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Chapter 54 Repair Shunzhou City

"Okay, Zhou Yan, you can take Xiaoyu around first, get familiar with the environment of Shunzhou City, and then go back to the office to make a clean room for Xiaoyu. Remember to buy some new clothes and bedding for Xiaoyu!" Tang Feng said to Zhou Yan.

"Hello, I'll go now, and I'll leave the matter on the city to you!" Zhou Yan said happily when he heard Tang Feng say this, "I'm so eager!"

"Thank you, Brother Tang Feng!" Xiaoyu also said.

After saying that, Zhou Yan led Xiaoyu down to the city tower and walked into the city. Looking at the two of them leaving, Tang Feng smiled. Tang Feng knew that Zhou Yan had loved Xiaoyu since he was a child, so he also intended to match them. Xiaoyu did not have a formal name. In the countryside, his parents usually did not give the girl a formal name, but just called a code name casually, such as Ada, Xiaomei, etc.

After the money and grain count of the Cui family in Pingyi Village was completed, Xu Yuanzhi asked someone to load the truck and transported it back to the Shunzhou treasury one by one. Liu Minghai accompanied him to take care of it to avoid any loss. That was the life of the people of Shunzhou. This is what depends on this winter.

Finally, the counting was taken down, and the Cui family was confiscated more than 800,000 taels of money were collected and nearly 1 million stones of grain was stored. It is true that these family wealth may not be comparable to the aristocratic families in the Central Plains, but in a bitter and cold place like the border, it is definitely a considerable wealth. With these money and grains, Tang Feng felt confident.

After putting all the money and grain in the treasury, Tang Feng asked someone to put a seal on it and sent additional staff to take strict supervision. At the same time, part of the grain was supplied to the people who were now starving to provide food and clothing for everyone. Of course, this kind of support will not last long. If this welfare system is implemented for a long time, it will probably only be a habitual inertia. So Tang Feng will sell the grain at a low price to those merchants who contributed to Shunzhou City in return, such as Huang Xianzhi, and let them sell it to the people at the market price to earn benefits.

First, let those businessmen who have made contributions be grateful to Tang Feng for their kindness and give them benefits and unite them. This is also to eliminate the impact of suppressing the Cui family. It is also to give the aristocratic family a stick without any candy. You cannot deny that the stable development of society still depends on these people, and they are the backbone of society.

Secondly, doing this is to re-regulate supply and demand through market means and restore the economic vitality of Shunzhou City. Only with trading can a city have continuous vitality. The world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit. The ultimate function of the grain inventory in the government is to balance the fluctuations in market prices and keep the grain prices within a range that people can generally accept. In this way, it can continue to realize the Tang style, rather than just giving alms and paying for the old capital.

After finishing the treasury's custody and food, Tang Feng and Xu Yuanzhi first went to Huang Mansion to visit Huang Xianzhi. During this battle in Shunzhou, Huang Xianzhi contributed his own grain several times to support the soldiers guarding the city. Huang Xianzhi himself even brought porridge and water, which led to the Huang family starving to death. Huang Lao himself was also hungry and bedridden. After the siege of Shunzhou was lifted, Tang Feng asked Huang Jizu to go home to visit Huang Xianzhi, who was Huang Xianzhi's only son.

Seeing Tang Feng and Xu Yuan coming, Huang Xianzhi wanted to get up to greet him, but his body really couldn't bear it, so he could only receive Tang Feng and Xu Yuanzhi on the couch, and Huang Jizu was waiting silently.

Tang Feng and Xu Yuanzhi greeted Huang Xianzhi for a few words. As soon as the Cui family's grain entered Shunzhou City, Tang Feng asked someone to send it to the Huang Mansion first. Now Tang Feng and Xu Yuanzhi have brought Huang Xianzhi a sales quota of 100,000 stones. In return for selfless dedication to the Huang family, this is indeed real money and silver. Huang Xianzhi was so excited that he nodded and thanked Tang Feng. This was not because of Tang Feng's gift, but because of Tang Feng's high appreciation. This is more important than anything else for the Huang Mansion, which is already a wealthy family.

After leaving Huang Mansion, Tang Feng and Xu Yuanzhi wandered on the street, discussing the next renovation of Shunzhou City. After fighting with the Xianbei, Shunzhou City is now full of wilderness, with pits and bumps left by war everywhere in the city. The houses of residents in the city are far from enough. The early refugees have not had time to resettle, and there is still a major urban construction problem waiting to be solved.

In the evening, Zhou Yan made a table of good dishes at the Shunzhou Office, and specially welcomed Xiaoyu. Tang Feng pulled Xu Yuanzhi to join him. He hadn't smelled the real dish smell for a long time. At the table, Tang Feng, Xu Yuanzhi, Zhou Yan, Liu Minghai and Xiaoyu sat together.

Looking at the table full of delicious dishes, Liu Minghai's fat man sighed deeply: "Damn it, fortunately, I collected the piles of wine and meat from the Cui family today, otherwise the ones on this table tonight would be pitiful Xixi without any oil traces of vegetable soup!"

Zhou Yan held Liu Minghai for a look and said, "There is a little girl here, can you, the big ancestor, pay attention to the occasion when you speak?"

Liu Minghai immediately understood Zhou Yan's meaning and said to Xiaoyu angrily: "My eldest ancestor is a little rude. Don't mind every girl's family!"

Tang Feng, Xu Yuanzhi and the others couldn't help laughing. This fat man Liu was so cute that he had fun eating and drinking all night, and he chatted until late at night before he could leave.

Tang Feng left the dining table and washed up, lay on the bed and looked at the moon outside the window again. Now I could sleep peacefully. Tang Feng said silently in his heart, and then closed his eyes comfortably.

At this time, Xu Yuanzhi was still holding a wine pot at home, and looking at the bright moon in the dark night sky from afar. Xu Yuanzhi asked himself questioningly: Did his previous thoughts be too selfish? I don’t want to just watch this process. Now I still want to participate in it!

The next day, Tang Feng mobilized all the soldiers and the people and began to repair the entire Shunzhou City. It was said that it was repairing, but in fact it was a further expansion. Phoenix Mountain outside the city had lush forests, which was really easy to use local materials, convenient and fast.

The people who participated were considered migrant workers hired by Tang Feng. Although the people were willing to make selfless contributions and jointly build the Shunzhou city, Tang Feng still registered and sent salaries as usual as usual, which mobilized the people's enthusiasm for participating in construction to a greater extent.

Organizing and mobilizing large-scale infrastructure construction is the best measure to achieve reemployment of people. Only when reemployment can you get income. With income, the society will be stable and the economy will recover and prosper again. This is the best way to make up for the trauma of war.

As for the soldiers who are receiving food and pay, they no longer count their wages. The border guards are the most normal for this border guard. It is more satisfying to share a sip of wine and meat. Put your head on the belt every day. Alcohol is the best recipe for paralysis and stress relief.
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