Gu Qi, she just wants to farm

Chapter 344 Fight for the initiative

Does this mean that you don't intend to get involved?

Liu Shouzheng's heart skipped a beat for a moment. When we first met, the good impression he had aroused because he was still sensible and interesting was gone now.

This kid is very cunning, he is indeed the son of a merchant, and he is embarrassed to reuse him.

Thinking about it, the smile on Liu Shouzheng's face faded a little: "Nephew, don't say such a thing, nephew dares to travel thousands of miles to Yuzhong alone to do business at a young age, his courage is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

What's more, the nephew has only been in Lushan County for more than a month, and it is even more rare to be able to do business in the whole Lushan County. "

Even if he didn't like the white-faced boy in front of him, Liu Shouzheng clearly knew that there were not many people available in Lushan County, droughts and floods were severe, and the work of building canals and dams was imminent, and there were some things to say.

He, Liu Shouzheng, has been able to make it to this day, so he has always clearly understood that compared to lizi, sometimes personal likes and dislikes are nothing, and it is nothing to lose face at a critical moment.

Thinking of this, Liu Shouzheng frowned slightly, with a bit of embarrassment on his face.

Gu Qi glanced at it, and understood it.

Now that the posture that should be posed is sufficient, it is also time to pass the step down to Mr. Liu, so he took the opportunity to say:

"My lord, is there something bothering you?"

Not completely blind.

Liu Shouzheng's heart relaxed, but his face looked even more distressed, pretending to hesitate and said: "My nephew is my own, and I don't hide it from my nephew. It has been raining heavily in Yuzhong for the past half month. What does my nephew think about this?" ?”

"Yuzhou has experienced severe drought for several years, the rivers have dried up, the fields have been dry and cracked, and there has been no harvest. What the people hope for every day is that there will be a rain to relieve the suffering of Yuzhou.

But this year, when the spring planting is in time, the rains come in time. Xiao Ke heard that half a month ago, the adults opened a warehouse to distribute grain seeds, which has relieved the suffering of the people in the city.

Your Excellency loves the people like a child, the people of Lushan County must be grateful for your kindness. "

Qian Chuan Wan wears flattery and doesn't wear it, even though he knows that Gu Qi's words are just for show, Liu Shouzheng still feels a little bit more undetectable joy when he hears the words.

"Indeed, as my nephew said, it is great news that Yuzhong can get this rain. However, everything in the world complements and restrains each other. Sometimes it is obviously a good thing, but too much can become a bad thing."

Liu Shouzheng said with grief on his face: "Nephew, do you know that just a few days ago, a river beach less than [-] miles outside our city in Lushan County was washed away by the rising river again?"

"There is such a thing, are there any casualties?"

Gu Qi properly showed a look of astonishment that was not distracted.

Liu Shouzheng shook his head: "Fortunately, the river beach is still some distance away from the nearby village, so there were no casualties, but some nearby fields were damaged."

"Xiao Ke has been busy with the business in the shop these days, so she doesn't know that such a big thing happened outside the city. Does your lord have a way to solve the problem?"

"It's not that there is no way to solve the problem, it's just that there are not enough manpower available in Lushan County, and I am powerless." Liu Shouzheng sighed, his eyes fell on Gu Qi's overly calm face.

This kid is so perfunctory even in acting.
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"My lord called Xiao Ke over today, but what can Xiao Ke do to help you?" Gu asked seven questions.

The current situation in Lushan County is not good, Liu Shou is anxious, Gu Qi naturally knows.

Similarly, most of Gu Qi's net worth is now invested in Lushan County. If Lushan County is really in dire straits again due to floods, the loss for Gu Qi is immeasurable.

Gu Qi has no intention of wasting a day with Liu Shouzheng.

There are some things that need to be discussed, of course, and of course there must be a little bit of the initiative.

"Repairing the river embankment requires a lot of river workers. However, the number of officials and servants available in this county is only a hundred. Even if I send them all to the river bank, it is impossible to build so many river embankments in the month. The rest has been repaired and strengthened."

"In the lower bunk, there are some useful people around you. If the lord needs manpower, I can send some strong and strong people to be driven by the lord, so as to relieve the lord's urgent need."

Liu Shouzheng frowned. What he wanted was money and food. With enough money and food, Manlushan County couldn't recruit useful river workers.

Naturally, some things cannot be said so straightforwardly.

"My nephew's good intentions are clear to me, but there are many rivers inside and outside Lushan County. If we want to repair all of them, we will need hundreds of river workers, if not thousands. How many people can be dispatched by my nephew?"

If you think about it, there are only a dozen or 20 people, so what's the use?
Liu Shouzheng shook his head heartily, he just felt that Qi Shaodong's family was too young to understand the seriousness of the matter.

"Xiao Ke has a lot of staff and bodyguards working under him, and he brought most of them to Lushan County this time. It's just that the business in Lushan County has just started, and most of the people have things to do, and they can't get away for a while."

Gu Qi thought about it, looked at Liu Shouzheng, and said seriously: "My lord, do you think it will be possible to send 50 people here first, so that they can be used by your lord?"

50 people?
Liu Shouzheng was stunned.

This amount is really not small. If it is only to repair a few rivers near Lushan County City, plus the yamen servants available in the yamen, it will be enough.

It's a pity that there are still many counties, towns and villages under Lushan County. Once the floods intensify, it is obviously not enough to only care about the few rivers that are visible in front of you.

Seeing Liu Shouzheng's reaction in his eyes, Gu Qi chuckled and continued: "My fifty brothers are all born as bodyguards. They are capable and powerful, and they are easier to use than ordinary farmers."

Escort?Liu Shouzheng suddenly remembered, isn't the first shop opened by the Qi family's young master in Lushan County as an escort agency!
Although no business has been seen in the bodyguard bureau so far, there are indeed bodyguard masters in it.

And the bodyguards are all skilled, so to be honest, they are half Jianghu people.From this point of view, the people under the Qi family's young master's family are not much worse than those of Hongwentang.

It was a surprise.

Building embankments is inherently more dangerous than usual, and if it happens to be raining heavily, it will be more likely to cause life-threatening dangers, and the bodyguards are all strong and skilled, so it must be more dangerous than usual It is safer for farmers to work as river laborers.

Calculated in this way, although there are only 50 people, it can be regarded as worth the strength of hundreds of people.

Thinking of this, Liu Shou showed a sincere smile on the front: "In this way, I will not be polite to my nephew. I don't know that the bodyguard in my nephew's hands will come to the government office to report in a few days."

"It will be fine within three days." Gu Qi replied.

Three days, it's too late.Liu Shouzheng was satisfied, and then said:
"It's really righteous for my nephew to share the worries of the people of Lushan County in this way, but there is another matter, I need to explain it to my nephew first.

It has been two years since the imperial court distributed relief rice to Yuzhou.The salary that the government office can receive every year is limited, and most of it is exchanged for rice and grain at Liuxing Street and the Pedestrian Gang.

To tell the truth to my nephew, the rice grain left in the government office is only for the servants in the government office for more than a month.Although there are more manpower now, the government office really can't provide other rations."

(End of this chapter)