"This is my son!" Liu Mo hugged Liu Yuanzhang and said excitedly, "It's really like me!" ”

Although it has only been three months and has not yet grown, Liu Mo insisted on saying so.

"What about Xiao Siyu?" Su Xiaowan asked him, "Like you?" ”

"Like Xin'er, haha, it's a beautiful embryo." Liu Mo smiled, "It's a pity that I didn't let my father hug me, I was very disappointed!" ”

This is also a change of way to praise Xin'er's beauty, which makes her blush for a while.

It's no wonder that Liu Mo has only been at home for a handful of days this year.

The one-year-old baby has begun to recognize life, and Liu Mo can't stop crying as soon as he hugs it.

"Husband, will you stay for a while this time?" Gong Xiaorou asked with a big belly, she was nine months pregnant and was about to give birth.

"Well, I won't leave for a while!" Liu Mo swore an oath.

After Yang Yizhi brought back the method of making new salt, it is said that the first batch of new salt has been successfully produced.

For this reason, Liu Mo's strongest enemy successfully persuaded the Emperor of the Great Zhou to make peace with Great Xia, and the two sides agreed to be brothers.

Not only that, Yang Yizhi also specially sent envoys, saying that he wanted to give Liu Mo some gifts.

On the official side, the Governor's main duty is to coordinate the relations between the provinces and towns: to unify the powers of affairs and to prevent the provinces and towns from being independent of each other and passing the buck to each other.

At this time, there were not many provinces under the jurisdiction of the six princes. At the same time, the Governor in most cases only makes decisions and does not need to do it himself.

In terms of governing fiefdoms, more decisions are made on Huang Shouren. In terms of governing the army, there are Zhu Min, Lu Sheng, Bai Chengzong and other generals. Liu Mo is good at strategy, leading troops to fight, he has never tried to train soldiers, and he is not so interested.

For this reason, Liu Mo has more free time than before.

(The setting of this book does not mean that ancient Chinese governors were idle.) ）

