After marrying a rough man, I played mahjong to support Shoufu

Chapter 144 The Disaster Victims Are Coming
Yongle County is located on the edge of Yuhua Prefecture, bordering Shuizezhou across a mountain range. If there is a drought in Shuizezhou, the refugees will eat up the food in the mountains first, and then come to Yuhua Prefecture.

Shen Xian vaguely remembered that this happened when there was a drought when he was a child.

"I know what you said. It seems that I have to store food for two more months."

When it was getting late, Zhao Shun came back from the academy, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw the young daughter-in-law commanding the coolies, and then carrying food home.

"My lady, why did you buy so much rice?" Zhao Shun asked in confusion.

Shen Xian then repeated what Erwa said to Zhao Shun.

Zhao Shun showed comprehension, and thought about it, "No wonder when I came back, I saw many ragged people walking towards the county town. It seems that there is really a drought in the north."

From Zhao Shun's words, the matter of the drought was once again confirmed, Shen Xian remembered that the county magistrate had just arrived and such troublesome things happened, and couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic to him.

At this time, Liu Neng, the county magistrate, had just settled down and lived in the house behind the county government office.

He looked around, and the room could only be said to be passable, and there was nothing outstanding about it.

"Fang Butou, is the former magistrate of Yongle County so shabby? There are no expensive furniture left?"

Detective Fang quickly heard him talk about Lu Jinnian in such a tone that he couldn't help but snorted coldly in his heart.

"Back to your lord, Lord Lu was transferred to the capital. When he left, he didn't bring anything with him. All his things were left here."

When Liu Neng heard that the former county magistrate had actually become a Beijing official, he coughed a few times.

"Lord Lu has a clean sleeve and a high moral integrity. He is really a role model for us."

Fang Butou watched his nose, nose and heart with his eyes, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

As soon as the house was settled, Liu Mang in the yamen was impatient to go out to find the little lady he met this afternoon.

The upper beam was not straight and the lower beam was crooked, which made Fang Tutou speechless.

But he can't control too much, as long as Liu Mang doesn't get Shen Xian's idea, it doesn't matter which aunt he likes.

But looking at Ya Nei's babbling, Fang Tutou fell into deep thought, this bastard won't step on a pit, right?

Liu Neng glanced at his son without interfering, then coughed dryly and said, "I'm tired from the journey today, so I'm going to rest first. If there are local gentry looking for me, remember to recommend them."

"Yes, my subordinate understands."

Captain Fang quickly despised him in his heart, and then agreed.

Liu Neng stood up from the lacquered chair, slouched without air, and was about to go back to sleep.

At this time, the master hurried in from the door.

"The county magistrate stays behind, something serious has happened."

Liu Neng paused, and said displeasedly: "If something serious happens, I have to wait until I have a rest."

The master panted heavily, pointed in the direction of the gate of the county seat and said, "My lord, a large number of refugees have come outside the county seat, and my subordinates have already ordered people to close the gate of the city."

"What? Refugees?"

Liu Neng's face froze, and he sat down on the bench. This is the first time he took office, and he didn't get any money, so he ran into such a troublesome thing.

"Master, how do we deal with these refugees?"

Liu Neng was not born in Juren. Relying on the money accumulated by his ancestors, he was entrusted with official positions bought through connections, and he was not at all anxious about how to manage a county.

The master took a breath and said: "The most urgent thing is to release food, cloth and porridge to help the victims, otherwise the victims will riot into the city, and things will be troublesome."

Liu Neng rolled his throat and asked, "What will happen if the disaster victims enter the city?"

The master thought for a while, and said with a serious face: "If it is light, you will be dismissed and investigated, and if it is serious, you will be imprisoned."

After the words stopped, Liu Neng was dizzy. He finally became an official, and this kind of thing happened before he returned home. If he was dismissed and investigated as soon as he took office, it would really be a loss to his grandma.

"Then why are you still standing there, cloth porridge for disaster relief!"

The master smiled wryly and said: "The county government has no more money. The last time the bandits were suppressed was clean. If you want to distribute porridge, you have to ask the big households in the county to solicit donations."

Liu Neng regretted it a bit, because he knew how difficult it was to raise money. He was also a big family in Yuanfeng County at the beginning, and the county magistrate had to look at his face when he came to raise donations. But now it was his turn to come to ask for help. This official is really boring!
As soon as the refugees came, the gates of the county town were closed tightly, and the people in the city were worried, and they began to stockpile food one after another, which also caused the price of goods to soar.

Niu Yu brothers and sisters needed a lot of ingredients for their shop, and if the prices rose, their business would be impossible. After all, the price of barbecue was not cheap, and no one would eat it if the prices went up.

The brothers and sisters, who were so busy at the gate of the courtyard, suddenly died down.

Early the next morning, just as Shen Xian came out of the house, he heard a commotion in the street. After he went out to inquire, he found out that the county seat was not allowed to enter or leave at will.

She couldn't help feeling a little thankful that she had to hoard food yesterday, otherwise she would be slaughtered by the grain merchants today.

The closure of the city gate meant that all kinds of supplies in the county were cut off, and many restaurants could not buy fresh vegetables, so they closed down one after another.

And there were several refugee fights outside the county seat, Shen Xian watched the arresters run back and forth several times.

Sitting in the shop, Shen Xian thought that the drought would have no effect on his perfume business, but not long after the door opened, the county magistrate sent Catcher Fang to come to the door.

Seeing him coming in a hurry, Shen Xian asked inexplicably: "Fang Butou, you are so busy today, why do you still have time to walk around my place?"

Fang Butou said with a troubled face: "Miss Shen, you may be going bankrupt."

"Broken money?" Shen Xian frowned and thought for a while and asked: "The magistrate wants me to donate money?"

Donating money for disaster relief is a common method used by the government, Shen Xian knows this, besides, she makes a lot of money every day this month, donating a little is nothing.

Unexpectedly, the policeman Fang nodded first, then shook his head and said: "It's not just about donating money, the rouge and gouache shops in the county have united and said that you monopolize the perfume industry and caused them to lose a lot of money. They will say nothing." refused to donate money.”

Shen Xian frowned slightly, "Then what? How does the magistrate plan to deal with it?"

Catcher Fang sighed and said: "The county magistrate sent me to invite you to the county government to discuss a proper solution."

Shen Xian chuckled, "If I'm not wrong, Niu Fugui must have come up with a lot of ideas on this matter, right?"

"Yes, the old thing is really bad."

Seeing that trouble was coming, Shen Xian knew that he couldn't hide, so he went to the county government to see what kind of tricks Niu Fugui was planning to do.

within the county government.

Niu Fugui, with his eyes open, his nose, his nose, and his heart, gathered together with a group of shopkeepers from the rouge and gouache shop. Although they risked offending the Yan Chamber of Commerce this time, these shopkeepers still had to come.

After all, because of Shen Xian's shop, his income from buying and selling incense powder has been greatly reduced, and a lot of goods are squeezed into his hands. No matter how powerful the Yan's Chamber of Commerce is, they still have to take advantage of this opportunity of disaster relief.

(End of this chapter)