Over the course of a day, the chaotic and noisy situation gradually returned to calm.
The battlefields inside and outside the city have been cleared.
At the same time, Wang Can sent soldiers to convey the order outside the city. All the people knew that Wang Can was going to prepare food and money for the people to return home. After the news came out, hundreds of thousands of people in the camp outside the city
Everyone clapped their hands in celebration and praised the King of Shu for being a sage and wise king, comparable to Yao and Shun. They simply praised Wang Can to the sky.
However, due to insufficient money, the people could only stay in the city temporarily and wait for Wang Can to raise the donations.
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In the city of Wu County, outside the Shu military camp.
A group of people stood at the gate of the camp, waiting eagerly. Among the group of people, the front ones were Wang Can, Dian Wei, Xu Shu and Lu Meng standing next to them. Behind them were a group of soldiers. The rest of the generals and civil servants did not follow.
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Dian Wei whispered: "My lord, you are the king of Shu, but you personally greet Gu Yong. You attach too much importance to him."
Lu Meng said: "Uncle Dian, the teacher wants to meet with the heads of the Gu family, the Lu family, the Zhu family and the Zhang family one after another. As the first person to meet the teacher, Gu Yong is both the teacher's senior brother and the head of the Gu family, so he naturally wants to be courteous to Corporal Xian.
, but also to show it to the other families, so that they can understand the teacher's thoughts. Except for Gu Yong, the heads of the other families will definitely not receive this treatment."
When Wang Can heard this, he nodded slightly, with a satisfied look on his face.
Dian Wei scratched his head and said impatiently: "It's really troublesome to make it so complicated."
Xu Shu smiled and said nothing.
Not long after, a carriage came from outside the camp. This carriage was the Gu family's carriage. Gu Yong was sitting in the carriage, thinking about how to meet Wang Can. Although Wang Can and he were from the same family.
Friendship, but Wang Can is the leader of the Shu Kingdom and has a noble status, while Gu Yong is an old minister of the Sun family, so he naturally has to consider how to deal with it.
"Sir, the King of Shu is waiting for you outside the camp."
Just as Gu Yong was thinking carefully, the voice of the groom came.
Gu Yong said hurriedly: "Stop, I'll walk over."
Wang Can personally led people to greet him, which gave Gu Yong enough face. If Gu Yong asked the groom to stop in front of Wang Can and asked Wang Can to pick him up from the carriage, he was obviously relying on his identity, so Gu Yong asked the groom to stop immediately.
After the carriage stopped, Gu Yong lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage. After standing still, he looked up at Wang Can and continued walking forward.
Gu Yong had not met Wang Can before, but only heard his name and knew that Wang Can was Cai Yong's disciple.
Seeing Wang Can walking towards him, Gu Yong felt much more at ease.
He quickly quickened his pace and strode towards Wang Can. When the distance between the two was only about ten feet, Gu Yong bowed before him and said: "Gu Yong from Wu County, pay your respects to the King of Shu."
Gu Yong used his identity as the Gu family, not as an old minister of the Sun family.
In this way, the relationship has eased a lot.
Wang Can did not stop Gu Yong from saluting. After Gu Yong saluted, he stretched out his hand to help Gu Yong up and said warmly: "Senior brother, you and I are both disciples of the teacher. Why should we be so invisible to outsiders? Please come inside."
Wang Can waved his hand and motioned for Gu Yong to go first.
How could Gu Yong dare to walk in front? He cupped his hands and said, "Please, King of Shu!"
The two of them walked towards the camp one after the other.
In the Chinese army tent, Wang Can and Gu Yong sat down. Wang Can said: "Senior brother, I came to see you today. I already know the reason, so I said it straight to the point. Hundreds of thousands of people outside the city are homeless.
I am in urgent need of resettlement, but there is no money in the treasury, which makes me feel uneasy. Please help me, senior brother."
Gu Yong sat up straight and said seriously: "How much financial support is needed, please let the King of Shu know clearly."
Wang Can said: "The people outside the city have been counted. There are more than 102,800 households in total. At least 500,000 yuan are needed to resettle the people outside the city. The needs are huge. I hope for your support, senior brother.
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Gu Yong looked at Wang Can with a complicated expression, and his heart ached extremely.
Five hundred thousand dollars, this is not a small amount!
Even though the Gu family is a famous family, it is very difficult to collect 50,000 yuan at once. Gu Yong thought about it carefully and said: "King Shu, although the Gu family has a big business, it also supports countless people. The treasury is empty.
Money, the people need to be resettled, and the Gu family has a duty to do so, but it can only support the King of Shu with 50,000 yuan of money. Please forgive the King of Shu."
"Fifty thousand strings?"
Wang Can carefully thought about it and found that there were countless wealthy gentry families in Wu County, at least twenty or thirty big families. With the Gu family taking the lead in providing 50,000 guan, it would be enough to collect 500,000 guan.
After thinking about it carefully, Wang Can smiled and said: "Senior brother, I would like to thank you for your kindness on behalf of the people outside the city."
Gu Yong repeatedly declined, saying that this was a matter of course.
