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Chapter 22 Borrowing money is okay, but it’s not that easy

Guan Chong considered it and said: "If Your Highness is willing, you can open Jingzhou to recruit refugee women, children and disabled men. This will also give the people a chance to settle down. The people will definitely be grateful to Your Highness."

Jingzhou is the fiefdom of King Chen. Although he is in the capital, King Chen will often go back to govern because of the short distance. Because of this, Jingzhou has become the richest city in Beiyan besides Jinzhou, Kyoto.

Because of this, King Chen was often jealous of other princes, and even the emperor regretted giving Jingzhou to King Chen.

"But……"

King Chen hesitated, not because he was reluctant, but because Jingzhou had a large population and very little land. Even if he took in these refugees, it would be difficult for them to survive without land.

"Your Highness," Guan Chong knew what he was worried about, so he said, "There is little fertile land in Jingzhou, but refugees can open up wasteland. As long as they take good care of it, it can become fertile land in three to five years. Taxes can be reduced or exempted in the early stage to allow refugees to It’s good to live your life well.”

If the refugees live a better life, it will be King Chen's merit. Even if the emperor is fatuous, the courtiers will ask the emperor to record his merit.

The problem we have to face now is that King Chen is already very eye-catching. If he does this kind of thing again, he will inevitably get into trouble.

But this is no longer an issue that can be considered now. If the refugees are not resettled as soon as possible, there may be riots.

"Let's just arrange it like this. I just hope that my father can understand the current situation earlier."

With that said, King Chen sighed. Nowadays, the country is suffering from internal and external troubles. If we don't pay attention to it, it will not be far from destruction.

"Yes."

Guan Chong turned to leave, but was stopped by King Chen: "By the way, call Qin Jian to see me."

Qin Jian came back from Nantai with this news. He heard that he was being hunted by Nantai killers. It was not easy along the way.

When Qin Jian came, King Chen was writing a letter. When he saw him coming in, he had no intention of covering up.

After a while, the letter was written. While waiting for the ink to dry, King Chen asked Qin Jian: "If the Nantai people are really chasing you this time, then it will be even more difficult for you to move in Nantai. You must be extremely careful when you go back this time." Be careful, don’t let Nantai break the big net that I have laid out for many years.”

"Your Highness, don't worry, your subordinates understand."

"Well, send the letter to Nantai and tell the people there to start closing the net. The small country of Nantai has been in trouble recently. They should suffer some hardships."

"Yes!"

Qin Jian took the letter, turned around and left. He knew the importance of this letter and did not dare to stay any longer.

As for Qianzhou City, the Lu family searched outside the door but could not find Lu Guilan's family. Instead, they found Xiao Zhuzi's father and several other clan members.

Xiaozhuzi's father, Lu Daping, suffered a serious leg injury, and it took so long that the wound festered and turned into pus. It looked like he was completely disabled. Now the other leg was also swollen, and he was in so much pain that he couldn't walk at all.

I thought I was going to wait for death outside the city gate, but I was still able to see the Lu family and my wife and children. The eldest man was so excited that he burst into tears.

Qi didn't find her husband either. She saw Xiao Zhuzi's family of three hugging each other and crying, and she and her daughter silently wiped away tears.

Sun's life wasn't much better. Qianzhou City was her last belief. She thought her daughter would be waiting for her here, but she couldn't find her anywhere.

"Third uncle, it's great to see you again. We...we have been living a hard life these days!"

The speaker was Old Man Lu's eldest brother's son, named Lu Fugui. He was two years older than Old Man Lu, but after this period of hard work, he looked more than ten years older.

Lu Fugui only had a young son by his side. His wife and daughter were in poor health and both starved to death on the road. The younger son was only saved by him holding him in his arms and protecting him all day long.At present, there are less than 30 Lu family members who have been found. Some were killed by bandits outside Liujia Town, some did not survive the journey later, and even encountered several robberies later, and there are even fewer people.

When Old Man Lu heard this, his eyes were filled with tears. He took Lu Fugui's hand and patted it, but he couldn't say a word.

No matter what, the Lu family decided to stay one night outside the city to see if there was any news about Lu Guilan's family. If not, they would go to the city to Anzhou.

The surrounding area was full of refugees. Yu didn't dare to set up a pot to cook, so she only took out some dry food she had prepared before to satisfy everyone's hunger. Lu Fugui and the others looked like they hadn't eaten in several lifetimes, holding a rice ball and gobbling it down, almost Not choked to death.

After eating and drinking, He Jiuniang took a look at Lu Daping's leg. According to the medical technology of this era, the leg could only be amputated.

If it were her to treat him, there would still be a possibility of cure, but the problem is that it is not convenient for her medical skills to be exposed now.

"Mother Jiu, is my husband's leg just so useless?"

Cui'er wiped away her tears and asked He Jiuniang, is this true for her? She cried when she didn't find a man, and it's painful now that she has found a man. Women are indeed made of water.

"Theoretically yes."

He Jiuniang touched her chin and nodded, and Cuier cried louder.

"Don't cry in a hurry. When you get into the city, go to the drugstore to buy some golden sore medicine to treat the injury first. When you get to Anzhou, you can find a doctor for treatment. Maybe you can recover. Besides, as long as a person is alive, it is better than anything else. "

As she said that, she licked her lips at Qi who was not far away, signaling Cui'er to look. Cui'er realized that Qi didn't find the man, so she hurriedly shut her mouth.

Indeed, compared with Qi, she is already much luckier.

She discussed with He Jiuniang in a low voice: "It costs money to go into the city. We can get in by putting together the money, but what should the others do?"

She was talking about a group of people who had just been retrieved. They couldn't even fill their stomachs, let alone the three taels of silver they needed to get into the city.

"Look again, no matter what, you can't leave anyone behind."

He Jiuniang didn't care. The Lu family was rich now, so they could lend it to these clansmen to help them.

But it still depends on what Sun and Old Man Lu are going to do. After all, the money cannot be borrowed in vain, otherwise it will be a big loss.

Cui'er was immediately moved and said that all of their family were good people.

He Jiuniang smiled coquettishly and returned to the Lu family's camp. She quietly asked about Sun's plan. Sun snorted coldly: "You have to tell me, your father and I have already thought about it. It's okay to borrow money, but It's not that easy to lend it out! Just be quiet for a while and just follow your father's orders."

How could He Jiuniang not agree? Anyway, as long as you don't ask her, it's easy to say anything.

Sure enough, Lu Fugui came after a while.

"Third uncle, I heard that you are going to the city early tomorrow morning, but we... don't have any money!"

Lu Fugui had a headache. If he had money, he wouldn't have been waiting to die outside the city.

"Third Uncle, I know the world is difficult now, and it's not easy for your family with a large population, but your family is the only one we can count on now!"

With that said, Lu Fugui knelt directly in front of Old Man Lu.

(End of this chapter)