Looking at the suddenly lively street market, looking at the refugees who were quietly kneeling in front of the bonfire, Lu Huanzhi felt like a world away, tears flashed in the corners of his eyes, and Ping Lu finally came to life.
"This is our people, tenacious and filial, able to take responsibility and know how to be grateful, such people become the people under your rule, and adults should feel proud."
Standing beside Lu Huanzhi, looking at this touching scene, Lu Hanqiang commented in a low voice.
Lu Huanzhi inadvertently gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, "Yes, there are such people in the world, why did they get to this step of the field today, how can it be incomprehensible." ” Lu Hanqiang was silent, he knew the reason, and there were not many of them, but he couldn't say it, it would be a big rebellion to say it, and it would be useless to say it.
Silently continuing to walk forward, the little red horse followed him with squinted eyes like a cat.
Now this pony's broken ribs have healed, he eats and sleeps well, he is already fat, strong, and his hair is red and bright, and he is no longer Lu Hanqiang's mount, but has become Lu Hanqiang's follower, and he does not have a saddle or a halter, so he is so free to follow Lu Hanqiang's side at any time.
When I walked forward, I suddenly smelled a fragrance, and tilted my head curiously, but there was an old man on the side of the road selling newly dug radish, which really made it greedy, so he stopped his steps, tilted his head and arched Lu Hanqiang's waist, Lu Hanqiang also stopped, looked at his eyes, understood its meaning, and scolded with a smile: "It's getting more and more greedy."
So he walked over, bent down and asked the old farmer, "How much is a basket?"
"Ten cents."
When the old farmer saw that it was a nobleman who was inquiring about the price, he quickly stood up and replied with a smiling face.
"What about the basket" Lu Hanqiang didn't want to walk around the street with a hug of radishes, let Xiaohong hold it, it was simply impossible.
The old man thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Fifteen Wen."
"In fact, this basket is made of local willow hair, and it is not worth much, and it is not a small amount to ask for five yuan.
Lu Hanqiang smiled and took out a handful of money in his pocket and handed it over, it was as much as twenty yuan, and the old man of the tiger was at a loss for a while, and said a lot more again and again.
Lu Hanqiang smiled and said: "It's not much, it's worth it, and he didn't care about the old man's shirk, he stuffed the money and lifted the radish basket directly, and hung it on the pony's head, and said with a smile: "You foodie, you take your own things, I won't help you carry them." ” The pony grinned, and then rattled and ate sweetly.
Seeing this scene, Lu Huanzhi couldn't help but sigh: "An adult can treat a beast well, how can he live up to the people, this is the blessing of the people of my Pinglu."
Lu Hanqiang smiled and said: "I'm not that great, but I just try to make the people around me, even if they are animals, better." ” The two were talking, but they saw that the old man did not leave after selling the radish, but walked to a child squatting in the corner with the money that Lu Hanqiang had just given, counted the money in his hand, and took out five, but after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and took out another five, handed it to the child and said: "Don't cry, child, God is hungry and blind, there will always be a way to live, and you and I are fated, so take the ten cents home to serve the old mother first." ” The child raised his tearful face and hurriedly shook his hand and said, "Thank you, uncle, I, I" But I didn't say anything, and then continued to squat on the ground and cry.
This is an ambitious child who is easily unwilling to accept alms, but life is very helpless.
So Lu Hanqiang became curious, walked up to the kid and asked, "Wanderer" "This child is a Mizhi man, and he fled here with his mother and sister."
The old man answered for the child.
"Mi Zhi is here, there are thousands of miles, and he has to cross the Yellow River, and he also brings the old lady and sister, how did he come here" Lu Huanzhi opened his mouth in surprise.
Lu Hanqiang nodded, this is a tough child: "Why didn't you sign up for the recruitment?"
The child raised his tearful face again, sobbing and glanced at Lu Hanqiang, "Master, I went, but people don't want me." ” "Why" "As a villager, people dislike me for being short, as a miner, because I am thin, and as a road builder, people dislike me for not having strength, and I don't know how to do carpentry or something."
Lu Hanqiang laughed, this is really the case, it seems that this child is indeed in such an embarrassing situation.
