different devil life

Three days later, the snow was already ten centimeters thick.

Wang Zhong stood in the snow with a dignified expression.

"Your Majesty, Minister Zheng is asking to see you." A little eunuch ran in.

"Hurry up please."

"Yes!"

Soon, Zheng Shishi, wearing a red cloak, walked in quickly: "My minister, Zheng Shishi, see the emperor."

"You don't need to be polite, Ai Qing, get up quickly, how about the food exchange plan that I asked you to discuss in the Persian Empire?"

The Persian Empire is also a large agricultural country with a large population. After knowing this place, Wang Zhong sent Zheng Shishi to discuss trade matters with some local products of the country.

"It's settled, that country is willing to exchange grain for our cloth and silk, and the other king also said that he is very interested in your proposal to establish embassies with each other, saying that it will facilitate future exchanges between the two peoples and establish an alliance. .”

"Oh?" Wang Zhong smiled and said, "That's good, tell me how you got the other party to agree."

Zheng Shishi said with a smile: "I heard from the people that there are many enemy countries around the Persian Empire, and the Persian Empire is relatively rich and often harassed by neighboring countries, so I made this suggestion to the King of the Persian Empire, as long as they establish ambassadors for each other. If the embassy is established, our country can become a friendly country with him. If one of the two countries is in trouble, the other will definitely help."

"Afterwards, I also found out that that country didn't have much iron, so I showed them our country's iron, which was much stronger than theirs. They were full of praise for our equipment and said they were willing to exchange food for our weapons."

Zheng Shishi finished speaking in one breath, and Wang Zhong nodded repeatedly: "Very good, very good, winter is coming now, our country happens to be short of a lot of food, with the food support from the Persian Empire, our Great Yan Dynasty has a great security guarantee .”

"Zheng Shishi!"

"Wei Chen is here."

"You have made great achievements in foreign trade, and I will reward you heavily..."

………………

This heavy snow fell for several days, and the weather suddenly turned cold.

And Zheng Shishi arranged all the fleets in the country to transport supplies nervously.

There are many materials, the first is food, and the second is warm clothes.

A month later, the real heavy snow came.

Now it is completely winter, not only the weather is cold, but also the snow outside is heavy.

In just one week, the snow covered more than half a meter high, and it was inconvenient for many people to travel.

However, Wang Zhong had already made various preparations and arranged for the soldiers to go out to popularize the knowledge of snow rescue.

For the convenience of the public, Wang Zhong summarized three main points.

First: The roof has to be snowed every day.

Because the roof does not sweep snow, once the weight is too thick, it will cause the house to collapse, which is very troublesome.

Second: try to wear as much as possible when going out.

Third: If you can't survive, you have to go to the government.

Simple and easy to understand three main points.

Even so, many people in Ma Daha ignored it, and many houses collapsed.

But most of them are hiding in their own houses and living through this winter with difficulty.

And soon, the food in every place began to soar, which made many people feel that they couldn't afford it, and the public resentment grew.

At this time, the imperial court promulgated a new policy. All people without houses can go to the big houses in each town to spend the winter. After the winter is over, the imperial court will help each family to build a house.

Only then did the common people know what these big houses were for.

In fact, the big house built by Wang Zhong is just a huge factory building in modern times.

The inside has no purpose other than shelter from wind and rain, so the cost of construction is not high.

But the effect was different. Many people who felt that they could not survive went into the big house and felt like a new home.

Afterwards, Wang Zhong gave these big houses a name: Sanctuary.

Immediately afterwards, the policy came out the next day.

It is strictly forbidden to speculate on grain, and anyone who finds it will have their homes ransacked.

Families without food can go to shelters and receive food.

Each household can only receive food for two days, and the receipt is received with a voucher.

Many people who feel that they have a way to survive have less complaints about Wang Zhong, and feel that the Mingjun is on top.

Of course, this news was known by Gao Yan, Qiu Renzhong and others.

"The people of the Great Yan Dynasty probably numbered tens of millions. The emperor is so courageous. He actually provided relief in such a way. Although he has won the hearts of the people, the national treasury will definitely be empty."

Gao Yan was amazed in his study.

"That's right, but there are always things that can't be taken care of. When the treasury is empty, I believe the emperor will be in a hurry."

As Qiu Renzhong spoke, he also hesitated in his heart.

Because he didn't know if he was doing the right thing by opposing Wang Zhong.

In the past, the reason why he opposed the Great Yan Dynasty was because he saw that the people were in dire straits, that officials and officials were protecting each other, and that officials and businessmen colluded.

But now everything has changed a lot, and he suddenly felt that maybe rebellion is not good.

Looking at Gao Yan, Gao Yan smiled at the moment, and continued: "Old Qiu, then I'm going out to give porridge."

"Well, let's go." Old Qiu nodded slightly, now is the perfect moment to win the hearts of the people.

Soon, several cauldrons were set up in front of Gao's house.

"Dangdangdang..."

"Folks, my young master sent porridge, come and eat."

"Flavourful and sweet rice porridge, my young master sympathizes with the hardships of the people, and specially ordered us to bring you soup."

"Come on, come on, come on everyone..."

Gao Yan stood beside the cauldron with a calm demeanor. According to his previous experience, many disaster victims would come to thank him after a while.

