After Jin Ke left satisfied, Wu Chengen came in and threw an account book in front of him.

"Inventory complete."

"So fast?" Zhao Hao was slightly surprised.

According to the usual rules, after the new officials take office, in addition to the decent ceremonies such as paradling the streets in a sedan chair, ascending to the hall to receive seals, and worshipping the temple with incense.

Of course, it is also necessary to carry out substantive work such as clearing warehouses and inventory, clearing prisons, passing on children's examinations, hanging signs, inspecting cities and villages, and checking books.

Zhao Erye did the latter two things this morning, and the first two items that really mattered were borne by the two friends respectively.

It is said that it will take a few days to clear the warehouse, but I didn't expect Wu Chengen to come back early.

"It's that fast." Wu Chengen sat next to Zhao Hao, opened the account book and showed him: "There are less than 2,000 stone in the treasury and 400 taels of silver, how much does it cost?" ”

"So little?" Zhao Hao couldn't help laughing.

No wonder when it was handed over last night, Feng Zhixian refused to tell the truth, it turned out that he was poor.

It's not that the two of them are soft-hearted, or they were deceived by Feng Zhixian.

But the rules in officialdom have always been like this, the eaves are dripping from generation to generation, and the new officials are not counted as the accounts of the old officials.

As long as the hole left by the predecessor is not too big, the successor has to carry it for him.

After all, the successor will leave office in the future, and if you don't want to be picked up by the successor, you have to follow the rules.

Anyway, the loss is Daming's money, and you don't have to pay for it yourself......

"How big is the hole?" Zhao Hao asked.

"About four thousand taels." Wu Chengen smiled bitterly: "Actually, Feng Zhixian is quite kind. ”

"yes." Zhao Hao nodded thoughtfully, such a poor Kunshan County, the hole is less than five thousand taels, and he is content.

"It's just 100,000 mouths waiting to eat, what are we going to feed on?" Wu Chengen said worriedly.

"How long can you eat two thousand stones?" Zhao Hao asked.

"Save a little, three days." Wu Chengen frowned and said: "But if you want to work for relief, the consumption will be even greater." ”

In fact, in the Tang and Song dynasties, there was a routine of cash-for-work, but once people did manual labor, the amount of food was much better than lying still.

Feeding the same number of people would require twice as much food.

Hundreds of thousands of disaster victims, if you let go of eating, the grain and mountains will be eaten up for you in a few days!

So it's not that those chiefs are too stupid to think of it, but they really don't have the strength to work for relief.

It's better to boil the porridge a little thinner, add some bran, weeds, and sand, so that the people can eat three minutes full and lie down for a long time.

~~

But on the way to Kunshan, Zhao Gongzi had already decided to implement cash-for-work in Kunshan!

This method is too suitable for Kunshan. In this era, the construction of embankments is to take people to pile up, and the more people, the better the effect.

Moreover, the common people have work to do and food to eat, and social order is stable.

In addition, at the end of the year, it can also be written into Zhao Erye's summary report as a bright and blind political achievement, and it will not be able to leave a name in history in the future.

After all, 'cash-for-work' has always been linked to the famous ministers of previous dynasties......

It's just that this trick is good, and if you don't have enough food, it's just playing with fire.

"What should I do if I run out of food in two days?" Wu Chengen asked with a bitter face: "There will be a big mess." ”

"Today and tomorrow at the latest, Wu Ji's fleet will send 3,000 stone to store grain." Zhao Hao gave him a small reassuring pill and said: "Then there will be about 10,000 stones, and it will be delivered in about half a month." ”

"That's half a month's amount." Wu Chengen looked at Zhao Hao helplessly. "Now you know how terrible cash-for-work is, right? That's a bottomless pit. ”

"Lin Zhongcheng has been in Suzhou in the past few days." Zhao Hao thought about it, scratched his head and said, "He should let the government transfer another batch." ”

"That's okay." Wu Chengen breathed a sigh of relief and said: "There is a personal note from the governor, and the prefect's yamen will delay any longer, and the food will be delivered in ten days and half a month, just in time." ”

"I can't count on that." Who knew that Zhao Hao shook his head and said: "The governor can only order the prefect, not himself, and there are ways to delay it for a month or two." ”

"Why is Governor Cai dragging us down?" Wu Chengen was puzzled and asked, "Isn't Kunshan County under his rule?" ”

"Governor Cai is a student of Gao Gelao......" Zhao Hao pouted: "I heard that last year, Gao Suqing personally greeted him and promoted him from Hubu Lang to Suzhou Governor. ”

"High arch?" Wu Chengen was stunned and said, "So what? Could it be that in addition to offending Elder Xu Ge, your grandfather also offended Elder Gao Ge? ”

"It's not about my father and son." Zhao Hao couldn't help but sneer: "It's my old man, and it is said that he has a mortal enmity with Gao Gong." ”

"Uh, okay." The corners of Wu Chengen's mouth also twitched twice, and his heart said that this is good, and he fought alone.

~~

If Xu Ge was in power, Cai Guoxi would have to hold his tail, and everyone would have to live in peace.

Now everyone knows that Gao Gong's comeback is a matter of time, and Cai Guoxi will definitely have to perform well in front of the teacher.

What, Li Chunfang? Everyone knows that the transitional period is just a decoration.

The position of the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty is not something that anyone can do steadily, and the old man of the licorice country without a card cannot sit steadily.

"If Suzhou is so unfriendly, why did you choose this place in the first place?" Wu Chengen was puzzled.

"Because it's Suzhou." Zhao Hao smiled and didn't explain.

In order to light the fire of the commercial revolution, even if he goes to Wu County, he is willing to eat, not to mention that there is a buffer for him to change to Kunshan now.

It's just that it's bitter for Second Master Zhao.

Thinking of this, Zhao Haoyi felt that he had an unshirkable responsibility, so he cheered Wu Chengen in a deep voice:

"You just put the grain, and I'll take care of the rest."

"How to fix it?" Wu Chengen frowned and said: "There is one more thing I haven't told my son, the household secretary who accompanied the inventory today said that the grain merchants who went to Suzhou to buy goods in the morning all returned empty-handed. It is said that the stock is tight, and it can only be supplied to Fucheng first. ”

Saying that, he sighed earnestly and said, "Childe, there are some things in this world that can't be solved with money." ”

"I'll admit it." Zhao Hao nodded, but changed his words and said with a smile: "But most of the time, it's just not enough money for you." ”

"Childe is going to add money to buy food?" Wu Chengen's brows furrowed even tighter. "Raising food prices is a big taboo."

Among the disaster relief orders issued by Zhao Shouzheng, there is a clause that 'it is strictly forbidden to raise grain prices'.

In the same way, the prefect's yamen and the counties will not sit idly by and watch Kunshan County collect grain at a high price, which will disturb the grain price of the whole prefecture.

This would be catastrophic for a region with a population of 8 million, more than half of which is purchased from Huguang.

"It's easy to avoid it, as long as you use over-the-counter trading." Zhao Gongzi smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry about it, I'll go out for a spin tomorrow, and make sure to get the food for you." ”

"Hey, okay." Wu Chengen is a worrying character, and it is the first time to do things with Zhao Hao, so he is naturally a hundred worried.

But it was Zhao Hao who actually had the final say, and even the county lord had to listen. Wu Chengen could only press down and wait for good news.

"There is one more thing to ask Gongzi, how do you account for this grain? It is considered to be bought and borrowed from the prince in the county. Or was it donated by Childe? There must be a clear charter. ”

ps. The third more, continue to continue. Ask for a monthly pass and a recommended ticket~~~