The lady escaped marriage and became addicted

Chapter 49 Disaster relief (2)
Zhao Shihua kissed An Ran heavily, put her on the ground lightly, got up and said to Gu Wanniang: "I'm going to discuss with the adults about disaster relief, I may not be back tonight, you take the child to bed first, don't worry about me .”

Zhao Shihua found Mr. Qian overnight, and took out several measures he had just drawn up for Mr. Qian's reference.

When Qian Pengyang heard this, he couldn't help but his eyes lit up. He patted Zhao Shihua on the shoulder heavily and said, "Sheng Lin's idea is good! Come on, let's discuss how much money the imperial court can give us..."

The next day, Qian Pengyang went to the county bank to borrow money.Borrowing it in the name of the county government made a lot of sense, and made the bank promise not to charge half of the interest, and only wait for the imperial court to pay back the disaster relief money.

And Zhao Shihua drafted a new disaster relief plan and distributed it to each township, requiring the village chiefs and patriarchs of each village to organize the young and strong in the village to help the village clear snow, repair houses, go to the mountains to cut firewood and distribute it to each household for heating, etc.

Then he organized a nationwide fundraising campaign, calling on every household to do what they can to donate the extra jackets at home. Of course, it would be even better if every household could donate some money, ten taels of silver Not too much, not too little a copper plate.

In this way, the people in the government beat gongs and drums to promote it for a day. On the second day, many people really donated money and materials. In just three days, they received more than 2000 leather jackets and 800 copper coins donated by the people. More than 800 hangs, more than 50 taels of silver.An Ran also donated one of her fur coats, and Gu Wanniang donated [-] taels of silver.

After this series of disaster prevention and relief measures, although some people still died of starvation and freezing, and were crushed to death by collapsed houses, the situation was much better than that of other neighboring counties.

These days, Zhao Shihua went out before dawn and returned home in the middle of the night, sometimes not returning home until a day or two later.

He personally went to various towns to check the disaster situation, and went tirelessly to lobby merchants to raise donations for disaster relief. He wanted to be in front of Mr. Qian in everything, foreseeing all possible bad situations and making arrangements everywhere. got it right.

Under such a busy schedule, Zhao Shihua had no time to go back to his hometown for the New Year, so he could only ask the Gu family to send someone to his hometown to complain to the old man, deliver the prepared New Year gift, and ask the villagers to pay attention to disaster prevention.

It wasn't until the middle of the first lunar month that the snow gradually lightened. Zhao Shihua sorted out the disaster situation and disaster relief measures in the county this winter, and Mr. Qian wrote a document and reported it to the state government.

Qian Pengyang saw that Zhao Shihua lost weight within half a month, and was grateful to him for his dedication and hard work in disaster relief, so he gave him three days off and asked him to go home and have a good rest.

Qian Pengyang himself breathed a sigh of relief, and went back to the back house to take a bath and change clothes, intending to relax.

Aunt Zhou kneaded Qian Pengyang's whole body, and said distressedly: "Your Excellency, it's been hard work. Look, it's been less than a month, and the whole person has lost a lot of weight! That Master Zhao is really, no matter what! If you can’t share some of it with your lord, your lord is really raising him for nothing!”

Aunt Zhou has been waiting for Gu Wanniang to give her a gift since she saw the screen embroidered by Gu Wanniang at Mrs. Wen's birthday party, but she has not waited until now, and she knows that there is no one for her.Later, when I heard that Gu Wanniang had promised to embroider screens for several wives who attended the banquet that day, I was even angrier.Okay, crossing the river and tearing down the bridge looks down on her, right?Husband and wife are deeply affectionate, aren't they?She wants to see how deep the bond between their husband and wife is!

Qian Pengyang's complexion sank, he turned his head and glared at Aunt Zhou and said, "If you don't know, don't talk nonsense! Master Zhao is very capable, and this disaster relief is really thanks to him. Just look at it, Master Zhao is absolutely amazing. What is not in the pool will become a great weapon in the future!"

When Aunt Zhou heard this, she became more and more annoyed. No wonder she looked down on her. It turned out to be because of Master Zhao's ability, right?Thinking of this, she said with some disapproval on her face: "No matter how promising he is, with his background, how can he still surpass the master?"

Qian Pengyang sighed: "This is not certain. In short, Mr. Zhao is a talent. If he is selected and promoted to an official position in the future, he may be able to use it for me. It is not certain about the affairs of the officialdom. You must not take it lightly he."

"It's my concubine who said the wrong thing, master, don't be angry." Aunt Zhou confessed softly, rolled her eyes, and suddenly smiled again, "Since the master values ​​him so much, why don't you sell it to him now?"

Qian Pengyang smiled and said, "My lord, I'm just selling it to him right now?"

Aunt Zhou smiled coquettishly and said, "My lord, how is this enough? What you are doing now is nothing more than a good master. How can you call it a good seller?"

Qian Pengyang frowned slightly: "My lord, I am an official after all, he is only a scholar now, no matter how much I value him, I have to be modest in showing favor, otherwise, what would it look like to others?"

Aunt Zhou's subordinates kept pinching for Qian Pengyang, and said with a disapproving tone: "Where did the master think? What is the identity of the master, and what is the identity of Master Zhao? Even if the master wants to show his favor to him, he can't be compromised It's half a point of face."

"Oh? I can't see that you still have this insight." Qian Pengyang relaxed and teased, "Then tell me, master, how should I sell it to him?"

"Isn't that simple?" Aunt Zhou said with a smile, "Isn't it time to give someone away now? Why don't you give someone to Mr. Zhao as well."

"Give it away?" Qian Pengyang asked suspiciously.

"That's right!" Aunt Zhou said with a coquettish smile, "There are quite a few girls who have reached their age in our house, why don't you give one to Mr. Zhao's red sleeves? Mr. Zhao is young and capable, and I heard that she looks good too. As long as you let out a little bit of news, there will be many girls scrambling to go! When Mr. Zhao is successful in the future, there will be your master by his side, won't he be your master forever?"

Qian Pengyang thought about it, giving away a beautiful maidservant is also an elegant thing, but...

"I heard that Mr. Zhao and his wife are loving couples. Moreover, he is able to exist today thanks to the help of the Gu family who let him take a concubine. I'm afraid his wife will be unhappy." Qian Pengyang pondered.

"Oh, my lord, what you said is wrong! This woman is married to her husband, and her husband is the guide to her wife. What's more, this is your kindness, my lord. If Gu Wanniang is a virtuous and reasonable person, how can she reject such a beauty? Something?" Aunt Zhou said with a gentle and virtuous face, "I heard that Gu Wanniang hurt her body when she gave birth to her daughter, and she will not be able to have children in the future. Think about it, Mr. Zhao only has one son, and this heir is too thin More. Besides, when a woman's house is always inconvenient for a month, multiple people take care of her, and they share her worries, right? If Gu Wanniang really loves Mr. Zhao in her heart, she will definitely not have a separation with Mr. Zhao because of this matter. .”

(End of this chapter)