Chapter 678

The common people's thinking is relatively simple, the so-called good is rewarded with good, evil is rewarded with evil, and more good deeds are always rewarded with good.

However, the people outside the city of Jizhou are not so active. Most of them are not rich. How can they give their own rations in vain? The Yamen can't force them.

However, some people who had the ability to contribute were indifferent to this. Moreover, because they did not record their achievements, some yamen did not pay much attention to it. They said that they would voluntarily raise money and just set up a table in front of the Yamen. They even planned to see which fool would do such a stupid thing.

Sometimes the officials at the bottom are not dedicated to their own responsibilities, which can be reflected here.

When Qin Zheng, the county magistrate of Qingfeng town, received the news from the imperial court, he immediately sent the Yamen servants and officials to pass on the news from door to door.

He has also heard about Li Changting's taking back more than 80000 people from the border city. These 80000 people now rely on Li Changting to eat.

Qin Zheng was just a Constable of Qingfeng town at that time. When Qingfeng town was rebuilt after the natural disaster, he was appreciated by Li Changting and promoted to county magistrate. Qin Zheng has always kept this kindness in mind. Now that Li Changting needs help, how can he sit back and ignore it? He must do his best.

On the first day, after the news was sent to every household, several families came to Yamen with grain in their arms. They said that there were no bad potatoes, sweet potatoes and radishes that could not be eaten at home.

Because it is a voluntary donation, it can only be recorded in the Yamen benevolence book. There is no other reward or reward.

In the evening, Qin Zheng and the people under him checked the supplies. The grain was less than 30 jin, which was pitiful. Qin Zheng was disappointed.

He thought for a whole night, and planned to go to several rich families in the town to talk about it. The ordinary people's families are suffering and can't get any food. There is no way to do this, but these capable people just sit back and ignore it.

Qin Zheng's demand is not high either. These big families can donate 300 Jin of grain. 300 Jin of grain is not worth mentioning to a big family. The grain sold in autumn harvest alone is ten thousand jin.

The first one to go is the Xiao family. Xiao Zhiyin, the owner of the Xiao family, is a heroine. She is kind and forthright.

Before Qin Zheng could tell him to be reasonable and emotional, Xiao Zhiyin asked someone to move out 3000 Jin of grain. He said it was in preparation yesterday, but he didn't expect that the county magistrate would come to the door in person.

Originally, Xiao Zhiyin intended to donate money directly. Later, he thought that in this season, the value of grain itself is greater than money, and sometimes it is difficult to buy grain with money.

With the Xiao family taking the lead, several other big families began to donate grain, firewood or warm clothes.

Qin Zheng rushed to strike while the iron was hot. When the big guy went out for a walk in the fine weather, he spread the current situation of fund-raising to encourage the people. At the same time, he asked the servants to go to the surrounding villages one after another to spread a message. He asked the village head to organize everyone to raise money and offer love to the people suffering in the border city voluntarily without harming his own interests.

At first, people didn't have any idea about fund-raising. Some of them were not rich, so they were very distressed to ask them to donate hundreds of kilograms of grain. Later, they heard that the county magistrate said that they could collect enough grain, firewood or warm clothes.

Although the amount donated by one person is small, it will be more when we add up together. Maybe this little kilo of grain can just save a person's life.

As a result, everyone showed an expression of "say it early". Go home and pick one or two catties of coarse grain or ten catties of firewood, and send them to the Yamen. This kind of thing has no pressure on most of the people who have enough food and clothing.

She Zhou is relatively rich. There are a group of good officials who serve the country and the people. Farming is developed and taxes are not high. Can the people have a hard time.

Before the sun set, the errand who went to the village came back.

"My Lord, I went to Buffalo village. The head of buffalo village said that every family didn't have much surplus food. Could they donate two cows?"

Qin Zheng glared: "two cows?"

"My Lord, it's the same here. In Sifang village, they asked us if we want wine. They said it was the muddy wine brewed by the apprentice at the bottom. It tasted a little better, but it's still no problem for three or four hundred jin."

Qin Zheng touched his chin: "wine?"

"My Lord, I went to Changxi village."

Hearing about Changxi village, Qin Zheng immediately turned his eyes. This village is Li Changting's hometown. It is said that in recent years, pigs and poultry have made a lot of money, and every family is very rich. I don't know how many people in the neighboring village are envious.

The clerk said: "my Lord, the situation is like this. The villagers of Changxi village originally prepared many gifts for boss Xu Qingxu to thank her for her kindness to the villagers. As a result, boss Xu didn't have time to return home this year. Later, it snowed heavily and blocked the road. The things that the villagers were going to give to boss Xu were also shelved. Now they heard that the people in the border town were in trouble, so they planned to donate these things Here is the list, my Lord

Qin Zheng took over the list and looked at it. What he saw on it were strings of dry goods, bacon, salted duck, smoked chicken There is nothing bad!

It's at least a big carriage!

Qin Zheng immediately felt that the list in his hand was a little hot: "are they really willing to donate these good things? Don't you mean to give it to boss Xu? Boss Xu hasn't agreed yet. "The servant replied: "the head of Changxi village said that if boss Xu was there, they would donate these things. So they donated them in the name of boss Xu. In addition, each family plans to donate a kilo of coarse grain. My Lord, this is the villagers of Changxi village who want to earn a good reputation for boss Xu."

Even the officer knew that Qin Zheng could not understand it. He nodded and said, "I know what to do."

The servant sighed: "speaking of Changxi village, it's really amazing. Now every family has changed into big houses, double decker buildings. They live upstairs in summer and downstairs in winter. Ordinary people don't have such luxury. I really envy them."

After Xu Qing planned to raise pigs in Changxi village, he wholesale a large number of poultry to the villagers at a very low price. He didn't say when he wanted money, so he let the villagers keep them first, and then sell them for money.

When the chickens, ducks and rabbits were fattened, they could be sold. At that time, the price of buying poultry cubs was only a fraction of the selling price.

As a result, everyone knows that Xu Qing is paying for them. It is precisely because of the first batch of poultry that every household in Changxi village has become a big farmer.

Those traders were famous for purchasing pork at first. Later, when they saw that the chickens, ducks and rabbits in the village were good, more and more merchants came specially. As a result, the villagers became rich and did not worry about having no market.