Jiangmen Tianjiao: Reborn with funny ancestors

Chu Tianjiao was not surprised by Magistrate Xie's words.

Yuzhou is a flood-prone area. Sometimes floods occur for several consecutive years, and victims will flock to Yizhou.

Yizhou has been helping Yuzhou resettle victims every year, and it has been overwhelmed.

Now is the autumn harvest season, and Yizhou has not been affected by the disaster. Taking out some food to send the victims back to their hometowns will naturally consume much less food than keeping the victims through the winter.

That's why Yizhou hurriedly drove these victims back to their hometowns, treating them well and setting up porridge sheds along the way.

But Yuzhou is different. Yuzhou has suffered from disasters for many years. It is already poor and cannot produce any extra food to resettle the victims who have returned home. Naturally, it is hoped that these victims will not come back.

Therefore, Yuzhou Prefecture Mu refused to send a letter to open a warehouse to release grain.

As for the nonsense that the Rong County magistrate said that the granary was empty and ready for horse racing, Chu Tianjiao didn't believe it.

Rong County was not close to a big river, and the disaster was far less severe than that of Fuping County. At this time of autumn harvest, more or less, a batch of tax grains would be collected. Saying that there was no tax grain was just his excuse.

Of course, these grains must be turned over to the court, and the magistrate of Rong County does not have the power to use them for disaster relief.

Chu Tianjiao calculated that there were probably more than 3000 victims encountered on the road today, and they should all arrive in Rong County before sunset.

Each of the 3000 people had three taels of grain, and one meal required about five kilograms of grain.

According to the price of one dou of rice at twenty cents, five stones is fifty dou of rice, and the total cost is one thousand wen, which is one tael of silver.

Chu Tianjiao took out a 3000-tael banknote directly from his wallet and handed it to Magistrate Xie.

"You don't need to open a warehouse to provide relief, I'll buy the food.

This is 500 taels of silver. In the next few days, disaster victims will pass through Rong County.

Whether you buy it from the county government granary or from a wealthy household in the city, you will convert the 500 taels into grain and set up a porridge shed.

For the remaining two thousand and five hundred taels, in my name, you can send people to the following counties to set up porridge sheds in the same way. "

After Xie County Magistrate accepted the money, he naturally no longer felt so embarrassed and praised the magistrate for his righteousness.

Chu Tianjiao looked at him coldly, crossed his hands and squeezed each other, pinched his fingers loudly, and threatened:

“We will pass by here on our way back.

I will check along the way when the time comes.

If you do this well, Wang Ting will naturally tell his father, and I think Prime Minister Wang will also be happy to have a capable disciple.

But if you don't do this well, do you know the consequences? "

Seeing Chu Tianjiao's fierce look, Magistrate Xie cursed in his heart: "Reckless man."

But there was still a smile on his face, and he bowed and responded: "I will definitely handle this matter well, and I won't let the county owner spend money and worry."

Xie County Magistrate wanted to let Chu Tianjiao and his party live in the back house of the county government, but Chu Tianjiao refused.

They found an inn in the city to stay.

Chu Tianjiao arranged for Feng Yi and Feng Gui to send Niu Fugui back to the outside of the city to join the victims, and at the same time monitored the setting up of the porridge shed by Magistrate Xie.

Wang Xingran was frightened today and had been wilting. Zheng Linlang was comforting her.

Everyone gathered in Wang Xingran's room.

Wang Ting asked Chu Tianjiao: "With only 3000 taels, we can resettle the victims along the way. Yuzhou Mu, why don't you do it?"

Chu Tianjiao chuckled: "What you see are just the victims of the disaster on our journey.

Do you know how many people were affected by the disaster throughout Yuzhou?

Moreover, what we can control are those who were deported by Yizhou this time, and what about those who came back from other places?

Besides, 3000 taels is not a small amount. A seventh-grade county magistrate’s monthly salary is only a dozen or 20 taels. Even someone who is not corrupt and perverts the law cannot afford it. "

Wang Ting scratched his head and said: "It's hard for you to pay for this money alone. Let's share it equally later.

