

In this way, the abacus that Zhou Qi had made in his heart before would have to be cut by more than half.

120,000 catties of grain are eaten by 2,000 people, and each person is about one catty a day.

If you want to buy some vegetables and other things for the people, not enough food for a pound a day.

If this is the case for two months in a row, people are afraid that they will be pumped from hunger.

With that in mind.

Zhou Qi's eyes changed when he looked at Wu Huanian.

And see this scene.

Wu Huanian also laughed: "Now you figured it out? ”

"I'll tell you the truth."

"These 400,000 taels of silver can barely sustain the people for two months."

"But what is the task given to me by the imperial court?"

Wu Huanian waved his fingers and said: "They asked me to control the water, provide disaster relief, and post-disaster reconstruction, you all add up to each other, is this money enough?" ”

"If you really take out the money for disaster relief and distribute it to the officials."

"I'm afraid that what you come here now to see is not the scene like this, but dry bones everywhere."

"And my head, I'm afraid that it has already been cut off by the imperial court, and I don't need you to scold Huai here, yin and yang."

I heard Wu Huanian's words.

Several people in the audience were also silent.

Especially Li Anmin, he began to be faintly curious in his heart.

How did Wu Huanian do it, and did everything well with more than 400,000 taels of silver?

Li Anmin frowned and said, "If according to what you said, this money is not even enough for disaster relief, how do you manage the disaster well?" ”

Could it be that this guy really paid out of his own pocket?

If that's the case, then you'll really have to praise him this time.

Wu Huanian smiled slightly, and said: "It's easy to give them the money and food that was originally going to be given to the people in a different way......"