Su Jiabao also knew about the robbery of the disaster relief food, whether it was robbed or corrupted was always up to his father, Su Wei, the seventh-rank sesame official, who couldn't control it.

Seeing that his father was about to turn gray with worry, Su Jiabao gritted his teeth and decided that he would pay for the disaster relief himself, as much as he could save, anyway, he must persist until the court came up with a real solution.

Su Jiabao gave Su Wei all his current net worth, Xia Yuan only gave the jade pendant as a voucher for the money for selling bean products, so all he can take out now is the money earned from the newly renovated pawn shop and Qingjiang Tower, even so, This amount is also huge.

Su Wei stared at Su Jiabao taking out a large amount of banknotes from the box he was holding and piled them up in front of him.

"Bao'er, this...this is..." Su Wei only took a cursory look, and saw a few hundred taels of silver bills. He didn't know where Su Jiabao got so much money.

"Father, it's not all mine." Su Jiabao stretched out his hand and pulled Xia Yuan who was standing aside to his father, smiling obediently: "I borrowed most of them from this young master."

In order to avoid Su Wei's doubts about his identity, Su Jiabao finally persuaded Xia Yuan to let him accompany him in a play.

"In Xiayuan, I was besieged by disaster victims a few days ago. Fortunately, Mr. Su rescued me. The money is nothing to me. Since it can solve the urgent needs of adults, let's take it and use it first." Xia Yuan said calmly. .

Xia Yuan's invisible magnanimity and nobility made Su Wei believe his words directly. After all, people besieged by disaster victims did happen from time to time, let alone this noble man.

Su Wei also knew that this money was very important to him, after thanking Xia Yuan repeatedly, he took it, and even wrote an IOU on the spot and stamped it and handed it to Xia Yuan.

Xia Yuan reached out to take it.

In the following days, while appeasing the emotions of the victims, Su Wei persuaded the merchants in the city to send a caravan to the Lingzhong area to collect grain. Su Wei adopted Xia Yuan's suggestion and asked the caravan to avoid the bustling county seat Going to rural farms in various places, the grain purchased is not only of high quality, but also very cheap.

The caravan mainly harvested beans and corn, combined with the series of methods that Su Jiabao handed over to Xia Wen, the food production increased by three or four times at once.

In the back hall of the county yamen, Xia Wen was making brine and preparing some tofu. Xia Yuan saw it, glanced at Su Jiabao lightly, then turned his gaze away, without saying a word.

Su Jiabao touched his nose in embarrassment under his gaze, laughed "hehe" twice, then moved to Xia Yuan's side, leaned over and whispered: "The situation is forced, it is purely the situation, brother Xia, do you believe me?" I, the method that I sold to you, in this world, only you, me, and Uncle Xia really know."

"No problem." Xia Yuan said.

Su Jiabao was about to flatter Xia Yuan when he saw a person flying towards Xia Yuan and whispered something.

After listening to Zhao Fei's report, Xia Yuan remained indifferent. He said to Su Jiabao: "A letter came from home suddenly, so I will take my leave today."

"Brother Xia, please go ahead." Su Jiabao replied.

It was not until Xia Yuan returned to the inn room that the expression on his face sank, "Tell me in detail."

Zhao Fei replied: "Master, there is news from Commander Xiao that Zheng Yuan, the magistrate of Yanbei Prefecture, has sent a letter to the Yanbei Army, asking the Yanbei Army to help them go to Cangying Mountain to suppress the bandits, and said that there is an order from the Fifth Prince's Ministry of War."

Xia Yuan narrowed his eyes, which were full of coldness.

The army of Yanbei stationed at the border of Yanbei has a great responsibility, how can it be transferred at will, the general of Yanbei Kang Dinglai is a brave and strategic general, he must know that the Yanbei army cannot be transferred, but he still wavers, maybe It was not only the orders of the Ministry of War that were passed on, but also others.

It seems that some people in the court can't wait and want to make trouble.

"Send a letter to Kang Ding, telling him not to move, just guard the border." Xia Yuan took a sip of tea and continued: "Also ask him to pay more attention to the actions on the border of Baijin Kingdom in the near future."

"Yes." Zhao Fei took the order to retreat.

Xia Yuan was the only one left in the room for a while, and he asked after a while, "How is Lu Fei?"

