Summer is really urgent.
The Zhao family boy built houses, factories, and granaries, and recruited many people from Xia Village.
Each person who works can not only earn four wages, but also have one meal a day, white rice, broth, whatever you want.
According to their past life, they would not dare to eat like that during the New Year.
He saw that life in Xia Village was getting better and better, and people's faces were filled with happy smiles.
Now that the bandits have raised the civilian accommodation fee to 50%, there is no extra food left to sell to the Zhao boys.
He won't be able to harvest the grain, and the brewery and granary may have to stop.
Not only were the workers no longer able to make any more money, the Zhao family boy also suffered a huge loss.
For a moment, everyone looked at Zhao Ping.
"Keep doing it, keep collecting."
Zhao Ping pondered for a while and said.
Even though he was not familiar with history, he also knew that bandits were often composed of refugees.
Most of them were forced to go up the mountain and become bandits, and when they fell into the grass, they became bandits.
If the country is truly peaceful and the people are at peace, whoever becomes a bandit with nothing to do will be punished by beheading.
So bandits are not scary.
With the right guidance, they can easily be broken down.
The most famous Liangshan heroes in history, a letter of recruitment can lead to their destruction.
As a time traveler, can't I still deal with this group of incompetent bandits in Yun'an County?
What's more, there are officers and soldiers.
Let the officers and soldiers send out troops to suppress the bandits first.
If it really doesn't work, take action yourself.
If he wants to lead the people of Yun'an County to become rich, then there can be no bandits here.
Sooner or later there will be a battle.
It's better to take advantage of this opportunity to completely eradicate the cancer of bandits.
"How to accept it?"
Wen Hui smiled bitterly and said, "Everyone is asking for a refund of their food."
"Then retreat."
Zhao Ping sighed: "Even if we cause a little trouble, we can't make the villagers feel wronged."
"And our granary can also be lent to the village chiefs, so they can temporarily store the harvested grain in the granary."
"When the time agreed with the bandits for delivering the food arrives, we will deliver it to Black Wind Village at Tuolingfeng."
"But the construction of granaries and breweries continues, and this cannot be stopped."
After receiving Zhao Ping's order, everyone began to get busy.
Xu Tianhua had nothing to do, so he said gloomily: "This damn bandit is disturbing my pleasure."
"You shouldn't curse bandits."
Zhao Ping corrected him: "You should scold the emperor and local officials."
"What's the meaning?"
Xu Tianhua asked with a frown.
"If our Majesty can manage the country well so that the people can have clothes to wear, food to eat, and medical treatment for their illnesses, will there still be homeless bandits?"
Zhao Ping said: "If local officials were dedicated to suppressing bandits, would bandits still be so rampant?"
"To put it bluntly, it was the pressure of the big officials above and the inaction of the small officials below that made the bandits so bold to openly collect grain."
Wen Hui also told him about bandits collecting grain before.
Zhao Ping thought it was some sneaky robbery.
Now I understand that these bandits are so bold that they dare to walk through the market and openly ask everyone for food.
If you don't give it, I'll kill you.
Brutal violence.
It also made him very angry.
With such a trend, it’s no wonder that the people of Yun’an County are living a better life.
Therefore, the tone of speaking to Xu Tianhua, a Shangguan, was somewhat harsh.
Xu Tianhua didn't care about Zhao Ping's attitude, but was carefully savoring what he said.
It seems to be true.
After all, suppressing bandits requires troops.
And sending troops requires rations.
Where do the rations come from?
The country does not have any extra money, so it can only get it from the hands of local people.
The harvested rations must be sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs for verification.
Only after verification is completed can the funds be disbursed to the local area.
After layers of exploitation, there is very little ration left that can actually reach the local government.
I'm even afraid that in some places there is just an order for them to suppress bandits.
Who is willing to work to the death when there is not even food?
Winning is Shangguan's benefit.
If they fail, it means they are incompetent and cannot even deal with the bandits.
Therefore, various places have formed an unwritten tacit understanding with the bandits.
Officials allowed bandits to collect food from the people, but they were not allowed to cause trouble.
When His Majesty orders the bandits to be suppressed, the bandits should obediently bring out a few disobedient guys to express their feelings.
This is called mutual help.
Xu Tianhua also learned from Peng Yue.
He also asked Peng Yue why he didn't suppress the bandits, and Peng Yue directly said that he had no food and grass.
After pondering for a moment, Xu Tianhua sighed: "The situation is like this, and there is nothing I can do about it."
"Why can't you do anything?"
Zhao Ping asked back: "You may not have such great ability to govern other places."
"But this is Yun'an County, and you are the magistrate of Yun'an County. If you say there is nothing you can do, how will the people survive?"
"Make bricks without straw."
Xu Tianhua sighed again, "Even if I want to suppress the bandits, I don't have enough food rations."
Zhao Ping asked again: "There are tens of thousands of people in Yun'an County. If everyone collects some, isn't it enough for the officers and soldiers to suppress the bandits?"
"That's not what you said."
Xu Tianhua explained how the grain collected during the bandit suppression was uniformly allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Finally, he sighed: "Our Yun'an County is so remote, the funds allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs cannot reach here at all."
Zhao Ping became speechless.
This reminded him of some events in his previous life.
Under the guise of doing good deeds, funds are raised from those who have compassionate hearts, but very few actually use them in disaster-stricken areas.
Instead, they were raised fat and white.
When Zhao Ping saw the news, he was filled with righteous indignation for a long time.
However, he is just an ordinary citizen and can't do much. He can only avoid those disgusting companies in future donations.
But now in the Dawei Dynasty, in Yun'an County.
Zhao Ping felt that he should stand up and prevent such things from happening again.
Then he said coldly: "That's the case, then why do we still need to hand over the food for the bandits?"
"Wouldn't it be better to give it directly to the county official and let him send troops to suppress the bandits?"
"this……"
Xu Tianhua really didn't think about this.
He was an official of the Dawei Dynasty, and he accepted the idea that imperial power was supreme.
All military supplies need to be decided by His Majesty himself.
Give it directly to the county officials. Do the county officials dare to ask for it?
Zhao Ping added fuel to his fire.
"Xu Jiuguan, if you want to govern Yun'an County into the best county in the world, you must completely eliminate the banditry."
"Think about it for yourself. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
After saying these words, Zhao Ping turned and left.
We can't place all our hopes on Xu Tianhua, he must also make arrangements.
At the moment, the bandits are just requisitioning grain. If they learn that they have built big houses, founded breweries, textile factories, etc., that they are wealthy gentry, but have no background, they will definitely cause trouble for them.
It's possible to kill yourself.
Taking precautions is Zhao Ping's way of doing things.
So after returning home, Zhao Ping called everyone together to discuss countermeasures.
Xu Tianhua looked at Zhao Ping's retreating back, stroked his beard, and murmured, "Mr. Zhao is right, bandits will always be a serious problem in Yun'an County unless they are solved."
"I'm afraid it's not safe for me to be the county magistrate here."
"I will go find the county official now and ask him to send troops to suppress the bandits."
