"At this moment, the priority should be to bring peace to the people.

The grain and grass are burned, the people are panicked, the situation is unstable, the construction of palaces, and the construction of water canals will all be greatly affected.

If the people are not calmed down in time, the situation will become more serious.

Since then, all the efforts we have put in before will be destroyed, and a lot of money and food will be wasted..."

"How do you think Kede can calm the people?"

At this time, Li Ru had already walked over. After standing here and listening for a while, he glanced at his father-in-law Dong Zhuo and interrupted to ask.

Liu Cheng bowed respectfully to Li Ru, and then said: "First of all, we need to go out to calm the people, and send a large number of people to tell these people that the government will not abandon them.

We will give them food and we will not let them go hungry.

They deserve nothing less for their hard work, not a penny less.

This is called winning the trust of the people.

With such publicity, these people have confidence in their hearts. Although their worries will not be eliminated, their hearts will not be as panicked and unmotivated as they are now.

Secondly, after the publicity, a batch of grain and grass was immediately transferred. When it was time to distribute grain to these people, the normal distribution continued. From then on, the people's hearts were at peace.

The impact will be eliminated and things can get back on track."

Liu Cheng answered in response.

"But, where does this food come from?"

After Li Ru glanced at Dong Zhuo, he asked Liu Cheng again.

Just listening to Li Ru's words, Liu Cheng knew that things were not going to be easy.

For this, he was already somewhat prepared in his heart.

After all, he had heard from Dong Zhuo before about his purpose of building Xiwu.

Collect money and food widely so that the Dong family can live there and not work for thirty years, but the money and food will be inexhaustible!

In other words, at this time, Dong Zhuo still had a certain amount of food left in his hands.

However, he has put all the money and food to use.

Liu Cheng saluted Dong Zhuo.

"My grandson-in-law can't conjure up money and food out of thin air. This matter requires my grandfather's intervention..."

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he looked at Li Ru with a look that seemed to be a smile but not a smile.

The meaning is obvious, that is, things are exactly as I expected.

Regarding this matter, Kede also had no good solution. In the end, he decided to take care of himself.

It was so hard for me to get so much money and food. Now everyone wants it and everyone needs it. This is really difficult!

"Everywhere is used for food. These days, your grandfather and I don't have any leftover food!"

Dong Zhuo spoke out, full of emotion.

He made his attitude clear on this matter.

"If you don't see it like this, why don't we stop the repair work of Longshou Canal and Zheng Guo Canal and let the villagers return. In this way, we can save a lot of food...

The remaining grain, if you look a little more carefully, it will still be about the same for the villagers who built the palace and the dock..."

Dong Zhuo watched Liu Cheng speak again and added.

He told me the solution he came up with after some thinking.

At the same time, he also used this method to show Liu Cheng his determination in dealing with money and food this time, and asked Liu Cheng not to take advantage of his money and food.

"Three-quarters of the Longshou Canal has been repaired, and half of the Zhengguo Canal has been repaired. By this winter, both canals will be able to be used to irrigate fertile fields.

It would be a pity if we stopped at this time...

Moreover, Grandfather, even if these villagers are not allowed to build canals, these people still need food and government relief..."

Liu Cheng sighed, raised his hands to Dong Zhuo and said.

This is the crux of the problem.

"You don't need to pay too much attention to these common people. These people are like weeds, and their lives are very tough.

If you ignore them, they will die. Within two years, there will be many more people.

Moreover, it is not that all the people do not care, only the one-third of the people in the village do not care.

As long as the army is here, these people can't get out of trouble.

There will be some chaos in Guanzhong because of this, but the chaos will not be too big and will not affect the overall situation..."

This time Liu Cheng presided over the resettlement of farmland and settled nearly one million people.

One-third, which is 300,000, will come up a little bit.

How can it be possible that so many people have given up on them with just a few words?

Liu Cheng would never agree.

What's more, he regards Guanzhong as his base camp and treats and operates it from a base!

Liu Cheng lowered his head and said nothing, quickly thinking about countermeasures in his heart.

Dong Zhuo didn't make a sound to urge him, he just sat here and waited quietly.

I just made up my mind that no matter what, I would never come up with food ideas.

Time passed bit by bit, and none of the three people in the room made a sound.

Li Ru looked at Dong Zhuo and then at Liu Cheng.

Li Ru, who originally wanted to see if Liu Cheng could come up with any unexpected strategies to break the situation this time, couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

It seems that this time, things are a little difficult to handle.

Kede, the niece-in-law, could not think of any solution.

After all, food is the foundation of this matter.

And my father-in-law was stuck on the food and wouldn't let go.

Under such circumstances, no strategy will work here.

This is simply a dead end.

Just when Li Ru was thinking this in his heart, Liu Cheng, who had lowered his head and remained silent, raised his head.

After he handed over his hand to Dong Zhuo, he said: "How about I borrow the food that my grandfather will use to relieve these people in the future?

It can take as little as three months, as long as by the end of the year, and the amount will be returned to my grandfather, or even more.

What does Grandpa think?"

Li Ru cheered up after hearing this, and based on Liu Cheng's words, he quickly thought about the methods Liu Cheng might use.

And Dong Zhuo also smiled in his heart.

Having made up his mind not to produce food, he said, "I wonder how Kede plans to repay it when the time comes? Are he planning to impose additional taxes on these villagers?"

Liu Cheng shook his head when he heard this: "When we established the Mintun before, we had already agreed with these people not to collect taxes. If we increase it rashly at this time, we will break the trust of the people and lose more than we gain."

"Food in Guanzhong is limited. If Kede is not going to raise taxes, is there another way to get a lot of money and food?"

Li Ru asked aloud, full of curiosity.

Liu Cheng smiled and nodded: "I have a bold idea, and I want my grandfather and uncle to listen to it."

As he spoke, he cupped his hands to the two of them to show respect, and then said in a loud voice: "Grandfather, uncle, where is our Guanzhong to the south?"

Dong Zhuo and Li Ru naturally knew where to go south.

Dong Zhuo said: "It's the Qinling Mountains."

Liu Cheng nodded and asked again: "What about further south?"

"Further south is Yizhou."

Dong Zhuo responded.

After saying that, his eyes couldn't help but narrowed slightly.

He is not a stupid person. When Liu Cheng said this, he basically understood what Liu Cheng meant.

Li Ru's eyes couldn't help but light up!

This is how it is!!

The food here in Guanzhong is indeed limited, and even if we squeeze it, we can't squeeze it out.

However, this world is not just Guanzhong, there are other places!

Needless to say, Liangzhou in the west and Bingzhou in the north.

Two states, one poorer than the other.
To be continued...