I brought 1000 taels of silver with me when I came out, and the expenses incurred on the journey were all mine. "

Chu Tianjiao smiled and said nothing.

Li Kuang suddenly took out 1000 taels from his wallet and handed it to Chu Tianjiao: "Here, my share."

Chu Tianjiao was a little surprised.

However, she did not refuse and silently put the money into her purse.

Wang Ting put his arms around Li Kuang's shoulders and said, "I can't tell, but you are quite rich!"

Li Kuang said solemnly: "This is all my belongings."

Chu Tianjiao was stunned and quickly took out another 500 taels of silver and handed it back to Li Kuang.

Li Kuang shook his head and refused, "Just give me some money."

Zheng Linlang burst into laughter: "Why does Mr. Li's behavior remind me of the scene when my father handed over his private money to my mother?"

Chu Tianjiao suddenly frowned and spat: "Nonsense."

Li Kuang glanced at Chu Tianjiao secretly with his eyes and blushed.

Chu Tianjiao thrust five 100-tael silver notes into Li Kuang's hands and said, "Keep it for yourself."

Zheng Linlang was embarrassed to take off her purse: "Cousin, I don't have much money, so I'll give it all to you. Can you cover my food and accommodation?"

Before Chu Tianjiao came back from rebirth, he only had 20 taels of silver per month. Naturally, he knew the situation of these people. He shook his head and said: "No need, I will pay for your share."

Wang Xingran said with red eyes: "It's me who has dragged everyone down. Sister Chu clearly reminded me."

Chu Tianjiao knew that she was feeling uncomfortable, so he touched Wang Xingran's head and comforted her: "Every time you take a step, you will gain wisdom. Kindness sometimes has to be used in the right place and at the right time."

Li Kuang asked at this time: "If those refugees didn't get out of the way, would you have killed them?"

Chu Tianjiao nodded, then shook his head.

“I will lead you to rush over, and I may even injure one or two of the rioters, but I won’t kill them.

The Chu family will never pierce the chests of the people of Li country with their swords and spears. "

Li Kuang was thoughtful.

Chu Tianjiao thought that he had cut off a person's arm today and comforted him:

"When you drew your sword, you acted out of urgency, and you didn't hurt the man's life. That's enough.

The hemostatic medicine I gave that man was a top-quality medicine.I also told Feng Yi that she would go check on the man's condition later and bring a doctor from the city to treat the man's injuries. "

Li Kuang didn't expect that Chu Tianjiao would actually remedy the matter for him, and solemnly handed over his hand: "Thank you!"

After nightfall, Feng Yi and Feng Gui came back to report that a porridge shop outside the city had been set up and all the refugees had porridge.

Niu Fugui had followed Chu Tianjiao into the county government office and heard about Chu Tianjiao spending his own money to buy food for the victims.

Niu Fugui returned to the victims and spread the word about Chu Tianjiao.

The victims were grateful for Chu Tianjiao's kindness, and many people kowtowed in the direction of the city gate.

When Chu Tianjiao heard this report, he shook his head and said, "That's not necessary."

A few people rested for a night and continued on their way the next day. Soon, they entered Huizhou and arrived at the foot of Yishan Mountain.

Li Kuang asked for advice:

"If you don't mind, can you accompany me back to the teacher's gate and visit Yishan Mountain by the way?"

Yishan Mountain is a famous mountain in Liguo, and Chu Tianjiao has never visited it before.

Hearing Li Kuang's suggestion, his heart suddenly moved.

Others have no opinion.

Wang Xingran had regained his energy and pulled Chu Tianjiao and said, "Sister Chu, let me take you to see the welcoming pine. It really looks exactly like the emblem of our Qingsong Society."

Chu Tianjiao couldn't help but laugh out loud when he thought about the funny thing about Wang Xingran recognizing an ax he had drawn randomly as a welcoming pine in Yishan Mountain.

Li Kuang's master, Taoist Master Xuanqing, was a master of Taoism.

Chu Tianjiao remembered the Pisces Bagua picture in the main hall of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, which seemed to be a symbol of Taoism, and couldn't help but squeeze the two winning coins in his wallet.