Chapter 11 Knock the bone and suck the marrow
Ge Dan sat on the chair, looked at Ge Lin with a blank expression, and said hesitantly: "Are you just sitting there and watching the people suffer from disaster?"
"Disaster relief is definitely a disaster relief, but what's the use of the young master going out now? Since the Jiuqu River has broken the dike, it has broken the dike. What the young master has to do now is to mobilize food and grass as soon as possible. Once the flood recedes, the victims will gather in the county town. That's the critical time. Comfort the victims, try to die as little as possible, and avoid major chaos. The young master has done a good job."
Ge Lin looked at Ge Dan and explained, with a serious expression on his face, and his tone was full of ardent expectations. Ge Lin really hoped that Ge Dan could listen to his words.
Of course Ge Dan listened to it. In fact, he just heard the disappearing subconscious reaction. Ge Dan wanted to go to rescue the disaster, but now he calmed down and knew that this was not what he thought. When was this? This was the Ming Dynasty. There were no equipment from later generations, no equipment, no quick-condensing cement, etc., and it was not realistic to block Jiuqu River to rescue the disaster.
The most important thing is that there are no soldiers in this era, and it is impossible to rely on the personnel of the county government to save people. Ge Dan doesn’t even have a assault boat.
"Call the personnel from the county government immediately and I want to arrange disaster relief matters." Ge Dan thought about it and agreed with Ge Lin's statement.
I can't guarantee that the people will not be affected by disasters, nor can I guarantee that I will save them when they are affected by disasters, but I can guarantee that the people will not go hungry after the disaster, not starve to death, and not eat by Yizi. Ge Dan looked at Ge Lin and asked modestly: "Uncle Lin, what should we do next?"
Seeing Ge Dan's humble question, Ge Lin nodded with satisfaction. Just know how to ask. Isn't this what the master asked him to do?
In this era, it is normal for the county magistrate to not know these things. They are all people who read the books of sages, and even those who have to be punished for lawsuits must be granted the master of criminal justice. Ge Dan's performance since he took office has been very satisfied. Whether it is the previous case judgment or the decision he has made so quickly in the face of floods, this is all very good. This is the manifestation of the young master's maturity.
"Now that the county is suffering from disasters, the first thing is food. I don't know how many people have suffered from disasters, so food is extremely important. Once there is not enough food, there will be chaos." Ge Lin said with a serious face: "I'm afraid the local government will have to work hard at that time!"
Ge Dan was slightly stunned when he heard Ge Lin's words. He exerted some force on the ground? Ge Dan thought of a possibility in his mind.
"Housing goods?" Ge Dan looked at Ge Lin and asked back. There would definitely be people who made disasters and wealth at this time. Ge Dan would never overestimate the gentry of the Ming Dynasty.
"Housing is probably a small matter!" Ge Lin sighed and said, "I'm afraid that someone will start buying and selling people and land again. The people have no way to eat, so they can only sell their children and daughters, and they can only sell land. If the young master turns a blind eye to this, they will also give it convenience to the young master, such as lending part of the grain to the yamen."
After hearing Ge Lin's words, Ge Dan's mood became even worse in an instant. He felt that he wanted to overturn the table and was extremely upset.
"Will the court allocate funds for disaster relief?" Ge Dan looked at Ge Lin and asked hesitantly.
"The court?" Ge Lin thought for a while and said, "Does the court know that this matter are both different? Even if the court knows, when will the allocated disaster relief grain arrive? How much can it be? These are unpredictable things. As long as the young master turns a blind eye to the gentry's purchase of land and population, the gentry will not make things difficult for the young master, and both sides have a tacit understanding."
"According to the past, the gentry would donate some of the food, and at the same time borrow some of it to the county government, and also set up a porridge shed to make everything look better."
Ge Dan was silent, looking good in terms of face, everyone loved the people, and then privately raised the food price and made a lot of money from those who were not affected by the disaster. The servants bought people with their teeth and landlords bought land, and maybe they would do good deeds to buy land. If you don’t sell it, you won’t be able to eat. As for the land price, it will definitely be very low.
The government agreed that everyone is good, and if Ge Dan doesn't do what they want, trouble will definitely come one after another. Ge Dan doesn't have that much food to provide disaster relief, so he can only stretch out his hands like a gentry. Should he sit and watch the people starve to death? Ge Dan is very upset. He has to take a bite anytime and anywhere, and it is like drinking blood and sucking marrow!
No matter what the court does later or how to pass this level in front of us, this is the key, and Ge Dan fell into deep thought.
As a person from later generations, Ge Dan felt very bad when he thought about it, especially when he was a county magistrate. As for selling land, Ge Dan also knew that land was the only means of production at this time. Once the land was sold, Baixin would only become a tenant or even a servant.
"I hope there will be fewer tenants affected this time!" Gerlin sighed, "Otherwise there will be big trouble."
Seeing Ge Dan looking at him and asking in his eyes, Ge Lin explained with a wry smile: "The people with land still have land to sell, but the tenants have no land and can't sell it even if they want to sell it. If they sell it, they can only sell it."
"If someone farms them, the landlords won't take out some food for them at this time?" Ge Dan said with a gloomy face and a little angry.
"If you don't rent land for the tenant, the tenant will starve to death. Many people think this is a reward for the tenant. Now that you are suffering from disaster, it is naturally the government who should take care of it." Ge Lin said as if he were to take care of it, "How could he let someone take care of it?"
Ge Dan said sarcastically: "At this time, they thought of the imperial court, hiding the land and not paying taxes, they would not think of the imperial court."
Although he knew that Ge Lin said this on purpose, Ge Dan couldn't help but get angry. He wanted to use a knife. These people kept drawing blood, drawing blood from this country, and drawing blood from the people. There was only one result in this, that is, when the blood was drained, it would be shocking. The soldiers in China were in chaos, killing one person's heads, and a large number of these blood-drawn people would die.
However, after cleaning up a large number of people, you can rest and continue to draw blood, and then smoke from war again, killing a large number of people in battle, and this cycle continues.
Ge Dan smiled self-deprecatingly, this is what he should think? Ge Dan glanced at Ge Lin and asked with a little hesitation: "Uncle Lin, what should I do?"
Chapter completed!