Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 342 Notes Worth Ten Thousand Points

When Wen Shu was waiting at home, the officials in the hall were stunned by the memorial that was flying like snowflakes.

Most of these memorials are saying the same thing.Days of heavy rain caused the water level of the Yangtze River to rise rapidly, and the seven prefectures and three counties along the river were affected and were almost flooded.

Fortunately, a month ago, these local officials had a premonition and strengthened the dam ahead of time, thus blocking the flood dangerously and dangerously.

However, there are also a small number of officials who are 'unresponsive'. Although they have also been reinforced, the height and quality of the reinforcement are very sloppy, which is slightly equal to nothing.

Therefore, when the flood came, those fragile dams collapsed suddenly under the impact of the flood, and the turbulent waves instantly flooded the crops and fields, destroyed the houses, and caused many victims.

Seeing these snowflake-like memorials, the officials could only order a two-year tax reduction for the disaster-stricken areas, and a half-year fine for officials in other areas.For those officials who "respond quickly" and performed well, they will be rewarded and written in the register of promotion.

However, for the disaster-stricken areas, it is not enough to just reduce or exempt taxes, and the imperial court also needs to send officials to provide disaster relief.As for who to send, that is the topic of the morning court today.

Lu Yuancheng was listening to the scriptures read by the servant in the hall, feeling uncontrollable excitement in his heart, he bet right!

The flood still came as scheduled, but fortunately those reinforced embankments successfully blocked the flood.It was not in vain that he had worked so hard to plan all this.

In the previous life, due to disasters in seven prefectures and three counties, the imperial court not only exempted taxes, but also gave money and food for disaster relief, which led to the emptiness of the treasury and seriously affected the subsequent war against Liao.

Because of this, Jin Guo saw through the falsehood and strengthened his intention to go south.

In this life, through his efforts and planning, the area affected by the disaster has been greatly reduced.The treasury has not been severely damaged, so can the subsequent wars be changed?

What made him even more gratified was that those officials really did not 'confess' him.

Although he spent a lot of manpower and financial resources in this matter, and even gambled most of the family fortune of the Hou Mansion.However, he didn't want the officials to know that he was involved in it.

Because these matters should not be under his control, he sent people to lobby without authorization. At best, he is concerned about the country and the people, and at worst, he is forming a party for personal gain.

And those in positions of power usually think about it badly.

He dare not gamble!

It was hard for him to get to where he is today, to the center of the court, and he has the right to the prelude to the court, and he doesn't want to be kicked out because of such a thing.

Fame is dispensable to him, what he needs now is profit.Seeking long-term benefits for the Great Song Dynasty and happiness for the people.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to go."

Just when all the ministers were talking to each other, Lu Yuancheng stood up from the team.

The left and right prime ministers glanced at each other and said affirmatively, "Lu Siqing is in the prime of his youth and acts prudently. He is indeed a good candidate."

In fact, disaster relief is not a good job.Not to mention the tiring journey, the affairs are also very complicated and exhausting.The elderly ministers did not dare to go at all, nor did they want to go.

And those who are too young are afraid of being unstable and unable to hold back things.

Lu Yuancheng was born in the Marquis Mansion, and he has made a lot of achievements in Dali Temple in the past two years.Besides, he was in charge of criminal cases, so he was very serious in his daily demeanor, and he seemed to be in control.

After discussing for a while, all the ministers nodded and agreed, thinking that Lu Yuancheng was the best candidate.

The matter was thus settled.

The reason why Lu Yuancheng was willing to leave the capital temporarily was because he was worried about other officials coming to help.

Fearing that they would embezzle disaster relief money and food is one aspect, but the most important thing is that a large-scale uprising is about to occur there.The first cause of the uprising seems to be that the local officials embezzled the food relief funds, which caused the people to rebel in anger because they had no rice to eat.

He had to strangle it in its cradle before it happened.

Otherwise, once the uprising occurs, the incident will repeat itself.

In the previous life, the failure of the war against Liao was due to the fact that the treasury was empty on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was also because the imperial court transferred the Forbidden Army, which was going to the northwest front to support, to go south to suppress the rebellion.