In fact, Gu Yong cannot refuse Wang Can. After all, Wang Can has defeated Wu Guo now. If Wang Can is weak, Gu Yong will certainly try his best to fight for the interests of the family, but Wang Can is a dragon crossing the river, with Jingzhou and Jingzhou behind him.
In Yizhou and other places, such a powerful force is far beyond what the Gu family and other big families can contend with, so they can only obey Wang Can.
After settling the business, Gu Yong turned to Cai Yong and asked: "King Shu, my teacher is nearly seventy years old and almost seventy years old. How is his health?"
Wang Can nodded and said: "Teacher, he is currently playing with his grandson and compiling history books. He is very leisurely."
The two of them were talking about Cai Yong, and the atmosphere was very good.
In the end, Wang Can personally sent Gu Yong away before returning to the Chinese army's tent. The Gu family was solved, which was a good start for collecting money. Moreover, the Gu family's defection to Wang Can would also trigger a trend that would pave the way for the next settlement.
The Lu family, Zhang family and Zhu family provided an opportunity. Just as Wang Can was thinking about the situation of the Lu family, Shi A hurriedly walked in.
"Lord, Sun Jing's whereabouts have been found."
Shi Achao bowed to Wang Can and said solemnly.
Wang Can asked: "Say it!"
Shi A said worriedly: "Half a month ago, Sun Jing transferred all the money in the treasury, also took away some grain from the granary, and at the same time took away the people of the Sun family."
"Gone? Where did Sun Jing go?" Wang Can asked immediately.
Shi A said: "Sun Jing took the Sun family to the east, and finally boarded a ship and went to sea. I don't know where they are going."
Wang Can frowned, but he didn't expect Sun Quan to have another hand.
This move caught Wang Can off guard.
Shi A continued: "My lord, if the remnants of the Sun family still exist, should we send troops to pursue them immediately? Let Gandu send a navy to go out to sea in a boat to find out about Sun Jing and destroy the remnants of the Sun family."
Wang Can shook his head and said: "No need for the time being, we must first settle the internal situation. First deal with Cao Cao in the north, and then deal with Sun Jing. Let's do this. You can separate some people from the Hero Building and let them be responsible for investigating Sun Jing.
After finding out where Sun Jing went and where to establish a foothold, we can then consider Sun Jing's matter."
"promise!"
With Wang Can's order, Shi A has one more thing to do.
Wang Can waved his hand, and Shi A turned around and left. Wang Can was the only one left in the big tent, carefully considering how to deal with the affairs of the other major families.
The next day, Wang Can summoned Lu Jun, the head of the Lu family.
Lu Jun is Lu Kang's eldest son.
Because the news of Lu Xun serving as the governor of Lujiang has spread, the Lu family is tied to the warship of the Shu Kingdom, and Wang Can is both prosperous and destructive. Naturally, he will not refuse Wang Can. Lu Jun pays homage to Wang Can, and does not wait for Wang Can
He made a request and simply offered 50,000 yuan to support Wang Can in rescuing the people.
Obviously, Lu Jun got specific information from Gu Yong.
This kind of result is what Wang Can is happy to see, and he can easily solve the problem of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Next, there is Zhu Huan. Wang Can did not meet with Zhu Huan at first, but first met with the head of the Zhu family, expressing his desire to reuse Zhu Huan, but was worried that Zhu Huan would not surrender. This was a sweetener given by Wang Can to the Zhu family.
It is equivalent to reusing Zhu Huan in exchange for the support of the Zhu family.
When the head of the Zhu family heard Wang Can's words, he was overjoyed. As long as Zhu Huan gets Wang Can's attention, the Zhu family will naturally be able to gain a foothold in Shu without being impacted. The head of the Zhu family patted his chest and expressed that he could persuade Zhu Huan
, and was also willing to contribute 50,000 yuan. With the persuasion of the head of the Zhu family, Zhu Huan was persuaded and surrendered to Wang Can.
The last person Wang Can met was Zhang Yun, the head of the Zhang family.
Zhang Yun was a man who valued righteousness over wealth. He was deeply aware of the suffering of the people and had long had the idea of helping the people. Hearing that Wang Can wanted to raise money to resettle the people of Wu County, he did not hesitate to help Wang Can with 50,000 yuan.
With the support of the four major families in Wu County, most of the matter was completed.
Next, Wang Can summoned all the other wealthy gentry families in the county to receive them together. People from these families all learned about the situation of the four major families, Gu, Lu, Zhu, and Zhang, and understood that it was impossible not to donate money. The major families
It ranged from 10,000 guan to 30,000 to 50,000 guan, and it was easy to collect 500,000 guan.
If you have money, it will be easier to do things.
Wang Can asked Xu Shu to take charge of the demobilization of the people, ensuring that each household received five guan of money and returned to their hometown. Within three days, all the hundreds of thousands of people in the camp were demobilized.
At this point, Wang Can has finished handling the affairs of Wu County and solved the mess left by Sun Quan.
On this day, Shi A quickly ran towards the Chinese army's tent.
Shi'a's face was pale, with a look of horror in his eyes.
With Shi'a's mind, even if Cao Cao led the attack, he would only show a hurried and panicked look and would not be frightened. If Shi'a was like this, something big must have happened.
