Northern Song Dynasty gangster: Start the game with a dog's head, and Mr. Bao spares his life

As long as you save a little, it's enough for a family to eat half full.

As a result, the victims worked hard to have a full meal.

Coupled with the fact that officials at all levels are constantly shuttling back and forth, commanding and planning, people who don't know come here and think they have arrived at a huge construction site.

Another ten days have passed, and countless adobe and brick houses have been built, and it is no longer a problem to survive the cold winter.

On this day, the prefect of Jeju came to Cao Bin and carefully reported:

"Uncle, in a few days time, the shelters for the victims will be built. Do you still need work for relief?"

Cao Bin said casually:

"Of course, after building the residences for the victims, we will build government offices, county offices, city walls, and water canals... Anyway, we can't let them sit idle."

The prefect of Jeju wiped the sweat from his forehead and said:

"Uncle, the relief food you distributed could have been used until the end of the year, but now it will be used up soon, and the same is true for other counties."

Cao Bin didn't care and said:

"Don't worry, I've collected nearly a million stones of grain, which is enough for next spring..."

"Aren't the grain merchants still transporting grain? Tell them to work harder. I still have more than 100 million coins in my hand, so let them transport it!"

"Years ago, the Lord would go back to Beijing to ask the imperial court for money, and their silver is absolutely indispensable!"

The prefect of Jeju nodded again and again:

"Hey! Uncle, don't worry, I will urge them."

Seeing the prefect of Jeju leave in a hurry, Cao Bin sneered: After the new year, if I don’t knock your pants off, my surname will not be Cao.

Afterwards, Cao Bin called Shi Qian again and asked, "How many people have you recruited now?"

Shi Qian took out a notebook and said:

"Uncle, I selected a thousand teenagers from among the victims, and they are all very clever."

"Now they have been assigned to various states and counties, and I plan to train them through experience."

Cao Bin nodded and said:

"Well done, so exactly what I wanted."

"Next, I plan to recruit some victims to build restaurants, tile houses, and theaters for the future."

"This can not only solve the food problem of some victims, but also expand the industry of the Hou Mansion. It can be regarded as the best of both worlds."

"I'll leave this matter to you. When the time comes, you should seriously publicize it. It's best to let the rich local households participate."

"...Let's minimize the burden on the court."

Under Cao Bin's planning, the disaster relief work has gradually been on the right track as he expected.

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In the eight hundred miles of Liangshan Po, there is a piece of land with rolling mountains, called Liaoerwa.

There is a small town in Liaoerwa, called Wanzi City, which has always been occupied by grass bandits, plundering merchants.

At this time, Heavenly King Chao Gai and Timely Yu Song Jiang were sitting side by side in the Juyi Hall, discussing matters with the brothers in the hall.

If Cao Bin saw this situation, he might be suspicious.

When he left Beijing, Lin Chong was still in Tokyo as an official.

It stands to reason that Chao Gai and Song Jiang shouldn't have occupied Liangshan so early.

Speaking of this matter, Song Jiang himself was very depressed.

He used to work well as a prison officer in Yuncheng County. Although he often helped friends in the rivers and lakes, he never did anything illegal.

Unexpectedly, when a person sits at home, the pot comes from the sky.

One day, the county magistrate suddenly told him.

Duan Wang Zhaoji and Taiwei Gaoqiu want to secretly arrest a person with the bandit name "Jijiyu".

Song Jiang was surprised at first, but then he said it was a coincidence, after all, he had never done anything out of the ordinary.

However, what the county magistrate said next made him unacceptable. Not only did the wanted person have the same nickname as him, but he also had the word "Gongming".

How can this be called a "coincidence" and it clearly points to him.

Fortunately, the county magistrate of Yuncheng had a good personal relationship with him, so he didn't take him down directly, but informed him of the news first.

Song Jiang didn't know why Zhao Ji and Zhao Ji wanted to arrest him, but they could only run away overnight.

This is different from the original book, he just killed Yan Poxi by mistake, and still has the hope of waiting for a pardon.

After offending Zhao Ji and Gao Qiu, he has no way out.

After running out of Yuncheng, he thought about it for a long time, but he never thought of going there.

Fortunately, Chai Jin pointed it to a clear path - Shuibo Liangshan!

After arriving at the foot of Mount Liang, he muttered again, thinking that if he was the only one to go up Mount Liang, he must be alone and alone, and be despised by Wang Lun.

So he thought of his good friend Chao Gai in Dongxi Village.

After all, Chao Gai and others didn't have his exquisite heart, so they were easily dragged into the dirty water by him, annexed Wang Lun, and became the masters of Liangshan side by side with him.

Now that there is a severe drought in Shandong, bandits like them are having a hard time, and their food reserves are in jeopardy.

Chao Gai said in a low voice: "It seems that we have to go down the mountain. Nowadays, in Shandong, grain merchants come and go, so it shouldn't be difficult to get grain."

Wu Yong, who was next to him, waved his feather fan and shook his head, "We can't snatch these grain merchants."

"Now the Tiger Wing Navy is on the shore of the water, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers from Changfeng guarding the city of Jeju. Our Liangshan is not an opponent for the time being."

"These grain merchants were appointed by Cao Bin and Chang Feng, and they are in collusion with each other. If we rob them, we will definitely invite the full revenge of the entire Shandong gentry!"

Chao Gai said irritably, "Then what should we do? We can't let the brothers starve to death!"

Wu Yong waved his feather fan confidently and said with a smile: "I have received news that a batch of grain is on its way in Licheng, Qizhou, and it will pass by Liangshan in a few days."

"This batch of food was sent by Yan Chasan. He was not on good terms with the Shandong gentry, so we took advantage of this opportunity."

