Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 972 Salt Affairs

July.

In the sky of Jiangzhou, dark clouds covered the sky, and thunder and lightning flashed.

Not long after, a downpour fell.

This is a rainy season, with one light rain in two days and one heavy rain in three days. When the rain falls, it is so fierce that it makes people feel that even the air is permeated with bursts of moisture.

"Natural disasters are ruthless, but the world has its own way. The more critical it is, the more our Minghou Mansion can show its power!"

Mujing raised the awareness of flood prevention at the meeting in the South Study Room: "No one knows when God will lose his temper, and what we can do is to make the biggest flood when God loses his temper. defense!"

He focused on the role of prevention: "Remember, we can never wait for the disaster to come before we think about how to deal with the aftermath. Instead, we must take a step ahead of God and prevent the disaster before it happens!"

"First of all, the first thing we have to do is that the magistrates and magistrates of each county must have this awareness, take the initiative to go to the people to visit, check the river dams in the area, not to be perfect, but to be able to put some old , The collapsed and ineffective dams are found out, preventive measures are taken in advance, and the people downstream are evacuated, and we will never use human lives to compete with natural disasters!"

"At any time, we must not have a sense of fluke!"

"Minghou Mansion's governing policy, you all have to remember that the lives of the people will always come first!"

"I'd rather spend more money, I'd rather do useless work, I have to guarantee one thing, that is the safety of the people!"

Mu Jing copied the flood control consciousness of later generations. Although it is a bit old-fashioned and over-formal, it is very useful. A group of Nanshufang’s principals, engaged, don’t drive, the principals of each Cao, the principals of each department, they are all concentrated Listen carefully.

"The second thing we want to do is to face the disasters that have already happened with the fastest speed, the greatest efforts, and the most serious responsibilities, and put disaster relief and people first at all costs. bit!"

"You have to remember one thing, as the officials of the Minghou Mansion, the parents who are in charge of one side, you will always be the public servants of the people, not the superior masters. The people will always be our cornerstone."

"Any piece of cornerstone is the capital of our Minghou Mansion's foothold in the world. I, Mujing, will never allow anyone to trample on the cornerstone of our Minghou Mansion. Even if it is God, I will fight it!"

"..."

After Mujing's passionate speech, the basic effect was shown.

That is an attitude.

He said so much in order to use his own attitude to infect these officials' attitudes towards flood control.

Only in this way can he let all the officials in the South Study Room know that flood control is more important. In a political group, only the people at the top pay attention to it, and the bottom will pay attention to it. Trying to figure out the holy will is an inevitable one. way of governing.

…………

Coming out of the official office in the South Study, Mu Jing walked through the long corridor, looking out of the corridor, the torrential rain was dripping, his eyes flickered with a gloomy light: "Zhuge!"

"Lord!"

"Go to the doctor's office!" Mu Jing said softly, "Tell Zhang Zhongjing, God lost his temper this year, and floods are inevitable. After the disaster, there will be great governance. The first thing to bear the brunt is to prevent the plague. To test the value of the existence of the medical department, I want the medical department to exert its greatest force, so that one can survive and one is not allowed to die!"

"Yes!"

Zhuge Xuan bowed his hands to accept the order, turned and left.

Mu Jing stretched out his hand, let the raindrops fall on his palm, and said: "God really knows how to choose the time, my Yizhou is so miserable, their Jingzhou and Jiangdong, I am afraid it will be even more difficult!"

Yizhou is only in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the area where floods break out is not large. As long as the awareness of flood control is in place, the impact on the region will not be great. However, Jingzhou and Jiangdong in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and they will be in big trouble.

Right time and place.

The time of day is very important. At this time, when Jiujiang was encircled and suppressed, there was such a sudden heavy rain. If Jiangdong and Jingzhou wanted to join the war, it would become difficult, and they might retreat directly.

After all, nothing is as important as internal stability. Once a flood breaks out, it will directly affect the livelihood of countless people. Once the people's hearts are unstable, chaos will break out in the area they rule.

Everyone knows that they must first settle down when fighting against the outside world, so even if they retreat, it is not unacceptable.

Back at Zhaoming Pavilion, Mujing's robes were also stained with some water stains. In addition to the long corridor, there are some courtyards leading between the government offices. It is inevitable to pass through in the rain. Oil-paper umbrellas can't stop the storm. It is inevitable that it will be affected.

"My lord, have a drink of ginger soup!" Huo Yu was not only Mujing's administrative clerk, but also a very good life secretary, who did everything.

"This ghost weather!"

Mujing took a deep breath of the warm ginger soup, and some of the chills in his body were dispelled, and he felt comfortable immediately, but he still complained: "God is not beautiful, many things have to stop!"

Once there is heavy rain, no matter whether it is the infrastructure projects inside the city or some construction projects outside the city, they will all be shut down.

