After hearing Su Mo's work-relief plan, Liu Nian took Phoenix Venerable and hurried away.
Su Mo's method was more than merely providing work as relief; it addressed more than the ineffective charity caused by distributing relief directly.
After years of calamity and with the soil so barren, most people no longer held much hope of growing crops. Yet without planting grain, there would be even less to eat.
By turning barely adequate subsistence farming into earning tokens through work, the pressure to produce results was effectively passed into the Imperial Dynasty's hands. This way, whether they could grow grain no longer mattered.
As long as they worked, they would have food to eat!
As for the reserves in the national treasury, Liu Nian had plenty of ways to resolve that himself.
Besides, Su Mo had only outlined the general idea. As the Human Emperor, Liu Nian could naturally work out the details himself.
After leaving and returning to the Imperial City, Liu Nian immediately issued his orders.
There were naturally some obstacles along the way, but Liu Nian was no softhearted man. When faced with those "obstacles," he displayed methods of iron and blood.
At the same time, he issued a Saint-Seeking Edict.
Following the description Su Mo had given, the Saint-Seeking Edict was posted throughout the land to search for the Confucian Sage!
Soon, everyone in the world knew the words "Confucian Sage," yet no one had ever seen anyone resembling him. Only in the little city where Su Mo lived did people seem to look up at that winehouse from time to time...
Summer cicadas, winter snow-another year passed.
Throughout that year, Su Mo still stood at the Pavilion window all day, gazing out at everything in the world.
Though the world seemed to show no change at