The more Wang Zhicai read it, the happier he felt. The content of the notice was exactly what he told that person last night.
Since the nobleman adopted his method, it means that he must have caught the nobleman's eye.
He, Wang Zhicai, is about to turn things around and have a bright future ahead of him.
Wang Zhicai read the contents of the notice in a loud voice, almost breaking his voice.
The notice contained arrangements for the refugees outside the city.
First, the drought in Prince Changding's fiefdom has been alleviated, and refugees outside the city can return to Prince Changding's fiefdom by the same route.
After traveling through mountains and rivers and finally arriving at this place, we naturally don't want to leave at this time.
So the refugees surrounding him began to urge Wang Zhicai to continue reading the next part.
Secondly, refugees outside the city could be resettled in the city as long as they paid a fee of five taels of silver.
Everyone's heart sank again. They had come this far with very little food left, not to mention money.
Moreover, even if a family does not suffer any disasters on ordinary days, it is considered good if they can have five taels of silver. How can they afford the five taels of silver per person to go into the city?
Wang Zhicai continued reading, "You can also voluntarily join the Fourth Prince's army..."
"What? Join the army!"
The refugees watching started shouting, obviously extremely disgusted by this incident.
You know, if someone in the family is enlisted in the military, then the younger generations must also join the army when they reach a certain age.
Wang Zhicai was interrupted and felt unhappy.
However, he continued to read: "The families of those who join the army can be settled. The above choices are all subject to the principle of voluntariness. Everyone can make their own choices. Do not linger outside the city gate for too long, otherwise you will be treated as voluntarily joining the army."
After reading it, Wang Zhicai looked at the somewhat agitated refugees and added with a smile: "The Fourth Prince is really thinking about us common people. We have no place to live right now, so the Fourth Prince is willing to take us useless people into the army and provide us with food and clothing..."
Wang Zhicai praised the Fourth Prince to the highest degree possible, which must have been to describe military service, something that no one wanted to do, as something that was desirable but could not be obtained.
Everyone was a little shaken. Did they really misunderstand the Fourth Prince?
At a place on the city wall, a man in noble attire stood with his hands behind his back, looking down.
A four-clawed dragon was outlined in gold thread on the man's robe.
And he is the owner of this fiefdom, and the fourth prince who is currently the most favored by the current emperor.
The direction the Fourth Prince was looking down was exactly the direction of Wang Zhicai who was reading a notice loudly in the crowd.
He nodded with satisfaction and looked towards Wang Zhicai with admiration.
An elderly man standing behind him said, "If the prince likes that boy, bring him in. He can also help the prince with his great cause."
The elderly man was a prestigious aide in the Fourth Prince's mansion.
They rushed out of the city last night, and their conversation was overheard by Wang Zhicai who had gotten up at night.
They originally wanted to kill Wang Zhicai who had the misfortune to walk into their conversation to silence him.
Perhaps it was his strong desire to survive that made Wang Zhicai's brain work rapidly. He thought of some ways to solve the Fourth Prince's current troubles and spoke them out, wanting to take a gamble.
And the fact is, he made the right bet.
The admiration in the eyes of the Fourth Prince and the old man did not seem fake, and today they even posted his method.
There are too many refugees gathered outside the city, and it would cost a huge amount to resettle them all.
The emperor is now obsessed with Taoism and does not care about state affairs at all. Naturally, he has not issued any order to resettle refugees so far.
The Fourth Prince wanted to get rid of these refugees but didn't want his reputation to be tarnished, and this gave him a headache.
At the same time, he had another headache.
The court was becoming increasingly chaotic, and the emperor might ascend to heaven any day, so he had to have enough bargaining chips in his hands.
King Wuding was always unwilling to stand on his side, so he could only find a way to increase the military strength in his hands.
So Wang Zhicai proposed this method which could both send away the refugees and strengthen the army.
The fourth prince hummed softly, and as he turned to leave, he said, "Find a chance to bring him and his family in."
At the foot of the city wall, Wang Zhicai read out the contents of the notice, then walked out of the crowd and left.
The people from Shenjia Village also followed him away.
After he left, the people in Shenjia Village surrounded him and asked him about the contents of the notice.
"Zhicai, if you join the army, you will be a lowly person. It's not a good place to go anyway."
Wang Zhicai smiled and started to use his eloquent tongue to deceive people!
[Author's side note]: Good night everyone~
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