Jiangzhou has become the political center of Yizhou, and the development of the city is in full swing, especially in real estate. The newly developed Yuzhong Peninsula has become a hotspot in Jiangzhou, and the real estate situation is better than ever.

"My lord, Dong Guofeng is outside the mansion, please see me in the rain!" A soldier of the guard came in from the outside and clapped his hands to report. |
"not see!"

Mu Jing raised his head slightly when he heard the words, his eyes were stern.

"promise!"

The guard turned around and left.

"What is this old fox doing?"

Mu Jing knelt before sitting on the desk, squinted his eyes slightly, and muttered to himself: "His Dongguo family can last at least three to five months, and he came here now, and even made a fuss in the rain to see him, so he must be hiding some bad intentions, right? !"

Although he tried his best to block the grain road, the Dongguo family was rich and powerful, and they had been operating for many years, so they still had some background.

At the very least, Mujing thinks that although the chances of winning this battle are certain, it is already very good to have a result before October.

"My lord, this is the memorabilia that Jing Wusi sent up today!" Huo Yu suddenly picked out a memoir and handed it to Mu Jing.

"Jing Wusi's playing book?"

After Mu Jing opened it and took a look, his eyes suddenly brightened, and the corners of his mouth could not help but slightly raised a smile: "It's because Dong Guofeng can't control the situation anymore, and that's right, the rich salt merchants seem to be united, but in fact they have different interests. Ghost fetus, how could it be buried with your Dongguo family!"

The report on this memorial is that the patriarchs of the two great salt merchant families in Qianwei County were intercepted and killed by a group of bandits on the way out of the city to Jiangzhou. Berkshire border.

However, Jing Wusi found clues that the water bandits that suddenly appeared may be the Dongguo family's salt fleet. It's just that the Dongguo family did this very secretly. Washing hands directly, fleeing far away in this area, even Jing Wusi found no evidence, only suspicion.

"Old fox, old fox, it's not that you haven't been given the opportunity, but you missed it. Even if you want to admit defeat now, the conditions won't be such preferential treatment!" Mujing sneered.

"My lord, don't you want to see him?" Huo Yu asked.

"Leave him alone!"

Mu Jing shook his head: "How much confidence this old fox has in his heart, it was hard to see how much confidence he had hidden before, but now he may be able to see it!"

He thought for a while, and then said: "The attitude can't be too tough. In this way, you go there yourself and tell him that XX is sick and is in the process of recuperating, so he doesn't see outsiders!"

"promise!"

Huo Yu nodded.

"Let Liu Jin and Bao Su come to see me!"

"promise!"

An official of Zhaoming Pavilion took the order and left.

Liu Jin, the head of the South Study, and Bao Su, the head of the West Cao, braved the rain, and quickly came from the South Study. Mu Jing just finished the flood control work from the South Study, so it is natural to summon them now. Urgent matters, naturally dare not take them lightly.

"Lord!"

Liu Jin cupped his hands and saluted, and said: "Although the matter of flood control is imminent, it still needs to be carefully considered. It will take time to adjust the money and population..."

"It's not about this!"

Mujing waved his hand and said, "I'm talking about the salt affairs. Have you paid attention to the recent movements in the salt market?"

"Isn't the situation improving?"

Liu Jin said: "The merchants brought in salt from the outside, and they have already suppressed the price of salt. As long as there are two or three months, we will be able to drive these rich salt merchants to nowhere, and then re-establish the salt business." The rules of trading, salt tax, salt affairs, and salt channels are all in your hands, and those rich salt merchants have lost their deterrent power to us, and let us handle it!"

"Do you know that Dong Guofeng is asking to see you outside the door now!"

Mu Jing said in a deep voice.

"what?"

Liu Jin's eyes lit up slightly, but he was a little puzzled, and said: "Dong Guofeng is a scheming person, and now the Dongguo family still has hope, and he can even take risks, collude with foreign enemies, and sell salt secretly, how could it be so It's easy to admit defeat!"

"I also think so. Before the last moment, this old fox will not easily admit defeat to me. After all, the Dongguo family's century-old foundation and the achievements of several generations are not easy to give up!" Flickering a faint light, thought for a while, and said: "Maybe we think too highly of these rich salt merchants. They sell salt for business. After all, they are not aristocratic families. They will still bow their heads!"

"What does the lord mean?"

"It's unrealistic to beat all these wealthy salt merchants to death!" Mu Jing said softly, "A lot of secret recipes for making salt and channels for selling salt are actually in their hands. Let's change it." People, it is equivalent to starting from scratch, turning Yizhou Salt Industry back at least a hundred years, this is not what I want!"

"but……"

Mu Jing sneered: "This time, if you don't hurt them, they won't know how to write the word reverence!"

(End of this chapter)