"Sure enough, I still saved myself......"

Zhu Ping'an rubbed his brows, although the result was expected, he was still a little disappointed when the dust settled.

Disappointment doesn't solve the problem, it only adds to it.

Zhu Ping'an only rubbed his brows, then regained his spirits and sent someone to summon a cadre from Jingnan to come to the county office.

“...... This is the case. In the short term, don't expect the imperial court to provide disaster relief and rescue, we can only save ourselves. ”

Zhu Ping'an read out the reply letter from the Taizhou Mansion in front of all the officials, and told everyone the truth.

"Huh?! What the?! You want us to save ourselves?! We have just suffered a flood and suffered heavy losses, how can we save ourselves? ”

"How so?! This flood involves most of the south of the Yangtze River, the scope is wide, the disaster is severe, and it is rare for decades, how can the imperial court stand idly by! Aren't you afraid that the disaster relief will be ineffective and cause a civil uprising?! ”

"When other places were affected by disasters, the imperial court mobilized grain and grass from our Jiangnan for disaster relief, why couldn't the imperial court mobilize grain and grass from other places for disaster relief when I was affected by disasters in Jiangnan? Could it be that we are raised?! ”

After hearing the reply letter from the Taizhou government asking for self-help, all the officials were disappointed, worried, and indignant.

"Alright, everyone. The imperial court also has the difficulties of the imperial court, in recent years, I have been eventful in the Ming Dynasty, disasters are frequent, such as the drought in Shaanxi for many years, the flood in Beizhili in the first half of the year, the drought in Jiangxi, the famine in Xuanfu Datong, things rushed together, the imperial treasury consumed a lot, for a time, it was difficult to raise two silver for disaster relief. Before the imperial court raised silver taels and grain for disaster relief, we could only save ourselves. We eat the king's fortune, we should be loyal to the king, share the worries for the saints, and solve problems for the people, so why be afraid of the Tao. ”

Zhu Ping'an slapped the table, interrupted everyone's disappointment and indignation, and said to everyone with a firm gaze.

Everyone's reaction was expected by Zhu Ping'an, which is also human nature, but as the helmsman of Jingnan, how can we have such a negative attitude, and the big ship of Jingnan still has to rely on us at the helm to sail out of the predicament.

"What the county zun said is extremely true, but our Jingnan suffered heavy losses in this flood, countless houses were damaged, and the loss of property was immeasurable.

Driven by Zhu Ping'an, although the officials cheered up, they still couldn't help but worry when they thought of the difficulties.

"Before the flood, we in Jingnan worked together to take precautions in advance, and compared with other counties, our Jingnan was much less damaged in this flood. To carry out self-help, the burden on our shoulders is much lighter than that of other counties. If we can't afford to 'save ourselves', then the other counties will simply hang their own branches. What we need to do is to rise to the occasion and overcome difficulties, not to be overcome by them. Zhu Ping'an pulled the corners of his mouth slightly and teased everyone.

Well, this is also true, not to mention far away, let's just say that the neighboring county Taiping County, they have suffered ten times the loss of my Jingnan.

The officials were completely cheered up.

After seeing the group of officials cheering up again, Zhu Ping'an nodded with satisfaction, this is the state that the helmsmen should be in the face of the disaster. Next, Zhu Ping'an asked all officials to report on their work and report on the situation, to find out the situation of the disaster, and also let everyone have a clearer understanding of the current situation in Jingnan.

"The flood shelter area in the northern suburbs under the jurisdiction of Hui County Zun is currently accommodating a total of 2,623 victims......"

"Hui County, the Dongshan Flood Refuge Area under the jurisdiction of the Humble Duty accommodates a total of 11,562 victims......"

"Returning to the county to respect ......"

There are 64,673 people in the five flood shelter areas and 26,453 people in the county, adding up to more than 90,000 people. Hearing this number, everyone couldn't help but feel a lot of pressure.

