Fu Qin starts with a plan

Although Zhang Liang's talent has been verified by Zhao Kun, Han Xin will not put all his hopes on Zhang Liang.

In his heart, he had already made the worst plan, which was to use his own status to forcefully buy grain from the people at a par price.

However, just as he was about to discuss a new countermeasure with Zhou Geng, there was a loud noise outside.

Han Xin heard the voice and stood up suddenly.

Then he walked out quickly with Zhou Geng.

"Who is making noise here!" Han Xin frowned and shouted angrily.

His way of running the army has always been strict.

Now that I have troubles on my mind, I am even more impatient, and when I speak, I can't control my tone.

"Report to the general, hundreds of villagers have come from outside the camp, and they say yes." A personal guard hurriedly came to report.

Before he finished speaking, Han Xin already knew what the villagers who came to Daying came for.

Hundreds of people, some carrying a sack, some driving an ox cart, and the cart was also full of bags.

A group of people crowded in front of the camp gate.

Some people untied the cloth bags, revealing the white rice inside.

"This is our newly produced rice this year. Prince Meng is benevolent and has exempted the agricultural tax for one year. But those unscrupulous grain merchants want to buy it at a low price, and we are not willing. I heard that there is a shortage of grain in Guangnan Daying. Those goddamn grain merchants did it!"

An old man leaning on a cane stood in front of the soldiers guarding the gate, talking nonsense.

At this time, Han Xin and Zhou Geng had already arrived at the gate of the camp.

"Old man, who are you?" Han Xin asked.

Although he had some guesses in his heart, he didn't dare to be sure until he got an affirmative answer.

Could it be that the problem of food shortage was really solved by Zhang Liang?
But how on earth did he do it!

"General, I heard that there is a shortage of food in the camp. We are here to deliver food."

Although he had already guessed in his heart, Han Xin couldn't help being taken aback.

Seeing that he didn't reply, the old man thought that Han Xin had other ideas.

"General, I have no other intentions to wait for the villagers. Those goddamn grain merchants followed Guanzhong grain merchants to collect grain at low prices, and forced me and other ordinary people to have no way out."

"Wang's Grain Company also told us that such actions are all following Guanzhong. Even if we have resentment in our hearts, the ones who should be resentful are the old Qin people."

Hearing this, Han Xin couldn't help frowning, and his face became ugly.

Today, although the remaining evil forces of the six countries have basically been wiped out.

But this kind of thing is like a cancer attached to Daqin's body.

Even if the cancer is pulled out, how can it heal in a short time?
In the old land of the Six Kingdoms, most of the people who hold power and wealth are the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms.

For example, the old man in front of him, the Wang's firm he mentioned.

Han Xin knew without asking, that this Wang family must be an old noble of Chu.

These people hold the local economic lifeline and the power of the township and county, but never safeguard the interests of the villagers.

Instead, they use the villagers as a tool to collect money and power.

For example, this time, the purpose of Wang's firm is very obvious.

They followed the Guanzhong grain bank to cut prices, and at the same time threw the blame on the Guanzhong grain bank.

Moreover, they also tried in vain to intensify the conflicts between Changsha County and the people in Guanzhong.

But looking at the situation in front of him, the so-called wishful thinking of Wang's firm was wrong.

After all, in today's Daqin, the economic development of the outer counties may not have kept up with Guanzhong.

But the popularization of compulsory education has already started.

Zhao Kun is very aware of the importance of reading. He knows that economic development may not be possible due to the specific local situation.

But the development of education is a huge profit.

As long as the cultural quality of ordinary people improves, they will naturally become a powerful driving force for local economic development.

In other words, people's wisdom has been opened!

Today's people are not as easy to fool as they used to be.

Wang's firm thought that if the blame was placed on the people in Guanzhong, the people in Changsha County would hate the old Qin people as before.

However, with the slow implementation of the five-year plan, the common people have gradually accepted the fact that they are from Daqin.

How can there be so many so-called new and old hatreds? The people of Changsha County know very well that the Guanzhong people and themselves are both Daqin people, and they are no longer distinguished from each other.

The only difference is that Guanzhong, as the capital city, develops more rapidly.

However, this is also inevitable.

The court did not ignore them, these outer counties.

