Chapter 674
During the exchange of money, Su Ming also gradually learned that the businessman in front of him who was licking his face and wanting to eat was the richest businessman in the Qiang Kingdom.

The corners of his mouth twitched.

Do the merchants of the Qiang Kingdom actually have such a style of painting?

He began to doubt whether it was right for him to say that he had done business with the Qiang country?
Looking at the person in front of him who was eating ice powder happily, he couldn't label him as the richest businessman in the Qiang Kingdom at all.

It looks very unreliable.

But, this also shows from the side that people are stupid and have a lot of money.

Whatever it is, just make money.

Anyway, his purpose is to develop the economy.

Others are out of his consideration.

Feng Fu, the richest merchant in the Qiang Kingdom, said: "I ate a lot of food, my lord, and I forgot to ask my lord what you are doing in Yunzhou?"

"What are you doing here, and I still have to inform you?" Su Ming just rightly expressed the duty of a guard.

Feng Fu laughed: "The villain is just asking, maybe the villain can help."

Yan Qinghe raised his eyebrows: "Oh? What can you do?"

"There are so many things a villain can do." Feng Fu said.

"Since that's the case, do you know how the economy in Yunzhou is?" Yan Qinghe seemed to mention it unintentionally.

"My lord, you are asking the right person. The villain is really clear." Feng Fu cleared his throat and began to say, "Because of the developed transportation in Yunzhou, the government's economic control over this place is not as strict as other counties. Merchants come here to exchange items, usually silk and gold wares, but there is no food like the one you eat, my lord."

Under Feng Fu's introduction, Yan Qinghe had a general understanding.

Talking and laughing, we arrived at the border of Yunzhou.

The guards at the gate stopped them.

Su Ming rolled his eyes and took out his token: "Look, Master Yan, you dare to come."

After the guard saw it clearly, he quickly knelt down, and the county magistrate of Yunzhou ran over behind him: "I don't know if my lord is coming, but I am too far away to welcome you."

It was only when they learned that Yan Qinghe had arrived here. This is the celebrity in front of His Majesty's eyes. If he pleases him, maybe he can be promoted to an official position.

Unexpectedly, waiting left and right, this time came suddenly, which caught him off guard.

Fortunately, it still caught up.

Yan Qinghe said lightly: "It's okay, there's no need to exchange pleasantries, just tell me about the current situation in Yunzhou."

Feng Fu looked at it dumbfounded.

Judging by the magistrate's attitude, he knew that this lord must have a high official position.

Unexpectedly, he accidentally offended such an adult, and broke out in a cold sweat on the spot.

"Why are you standing there? Aren't you going to follow?" Su Ming smiled.

Are you afraid now?late.

Feng Fu smiled mischievously: "The villain still has things to do, so I won't bother you."

As he said that, he wanted to slip away.

"Why are you running? Why don't you come over?" Yan Qinghe glanced back and said coldly.

Now Feng Fu wanted to cry but had no tears.

He didn't know that this grown-up was so difficult to deal with.

If he had known earlier, he would not have asked for the food. Although he paid for it, he did not pay for the food later.

This...is it considered to be on a thief ship?

Yan Qinghe didn't think too much about it, he just thought it would be useful to keep this person.

He happened to have something to do.

He called people to stop.

How do you know that the other party is scared.

However, even if he knew, he didn't care.

The magistrate of Yunzhou saw that this lord was not the kind of person who was greedy for pleasure, so he immediately talked honestly about the current situation in Yunzhou.

It turned out that since the domestic plague was rampant, countless people in the city had been killed and injured. In order to have a bite to eat, some poor people became bandits and robbed food. The rich people moved to other places to avoid disaster, and the economy once fell.

Later, even though the imperial court sent relief food, there were still not many returning merchants.

Most of the city is full of lonely old people and some teenagers. The population is dying, and the young and middle-aged people who can work have all run away, and the economy will naturally not be able to grow.

In the past, there was still trade in Yunzhou. From time to time, some silk, utensils, weapons, etc. could be exchanged. Since the change in the city, not many merchants have come here anymore.

After listening to the narration of the magistrate of Yunzhou, Yan Qinghe frowned a little.

Turning to Feng Fu, he said, "Since Yunzhou has no exchange value now, what are you doing here?"

Feng Fu wanted to cry but had no tears: "Reporting to my lord, this villain is just going to Fuzhou by way."

Unexpectedly, Yan Qinghe captured the young man.

He sighed secretly.

"What did you go to Fuzhou for?" Yan Qinghe continued to ask.

"The villain knows that the war is urgent, so he transported a batch of grain to sell in Fuzhou." Feng Fu said.

Yan Qinghe raised his eyebrows, this is still a person who made war fortune.

He said lightly: "You don't need to transport it, there is no shortage of food over there."

The news from the Great Zhou Kingdom was blocked, and it was normal that the Qiang Kingdom did not receive any news.

"Yes." Feng Fu looked confused, how could there be no shortage of food?
But he dared not ask.

