Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

Just when Zhang Xinshu was still settling the accounts.

Zhao Yuanlan is here again.

This time, he not only brought people, but also brought a lot of supplies.

There was food and silver among them.

"Uncle, what are these?"

"I received a reply from His Majesty. These are disaster relief funds and supplies for Yangzhou Prefecture. They were taken out from the confiscated supplies."

Uh, this is too fast. I just sent the letter to the capital, and the relief money arrived.

It seems that my uncle's letter should have been sent back a long time ago.

"Thanks to the Holy Grace, now the people of Yancheng can live better."

You came just in time, and I don’t have to search for money anymore.

"Well, these are 5 taels of silver and 10 catties of grain. Your Majesty has allocated a total of 30 taels of silver and 50 catties of grain. I think these should be enough for the people of Yancheng, so I will temporarily send these over. If they are not enough, you can tell me later. The rest are all in the capital, and I will send them over."

Zhang Xinshu roughly calculated it in his mind.

There were still more than 2 people in Yancheng County, and with the food I brought with me and my mother's smuggled food, there were still 32 kilograms of food. Each person could get about 16 kilograms.

If you eat it sparingly and add some wild vegetables, it will last you at least a month.

My mother said that she would go to Yanshan to transfer food. In a month, new food would be delivered, and it would last for some time. In this way, we should be able to hold out until a new round of food comes out.

Zhao Yuanzhen was indeed going to the manor in the capital and the manor in Yanshan to transport grain.

But this route is a bit difficult to plan, and with only one month to spare, it’s a bit rushed.

After thinking about it, he finally decided to take a boat to Yanshan Prefecture first, then go to the capital by himself, and finally meet up in Yangzhou Prefecture.

In this case, we have to use those 13 ships first.

The construction of Yancheng County was also on track. Zhao Yuanzhen left Zhang Xinshuo a lot of diluted spiritual spring water and 20 kilograms of grain.

These are distributed to other counties that were also severely affected by the disaster.

There are also several counties where, although the county magistrates have been notified, they are in the eye of the typhoon and it is not clear who has been affected.

But the death toll was not that high.

There are many injured people. Zhao Yuanzhen has already sent people to distribute porridge, so the death toll should not increase any further.

After arranging matters in Yangzhou Prefecture, Zhao Yuanzhen renovated the 13 ships.

First, the boat was cleaned inside and out.

Secondly, some outdated devices were improved and converted into steam-powered ships.

The entire hull was washed inside and out again, and then painted.

Finally, it doesn't seem so disgusting anymore.

Before setting off, each ship was equipped with sufficient charcoal, coal, food and water.

Each boat carried 10 people.

Zhao Yuanzhen's boat was the first to set off, and the others followed behind.

We took the sea route from Yangzhou Prefecture to the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and the surrounding areas, traveling day and night, and it took 11 days to reach our destination.

Leaving someone to guard the boat, Zhao Yuanzhen took Lan Ying and rode back to Xiaoshan County, Yanshan Prefecture at full speed.

Zhang Yu was very excited to see them.

"Ma'am, you're back!"

"Yeah. Long time no see. Is everything going well at the manor?"

"Okay, everything in the village is very good."

"Well, I'm here this time to allocate some resources. I'll leave enough food for sale and food, as well as instant noodles. The rest will be transported to the port east of Yanshan Prefecture by the transport team. The faster the better."

Zhang Yu put away his urge to greet his daughter, glanced at her, and hurried to get ready.

"Yes, ma'am, I'll go right away."

Zhao Yuanzhen watched Zhang Yu prepare, while he walked around the manor.

The village is basically the same as before. The buildings haven't changed much.

I also took the time to visit various shops and trade markets at the border.

The scale of the trade market has been growing in recent years.

Not only would the Jin Kingdom come here to conduct trade transactions, but several surrounding small countries and ethnic groups would also apply for passes to come here to trade.

The troops also reclaimed land and had enough food, and the happiness index of the officers and soldiers increased a lot.

My physical fitness has also improved a lot.

Zhao Yuanzhen collected the account books of each shop and gave them to Accountant Zhao, asking him to quickly take a good look at the account books of these shops in recent years.

Check to see if there is any fraud or false accounting.

Accountant Zhao said it was a small matter and there was no problem leaving it to it.

He collected some of the cash in the shop, leaving only enough for operation, and took away the rest.

After praising the shop owners of each shop, he returned to the village.

Zhuangzi gave 210 million kilograms of grain, but less instant noodles, only more than 3 packs. The rest had all been sold and could not be given to Zhao Yuanzhen.

There is enough food. The grain produced here in Zhuangzi is tens of thousands of kilograms a year, so the amount taken out is not much.

But most of them have been traded out, and these were allocated only after Zhang Yu calculated again and again.

The transport team started transporting immediately.

The company's transport team assembled 70 carriages, but it was still not enough, so they advertised to recruit more carriages to try to deliver the goods in one trip.

Finally, almost all the horse-drawn carriages in Xiaoshan County, more than 400 in total, were assembled, and each carriage was loaded to its full capacity before the transport was completed.

Zhang Yu handed over the money that Zhuangzi had earned over the years.