For example, the site of Daqin's newly built Xiongcheng was chosen at the junction of Changsha County and Minzhong County, Guangning.

This will definitely drive the rapid development of surrounding counties.

Ordinary people are still very clear about this truth.

"I am old and eighty-four this year. I have experienced too many wars. I have lived to this day. I finally understand a little bit. In fact, there are no Qin people and Chu people. Everyone is ordinary people in Daqin. If we are really with whom? No, those are those unscrupulous profiteers!"

The old man with white hair and beard squatted hard on the ground with his cane, and said with righteous indignation.

"We heard that the general came here to prepare for the construction of Guangnan New City. The little old man has two sons, both serving here. This is different from the past. When they served in the past, the little old man was always worried that they would leave No return;
But now, serving in the military is a good job, and the little old man almost drove them out of the house. "

"In addition, the construction of Guangnan New City is also a great thing for us and the common people. How come we don't understand this truth."

"Nowadays, the price of food is messed up by those profiteers, so that the general cannot receive food. The general understands the righteousness and is unwilling to take food from us and other people, but we must be polite;
Taking a step back, there are more than [-] civilians in this camp, but they are all our relatives and friends, so how can we really watch them starve before our eyes!

How do I know, the law is strict, and the general is unwilling to open his mouth with us;
But Xiaomin and I don't have so many scruples.When I heard about this last night, I organized the villagers to take out all the surplus food at home, and I volunteered to donate the food to the camp;

I also hope that the general will not disappoint our good intentions. "

What the old man said was well-founded, and even Han Xin couldn't refuse it.

To be honest, he didn't want to say no.

As the other party said, the law is strict, especially military law.

Zhou Geng, the governor of the county, could not destroy the market price and buy grain from the people.

As the leader of the army, Han Xin has no right to buy anything from the people.

However, if the matter is voluntary by the people, then even Ying Zheng has no way to say anything.

To put it bluntly, this kind of thing can reflect the harmonious relationship between the military and the people.

Even the princes in the court heard about it, and most of them would stroke their beards and smile, feeling very relieved.

Of course that's what I said, but Han Xin would not take the food of these people for nothing.

He has strong confidence in Zhao Kun, and believes that the food price in Guanzhong will soon come down.

At that time, there will definitely be an explanation for the lack of food on my side.

At that time, Han Xin only needs to receive an order from Zhao Kun to compensate these common people.

This is not a big deal for Han Xin, after all, he is not short of money.

The first batch of people who sent food was only a few hundred people. The food they sent was actually a drop in the bucket, and it could only solve the ration problem of Daying for three days at most.

But these, after the people went back, the news spread from ten to ten, and soon spread in Changsha County, and even many nearby counties heard the news.

Since these people delivered food, the nearby people have never stopped sending food to Daying spontaneously.

In just half a month, the grain in the camp had piled up like a mountain, even far exceeding the total amount of grain that Han Xin had purchased from grain merchants in the previous three months.

And the food sent by the people is white rice.

Han Xin, who considers himself a hard-hearted person, couldn't help but be greatly moved. Unable to restrain himself, he wrote quickly and sent a secret letter to Zhao Kun.

In the secret letter, Han Xin described in detail what had happened in the camp during the past half month. At the end of the secret letter, he wrote the word "people's will" three times in succession.

In comparison, he asked Zhao Kun for an order to compensate these common people, but he made a trivial matter instead.

Soon, Zhao Kun's reply was sent back to Guangnan Daying in the form of a flying eagle.

Zhao Kun replied in this warrant: The sincerity of the people must not be let down.

At the same time, Zhao Kun also gave Han Xin an authority, that is, within the scope of his authority, he can do whatever he thinks is appropriate.

Han Xin didn't think much about Zhao Kun's warrant.

He came here to supervise the construction of Guangnan New City, and the amount of bank draft he brought was extremely huge.

After all, the budget for the construction of Guangnan New City is in units of tens of millions of silver coins.

As an important preliminary work, Han Xin will naturally not be short of money. He has enough money, and even Han Xin himself thinks that it is too much to spend.

So after receiving Zhao Kun's order, Han Xin immediately swiped his pen, preparing to compensate the Bai people who went to Daying to deliver food at a price that was nearly twice the price that had been adjusted back now.