A deep voice came from the dark: "Master, he has woken up and is on his way to Qingzhou."

At Haishi, two figures entered Xia Yuan's inn room.

The pale middle-aged man clasped his hands in front of him and saluted the person in front of him, "Meet the seventh son."

Xia Yuan signaled Lu Fei to get up and sit down, and then asked about the money being robbed by the gangsters in Cangying Mountain. Lu Fei didn't dare to hide anything, and reported everything in detail. Say a few words for him from time to time, maybe he can save this little life.

"Based on what you said, do you think your whereabouts have been exposed?" Xia Yuan glanced at Lu Fei and spoke slowly.

"Yes, those gangsters came in a menacing manner, and disappeared without a trace after they robbed the food money," Lu Fei affirmed, "They came like lightning and went like a gust of wind, the officials think they must be the first to rob the disaster money." It’s been planned for a long time.”

After Xia Yuan heard this, he didn't say much and instead asked Lu Fei's impression of Zheng Yuan, the magistrate of Yanbei.

Although Lu Fei wondered why Xia Yuan asked this question, he didn't dare not answer, and told his impression truthfully.

"The lower official has lived in Yanbei Mansion for some time. Mr. Zheng has a very good impression on the lower official. He is an upright official."

After Lu Fei finished speaking, he always felt that the young master in front of him would not ask him this question for no reason. He was waiting to hear what the young master said, but he never thought that the young master would send him back to the accompanying guards this time, and let him Don't tell the outside world that he has met the young master, and ask him to rectify the guards and wait for his news.

While recuperating from his injuries, Lu Fei rectified the guards, while anxiously waiting for Xia Yuan's next instructions.

Three days later, Lu Fei looked at the letter from Xia Yuan, slapped his thigh excitedly, and exclaimed, "Seventh Young Master is really a genius."

Yao Qing, who had been ordered to treat his wounds, stood aside, and when he heard Lu Fei praise his master, he smiled slightly. Seeing Lu Fei's overly agitated appearance, he gently reminded him, "Lord Lu, be careful of your wounds."

Seeing that Lu Fei stopped his movements, Yao Qing said goodbye: "Sir, your injury is basically fine, as long as you take the medicine every day, don't make any major movements, it will be fully recovered in half a month, so I will leave now." gone."

Lu Fei knew who the highly skilled doctor in front of him belonged to, so he didn't dare to keep him. After thanking him, he sent Yao Qing out of the guard barracks.

After another two days of recuperation, Lu Fei, the imperial envoy personally sent by the emperor, made a move. First, he took over the highest administrative position in Yanbei area, and then traveled all the way north from Yanbei mansion. Everywhere he went, it was convenient for officials to count the disaster victims. , and then send those young and strong men to practice official career, or send them to join the army.

Some old and weak women and children can also help with chores, and they also get a little money every day, and they also take care of two gruel. When everyone heard this, they kowtowed and thanked Lu Fei, calling Lu Fei the master of Qingtian.

The officials in charge of building official roads and joining the military have already received Xia Yuan's letter, and they have arranged everything conscientiously, and they dare not neglect in the slightest.

Seeing that the nearby official roads and military guards were almost saturated, Lu Fei began to worry again. At present, he only inspected some small places and two counties. Now there are two scattered prefectures in the Yanbei area that have not been inspected. And I heard that Yunzhou, one of the two scattered states, has the largest number of disaster victims, probably more than 3000 people.

"Hey," Lu Fei sighed, and the general clerk who was in charge of compiling the records of the victims saw this and asked why he sighed.

"The officials who built the official roads and were in charge of enlisting in the military wrote to say that they can no longer increase the number of victims, but you also know that there are still two states that have not been inspected. How should the remaining victims be resettled?" Lu Fei frowned. explain.

The victims in the front already have a solution. If the victims in the back are not resettled properly, riots are inevitable, but the method of providing relief with work is no longer available. Thinking about it carefully, he really can't think of any other way.

Xia Yuan, who proposed the method of substituting work for relief, naturally also received a letter, knowing about the problem of overcrowding, but at the same time, he also received a secret letter from the capital, knowing that the imperial court proposed to ask local gentry and merchants to donate food and silver. , Disaster relief measures given to small officials.

After Lu Fei also received the letter from the imperial court, Xia Yuan sent him another letter. According to the letter, Lu Fei had a meeting with those merchants who donated money for disaster relief, and successfully included some victims of the disaster in their Among caravans or bodyguards.