"Brother Gao Yan, why are there so few people here this time?"

After waiting for a long time, Yanzi, Gao Yan's fiancée, said strangely when she saw that only a few victims had come.

"Maybe there's no one at home."

Gao Yan said suspiciously: "After all, it's freezing cold, and everyone has nothing to eat. Maybe they went out to find something to eat."

Yanzi nodded slightly, "Maybe."

Yanzi has always believed in Gao Yan's words.

"Master Gao, I know the reason." At this time, the housekeeper rushed over: "It turns out that many victims of the disaster have gone to the refuge."

"Refuge?" Gao Yan frowned, "What kind of place is that?"

"Didn't the emperor allocate a lot of silver to build a big house during the flood? At first we wondered what that place was, but now we know it. It turns out that the current emperor has already guessed that this winter will be cold, so he built it in advance. The big house is now called a refuge, where the people who have no house can go to take refuge..."

"Hehehe, good, good wow!"

Gao Yan smiled, "The emperor really hides his secrets, but doesn't he think that it's enough just to live for others, you know, the most important thing is to eat."

"By the way, young master, the officials at the refuge heard about the young master's porridge. He said that they can go to the refuge to give porridge so that the victims can pick it up."

heard.

Gao Yan was a little depressed. He gave porridge out of good intentions, yet he was sent to a designated place.

It's okay to go to the shelter, but what if someone mistakenly thinks it's the emperor giving the porridge?

So he decided to go over to give the porridge in person, and it must not be thought that it was the emperor's credit.

Soon, under Gao Yan's arrangement, they started serving porridge at the shelter.

"This is porridge from my young master, come and eat."

"The fragrant porridge was sent by my young master. My young master is kind, so he sent the porridge."

The servants of the Gao family shouted at the door of the shelter.

There are quite a few disaster victims here, and when they heard that there was free porridge, they rushed over one by one.

Seeing this scene, Gao Yan was very relieved, but what made him speechless was that these victims were actually saying good things about the emperor while drinking porridge.

"Let's go drink in the shelter, it's warm inside."

"Well, it's really cold this year. Fortunately, our emperor sympathized with the people and built a shelter for us. Otherwise, we don't know how many people died."

"Yes, I scolded the emperor before, but now that I think about it, it's really a crime. The emperor is really a wise king."

"Well, good emperor, Ming Jun is alive, this is the real Ming Jun."

At this time, the housekeeper next to Gao Yan couldn't stand it anymore, and said: "Even though the emperor is good, but our Young Master Gao here is also good, he gives porridge to everyone every year."

"But pull it down, every time you come out to serve porridge, you have to beat gongs and drums, it's like a war."

"That's right, don't you want us to say a few words about him?"

The victims didn't know that they were the housekeeper of the Gao family, let alone that Gao Yan was nearby, so they spoke up without hesitation.

Another person disdainfully said: "Look at this porridge, there are only a few grains of rice floating around, is this also called porridge? Look at the grains sent by the emperor inside, that's called generous."

"That's right. In my opinion, this young master Gao Yan is definitely a villain. He wants to show his kindness by giving away a few bowls of porridge. Pooh, this kind of person is the most disgusting."

Gao Yan's expression became uglier the more he heard it.

A group of untouchables dare to say that about me.

If it wasn't for this young master's desire to leave a good reputation, you guys would have been beaten up by me today!

Taking a deep breath, Gao Yan snorted coldly and left here.

Qiu Renzhong on the side frowned.

Gao Yan had good intentions and knew how to carry out the plan.

It's just that his temperament doesn't seem to be very good, and he is utilitarian and jealous.

Chapter 650 Rebellion

Continuous disaster relief put a lot of pressure on Wang Zhong.

The grain purchased this year is rapidly being consumed.

Fortunately, a lot of food was shipped in from overseas, which solved the urgent need.

However, some areas are not so good.

Just like the Haiyan City managed by Xu Luye, who supports his own self-respect.

Xu Luye sent urgent letters several times, requesting the imperial court to support food, but Wang Zhong ignored these requests at all.

On the one hand, it was because even if the rescue was over, Xu Luye would probably take the big head away. After all, Xu Luye needed food to support his private soldiers.

On the other hand, even if the rescue passed, Xu Luye would not miss him, otherwise Xu Luye would not support himself.

Anyway, this person will turn against him sooner or later, so Wang Zhong simply ignored him.

Seeing that the imperial court did not give support for so long, Xu Luye slapped the table angrily: "This emperor's son is too outrageous, I really don't think of me, Xu Luye."

Inside the City Lord's Mansion.

Even though there were many court officials sitting in front of him, Xu Luye still angrily reprimanded Wang Zhong in full view.

It's not that he scolded on purpose, but he's used to scolding like this.

In the area of ​​Haiyan City, Xu Luye is the king.

In name, this is the place under the jurisdiction of the Great Yan Dynasty. In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this place has been controlled by Xu Luye.

Therefore, Xu Luye dared to scold Wang Zhong in full view without any psychological burden.

"My lord, please calm down. According to the information, the emperor has supported several other provinces in a row, but we have been missed. I think the emperor did it on purpose." A subordinate official guessed.

"Don't worry about it, the dog emperor must have suspected me."