Seeing Zhao Yu walk into the study, the Luyang Township Hou Buxian said indifferently: "Your mother has been favoring you and indulging you, saying that when you are still growing, you are sleepy, hum! Why can your brother get up early every day?"

As soon as they met, they were scolded for being scolded. Zhao Yu felt it was inexplicable, but he didn't dare to talk back, so he lowered his head and refused to speak.

Seeing his son's eyes lowered his eyebrows and looked smooth, the inexplicable anger in the heart of the Luyang Township Hou quickly disappeared, although the words still had a bit of irony: "How can you get up so early today?"

Zhao Yugong bowed and replied, "It was the child who asked Jingniao to wake up the child. Dad, you didn't say it yesterday. If the child could come to see you before the second minute of Mao, would you continue yesterday with the child?"

“Hmm?”

The Hou of Luyang Township was slightly stunned, and then he remembered this.

Only then did he realize that the son in front of him was not here to greet him.

"I specially asked Jingnv to wake him up in the morning... It seems that this kid is very concerned about this matter."

After glanced at the quiet girl who was also a little nervous behind Zhao Yu, the Luyang Township Hou thought in surprise.

Although he had a wrong idea, out of his father's majesty, the Marquis of Luyang Township did not intend to explain anything. He sat down behind the desk in the house, looked at Zhao Yu seriously and said, "Yesterday, you proposed your idea to your father, and then you were interrupted by your mother, so that there was no time for your father to ask you some things......Yeah, was it someone who taught you yesterday or did you think of it yourself?"

"Dad, it was the child who came up with himself."

“…”

The Hou of Luyang Township stroked his beard, but he did not doubt the youngest son's words in his heart.

Because there were only three people in the mansion who knew about this, his wife, Zhou, Cao Ju, the chief of the guard, and Zhang Chun.

Cao Ju and Zhang Chun and Zhao Yusu had no relationship. The only suspicious Zhou family, the Marquis of Luyang Township, also asked in person last night, and Zhou family clearly stated that they had never revealed it to the youngest son in front of him.

From this perspective, the youngest son really came up with that plan himself.

"Is this naughty boy so wise?"

After glanced at Zhao Yu, the Marquis of Luyang Township thought to himself.

"Oh."

For no reason, the Hou of Luyang Township smiled slightly.

A smile appeared on his face, who had always been serious. Not to mention Zhao Yu, even the quiet girl next to him opened her eyes wide in surprise.

Notice the actions of his son and Jingnu, the Hou of Luyang Township immediately closed his smile, looked at the floor without any precedent, and said slowly, "Ye'er, the solution you proposed...is not bad. I thought about it last night, but I thought it was simple to say, but it was not easy to implement."

When he said this, he couldn't help but think of many negotiations with county magistrate Liu Ying in the past two months.

Yes, he proposed this trick to Liu in mid-June, but until August approaches, a whole month and a half, he and Liu still haven't really started to implement it. Why?

The reason is that this strategy is simple, but it is quite difficult to implement. Food relief for refugees, manpower management for refugees, and tools for digging rivers and canals will all become problems.

Just as the Hou of Luyang Township was in deep thought, Zhao Yu heard a confused inquiry into his ears: "Dad, child... the child doesn't understand, please tell me."

Seeing that his son did not seem to realize the difficulties, the Marquis of Luyang Township thought for a moment and then asked: "First of all, money and grain. When you came to see Father yesterday, you said that you had learned the approximate number of refugees so far from Zhang Ying, who was on duty at the main gate. But Father believes that you don't know what you know. You have to know that the number of refugees so far is no less than four or five thousand people gathered outside the county town. If you calculate the refugees in the entire territory of Luyang County, there are probably nearly ten thousand people. With such a huge number of refugees, don't think that the Marquis of my Township is responsible for the burden..."

"The child knows that my town's marquis's mansion can't afford it." Zhao Yu nodded and asked, "Where is the county town? There should be a granary in the county town, right?"

"You mean the official warehouse?" The Hou of Luyang Township shook his head and said, "The official warehouse cannot be moved!"

“Why?”

"Why?" The Hou of Luyang Township frowned.

He didn't want to explain such obvious problems at first, but after looking at the youngest son in front of him, he reluctantly explained it. After all, he also had the consciousness of being a father. Although he neglected to teach himself personally on weekdays, if he encountered such a situation, the Marquis of Luyang Township thought that he should fulfill his father's responsibilities and explained his doubts to his son.

"Why can't the official warehouse be moved? Think about it, if the county town has opened the official warehouse because of the current refugees, then when the winter comes this year, I'm afraid that it will not be the only refugees... Keeping the official warehouse can at least ensure that the people in Luyang County can spend this winter safely and not be dragged down by those refugees."

Hearing the words of the Luyang Township Hou protecting him, Zhao Yu felt a little cruel to those refugees, but he also understood that Liu Ying, the county magistrate of Luyang County, and including the Luyang Township Hou, did have the obligation and responsibility to give priority to the food rations of the local people in Luyang County.

