Five hundred thousand stones of grain are not a small number. It can save some money and even support 300,000 yuan for a year. But this is the first request made by Li Jing since he took over Dengzhou, which made all families have to consider it carefully.

However, Dengzhou is not as good as the mainland of the Central Plains, Dengzhou is an important port in the north. The grain in the south of the Yangtze River is transported in large quantities to Dengzhou by sea every year, and then into the Central Plains and the north, and even Silla, and even from Japan. Compared with the Grand Canal, the grain transported from the south is almost the same. Therefore, the grain price in Dengzhou has always been cheaper than that in the Central Plains and even cheaper than Guanzhong.

When the food price was the cheapest, there were four or five cents of rice in Guanzhong, while Dengzhou only had two cents. Dengzhou produced not much grain, but Dengzhou Port stored a lot of grain.

As Li Jing expected, the request he made finally came true. Five hundred thousand stones of grain were shared by families of all sizes in Dengzhou. Secondly, the number was drawn up, and then the thirdly, each family sent grain to the warehouses in Dengzhou one after another.

Seeing this result, Li Jing was very satisfied, which shows that Dengzhou's recognition and support for him taking over Dengzhou. To be honest, in fact, Li Jing bought a large amount of goods and exchanged goods for grain in the past six months, and did not really lack food. Although he gave Song Wei a lot last time, Li Jing actually built a warehouse city on Daxingan Island, with all the granaries in the volume of 8,000 stones per granaries, and Li Jing had 300 stones of grain. And there were more than 150 grains filled with grain, which was calculated to be more than 1.2 million stones. In the three cities of Beisha, Qingni City, and Shamen Town, Li Jing had 300,000 stones of grain. Together, Li Jing had 2.1 million stones of grain. Now, with the million stones I just received, Li Jing had 3 million stones of grain, which was enough for one million to eat for a year.

However, Li Jing did not intend to use this disaster. For two consecutive years, everyone would think that they would be able to survive the food shortage by perseverance until next summer. But what they didn't know was that they would only be short of food in the future. Li Jing had already received the news that Wang Xianzhi had rebelled and led ten votes to gather 3,000 people in Changyuan and had already broken Changyuan County. This news has not reached Dengzhou, and even if it reached Dengzhou, I am afraid that there will not be many investors now. I really care about these groups of investors, and I only think it is a small rebellion.

But Li Jing understood that the troubled times finally came. From now on, food will become more precious.

The 1.2 million stones of grain stored in Da Xie Fort were the war reserves, which Li Jing would not use until he had no choice. And of the 1 million stones of grain he had just received, the 500,000 stones of grain deducted will also be stored in the warehouse city.

With 1.6 million stones of grain stored, Li Jing could really not feel lonely. Over the past period of time, the goods produced in Shamen Town were basically trading grain, trading materials in small amounts, and collecting very little money. In this way, through transactions and bandit suppression, this batch of grain was saved.

Now there is one million and six million stones of reserve grain in combat, plus nine hundred thousand stones of grain, which is enough to supply the Zhendong Army. As for the disaster, there is one million stone of grain now, which is completely enough.

The food has been received, and the disaster will begin on a large scale.

However, Li Jing was not going to send the grain so simply. Li Jing summoned the civil and military officials of the Zhendong Army, as well as the San Shangzu and Liu Cao officials from Dengzhou. In the Zhoucheng, there were only 23 ranks in the county town below, and only a few ranks in the officials from the county town below.

In the lobby, the civilian and battalion-level generals on the Zhendong Army were nearly 100, which was obviously more powerful than the prefectures and counties with only more than 20. In addition, many representatives of the aristocratic clans from Dengzhou attended the disaster-striking meeting.

This time, all the wealthy families had a little blood, and Li Jing naturally reciprocates them. Many families asked that some young children in their families be allowed to join Li Jing's Zhendong Army, and Li Jing accepted them after a brief assessment. In order to show his importance to these families, Li Jing organized a new battalion of the family's children, imitating the organization of the Officer's Guards Battalion. The newly-entered family children were all awarded corporals, without starting from inferior corporals.

In addition, for some of the families who were studying, Li Jing also appointed them to the government offices of one prefecture and four counties in Dengzhou.

All families are obviously very satisfied with Li Jing's arrangement. Only by sharing interests can we truly achieve consistency in the alliance.

"What are your plans for this disaster?" Li Jing asked.

"Open the warehouse and release grain, and distribute the food according to the entrance of the household." said the chief Han Anmin. In his opinion, with enough food, it would be easier to revive the disaster.

The other people also had the same idea. When Li Jing saw this, he shook his head and said, "If you just simply send the food, this is not a good idea. Have you ever thought that in the current situation, it is difficult to plant summer seeds. Then the people will do nothing, which is easy to get into trouble and a waste of energy."

"Then Li Envoy Li's intention, how should this disaster be resuscited?" Xiao Dingbang asked.

