On the third day, the heavy rain was still falling, despair enveloped the whole Fang County, and many places in Luling were washed away by the flood, burying countless houses, land, and plants in the fields with the flood, and the last hope was lost.

After three days of raging, the heavy rain did not stop at all, the number of victims in Fang County continued to increase, and the rescue work became more and more difficult, from dozens of people at the beginning to thousands now, suffering from mudslides, floods relentlessly impacted, they had no homes, no food, a place to live, and no way out, they had to rely on the government.

In Fang County, the new county commander Wei Yuankun had a gloomy face, he had been like this since the morning, he had not laughed once, his brows were furrowed, blocking all his happiness, his eyes were worried, he was anxiously slamming the table, his fingers kept knocking, two times at a time, three times and four times, I don't know how many, and he didn't get tired of it.

"Dodo."

"Dodo."

Tirelessly beating, his eyes looked ahead, and his lips opened slightly: "What do you say should be done?" There are more and more people affected by the disaster, and there is no food for disaster relief in the yamen, and the remaining amount is not enough for a few days, if there is no food in three days, I am afraid that it will be ....... ”

Dead person?

People will die, starve to death, die of cold, once these situations occur, then Fang County will not be far from the riot, Fang County will riot, then Luling will also follow the riot, this kind of thing appeared, he Wei Yuankun was the first to eat and walk around.

He can't help but be anxious, even if he is not a county magistrate, he can't watch them die, they are the people, they are the people under his jurisdiction, he can't watch him die, not to mention that he is the county magistrate, the biggest official in this county seat.

Feng Feifei stood up, looking haggard, the busy rescue in the past few days had made her tired to death, and she couldn't rest properly, she only came back from outside today, and before she had time to rest, she was called to the yamen.

"Uncle Wei, isn't there a reaction from above? Hasn't he sent someone yet? ”

Wei Yuankun shook his head bitterly, don't talk about people, I don't even see food, I'm afraid I know that something is going to happen, I don't want to do those hard work, the character of those adults, he knows best, he usually talks about it wildly, when it comes to accidents, he sells you as soon as possible, and you are stupid to help others count the money.

Seeing Wei Yuankun shaking his head, Feng Feifei bowed his head dimly, and the filthy between the officials, she knew a little bit, and she was sad in her heart, feeling sad for the people who were suffering, they were suffering, starving and cold, and those officials, singing and dancing, were romantic.

Baili Feng didn't think as much as they thought, and asked directly: "Uncle Wei, our house is not enough, there is not much food left from that adult, and some of the food contributed by other families is also gone, should we ......." ”

From his longing eyes, Wei Yuankun saw a little madness, desperate, what was he thinking, he knew, he shook his head helplessly, he wanted to hit Li Zhou's idea, he was so bold, didn't he know that person was a murderer without blinking?

Without his consent, if you dare to do it, he doesn't dare to do it himself, you are a little unruly official, dare to fight that idea, do you want to drag them all to death together?

Wei Yuankun raised his hand and waved, interrupting his next words, and refused: "Baili Xian nephew, you don't need to say more, that adult has already contributed a lot, we can't fight his idea anymore, you know the consequences." ”

He didn't think about it, but his thoughts were ruthlessly strangled in the cradle by him, and he didn't give him roots, lest he become enchanted and didn't know what to do.

Baili Feng's expression was pale, he was also forced to do so, and now only that adult can save those people, but that adult is not in the house, they are not good to look for food again, they have already looked for it once, they have asked for a lot of food, and if they want to go this time, they all feel unreasonable.

As for the other families, they can't move either, those families are not ruthless, they have contributed to what should have been contributed, those who contributed money contributed money, and those who contributed food contributed food, you can't veto their merits, but you can't unload the mill and kill the donkey, right?

Others have just done you a great favor, and you are going to cut them down, and you can't justify it in public or private, and then they will be greeted with ruthless revenge.

More worrying than these is the health problems of those people, a few days after the disaster, many people began to have minor illnesses, colds and fevers, it seems that it is getting more and more serious, and there is a tendency to break out.

Zhang Dazhi stood up and bowed and said: "My lord, there are no more medicinal materials on the subordinate side, many people are sick, and they have not been treated again...... Fear...... There will be a plague. ”

Pestilence!

That's not a matter of one or two people dying, hundreds of people, even a county seat, the people of a county, when the plague comes out, whoever fights, touches one and dies another, and a few die.

