"No problem, right? These 30,000 dans were really used for disaster relief, right?”
"Yes." Chen Qun nodded helplessly.
"I'm not lying, am I?"
"Yes, Milord did not deceive the people.”
Xu Zhen patted his shoulder again and grinned.""That's even counting the hard work of our brothers and the hundreds of people who crossed mountains and rivers to transport food to Guanzhong. Isn't that counted?”
Chen Qun nodded bitterly." Yes, yes."”
" That's right." Xu Zhen put his arm around Chen Qun's shoulder, his face full of smiles." You want 35,000 dan of grain from the Imperial Court." Er, this…Send a letter to the lord and say that for the sake of the Cao family's reputation, ah, we have already gathered 35,000 dan to return it. The grain price in Guanzhong is 500,000 yuan per dan. The extra 5,000 dan can just offset the extra five baht for the military pledge.”
Chen Qun shook his head with a bitter smile and muttered in a low voice,""This is too shameless…"
"What did you say?" Xu Zhen was dazed for a moment and did not understand what he said.
Chen Qun quickly turned serious." It's nothing…I said that Sir is very wise."”
……
Yanzhou.
This year, after Cao Cao stabilized Xu Prefecture, he also stabilized Chen Liu. He once again distributed a million dan of rations to various places and recruited the hungry.
However, they had also heard of what Xu Zhen had done in Yingchuan. As long as they lured the people in, the merchants from all over the world would think of ways to come out to provide disaster relief.
In fact, he was also very happy. This amount of money was much more powerful than when other officials went to visit and ask for financial aid in the past.
" This Xu Zhen." Cao Cao shook his head with a bitter smile. He walked out of the government office with Xun Yu with a letter in his hand, laughing as he walked.
Xun Yu felt bitter but could not say it out loud. He felt really uncomfortable.
After all, the Xun family had also lost a lot of wealth this time. As Xun Yu was Cao Cao's trusted subordinate, he could not be criticized.
He had almost gone bankrupt.
Fortunately, Xun Yu and Xun You were both in Dongjun and often accompanied Cao Cao. A portion of their family property was still here.
It could take in clansmen.
Otherwise, his ancestral home might not be able to make ends meet.
"This year, the Guanzhong region is suffering from a drought, and food is expensive. Almost a bushel of food is sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars, and even gold and silver are used to exchange for food…It's really sad.”
"I heard that the emperor ordered Hou Wen to use the grain of Taicang to relieve the disaster, but it was deducted. As a result, some people in Guanzhong even ate people.”
"Xu Zhen sent Dian Wei to sell food to Zhang Ji and Guo Si's soldiers. They bought countless gold coins and jade artifacts…they returned with almost full loads.”
"He's really rich."
When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes widened and he laughed out loud." I knew he wouldn't lose out!”
"Now that we have the money, should we build this Xu County?”
Cao Cao suddenly stopped smiling, as if he had thought of something.
"That's right, it's indeed going to be built."
Xun Yu nodded." They have built many charity halls along the Yingshui River and the Yellow River. They have opened their granaries to release food and have already taken in at least 60,000 refugees. I'm afraid that this number is increasing day by day.”
Cao Cao nodded his head in agreement. Indeed, the number of houses would increase by the day. Although there were no houses to live in now, with manpower, moving mountains and filling the sea was not difficult. It would not take a year or two to build many houses.
"Also, this…"
Xun Yu took out a letter and handed it to Cao Cao.
"This is Xu Zhen's watch, right?"
Xun Yu couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.
" Yes, my lord, take a look yourself, haha…"
Cao Cao looked at him in surprise, which made the usually stern Yingchuan Xunjun laugh.
Puzzled, he opened the book. The smile on his face froze and he was stunned for a moment.
Then, he raised his head and looked at Xun Yu. The two of them laughed at the same time.
"Hahaha, this Xu Yifeng wants to take all the benefits! He couldn't afford to suffer any losses. If he sent a letter, he would probably send a letter directly to the Imperial Court.”
" It should be." Xun Yu was speechless.
He had never seen such a shameless and smart person in his life, but he was not annoying at all.
This was not the slightest bit similar to those cowardly people who lied. He was simply a bandit. He was clearly going to rob.
"He sold the grain to Zhang Ji and Guo Si to relieve the disaster victims, and now he wants to ask the Imperial Court for it?”
Cao Cao blinked and finally understood this part.
I'll sell it to you, and you'll go to the disaster relief department. I'll ask you for it back in the name of disaster relief. At the same time, I've been providing disaster relief along the Yellow River.
To put it bluntly, I have a reputation, I have the people, I have suppressed the aristocrats, and now I even want back the money and food I spent.
It didn't matter whether Zhang Ji and Guo Si were willing to give it or not. The main thing was to disgust people.
These generals who controlled the emperor were probably all dumbfounded. Throughout the Yellow Turban Rebellion of the Great Han Dynasty, had they ever seen such a person?
"Yes, remove the military pledge. This letter is enough to offset it.”
Cao Cao clasped his hands behind his back and let out a long sigh of relief. He was still worried about how Xu Zhen would be able to give him the 1,000,000 baht coins. In less than half a year, the five baht coins had become scrap metal.
No matter what, it was not as valuable as a few thousand catties of pig iron.
What foresight.
After saying this, he said to Xun Yu,"" Xu County, give this place money and mineral resources, and do everything you can to help Xu Zhenxing build a government office…"
"I feel that this place will be of great use.”
Xun Yu thought for a moment and agreed.
Xu County's north-south location was simply too good.
If they could build a big city, they could defend against Yuan Shao in the north and Liu Biao and Yuan Shu in the south.
They extended in all directions and had many years of foundation. There were many scholars and countless hermits.
If this place was built, it would definitely not be a problem to build a place of governance. The most important thing was that the Chen family had already been subdued by Xu Zhen.
"Alright, this one will go and draft a letter to support Yi Feng in building Xu County.”
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