There were also some victims who received food from the court and solved their food and clothing problems, but their homes were destroyed and they had nowhere to go. Lu Fei asked the caravans of disaster relief merchants from all over the world to take them to farther places, and then incorporated them into In order to build official roads and join the army.

In this way, it took nearly two months, and the problem of the victims in the Yanbei area was finally basically resolved.

Because I heard that although there are many victims in Yunzhou, the magistrate of Yunzhou has good management and many magic methods. Even if there are a large number of victims, the situation of violence/chaos is much better than other places, so Yunzhou is the last place Lu Fei visited .

Yunzhou County Yazhong Hall.

Su Wei respectfully welcomed Lu Fei in, and after Lu Fei praised Su Wei, he said: "Master Su's deeds, I will definitely report to His Majesty, a person with such talent should not be humiliated in this small place." ah."

Su Wei said again and again that he didn't dare to do it, and said that someone helped him. In Lu Fei's puzzled eyes, Su Wei developed tofu from his housekeeper Xia Wen, and Xia Yuan made a donation before the court said he would donate money to buy an official. The things that have donated a lot of money to Qingzhou have been told one by one.

Even though Su Wei wrote an IOU to Xia Yuan that day, the money belonged to Su Jiabao, and Xia Yuan just cooperated in a scene, so Su Jiabao returned the IOU to Su Wei that night and performed the scene pouted. play.

"Father, don't force me. Brother Xia said that he donated the money to Qingzhou. If I give him the IOU again, he will be angry."

Su Wei was still wondering why he returned the IOU after receiving it, Su Jiabao explained: "Father, if he doesn't accept the IOU you handed over with both hands, he would be rude. Sending it back has two meanings."

After a little thought, Su Wei understood what Su Jiabao meant. Not accepting the IOUs is a free gift of money. If a caring person gets a copy, he is considered accepting bribes. After receiving the IOUs, let Baoer send them back and tear them up. , which means something different.

The more he thought about it, the more Su Wei felt that Mr. Xia was a man of high character, so he wanted Lu Fei to add Xia Yuan's name to the list of merchants for disaster relief.

Lu Fei, who was originally only interested in the tofu maker, became interested in him after hearing Su Wei's praise for Xia Yuan.

Su Wei was overjoyed, and asked his servants to bring in Xia Yuan who was waiting in the other room, and then sent his servants to look for Xia Wen.

Su Jiabao followed Xia Yuan into the house together. Su Jiabao and Xia Yuan didn't know that Su Wei was meeting with others. They thought it was because of the IOU. Su Jiabao was afraid that Xia Yuan would be taciturn, so he said something wrong, so he followed Come in, I don't want to see his father frowning and looking at him as soon as he enters the door.

Su Jiabao smiled silently at Su Wei, seeing the person in the official uniform in the room looking over, he had no choice but to leave the room immediately and stand obediently with his head bowed.

Lu Fei recognized the person in front of him at a glance, and the shock on his face disappeared in Xia Yuan's dark eyes. He glanced at Su Wei from the corner of his eye, and sighed inwardly: This Su Wei got the attention of the seventh son. , the future is limitless, it seems that we will form a good relationship with him in the future.

Su Wei looked at Su Jiabao reproachfully, Su Jiabao also looked at Su Wei, begging for mercy, neither of them noticed Lu Fei's abnormal expression, and when they looked away, Lu Fei already praised him with a normal expression. Fan Xiayuan.

Su Wei nodded at the side.

Lu Fei asked Xia Yuan a few more symbolic questions, and Xia Yuan answered them one by one. After finishing, he bowed and bowed to leave, while Lu Fei quietly avoided the direction of the salute, and sent Xia Yuan out with an expression of appreciation. Seeing this, Su Jiabao also slipped out.

"Master Lu, how is this son?" Su Wei asked with a smile on his face.

"It can be called dragon and phoenix among people." After finishing speaking, Lu Fei found an excuse to leave.

Su Wei looked at Lu Fei's walking figure with doubts on his face.

Why did he think Master Lu looked at him so strangely when he left at the end?Seems to be envious?After thinking about it, Su Wei shook his head, thinking that it was impossible, why did the dignified third-rank courtiers envy him, a seventh-rank sesame official?

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