Chapter 362 The Lord of Chang'an is really his lucky star
Some people are not doing well in their hometowns, so they want to stay. No matter what, this place is always closer to the capital city.
Those who really didn't want to go back asked the court to arrange settlement for them, and then went to work for the court and receive living supplies. In addition, the court also gave them a benefit. They can open up wasteland until the end of the year. The court will not sell wasteland, so they can get it for free.
Reclamation, whatever amount of land is now reclaimed belongs to them.
The court could also teach them how to fertilize, but 40% of the harvest in the first three years would have to be given to the court. After three years, taxes would be paid as normal.
And there is no limit to this, you can open as much as you want. If you are lazy, the imperial court will not care if you open half an acre; if you are diligent, the imperial court will agree to open more than ten or twenty acres.
Normally, you have to pay money to buy wasteland, but you don’t have to pay taxes for the first three years. Now you have to pay taxes for the first three years, but you can cultivate it for free.
As long as you work hard, you won't be able to survive!
As for those who are lazy, the court is too lazy to care about their life and death.
Cui Heng had his people count the number of people overnight to see which ones were willing to leave and which ones were to stay. Then starting from the next day, he distributed supplies to those who were willing to leave, and organized people in the same direction to leave together, so as not to go alone and be robbed.
Go get supplies.
The refugees thanked the court for their attentiveness and began to leave the city and go home in an organized manner.
Those who were unwilling to leave were also registered. Cui Heng discussed with various officials overnight and allocated villages to accommodate them. The locations of these villages are not very good. Only such places have uncultivated wasteland and the population is relatively small.
It is small and can accommodate outsiders.
Huang An asked people to remove all the previous sunshade cloths, cut them into children's sizes, and gave them to those children.
In just two or three days, Cui Heng sent away all the refugees outside the city. At the same time, he sent the court's requirements to various states to ensure that this matter could be implemented.
As for the money for implementation, the states will put aside the money first and wait until the government allocates funds.
He was also worried. The supplies from the back of the imperial court had not arrived, and now the supplies were almost empty. What should he do in the meantime?
At this time, Huang An sent him good news, which made him stand up from his chair in shock.
"The county chief donated 600,000 catties of corn? Really?"
"Yes." Huang An said, "Our county chief has already told the emperor about this matter."
Cui Heng was very excited, and at the same time he was even more curious about the former identity of the Chang'an County Lord.
What kind of family background does it have to be able to donate so much corn at once?
He didn't know that this was only two-thirds of the harvest from the 700 acres of land in Zhuangzi outside Liaozhou City.
The emperor knew it, so he was even more shocked.
In fact, even He Yunxi was shocked when he got this number.
The land in that village is really good. Of the 700 acres of corn grown, only about 10 to 20 acres are medium and low-grade land. The rest are all high-grade land. On average, one acre of land weighs 1,400 kilograms.
The income is more than 900,000 catties.
She did not donate everything at once, leaving more than 300,000 jin for future needs. The other fields in Zhuangzi were planted with wheat, and there was also some rice. She did not donate these, and planned to donate them after replacing them with coarse grains.
come out.
Of course, with so many victims and such a long period of time, the 600,000 catties she donated sounds like a lot, but in fact it won’t last long. The real main force is still the court and the emperor.
The emperor saw sadly that he had just enriched some of his private treasury, and with tears in his eyes, he allocated hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to drought-stricken Luohe Prefecture, Jinbei Prefecture and other places.
"Sir, the head of my county said that eating corn alone is definitely not enough. It must be eaten with other staple foods," Huang An said.
"I also know that, but there is not much food in the granary." Cui Heng sighed, "And the emperor only said that the money has been allocated, but there is no food. I have to wait for the money from the court to come to buy food.
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There isn't that much food in the treasury now. If the emperor hadn't built a granary here in advance, stored some food, and found two waves of food from nowhere, I don't know how many people would have died in this drought.
Now, the imperial court has no food to send to him, and he needs to find a way later.
If this thing is done well, then he will definitely be able to move up the next time he reports. If this thing is done badly, it is a question whether the prefect can continue to wear the black gauze hat.
"What our county chief means is that we can go to those rich people to buy food first." Huang Biao said, "You should have seen the disaster relief thing. Rich people are really rich, and many people still have money in their hands.
Surplus grain."
"Of course this officer knows," Cui Heng sighed, "but these wealthy businessmen are the most stingy and realistic. If you don't have money, and you want to buy grain from them with debt, they won't agree."
"My lord, you also know that businessmen pursue profit. If they have a heartfelt interest, do you think they will agree?"
"Promise of benefits? Now the government is very poor, and I have no benefits to offer them."
"There are also some. For example, if you sell on an IOU now, you can get a two percent reduction when paying taxes at the beginning of next year. If you don't want to, you can't enjoy this discount. Anyway, the court also paid for it, but the payment time is earlier or later.
. If you agree, you will be able to reduce part of the tax next year. Do you think those smart businessmen will agree?"
Huang An said slowly, Cui Heng's eyes changed as he listened.
Will it?
No need to think about it, it will definitely happen!
They feel that disaster relief matters have nothing to do with them and can be ignored, but once their own interests are involved, it is different.
Moreover, the tax was reduced by two cents for disaster relief. If this matter was reported to the court, the emperor would not blame him. Even if he was brave, he would not need to report this matter to the court and could just do it secretly by himself.
Huang An left after making the suggestion. Cui Heng knew that this must be the chief of Chang'an County giving him some advice, so he sent him away gratefully. Then he called his master over, and then called his close officials.
We discussed this matter together and then arranged for someone to do it.
Looking at his subordinates leaving, Cui Heng couldn't help but sigh: The Lord of Chang'an County is really his lucky star!
Without her, I would have accomplished nothing in this disaster relief effort, and it could only be described as mediocre.
But now, he felt that it would be okay for him to walk up.
In the afternoon, those subordinates came back and brought news. They were all willing to sell grain, but the price had to be based on the current market price. Then they made some operations, and some people lowered the price a bit. Finally, they signed a contract with those people.
When other businessmen saw this, they became anxious, fearing that they would not be able to reduce taxes next year, so they also agreed to reduce prices.
Therefore, not only was the government able to get the grain in advance, but it was also a little cheaper than the market price. This made Cui Heng so happy that he wished he could bring it to the head of Chang'an County as an offering.