Zuo Anmin has left Nandi, and he is going back to Chang'an to resume his life.

The proceeds of the seizure of the Zhu family were also secretly transported, including the proceeds from the sale of the Zhu family's property at a low price.

In addition, the gold mines of Xiaozhuya Island were settled and excavated by people arranged by the imperial court.

As for the people of the Zhu family, they will then be killed on the spot.

However, the 300,000 stone grain obtained by the Zhu family was left in the south after Zuo Anmin consulted the emperor and was used to solve the problem in the south.

The Zhu family's thousands of industrial fields and hundreds of shops were all sold and bought by Xie Zhan at half the price.

The silver used by Xie Zhan was inherited from the Chen family.

Xie Zhan transferred almost all the cash in the Chen family to buy these properties of the Zhu family.

Now that the Zhu family's industry is in his hands, and with the Chen family's original industry, the Xie family has now become the largest force in the south.

At this time, Xie Zhan was making a final review of his plan.

Previously, he asked Zuo Anmin to order the county guards to block the gates of the large and small cities in the south, in order to prevent the people from Liaodong County from escaping.

Now he promised to let Qin Sheng, Xue Xu and the others go, but the major city gates in the south cannot be opened casually.

Nowadays, there are disaster victims and refugees outside the gates of the major cities in the south, and as soon as the city gates are opened, they will inevitably all pour into the city.

He is ready to solve the problem of the victims in the south, in fact, it is the problem of food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and the first and foremost is of course the problem of food and accommodation.

He decided to use a cash-for-work strategy.

This strategy originated in the Spring and Autumn Period, when Qi Jinggong refused to release grain for disaster relief after the disaster, so Xiangguo Yanying took the opportunity of Qi Jinggong's desire to build roads and sleep, hired disaster victims, and deliberately expanded the scale of construction, so as to extend the construction period and achieve the purpose of disaster relief.

At that time, the situation was very similar to now, and Xie Zhan felt that it was useful, so he decided to follow the example of the sages and solve the problem of the victims.

Later, when Lu Songli learned that Xie Zhan used this method, she also praised Xie Zhan's flexible brain. The earliest record of the idea of cash-for-work began in the Spring and Autumn period, and then arose in the Song Dynasty, when not only government organizations but also private gentry participated. Xie Zhan can learn it at this time, which is very powerful.

Xie Zhan counted the grain in his hand, in addition to the 300,000 stone grain left by the emperor, he planned to take out the 200,000 stone grain stored by the Chen family, and then find a big family to make a fortune.

Moreover, the grain in Jianghuai and Huai is about to come down, and as long as he allows the victims to survive this period of time, he will basically be able to complete the military order he set up to the emperor.

As soon as he thought of it, Xie Zhan went to the Nandi County Guard's Mansion, and told the county guard about the idea of work for relief.

The county guard had already received an order from Zuo Anmin, the lord of the Qincha, saying that Xie Zhan had obtained the emperor's special permission to deal with the issue of the southern land, and asked him to fully cooperate.

The county keeper got the plan, and immediately prepared to put up a red list outside the city gate and gather the people to work.

Xie Zhan returned to Xie Mansion from the county guard's mansion, and his subordinates reported to him what the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce bookstore had done.

After Xie Zhan let Qin Sheng, Xue Xu and the others go, although he let the officers and soldiers surrounding the Ji Mansion and the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce bookstore withdraw, he felt that he must not relax his vigilance against them, so he kept people watching them.

After learning about the practice of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce's bookstore, Xie Zhan knew at a glance what their idea was.

His reaction was not slow, and he immediately went to the Lu Mansion in person.

Old man Lu is not in good health, and he has been sick in bed recently.

Xie Zhan personally came to visit Old Man Lu in the courtyard.

When the distinguished guest came to the door, Lu Fei, as the current head of the Lu family, had to accompany him.

The three of them discussed for a long time in the side hall of Old Man Lu's courtyard about what the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce bookstore was doing.

After Xie Zhan left, Old Man Lu was both happy and worried, he was happy that Xie Zhan, a young man, was too powerful, worthy of being the heir cultivated by the big family of Chang'an City, and he was also worried about Xie Zhan's strength.

Old Man Lu looked at the eldest granddaughter standing aside, and finally could only sigh deeply.

In response to the insinuation before the departure of the bookstore of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, Lu quickly responded.

Lu's chartered the largest restaurant in the south, and sent invitations to all the readers who had consumed in Lu's bookstore, inviting them to get together.

Almost all of the people who received the invitation were in attendance, and everyone was curious about what Lu wanted to say.

Lu Yuanheng, the old man of the Lu family, appeared in the restaurant with the new head of the family, Lu Fei, and said to everyone sincerely, "Lu's bookstore can have today, thank you for your continuous support." ”

The scholars in the audience were full of discussions.

"Listen to that."

"Your Lu family also knows?"

Old Man Lu continued, "I invited everyone here this time to talk to the big guys. I know that recently, for some reason, everyone has a lot of opinions about Lu's Bookstore, and even has the idea of leaving Nandi because of this. We have also seen and heard everyone's demands. ”

The scholars were quiet, mainly because Old Man Lu looked like he was in his last years, standing there, and what he said was also very sincere, which made them all embarrassed to say anything harsh.

"The Lu family has done something bad in the past, and we have worked hard to improve it. Lu Fei—" Old Man Lu beckoned to her.

Lu Fei stepped forward and stood next to him.

Old Man Lu continued, "This is the new head of our Lu family. The price of books, paper, and the four treasures of the study room is on the high side, and we will try to reduce the cost so that everyone can buy high-quality and inexpensive things. Please give us a chance and supervise us. ”

After Old Man Lu finished speaking, he gave them a bow. But because of his poor health, his legs trembled badly.

The scholars couldn't bear to look at it.

"Old man Lu, you better sit down."

"Miss Lu, help your grandfather sit down."

Lu Fei stepped forward to help, but was rejected by Old Man Lu. But although Old Man Lu refused to sit down, he slowly straightened up.

"The old man agrees with what Mr. Zhang Zai said, scholars should set up their hearts for heaven and earth, establish their lives for the people, continue their studies for the saints, and open peace for all generations."

"Nandi is our roots, and the people here are our villagers. And Nandi has just experienced a natural disaster, and it is in turmoil, and it is also the most difficult and difficult time, so everyone can't leave it. Otherwise, our Lu family is really to blame. ”

After Old Man Lu said these words, he finally left with Lu Fei's support.

Looking at his appearance, the scholars were sad.

Old Man Lu fell ill after he went back.

This strategy of the Lu family is still very shocking to readers, sincere enough and full of sincerity.

The Lu family, the second of the six major families, bowed his head.

Look, the Lu family has even changed the head of the family, isn't sincerity enough?

But I didn't know that the Lu family was recycling.

But the effect was very good, and many readers dispelled the idea of leaving the Southland. They want to do something for their hometown, not to mention that their parents are here, and they don't travel far.

At this time, the government posted a list explaining that the victims could work for relief in exchange for food rations, and recruited scholars to assist the government in doing some work to register and reassure the people.

Many readers went to sign up.