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

The food problem was temporarily solved.

Zhao Yuanzhen thought of salt again.

If people don't eat salt for a long time, they will lack strength.

The typhoon not only destroyed everyone's homes, but also destroyed various buildings and household items.

This includes salt.

She bought a lot of coarse salt and told the grocery store to sell it at half price, with each person limited to one pound.

Then, I thought that many people might be penniless.

He also took 5000 taels of silver and donated it to the prefectural government.

All the silver was used to buy salt and give some to those who had not eaten salt for a long time.

Salt was strictly controlled by the imperial court, so after Zhao Yuanzhen gave the money to Zhang Xinshu, Zhang Xinshu was able to make proper arrangements and allocate the salt.

Wow, now trucks carrying disaster relief salt are going out one after another.

Disaster relief salt, such a niche term.

After dealing with the general direction of Yangzhou Prefecture, Zhao Yuanzhen no longer cared about the remaining details.

She took the opportunity to open a paper-making shop.

One of the apprentices in the shop is Zhao Xiaonan.

He now knows how to make his own paper money and fold gold and silver ingots.

His wife taught him that.

The items sold in Zhao Yuanzhen's paper-making shop are also very cheap.

It is just to provide some comfort to those who have recently died in the disaster.

The paper-making shop is very popular and there is a constant stream of people coming and going all day long.

All the stock in the shop was sold out.

While expanding the population, Zhao Yuanzhen also began to smuggle goods, purchasing large quantities of paper money, gold and silver ingots, etc. from the system mall.

After the paper-making shop became stable, Zhao Yuanzhen repaired and renovated other shops, and these shops opened one after another.

It can be said that I am gradually getting on the right track.

All the crops and food that were planted in the fields were washed away by the typhoon and floods.

It's already August and all we can do is replant.

After thinking about it, I finally decided to plant a crop of fast wheat.

Zhao Yuanzhen again ordered the transport team to start transporting seeds.

Various recruitment activities have also started in the fields.

After a major disaster, the survivors must live and eat.

Therefore, this recruitment was particularly smooth, and 1000 people were hired in just two days.

I see there are still many people who are reluctant to leave because they have not been recruited.

Zhao Yuanzhen felt that she could create some more jobs.

Thinking about it.

The fastest way to create jobs is to farm.

Come on, go buy some land.

We have to buy more. If there is less land, there will be fewer jobs and they cannot be distributed.

There is very little land left in Yangzhou city and its suburbs, so we have to go to the county towns below to buy it.

Yancheng suffered the most serious disasters, mainly due to both natural disasters and man-made disasters.

Zhao Yuanzhen decided to go to Yancheng to buy land.

Looking at the map of Yancheng, I decided to buy by the piece.

Because Yancheng had previously redivided the land for the survivors, the land was relatively neat.

She plans to purchase 3 acres.

With Zhang Xinshu's powerful backdoor, Zhao Yuanzhen bought it easily.

Although there was a backdoor, Zhao Yuanzhen did not deny his debt at all.

The settlement was based on first-class land, at 8 taels of silver per mu.

It's half purchase and half donation.

As soon as the 240,000 yuan for the land was received, Zhang Xinshu felt that the pressure of post-disaster reconstruction was reduced by half.

All kinds of building materials can finally be purchased with confidence.

To this end, Zhang Xinshu sent people to the streets to carry out propaganda.

This made those who were planning to buy land later very angry.

This damn woman, you have 8 taels of silver, half of which was donated by the compradors. Have you ever considered their feelings?

It was such a big disaster and they suffered serious damage.

The landlord’s house has no more food!

But there is nothing you can do. After all, the other person's son is the top leader of Yangzhou Prefecture. Who can you blame if your own son is not doing well?

What to do? What else can I do? I have to grit my teeth and buy it.

Looking at the more than 200,000 taels of silver that were sold, Zhang Xinshu smiled particularly happily.

A child with a mother is like a treasure.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this.

He is as happy as a treasure now.

My mother is really a fairy. She can always help him solve problems in time.

With the land in hand, Zhao Yuanzhen dispatched several of his managers over and then began to post notices to recruit people.

There is a lot of land this time, and we plan to recruit 3000 people in total.

This is still the minimum, 5000 people is fine.

Each person is given one tael and five cents of silver per month, covering food and drink.

The main reason is that there are too many people for her to manage, and it will take some time to build a canteen.

Even so, those who were hired were very happy.

One tael and five cents of silver a month, this month's salary is enough to support a family for several years.

This is truly a kind-hearted lady.

Not only did they donate food and silver, but they also gave them such high salaries.

A living Bodhisattva.

In a dimension that Zhao Yuanzhen didn't know.

Her merit value is rising rapidly.

Those who provide disaster relief, save lives, provide early warning, donate food, donate money, and provide jobs.

and many more.

Various merit values ​​are increasing rapidly.

Finally, 5600 people were recruited.

Let them level the land first, and she had to find tools and oxen for them.

The key point is that the villages within a few miles and the connected cities have all been affected by the disaster, so we have to look for it somewhere farther away.