But after thinking about it, he said, "Isn't there a shepherd boy who recruits three meals a day?"
” "I'm too old, and people recruit people under fifteen, and I'm sixteen this year."
Lu Hanqiang laughed completely this time, but he was also moved by the child's honesty.
"Besides, even if I become a shepherd boy, I am full, but my mother and little sister are going to starve to death, so I can only try my luck in the city and work part-time, and the family can be buried together when I starve to death."
Lu Hanqiang's eyes turned red, he stood up and took a breath, "You follow me, I lack a Xiao Si by my side, and I will give you two taels a month." ” "Really" The kid paused for a moment, looked at Lu Hanqiang in disbelief, but it was the old man who was excited, and hurriedly gave the kid a kick: "What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and kowtow to the new owner." ” At this time, the child understood, turned over and kowtowed to Lu Hanqiang, and called Lu Hanqiang's owner again and again.
Lu Hanqiang pulled him up and said with a smile: "Yes, remember first, you don't want to kowtow with me, and besides, you go home immediately and inform your family, and then you can only live in the barracks with me." ” "Yes, sir."
The boy jumped up, but after taking two steps, he stood again, scratching his head embarrassedly, and wanted to say it but didn't dare.
"Tell me something."
Lu Huanzhi also liked this neat child very much, and helped him out with a smile.
"Master, can you be like them, I don't want silver, I should first support a stone of brown rice, my mother and little sister are still hungry."
As he spoke, his eyes turned red again.
Lu Hanqiang patted his head and smiled and agreed: "Of course, of course, you can go and support a stone of brown rice now, ah, that's right."
Lu Hanqiang remembered: "You said you still have a little sister, right, then take it to my barracks together, even if it is a shepherd boy." ” This was definitely an unexpected joy, the child was just about to lie down and kowtow again, but he remembered Lu Hanqiang's rules just now, immediately bowed and saluted, and then followed a brother next to Lu Hanqiang to the place where he received food.
Looking at the distant figure of this child, Lu Huanzhi sighed with emotion: "My lord's decision to advance brown rice has saved the family again, and the adult is really a bodhisattva." ” Why do you have to give half of the brown rice and half of the silver in the first month, and you also have to advance the brown rice, this is the result of the overnight negotiations between Lu Hanqiang and Lu Huanzhi's county order, and Zhao Zi's prince and other overnight negotiations, if all the silver is issued, thousands of people go to the street to buy grain together, and they will immediately buy the grain of the empty land, and at that time, the grain merchants will take the opportunity to hoard Juqi and let the price of grain soar, which will cause chaos if this one is not good, and also take into account the embarrassment of the people waiting for the rice to be cooked.
Brown rice can't be used too often, and only 3,000 stone was brought from Zhao Sihai last time, plus some were purchased locally, but it couldn't support the arrival of grain transported from the south.
Lu Huanzhi strongly supported his own family, and after pondering for a while, he took the risk of agreeing to temporarily lend the small amount of summer grain collected from the county treasury to Lu Hanqiang to solve his urgent needs.
But Lu Hanqiang, who was moved, had nothing to say.
And half of the silver was issued, which was the consideration of Lu Hanqiang, a later generation, to stimulate the local economy.
In the first month, tens of thousands of silver will flow into the market, plus the materials needed to build wharves, barracks, factories, roads, etc., it will be no less than 50,000 silver put on the market, according to the principle of economic leverage, the addition of 670,000 silver will immediately drive no less than ten times, the lowest is five times the commercial circulation of silver, so it will also bring countless livelihoods to the local people.
In this way, the contradiction can be alleviated.
Silver is not a problem for the time being, the emperor's disaster relief silver has 100,000, and it has cost 7788 along the way, but he grabbed 100,000 in the collapse of the sky, leaving 50,000 for Jin Hengguang to run, and 50,000 has not moved, and Changzhi Zhao Sihai went to Taiyuan to sell stolen goods, and he can also escort a batch back recently, and he can completely insist on the grain transportation in the south, and at that time, his own silver will continue to flow in.