Zhao Yuanzhen has been away for more than four years.

Over the years, Zhuangzi earned more than 2.8 million silver taels.

Zhang Yu placed these silver coins in a hidden large warehouse. No one knew what was inside except those who had taken the loyalty pill.

Zhao Yuanzhen put away all the silver and money.

Among them, 1.7 million silver taels were silver notes, and the rest were cash.

Seeing his wife put away all the silver, Zhang Yu, who had been worried all day, could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Otherwise, what he would worry about most every day was the money. He would check it every day to feel at ease. Now that his wife has taken it away, he can finally sleep well.

Accountant Zhao has checked the account books and basically there are no problems.

He praised Zhang Yu highly and told him that he would give Bai Wei a vacation when he returned to the capital so that she could come to see him.

Zhang Yu was very excited, as he hadn't seen his daughter and daughter-in-law for several years. He thanked his employer for being so kind and allowing his family to be reunited.

He also gave instructions for some things, and specifically asked Zhang Yu to find someone who was smart and had good character, and to focus on training him. Once the person was trained, it would be time for Zhang Yu to return to Beijing.

After all, they are a family of three. You can’t ask them to live in three different places forever!

After giving the instructions, he went to the port.

I watched them load the boat, and after they had packed all the food and instant noodles, they prepared to return.

When Zhao Yuanzhen left this time, he still took Lan Ying with him.

I plan to leave Lan Ying in the capital and let her bring her mother to Yanshan, so that she can be taken care of. Otherwise, how can I feel at ease with Bai Wei alone?

When the ships reached the source of the Yellow River, Zhao Yuanzhen took Lan Ying away from the fleet. She left a navigation map on her boat so that the fleet would not get lost.

After sailing along the Yellow River for three days, we arrived at our ferry.

The entire sea journey was 3 days shorter than the land journey, which was considered fast.

When he arrived at the Yellow River ferry, Zhao Yuanzhen found that the ferry had expanded a lot and many new shops and buildings had been built.

After staying at the ferry for two days, I felt very guilty, old doctor, for not coming back to teach in the past few years.

This time I was busy with other things and could not teach, but I gave the old doctor a copy of Huangdi Neijing and asked him to study it himself.

Check the account book of the Yellow River Ferry and collect the rent.

There is not much deposit here. Zhang Xinbai comes to take the deposit back every month.

After finishing all this, he took Lan Ying back to the capital.

Chengyuan is still incredibly beautiful, with flowers blooming and willows green.

The gatekeeper looked at Zhao Yuanzhen in surprise.

Then he started shouting.

"Madam is back, Madam is back."

He ran towards the mansion while running.

"Pfft, ma'am, look how excited he is."

"Yes!"

Zhao Yuanzhen walked slowly into Chengyuan.

Chengyuan has basically not changed and is still the same.

Guo Jing saw her early and flew over to greet her. Zhao Yuanzhen also called Huang Rong to come and accompany Guo Jing.

Think about it, I haven't seen these two for a long time, so I let them go and play by themselves.

The young couple flew away lovingly.

It seems that I have to bring Guo Jing with me this time.

Leave another pair for Zijin.

"Mom, mom, you're back!"

Zhang Xinbai heard the servant's cry and came out in surprise, only to find that it was really his mother who came back.

"Well, is everyone else in the mansion?"

"Yes, mother. He is probably running out right now."

Sure enough, after a while, several people ran out.

The one in the front is the boy You. The little guy is over six years old. He hasn’t seen his grandmother for several years, but he is not shy and jumps directly into his grandmother’s arms.

"Grandma, I miss you so much. Where have you been? I haven't seen you in a long time."

"Grandma, I'm going to be busy. Aren't you coming back to see my boy You?"

Holding the little one in his arms, he walked inside.

"Mom, you're back."

Li Zhijuan and Qian Xiaohui also ran out.

Behind them were Bai Wei and Bai Zhi with their two little ones.

These two little guys are the babies born to Qian Xiaohui and Li Zhijuan three years ago.

Li Zhijuan gave birth to a son, and then Qian Xiaohui gave birth to a girl. The long-awaited, delicate and soft little girl finally came.

When the child was born, she wrote a letter to Zhao Yuanzhen and asked her to write the name.

Zhao Yuanzhen thought for a long time and named Li Zhijuan's younger son Zhang Zian and Qian Xiaohui's daughter Zhang Zitian.

The nicknames were given by the two mothers themselves, An An and Tian Tian.

I also mailed a lot of gifts to them at the beginning.

"Well, our Zi'an and Zitian come over here, let grandma take a look."

Looking at the two delicate little dolls, they are so cute.

Zhao Yuanzhen picked them up and kissed them a few times.

Ba Ziyou was very anxious.

"Grandma, me! Me! Kiss me!"

"Hahaha, okay okay, kiss our Ziyou."

As he said that, he picked up Ziyou again and kissed him a few times.

"Sister, shame on you!"

Zian laughed at his elder sister.

"Zhang Zian, shut up or I'll beat you up."

Zi'an immediately shut up, knowing that his sister would really beat him.

Besides, my mother won’t speak on my side, only on my sister’s side, so I’d better be a good boy.