There was no other choice, so Zhao Yuanzhen finally decided to go to a provincial capital further inland.

Looking at the map, I chose Hongzhou Prefecture, which was relatively close and not affected too much by the typhoon.

He took half of the transport team, which were used to deliver farm tools for him, and he also lent 500 soldiers from the government to Zhang Xinshu, who were used to drive the cattle.

Cows must be purchased in the system, otherwise you will definitely not have enough.

The question is what kind of excuse to find.

At least 1000 cows are needed.

After much thought, I still couldn't find a good excuse.

I might as well go there first and then go there, and think of an excuse slowly.

Zhao Yuanzhen bought 1500 cows and various tools for more than 5600 people in the system mall.

When they were about to reach Hongzhou, Zhao Yuanzhen decided that the best explanation was no explanation.

Sometimes, for some things, if you don’t explain them, people will make up a very reasonable explanation for you.

When they arrived at the suburbs of Hongzhou Prefecture, Zhao Yuanzhen selected some of his own men and took them to drive the cattle.

The cows were placed in a wooded area on the outskirts of the city.

Zhao Yuanzhen took his men to see the cows, and then called for the palace soldiers to come over to help look after the cows.

She also has to lead the transport team to load farm tools.

The location for storing farm tools was chosen to be a dilapidated temple.

Looking at the pile of farm tools, everyone was surprised.

Is this okay?

It must have been sent by my wife in advance.

Who knows, it might be the same as the cow just now.

It was also the lady’s own property, her own farm, which had been secretly sent to her through correspondence in advance.

I believe these farm tools must be the same.

Madam, don’t you have that Saker Falcon?

The letter was delivered very quickly.

This Hongzhou Prefecture must have a huge ranch and farm for the lady.

The lady is really powerful, she has properties everywhere.

Zhao Yuanzhen asked people to start loading the truck and put all the farm tools in place.

Zhao Yuanzhen led his men back.

I have to go back, my family is waiting for me. The fields are waiting for me too.

Because they need to herd cattle.

The journey back to the city took five days longer than the journey here.

Fortunately, I got home safely.

1200 of the cows were transported to the fields in the county town, and the corresponding cowshed was about to be built.

Zhao Yuanzhen donated the remaining 300 cows.

The cattle were donated to the government office of Yangzhou Prefecture, and Zhang Xinshu was to distribute them to various villages.

The cattle are divided differently depending on the severity of the disaster. Those that are severely affected will get some, and those that are not severely affected will get fewer.

These cows can help villages farm better and faster.

If we plant crops early, we can harvest early, and the chances of everyone going hungry will be reduced.

Regarding this wave of donated cows, Zhang Xinshu also gave it a good publicity.

The major families are smiling on the surface, but they are actually shitting on the inside.

Okay, okay, let’s play like this, right?

We can't afford to play that.

They also want cattle, and their fields need cattle.

It's their fault for not protecting their cows well.

Many people came to Zhao Yuanzhen to buy oxen.

Zhao Yuanzhen felt that it would be a waste not to slaughter the fat sheep that was delivered to the door.

"You all know how scarce oxen are nowadays."

"Yes, yes, Mrs. Zhang is absolutely right."

"So, the price is definitely going up. I think you all understand that."

"I understand, I understand. Madam Zhen, just tell us how much money you want. We will certainly not be ungrateful."

"Yes, yes."

"Since everyone knows, I'll just say it directly. The strong ones are 80 taels each."

Robbery!

Why don't you go and grab it!

The major families began to jump up and down and curse in their hearts.

Profiteer!

On the surface, I have to pretend to understand.

"Yes, we understand. 80 taels is not expensive."

If they hadn't known that a working ox only cost 10 to 30 taels of silver before, they would have believed it.

"Okay, since everyone understands, let's start ordering cattle. Whoever wants a certain amount, pay the money and come to register."

Finally, the major families were trying to buy them up, and in the end, more than 800 cows were sold.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at the big guy who was selling for ten points in the system and felt that she did look like a bit of a profiteer.

But there is no way!

Who made these aristocratic families so easy to slaughter?

Zhao Yuanzhen took the government soldiers to Hongzhou Prefecture again, and this time brought back a thousand cattle.

See if anyone else wants to buy it.

If you need it, just sell it. If you don’t need it, donate it later.

Anyway, I have earned the cost.

The rest is just about doing good deeds.

Finally, apart from the more than 800 cows that were ordered, dozens more were sold, and the remaining more than 100 cows were donated by Zhao Yuanzhen.

+1 for good people and good deeds.

The fields have already been grouped, farm tools and oxen have also been allocated, and the fields have already started to be cultivated.

This crop of wheat was planted.

It will probably take until the Chinese New Year to harvest.

As long as we can get through these three months, fresh food will be available.

People will no longer starve to death.

Zhao Yuanzhen planned to take a look and see if it worked. When this batch of grain came out, he would keep enough for his own people to eat and enough for the grain shop to sell.

Donate the rest.