Chapter 1880 Refugees

Shen Qingci actually agreed.

It's as simple as that, I agree.

"Prince, we have to report this matter to the sage." Although the grain shortage cannot be regarded as a solution, the shortage of the granary can be replaced by those who speak Shen Qing's words, which can protect the court and Emperor Wen Yuan. The good reputation of loving the people like a son is also to avoid people who are restless and do things that rise up.

And such hidden dangers, for today's Da Zhou, can indeed save a lot of things, and it can also save a lot of people.

The prince originally wanted to have a few more words with Luo Yuyi, but because Bai Xiang was so eager, he finally had no choice but to know.

When they told the matter to Emperor Wen Yuan, Emperor Wen Yuan felt that he was quite useless. Why did Shen Qingci think that even a woman could think of stockpiling grain, but he didn't? In a famine year, at least a lot of people's lives can be saved.

"Holy, we need to collect food."

Bai Xiangzai said to Emperor Wen Yuan.

"How to go to the expedition?"

Emperor Wen Yuan has no clue now. This grain shortage has been in the minds of the people for several months, but now, he still has no way to think about it.

This is all out of grain, how else to go to the expedition, unless there are hundreds of people like Shen Qingci, who have been stocking grain every year.

"Opened the treasury to raise food from everywhere."

"That is, the Holy One may have to lose some silver taels."

This is what Bai Xiang can think of, the best way is to buy food with silver.

The rich stockpiled grain for nothing but money, and the poor had neither money nor food, so they could only wait to die. Not everyone in this world was Shen Qingci.

It is possible to take out so much food without feeling distressed, and it is even possible to hand over the food for nothing. What is the difference between this and the free gift?

She gets nothing here, gold and silver, fame, and the gratitude of the people.

But others are different, most of them are for money, and it is difficult to take food from these people.

So we have to let Emperor Wen Yuan spend some money. This is talking about collecting grain, but in fact, we use money to buy grain, so that the rich people will not complain too much, and they will be able to collect more money at that time. Food, save the lives of more people.

From Bai Xiang's point of view, the selfishness of human nature can only be known at this time.

"Prince, you can do this."

Emperor Wen Yuan also felt that this was feasible, and he would lose some money. He is not poor now. All the treasures of the previous dynasty are in his treasury, which can be used for a hundred years, and he has also collected a lot of tax and silver in recent years. , Even without those things from the court, the tax and silver are enough, and since there has been no war for a long time, the weather is good everywhere, so now he is asked to spend more money, and he does not feel distressed.

Take it from the people, and use it for the people.

This is the right thing to do.

The prince quickly agreed, that is, he brought his own entourage to collect food.

Sure enough, the method that Bai Xiang came up with is indeed much easier than forcibly recruiting. Those wealthy businessmen, as long as they have food in their hands, will give some money. Of course, it is impossible to ask for too much money. After all, they will do business in the future. , but also to have a good relationship with the court.

Besides, these grains are not given out for nothing. Not only are they earning money, they can also make the court remember them, and they can also get a good name. No matter how dark-hearted businessmen are, they will also take out some of their own grains. .

So in less than a month, the prince had already collected a lot of grain. No matter how much grain there was, in the end, the prince would not have much grain left in his hands.

These harvested grains have not been in hand for a long time, and they will get grains from various continents and counties. As the weather gets colder, the more victims there are, and the food shortage in Dazhou is getting more and more serious.

In particular, there are a lot of victims who flood into the capital every day. They wear tattered clothes, take care of their children, and have yellow faces and thin muscles. I don’t know how long it has been, and they haven’t had a good meal?

At this time, in the house sorted out by Shen Qingrong, many refugees have been taken in. Several young masters of Prince Jun's Mansion, except for Xiao Shitong, the prince, are all in Beijing, and they are also helping to manage the disaster victims here. , not only to settle them well, but also to solve their various problems. If someone is sick, they have to go to Luo Yuyi. Luo Yuyi made a lot of medicines in advance, most of them are pills and powders. , as long as it is turned into water, you can drink it. Generally, wind and cold can be cured.

And these are the victims who first poured into the capital, and they were also arranged here. The old and frail, in the house, there are also things like bedding, and these beddings and clothes are all Shen Qingrong The old things that were raised with my friends in the boudoir, and the old things that were not needed in the mansion, plus the extra ones, were all taken here.

And with the quilts and some charcoal braziers, it wasn't too sad in this house, and the elderly and infirm can also feel better.

There are several large pots on the outside, and rice is cooking inside, and the dishes are only pickled vegetables. It is also because of these pickled vegetables that although there is not much rice, it can still be half full.

And there are more or less people in this house, and now there are thousands of people squeezed out, even if it is a meal a day, it will cost a terrible amount of food.

The food that Shen Qingrong received, in addition to keeping enough for the mansion, and sending some to the several county masters, is now all taken out, and now what is the money or not, the first is to save people What matters, and even if there is money, it is impossible to buy food, and the price of food has been repeatedly raised to high prices.

In the past, one tael of silver could buy ten catties of high-quality grain, but now ten taels of silver may not necessarily buy one catty, and it is not refined grain.

And this time, Shen Qingrong had accumulated a lot of food, and he had to say that not only did he have food available for himself, but he also let several sisters of the county masters have no shortage of food.

The three county masters returned to Prince Jun's mansion several times, and they also sent over the extra clothes and bedding in their mansion, and even brought over the food they saved in their mansion.

Seeing that the old Jun Wang was in good health and hungry, he was really happy.

The Grand Princess sighed involuntarily.

"Fortunately, we didn't care too much about identity at the beginning, and we married Qingrong into the door."

"Yeah," the two county masters are also very fortunate when they think about it now. The three of them all liked Shen Qingrong at that time. The younger brother married the concubine Shen Qingrong, otherwise there would be such a good family situation now.

Look at how many people she has saved now, and how many blessings she has saved for her children and grandchildren.