Gu Chengyu frowned when he heard this. Jiangnan is the ancestral home of Xia Qing. The Xia family has been in Jiangnan for a long time and has become the leader of Jiangnan.
Regardless of whether they are merchants or local officials, they all respect the Xia family. If he wants to implement his plan, he must first attack the Xia family.
So he began to make serious arrangements in the past few days. He wrote a secret letter to the emperor, and he may have arrived in the capital by now.
Now it depends on whether the emperor can understand his intentions. He has to find something for Xia Qing to do, so as to prevent Xia Qing from focusing on him and hindering his plan.
I don't know when the disaster relief money from the court will arrive, and the victims can't wait long. He, the imperial envoy, is also very frustrated. He has no money and no food. As soon as he arrives in Jiangnan, there is a mess waiting for him.
Gu Chengyu frowned. Of course, the rising rice prices must be curbed, but now is not the time.
Of course, he has a way to make people who are hoarding rice and food obediently spit it out.
"Sir, how should we deal with the victims? Once there are more victims, conflicts will continue. We have stopped several fights over land and food. There are also many victims who have expressed dissatisfaction when they heard that someone could enter the city to do things.
I have nothing to do during the day."
Ming Mo was worried, not about the scarcity but about the inequality. Everyone was in the same situation, so naturally these people had little hope.
But they are also victims of the disaster. Some people can go to work in the city and not only receive wages, but also take care of two meals. Seeing that they and their families are starving to death, how can these people endure it?
Gu Chengyu was not surprised when he heard the news. He had already anticipated such consequences.
It is impossible for Hangtian Mansion to accommodate so many victims, and of course not all of them will go to the city to work as river workers.
"You take my seal to Yang Chaoying and order him to register the victims and temporarily divide them into two groups. One group will be escorted to Yingnan Mansion."
Gu Chengyu felt that the number of people at this moment was almost the same, and he could send half of them to Yingnan Mansion. There were too few people before, and it would be very inconvenient to divide them into several batches, so it was better to send them all at once.
"But sir, will those people be willing to leave? Doesn't Yingnan Mansion not agree to accept the victims?"
Ming Mo frowned slightly, did he think his adults were too optimistic?
Gu Chengyu sneered when he heard this, "Don't agree? It's not up to him, Li Taihang. What right does he have to disagree? You asked Ming Yan to take three D-generation people to follow the victims to ensure that they reach Yingnan Mansion safely."
Gu Chengyu has calculated that it would take an ordinary person three or four days to walk from here to Yingnan Mansion. However, most of these victims are old, weak, women and children. They have not had a full meal for a long time, so it may take more time.
Plus two days.
"Before you arrive at Yingnan Mansion, I will rush over quickly. Li Taixing has the handle in my hand, and the Shang Fang sword in my hand is constraining him. How dare he disagree?"
Gu Chengyu didn't have a good impression of this person. When he and Prince Jing conspired to plot against him, he hadn't yet settled the score with this person! Now that he's in Jiangnan, he has to avenge his previous revenge?
"But the victims are now penniless and haven't had enough to eat for several days. Can they walk to Yingnan Mansion? What will they eat on the way?"
Ming Mo was always careful in his work, so escorting him all the way was not a big deal. He would see which blind bandit could come to his door by himself.
Besides, these victims were dressed in rags, and they were clearly refugees at first sight, and even the bandits looked down upon them. If they had no money, who would rob them?
"Forget it, go and invite Magistrate Yang over. I have something to discuss with him."
Gu Chengyu thought for a moment and felt that he still had to tell Yang Chaoying face to face. After all, this was his Hangtian Mansion.
"Oh! And Mr. Hu, please come together!"
Within a moment, Yang Chaoying arrived at the study room where Gu Chengyu was.
"Master Gu! More and more disaster victims are gathering outside the city. How can this be a good thing?"
As soon as she entered the house, Yang Chaoying wiped the sweat from her head.
He met Ming Mo on the way to Gu Chengyu's study. As soon as he learned that Gu Chengyu was looking for him, he immediately came to the study in a hurry.
"Mr. Yang, don't be anxious. Please drink tea first to calm down. When Mr. Hu comes, we will discuss the matter of the victims together."
Hu Maoshen came soon. He had been worried and couldn't sleep at night these past two days. As soon as he entered the room, he asked the same question as Yang Chaoying.
After Gu Chengyu saluted, he smiled slightly. Knowing that these two people were anxious, he simply didn't show off and went straight to the point.
"I plan to divide the victims into two parts, and one of them will go to Yingnan Mansion. Now Hangtian Mansion has nowhere to stay."
Hu Mao thought deeply for a moment, then frowned and said: "We have discussed going to Yingnan Mansion before, but the journey is far away, and it is impossible to hire a carriage with so many people. So how should the food be arranged for the victims on the way? Moreover, the government
We still have to send people to protect their safety. If something goes wrong along the way, we won’t be able to afford it.”
There must be a lot of victims going to Yingnan Mansion. Judging from the number of people outside, there must be at least seven or eight thousand people. If something happens to so many people on the way, they cannot afford it.
"I asked four of my followers to follow me, and with the number of government servants from Mr. Yang's house, there is no need to worry about safety. As for food, that will be easier to solve. All the victims who follow to Yingnan Mansion will have to go to Yingnan Mansion every day.
Each person is given three steamed buns every day until they arrive at Yingnan Mansion. Once you arrive at Yingnan Mansion, you don’t have to worry about eating."
Gu Chengyu felt that these were not problems. The most troublesome thing was how to deal with Li Taihang.
But he already had a countermeasure, so he wasn't worried.
"I dare to ask Mr. Gu, how do you plan to solve this problem of food?"
Yang Chaoying couldn't understand that Gu Chengyu solved the matter so lightly, but the problem was that the root of the matter had not been solved yet!
Even Hu Maoshen looked over, he was also very curious.
"Isn't this a granary? Open the granary and take out part of it first. It should be fine."
Gu Chengyu picked up the tea bowl and was thinking that it was a waste to store the grain in the warehouse. It was all moldy. If they didn't take it out to provide emergency relief to the victims, the court was too rigid.
Even if we have to prepare for a rainy day, we can't let the victims go hungry while the food in the warehouse is fed to rats, right?
Are humans not as noble as rats? Rats are raised to be fat and strong, while humans are skinny and skinny. It is simply ridiculous.
Hearing this, Yang Chaoying opened his mouth wide and was stunned for a long time, then shook his head like a rattle.
"No, no! Without the order of the imperial court, we must not open the granary. Otherwise, if the emperor blames me, I will be left with nothing to eat. Even you, Mr. Gu, will not be spared!"
Yang Chaoying didn't expect that Gu Chengyu would have the idea of a granary. He was really desperate and crazy.
"I'm just taking it out for emergency purposes. The time is too short and I don't have time to prepare food. Let's borrow the food from the granary first. I will be able to pay it back within three days."