She is different from the empress in the history books

Chapter 38 Lack of Money
Xu Shu did not give a response to leave or not to leave, but asked:
"The wives and children of County Magistrate Zhou, as well as the wives and children of county government officials, should still be at their respective residences, right?"

Someone answered:

"Yes, but Chengyang County has been protected for a long time. Every family probably has a basement to hide people."

Xu Shu remembered that she also had such a place in her own home.

In fact, not to mention high-ranking and big families, even small families often have secret rooms such as cellars, which are used to protect themselves at all times.

This is the wisdom passed down from our ancestors.

However, the world has been peaceful for hundreds of years, especially in the capital. Although the disputes over power and influence have never ceased, they have not been serious enough to require the use of a basement. Over time, this has become a place to store ice in winter and vegetables in autumn. .

In Chengyang County, this is for life-saving.

But Xu Shu still felt that it was not safe. She was not familiar with the officials' families and had no friendship with them.

But if you want Chengyang County to be one and fight the enemy together, at least the officials have to have no worries.

Otherwise, their family members may flee or be attacked, and their will to resist the enemy will collapse from within?

Xu Shu was confused and didn't know what to do, but after finding some clues, she decided to resolve the matter first. She ordered:

"Send someone to take the token from the house and go to each house to take a look. If the house has spare power and is unwilling to move, then let them close the door tightly and guard it in their own house. If there are many women and children and few men, then It will be safer to take them over and place them in our house."

Xu Shu didn't say whether she was willing to leave, but this was already her attitude.

She had brought over the family members of Chengyang County officials, so how could she leave on her own?
Xu Zhao couldn't help it either, the only servants he brought with him were at his disposal in the entire princess mansion.

At most, half of Yang Luo could be pulled out, and that had to be on the premise that what Xu Zhao said made sense.

Therefore, it was impossible for Xu Zhao to find someone to knock Xu Shu unconscious and take her away by force.

Of course, he couldn't do this unless it was an emergency.

Since you want to stay, you have to do what you left.

Soon some stewards went out to point out people, told them how to pass the message, and distributed tokens to prove their identities.

Yang Luo reminded:
"Your Highness, shouldn't you also ask Lijia, the pavilion chief, to organize more people to defend against the barbarians, and then count whether each household needs medical treatment, whether there is a shortage of food and oil, whether there are any old or young people who need special care, and report to you. Facilitate unified arrangements."

Xu Shu was stunned and thought, the county magistrate should have done these things, right?
Mr. Wu didn't like to show his face, so he was called over in such an emergency. He glanced at Yang Luo approvingly, and pointed out Xu Shu:

"That makes sense. The county magistrate Zhou may not be able to make such detailed arrangements, and the county government is also short of food and manpower, so it is inevitable to ignore the needs of ordinary people. Since our Princess Mansion is temporarily unable to fight against the enemy, we need to do a good job in logistics."

This is also an opportunity to win the hearts of the people.

Xu Shu understood and ordered people to make arrangements.

By analogy, Xu Shu thought of Fangshi again. In such a situation, I am afraid that merchants are unwilling to open, and it is inconvenient to open to prevent spies from sneaking in.

But some necessities, such as medication, have to be arranged.

The Princess Mansion's warehouse actually stores some medicinal materials, but they are of high quality and precious and cannot be used on a large scale.

Instead, they can buy hemostatic medicinal materials in advance with the pharmacy, and then they can also subsidize the front line.

Xu Shu kept asking people to withdraw money or silk to replace the things she needed, and her heart ached.

During festivals and festivals, their houses will also follow the trend to give porridge to the poor, or do some rituals in temples and Taoist temples, and light ever-burning lanterns to pray for no disasters in the coming year and for the people to live and work in peace and contentment.

However, it was the first time it cost so much.

And she still doesn't know how long this war will last. If it takes longer, I'm afraid the family's food will have to be taken out, and the farming work affected by the war will affect the next year's harvest...

Money is really hard to earn and easy to spend.

(End of this chapter)