Chapter 72 Caravan
Tan Feng asked, "How are you going to take care of so many people if we bring them back?"
Lu Chenyang said: "What are you guarding? From now on, we will all be family."
Tan Feng: “???”
Tan Feng thought for a moment and understood Lu Chenyang's idea. Was he trying to gather these rioters?
Lu Chenyang said, "Let's go back and take a look. Those who are willing to stay can settle down in Yanquan County, and those who don't want to stay can serve in the army. Since we're here, we can't come in vain."
Tan Feng: "...Aren't you afraid they will rebel?"
Lu Chenyang smiled and said, "If they live well, why would they want to rebel? I give them a stable life and land, why would they rebel against me?"
Tan Feng looked at his righteous face and was speechless.
Lu Chenyang said, "I'm not afraid of too many people, I'm just afraid of not having enough people. Our Yanquan County is so big, but there are only so few people. As the county magistrate, I'm really worried."
Tan Feng thought about it and asked a fatal question: "Can you afford to support so many people?"
Lu Chenyang immediately became dispirited.
Tan Feng added, "Food and fodder for the garrison and new recruits are often in arrears."
Lu Chenyang thought Tan Feng was really annoying.
He makes money, what else can he do?
Lu Chenyang left with 4,000 people and came back with 14,000 people. Xu Zhenghui was completely confused. How should he arrange these people?
Lu Chenyang said, "First, take people to register them. Ask for their name, place of origin, age, and specialties. Then ask them about their future intentions, whether they want to stay or leave. If they want to stay, give them housing and land, and let them settle down."
He had long known that their county magistrate liked to pick up people. After all, what good county magistrate would pick up refugees on his way to take office?
Xu Zhenghui had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask, "Sir, there is no house here."
Xu Zhenghui heard his parents say confidently: "Then build it, let them build a house together, just find a place to build it, our Yanquan County is so big!"
Xu Zhenghui looked at Lu Chenyang's innocent eyes and almost cried: "That silver."
"Oh, we'll go out." Lu Chenyang said as a matter of course.
Xu Zhenghui was so heartbroken that his heart was bleeding. Well, now they could forget about renovating the county government office.
Yes, that’s right, their county government office has not been rebuilt yet.
Lu Chenyang had money to distribute pork to the people for the New Year, but the county government office was not rebuilt, and now they are still living in dilapidated houses.
Lu Chenyang had originally vowed that it would definitely be repaired this year, but now it seems that it is gone again.
Xu Zhenghui accepted his fate and went to work.
Yan Xing looked at the person who had returned with a meaningful look in his eyes.
Lu Chenyang greeted him happily regardless of what he thought.
Lu Chenyang held his head high and said, "A great victory, how's that? Actually, I also have the potential to become a famous general."
Seeing how cute he was, Yan Xing curled the corners of his lips and said, "Well, our County Magistrate Lu is capable of anything."
Lu Chenyang became even more proud.
Yan Xing added: "Making money should be possible, but it's not easy to support so many people."
The smile on Lu Chenyang's face suddenly collapsed. Ah, Yan Xing is so annoying!
Make money, you must make money.
Making money by relying on commercial taxes is still too slow. How can other people's business be as fast as your own?
Lu Chenyang immediately decided that he would also form a caravan.
He began to send people to the homes of the people to collect mushrooms, herbs, and game. In fact, other merchants were also doing this job. After all, there were many of these game species in Yanquan County, and they were convenient to carry, so many caravans were willing to collect these things and sell them.
But after Lu Chenyang did the same, their business became difficult.
Lu Chenyang instructed: "We will buy according to the market price. We will buy at the same price as others. We cannot use coercion or inducement, and we cannot disrupt the market."
However, even if the price is the same, many people would rather sell things to Lu Chenyang.
On one side is their beloved County Magistrate Lu, and on the other side is a cunning merchant from outside. Is there any need to choose?
