I was engaged in infrastructure construction in the Han Dynasty [Transmigration Book]

Huo Guang didn't speak, but said: "Before I found out, most of the disasters were in Yanmen County, Dunhuang County, Yunzhong County and Dingxiang County, and some places in Shuofang County were also affected by the disaster, but I opened the treasury and granary in time. Send them some, so there are no refugees."

Liu Tan sounded a little melancholy. He was very happy to see the snow falling before, and even happily enjoyed the snow with Liu Che, but he didn't expect that this snow might be a reminder to the people in the northern border country.

And these counties are notoriously poor even in the northern border country. There is not much land suitable for farming, so the population is also small. If the population is small, nothing will develop.

So when this kind of thing happened, he couldn't criticize the sheriffs of these places, especially the sheriff of Dunhuang. He was happy before that after the mutual market, Dunhuang County should be better off, but it happened before the mutual market opened. this kind of thing.

Liu Tan thought for a while and said: "Try to allocate some food funds to these places, and don't let the people leave their homes and go elsewhere to beg for a living."

It’s not that he dislikes these refugees, the main reason is that in the current weather, they don’t have a house, and they probably don’t even have any clothes to keep out of the cold. If they go on the road like this, they will basically freeze to death halfway. It’s better to stay in the local area and dig a hole or something. still survive.

Huo Guang smiled wryly and said, "I really want to, but...the treasury still needs to be reserved for next year's spring flood..."

Because of the low rainfall, the number of water releases in the northern border country is naturally not much, but it does not mean that there is no need to take precautions, because after the arrival of spring, it is very likely that the upper reaches of the Yellow River will freeze and melt, and a large amount of water will flow downstream. In this case, it is easy to cause flooding.

Liu Tan was in a daze when he heard it. He played with Liu Che for so many days in the Northern Borderlands, and he thought there was nothing important, but he didn't expect that after Liu Che left, everything would come to an end.

He suddenly thought of something, looked up at Huo Guang and asked, "Did my father see these when he was handling the paperwork?"

It had been many days since the snowfall, and the snow disaster had also been formed for many days. The refugees probably started to go this way in those few days. Based on the time, Liu Che should have seen this when he was helping him with his official duties.

Huo Guang shook his head and said, "At that time, I asked Zhu Shanzhang to suppress the news."

Huo Guang knew how much Liu Tan wanted to save face. Originally, Liu Che saw Shuofang City was clean and tidy. Even if he ran out secretly, he could see the people in Shuofang City living better and better. Refugees who appeared due to the snowstorm caused by heavy snow, isn’t this a slap in the face?

Perhaps Liu Che wouldn't blame Liu Tan, and he wouldn't even take it to heart, but Liu Tan is quite thin-skinned in this regard, and he probably won't be able to step down by then.

After thinking about it, Liu Tan knew why Huo Guang kept this matter secret, and sighed, "Forget it, the state treasury and the government treasury will pay half and half for the projects that the refugees need to come over this time."

However, Huo Guang is very principled: "No, Your Highness, I once said that the treasury should not be dependent on the treasury. I thought so before, and I still think so now. No matter how much money Your Highness has, or how many ideas you have found to make money, This all belongs to His Highness, if we let everyone develop this kind of mentality, and we will count on His Highness to pay for things to be settled in the future, what is the need for the existence of the Northern Border Kingdom?"

Liu Tan was stunned for a moment, he didn't understand why the Northern Border Kingdom didn't need to exist, but when he looked up at Huo Guang and met the other party's implied warning gaze, he realized it.

It is a big problem for the treasury of the Northern Kingdom to rely on him, that is, the King of the Northern Kingdom's control over the Northern Kingdom has reached an unprecedented expansion.

Before, Liu Tan was worried that he had too much power, so he was asked to preside over the palace examination, in order to let Liu Che select the backbone of the northern border country in the future, and at the same time to silence some people in Chang'an.

So he will continue to maintain it. Now everyone listens to him because he can bring better things to the northern border country, but the northern border country must not be forced to listen to him.

Liu Tan thought for a while and said: "That's just right. I was thinking before that these refugees can't help free of charge, otherwise everyone will flock to Shuofang City when they encounter a little disaster in the future, and Shuofang City will not be able to bear it, and it will easily cause great harm. Trouble, in order to reduce the expenditure of the national treasury, let these people work for relief."

Huo Guang was a little puzzled: "Relief with work? What do you want them to do?"

"Turning back, let Tuomodo and the others build a big house with nothing added inside, just let these people have a place to shelter from the wind, and then let them build a house for themselves. Technical work is not good, and some manual work is always difficult. Is it all right?"

Huo Guang was at a loss: "Isn't it already covered?"

Liu Tan said: "We can't let those people gather together in large numbers, as it is easy to infect various diseases. If the disease is transmitted into Shuofang City, it will be broken."

Huo Guang was surprised: "What disease can survive in winter?"

Liu Tanyu said earnestly: "That's too much. Even if it doesn't exist now, what if it appears at that time? And how big does the house have to be to accommodate so many people?"

Huo Guang didn't object, but asked again: "What will it be like?"

Liu Tan said: "After this incident, if there is any disaster in the future, there must be a lot of people running to Shuofang City. Let's just set aside a place as a special resettlement site for refugees."

After all, the entire northern king is now the richest.

Thinking of this, Liu Tan was a little strange: "Refugees would go directly south in the past, why did they all run to Shuofang City this time?"

The location of Shuofang City may be further north than some of the disaster-stricken areas, and it is colder. Are these people just because Shuofang City is already rich?

But the problem is that although Shuofang City has changed a lot now, not many people know about it, right?These days, news transmission among ordinary people is very slow, especially in the northern border country where trade is underdeveloped, and no one can bring the news to them. These refugees are too uniform, right?

Liu Tan, who was cheated once by Gongsun Ao and once again by Zhao Puonu, couldn't help raising his vigilance, thinking whether someone else might come to trouble him, but after much deliberation, he couldn't think of anyone who could give him a hand. Entering the northern border country, unless... Liu Dan, who is far away in Yan country, sent people to infiltrate the northern border country.

It's just that he and Liu Dan have no grievances or enmities. Basically, except for the well-known blood relationship, they are strangers. Liu Dan should not do such a thing, unless he is jealous that Liu Tan can receive Liu Che!

Regarding his question, Huo Guang seemed a little puzzled: "Of course, because Shuofang City is the capital of the king, if they go south to other counties, those county guards will not care about them anymore."

Liu Tan, who was brainstorming all kinds of conspiracy theories: Huh?