They all said that this was a rough statement, but Feng Xi's words seemed simple, but Song Yichun instantly woke up and understood where their Qingquan was at this moment.
Lu Lin was determined to win them, no matter whether he, the county magistrate, agreed or not.
So he actually had only two choices, either to compromise with the Green Forest Army or to lead the people under his rule to resist.
But compromise is impossible. Now Li Cifu is sitting in front of him, and the court has already taken action. If he compromises now, won't he push the people into a pit of fire?
Once the rebellion is quelled by the court, what will the court do with these people?
What's more, even without Li Cifu in front of him, he never thought that the Green Forest Army could win...
Then there is only the second way left, which is to resist.
But the word "resistance" sounds simple. In fact, every step of the resistance is filled with blood and human lives. It is the weight that Song Yichun least wants to bear.
Rather than passively being beaten to death, they might as well make arrangements from the beginning and gain the greatest victory at the smallest cost.
As long as they can persist until the imperial troops arrive, Qingquan will be the real place of merit, and all their perseverance will become actual rewards.
Are you afraid that the people of Qingquan will not be able to pay this year's taxes? Are you still afraid that Princess Zhaoming will continue to abuse them?
Will not.
Thinking of this, Song Yichun felt his heart surge.
That's right, instead of being beaten passively, it's better to scheme against the opponent from the beginning and fight a beautiful comeback!
Seeing Song Yichun's expression change from sadness to joy, and his eyes gradually becoming firmer, Li Cifu and Qi Xiao knew that the matter was stable.
Li Cifu nodded with satisfaction, secretly thinking that their princess was really wise and foolish but kept it hidden.
Only Feng Xi didn't notice it, and still stretched out his bowl to Qi Xiao, saying that he could eat another bowl of meat.
As for how to fight back, what does it have to do with a lunatic like her who is just waiting to die?
As expected, Feng Xi just continued to work and no longer participated in the conversations between Qi Xiao and the three of them.
On the contrary, Li Cifu and Song Yichun cherished each other, and the two never stopped discussing how to govern the prefectures and counties.
The former taught the latter about the laws of the DPRK, and the latter communicated with the former about the difficulties of the people.
After all, Song Yichun was the magistrate of a county, and his vision was certainly not comparable to that of Liu Rong.
Therefore, Feng Xi and the others soon discovered that Mingzhou's difficulties were not only due to the harsh administration of local officials, but also because the people of Mingzhou only did farming and did not know much about business.
Feng Xi had learned before that Mingzhou was actually the Jiangnan area of Dazhao.
The soil here is fertile and suitable for farming, so Mingzhou has taken farming very seriously and commerce very lightly since the previous dynasty.
This resulted in Mingzhou's tax revenue mostly coming from farming, which looked quite high. In fact, the state was not prosperous and there were no employment channels for the people.
Well, probably farming and being hired to farm are the same as employment.
Of course, there are still small businesses that make tofu and sauce for breakfast, but these people can basically run their own business, so why do they need to hire someone?
It was only in the past two years that business had improved a little, and only then did the Liu family rise. But in the final analysis, it was only the few years Song Yichun was here.
However, the tax burden and corvee have become heavier and heavier in recent years. Not to mention asking businessmen to hire more people, even farmers dare not hire people.
This is also the reason why Li Wu and others are obviously rich, but their family is so poor that they can't even afford medicine.
It can be said that even if Mingzhou can be exempted from taxes this year, it will be very difficult for Mingzhou next year...
In Feng Xi's words, this is a problem with the industrial structure, and if it is not cured, it will only get worse.
However, Song Yichun didn't say much about this, because it was not their top priority.
In contrast, he has a merciless request...
"There are no outsiders here. Mr. Song, just tell me what you have to say."
"this……"
Seeing that Li Cifu noticed that he was hesitant to speak, Song Yichun said shamelessly:
"Old Xiao, Lin Xiong and others are so scheming that they actually came up with a plan to provide help in the snow to confuse the people. However, the people are miserable and there are many people who cannot afford to take care of the disease and cannot get medicine. I wonder if your little great-grandson can... "
Looking at Xiao Qizhuo who was eating apologetically, Song Yichun also felt that he was a little shameless, actually wanting to enslave a child.
But I have to say that when he stepped into his grandson's room early this morning and found that both his grandson and his student had improved greatly, he was really impressed by Qi Zhuo's medical skills.
He felt that it was not an exaggeration to say that this child was a child prodigy.
"What's wrong with this?"
Li Cifu smiled.
He had discussed it with their princess and consort yesterday. If they wanted to quickly integrate into Mingzhou, they must do something to help the people of Mingzhou.
At present, the arrest of the Green Forest Army will attract criticism, and it is not suitable to go public.
But this free clinic is different!
In this life, who doesn’t have any illness or pain?
Even Qi Zhuo puffed out his cheeks and nodded, saying that he would try his best.
However, seeing how readily they agreed, Song Yichun showed no joy on his face. Instead, he said even more awkwardly:
"Mr. Xiao, it would be easy if we just treat patients, but these medicinal materials... to be honest, those people who need free medical treatment may not be able to afford the money."
In fact, most of the patients in the county started out with minor illnesses, but because they had no money to pay for medicine, they became more and more serious, until they became serious illnesses that ordinary doctors cannot cure.
In other words, if they only treat patients without giving medicine, they may not be of much significance to the sick people.
But this medicinal material cannot be conjured out of thin air. If you want it, you have to spend money to buy it, right?
But are today’s county governments rich?
In the past five years, in order to reduce the suffering of the people under his rule, he had already emptied the county government's wealth.
Therefore, the county government has no money to buy medicine, and he, a poor county magistrate, is even less able...
And since he has just said this, there is nothing else that Feng Xi and others don’t understand.
"Master Song means that I have to pay for the medicine, right?"
Li Cifu just wanted to ask clearly, but Song Yichun couldn't help but blush and said:
"It's my incompetence, I'm really ashamed..."
Not only Song Yichun was ashamed, but Uncle Liu who didn't know much about the situation couldn't help but lower his head.
It's really too much to ask for people's efforts and money.
Unexpectedly, before they could recover, Li Cifu took out twenty taels of silver from his sleeve and pushed it in front of Song Yichun and Song Yichun with a smile on his face.
"Master Song, there is no need to be ashamed. I know that you are an upright official. Just take the money. If you don't have enough money to buy medicinal materials, you can tell me."
Seeing that Li Cifu had brought out the money, Song Yichun wanted to refuse at that time.
After all, he knew that Li Cifu was also an upright official and his family didn't have much money left. He couldn't let him spend the money...
Unexpectedly, Li Cifu smiled the next second and said:
"Don't worry, Mr. Song, this money was not given by me, but by our princess."
