The prince is five and a half years old, and he is reclaiming land and becoming a group favorite.

Chapter 59 Chapter 59: But the young prince is a sheep

Before the snowstorm, for future convenience, Xie Changshi asked Gu Yuzhi to come forward and buy the house. The old servant wanted to make friends with the Wen family's people, so he handed the banknote to the Wen family escort agency.

Because it was a light escort, Qi Chenglang quickly set out on his way, carrying not only the old servant's banknotes, but also the 1 taels of banknotes that Xie Changshi temporarily gave him, allowing him to act according to the opportunity. If he successfully boarded the De Fei For this line, don’t waste time and directly purchase the medicinal materials on Qin Yuan’s list.

Xie Changshi didn't say clearly how to act according to the situation, and Qi Chenglang didn't think much about it. Anyway, the boat would naturally go straight when it reached the bridge. If it didn't work, his elder brother would still be there.

Qi Chenglang had been away for half a month and had a day off. Gu Yuzhi got dressed early and prepared to take a carriage to experience the snow and ice outside the city. The most important thing was to take Xue Ye out for a walk.

After winter, Xue Ye's weight increased sharply. Gu Yuzhi had long wanted to take him out. Unexpectedly, the route was already discussed, and a letter of greeting from the prefect Qi came in.

Gu Yuzhi was sitting on Xue Ye at the moment, holding Xue Ye's neck, and said in a muffled voice, "Did Magistrate Qi say anything?"

He hasn't been out of the house for a long time. I hope that Magistrate Qi just wants to ask Xie Changshi for help with some trivial matter...

"Prefect Qi said that he would like His Highness to help with some matters related to the resettlement of refugees." Xie Changshi closed the greeting card and asked, "Do you want to summon His Highness?"

Gu Yuzhi pouted and climbed down from Xue Ye: "Xue Ye, please ask the guards to take you out. I'm afraid I won't be able to get out today."

It was definitely not something that could be discussed in a short while regarding refugee resettlement. It got dark very early in the winter in Mobei. Gu Yuzhi could only watch helplessly as Xue Ye got into the carriage with the guards and went to the meeting hall holding his tongue.

"Your Highness." Magistrate Qi quickly saluted. Before Gu Yuzhi could speak, Magistrate Qi hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Highness, please help me and save the people of Changzhou from the fire and water!"

Gu Yuzhi scratched his head: "How can I help? Aren't the refugees almost settled?"

He raised his head and glanced at Xie Changshi, and saw that Xie Changshi looked ugly and blinked at Magistrate Qi with his big eyes. Could it be that something happened in the past few days?
Magistrate Qi almost burst into tears: "Refugees from other prefectures heard that the refugees from Changzhou had been properly resettled, so they traveled thousands of miles to come here. There were more and more refugees outside the city. I didn't dare to open the city gate at will. Li Ji Trading Company This was used as an excuse to raise food prices again. The people in the city complained and asked me to find a way to drive away the refugees."

Gu Yuzhi blinked and looked at Magistrate Qi, and in his ears was the angry voice of shopkeeper Wen: "Your Highness, I have a small guess that the resettlement of refugees in Changzhou was promoted by Li Ji Trading Company. This Li Ji Trading Company must have taken revenge on Magistrate Qi before It’s embarrassing for them in front of the people.”

"The people in the city do not know the truth and will not blame Li Ji Trading Company. After all, it is because the prefect Qi strictly guards the city gate that it is inconvenient for the caravan to transport and difficult to enter and exit."

After hearing what Shopkeeper Wen said, Gu Yuzhi looked at the lying figure of Magistrate Qi and suddenly felt a little sad in his heart: "But, I don't know what to do."

He looked at Xie Changshi and saw that Xie Changshi had a serious look on his face, and it was obvious that he had not thought of any good solution.

Magistrate Qi raised his head and looked at him: "Your Highness, I heard that your escort agency has been recruiting people. I thought that there are some children who have lost their parents among the refugees outside the city. Those who are seven or eight years old are a good age to learn martial arts. You can take them in." Some boys. There are also very few escorts in the escort agency now, and there are many young and middle-aged people among the refugees. You can also arrange to join the escort agency. As long as you can keep up with the training of the escorts, you can also follow the escort service earlier." He said Licking his chapped lips, he knew that what he said was too difficult, but he was at the end of his rope. Otherwise, how could he open his mouth and throw this problem to the young prince.

Xie Changshi's face suddenly darkened: "Prefect Qi, do you know what you are talking about? You should know His Highness's situation best. When you say this now, are you not putting His Highness on the fire? Do you know I don’t know, but because he went to a disaster relief site, His Highness had a high fever for several days when he came back..."

Governor Qi lowered his head to the ground, his eyes were red: "I know, I know! But I have no choice! The relief food will not arrive for a while, and there are more victims outside the city every day. I can't see it. The people outside the city are starving to death! Your Highness, please save the people outside the city!"

Xie Changshi brushed his sleeves and said: "How many people can your Highness's escort agency take in? There is still more than a month of winter. Even if the land is civilized and these people have lost their homes, how will you resettle them?"

Magistrate Qi wiped his sweat and said, "This is what I think. As long as Your Highness is willing to accept children and young adults, I can take the initiative to allocate a bucket of coarse grains from the granary to the escort agency every day. As for the other young adults, I have made them become Patrol team, daily gathering point for refugees outside the city. After the land is civilized..."

Magistrate Qi's eyes flashed: "Those who really have no homes can go to Xinliang and help His Highness open up wasteland."

Xie Changshi almost laughed angrily at Magistrate Qi: "Prefect Qi said nicely that young adults can work as escorts with the escort agency. Don't you want to transfer the danger of refugees to His Highness?"

Shu Xiaohan couldn't help but snorted: "This magistrate Qi is really cunning and cunning, but he can kill our young prince like a sheep!"

There are many other wealthy businessmen in Changzhou City. Why doesn't the prefect of Qi ask these people for help?It’s not because the young prince is easy to bully at a young age.

Gu Yuzhi looked back and forth between Xie Changshi and Magistrate Qi, and saw Magistrate Qi trembling in fright at Xie Changshi's chuckle.

The magistrate of Qi blushed at Xie Changshi's words and sighed deeply: "I admit that I have such selfish motives. But Changshi also has to think about His Highness. His Highness's fiefdom requires people to clear up wasteland and farm fields. The population maintains the operation of the entire city. If His Highness steps forward to take in these refugees at this time and leaves a good impression in the hearts of the people in Mobei, wouldn't it be much easier for His Highness to recruit people to open up wasteland next year?"

Gu Yuzhi's eyes lit up, and he felt that what Magistrate Qi said seemed to make sense.

During the land reclamation in late autumn, Magistrate Qi said that it was difficult to recruit people. After all, Mobei was a vast area with few people...

He looked at Xie Changshi eagerly. Xie Changshi understood it as soon as he saw him like this, and hesitated: "At this critical moment, if you ask Wen to come forward to take in the refugees, you are pushing Wen to be on the opposite side of Liji Trading Company, but every day A bucket of coarse grains, isn’t it a bit inappropriate?”

Magistrate Qi breathed a sigh of relief and knelt slightly straighter: "Then according to what His Highness and Chang Shi think, what else can I do?"

Xie Changshi smiled: "For the corvee in Changzhou next year, the prefect of Qi will arrange for people to build the official road from Xinliang to Changzhou."

(End of this chapter)