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"As long as we get through this initial period, as long as sixty or seventy thousand taels of silver are put into the market, you can have a steady stream of taxes to follow up, and at that time, the taxes you overcollect can completely fill the hole in your summer grain, which is a virtuous circle."
Lu Hanqiang also put a big picture cake on this county order, so that the worried county order immediately smiled.
At this time, the master bookkeeper sitting on the side poked his head out and reminded in a low voice: "However, according to the regulations of the dynasty, we have no right to collect taxes on merchants, if we collect their taxes, they have a deep background, and it is inevitable that they will not report to the governor, which is not good for your future, and if you collect taxes on the small people, it is exploitation, and you can't collect much." ” Lu Hanqiang praised the conscience of the master bookkeeper very much, but turned to smile and said: "Of course we can't violate the rules of the dynasty, and we must not collect taxes from merchants." ” Lu Huanzhi was a little disappointed.
"But we can donate."
"Yes, we don't collect taxes, but we donate."
Lu Huanzhi's eyes lit up, his hands clapped, and he immediately smiled.
"We can use contributions instead of collecting taxes, and we can have a resounding name."
Lu Hanqiang proposed again.
The main bookkeeper rolled his eyes: "My lord represents the emperor to provide disaster relief, and of course our local gentry must also contribute a force. ” This is the empty space, the Ming Dynasty is not much tax, but the donations are innumerable, the magistrate can blackmail in a random name, or the above will give a county seven or eight imperial grain indicators, and the county will eat and drink whoever goes, this is the way.
"But I suggest that you don't pay too much for donations, we pay attention to a trickle, we will approve the monthly business quota of each merchant, according to the share of four or five of a hundred, so that the businessmen do not feel heavy, we can also gather a small amount of more, they pay easily, we receive calmly, this is not the best of both worlds" "What the adults said is that this is like boiling frogs in warm water, slowly letting those profiteers into the urn."
Lu Huanzhi clapped his hands again, but in his heart, everyone appreciated the ability of his nephew who borrowed light, and really hoped that he could stay here for a long time.
No matter what aspect you have, you will have great benefits.
The places that should be left are gone, and the recruitment points are all over, so Lu Hanqiang said goodbye to Lu Huanzhi's county order, took Xiaohong to meet the agreed child at the city gate, and then returned to the barracks.
As soon as I arrived at the city gate, I saw the child with an old lady, carrying a little girl on her back, and a burden on the ground, with a broken pot and a roll of straw mats on one side, and a stone of grain just received on the other.
Lu Hanqiang smiled and touched the child's head: "Why, this is all your belongings" "Master Qiqi, I will go to serve the master, and the little sister will also have the grace of the master, so that he can be a shepherd boy, and there is really no one to take care of the mother at home, so I will also take my mother with me."
Then he explained again and again in fear: "I won't let my mother live in the barracks, just find a sheltered place outside the camp, and I will definitely not cause trouble to the master." ” Lu Hanqiang stepped forward to give the old lady a salute: "Old man, I also have an old lady in my family, but I accepted the emperor's dispatch and couldn't fulfill my filial piety.
Thinking of how the mother and little sister and brother at home thought about themselves, I couldn't help but feel a trance in my heart.
The old lady squatted slightly and returned the salute generously, then looked at Lu Hanqiang's still young face, and said in a trembling voice: "The mother of the child is worried, don't you know, the child travels thousands of miles and is also worried about the mother, and the world is the same."
"It seems that this lady still has some culture.
"If the eldest lady doesn't dislike it, she will also come to my military camp and be a companion for my little sister," Lu Hanqiang asked again.
"The old woman has no ability, but it is a burden for adults, I live on the edge of the barracks, if there is a sewing and mending, the old woman is still competent."
Holding the old lady into his car, Lu Hanqiang asked with a smile: "The old man can also make clothes" The old lady said with a smile as she climbed into the car: "It's not a joke with adults, I once opened a ready-to-wear shop at home when I was young and saved a few acres of land, but" Remembering that Lu Hanqiang was an official, he was a little taboo, so he smiled and stopped the topic.
Lu Han was overjoyed, feeling that he had inadvertently picked up another professional talent, and he was infinitely happy in his heart. t1706231537: