Ji Tang

Chapter 160 Khatib sends food? (First order please!)

Ji Song looked around and found that there were generally no problems and they were doing well.Although there are flaws of one kind or another, they cannot be overshadowed and cannot be too harshly criticized.

"What's going on?" As soon as Ji Song walked to the official road, he saw people with the elderly and the young walking towards this direction.

"This official doesn't know very well!" Yao Chang said awkwardly.

Ji Song glanced at him and said helplessly: "You, you, you have been focusing on land reclamation during this period. How can you possibly know everything? Go and ask!"

"I'm going down here!" Yao Chang ran out in a hurry.

After a while, I saw him running towards me with officials in official uniforms.

"Master Marquis, this is the county captain of this county, let him speak on this matter!"

The county captain did not dare to neglect him. He had already known the person in front of him, but he had little chance to contact him. He said nervously: "Master Qi, these people are all refugees. This year, there has been a severe drought in Shandong and other places. The place is even more depleted. Didn’t the Marquis order some time ago to call in manpower, so they came over.”

"That's wrong!" Ji Song wondered.

"Didn't I ask you to take in the idle people in the surrounding areas? Why are you taking in these people who have fled?"

"This" the county captain was obviously hesitant and glanced at his own county magistrate.

Yao Chang was furious when he saw it, and said: "The Marquis asked you to say it, just say it, what do you think I am doing?"

"Don't have any worries. I'm not a hard-hearted person. In fact, our food can barely support these people. If you take in these refugees again, have you ever thought about the consequences? Huh?" Ji Song said.

"Wu County Lieutenant, you tell the truth and you must not hide anything!" Yao Chang said anxiously.

"The subordinate understands!"

"These people were all driven out by other counties." Wu County Lieutenant lowered his head and said.

"What?" Ji Song grabbed the reins tightly and shouted.

Wu County Lieutenant may have risked his life and said bravely: "Except for the more than [-] refugees who came to Guanzhong this year, most of them are refugees from Shandong. The lower official is also from Shandong. I couldn't bear to see them like this, so I ordered them to say that they were from Guanzhong, but the government officials below did not dare to tell them because of the threats from their subordinates."

Yao Chang felt like he was about to faint after hearing this. How brave was this Wu County Lieutenant? He actually dared to do such a big thing without telling himself and the Marquis. If he hadn't asked about it today, I'm afraid he and others would still be there in the end. In the dark.

Ji Song looked at Wu County Lieutenant who looked like he was going to kill him and wanted to take advantage of him, and knew that he was ready to be dragged out to support him.

I also know why these people were driven here. It seems that someone is giving themselves eye drops.

Some time ago, I was wondering why these landlords, wealthy people and aristocratic families were so easy to talk to, and they didn't cause any trouble for me.

It turns out that he is waiting for me here!Thinking of this, he was relieved. As long as he knew their methods, there would always be a way to deal with them.

I'm afraid that they don't know when and where to attack me suddenly, which will cost people's lives.

The counties were asked to drive the refugees from Shandong over, and they also met the county captain in front of them who was secretly cooperating. This was a plan to kill everyone!

Ji Song doesn't know now whether Wu County Lieutenant couldn't bear to see the people suffer and decided to do this on his own, or whether he was from a noble family. Otherwise, how could he cooperate so well?
If he hadn't discovered it today, I'm afraid he wouldn't have known about it until the food crisis broke out, but by then it would have been too late.

What a vicious scheming, what a meticulous plan, it really has been the same for thousands of years!

"Put him in jail for the time being. I will report to His Majesty that you must take good care of things here. Also, immediately conduct a population census to see how many people there are and how much he has concealed. You must find out clearly! "

"I'll take care of it now, but these refugees keep coming," Yao Chang said hesitantly. "Accept all orders!"

"promise!"

"Old Zheng, haven't you been asked to secretly buy grain? How much do you have now?" Returning to the Hou Mansion, Ji Song immediately called for Old Zheng and asked.

He knew from the beginning that people from aristocratic families would not just let him allocate land to the common people, which was why he wanted to nationalize it.

But Li Shimin may have noticed something, so he issued an imperial edict to distribute half of it to the people.I thought it was a good thing, but now it seems to be extremely sinister.

As long as they dare to raise their hands if they take it as national property, it will be corruption. No one in those aristocratic families dares to bear this bad name.But it's different when it's distributed to the people. They have plenty of ways to take those fields into their own hands.

Either by plundering or lending money in a disaster year, when the money is not paid, these fields will be in their hands legally and legally.

"Thirty thousand shi of grain have been purchased." Lao Zheng said without thinking.

"So many?" Ji Song was shocked.Thirty thousand shi of grain would be enough to feed 1 people for more than two years.Even 10 people can feed them for three months.

"They're all chestnuts?" Ji Song asked carefully.

"Good Lord Marquis! How can I dare to harvest so much chestnuts? They are all miscellaneous grains, including soybeans, mung beans, wheat, sorghum, and rice from the south. I only harvested two thousand shi of chestnuts, so I dare not harvest them. I'm afraid of being stared at." Lao Zheng said helplessly,
When Ji Song heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.If it was all chestnuts, he would have to wonder if the aristocratic families had noticed who was harvesting the grain.

You must know that chestnuts, as the main food in Guanzhong and even the north, are firmly controlled by the imperial court and aristocratic families. How can it be so easy to purchase large quantities?

But it’s okay to have these miscellaneous grains. Soybeans can be made into tofu and soy milk, mung beans can be made into mung bean cakes and other soy products. Wheat has its own improved stone mill, so it can be eaten as a staple food.

When the time comes, you can sell the fine noodles and collect some funds, which is a double benefit.

"What's going on with the rice?" This made Ji Song wonder. Rice is a food in the south, and it hasn't become popular yet. Did Lao Zheng get it?

"Does the Marquis still remember that Khatib?"

"Khatib?" Ji Song asked doubtfully.

"Hey, Ji Ming said that it was the foreign businessman who sold Long Dan Xiang to our family back then. Think about it?" Lao Zheng reminded.

"Oh, it turns out it's him! Why are you involved with him?" How could a small businessman be worth remembering? Ji Song had forgotten about it a long time ago, and only remembered it after Lao Zheng reminded him.

"Because a total of [-] shi of grain this time is rice, or he heard that the Marquis wanted to buy grain, so he asked someone to buy it in a small country in the south." Lao Zheng explained.

"But..." Lao Zheng looked at his Marquis and didn't know whether he should say anything.

"Say, don't hesitate, you'll be upset!" Ji Song said irritably.

"Hey! Khatib just wants the Marquis to give him more of the perfume. These grains are for the Marquis." Lao Zheng finished speaking in one breath and looked at his Marquis.

Ji Song did not answer, but sat down and thought deeply.

Locust plague!How could Ji Song forget the locust plague in the second year of Zhenguan?
But it’s only March now, and the locusts haven’t disappeared yet. Although there are some signs, someone still has to believe them!
If I say it in a hurry, I will be regarded as a lunatic, but I am afraid that someone will make a fuss about it, and maybe even Ji Song will be involved!
What's more, even if you say it, what will happen?Does the court still have food?
"The money for the grain will be increased by [-]% of the original price and sold to him a hundred bottles of perfume. However, the number of perfumes in the Tang Dynasty will be reduced by a hundred bottles next month. Finally, I will tell him to continue to transfer grain to the Tang Dynasty. The more the food, the better." Okay, let's settle with perfume." After a moment, Ji Song stood up and ordered.

Because he thought of a perfect way to get food...

　Seek your first decision and get rid of everyone!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)