A few days later, on the Huaihe River.

Zhao Tai led Zhou Bin to the river by boat.

"Mr. Zhou, I will meet with the two husbands later and I will leave it to you to secure money and food for the refugees." Zhao Tai asked Zhou Bin, hoping that he would do his best to obtain assistance.

Zhou Bin was the person arranged by Zhao Fan to be with Zhao Tai. Zhao Tai knew that the Southern Song Dynasty had begun to fear him, so he asked Zhou Bin to speak.

"Don't worry, Commander, I know that this is related to the livelihood of more than 100,000 refugees, I will definitely go all out." Zhou Bin said seriously.

Zhao Tai now has two sets of accounts, one is managed by Zhou Bin, who is responsible for Song Yuan's expenses, and the other is managed by Wang Wentong, which is mainly responsible for the taxation of the land and the trade income of each workshop.

When Zhao Tai treated Song Yuanshang, every account was very clear, everything was used in real terms, and there was no corruption. Therefore, in Zhou Bin's view, Zhao Tai had no problems at the moment.

"We're here!" The bow guard pointed at the large ship moored not far away.

When Zhao Tai saw this, he immediately stopped saying anything.

Not long after, the boat docked against the tall ship. Zhao Tai boarded the deck and saw Zhao Kui and Qiu Yue sitting on the deck.

Zhao Tai had already served as the governor of a town in the Jin Kingdom, but in the Southern Song Dynasty, he had not yet formally established it, so when he saw the two of them, he could only step forward and salute, "I humble my duty to pay homage to my two husbands."

Zhao Kui was quite satisfied with Zhao Tai's gift. He smiled and said, "Guorui doesn't need to be polite, just take a seat!"

Zhao Tai sat down and said with a smile: "The two ministers have summoned me, but what are your orders?"

Qiu Yue rolled his eyes at Zhao Tai. He got the news that Zheng Qingzhi planned to transfer him away from Jianghuai and ask him to go to Jinghu to mix sand for Shi Songzhi. Zhao Kui would be promoted to his position as envoy of the Jianghuai system.

This time the conflict between him and Zhao Tai ended with Zhao Tai's victory.

This made Qiu Yue see Zhao Tai's position in the hearts of Zheng Qingzhi, Zhao Fan and others. He knew that he could not touch Zhao Tai for the time being, so he could only endure it.

Zheng Qingzhi was able to move to Shi Miyuan and become prime minister because of Zhao Tai's contribution, and Zhao Fan's victory in Huainan was also thanks to Zhao Tai.

Therefore, Zhao Tai's current environment is actually much better than that of Li Quan back then.

Li Quan originally defected to the Southern Song Dynasty, and later to Mongolia. A large part of the reason was the suspicion on the part of the Southern Song Dynasty, which forced Li Quan to side with Mongolia.

Now Zhao Tai is also under suspicion, but fortunately Zheng Qingzhi has a good impression of him. In addition, when he takes Qiu Yue away, it is an opportunity for Zhao Fan and Zhao Kui. The Zhao brothers speak for him, so Qiu Yue can only admit it.

plant.

Zhao Kui laughed and didn't mention anything unpleasant. He directly talked about the issue of refugee resettlement: "I called you here this time to discuss the resettlement of refugees!"

Zhao Tai looked happy, "Is the imperial court willing to accept refugees? This is great. The people of the Central Plains finally have a way to survive! The officials and Prime Minister Zheng are really wise. If the imperial court wants to conquer the mountains and rivers in the northern expedition, it needs to win over the hearts and minds of the Central Plains people. Now the imperial court

If you are willing to accept refugees, the people of the Central Plains will definitely be grateful!"

Zhao Tai knew that the Southern Song Dynasty did not want to accept refugees and had no conditions for accepting them, so he deliberately said this and pretended to consider everything for the Southern Song Dynasty court.

Zhao Kui looked at Qiu Yue and gave him a look.

Look! I would say that Xiao Zhao has no selfish motives. He also considers the imperial court and hopes that the imperial court can win over the people so that he can regain the Central Plains.

Qiu Yue understood what Zhao Kui meant, and he also had some doubts in his heart whether he had wrongly blamed Zhao Tai.

