Liu Chuan turned around and looked around. When there was no one around, he said calmly,""Right now, there are a large number of refugees in and around Xuzhou. I want to settle these refugees and help them settle down and cultivate their fields.
However, the Luxi government doesn't have any money or food. In the past, the imperial army had taken away all the local taxes.
Therefore, I have to find a way to settle these refugees myself, and this batch of money and food is used to settle the refugees.”
"Not to the front line?"
Liu Ximing breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. As long as it was not for the Japanese.
"You want to settle the refugees to farm? But you still have to give food to the Japanese. Why do you have to work for the Japanese?”
Liu Ximing was still the problem baby. He was very unhappy when he said that he had to give food to the Japanese.
"It seems that your brain is quite flexible. You only saw the food delivered to the Japanese, but when did you see the people who survived?
Rise, the people suffer, perish, the people suffer. The people of China have suffered enough, and now, countless people have lost their homes.
Now, I'm just giving them hope to live. Is that wrong?”
Liu Chuan said lightly. Although Liu Ximing and the others were the only people he could trust, there were some things that Liu Chuan could not say. It was better to be safe than sorry.
Liu Ximing didn't speak. He himself was a commoner, so he couldn't answer this question. It was wrong to give food to the Japanese, but was it wrong to let the people live?
This was an unclear question.
" Alright, don't think about this nonsense. Let's go out for a walk. After the food arrived yesterday afternoon, the disaster relief operation has already begun this morning.
He didn't know how the officials were doing.”
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The first place to settle the refugees was Xu Prefecture. After all, it was close to the city.
When he and Liu Ximing walked out of the city, the porridge stall had already been set up. The refugees ran over with broken bowls and earthen jars to fill the porridge.
There were officials serving them porridge in the porridge stall. Some refugees had already finished their porridge and were taking tools to cut down trees, dig up soil, and build stoves under the guidance of the officials.
They were preparing to build a house. Now that they had no home, Liu Chuan could not take out the 200,000 yuan to hire someone to build a house for them. He could only do it himself.
Liu Chuan could only curse at the war, but the war had to continue. For the sake of victory, he could only hide in the dark.
Liu Chuan walked to the porridge stall and looked at the porridge that the refugees were serving. He frowned.
Liu Chuan grabbed the person who was holding the porridge. The guy was wearing a Chinese tunic suit and looked like an official. However, Liu Chuan knew that this guy was not an official.
"Who are you?"
Liu Chuan did not know him, but he knew Liu Chuan. Who in the Luxi government did not know Liu Chuan?
"Director Liu, I am Zhang Dejin, the clerk of the Third Office of the Second Division of the Civil Affairs Department.”
Liu Chuan was a little surprised. Was this guy really an official? However, they were only people from the Second Department and the First Department.
"Where's your director? Why isn't he here?"
Liu Chuan frowned.
" Director Liu, our director left this morning after giving his orders. He said that he was going to prepare a plan to settle the refugees."
As Zhang Dejin spoke, he turned around and scooped some porridge for the refugees. Liu Chuan pursed his lips.
"Let's go back to the city ~"
Liu Chuan returned to the city with his men with a dark expression. They went straight to the government building and entered it. They had been looking for the director of the Civil Affairs Department, Li Puchang, for a long time.
After asking around, he found out that Lee Puchang seemed to have walked around the building this morning before going back.
Liu Chuan led his men straight to Lee Puchang's house.
When he arrived at Lee Puchang's house, Liu Chuan was so angry that he almost laughed. Lee Puchang was watching a show at home. He had invited a troupe to his house.
"Hey, if it isn't Director Liu. What day is it today? Why did you trouble Director Liu to personally come to my residence?"
Lee Puchang looked at Director Liu and smiled as he stood up and walked towards Liu Chuan. In fact, he didn't like Liu Chuan at all. He felt that a young man like Liu Chuan had only become the top official in the Luxi government because he had studied abroad and had a Japanese teacher.
But so what? He still had to listen to the Japanese, and he didn't care about this young man. After all, he was working for the Japanese, so Liu Chuan couldn't do anything to him.
Of course, he still had to give face on the surface. After all, others had a Japanese teacher, which was an advantage he did not have.
"I heard that Director Li's family has a mountain of money and grain, and the grain in the warehouse is moldy. Today, I came to take a look and see if the rumors outside are true.”
Liu Chuan sat down on the seat that Lee Puchang had been sitting on, looking as if he had stolen the limelight.
"Director Liu, you've really wronged me to death. I, Li, only have this little money. How can I compare to you? Now, all the warehouses in my mansion have run away.”
As Li Puchang spoke, he whispered to a servant, who ran out eagerly.
"Are they all running away? Director Li, don't be so fierce. Others go to the theater to watch the show, but Director Li is good. He even invited the troupe to his house. Is this something that can be done by running rats in the warehouse?”
Liu Chuan sat on the chair and looked at Lee Puchang from the corner of his eyes.
"Director Liu, it's not that the troupe insists on performing for me for free. It's hard to refuse their kindness, and I can't reject them either ~"
As he was speaking, the servant from before came over with a box. Lee Puchang instructed him to go and put the exquisite box on the table next to Liu Chuan. He smiled and said,"Director Liu, I obtained a small object a few days ago. It is said to be a jade Buddha from the Sui Dynasty and the Xiao Liang Dynasty.
I've long heard that Director Liu has discerning eyes and can recognize these ancient objects. Today, I'll let Director Liu examine them and see if these small objects are real or fake ~"
Liu Chuan glanced at it and opened the box with one hand. There was indeed a jade Buddha inside. From Liu Chuan's point of view, this jade Buddha was probably not cheap.
"The value of this jade Buddha is probably not low, right? How much could it be worth on the market?”
Liu Chuan really didn't know how much this thing was worth.
"Not much, not much. It's worth this amount ~"
Lee Puchang said with a smile as he extended five fingers.
"Five thousand?"
Liu Chuan raised his eyebrows. This was five thousand dollars?
" Director Liu must be joking. How can there be so many things from thousands of years ago?"
Lee Puchang said with a smile, but his heart was also bleeding. However, he knew that since Liu Chuan came to his residence today, no matter what, he had to settle his matters first.
She had to get close to Liu Chuan. She had no choice. After all, he had a Japanese teacher. In their eyes, the lieutenant general was like the heavens. A single word from someone else could decide the life and death of too many people. Look at Liu Chuan, he was in power with just a single word from someone else.
Every day, there was a small team of Japanese soldiers protecting the safety of others. Chiba Daisuke in the city did not care about others anymore. No one cared about what Liu Chuan did. Even if he wanted to go to the garrison command center, he could go there casually.
How could an old fox like Lee Park Chang not bribe him? Although this jade Buddha was priceless, as long as he could get close to Liu Chuan, his future wealth would be guaranteed.
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