"Use work instead of motivation!" Li Jing said very directly.

Li Jing's plan is actually very simple. The current situation is that the land cannot be planted. If the people just simply distribute food, then there is nothing else to do. There is no good thing when they are idle. If they are idle, it will be easier to get into trouble. Moreover, for Li Jing, it is really a waste to get a few hundred thousand and get a few grains to do nothing.

Using work instead of revitalizing means not giving out grain in vain, but taking advantage of the current opportunity to organize these people. For example, they can repair city walls, clear rivers and ditches, build dams and reservoirs, and they can also start mines, fishing, workshops, etc. The people participate in these labors, and the government will give grain according to the work. In this way, the people can not only have food, but also complete many projects that require a lot of effort.

As soon as Li Jing's proposal came out, many people immediately understood it and nodded.

"There is a severe drought, and it is a good time to clear rivers, ditches and build dams and reservoirs. The harvest this year is gone, but now we have made these water conservancy projects and we will definitely have a good harvest next year. In addition, we can also organize the people to build bridges and roads, repair city walls, go to the sea to catch fish, etc. In the past, these things were all recruited by Yao service, and now we are just taking advantage of the people's time to revitalize the work together. In this way, everyone has food and food, and they will avoid causing trouble."

Everyone agreed with this, and finally agreed to the plan to revitalize the work instead of energy. The next thing was much simpler. Some major projects needed were drawn up, such as which roads to be repaired, which bridges to be repaired, and which city walls to be repaired. Finally, the dredging of rivers, building dams, and restrooms to be repaired. According to the counties and townships, all the planned projects were calculated and then the grain was removed.

People can get food when they participate in these projects. However, because the purpose is to revive disasters, all young and strong men have to participate in labor. Even women have to start working together. In addition, the elderly and children do not need to live a thousand years, but they can get food directly.

"Since it is a worker to boost the work, the food rations cannot be given less. Young and strong men and women who participate in the work will give at least one liter of rice every day and also give pickles. As for the elderly and young people who cannot participate in the work, they will be half a liter of rice every time they eat."

There is no objection to this. Simply raising food and revitalizing disasters is different from using labor instead of revitalizing.

After the meeting, Li Jing sent him to post notices in the prefectures and counties, announcing the decision of the prefecture. He also sent many cavalrymen to notify the displaced people everywhere in Dengzhou to suspend the collection of previous arrears and exempt from the two taxes this year.

People from all over the country immediately returned to their homes and went to Dengzhou from their original hometowns. Young and strong people participated in projects in various counties and townships, and the elderly and young could also distribute disaster rations according to the checked list.

The food rations for the disaster are released ten times, and every young and young people are consumed one liter, and every young and young people are consumed half a liter. In addition, for young and strong men and women who participate in labor, some wages will be paid according to their efforts. Of course, because it is the work of the disaster, the wages are only symbolic, with only twenty cents per day. Six hundred cents a month, and ten kilograms of rice can be exchanged at the end of the month.

After the notice was posted, the refugees couldn't believe it was true at first. The government was able to open a porridge shed, and they were already very happy every time they put two bowls of porridge in their hometown. Now, when they returned to their hometown, they could still earn the head grain. If they worked hard, they could even get ten kilograms of rice in a month. This kind of good thing has never happened before. Last year, there was also a severe drought, but the government just opened a porridge shed.

Many refugees thought that the government wanted to trick them into returning home, so they refused to leave.

The incident was reported to Li Jing. After thinking about it, Li Jing went out of the city in person and looked at the people gathered together, all of whom were yellow and hungry.

"Zhang Lushi, I will give every fellow villagers here ten kilograms of food so that everyone can return home with peace of mind." Li Jing knew that in the face of such a group of hungry people, those who say something big is unnecessary, so he asked Zhang Hong to distribute food directly. Many people fled from home to here. Now even if they can collect food in their hometowns, they will be troubles along the way. Only when the real food is distributed to them can they believe the government's arrangements and go back home.

Zhang Hong immediately brought trucks of grain from the warehouse. The people saw bags of grain turmoil. If the soldiers from a battalion of Zhendong Army had not maintained order on the spot, these hungry people who had not had enough food for a long time would have rushed up to rob.

When the first old man with white hair took the pocket of ten kilograms of grain from the official's hand and looked at the yellow corn in the bag, the old man was so excited that he burst into tears. While crying, the old man knelt down at Li Jing and kowtowed with a loud bang.

"Li envoys the county's benevolence, righteousness, virtue, and virtue of rebirth, and the people will never forget it!"

One after another, all the refugees believed the government's words and knew that they had finally met a good official who was young and knelt down one after another and kowtowed to Li Jing.

Li Jing hurriedly stepped forward and helped one by one, but he helped one up and the other knelt down again. Although ordinary people who promoted to the domination had their ignorant and narrow side, they were all the simplest. Li Jing's behavior of reviving disaster was sincerely for the people, and they clearly distinguished them.
Chapter completed!