Chapter 130: Du Junshi

"When Marshal Gu was alive, he would save 20% of the Gu family's military salary and grain and grass every year in case of emergency, and our Tiger Army was the same, but compared to the Gu Family's army, the Tiger Army was more valued by His Majesty, so the distribution of military salaries and grain and grass was more timely, and sometimes about 30% could be saved, which were distributed when the people of Cezhou were affected."

After speaking, he handed the booklet to Du Jingyi, and it was recorded very clearly.

Du Jingyi was originally a good hand at reading the ledger, so the speed was extremely fast, but the content was not left behind.

Shang Ji didn't say much, but watched quietly.

When it comes to leading troops to fight, he has 10,000 ways to control the enemy.

But if you look at the account book, it is better to let him go to training for half a month.

Therefore, although he had no words, he admired his wife more and more in his heart.

After reading the account book in silence, Du Jingyi understood a rough idea in his heart.

To put it bluntly, the people of Cezhou basically rely on the relief of the government, or the relief of the Gu family army or the tiger army.

They share equally among their own gains, at most half of what they produce.

Among them, it is probably because of the perennial turmoil in Cezhou, so the people did not put a lot of thought into agricultural matters.

After all, if you have worked hard to serve the land for a year, you may end up with a small income, or you may be trampled by the Jin Ge Iron Horse and have no income.

No one may be able to really treat it ruthlessly, which is far worse than the four granaries in the south of the Yangtze River.

Thinking of this, Du Jingyi felt that this matter was very tricky.

The people's will is unstable, there is little land, and there are many natural and man-made disasters.

Du Jingyi didn't reply immediately, but only said a word to Ni Yang.

"Vice General Ni has worked hard, I know all these situations, if there is anything I don't understand in the future, I will ask you again."

"Yes, young lady."

After hearing this, Luo Yuan left Xitang Courtyard with Ni Yang.

Cherry also knew that her young lady had something to say, so she quietly retreated and stayed outside.

When there were only two people in the room, Du Jingyi revealed his worries.

"General, if your majesty knows about the embezzlement of military salaries, even if you use it on the people, I am afraid it will be a big crime."

Hearing Du Jingyi's concern, Shang Ji was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a smile.

"Don't worry, I have already told Your Majesty about this matter, and every time the military salary, grain and grass are issued in the name of the royal family, so everyone in Cezhou is grateful for the royal family, not the tiger army."

Seeing this, Du Jingyi breathed a sigh of relief.

This is a dangerous thing, that is, she has not experienced it, and she knows the danger, so Du Jingyi does not want Shang Ji to embark on this road.

Originally, he was the most threatening person to the imperial power with heavy troops, and if he won the hearts of the people again, wouldn't it make the entire Dongyuan people have to live in fear.

Shang Ji knew that Du Jingyi was caring about him, so he was very pleased.

"What do you think should be done about the affairs of Cezhou?"

"The matter of stabilizing the people's hearts, the concubine is not good at it, so this matter has to be done by the general or the local official, as for the barren land, it can be cultivated, but the most important thing is that the local area does not have any agricultural products to attract caravans to buy and sell, so it is unprofitable, which means that it cannot be developed."

Du Jingyi did not hide it, but said it bluntly.

From a businessman's point of view, Cezhou is equivalent to a broken bone on the side of the road that no one wants.

There is no meat, and there is ashes, who will be willing to fight for it?

Hearing her words, Shang Ji's brows also furrowed.

Sui'an City is a place for him that is superficially magnificent but actually treacherous and changeable, but Cezhou is his real "home".

Sooner or later, he will still go back.

Therefore, I also hope that Cezhou can be changed and can live a more peaceful and prosperous life, not to mention that it must be compared with the counties and prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, but at least everyone no longer shakes their heads when they mention it.

But now that he heard this, it seemed that there was no hope, and he was still a little regretful.

Du Jingyi watched his emotional changes and wanted to say a few words of comfort, but it was useless.

For a while, she couldn't solve this dilemma.

So it's just verbal comfort, and it's better not to talk about it for your husband.

So just quietly accompanying.

After a long while, Shang Ji adjusted his mood and spoke.

"I'll write to Shao Shengming later, he is the governor of Cezhou, let's prepare for disaster relief in advance."

"Hmm."

After accompanying Du Jingyi to finish lunch, Shang Ji left the Guogong Mansion.

As for where he went, Du Jingyi didn't know.

She still has important things to do at the moment, that is, as Yan Zhiqing, to protect the general trend of the Du family in Jinling City.

Prices in the south are bound to rise as agricultural products in the north are affected.

The Du family will do some low-income and high-income transactions, so they must take precautions.

Du Jingyi thought about it carefully, and wrote a few lines on the list, these are the things that the shopkeeper of the Du family will collect next.

Therefore, after she wrote it, she handed it to Lizhu.

"Lizhu, send the news to the northland, tell them to be sure to complete the arrangements and return to Jinling City in time for the winter moon."

"Yes, young lady."

Lizhu had a deep relationship with the Du family's dart game, so she had always been the one who delivered the news on her behalf.

It's just that there is still a dark line in the dart game that she has arranged for many years, and when she sees this news, she will naturally divide it.

When the things were sent to Jinling City, it was naturally sold by the Du family and bought by the Yan family.

After the news was sent away, Du Jingyi began to think about the difficulties of the state.

She has a not-so-mature method in her heart, but she doesn't plan to do it until it works.

Then he carefully wrote a letter and handed it to Cherry.

"You go on a trip yourself, send this letter to your father, and tell him that I will arrange something for his old man to do."

This is a common saying of the father and daughter for many years, and Cherry has long been used to it, so she hurried out of the door of the Guogong Mansion and went straight to the Du family.

After ordering everything to be arranged, Du Jingyi turned around and looked outside.

In the yard, I don't know when, winter snow fell again.

This time, it was much heavier than the first snowfall.

With the location of Sui'an City, it has snowed so heavily, and the northern land is already vast.

Although she looked at it calmly on the surface, she felt sorry for the innocent victims in her heart.

The days flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was a month later.

Since entering the winter moon, the entire Sui'an City has been wrapped in silver.

The Du family guessed well, this year's snow came quickly and heavily, and every time it was three or five days away.

If it weren't for the sake of livelihood, I'm afraid that few families on the street would be willing to open the door.

(End of chapter)