When these people came to deliver food before, Zhang Liang specifically proposed to record the names of these people.

Thinking of Han Xin now, I can't help feeling grateful for Zhang Liang's foresight.

It was only after the fact that he knew the necessity of doing such a thing.

However, at this time, Zhang Liang, who had disappeared for nearly half a month, hurried in.

As soon as he entered the door, he asked loudly: "Has the prince's reply arrived? What did he say in the reply?"

Both of them are people close to Zhao Kun, and what Zhao Kun gave Han Xin was not a secret order, so Han Xin directly passed Zhao Kun's reply letter.

"Hahaha!"

Seeing the contents of the letter, Zhang Liang slapped his thigh with a 'slap' and couldn't help laughing loudly.

"???"

"Finally, I have waited for this order. I have spent so much time and energy preparing for it."

Han Xin didn't know why, so he asked directly: "I want to compensate with twice the current market price, the price of common people's food. I don't know what Zifang wants?"

"This"

Zhang Liang looked at Han Xin in surprise.

"Ashin, don't be joking. How can the compensation of twice the food price be worthy of the sincere hearts of these people, not to mention that it is too vulgar to give money directly. If Ashin agrees with me, then let me arrange the matter."

When Han Xin heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "It's very good."

To be honest, although Han Xin and Zhang Liang have a good relationship, Han Xin actually does not have much confidence in Zhang Liang's talent.

Everyone knows that Zhang Liang hangs around with Liu Bang for a while, and then he followed Zhao Kun. In fact, the general trend was already obvious at that time, and there was not much room left for Zhang Liang to play.

Although Zhang Liang is in a high position, he has achieved nothing so far, and his usual personality is a bit unscrupulous, so in the court, not many people actually think highly of him.

It wasn't until Zhang Liang and Zhao Kun came to South Vietnam that Han Xin looked at Zhang Liang differently.

But this only shows that he is highly valued by Zhao Kun. In fact, Han Xin really doesn't know what talents Zhang Liang has.

During this food shortage crisis in the camp, Zhang Liang's operations surprised Han Xin.

He still remembered Zhang Liang's explanation to him.

In fact, things are very simple. As a high-ranking minister of the Jiuqing, he did those things, which naturally made people particularly moved.

Then he told those people about the crisis that the camp is facing now, explaining it very clearly.

Take that civilian husband home, and buy medicine to be kind to the other party. To put it bluntly, let the other party be your own mouthpiece.

Finally, I found the local village and town family and borrowed food from them.

After such an operation, the crisis in Guangnan Daying was heard by the people in a seemingly inadvertent manner.

Zhang Liang used to wander around the world and hang out with Liu Bang, so he knows the mentality of the people very well.

The peasants in Daying are all their fellow villagers. No one wants to watch them starve when they have food at home.

What's more, Zhang Liang told those people with his own actions that even he, an important official of the court, was forced to go to the people's homes to borrow food.

This shows that the high-level leaders in the big camp really have nothing to do.

With such an attitude, the people will naturally donate food spontaneously.

In the final analysis, there is nothing magical about this wave of operations, but in every step of the plan, Zhang Liang's calculation of people's hearts is almost ingenious.

Even if Han Xin heard about it from Zhang Liang afterwards, it took him a long time to react.

So Han Xin trusted Zhang Liang very much at this time.

Since he said that his compensation plan is not the best choice for the common people, he will hand over the matter to him and deal with it.

Zhang Liang got Han Xin's authorization and left excitedly.

In all fairness, he didn't have any bad intentions, Zhang Liang just wanted to use this opportunity to recruit workers in Changsha County.

There is no way, he not only wants to take charge of the construction of Guangnan City, but also builds the Nanyue Port, and more and more people are needed.

Even though Fan Kuai's construction business is getting bigger and bigger, it has always been in a state of extreme shortage of people.

As the first construction company in Daqin, which has obtained official authorization and participated in various large-scale projects, the number of workers under it has expanded and expanded.

But always in a state of shortage.

However, almost all the skilled workers in Guanzhong were raided by Fan Kuai and the others.

Most of the people in Guanzhong have their own jobs.

One radish and one pitfall, it is very helpless if you can't recruit people.

However, Zhang Liang's mind was active, and he quickly thought of another way.