Several people looked sideways at Zhang Dazhi, this problem is the top priority, those people have a stable place, eat some food, the next day began to have sequelae, after the heavy rain, plus the mood fluctuated, after being seriously impacted, there was no desire to live, resulting in a sluggish body, and the disease then appeared, and if it went on like this, there was really going to be a plague.

At that time, it was not food and relief that could be solved.

How could a few people not understand the truth, Wei Yuankun was frightened, and his voice raised a few points and said: "Dazhi, there will really be a plague?" ”

Zhang Dazhi nodded, several people's hearts were cold, and it didn't look like he was fake, but it was like this, which made it even more terrifying, Wei Yuankun turned to Ke'er, who was standing aside, indifferent: "Girl Ke'er, I don't know if you can ......." ”

The latter words are embarrassed to say, there are already a lot of places where they pleaded with her, she has no complaints, she works hard, it can be said that if it weren't for Ke'er, the yamen would have collapsed a long time ago, no money and no food, and more Ke'er, so there was a little improvement, and she also embezzled the food of her young master, not a few, these are all in their eyes.

Respect is in the heart, and being able to do this step is respectable even if you are a woman.

"I can help you get this, but you have to give the silver to the family, but, seeing that the yamen is so difficult, you don't need to pay it back immediately, you only need to make an IOU, this is okay, right?"

Ke'er opened her mouth and was able to borrow medicinal materials, which made several people happy, buying things and giving money, it was justified and understandable, they nodded their heads one after another, seeing that they agreed, Ke'er didn't continue to stay, put on her coat and went out, looking at her back walking in the wind and rain, Wei Yuankun and the others fell into contemplation, and the respect in their eyes was undoubtedly leaking.

For a long, long time, several people did not speak, waiting for Ke'er's return.

On the other hand, after Ke'er went out, she didn't go home for the first time, because there was no food at home, silver was there, but it was useless, at this time, food and medicinal materials were the things that were most needed, and she went directly to the shops of the four major families.

Compared with the usual bustle, it has been much deserted in recent days, the rain washes the eaves, and the droplets of water fall to the apex, they tick down, splash a few droplets, draw a beautiful flower, and the carriage drives over, splashing a puddle of dirty water.

The carriage stopped, Ke'er got off the horse, and came to one of the shops, she looked up, made sure it was here, and walked in, as soon as she entered, Cui Mingzhu and Cui Guanzhi noticed her and asked, "Miss Ke'er, why are you here?" ”

Ke'er shook the rain on her body, the rain splashed on the ground, Ke'er took off her coat and pointed to a set of official mansions on her body, which was very obvious, making people shudder and disrespectful, Cui Mingzhu nodded clearly, waved her hand to signal her to sit down, poured a cup of tea, didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "What do you want?" ”

Ke'er smiled awkwardly, looked up and said, "Food, medicinal herbs." ”

A few simple words showed her intention, Cui Mingzhu was not surprised, she had been waiting for a long time, if such a disaster happened, the people from the yamen would definitely come to the door, but I don't know when.

Now that she came, she smiled and said, "How much silver can you give?" ”

Merchants seek profits, they are not saints, everything is based on profit, disasters are determined by heaven, it has nothing to do with them, they have done everything that should be done, they have contributed a lot of food, and the rest can not be donated anymore, they are just businessmen.

The words of the very philistine did not make Ke'er look down on them, and the merchant was like this, she understood, and said, "What do you need?" ”

This sentence has betrayed her heart, by the way, I revealed a message to them, we don't have money, if you want it, you can pay it back slowly in the future, if you are not satisfied, you can make other requests, as long as it is not outrageous, I can call the shots.

Cui Mingzhu's eyes froze, smiled, smiled very happily, what she wanted was this, what she wanted was not silver, no, it should be said that the people of their four major families did not want silver, they had a lot of silver, what they wanted was news, to be precise, a secret recipe, or exclusive sales.

Li Zhou's rice wine, they have been looking at it for a long time, but Li Zhou has not let go, and now that Ke'er is here, he just took this opportunity to let Li Zhou loosen his mouth and sell those wines to their four major families, and then they sold them to other places, and the benefits of it are several times more than ten times, and his eyes have been red for a long time.

"I want that, you know."

Cui Mingzhu said it, her eyes flickered, and she sat there flatly, waiting for Ke'er to answer, Ke'er was silent, thinking down, her eyes narrowed, which made Cui Mingzhu even more nervous, she shouldn't disagree.

"Huh"

Ke'er opened her eyes, her essence flickered, and she nodded: "Yes, but the price is different, in business, you can't go too far, and I won't let you lose money, how about it?" ”

"Yes."

"The grain ......."

"Yes."

"Yes."