When Ge Lin heard that the matter was almost done, Ge Dan's expression became serious, and then he quietly waited for Ge Lin to speak.

"Everyone agreed, of course, it's unknown whether he agreed on the surface. As for the donated money and grain, I also made a rough calculation. "Gerlin said: "I got about 1,200 stones of grain and 800 taels of silver. According to the scale of Danyang County, it is average, not too big or small, but it will be difficult for them to contribute in the future."

Ge Dan didn't care about what Ge Lin said later. They had no choice but to do anything they could say. What Ge Lin thought of was what they took out.

The grain was 1,200 stones, according to the weight of the Ming Dynasty, a stone of rice was about 153 kilograms, and a thousand two hundred stone of rice was about 180,000 kilograms. If there were 50,000 disaster victims, each person ate half a kilogram of rice every day, then it would take 25,000 kilograms a day, and 180,000 kilograms of rice only took eight or nine days. Even if you save money, it would only take ten days.

As for silver, although 800 taels of silver is a lot, it is still a drop in the bucket when it comes to disaster relief. Thinking of this, Ge Dan turned around and asked, "Do you know how many people are suffering from disasters now?"

"Send someone to count!" Ge Lin said, "About 20 villages and towns have been affected, with a population of about 30,000. How many people died are still unknown."

Listening to Ge Lin's words, Ge Dan actually felt relieved. In addition to the more than 30,000 people who died, the disaster victims should have more than 20,000 or more stones of food, which can last for about twenty days. Fortunately, Ge Dan felt extremely sad. This is all human life! After thinking about it, Ge Dan asked again: "There are only 80,000 registered in Danyang County, and so many people were affected this time."

Ge Lin looked at Ge Dan and said with a smile: "Danyang is not bad. The county is not big, and it is easy to manage if it is affected. This time I can still stick to the past."

The problem of eating in front of me was solved, but I couldn't hold on for too long. After the flood receded, the people's lives were not easy, and the real hardship was behind. The flood flooded the fields, the summer harvest was basically gone, and the people had no food to eat. Although I could manage it for half a month and a month, what should I do in the future? Until the autumn harvest, I had no food to eat. Ge Dan glanced at Ge Lin and saw him drinking tea, Ge Dan sighed in his heart.

"Uncle Lin, those gentry agreed, I'm afraid they really want to listen, right?" Ge Dan looked at Ge Lin and asked.

"Of course not!" Ge Lin said with a smile: "Young Master may wish to guess!"

Ge Dan sighed and said, "They are buying land now, but not buying people, so they probably have other plans, right?"

"Of course I have plans!" Ge Lin put down the teacup in his hand and said with a smile: "This is not a new thing. Their plan is to borrow money. The young master can not let them buy people. They also gave the young master the face, but can't the young master not let them borrow money? If you lend money to the victims, then there must be a mortgage, and it is not impossible for the mortgagor to be."

Ge Dan said: "Once you borrow, there will always be times when you can't pay it back. After all, people will have good fortune and good fortune every day. Who knows whether you get sick today and whether you need to spend money tomorrow."

"Don't wait that long!" Ge Lin shook his head and said, "That's too slow, just wait until the court collects taxes."

"Charge taxes?" Ge Dan looked at you, Ge Lin in surprise, and asked without hesitation at all: "Is it all like this still taxes?"

"Of course you have to collect it!" Ge Lin said naturally: "Maybe some reductions will be made, but not too much. This time the heavy rain will continue, and our Zhenjiang Prefecture will not only be affected by Danyang County, but also Danyang County is not the worst-hit county, and Jintan County is the worst-hit county. Once the summer tax is imposed, the life of the victims will be even more difficult, and they will really sell their children and daughters."

"Now that the people are suffering from disasters, it is reasonable for the young master to do this, but when the flood passes, the young master has no reason to stop him."

Of course, Ge Dan knew that there were people in this world, and population trading allowed, but Ge Dan could not stop it forever.

When there is a disaster, Ge Dan can be said to be for stability, but when the flood is over, Ge Dan has no reason. Those merchants and gentry gave Ge Dan a face at this time, but it will be waiting for the future. It won’t take too long. After a month, Ge Dan is unable to take care of the people, and the people will still fall to the point of fish and meat and be slaughtered by others. They can still do this face to Ge Dan.

Looking at Ge Dan's appearance, Ge Lin couldn't help but persuade: "Young Master, this is already very good. If there were no Young Master, the people would be even more miserable."

Ge Dan was silent. He knew that Ge Lin was right, but Ge Dan was unwilling to accept it. He glanced at Ge Lin, and the expression on Ge Dan's face was still very heavy.

"The young master's disaster relief move this time is safe and sound, and no trouble has occurred. And he has also raised so much food and money. Both the people and officials will look at the young master with admiration." Ge Lin persuaded, "When you take the exam, a higher rating is indispensable."

Ge Dan seemed to have not heard Ge Lin's words, and stood up and walked towards the back house. He needed to be quiet and then think about it.

In the next few days, everything was in order. Ge Dan still inspected every day. The camp where the victims were resettled was expanded every day. Wooden stakes were buried at four corners and thatched was covered. This was where the victims lived. Some were surrounded by broken formwork, while others could simply block them. It looked very ragged. However, because of the prior planning, the construction was not messy.

Ge Dan walked in the victim's camp, looking at the victim's broken house, and sighed. This is the best he could do.

There are a few big pots not far away, and there are water boiling. In recent days, there are more and more big pots. In addition to these, there are also places to make porridge. Many victims also dig wild vegetables to hunt and fish by themselves, in order to fill their stomachs. There is a row of the best sheds on the outside, where doctors and medicine shops are located, in order to see the lives of the victims.

But there are too many victims, and they are very busy every day. Ge Dan has already added a lot of money to go in. You can get free medical treatment, but it costs money to buy medicine!

Where Ge Dan walked, people kowtowed to Ge Dan from time to time and shouted Master Qingtian. Ge Dan was not used to it at first, but after seeing him too much, Ge Dan got used to it. However, Ge Dan still felt uncomfortable in his heart. He lived hard every day, and was looking forward to an official like himself. Their life was no longer easy, and even more sad.
Chapter completed!