Chapter 48 Slump Area

At noon that day, Li Rugang sent someone to his house with a penny of the money. When he learned the news, I was having dinner with Lord Qian at Wanghulou. After learning the news, I arranged for someone to withdraw the brothel. As for the coffin shop, it was so influential now. After discussing with Lord Qian, I asked someone to buy a house next to the city and move the coffin shop there. After all, Shangling is a big city, and it wouldn't be good if someone cries inside all day!

Later, I replaced my friend with some beggars from Shangling, which was also a way to make a living, at least I could eat enough. The beggars had no complaints about this. Compared to the days when I used to have leftovers and cold rice, although I have to be a filial son every day, because of my extremely sensational speech that day and the three three shocked Shangling, many people changed their original views and helped others be filial sons, which became a virtue! The beggars also slowly adapted to life. In the past, they were looked down upon by others wherever they went, but now, they met with smiles.

Occasionally, there is a sore and cold, and some pharmacies are exempt from drug fees! Occasionally, outsiders ask this industry strangely, and someone says contemptuously: What are we little people? The head of the Deng family still kowtows to the old lady who has nothing to do with him in front of so many people! Of course, some problems also arise. For example, some people see that this industry is profitable, so they fight to the top. In order to compete for it, they fight. For this reason, I contacted Lord Qian and used the influence of the Deng family and the power of the government to formulate a management that is barely comprehensive.

The solution includes costs, number of people, etc., and strictly controls the personnel involved in this industry and coffin shops with this business. At the same time, Shangling specially divided a piece of Shangling as a cemetery, requiring that the deceased who are to be buried in Shangling after death must be buried here. In order to meet the needs of people of different levels, it is also divided into VIP areas and ordinary areas. All of this is enforced by the government, and the cemetery is also managed by the government. Because of the influence of the Deng family in Shangling, many ordinary people still agree with this approach. However, some high-ranking officials and nobles oppose it, but in

When I saw the luxurious arrangement of the tomb VIP area, I also changed my mind. The standardization of funerals also brought many additional effects. For example, because building the tombs, especially the tombs in the VIP area requires a large number of good craftsmen, and many ordinary people who cannot eat because of their poor skills have good skills, have slowly eaten their fill and at the same time have some savings. On the Qingming Festival every year, many people come here to visit the tombs together and set up Shangling Yijing. After seeing the results of an unintentional act, I sighed that the so-called miracles are everywhere! Of course, this is all a story!

After dinner, Mr. Qian and I had a short rest, and then we came to the slum area where I planned to relocate!

The slums are located not far from Dengjia Wharf, next to Jinghu, and at the same time close to Shangling City. At the beginning, many dock workers built a simple shack here for rest, and no one in charge of the government. Later, there were more people and became the residence of the dock workers, becoming a dirty, messy and poor slums. Because they were close to Jinghu and Shangling City, the government originally wanted to relocate, but due to the huge costs involved, it was not settled. In a certain aspect, I moved to the slums. Although it was a relatively difficult problem to deal with the land, I thought these people had land deeds, so I didn't have to ask Master Qian. I found out after asking carefully.

They really had nothing! So I had to ask for help from Lord Qian. He was in a dilemma, but when I thought that the Deng family was willing to exchange the same land and was related to their political achievements, Lord Qian cruelly agreed to my request. Originally, the second uncle found Lei Dahu according to my request in the morning and started the registration of the poor. After Lord Qian agreed, I asked someone to immediately transfer a batch of grain contracts and a batch of medicinal materials from the granary and transport them to the slums, preparing to distribute them to the poor. At the same time, in order to "prevent" someone from trouble, I asked Lord Qian to send someone to distribute grain and medicinal materials in the name of the government. Lord Qian of course knew what I meant, and without saying a word, he sent a group of yamen servants!

Mr. Qian and I walked alone in front of me. Not far from me, some of my guards and the yamen in casual clothes followed. When I came to the slums, a bad smell came to my nose. I frowned slightly, but I looked like I was lying in my footsteps and continued to walk forward. What appeared in front of me was a decay scene. I had seen this scene before. In modern society, I saw the slums of countries that had been in the long run of civil war on TV. But now I came here and felt it myself, and then I knew what a real slum is: a crooked house that could barely cover the sun, a stinky water accumulates on the road, a ragged body, a thin bone, and only a child with clear eyes. I was blind and an old man tortured by illness...

Everything that waited hurt my eyes, which made me more eager to realize my plan. Although it could only change some people, it could at least make some people suffer less. I looked at Mr. Qian, and he was also helpless. To be honest, although Mr. Qian was a little greedy and cared about his career, it did not mean that he was not a good official. Compared with other officials, he was still good. What he was greedy was the money given to him by the rich, but the money and property he used to help these poor people every year, and he did not take any money or property. In addition to his cunning, this was also one of the reasons why he did not fall for ten years. Although the government provided a large number of food relief every year, for the huge poor, it was undoubtedly a drop in the bucket.

We walked slowly into the inside and found that some people were rushing forward like we did, and there was a joy on their faces. I quickly pulled an old man to ask what happened and found out that the food was transported. I just wondered why the food had not been transported for so long. It took me a long time to get it opposite us and the wharf. And we came out of the city and transported the food in a confrontation, no wonder we couldn't see it. There was no way. Young Master Deng had too little inquiries about the family before, and he didn't count the things in his family. The result was that I was also confused. Fortunately, I knew that ordinary wealthy families had the habit of hoarding food, so I dared to ask someone to arrange the food transport.

The place where the grain is distributed is in the slums near the dock. When we arrived, it was a busy time. Many poor people were wearing joy on their faces, and many were holding the distributed grain and medicinal materials. The Deng family registered for everyone who received the grain, and also counted how many families there were in the slums and how many people each had. After the registration, they went to the side to distribute the grain according to the population. In order to prevent anyone from falsely reporting, there were people from Tongji who knew the slums who were more familiar with the slums. The officials were helping to maintain the current order, and the people from Tongji were helping to move the grain to the place where the grain was filled. What I can be sure of is the people from Tongji who transported the grain because I saw Lei Dahu and the other three in the crowd.

Looking at the busy scene in front of me, I felt a little relieved, but I also knew that this was just a superficial phenomenon. There was still a long way to change the fate of these people.

Lord Qian also stared at everything in front of him, as if he was thinking about something!
Chapter completed!