"I hope you don't break your word." Gong Xiaorou pouted.

~~~

After a few comfortable days, God gave Liu Mo another problem.

As soon as the news that Liu Mo wanted to use Rongcheng as the governor's office of Jiangsu and Zhejiang came out, it soon spread throughout all the prefectures and counties of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

In less than half a month, batches of "immigrants" poured into Rongcheng.

The people of the other prefectures and counties were okay, they brought a large number of cattle and dry food, camped outside the city walls, and quickly set up straw tents. The more troublesome are tens of thousands of "refugees"!

Two wars have left tens of thousands of families without their breadwinners.

There is no need to explain how difficult the lives of the surviving orphans and widows, the elderly and the weak, women and children are.

When Liu Mo came to the city gate, he was completely shocked.

Homeless people have set up tents in the shadow of the city walls, and many mothers are expressionless, lifeless, staggering to pull their sobbing children. There are only a few men among them, and most of them are crippled and grandparents.

Liu Mo deeply felt pity for them, and he knew exactly what poverty meant.

The avenue leading to the city was crowded, but under the protection of the guards, the civilians made way for Liu Mo.

Children with sunken eye sockets gathered around, some silently watching, others begging.

Liu Mo took out a large handful of copper plates from the money bag and threw them, and the children immediately started to fight, shouting and pushing each other. The lucky one of them will probably have a steamed bun tonight.

The market square has never been so crowded, and Liu Mo has taken out the grain stored in the granary and distributed it, but the price of food is still ridiculously high. Six taels of silver can only buy one steamed bun, one tael of broken silver for a bag of rice, and ten taels of silver is worth a large piece of pork or six skinny piglets.

Despite this, there is still a steady stream of buyers. Descriptions of emaciated and withered men and women filled every bullock cart and every stall, while those miserable and helpless stood at the mouth of the alley, watching gloomily.

"When will Shiqi and her mother's relatives arrive?" Liu Mo asked with a gloomy face.

The answer was the new magistrate of Rongcheng: Li Heng. This person is Jinshi, Huang Shouren's protégé, and was sent by the Six Princes to assist Liu Mo.

"Back to the Governor, as Lin Yuan said in his letter, it should be there in three days. According to your request, he bought millions of catties of rice, millions of catties of vegetables and fruits, etc..."

"Millions... At least 100,000 people are coming to Rongcheng now, how long can they eat? Liu Mo said unhappily.

This is just the beginning, and there will be more to come.

"That's the limit!" Li Heng replied uneasily.

"What about the prince?" Liu Mo asked again, "Is there any news?" ”

"Your Highness said that your Excellency is the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, let you deal with it yourself!"

It makes sense, do it yourself!

Suddenly, a bold idea flashed through Liu Mo's mind.

"I am the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang... Feudal officials! He repeated the phrase to himself. When the new ZG was established, it also encountered a food crisis, how was it solved at that time? ”

"That's right! Collect them all and distribute them according to your work! ”

"But, will this provoke a civil uprising!"

"I can't manage so much, the hungry people far outnumber the full men."

After making up his mind, Liu Mo immediately ordered: "Lord Chuanben decrees that all grain in Rongcheng shall not be bought and sold privately, and all of it will be included in the public grain, and it will be distributed by the government every day.

The price is given to the merchant at the current market price, and the silver is given! ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, this... It's not right! ”

"What's wrong? It's not to rob, it's to buy, to give silver! Liu Mo said angrily, "Special period, special treatment, don't you understand this truth?" ”

After a reprimand, Li Heng's face was red.

"Also, send an envoy to Xingluo to pay homage to Lord Ben's father-in-law, Zhuo Lun... Borrow food! Liu Mo announced, "In addition, all new salt manufacturing counties in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces must hand over fifty percent of the new salt to be shipped to Rongcheng." ”

"Huh?" Li Heng was puzzled, "My lord, what do we want these new salts for?" ”

Is it possible to let the common people eat salt to survive? Let's make a joke!

"Why, Ben-sama looks stupid?" Liu Mo sneered, "Arrange it, Lord Ben has his own opinions!" ”

What is Liu Mo's plan? Keywords: Yang Yizhi.

Isn't it a peace negotiation between Great Xia and Great Zhou, and it also opens the border to trade, which means that you can do business.

Liu Mo asked for salt, of course, he sold it to the Zhou Dynasty!

Although the Zhou Dynasty had a method for making new salt, it took time to open a salt processing plant and make new salt.

Exchanged finished products for food and accelerated the promotion of new salt throughout the country was not a loss for the Zhou Dynasty.

Again, Liu Mo's plan has added an article: if necessary, you can send "salt experts" to the Zhou Dynasty and teach them hand-in-hand!

This condition must be impossible for Yang Yizhi to refuse.

Write a handwritten letter, hand it over to your subordinates, and the matter will be arranged.

The seizure of all grain can be said to be unprecedented since the founding of Great Xia, and for a time, the entire Banyan City was boiling.

For this reason, Liu Mo had to urgently mobilize troops and horses from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and suppress them by force with a tough attitude.

From that day on, Liu Mo, as the highest local governor, sold all the valuable things in his family and went to Linxian to purchase grain. I'd rather eat less and suffer more, and I vowed to let the people of Rongcheng eat.

Seeing that the dignified governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang had done such a thing, the people of Rongcheng were deeply moved, and the riots stopped abruptly.

After the food ration problem was temporarily resolved, the next step was accommodation. Liu Mo's plan is not to send refugees, but to have these people live in Rongcheng!

Whether it is the era of cold weapons or the era of modern technology, population is always the most important factor in urban development.

The rapid growth of the population indicates that Banyan City is about to usher in the status of a megacity. The infrastructure and industrial development are better, which attracts a large number of permanent residents.

For this reason, infrastructure construction has become the top priority of the next work.

According to the knowledge of urban layout and construction learned from the earth, Liu Mo's first task was to divide the layout of Banyan City.

First of all, the urban pattern of Rongcheng, Liu Mo copied the ancient Chang'an, pay attention to very neat, the interior is neatly arranged according to the direction of due south and north, and the exterior is surrounded by a rectangular wall, which is 13 kilometers long from east to west and 12 kilometers wide from north to south.

The architectural characteristics are to pay attention to symmetry, and the streets of the whole city are wide, neat and neat, and the shape is unified.

At the same time, Rongcheng is divided into the Governor's Palace, the Officials District, and the Outer Guocheng is arranged in parallel from north to south.

The Doge's Palace symbolizes the North Star (North Star), which is the center of the universe; The official office of the official district symbolizes the purple micro wall that surrounds Beichen; Wai Guo Castle symbolizes the stars arching to the north.

Waiguo City is the place where the vast majority of the people of Rongcheng live, according to Liu Mo's design, there are a total of eight north-south streets and fourteen east-west streets.

And the most central street is named after the most famous Vermilion Bird Street in ancient Chang'an, and the criss-crossing roads separate the outer Guocheng into one hundred and eight lanes and two markets in the east and west.

After the planning was completed, the first thing to do was to set up a temporary living area.

For this reason, Liu Mo immediately ordered to mobilize all the people of Rongcheng: Logging!