Xu Zhen took out the grain reserves and set up camps along the Yellow River with the soldiers to take in the hungry people.
In less than three days, the commoners from all over seemed to have heard the news and all rushed to Yingchuan.
The problem immediately arose.
When the starving people from Guanzhong fled, the first to enter was not Xu County.
It was Yingyang.
Ying Chuan wasn't big, but it could accommodate hundreds of thousands or even millions of people. The hungry people formed groups and dragged their families to escape.
Soon, they arrived at the Xun family's residence.
For the sake of the hundred-year-old reputation of the Xun family, they had no choice but to take out their family's grain reserves to help the disaster victims. Even the elders of the Xun family felt their hearts ache.
It wasn't just them. The Chen Clan, Han Clan, Zhong Clan, and many other large clans were all famous clans. How could they stay out of this?
The most important thing was that the prefect was doing a benevolent deed. He took out ten thousand dan of grain to help the hungry along the way.
How could they not follow? If they were not careful, they would have to bear the reputation of being ruined and fishing for fame.
……
After the disaster relief in January, the Chen family had already used up a store of food. Now that Chen Ji opened the quilt, it was filled with the cries of the victims.
He immediately fell into fear.
The gentry did not dare to hesitate at all. The only thing they were expending food to protect was their own reputation.
And Xu Zhen's distribution of food was popular.
This year, when it was almost autumn, tens of thousands of hungry people had already come to Xu Zhen's Yingchuan.
Settlement became a problem again. In autumn, they would definitely need a wave of food to settle down, and they would also need a large amount of manpower to build houses.
As a result, the entire military camp was led by Xiahou En, who was still worried about whether they really had that much money.
Until it was almost summer.
Dian Wei had returned.
Returning from the west with his army, he had obtained a large amount of gold, cloth, treasures, and even books and classics collected by the aristocratic families.
As for the five baht coins, it was a full load of twelve carriages. Of course, this was not what Xu Zhen wanted the most.
After the five baht coin was changed to a smaller size by Dong Zhuo, it was not worth much to begin with and became a currency.
Now, it was slowly returning to the rule of bartering.
However, five baht coins were still valuable.
These 12 carriages were enough to distribute to the families of the commoners. 10,000 yuan per household was not a problem.
As for his military pledge, if he had enough treasures left, he would have to ask the Sun Clan and the Mei Clan for more.
Not to mention the carriage of gold.
A carriage was filled with thousands of kilograms of gold, and it was forged with the craftsmanship and quantity of the imperial court.
It was truly a rewarding trip.
Not only did Xu Zhen not run out of money because of this, he even earned another sum.
Now, he had raised thousands of pigs in various villages in Xu County. If these pigs were all killed and divided into meat, there would probably be more than 500,000 catties of meat.
This time, he had profited greatly.
There were also tens of thousands of people who had come to Xu County to seek residence. There were already officials who were arranging for the construction of new villages.
Not only that, with more manpower, mining and logging became faster, and everything was developing in the direction of prosperity.
Thus, on this day, Xu Zhen came to the Chen family for the first time.
Now, he could really come to the Chen family's ancestral home. This Great Han aristocratic family had a hundred years of history in Yingchuan. Over the years, it had produced many famous people.
They belonged to a clan that had contributed to the Great Han Dynasty for many years.
Although he was a little poor now.
Because of the relief of the hungry, they had to spend the grain stored in their homes. Moreover, many slaves had run to the government office to register. It could be said that they had been snatched away by Xu Zhen.
Therefore, there wasn't much land for planting this year, so the harvest might not be much.
When Xu Zhen arrived, Chen Qun was eating in the main hall. It was very simple and there was not even much meat.
Dian Wei and Guo Jia followed behind Xu Zhen.
At this time, Xu Zhen had just finished his meal and was picking his teeth with a small and exquisite toothpick.
He looked at Chen Qun while picking his teeth and sighed," Aiya…you guys usually eat this kind of thing.”
Chen Qun raised his head and looked at him blankly. The corner of his mouth twitched for no reason.
Get lost!
But he couldn't say it.
After all, he didn't dare.
What a good diversion!
No wonder he had been stockpiling grain and even asked for 30,000 dans of grain from East County. He was actually going to open the granary to release grain and sell it for gold!
You're full of money. Our family's grain reserves are all used to exchange for reputation!
This was kidnapping! Naked kidnapping!
This was too much of a bully!
"My lord."
Chen Qun sighed and bowed deeply.
He had to save some money now. After all, by next year's spring plowing, more slaves might run away.
The registration policy of the government office did not care about the status of slaves. To put it bluntly, Xu Zhen not only promoted benevolent policies, but also tried his best to let every citizen have something to do.
They didn't even need to look at their slave status, which meant that they could give slaves a chance to become civilians again.
This was a suppression of the aristocrats.
It was a complete suppression.
However, Miss Chen had no other choice. Chen Ji had been cursing Xu Zhen at home every day. He was an old bandit.
However, scolding was useless.
They only dared to curse at home. Once they went out and were heard by the commoners, they would immediately be refuted and ridiculed.
He couldn't afford to offend them. His reputation was too high.
"May I ask why you have come…"
"Ah, we're here to ask if you're interested in the position of Xuchang magistrate?”
Xu Zhen walked around the main hall with his hands behind his back.
He looked around casually.
It was indeed not prosperous enough. It seemed that the family had indeed paid a lot.
Chen Qun put down the bowl agilely. His thick body suddenly stood up, and his nose was a little sore.
He quickly came forward and bowed deeply in front of Xu Zhen." Thank you for your kindness, sir. I am willing."”
Yes, of course!
If he did not become an official, his family might not be able to make a living.
Although this lord wasn't a bandit, the way he had tied up the aristocrats to help the victims and opened the granaries to release food…
They were much smarter than bandits.
Xu Zhen coughed a few times, looked around, and said,""The first thing I do after taking office is to write a memorial to the Imperial Court.”
"We have spent a total of thirty thousand dan of grain for this disaster relief. The grain that we originally planned to return has already been used to help the victims of the disaster on behalf of the lord and to help the Great Han Dynasty.”
When Chen Qun heard this, tears almost fell from his eyes.
[You are really…much more ruthless than the bandits. You don't even plan to return the thirty thousand dans you borrowed…You even want to ask for more.]
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