Chapter 362 Leading Song Mo astray
Houcheng, County Magistrate's Mansion
Lu Desheng received Zhang Xian's letter for help.
Seeing the reasons why they became the chief and deputy commanders of the disaster relief mission to Nanyang, Lu Desheng was speechless. He complained to his daughter, "Zuo Anmin is both vicious and stupid."
Lu Songli laughed and said, "I don't think he thought it would end up hurting himself."
Lü Desheng snorted. This thing had screwed Zhang Xian, and himself too. The other important officials in the court must have been ecstatic. These two fools were so eager to gnaw on the hardest bones, not even as enthusiastic as eating the meat.
Lu Desheng continued to read, and then couldn't help but gasp, "Oh my god, Song Mo only gave this much disaster relief supplies?"
After Lv Desheng was sent out to become a local official, he knew all too well how much food the people in the area consumed. Who would eat the little food Song Mo gave them?
Lu Songli smiled and said, "Dad, we can't blame him. You know, during the flood in the south, not only did he not donate any grain, he also earned over a million taels and a gold mine. This time, he was willing to donate so much grain for the disaster relief in Nanyang..."
Lu Songli gave her father a look that said "you know what I mean."
Lu Desheng curled his lips, "Then he is very generous."
As Lu Songli wrote her opinion on an official document, she said to her father, "Speaking of which, our emperor is very lucky. Since he ascended the throne, he has encountered two or three major crises, and others have solved them for him."
Song Mo's ascension to the throne was difficult, and the national treasury was empty at that time. It was the father and daughter who lent him a helping hand and caught two fat sheep for him to fill the national treasury.
Then there was a flood in the south, and millions of people were affected. In order to gain control of the south, Xie Zhan took the opportunity of controlling the disaster in the south to give the emperor another piece of cake.
If this isn’t a good life, what is?
Lu Desheng glanced at his daughter with a strange expression.
He recalled the emperor's habits of employing people when he was in Chang'an.
After his stepdaughter fed him the toxic message that talented people were willing to serve the emperor, the emperor developed a habit of discarding his ministers daily. He would reuse those who were useful and discard those who were not, regardless of whether the minister had helped him solve his problems in the past. He was extremely mean and ungrateful.
The South was the first local disaster to hit the new emperor since he ascended the throne. However, the disaster was resolved, and not only did the new emperor not have to spend money on food relief, but the treasury was also filled. Such a dramatic experience was a very bad start for Song Mo.
It can be said that the two times of feeding by the daughter and Xie Zhan directly led Song Mo astray.
"My daughter, what should we do about Zhang Xian's request for help? Should we help him? What methods should we use to help him?" Lu Desheng felt that apart from giving money and food, and using work-for-relief like Xie Zhan did, he could not think of any other solution.
But now that food prices are rising, he is willing to donate some food, but only a little.
If he donated too much, he would feel bad. These money and grain were hard to come by, and they in Liaodong County needed to maintain stable grain prices and also needed to reserve grain.
Moreover, this is Song Mo's world. He himself is stingy. Why should Lu Desheng be generous?
"Dad, the opportunity has come. We must help."
"What opportunity?"
"An opportunity to make a contribution."
Lu Desheng remembered that his daughter had said that she wanted him to be the governor of Pingzhou, and his heart suddenly beat faster.
"My daughter, is this the opportunity?" Lu Desheng pointed in the direction of Liaoxi County.
"Yes." Lu Songli nodded. "Dad, send someone to Nanyang." The secrets should not be passed on to others. Secrecy is key to success, and leaks can lead to failure. Some methods, once leaked, are useless.
"good."
…
Qin Sheng and his team unloaded 20,000 dan of grain in Qingzhou, and the entire team's advance speed increased a lot.
They went directly from Bohai County of Qingzhou to the southern part of Yuyang and Youbeiping County of Youzhou, and further ahead was Liaoxi County.
On this day, an experienced old farmer told the head of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce that it might rain at night.
So, their entire army found a place to shelter from the rain and set up camp early.
Can we go faster? Qin Sheng didn't show it on his face, but he couldn't help but wonder in his heart. We'll be home once we pass through Liaoxi County. How long will these people have to rest? Can't they just make it all at once?
Liu Erxi didn't understand why Liu Ye was walking around like that, as if there were needles pricking him where he was sitting.
"Mr. Xue, what happened to Sixth Master?" Liu Erxi approached Xue Xu and asked quietly.
Xue Xu chuckled inwardly. What else could he do? He was eager to go home, missing his family and his wife. But thinking about how Qin Liuye had handled everything on his own and had trained the entire team's young and strong men to perfection, he decided not to expose his shortcomings.
"He's fine, don't worry about him."
Qin Sheng finally thought about it and decided to forget it. He couldn't count on them.
…
For the people of Liaodong County, after the autumn harvest, they would store firewood for the winter.
Winter in Liaodong County is a long and cold season, and the demand for firewood and charcoal is particularly high.
The Liaodong Chamber of Commerce had previously recruited a large number of folk artisans, who were assigned to different workshops based on their skills, such as clothing workshops, planting workshops, and animal husbandry workshops. The remaining artisans who were not assigned were all under the management of the Artisan Workshop.
Gao Jinghe is the master craftsman of the entire civil engineering workshop. There are two or three other master craftsmen like him in the civil engineering workshop of Liaodong Chamber of Commerce.
The new county magistrate's office, Liaodong Academy, Liaodong Chamber of Commerce headquarters building, Ji's Commercial Building, etc. were all built by them and their craftsmen.
With the completion of the new prefectural governor's office, Liaodong Academy, Liaodong Chamber of Commerce headquarters, and Ji's Commercial Building, and the current completion of the outer city of Houcheng, they gradually had some free time.
On this day, the higher-ups arranged for another person to survive. Gao Jinghe looked a little confused, but still went to call people, "It's time to work! Get up and work!"
The young man closest to Gao Jinghe immediately stood up. His name was Tang Jincai, and he was a small craftsman in a civil engineering workshop. Small craftsmen like him could earn about three taels of silver a month, and every month they would also receive some food, oil, cloth, and other supplies.
After he joined the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce's construction workshop, he had endless work to do every day, so his family didn't allow him to work in the fields.
These little craftsmen all like this kind of busy and profitable life.
Moreover, ever since he became a formal employee of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, matchmakers looking for marriage proposals have been lining up at his doorstep.
But his mother secretly told him that she wanted to find him a wife from Tianshui New Village.
Tianshui New Village...
Tang Jincai revealed a look of longing. If it were in the past, his family would never dare to dream of it. But now, they can try to fight for it.
"Master Gao, what are we going to do this time?"
"Well, this is also a big job, but it's not difficult." It's just that the quantity is large.
"Hmm, what are you doing?"
"Build a fire kang."
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