Cheng Wanwan coughed.
She had a plan in mind, but she had to make sure that Mr. Lu had no plan before she could reveal her plan.
She said: "When Magistrate Shen of Ping'an County was still in office, he planned to build a large wharf in Dahe Village. Starting from Dahe Wharf, a canal would be opened to connect wharves in all directions. This plan is currently on hold, mainly because there is no Manpower, the current Wei County Magistrate plans to use forced labor to do this during the autumn slack season, but now, there are more than 20,000 disaster victims, who can just help."
Although labor is an order that people must obey in this era, forcing people to do hard labor when the country is peaceful and the people are safe can easily cause public resentment.
Today's Dahe Town is prosperous and cannot be ruined by public resentment.
Mr. Lu was shocked and said: "Dahe Town has just been established, is it necessary to carry out such a big project? Even if we have the manpower, as for the money, even if we just open a canal from Dahe Town to Hekou County, it will cost at least two to thirty thousand taels of silver." Bar……"
"Dahe Town will find a solution for the silver issue. The key now is whether Mr. Lu is willing to let these victims go to Dahe Town to open the canal." Cheng Wanwan said with a smile, "There are more than 20,000 victims, at least 10,000 men. , with the help of these people, it will probably be completed by the end of this year.”
Master Lu is of course willing.
All these unstable victims have gone to work in Dahe Town, Huzhou, and Nanyang City will soon return to its former prosperity.
The rebirth of Nanyang after the disaster can also be regarded as one of his political achievements.
Of course, he didn't dare to be greedy for credit. Sui Gongren took the lead in this matter. When writing the book, he had to mention Sui Gongren's merits.
"In addition -" Cheng Wanwan continued, "This flood has caused many old and weak women and children to lose the backbone of their families. They are unable to participate in the construction of the canal. They can only stay in Nanyang and wait for the flood to completely recede before returning to the village to start over. Life. But now it is mid-to-late May. When the floods completely recede, it will almost be June. At this time, it will be too late to plant rice and cotton. We can only grow some vegetables and the like, and it will be difficult to maintain a family's livelihood."
Mr. Lu swallowed his saliva: "What do you mean, Mr. Sui Gong?"
"This weather is suitable for planting flowers." Cheng Wanwan smiled, "Chrysanthemums and orchids are planted in summer and can bloom in two or three months. I want to plant flowers in severely affected areas and purchase them in grades according to their quality. We will not let the disaster victims suffer.”
The output of the glycerin workshop has never been able to increase, firstly because of insufficient expansion, and secondly because of lack of raw materials.
The current raw materials are mainly provided by Cheng Yuanyuan. The flowerbed looks large and the flowers are blooming luxuriantly. However, after being collected, dried and ground into powder, there is not much at all, which means that new skin care products have not been able to be launched on a large scale.
The land in Dahe Town was already very tight, and it was impossible to have any extra land for planting flowers. She originally planned to ask shopkeeper Yan to go to several nearby villages to take a look, but before she could give the order, something happened in Nanyang.
Nanyang is too far away from Huzhou. If her flower garden is built here, it will be very inconvenient to manage.
But this time the simple people in Huaihua Village were infected by her, and she was willing to help them rebuild their homes and start their lives again.
"People from Suigong are really kind people!" Mr. Lu had mixed feelings. "If it hadn't been for people from Suigong, these people who were affected by the flood would have to struggle in misery for at least seven or eight years before they can slowly return to normal life... I will take my place. Everyone in Nanyang has thanked the Suigong people. If the Suigong people need any help in the future, just say a word and Lu will be there without hesitation."
"Lord Lu, you are serious." Cheng Wanwan said humbly, "I am a fourth-grade respectful person and a court official. It is my duty to do these things for the people, and I should not praise my virtues like this."
Both of these things she did had her own selfish motives and were not selfless.
But to the people of Nanyang, she is just like a female Bodhisattva who descended from the sky.
First, it sent 200,000 kilograms of grain to help the victims tide over the difficulties, and then opened the canal in advance to provide the victims with a stable income channel. At the same time, it also provided free flower seedlings to farmers in the disaster-stricken areas. Perhaps it was because they were afraid that the victims would not be willing to plant flowers. Suigong people actually gave subsidies in advance. Farmers who are willing to grow flowers can receive a subsidy of 500 yuan in advance.
On the day Cheng Wanwan left Nanyang, countless people saw him off.
She stood on the pier and looked at the growing crowd. She saw many old and weak women and children in Huaihua Village, saw young women holding children, saw old women with crutches, and saw the strong man Hong Hong. Eye sockets... They pushed each other forward, wanting to get closer to the dock, and wanting to have a clear look at Sui Kyouto.
Cheng Wanwan is not from this era, let alone from Nanyang, but now, she is infected by the people here, and her eyes are inexplicably red.
She said in a hoarse voice: "Go back, don't send them away."
The crowd stood stubbornly, no one wanted to leave first.
It was time to sail, and the Cao family's huge ship slowly moved away from the dock and slowly left Nanyang City.
People on the pier were waving and shouting the words "Sui Gong people" loudly.
When the ship completely disappeared from everyone's sight, everyone still looked at the direction of the ship's departure without leaving.
After a long time, the crowd started talking.
"If it weren't for the Suigong people, my son and I would have died in the flood, but I can't repay this life-saving grace at all."
"Sui Gongren fed my little baby with his own blood. My little baby only came back to life after drinking Sui Gongren's blood. I don't know how to repay such a great kindness."
"What we in Sophora Flower Village can do is grow flowers well and grow the biggest and most beautiful flowers for the people of Suigong."
"The people of Suigong need us to open the canal, so those of us who are strong should work hard. If anyone dares to be lazy, I, Yang Laosan, will never let him go!"
"Whoever dares to harm Suigong people will be the enemy of the entire Nanyang City."
"..."
The boat sailed smoothly on the river. Cheng Wanwan looked at Nanyang, which was getting smaller and smaller, and his heart seemed to be filled with something.
She looked at her two sons standing beside her and said: "Jing Xing, Jing Cheng, one of you is a seventh-grade official and the other is a businessman. No matter what your status is, you must remember that when you have the ability, you must We need to help those who are struggling. Maybe one day, these people who are struggling to survive will also help us."
Zhao Dashan nodded: "Mom, I remember everything."
Zhao Ergou nodded: "Don't worry, mother. Although I am a profit-oriented businessman, I always put love before profit. I will work hard to help those in need, just like mother."
Cheng Wanwan looked at his two sons with satisfaction.
Their family has grown too fast. Three years ago, they did not have enough food and clothing. Now they are considered a family of officials. She is afraid that the children will be too arrogant and that they will always think that the Zhao family is great and put herself above all ordinary people. .
As everyone knows, a lot of what their family has now came from ordinary people. They have received so much, and when it's time to give back, they should give back.
Gifts of roses, hand a fragrance.
