Chapter 717: Actions, Not Hearts
Li Bowen finally understood. How could this be a discussion with him? This was a notice to him!
At the same time, he probably also wanted to use him to inform other officials in the capital.
The king in front of him, although he seems to be smiling and easy-going on the surface, is actually stronger than anyone else! Li Bowen, who has three-star intelligence, is not a genius, but he is undoubtedly a smart man. Now that Zhou Xu has clearly stated the plan, it is impossible for him not to understand the things involved.
At this moment, Li Bowen took a deep breath, then made up his mind and made a decision.
"I think your move is a good one, but if you want to change the currency for the people, you must mint it in advance, which requires a certain amount of silver. I am willing to spend all my wealth to help you!"
"His Excellency!"
When Zhou Xu heard this, he was delighted and praised him highly.
"At the same time, please rest assured, Bowen, I will never treat my loyal subjects who have served me wholeheartedly unfairly!"
As Zhou Xu spoke, he painted a big picture for Li Bowen.
Upon hearing this, Li Bowen looked excited.
"Nowadays, there is a shortage of food in the city, and many people are starving. I am kind-hearted and take my servants to the streets to distribute porridge every day, but one person's strength is limited after all. I still have some food in my house, and I am willing to donate some of it to support the king in helping the victims!"
Li Bowen donated both money and grain at this time. This kind of ideological awareness surprised Zhou Xu a little.
However, he could more or less understand Li Bowen's thoughts.
To put it bluntly, since things have come to this point, we might as well do things to the extreme to leave a good impression on him. After he has completely pacified the war, as a loyal minister who was the first to surrender and help with all his might, I will definitely be able to get a good position.
At the same time, he also mentioned that his daughter was also distributing porridge to help the victims. I don't know if he wanted to use this to improve his image.
Of course, this kind of thing is seen through but not spoken out. People are judged by their actions rather than their hearts. No one is perfect when it comes to their hearts, so we still need to praise those who deserve praise.
"It is a blessing for the people of our Great Zhou to have Bo Wen's help!"
"Having a wise ruler like your king is truly a blessing for the people of the Great Zhou."
After saying that he would spend all his family wealth and donate food, Li Bowen now felt no pressure. He became relaxed and even his words became more fluent. He immediately flattered the person.
Zhou Xu laughed twice and said nothing.
You can't just scold someone for donating money and food and then flattering you after the donation, right?
Besides, who wouldn't like to hear such pleasant words? After this trip, the two of them had a very pleasant conversation. When Li Bowen left, Zhou Xu personally saw him off to show his respect.
After seeing Li Bowen off, Xie Liancheng scratched the back of his head.
"Hongxu, this sounds a bit confusing to me. Why did Li Bowen donate money and grain?"
Although Xie Liancheng and Li Bowen were not familiar with each other, they knew that this guy was definitely not that kind of person.
Zhou Xu laughed after hearing this.
"If you can't figure it out, don't think about it. Your brain is not suitable for thinking about this kind of thing. Get ready, let's go to Yan Sheng's palace!"
With the elven knights led by Silk accompanying him to protect him, and the unparalleled warrior Jie Liancheng, his safety is basically not a problem.
The group just rode their horses straight to Yan Sheng's palace.
Along the way, Zhou Xu was also observing this capital.
Of the seven cities under Yan Sheng's command, four have now fallen into his hands, which also gave Zhou Xu a clear comparison.
As of now, the internal development and planning of these four cities can be said to be different.
But in general, it is still quite presentable. Among them, Xianyang City, as the capital, is undoubtedly the most well-developed. At least for now, its subsequent development does not need to be completely demolished and redone, but can be slowly adjusted and upgraded on the original basis.
Putting aside the topic of subsequent developments, the famine in the city is still going on.
It was an indisputable fact that both their spring ploughing and autumn harvests were poor this year. Food was limited, and the high officials in the city either had power or money, and they always found the means to fill their own granaries.
When the famine broke out, the people could not buy food, but they hoarded food that they could not finish, closed their doors, had servants and even private soldiers guarding, and even the garrison troops in the city would be dispatched at any time for them. How much impact could the famine outside have on them? As for the civilians...
As far as this era is concerned, their situation will not change much no matter where they are.
Of course, the situation has gotten much better over the past few days.
Ever since Jie Liancheng and his men captured Xianyang City, they occupied the granary of the garrison in Xianyang City and increased the scale of distributing porridge.
At the same time, they sent out patrol teams to patrol the city, maintain law and order, and promote the reputation of their Great Zhou. By now, they have already won the support of a considerable number of people.
During this period, the immigration plan was naturally promoted in Xianyang City.
However, in addition to choosing to immigrate to Huangsha City, immigrants here can also choose to immigrate to Black Stone City.
The area that is most in need of manpower at the moment is definitely the large-scale construction to turn Huangsha City into an industrial plant area, but if Black Stone City wants to develop in the future, it will undoubtedly also need an injection of manpower.
At this time, some people may wonder, since Black Rock City also needs manpower, why should the original population of Black Rock City immigrate to Huangsha City?
But in fact, this is the core purpose of Zhou Xu's operation! That is to disperse the original population of each city and reorganize it! When all these people are in their original place of residence, they are more familiar with the environment and have higher cohesion, but relatively speaking, it is more troublesome to manage and more prone to accidents.
However, if they are dispersed and reorganized into different cities, this problem can be effectively solved.
Regardless of ancient times or today, it is the consensus of everyone that one should be low-key and careful when going out and not cause trouble.
This is what Zhou Xu wants to take advantage of in order to strengthen his control over the new population.
Observing the situation in Xianyang City all the way, the group led by Zhou Xu soon arrived at the palace.
At first glance, it was really well built. There was also a circle of high walls built around the palace. In terms of height, Zhou Xu estimated that it was not much inferior to the city wall of Xianyang.
At this moment, this place has been taken over by their soldiers.
As soon as they saw them coming, the gate of the palace opened quickly, and the journey was smooth.
Update is here, thanks to book friend 'Qi Qiyi' for the reward!
(End of this chapter)
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