Li Rui helped his forehead: "Okay, if that's the case, then let's do what you want!"
"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to mention!"
At this time, Su Changyu seemed to have thought of something, and then said softly.
"What's up?"
"Be careful in Kyoto..."
After Su Changyu finished speaking, he bowed slightly, cupped his hands, and walked out unsteadily!
Just four words. It made Li Rui's hair stand on end!
Li Rui took a deep breath and tried to calm down his emotions.
At the same time, he kept thinking about the meaning of these four words, but Su Changyu obviously did not want to say more, and left after saying these four words.
The affairs of Hedong County are not complicated.
After sorting it out, Li Rui left the county government office. He still had many things to deal with. The three hundred thousand taels of silver, which was not a small sum, was still piled up in the palace. Su Changyu wanted to take it away.
I'm afraid it's not easy either. However, Li Rui can understand Su Changyu's thoughts to a certain extent!
It’s nothing more than exchanging silver for things, bartering for things!
However, what does Beihu want? This is something Li Rui doesn't know much about.
"This Su Changyu is a talent!"
Li Rui sighed, and then continued: "It's a pity that it's not used on the right path!"
After handling the affairs in Hedong County, Li Rui went to Qinghe County again. The river here was fast, but Li Rui's mind was extremely clear.
What he has to do next is rather complicated.
It requires inspection and measurement again and again.
There were no various tools in this era, so Li Rui could only calculate according to the most primitive methods.
While measuring there.
However, he discovered that a little girl who looked to be eleven or twelve years old was picking up something very patiently by the river bed. She looked extremely thin and had no flesh on her body.
After picking it up for a while.
He gently stuffed it into his mouth.
Li Rui noticed something strange, walked forward and asked softly: "What are you picking up?"
"ah……"
The girl's whole body trembled violently.
A piece of mud in her hand fell directly to the ground. Then, the little girl picked it up with great distress: "What are you doing? Why are you so good and scary?"
"Sorry..."
Li Rui looked slightly embarrassed, and then asked: "What are you doing?"
"Pick up food!" The little girl looked around, and then said mysteriously to Li Rui: "I'm telling you, don't tell anyone else. Don't underestimate these dirt, some of them can
Food. Take this piece for example. Although it is not delicious, it can be swallowed to satisfy your hunger. The softer the soil on the river bed, the better the taste..."
"In normal years, of course no one has anything to eat. But this year, everyone has nothing to eat! This stuff can help you survive!"
The little girl nodded.
Li Rui was stunned for a moment: "There is a porridge service outside the main city of Hedong County. Everyone can receive it every day. Although it is not a lot, it will not starve to death. Why don't you go?"
The little girl raised her head.
Then he lowered his head again and sighed: "I can't go!"
"Why can't you go?"
Li Rui was even more surprised.
The little girl's expression gradually dimmed, as if she had something on her mind, but she was still secretly stubborn. Finally she raised her head and said, "Father warned me that I would rather die than beg!"
"Would you rather die than beg?"
Li Rui was stunned for a moment and then laughed: "The things outside the city are not charity! They are just to enable the people to survive!"
"But, giving porridge and giving porridge is charity!"
The little girl said stubbornly.
Li Rui didn't know what to say for a moment, but he found it quite interesting. He looked at the little girl in front of him and asked softly: "Are you literate?"
In just a few words, Li Rui was able to conclude that the little girl in front of him was literate, or at least understood the truth. In this era, what is needed to be literate is a scholar, and most ordinary people's families are illiterate.
Not to mention a female doll!
The little girl tilted her head: "I recognize some, but not many!"
"Where is your father? What does he do? Where is he now?" Li Rui nodded.
"My father is dead!"
The little girl said very confidently: "We are refugees. Our home is in Shuzhou. There was a locust plague in Shuzhou the year before last. Fortunately, my father saved some savings and took us to Qizhou to make a living. We just arrived in Qizhou
After settling in, there was another severe drought in Qizhou last year! The villagers all fled for their lives. In desperation, my father took us to Liangzhou and Qinghe County. We originally wanted to live and work here in peace and contentment, but who knew it would happen again this year?
Encountered a flood! Originally, the family had enough food to survive safely, but who knew that the hateful Qinghe County Magistrate actually collected the annual tax in advance. When my father refused, the Qinghe County Magistrate snatched it away. My father died in anger...
…”
While speaking, the little girl curled her lips and said aggrievedly: "Although the prince confiscated the Qinghe County government office, our food has not been returned. I was hungry, so I remembered that I accidentally fell here.
I had some mud in my mouth, it was so sweet..."
"..."
Li Rui was immediately speechless.
Although it is said that fate has its way with people, isn't this a little too outrageous?
How come all the bad luck happened to them?
"So, I just want to come here, pick some up and take them back to cushion my stomach!"
When the little girl said this, her eyes showed a bit of helplessness, but she still looked optimistic!
"Are you hungry?"
Li Rui asked.
The little girl nodded quickly.
"Okay, throw these things away, I will take you back to have a good meal. You owe the money first, and then pay it back to me when you have money later! This is not considered begging, right?"
The little girl tilted her head, and after thinking for a long time, she nodded and said, "What you said seems to make sense!"
At the same time, Li Rui kept thinking in his mind.
The annual tax collected by Qinghe County this year was not recorded in the accounts. How much did Wang Zhifeng receive? It can be regarded as a confused account. Even if Li Rui wanted to return it, he was unable to do so. It is impossible to just give out silver taels to the residents of Qinghe County.
And food, right? What's more, whose family gets how much? Is it based on population? Or something else...
As the saying goes, people don’t suffer from scarcity but from inequality!
No matter how it is distributed, there will always be people who feel it is unfair.
According to Li Rui's idea, the money must be returned to Qinghe County. But it certainly cannot be distributed as food or money.
The later construction is the most important.
In addition, the position of the Qinghe County magistrate also needs to be arranged.
He doesn't have many available people. He just arrived in Liangzhou and doesn't have much time to find talents.
"Okay, let's go!" Li Rui collected his thoughts and took the little girl towards the palace.
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