Fu Qi is young after all, and his seniority is still shallow. His understanding of people's livelihood is far inferior to Jiang Shuan, who was born recklessly.
He thought for a long time and didn't come up with an appropriate solution. Finally, he had to bite the bullet and interrupt Jiang Shuan, who was chatting with his daughter.
"General Jiang, how do you think the matter of food and grass should be solved?"
Jiang Shuan was having a good chat with his daughter when he was suddenly interrupted. He was not very happy. He said angrily, "since the food and grass are gone, go and buy it. The local Haoqiang family has so much food. Buying all those food back must be enough for us to eat for several months. When the grain is finished, the grain and grass collected from all over the country should almost go to Liangshan pass. At that time, it will last another year and a half, enough for us to finish the war. "
Fu Qi still frowned: "but our military expenditure is limited and we can't buy much food."
Jiang Shuan looked at him with a fool's eye: "who told you to take the cash to buy food? Can't you write an IOU? "
Fu Qi was stunned: "write an IOU?"
Seeing that the silly boy really didn't understand, Jiang Shuan could only be patient and teach him hand in hand: "you can write a IOU with those powerful squires and promise that when we finish the war, the imperial court will immediately make up the arrears of buying food."
Fu Qi understood his meaning a little, but he still hesitated: "aren't you covering the white wolf with empty hands? Those powerful squires are not stupid. Can they agree to such a loss making deal? "
"You are the supervisor appointed by the emperor. You represent the imperial court. As long as you speak, those powerful squires dare not refuse even if they are unwilling in mind. You just need to give them a stick and a sweet date, and they will surely give in!"
Fu Qi was stunned by his shameless operation.
At this time, Jiang Weiwei also spoke.
"I think my father's approach is feasible. Those powerful squires have hoarded a lot of food at home, and they can't finish it at home. They hoard so much grain just to make a fortune when grain prices rise. Now the grain prices in Jiuqu county are soaring, which is fueled by them. To put it mildly, these people are jackals, wolves, tigers and leopards. They run wherever there is flesh and blood. They don't care how many people outside can only starve to death without food, I don't care whether the front-line soldiers are hungry to kill the enemy. Instead of allowing them to make a lot of war money, it's better to use their stored grain where they are most needed. As for the price of buying and selling grain, I suggest not getting used to them according to the price before the grain rise. "
Seeing his daughter helping him speak, uncle Jiang Anle bloomed and kept praising her for her wisdom.
Fu Qi listened thoughtfully. He turned and looked at Zhong shuran and asked, "what do you think?"
However, Zhong shuran did not answer the question: "the lower officials all listen to the son of the world."
He doesn't disagree with Uncle Jiang An's father and daughter's proposal. In fact, he agrees with it very much. Raiding the poor people will only force them to a dead end. As for forcing the powerful squires to hand over their grain reserves, at best, it will hurt them. Even without this grain, they still should eat meat, eat meat and drink.
But there are some things that Jiang Shuan's father and daughter can say, but he, the magistrate of Jiuqu County, can't say.
Fu Qi thought for a moment and made a decision in his heart, but he still said, "this matter has to be discussed with Mr. Zhong."
Then he looked at Zhong shuran again with a smile on his face, and his tone was a little relaxed: "since you have come here, it's better to meet your father on the way."
Zhong shuran immediately shook his head like a rattle: "no, no, no! That's OK! I'm here entirely for business. I don't want to bring private affairs, and my father won't want to see me at this time. Please don't mention me in front of him! "
The upper class circle in Bianjing is so big. Fu Qi also heard a little about the Zhong family's father and son. The reason why he said that just now is purely an evil interest attack and deliberately amusing.
Seeing Zhong Shu's reaction, Fu Qi smiled even more: "what if he asked you on his own initiative?"
Zhong shuran affirmed: "he will never take the initiative to mention me!"
Facts have proved that knowing a father is better than a son.
When Fu Qi found Zhong Fu and told him about the IOU to buy food, he focused all his attention on the matter and didn't mention anything about his son from beginning to end.
Zhong Fu thought for a long time before he said, "this method is feasible, but as the supervisor appointed by the emperor, we owe a group of local gentry. After being known by the censor, we will be impeached. This move has lost the dignity of the imperial court. I suggest that we'd better leave it to the people under our hands. We should try not to appear in person."
"According to your opinion, who is better to do this?"
Zhong Fu twists his beard with a smile: "whoever gives you this idea, you will let whoever do it."
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Jiang Shuan was having a delicious dinner with his daughter. Before he finished a bowl of rice, Fu Qi came to the door and left the task of buying grain to him.
Now Jiang Shuan didn't eat dinner. He put the dishes and chopsticks on the table and said bitterly, "why should I do such an offensive thing? Do you think I have no background to bully? "
Fu Qi smiled: "you think too much. This is the result of my discussion with Mr. Zhong. We all think you are the best person for this job."
"How can I be the best candidate? Am I born with a face in debt? "
"Ha ha, general Jiang is really joking!"
Jiang Shuan looked at him coldly.
Fu Qi smiled twice and couldn't laugh. He just sighed and told the truth: "you are the only general in the army. It should be much easier for you to negotiate with the local powerful squires. Mr. Zhong and I are the overseers appointed by the emperor and represent the face of the imperial court. It's not good to do such things as buying and selling in person. "
Jiang Shuan said coldly, "it seems that only you want face, and I don't want face! Even if I don't want face, my daughter needs face! My daughter is also a famous figure in Jiuqu county. Anyone who sees her has to praise her kindness. If I'm a father and discredit her, how can I face my daughter in the future? "
Fu Qi couldn't answer. He could only look at Jiang Wei, and his eyes revealed the color of asking for help.
Jiang Weiwei pretended not to see it and continued to drink soup.
Seeing that the road was impassable, Fu Qi had to find another way.
He threw out the bait: "general Jiang, only you can do this. As long as you can complete this task, I'll write to the emperor with bachelor Zhong later to show my merit for you."
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Now it's a double monthly ticket. It's a rare opportunity. The little cute people with tickets quickly vote for me~
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