Being reminded like this, Han Du suddenly had an impression in his mind. Pointing at Fu Yong, he said, "Uncle, I remembered. Are you Fu...Fu Yong?"
"It's rare that my uncle still remembers the villain. The villain is Fu Yong." Fu Yong returned the courtesy and said with a smile.
Han Du couldn't help but wonder, pointed to the carriage behind him, and asked: "What is this?"
Fu Yong suddenly said oh and explained: "My uncle helped us to save the siege last time. Although we are merchants, we still remember it in our hearts. This time I heard that the court was short of food, and my uncle was in urgent need of food. We will put the food in the shop I’ve brought all the food here to express my feelings.”
"Okay," Han Du beamed with joy and happily said to Fu Yong and others: "I have accepted your thoughts. If we can overcome this difficulty, I will definitely ask for your credit in front of the emperor."
More than a dozen merchants, Fu Yong and others were originally engaged in various businesses. This year, because I was optimistic about the price of food, I prepared a large amount of food early, originally thinking of making a lot of money. Now, just because the people of Henan need food and the court needs food, they are willing to give it out for free.
With the addition of nearly 50,000 tons of grain, Handu's grain harvest has finally achieved some staged results.
After Han Du thanked Fu Yong and others, he immediately entered the palace and asked to see Lao Zhu.
"Your Majesty, more than 60,000 loads of grain have been received outside Dinghuai Gate."
"Oh? So fast?" Even Lao Zhu was surprised when he heard that Han Du had received more than 60,000 loads of grain in just half a day.
Han Du quickly explained: "Although the people actively contributed food, they did not receive much. Mainly because there were more than a dozen small businessmen who worked together to contribute almost 50,000 dan."
"What kind of merchant actually brought out so much grain?" Lao Zhu asked in surprise when he heard this. From Lao Zhu's heart, he had never taken merchants seriously. In his opinion, merchants are not concerned with production, but hoarding goods to make profits. In Lao Zhu's eyes, there is no difference between those merchants and the pigs they raise. If they are fattened, they may not be killed for meat.
However, these merchants who were unjust in their eyes actually came up with 50,000 dans of grain at this time.
Han Du briefly introduced Fu Yong and others to Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu nodded, kept it in mind, and continued to talk to Han Du: "Since you are
There are 60,000 dans in there, and I have 30,000 dans here. Tianjie Temple sent another 30,000 dans, plus the 100,000 dans cleared by the officials and the Duke's Mansion, there are more than 200,000 dans in total. "
As he said that, Lao Zhu took out another memorial and said, "The navy is here to report that 40,000 loads of dried sea fish will arrive in the capital early tomorrow morning. I leave all these to you. You can prepare and set off for Henan to provide disaster relief immediately tomorrow."
"I obey the decree." Han Du respectfully promised.
"Are you planning to use water transport, or..." Lao Zhu asked casually.
Han Du raised his head and replied solemnly: "I am planning to travel by sea."
Lao Zhu was expecting it, but he couldn't help but asked with some worry: "Sea transport, sea transport is risky."
"Your Majesty, water transportation is also risky. And even if the sea transportation encounters a storm, I can still try to save it. I can guarantee that at least 200,000 dans of grain will reach Henan. If there is a problem with water transportation, that is All things come to an end.”
After hearing Han Du's words, Lao Zhu couldn't help being surprised. Pointing at Han Du with a solemn expression, he asked sharply: "Why do you say that? Do you know something?"
"I just came back from overseas, what can I know?" Han Du smiled helplessly, Lao Zhu was like this, he was too suspicious. As soon as something feels a little wrong, it's easy to think about something.
Lao Zhu was right. If Han Du wanted to do something, there was no need for him to go out of his way to tell him how to raise food. If there is no such method, wouldn’t the people of Henan have no way to be saved?
"I'm just in case," Han Du explained. "The sea is so vast that even if someone wants to do something, it's impossible to do it. But water transportation is different. Once it is blocked or intercepted, it will It’s all over.”
Lao Zhu nodded and finally said, "Okay, I'll do as you say."
Seeing that Lao Zhu agreed, Han Du resigned and left.
I originally thought that it would take at least two or three days to collect the food in the capital, but I didn't expect that it would be collected within one day. Han Du hurried home now, preparing to have dinner with his family and say goodbye.
More than 200,000 dans of grain and dried fish were loaded on more than 600 ships.
Going down the Yangtze River mightily, out of
After the sea, he took advantage of the sea breeze and headed north along the coast.
Kaifeng Mansion in Henan Province is the residence of the Provincial Government Envoy Si Yamen.
The eight-hundred-mile express from the imperial court had arrived here a day ago, but Feng Qing, the chief envoy, waved his hand and sent the soldiers down to rest. He just glanced at it lightly and closed it.
"Sir, what is the imperial court's order?" Gu Kun was so anxious that he asked bluntly without caring about the etiquette of superiors and subordinates. The disaster in Henan is so serious that people are starving to death every day. If there is no more food relief, I am afraid that the tragedy of cannibalism will occur in Henan.
The disaster in Henan has been reported for a long time, but for some reason there has been no news. Now that the imperial court finally sent someone, Gu Kun was naturally eager to see if the imperial court would allocate food to Henan.
Fengqing smiled softly and said: "The imperial court has said that the grain has been allocated to be shipped. It will arrive in Kaifeng in up to three days. We are asked to gather the people from all prefectures and counties to facilitate the imperial court's disaster relief."
"Great, Henan has been saved." Gu Kun was so happy that he jumped up, suddenly facing the direction of the capital, and knelt down on the ground, "On behalf of the more than three million people in Henan, I would like to thank the emperor for his grace."
"Master Gu, it's better not to be happy too early." Li Cheng, the right counselor on the side, said with a smile.
Gu Kun stood up immediately. He wanted to get angry, but he thought the people would be saved. At this happy moment, he didn't want to cause any conflict with Li Cheng.
"Master Li, since the imperial court has allocated food and the people have been saved, I am naturally happy. Why can't I be happy?"
Gu Kun was a member of the left political party, and was one level higher than Li Cheng in terms of official position. However, considering that everyone was an official in the same department, Gu Kun did not care too much about him.
Li Cheng didn't appreciate Gu Kun's kindness, but was full of hostility towards him. From Li Cheng's perspective, if it weren't for the stubborn old man Gu Kun standing in the way, he would have been sitting on the right side of politics long ago.
Li Cheng smiled and said: "Master Gu, please see clearly, this is the 800-mile express. From the capital to here, even the 800-mile express will take two days. The current disaster in Henan is not that many One hundred thousand loads of grain cannot be suppressed at all. Do you think the imperial court can deliver hundreds of thousands of loads of grain to Kaifeng Mansion in such a short period of time?"
