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Chapter 445 Su Dongpo (Lu Yi Version) 10

There were more and more abandoned babies at home, and there were already more than a dozen. The puppets outside sent a batch of supplies to Mizhou, which temporarily solved the dilemma of no food at home.

Chang Ran took the Qigong pill, and usually only ate a little. The puppets following him hardly ate either.

Seeing that there was still food at home, Xiaolian did not refuse to eat any. Besides, there was a puppet to help take care of the child at night, so Xiaolian did not get sick this time.

In order to solve the problem of food shortage among the people in Mizhou, Su Shi decided to lift the salt ban and set a limit of 300 kilograms, and also exempt it from tax.

The new policy explicitly banned salt, and Su Shi submitted a memorial to Emperor Shenzong, detailing the current situation in Mizhou.

Last year, the salt tax in Mizhou increased by 20,000 strings of cash. But the reward for catching thieves was more than 10,000 strings of cash. Nowadays, there are more and more thieves. I am afraid that these 20,000 strings of cash can no longer cope with it.

If small merchants were allowed to sell salt, they would only make two or three strings of cash, and would only travel two or three times, which would not hinder the country's salt transportation. The people of Mizhou now had another job to make a living.

This is the people saving themselves. If the people have a way to make a living, who would want to be a bandit or thief? Even if there are, the government will punish them severely, so the people will not complain, and the government will not force the people to rebel. If there is no way to make a living, and only severely punish thieves, then the people will not fear death, but how can they be frightened by death?

Adding salt is to give the people a way to survive.

But the most urgent thing is to get some food first. Xiaolian reminded that Lord Zhao Bin is the governor of Qingzhou, and Qingzhou has a bumper harvest this year. Qingzhou does not produce salt, but Mizhou can boil the sea. They can exchange salt for food.

Deng Wan was sent by Lu Huiqing to Mizhou to supervise the implementation of the new law. Using salt from this place to exchange grain from that place was in line with the provisions of the new policy of equal transportation. Su Shi used this to shut Deng Wan up.

After coming up with a solution, Su Shi immediately set out for Qingzhou to exchange grain, and Deng Wan followed him to supervise.

On the way back from exchanging food, we passed by the Black Wind Valley of Baiyun Mountain. Ma Liu, the biggest gangster in Mizhou, was entrenched in the valley.

Ma Liu indeed brought people to rob food. Su Shi had already made arrangements. General Liu was escorting food in another route, and Chao Gu Mailer brought people to meet him. There were also little puppets secretly helping. Ma Liu was beheaded on the spot.

Ma Liu's men were originally good people. They had no food at home and were coerced by Ma Liu, so they became bandits. Su Shi released them and asked them to go with him to the state government office to collect food. They were told to go home to support their parents, wives and children, and never become bandits again.

The food problem was temporarily solved. What Mizhou lacked now was water. People could go without food for three days, but not without water for one day. Su Shi asked Chao Gu to lead the yamen runners to dig wells in the land with abundant water veins in the village to alleviate the drought.

In order to prevent Deng Wan from inciting the people to ask Su Shi to pray for rain, Chang Ran made him sick so that he could not take care of any trouble for the time being. It is better not to start praying for rain, otherwise it will only cause trouble for yourself.

Even though I didn't pray for rain, it still rained in Mizhou a few days later.

Now that it was raining and the urgent matter was resolved, Su Shi led his troops to the Black Wind Valley, ready to wipe out the remaining bandits on the mountain.

After Ma Liu's death, the remaining people on the mountain were already somewhat panicked. Now it has rained again, and there is no longer a drought problem. I also received news that Su Shi distributed food to the people of Mizhou.

Now they heard Su Shi say that they could be treated leniently and go back to farming. They were all a little tempted, and after one person surrendered, they all came down one after another.

Deng Wan was already ill, and the conditions here were so poor. For the sake of his health, he could not wait to return to Bianjing.