Chapter 1,241 Disaster Relief

The meaning of this sentence is that after serious self-reflection, I determine that I am right, then even if I face the obstruction of thousands of people, I will still move forward bravely.

This is the "right way" that Sun Gu has always demanded. Now Zhao Xu and Su You are looking at him, meaning that we have found any excuse now. Old man, if you dare to go back on your word, you will no longer be polite.

, but fearful of enemies and war.

Sun Gu was irritated by the looks of Zhao Xu and Su You: "Why are you looking at me? I said before that I would send an envoy to question the situation in Xia. Since I, the Song Dynasty, are in charge, I will naturally send you!"

"Okay!" Zhao Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief: "The Third Division withheld the annual coins given to the Xia people this year, and the Privy Council drafted a reward below Di Yong. He ordered Shen Kuo in the letter, and Li Ji sent an envoy to Xia to accuse him of unreasonably raising troops.

The crime of reckless killing!"

Su You held up his hands and said: "There is one more thing, they must reply before six months, otherwise the Song Dynasty will regard it as the vassal state's arrogance towards the suzerain, and will reserve all rights to pursue it!"

In the fourth month of the month, in Renshen, the emperor Chongzheng Hall was released and imprisoned.

In the fifth month of Wushen, Cheng Ying of the Jin Dynasty was granted the title of Marquis of Chengxin, Gongsun Chujiu was granted the title of Marquis of Zhongzhi, and a temple was built in Jiangzhou.

Renzi was given the title of Sui Ren clan as Chugu Huaxu. Suiming was blessed by Emperor Qi De, built the Vulcan Platform in Shangqiu, erected the Suihuang Temple, and worshiped Fuxi and Nuwa as his companions, declaring him the "first ancestor of humanities".

In Guichou, the Liao Dynasty sent envoys to Beijing. Locusts invaded the southern border of the Liao Kingdom and asked the Song Dynasty for food assistance.

In fact, there is also a locust plague in Hebei, but the extent of the damage can be said to be very light compared to the Tokyo Road in Liao Dynasty.

Su Yuanzhen organized a large number of people to turn over the soil and catch locusts. He also vigorously promoted forage cultivation and livestock breeding in Hebei. Before the locust plague occurred, the forage was converted into green storage and buried underground, so the livestock would not be afraid of running out of food.

In the early days of the locust plague, the Hebei Road Transportation Department issued an order that local governments would purchase the goods at the price of three bushels of locusts and one bushel of rice, and Sitong would purchase them uniformly.

Su You prepared 400,000 shi of grain in Hebei in advance, which came in handy. In addition, the first crop of rice on Nanhai Road was ripe last month. From the end of March, various maritime merchants began to transport grain continuously.

In order to increase transportation volume, the Song Dynasty also used steam ships on the canal for the first time!

The steam ship is the leading purely powered ship, dragging a long grain ship behind it. Every other water ship needs two workers to adjust the direction of the long pole. The entire fleet has one steam ship and nine ships with 300 grains.

A grain ship requires no more than one engine crew, one helmsman, and ten polesmen, a total of eighteen people, but it can transport 900 tons or 18,000 shi of grain at a time!

Such efficient transportation efficiency made it almost impossible for the land of Hebei to feel the disaster, and even had room to assist the Liao Kingdom.

Of course, the aid cannot be in vain. The Liao State initially planned to use next year's annual coins to pay for it, but was rejected by Su You's instigation.

Su You put forward a more "better" suggestion and asked Zhao Xu to express to the Liao envoy that he agreed to assist the Liao country, but he did not trust the Liao people's disaster relief capabilities.

Because disaster relief in the Song Dynasty was a systematic project, it was not just a matter of transporting the grain, but also the issue of distribution, the food problem of the people in Liao, and the livelihood of the people in the coming year.

In addition to food, it should also include seeds, poultry and livestock seedlings, as well as a large number of medicines and doctors.

The Song Dynasty has memorized it a little bit over the years, but one advantage is that it has accumulated a lot of disaster relief experience.

If the Liao Kingdom agrees, the Song Dynasty can not only provide basic rations for the people of the brotherly state, but also send medical teams, agricultural teams, water conservancy teams, disaster relief expert teams, and officials with rich disaster relief experience to the Liao Kingdom to help the local officials affected by the disaster.

, let’s save the people and rebuild people’s livelihood together!

His words made the Liao envoy burst into tears of gratitude, but made everyone in the court change their faces.

What kind of brotherly kingdom is it? You Su Mingrun really think that the Song Dynasty is the Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves the suffering?!

What Su You means is that I, the Great Song Dynasty, am the Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves people from suffering and disaster. Why, do you dare to say otherwise?

The envoys from the Liao Dynasty were very greedy, but they also had scruples, and then they cautiously mentioned, could they not send officials from the Song Dynasty? This would make the Liao Dynasty too incompetent.