Now that he has reversed the loss caused by the disaster, he also hopes that he can do a good job in the remaining matters.

In Xiaocha Lane, Wen Shu waited eagerly for nearly two minutes before seeing her father come back with a small bag.

She quickly took it, opened it, and found that the crystals inside were pure and free of impurities, and they were screened and processed.This kind of saltpeter is purer and the effect of ice making will be better.

In fact, saltpeter also has a name, Dishuang.

That's right!It is the salt flowers and shell-like crystals precipitated in the corners of the walls and on the ground when the autumn is high and crisp.

After getting the saltpeter, Wen Shu immediately went to the well to fetch half a basin of water from a small basin, and put the small wooden basin filled with water into the empty large wooden basin.Then put the bought saltpeter in a large wooden basin, and then pour water into it.

When the position of the water is submerged in the water line of the small tub, you can stop.Then put them in a cool and dark place, and wait for a while.

After working so hard inside and out, her legs started to feel sore again. Wen Shu didn't dare to be brave, so she hurried back to the main room and sat down.After a while, someone shouted outside the courtyard: "Is anyone at home?"

"Who is it?"

Father Wen went out, and Wen Shu could only answer while walking slowly towards the gate of the courtyard.

"My lady is at home. My girl has something for her." The servant of the Hou Mansion, who helped Wenshu deliver eggs last time, smiled and handed over a small box.

Wen Shu opened it and saw that there was still a stack of invitation cards.She thanked her, and after seeing off the boy, she carried the box back to the main room and looked through it slowly.

It turned out that it was sent by the girls from various prefectures, but the date of the banquet was changed.

The day of the original invitation and banquet happened to happen to be plagued by chicken plague, so she couldn't go out.Unexpectedly, the alley was unsealed, and another invitation was sent.

After reading the invitations of the girls from various families, Wen Shu also found a letter written by a girl from Lu at the bottom.The letter said that because of the chicken plague, all the originally scheduled banquet dates were cancelled, and this was a new one. I asked her if she wanted to go.

She herself prefers two families, one is the family of Zhao Shilang from the Ministry of Rites, and the other is the family of Deng from Ji Guo Gongfu.Because the two companies are holding a book exhibition, there will be a large collection of books placed outdoors for people to read, and she is interested in those books.

Wen Shu took a look, there will be a book exhibition!
Then you have to go.

She exchanged the lost points for the book, maybe she could get it back from there.

Two days ago, I couldn't get out of bed because of my leg injury, and because of the excitement of discovering the 'new world', I couldn't control myself and exchanged five books in a row.Even though she always picked the cheapest exchange, she spent [-] points in a hurry.

How long does it take for her to collect these points in the iron box!
Seeing that the next upgrade is getting closer and closer, Wen Shu is really worried.

But soon, she had an idea, since she needs to spend points to 'buy' books, can she do the reverse and 'sell' some books to the system to earn points.

The final answer is indeed yes.

As long as it is a book that is not included in the system, it can be redeemed for points.And according to the content, value, and age of the book, the points redeemed can continue to increase, starting with a minimum of [-] points.

This news undoubtedly fell into the sky for Wen Shu.

Because the system does not require physical entities to collect books, it only needs to be scanned.In other words, she can go wandering around the major bookstores. If she is lucky and encounters a book that has not been included in the system, she only needs to turn on the scanning function to scan the contents of the book.

Although it takes ten points to activate the scanning function, if it is successful, she can get at least one hundred points. If both sides are reversed, she will earn ninety points in net!
Don't make this deal too easy!
And some books are worth far more than a hundred points.The system once showed her a list of missing ancient books, and No. 1 directly rewarded [-] points, which made Wen Shu feel heartbroken.

If you can find this Ben, wouldn't it be a step up to the sky, directly promoted to the fourth level!
However, there is no such thing as a free lunch in the world. The reason why this book is worth so many points, in addition to the value of the content of the book itself, is that this book is a personal note.

Moreover, due to political reasons, the owner of the book is not very popular and has passed away, so it is difficult to find this book.

But no matter how difficult it is, Wen Shu has to find it, that's [-] points!

(End of this chapter)