"Qian Warden, Zhang Warden, you tell everyone about the current grain and silver storage in the lower warehouse and the warehouse."

Next, Zhu Ping'an asked Qian Dianguan and Zhang Dianguan to explain to everyone Jingnan's family background.

"Back to the county, as of this morning, I still have 17,286 stones of grain in my warehouse."

The barn warden Qian Warden got up and reported first.

"Ugh....... It's only been five days since nearly 3,000 stone of grain have been consumed?! ”

When the officials heard this, they couldn't help but be surprised, they didn't expect the food to be consumed so quickly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is still because there are relatively few people who fled a few days ago, and the food consumption is small, and judging from the current daily increase in the number of victims, the daily food consumption will increase by hundreds of stones in the future. According to preliminary estimates, at present, the grain storage in my warehouse can only last for about 20 days. After twenty days, there was no food to use in my barn. The barn warden Qian couldn't help but say to everyone with a worried face.

"Uh...... If there is no food, what can I do, the most important thing for disaster relief is food. ”

All the officials were grieved.

Only Zhu Ping'an's face was calm, "Pawn Zhang, tell everyone how much silver is still in the treasury." ”

"Back to the county, at present, there are three hundred and eighty taels of gold and one hundred and twenty thousand six hundred and fifty-six taels of silver in the treasury of our county." As a treasury warden, the chapter warden was familiar with the gold and silver deposits of the county government, and got up to return to the road.

These deposits of gold and silver were mainly obtained from the seizure of the family property of Zhang Xiancheng, Yao Zhushu, Li Dianshi and others. Some time ago, it cost more than 10,000 taels of silver to prevent floods, dredge ditches, buy building materials, build and repair embankments, etc. At present, the county treasury has only the gold and silver left for depositing gold and silver.

After listening to the amount of gold and silver deposited by the county government, the officials were a little relieved, and the county government's finances were quite good.

"You have any ideas, but it doesn't hurt to say them." Zhu Ping'an said to everyone.

"County Zun, I suggest that the gold and silver stored in the treasury be taken out to purchase grain, which is the basis for disaster relief."

Old man Liu, the warden of the ceremonial room, proposed.

"I second." The warden, the warden Zhang, echoed.

"Dian Liu, Dian Zhang, you don't know the price of grain." Liu Fuzi, the household warden, shook his head and sighed, "At present, the price of grain in my Jingnan is rising three times a day, and the price is different in the morning, noon and evening. Before the flood, five days ago, the price of a stone of rice was only 400 wen; By this morning, the price of one stone of rice had risen to 1,200 wen. In just five days, the price of rice has tripled, and the price continues to rise. I can assure you that as far as we speak, the price of this grain will rise again. In other counties, such as Taiping County and Linhai County, the price of grain is also the same, and all of them have risen in price outrageously. All the gold and silver deposits of our county government can only buy about 10,000 stone now. ”

"Then you have to buy it." Old man Liu and others said.

When Liu Fuzi, the housekeeper heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, "Even if we want to buy it, someone has to sell it." Now all the grain shops in the county are selling grain in limited quantities, and the grain sold every day is very limited, and each time the door is opened, it is only enough to sell a stick of incense or so, and those who go late cannot buy grain no matter how much money they have. The situation in other counties is the same, and it is not even as good as the situation in Jingnan. ”

"These black-hearted profiteers, regardless of the lives of the people, raise the price of grain, one by one know that it is difficult to make a fortune, and their conscience is eaten by dogs. They sell a limited amount of grain every day, not to drive up the price of grain! ”

"These black-hearted, crazy price hikers should be severely punished, if you want me to say, county respect, we should bring these black-hearted grain merchants to justice, it is best to cut off a few heads in public, kill chickens and monkeys, in order to curb food prices."

When all the officials heard this, they couldn't help but be filled with righteous indignation, and they couldn't wait to tear these profiteers apart between their words.