Chapter 162 Go find Mr. Hou!Please be sure to order before it’s released! As expected by Ji Song, the number of refugees coming to Haoju County suddenly decreased from the day after Wu County Lieutenant was imprisoned.
According to reports from people sent by Ji Song, all the counties in Guanzhong from Tongguan to the east are taking in refugees, and wealthy businessmen and gentry from all over the country have generously donated money and food.
This made Ji Song once again realize the terror of the aristocratic family. This was accomplished in a very short period of time. It can be seen that they had anticipated this situation before and had a series of countermeasures.
However, these had little impact on Ji Song. Although there were nearly 2 more people, he could still support his plan with the backing of the previously purchased grain.
As for what Li Shimin wanted to do, he didn't know, and he didn't want to is not the time to compete head-on with them, so it's better not to break your skin.
Ji Song stayed in the backyard of Sinong Temple, either studying or dealing with some government affairs every day. Since land reclamation was suspended, there was not much to do.
That day he was reading in front of the window, none other than the Dongshan Handbook that Xie Lian gave him.
Most of the previous works are Xie An's most famous calligraphy works throughout his life, and one of them is an imitation of Wang Xizhi's "Preface to the Lanting Collection".
Although it is not the original version, it still has seven points of charm of the original this period, Ji Song kept imitating and consciously made great progress in calligraphy, which made his calligraphy that could only be regarded as mediocre take on some appearance.
This made him very happy. In his previous life, he was busy with work and had never made any progress in calligraphy. The words he wrote could only fool people who didn't know calligraphy. When he met an expert, his true colors were immediately revealed!
"what!"
Feeling the cold touch on his face, he raised his head and looked out the window, only to see sparse snowflakes falling from the gloomy sky.
"It's snowing!" Ji Song looked at the snow that was falling more and more. After a while, it turned into heavy snow, and the ground was soon covered.
"Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest. I hope there will be a good harvest next year!"
"It's finally snowing!"
The same emotion came out of Yao Chang's mouth.
"Yes! Fortunately, Mr. Hou asked us to stop temporarily. If there is a sudden heavy snow, we don't know how many people will freeze to death?" Liu Zhan was also arranging refugee affairs in Haoju County at this time, and heard Yao Chang's words , he also sighed.
"How are the preparations for the carbon stove now? Is there any house that has not been installed yet?" Liu Zhan asked worriedly.
Carbon stove is what the common people call stoves, and everyone just goes with the trend.
Yao Chang glanced at him and sneered: "You should worry about yourself. The food now is only enough for us to eat until March. Think about the consequences if you can't find food."
"As for what the Marquis ordered, how can I dare to neglect it? It was all installed three days ago. I personally visited every house. It is absolutely foolproof."
But what disappointed him was that Liu Zhan did not show any nervousness or panic, but was calmly drinking tea and warming himself around the stove.
"Did you get any news?" This look had to make him suspicious. Based on his understanding of Liu Zhan, he didn't have this tolerance.
"Well, let's take a look! This is the letter from the Marquis yesterday." Liu Zhan casually took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Yao Chang.
"Thirty thousand stones? How is this possible?" Yao Chang asked in surprise.
Liu Zhan seemed very calm. Of course, he would never say that he almost choked to death while eating last night.
He said casually: "If you don't say that he is a marquis, and we are more than a round older than him, we are still a minor official now."
After hearing this, Yao Chang actually nodded and said, "Brother Liu is right."
Can we still have a good chat now?If you don't refute it, then I will show my foresight. Such a pretense, yes, it is just pretense. That's what the Marquis such a pretentious moment, you just said, 'You're right' and it's over?Losing the desire to talk, they just stayed here to warm themselves over the fire and drink tea. It was too cold to Ji Song's request during this period, he should take good care of himself. After the New Year, as long as the snow stops, there are still things to do.
"It's not good, it's not good!"
Just when they were thinking about sleeping back, the urgent sound coming from outside completely shattered their sleepiness.
The door was pushed open, and a government official said hurriedly: "County magistrate, hundreds of people have gathered outside now, saying they want to ask the county magistrate for an explanation. It's really difficult for me!"
"What? What's going on? Tell me clearly!" Yao Chang was furious. What is he trying to do?Want to rebel? "Go, you hold my official seal and notify Xuanjiaqi to come to support immediately!" Yao Chang didn't even think about it, he just knew that someone wanted to cause trouble.
Regardless of whose instructions this matter comes from or what the purpose is, the scope must be controlled and must not be expanded, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable.
"Brother Liu, I need to trouble you to inform the Marquis." Yao Chang bowed to Liu Zhan and apologized.
Liu Zhan waved his hand and said, "No need to worry, I'll set off right now. You hold me back first, but I want to see who took the courage of the ambitious leopard? This is looking for death!"
Liu Zhan put on his fur clothes and left without any delay. After leaving the backyard, he immediately rode away.
"Let's go, I want to see what they want to do? Are they too full or what?"
Yao Chang has also come from troubled times. What scene has he not seen before?
But when he came to the gate of the county government office and saw a group of people kneeling on the ground, he was a little confused. It didn't look like they were looking for trouble! "Please also ask Yao Ming's government to release Wu County Lieutenant!"
The people kneeling outside the door saw Yao Chang coming out and shouted in unison.
In this way, Yao Chang almost missed the point and let Wu County Lieutenant go?How can this be?
He knew very well what Wu Xianwei had committed. He almost made a big mistake by sheltering people without permission, causing tens of thousands of people to almost have no food to eat. What kind of crime was this? And this is the order given by the Marquis, who dares to let it go?
Yao Chang pushed aside the government officials who tried to stop him, came to the crowd, and said, "Do you know what you are doing now?"
Without waiting for their answer, he shouted loudly: "This is intimidating the government and coercing public opinion. To put it more seriously, this is rebellion."
"You don't know the consequences of rebellion, right? Do you still want me to tell you about the laws of the Tang Dynasty?"
When everyone heard Yao Chang's words, there was a commotion. Some people obviously wanted to shrink back. This made Yao Chang very happy. Just when he wanted to pursue the victory, a slightly childish voice said loudly: "There is no reason why the Ming government wants to impose crimes. We just want the Ming government to release Lieutenant Wu. Lieutenant Wu is a good official. What crime did he commit that you want to put him in jail?"
Yao Chang was furious, was he saying that he was a coward or a corrupt official?
"Who? Who is it? Let me take a good look at it?"
"The man surnamed Wu is a good official, but Yao Chang, the official who works hard for you, sleeps in the open air, and begs grandpa to sue grandma, is he a coward and corrupt official? You, where is your conscience?"
"No, the Ming government is also a good official. We just want to know what crime Wu County Lieutenant committed and was thrown into prison?"
A slightly short boy stood up and said loudly despite everyone's dissuasion.
Yao Chang saw this young man who was shivering from the cold but still straightened his waist and said, "What's your name?"
Guess who?As a reminder, my surname is Wang Please be sure to order before it’s released!Please everyone!
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