Zhao Xu also seriously considered this issue and proposed another plan. If the Liao Kingdom is concerned about this, then I will ask the Queen Mother to come forward. In terms of personnel, in the name of the Royal Charity Federation, we will call together people from the public, and then from the Tianshi Mansion

, Daxiangguo Temple mobilized capable manpower.

What do you think of the Liao envoy who went to Liao for disaster relief in the name of charity and religious people?

If you agree, the Song Dynasty can promise to assist the Liao Dynasty with 50,000 shi of grain and 20,000 guan of various medicines, and agree to expand the scale of trade by adding 40,000 pieces of wood and 30,000 guan to the existing trade agreement.

Orders for northern medicinal materials.

In one sentence, do you agree or not?

…

Liao Kingdom, Baigou Pavilion.

Xue Zhong is sitting in the main hall now, with a simple and honest look on his face: "The assistance that the Duke has obtained for your court is roughly like this. In one sentence, do you agree or not?"

Yelu Shensi and Xiao Weixin looked at each other, as if they could see the bitterness in each other's eyes.

Chen Yi, the political advisor, cried blood to His Majesty. In the two southern provinces of Liao Dynasty, this year's famine is a foregone conclusion. The land is now thousands of miles away, and people will die as soon as May is over!

When they first took office, the two of them were still ambitious to start a career. Xiao Weixin's small tricks in Xiongzhou were just to establish his prestige.

Although the two countries have entered a honeymoon period on the surface, in fact, various methods are emerging in an endless stream. Xiao Weixin regards the spying of Song and Liao secret spies as a battlefield, and prepares to fight fiercely with the old coffin man on the opposite side.

I suffered a small loss in the first round, but Xiao Weixin didn't care. I heard that the Song Dynasty deployed sharp firearms at the famous names in Bianjing, but they didn't dare to deploy them north of the famous names because they were afraid of the powerful spies of the Liao Dynasty.

Prestige.

It's okay now, I won't follow your covert tricks at all, just throw out food, medicine, money, bang bang bang, bang bang bang, food, medicine and money. Do you want it? If so, just open the door obediently and invite me in!

Dou Shunqing received the plan conveyed by the Military Aircraft Department, and he was still laughing so hard. He was afraid of losing his dignity in front of the Liao people, so he simply sent Xue Zhong to negotiate.

Xue Zhong looked sincere: "It doesn't matter even if you don't agree. As a trading partner with good relations with the Liao Dynasty, Sitong will privately donate a thousand guan to the people of the Liao Dynasty even if the agreement fails."

"I heard that the people of the Liao Dynasty were suffering, so I mobilized the guys from Hebei Road, Ludao, and Zhangzidao. Everyone squeezed out a little from their own food and clothing money. It was just a drop in the bucket. It was just a meaning. I hope the governor and the queen must take it.

Decide what we want."

Yelu Shensi looked at the big fat man across from him, feeling a little dazed for a moment, unable to tell whether the boy was gloating about others' misfortune or sincerely sympathizing with the people.

The higher-ups meant that it would be best to get help from the Song people, but the people were not polite about it.

But is this possible?

Yelu Shensi gritted his teeth: "Envoy Xue..."

Xue Zhong waved his hands quickly: "No, no, no, I'm just a businessman. I don't have any title in the Song Dynasty. I am a member of the Ministry of Rites and a foreign minister. I donated money to make it easier to walk."

"The manager can call me Manager Xue, Shopkeeper Xue, or even Brother Xue. The envoy thing has nothing to do with me. I'm just a matchmaker."

Yelu Shen thought a little hesitantly: "My lord's intention...is it possible...the Liao Dynasty will only accept part of your country's goodwill, ah...that is, food, medicine and silk...Is it possible that this person doesn't need to be sent?"

?”

Xue Tong seemed surprised, as if he couldn't understand why the Liao people refused such good intentions, and suddenly he seemed to understand: "Ah, I see, you can't trust us, and you can't trust Duke Fu, right?"

Xiao Weixin interjected: "It is precisely because of Duke Fu that the Song-Liao trade agreement was successfully implemented. The silk currency was also his opinion. We are very grateful."

"Now that I'm asking for help, Duke Fu is actively pushing me. How can I say I don't trust him?"

"But the weather is already hot. It is too troublesome to ask your country to organize manpower to help us. This year's Xijing Road and Nanjing Road are destined to not be too stable. If your personnel make mistakes in our country, we will also bear the responsibility.

I can’t afford this responsibility.”

Xue Tong looked careless: "That's up to you. Alas, it's May now. If we delay it any longer, the people will really be hopeless..."

Yelu Shensi raised his hands and said, "Brother Xue, can you please be tolerant?"

Xue Tong said: "The officials have said that in the name of the Queen Mother, the Royal Charity Association will come forward to summon people from the public, as well as people from outside the Daxiangguo Temple and Tianshi Dao to enter the Liao Dynasty. If this is the case, can you accept it?
Chapter completed!