The best ring

"After my lord left, Ji Pei wrote a letter for his servants to deliver. I had someone pretend to be a bandit and intercepted him halfway." Tang San said, handing a letter to Wu Fan.

"It's something that was expected." Wu Fan said as he took the letter: "I have detained Ji Pei's son and grandson. It is normal for me to want the third prince to save them."

The content of the letter was indeed as Wu Fan predicted. Ji Pei asked the third prince for help. At the same time, he severely discredited Wu Fan, hoping that the third prince could punish Wu Fan.

"Oh, you are really able to arrange me. People who don't know, would think that I have done something heinous and bad." Wu Fan said with a sneer: "As expected of a person who has been playing lip service for decades, this eloquence is good."

"Sir, what should we do now? Should we let people..." Tang San asked Wu Fandao with a cold light in his eyes.

Wu Fan held the letter in his hand, pondered for a while, shook his head, and said: "Don't rush to take action for now. There are plenty of opportunities to take action. It's not a short distance from here to the imperial capital. There are rebels all along the way. You can do it at any time." If you want to kill Ji Pei, there is no need to kill him here. You need to keep an eye on Ji Mansion and pay attention to their actions. "

Qingyuan County is quite far away from the imperial capital. Ji Pei is about to be appointed as the staff of the third prince. He will definitely need to go to the imperial capital to take up the post. There are many rebels along the way. Wu Fan can pretend to be a rebel or bandit at any time. Kill Ji Pei, so I am not in a hurry to take action in this county. After all, Wu Fan has the highest status here now. If Ji Pei suddenly died in the city without any explanation, Wu Fan will also have to bear the responsibility. It is difficult to protect the third prince. I won't get angry and retaliate against him.

"Yes, sir." Tang San responded immediately.

Soon, the carriages in Wu's mansion were loaded and rushed out of the city carrying food. Wu Fan also went with him.

When everyone rushed to the city gate, they heard the noisy and noisy sounds outside the city.

"According to your request, I asked the refugees outside the city to dig the moat after eating, carry stones to strengthen the city walls, etc., so that they will not be too idle." Sun Liang, who was next to Wu Fan, explained to Wu Fan in time. road.

Wu Fan nodded and said: "That's how it should be. Don't let them be too idle. Too much idleness will easily cause accidents. These two projects require a lot of manpower. In normal times, it is a major matter that wastes people and money. Now it is just right to use these people to carry out this project." Two things were done.”

Digging a moat and strengthening a city wall are not easy tasks, especially in a world with backward tools. Wu Fan's Hermit Village has already started building a city wall, but it has not yet been completed. That's because there are still masters. With the bonus given by the super construction master, it can be seen that building the city wall is definitely not an easy thing and can be completed in a short time.

Qingyuan County already has a city wall, so there is no need to build it from scratch, which can save some time. However, the previous city wall in Qingyuan County was very short and not thick enough. It also lacked city defense facilities such as arrow stomps and arrow towers. Such a city wall is naturally Wu Fan cannot be satisfied.

Now, there are hundreds of thousands of refugees gathered outside the city. Wu Fan is not helping them to be idlers. In this troubled time, they cannot be idlers. Wu Fan can just use them to strengthen the city wall and increase the city's defense. , this is a decision that offers the best of both worlds.

"Has anyone among the refugees complained?" Wu Fan asked.

"Yes." Sun Liang said: "However, I quickly asked people to find out such people, stopped their relief, and clearly told them that if they don't work, there will be no food. It's a choice. Let them decide whether to starve here or work.”

Sun Liang is not an indecisive person, especially after becoming the chief steward of Wu Mansion. He thinks about Wu Fan in everything and considers problems from Wu Fan's perspective. If someone dares to harm Wu Fan, he will not listen to Wu Fan. He will never be polite to Fan's orders.

Sun Liang knew very well that if his methods were not ruthless, he would definitely not be able to control the hundreds of thousands of people outside the city. Some people want to be lazy. If they are not dealt with strictly, others will definitely follow suit. When the time comes, if they want to let these people It would be more troublesome to move hundreds of thousands of people, so at this time, he must be decisive. Even if some people really starve to death because of this, he will not feel the slightest guilt.

In Sun Liang's view, Wu Fan's desperate efforts to find ways to rescue these refugees outside the city was already a very remarkable act. He, Tang San and others had always been proud of it, and felt that they had not followed the wrong person in the first place. If the refugees still have a conscience, they should not disobey Wu Fan's orders. After all, it was Wu Fan who saved their lives.

"Well done." Wu Fan praised: "At this time, we must set an example and let everyone know that there is no free relief food here. If you want to eat to survive, you must work. Anyone who doesn't work will have nothing." Food.”

Wu Fan is not surprised at all that there are lazy people among the refugees. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of people gathered here, and not all of them are honest and kind people. It is not surprising at all that some people are cheating and cheating. Wu Fan also believes that, As long as the methods are more ruthless, it will be enough to suppress them.

Sun Liangming nodded, and with Wu Fan's support, he would be more confident to deal with these matters later.

"Hello, Mr. Wu." At this moment, two middle-aged men walked towards Wu Fan. After arriving in front of Wu Fan, they greeted him respectfully and politely.

"Master Hu is here quite early." Wu Fan looked at one of them and said with a smile: "For the matter of providing relief to refugees, just let the servants in your house come. Master Hu doesn't need to come in person."

The person Wu Fan was talking to was Hu Jinsong, who came earlier than Wu Fan and others.

"I don't trust the servants to do this, I must come and see it in person." Hu Jinsong said hurriedly, "After all, this is a matter of life and death for hundreds of thousands of people, and it can't be sloppy."

In fact, although this matter concerns the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people, all they have to do is to cook porridge, which is not a complicated matter. Hu Jinsong can completely leave it to the servants to do, and he doesn't need to come in person. He came here in person, not to cook porridge, but to do it for Wu Fan to see, to show Wu Fan his attitude and to show that he attaches great importance to what Wu Fan has told him.

In fact, except for Hu Jinsong, the heads of the other families have been staying outside the city for the past two days. They even appear in front of the refugees from time to time to make themselves familiar, and spread the greatness of Wu Fan, telling the refugees that the porridge distribution was facilitated by Wu Fan, so that the refugees are grateful to Wu Fan.

Hu Jinsong and others did this not because they were too idle, but to express their attitude to Wu Fan. Since they have decided to join Wu Fan, they must do it thoroughly and perfectly. For these people who have been in the business world for decades, how to show loyalty and attitude is very familiar to them.