"If the official warehouse cannot move, then there is only...

After pondering for a while, Zhao Yu said again: "If the official warehouse cannot be moved lightly, then... can we persuade the large households in Luyang County to raise some money and food?"

Hearing this, the Hou of Luyang Township sneered in his heart, feeling that his son's thoughts were too ignorant.

The most "big" one in Luyang County is the nobleman who "eats two thousand households" and is also the only nobleman who has a title awarded by the imperial court. If the county people in Luyang County are about four or five thousand households in total, the family of Luyang Township can get nearly half of the tax money in the entire county.

In the entire Luyang County, there is no family richer than the Marquis of Luyang Township. Even if there are some local rich people in the territory who have a little wealth, they may not be as good as the Marquis of Luyang Township.

This is also the first reason why Liu Ying, the county magistrate of Luyang County, came to visit him in person and discussed with him and asked him for help when facing the refugee problem.

But the problem is that the Luyang Township Marquis' Mansion cannot afford the support of thousands of refugees. Not to mention a village marquis, even a few more village marquis may not be able to completely solve the food problem of those refugees.

If there is insufficient food, how can those refugees "exchange work for food"? Don't end up with insufficient food. Those refugees feel deceived, that's going to riot!

This is the most troublesome problem for the Hou of Luyang Township and the County Magistrate Liu Ying. It is also because of this that they have been reluctant to make a decision on this strategy. They can only watch the refugees steal, loot the immature grains and wheat in the farmland outside the city, and keep the official warehouse and make the worst plan.

“Not enough, far from enough.”

Sitting on the chair and sighed, the Hou of Luyang Township shook his head and said, "Not to mention the large households in Luyang County, even if they add official warehouses, they may not be able to afford it..."

Hearing this, Zhao Yu thought for a while and asked again: "Then... Dad, have you and the county magistrate considered asking for help from the surrounding counties?"

The Hou of Luyang Township glanced at Zhao Yu indifferently, and was actually too lazy to explain.

This boy thought they had never thought about it? But the question is, some surrounding counties also face refugee problems, but have never encountered refugee problems, or counties with a smaller impact, why do they take the risk to help Luyang County?

Out of the duty of being a father, the Marquis of Luyang Township explained patiently: "Zhu'er, I have just explained to you the reason why I did not place the official warehouse in Luyang County. As you think, Liu Ying, Liu Gongqian, is the county magistrate of Luyang County, and is the town marquis of Luyang County. We should give priority to ensuring that the fellow villagers of Luyang County will not be dragged into the water by those refugees... the same is true for other counties."

"Then... are there any counties around Luyang County that have not been affected by refugees? Can you ask them for assistance?"

"Yes." The Hou of Luyang Township nodded and said, "For example, in the north of Luyang, Liang County, Ruyang, Yang, in the Rushui area, has not yet received the influence of refugees. Moreover, because there is Rushui in the local area to divert irrigation, the drought in recent years has not had a serious impact on those counties..."

"Then, can you ask for help from those counties?" Zhao Yu asked.

The Hou of Luyang Township was silent when he heard this, and then said in a plain tone: "Mr. Liu had sent people to him earlier. Those counties said that although the Ru water in several counties could be used to irrigate, the drought still affected them a lot and was unable to help me in Luyang County."

While speaking, he clenched his fists slightly without hesitation.

Although Zhao Yu did not see the movements on his father's hand, he could hear some clues from his father's pretended tone. After hesitating, he asked, "Dad, please tell the truth to your child, do those counties have surplus food?"

The Marquis of Luyang Township looked at his son in confusion, and after hesitating for a little, he still told the truth: "Yes, but the other party will not borrow money easily."

"Borrow credit? No, why do you need to borrow credit?" Zhao Yu nodded and then said with a smile: "Dad, you and the magistrate Liu may as well send people to those counties to inform those county magistrates of Luyang County's preparation for "work-for-relief" and ask them to help... If they refuse to help, then in the future, the refugees in Luyang County will find that the magistrates are full of food and flock to those counties. Don't blame us..."

As he said that, he spread his hands: "Our Luyang County has long said that we can't afford so many refugees."

“…”

The Marquis of Luyang Township, who had disliked him, was stunned when he heard this, and then a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.

"threaten?"

He stroked his beard and thought, weighing the pros and cons.

"This is not a threat." Zhao Yu shook his head and said, "In recent years, there have been severe droughts and refugees are everywhere. This should have been a disaster that our people in the Jin Dynasty need to work together to overcome. How can those counties stay out of the matter and watch the disaster of our Luyang County in Luyang County? Are they not the city county of our Jin Dynasty? ...If they are willing to help with money and food, then our Luyang County can stabilize the refugees in the territory and prevent them from wandering north; otherwise, we will all be determined and our Luyang County will not control where those refugees will go!"

Listening to the youngest son talking, the Duke of Luyang Township could not hide his shock.

The money and food problem that troubled him and the county magistrate Liu Yi for a month and a half seemed to be solved so easily by the youngest son who was only ten years old in front of him?
Chapter completed!