Hearing Zhao Tai's words, he did not want to extort money and food from the Song Dynasty to win people's hearts, but he hoped that the Song Dynasty could win the hearts and minds of the people of the Central Plains.

This made Qiu Yue feel a little shaken, but when he thought of Zhao Tai using actors to interfere in politics and having a relationship with Concubine Jia, he concluded that Zhao Tai was not a kind person. Even if he had no objections now, he was still a dangerous person and needed to be prepared in advance.

Thinking of this, Qiu Yue turned his head to the side, not meeting Zhao Kui's eyes.

This time the warship collided with the fishing boat, which caused a big fuss. He was going to be transferred from Lianghuai and demoted to Jinghu. However, he did not say a word about the refugee issue and let Zhao Kui decide.

Seeing that Qiu Yue was on strike, Zhao Kui could only assume the responsibility of envoy of the Huaihe River system in advance. He shook his head and said: "Guorui, the court is indeed prepared to accept refugees, but both Prime Minister Zheng and I hope that you can keep the refugees on the north bank.

Settling in place!”

"Ms. sir~" Zhao Tai immediately stood up in surprise.

"Don't get excited, sit down and listen to me!" Zhao Kui quickly interrupted Zhao Tai and said in a deep voice: "The imperial court now has a serious problem of redundant troops and officials, and the financial pressure is great. If all these refugees enter the Song Dynasty

, the imperial court will need to purchase land to resettle them, or integrate them into the army and distribute money and food every month! Prime Minister Zheng did the math and found that this expense is huge. In comparison, it is more cost-effective to resettle these refugees in Jiangbei!"

Land south of the Huaihe River is expensive, and there is a large amount of unclaimed wasteland on the north bank of the Huaihe River.

When the Southern Song Dynasty incorporated refugees into the army, they needed to be given money and food every month, which would last for decades. However, when they were resettled in Jiangbei, they only needed to provide food rations for a few months, and then they could leave them alone after the autumn harvest.

In the future, when the Southern Song Dynasty regains the north, it can also obtain a large number of farmers and increase the tax revenue of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Zheng Qing settled his accounts and decided to give Zhao Tai a sum of grain to stop the refugees.

Zhao Tai hurriedly said: "Beizhi knows that it is not easy for the court, but Beizhi has no money and food, so come and accommodate them!"

Zhao Kui said: "Don't worry about this, the court will allocate money and food to you. Just tell me the number and I will report it to Prime Minister Zheng!"

Zhao Tai was secretly happy in his heart, but confused on his face: "If the court decides, Beizhi will definitely be willing to share the worries of the court. However, Beizhi has not calculated how much food it will take to resettle the refugees. The refugee relief is all managed by Mr. Zhou, so Beizhi will let him

Come and discuss with your husband!"

Zhao Kui nodded with satisfaction. He was quite satisfied when he saw that Zhao Tai did not open his mouth like a lion, but asked Zhou Bin to discuss the number. "Okay, Zhou Bin, after you calculate the statistics, inform me!"

Zhou Bin bowed and said, "Yes!"

Zhao Kui then smiled and said: "Guorui, the imperial court has given you aid, can you stop the refugees in Jiangbei?"

Zhao Tai saluted, "Ms. sir, I don't dare to vouch for this even if I am a humble official. After all, the Song Dynasty is prosperous and rich, and it is a paradise in the eyes of refugees. There must be some people who want to quietly escape to the Song Dynasty to live a good life! However, I promise that I will step up inspections

, evacuate and relocate as soon as possible.”

Zhao Kui nodded, "Okay! I have one more thing to do. I heard that you have shares in Chuzhou Grand Theatre, Yangzhou Grand Theater, and Lin'an Grand Theater! Some time ago, there was a play in these theaters, which caused a negative impact on the image of the imperial court.

It has a bad impact, and the officials were not very happy after reading it. I hope the story can have a good ending!"

Zhao Taizhuang said: "There is also such a thing. Beizhi is not responsible for the management of the theater and does not know about it. This needs to be understood by Beizhi. If they really have such courage, Beizhi will definitely let them rectify it and appoint a commander.

A satisfying ending!”
Chapter completed!