Song Jiang nodded and said with a smile: "The military adviser is right. That batch of grain is more than 30 shi, enough for us to eat until next year's autumn harvest..."

Licheng, Qizhou, imperial envoy Xingyuan, study room.

Bai Yutang had just rushed back from Jeju, and after seeing the situation in Licheng, he didn't care about taking a break, so he hurried to see Yan Chasan.

"Master Yan, why didn't you prepare a shelter for the disaster victims outside the city?"

"Also, why is Licheng so depressed?"

Yan Chasan was very happy to see Bai Yutang come back, but now seeing his question, he was speechless.

Seeing this, Han Zhang explained angrily, "Aren't those local gentry and grain merchants?"

"Master Yan originally planned to stabilize the local grain prices, but those grain merchants deliberately set up traps, not only taking a lot of our disaster relief money, but even the civilians in the city suffered a lot."

Yan Chasan shook his head helplessly and said, "I mistrusted the villain. When it comes to buying low and selling high, manipulating prices, I'm not as smart as those businessmen."

Han Zhang quickly explained for him:

"There are also those corrupt officials. They fight against the adults everywhere and protect those gentry and grain merchants. Otherwise, they wouldn't be here."

After finishing speaking, he added: "As for the winter shelters for the victims, the progress is still very fast."

"Master Yan is worried about the local officials, so he personally recruited thousands of craftsmen to build houses for the victims, and more than half of them have been built by now."

"All the work should be completed a year ago. Although there are occasional victims who freeze to death, they are a minority after all. It is inevitable... Fifth Brother, don't worry."

When Bai Yutang heard this, great disappointment flashed in his eyes, he shook his head and said:

"Before I came back, Cao Bin had already prepared all the board and lodging for the winter in the seven states that Cao Bin was in charge of."

"Moreover, the food is sufficient and the shelter is stable. Now the victims there have begun to build government offices and city walls!"

Yan Chasan and Han Zhang were at a loss for words. After a long while, Yan Chasan said awkwardly: "He is using work for relief? His food..."

As he spoke, he nodded thoughtfully and said:

"That's right, he joined hands with the local grain merchants to buy grain at a high price. Naturally, there is enough grain right now, but there is still a long time until next year's autumn harvest."

Afterwards, he asked, "Is Guard Lu coming back soon?"

Han Zhang hurriedly said:

"Yes, my lord. The first batch of food is 38 shi. My elder brother will escort it and it will arrive in three to five days."

Yan Chasan's eyes flashed with joy, he nodded and said:

"That's good. With food, we can implement the method of work-for-relief, and we can also stabilize the price of food."

"This time, let me see how those grain merchants resisted?"

"Even if I lose some money and food, I will never join forces with those corrupt officials."

Han Zhang opened his mouth, trying to persuade Yan Chasan, but he didn't say anything.

In the past to stabilize food prices, 10,000 to [-] guan have been lost, and another [-]+ guan was spent on building shelters for the victims. Now Yan Chasan has very little money in his hands.

But Cao Bin saves a lot in this respect. He implements work-for-relief, as long as he pays for food, which is fast and stable.

Seeing that his problem here was solved, Yan Chasan remembered Bai Yutang's mission.

"Brother Bai, have you collected any evidence of corruption by Cao Bin, Chang Feng and others?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Yutang took out a pamphlet and said:

"This is the grain purchase account and bribery record of local officials and Cao Bin."

As he said that, his eyes were full of anger and he said:

"During my stay in Jeju, officials offered bribes to Cao Bin every day. Gold, silver, jade, and silk forgings were just commonplace."

"There are also all kinds of antiques, rare treasures, beautiful women..."

"Some of these women are good families who were forcibly robbed from common people's homes."

"When Cao Bin went out, he only had to look at the women on the street more than once, and someone would try to please him by intimidating and luring him."

"I heard from the servants of the imperial envoy Xingyuan that Cao Bin's bribes have filled a courtyard."

"There are also people who nicknamed it 'Ruanhongtang' because of the many treasures in the yard and the gentle fragrance of nephrite jade!"

Listening to Bai Yutang's introduction, Yan Chasan could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and said to himself:

"This Cao Bin is simply a moth of the state, lawless, I will impeach him."

Bai Yutang continued: "Except for Cao Bin, Shandong appeasement envoy Chang Feng and others are also greedy."

"I suspect that when the imperial court issued relief food for the first time, the fire caused by the riots caused by the mob was secretly planned by them."

"The purpose is to swallow the relief supplies from the imperial court..."

Yan Chasan calmed down a little at this time, walked around the study room twice, and muttered:

"I have to write a letter to inform the teacher about this matter. In the past few times, all the memorials I posted on the table fell into the sea."

"I'm afraid someone in the imperial court is colluding with them to cover up the matter..."

He guessed very accurately, someone indeed intercepted his memorial.

Cao Bin was reading the letter sent by Grand Master Pang at this time, which mentioned the matter of Yan Chasan's memorial, reminding him to be careful.

Since arriving in Shandong, Yan Chasan has appeared on the table several times, especially the impeachment of Cao Bin.

If Grand Master Pang hadn't temporarily cut off a part, the imperial court might have sent someone to investigate it long ago.

Cao Bin read the letter with a dark face and felt very uncomfortable. This is Lai Toad crawling on his feet and cannot hurt people, but it is disgusting.

Although he had long been prepared to deal with the investigation, the emperor must have had a bad impression of himself after hearing too many such memorials.

"Come here, ask Xia Laodao and Shi Qian to come here."

After pondering for a while, Cao Bin ordered.

Time has entered the twelfth lunar month, and he had to return to Beijing to report on his work and report the disaster relief situation to the imperial court a year ago, so he had to prepare in advance and preemptive strikes.

Three days passed in a flash.