The vendors were furious. How could they be so dishonest? With Lu Chenyang watching, they earned their hard-earned money. And yet, he even lent money to your county magistrate to build a road. How could there be such a dishonest businessman?!
The people didn't care, they were going to sell it to Magistrate Lu anyway.
Some vendors came to Lu Chenyang to complain, and asked him tactfully if they could stop competing with them for business.
Lu Chenyang was proud and complacent, and then pretended to be reserved: "Oh, this is not good. Let's make money together in business." After a pause, he gave them an idea: "You can raise the price a little, and I promise not to match the price." He was poor.
The vendor was furious! Who was the profiteer? He, Lu Chenyang, was the profiteer, right?! Wasn't this clearly a price hike?
But what can they do? Just raise the price. Even if the increase is too small, it won’t do. They have to raise the price by two cents per pound before they are willing to give up Lu Chenyang and choose them.
Doesn’t Lu Chenyang think that the people under his rule are so cute?
Lu Chenyang also felt sorry for these vendors, so he said to them: "Don't worry, my caravan will not compete with you for business, and I will not sell similar products to you."
The merchants were a little happier.
But Lu Chenyang was still very happy and felt that he was really popular among the people.
Lu Chenyang had limited capital, but he also got a batch of wild game and medicinal herbs, mainly medicinal herbs, all of which were made into medicines under the personal supervision of Zhao Xi.
These medicines are good things. There are wars everywhere now, so we always need to take medicine.
As for the grain, Lu Chenyang refused to sell it. Instead, he instructed: "Sell the silver and collect the goods on the spot. Collect the grain. The more the better."
The person who led the caravan out this time was Yu Dayong. You may not remember that he was one of the fugitives captured by Lu Chenyang in Shu.
Lu Chenyang chose him because he was a hunter in the past, strong and agile, and had strong survival ability. He could fight wild beasts in the woods, let alone outside?
Yu Dayong was very happy. He liked this kind of adventurous job.
Lu Chenyang selected a group of guards for him from the army, and then he set off with the caravan.
Later, Yu Dayong discovered that he had a great talent for business. He purchased different commodities and took advantage of regional differences to make a profit, which made him a lot of money every time.
Later, some people said that the first pot of gold that supported Lu Chenyang's fortune was earned from selling mushrooms, and Lu Chenyang could not refute it.
This is a later story. Now Lu Chenyang has sent Yu Dayong's caravan away, and he only hopes that he can earn more money and come back to help support the family.
After Lu Chenyang returned, he received a report from the yamen runner that Xu Zhenghui had collapsed from exhaustion.
God knows, he's in his fifties and he's always busy. Especially this time, Lu Chenyang brought back over ten thousand people to register, and he's the only literate person in the entire county office. Wouldn't he be exhausted?
Lu Chenyang felt extremely guilty, so he went to see him in person and asked Zhao Xi to come and treat him.
Xu Zhenghui also blamed himself and said, "Sir, it is my fault that I delayed the important matter of the county government."
Lu Chenyang felt even more guilty. "You should take good care of yourself. It's my fault for not being considerate of you." He said, "Don't worry about the county government. Just take good care of yourself. I'll make arrangements. When you recover, come back. We can't do without you."
Zhao Xi took Xu Zhenghui's pulse, prescribed a prescription, and even personally boiled the medicine.
Zhao Xi cares very much about Xu Zhenghui. He collapsed from exhaustion while helping Lu Chenyang. In Zhao Xi's eyes, he is a very good man and must be treated well.
Lu Chenyang also bought a lot of meat and said it was to nourish Xu Zhenghui's body. Xu Zhenghui was very touched.
"Sir, I will definitely recover soon, please rest assured!" He is willing to sacrifice his life for you!
Lu Chenyang looked at his gray hair and thought to himself, there is no need to work so hard.
He smiled and nodded: "Then you must get well soon, I'm waiting for you."
Xu Zhenghui immediately felt that he was fine again.
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