At worst, just change the place.

Yan Qinghe does not have a residence here, so he lives in the magistrate's mansion.

I don't know if it's because the county magistrate is frugal or because of the economic influence, but the mansion is a bit sloppy.

The county magistrate of Yunzhou smiled embarrassedly: "Your Excellency can laugh at me, these years of natural disasters and man-made disasters, I really don't have the energy to toss about the mansion."

Yan Qinghe said lightly: "It's okay, just arrange a room at will."

After the luggage that came over was settled, Yan Qinghe was going to go out for a walk.

He had had enough rest in the car.

Don't want to rest anymore.

He only took Su Ming with him, and he sent the rest together with Feng Fu to rest.

They are the most tired ones these days.

Su Ming learned that Yan Qinghe had only brought him alone, so he happily jumped three feet high.

He grinned: "My lord, where are we going?"

"Walk casually." Yan Qinghe said.

Su Ming thought that he was just being modest and had a plan in mind, but who knew that he really walked around casually.

One walk to a cul-de-sac.

He looked at it silently, as if he didn't know.

Fortunately, people from the county magistrate followed, and they walked on to other roads.

Yan Qinghe watched as he walked, carefully paying attention to the surrounding environment.

He found that the economy of Yunzhou was really dead.

I walked to several places, but I didn't see any merchants open.

Almost all closed doors.

If some daily necessities stores like rice shops were not still open, the people here would probably run away.

He hadn't expected the economic downturn so far.

Remembering what Yun Yiyi said about opening a branch, he decided to find a bigger one for her.

After walking for a long time, I saw a few people here and there.

This is too bad.

Yan Qinghe frowned.

Although Su Ming has a rough nerve, he can also see Yan Qinghe's displeasure.

"My lord, why is there nothing here in Yunzhou? There are so many old people in the city, how can we live?"

Su Ming could also see the tragedy here.

Teenagers and younger siblings all came out to work.

Change is desperately needed here.

Otherwise, within a few days, this city will exist in name only.

Yan Qinghe directly said to the magistrate: "I want to buy a piece of land to open a shop, where is the right place in the city?"

He walked around and felt more and more that opening a store was imminent.

These people have to get a job and feed the city.

"My lord, I'll take you there."

Yan Qinghe finally delineated a piece of land.

But the owner of the land deed and house deed was very happy.

They were worried about having no money, and someone came to give them money.

In their view, Yan Qinghe is a typical example of a person with a lot of money.

This place in Yunzhou is obviously not a good place, and there are still people who want to jump in.

They are all suffering from no one to let go.

Yan Qinghe was not interested in knowing what they thought, even if he knew, he would laugh it off.

After paying the money, make the transfer.

Yan Qinghe immediately prepared to recruit people.

He asked Su Ming to gather together some old people who lived on the street first, and hire them as part of the odd jobs in the branch.

Su Ming already had one experience, and he was very neat in doing things.

After three or two clicks, I made it through with those people.

At that moment, a lonely old man brought his three-year-old granddaughter over.

"My lord, is what you said true? Food and lodging are included, and you can take the children to work together?"

"That's right, as long as you do a good job, you will be given monthly silver." Yan Qinghe said.

The old man knelt down immediately, with tears in his eyes: "Thank you for your kindness in rebuilding, the villain must work hard."

Even if there are merchants in Yunzhou, none of them are willing to hire people like them.

They all lived frugally with three meals a day, relying on the food distributed by the court.

Many old people also want to find work, but now Yunzhou only accepts young and middle-aged people, and no one wants them at all.

But even if they hit a wall, they are willing to try.

There are only children left in the family. As elders, they can't sell their children.

You have to give your granddaughter and grandson a way to survive.

Slowly, after getting the news, more than a dozen elderly people came here scattered.

These people all have one thing in common, they all have a child or two.

In order to let the only remaining seedling survive, they are all willing to give their all.

Because these people have limited physical strength and are old, of course they cannot arrange some heavy work.

Su Ming arranged for them to work in the kitchen, doing some things like washing and cutting vegetables to disturb hygiene.

For some teenagers, just do some light physical work so as not to tire them.

Some children can be taken aside as long as they do not disturb the work of others.

Even if it is inconvenient, the child can be sent to a unified dormitory to be taken care of by an adult.

The children are very sensible, knowing that their parents and elders are earning living expenses for them, one or two did not cry or make trouble, and stayed quietly.

Yan Qinghe felt that it was not a problem to stay like this. Some children are six or seven years old, but they can't read a single word. How can this be done.

As the future of a country, this cannot be the case for the next generation.

Because of his limited energy, he only hired a teacher with outstanding talents to teach the children their studies and so on.

The elders of these children were even more grateful to Yan Qinghe when they saw that the children could still read.

When I work, I feel more refreshed.

Even if I am tired occasionally, I am happy in my heart.

After all, it is really lucky to find such a master.

(End of this chapter)

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