Chapter 227 Refugees Entering Beijing
Natural disasters in Wuzhou, people's livelihood grievances, and the people are miserable, so they can only leave their hometowns and flee in all directions. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Those who are looking for relatives are looking for relatives, and those who are asking for help are not even relatives who can go to them, so they can only leave their hometowns all the way to beg, and they can live one day at a time.
It has been three years since the disaster in Wuzhou, and the victims have already suffered to the extreme, in order to survive, some of the victims have directly rushed to Kyoto, hoping that the emperor will descend from heaven to save them from the dire situation.
A large number of refugees poured into Kyoto, and the prosperous city of Kyoto suddenly mourned the people. Because Kyoto is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, it is categorically impossible to allow disaster victims to run rampant. Therefore, although a large number of victims poured into Kyoto, because the officers and soldiers defending the city did not allow them to enter, these refugees could only reunite outside the city, praying for heaven and earth, hoping for a way to live.
The city of Kyoto is still peaceful and peaceful, but outside Kyoto, there is another miserable and desolate group.
Recently, a large number of refugees have poured in, and these scenes of grief have made people's hearts break together.
Natural disasters fall, the people die, although I often hear about this matter, and I have heard of it, but for Xiao Chuxuan, these things that I have heard and know are only some things that I know in writing. For such a thing as natural disasters and the destruction of people, it is only imaginary.
But now? This influx of refugees is almost satisfactory for Xiao Chuxuan.
She really couldn't have imagined that a few years of natural disasters could cause such a tragic thing.
The reason why refugees have left their homes is that there is no way to live in the countryside. Because most of the refugees are hungry and tired, and their bodies are miserable wolves, Xiao Chu, who really can't stand it, directly ordered the Xiao family to open a warehouse and release grain, and some can be saved.
Even if they look at the influx of refugees outside, they can be like watching a play, but they gather in one place to sigh about natural disasters and talk about the suffering of the people, but there is no actual good. Refugees are nothing more than a mustard for those wealthy businessmen who have no worries about food and clothing, and even if they really die tragically, they can't get their hearts in exchange, just a few words of disgusting curses, at most some inconsequential compassion.
The merchants next to them regarded the refugees as if they were mustard, but the Xiao family was not.
Knowing that a large number of refugees from Wuzhou had poured into Kyoto, the Xiao family soon opened a warehouse to relieve these desolate refugees. Now that a few days have passed, Xiao Chusu is very worried about the refugees, and he doesn't know what the situation of the refugees outside the city is now.
Kyoto is not allowed to enter the people, not only to ensure the safety of Kyoto, but also to protect the special case of the rich and the consolidation of rights. As a result, the refugees had been flooding for days, and the city gates were still closed to them, and all the refugees had to gather in the broken places outside the city.
Refugees are not allowed to enter Beijing, and the Xiao family's porridge tent can only be set up outside the city.
The porridge shack was set up for many days, but it could only ensure the temporary food and clothing of the victims, and the symptoms were not cured, and there was no effect on the root cause of the victims' hardships. Therefore, today Xiao Chuxuan and Xiang Zhu went out of the city, looking at the miserable scene of the people outside the city, and their hearts were still worried.
Be careful among the refugees, although the Xiao family is now open a shed to give porridge, but for the refugees who have been hungry for a long time and are skinny, this daily porridge and rice can only relieve a temporary relief. Walking in the refugees, looking at the hardships on both sides, looking at the children who have not been full for a long time, and their eyes are sad, Xiao Chushu's heart hurts one after another.
Pump tightly.
His face became more and more ugly because of everything around him, and when he passed by a child's side, seeing that the child was so hungry and panicked that he subconsciously reached out and grabbed his skirt and asked for rations, Xiao Chu's heart fell directly into the air. Falling heavily, his heart was twisted, especially for the child's empty and hopeless eyes, Xiao Chusu immediately signaled Xiang Zhu to untie the purse on his body, and scattered all the silver in it to the victims.
Money and rice and silver are life-saving for refugees, because with money, they can buy food rations and save their families from life and death.
As soon as the purse was taken out, the money and silver had just dispersed, and the disaster on the side due to hunger broke out in an instant, and everyone grabbed the money and silver.
Refugees make a living, and their sex must be more violent than usual, although they know that this woman who scattered money is the head of the Xiao family who opened porridge to save their lives during this time. However, when people are taking the silver to save their lives, no one can be sure that no one will accidentally hurt Xiao Chusu in the madness.
Therefore, when looking at the surge of refugees, Xiang Zhu hurriedly protected the eldest lady, fearing that someone would bump into his own young lady during the impatience, and if he was injured and touched, it would not be good.
While protecting Xiao Chusu and retreating backwards, while being vigilant against the surging refugees around him, waiting for people to get out of the crowded crowd and dodge back, Xiang Zhu said urgently: "Miss, but it's hurt?" ”
The words are cut off, people are worried, and when the anxious words fall, seeing Xiao Chusu shaking his head to indicate that he is fine, Xiang Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "These refugees, it seems that they are really scared, even if it is just a little broken silver, it is also life-saving money and food for them." Hey, the appearance of this miserable city outside the city gate, why didn't those rich merchants in Beijing see it, in order to keep their own peace, guarding the visible silver taels, they actually pushed all the victims out of the city gate, which is really infuriating. ”
It's hard and desolate outside, but the people in Kyoto still talk about wine and don't care about the disaster and death.
Unscrupulous businessmen are angry, but if Xiao Chusu wants to say, those who are in power and officials are even more hateful. Natural disasters, who can predict them first, since natural disasters have befallen them, the imperial court should deal with them. But now it seems that this court obviously has no immediate way to deal with it.
The officials in the court can slowly sit at home, stand on top of the court, and discuss how to deal with it, but the refugees outside the city do not have the time and life to wait for the court officials to come up with corresponding strategies. Therefore, seeing that the imperial court still has no obvious treatment, but only closes the door to prevent the influx of refugees, and the rich merchants in Kyoto have nothing to do with themselves, and it is all up to the refugees to fend for themselves, Xiao Chusu couldn't help frowning and said.
"Zhumen's wine and meat stink, there are frozen bones on the road, and so many victims outside are at a loss for food and clothing, hovering between life and death every day. But this official has no actual political right, and he has not found a solution until now, and he is really an official in vain, and he is ashamed of the trust of the people. ”
In the case of refugees, the officials are far more guilty than the rich businessmen who do not help. Xiang Zhu didn't dare to be an official, so even if she felt angry in her heart, the refugees were pitiful, and she could only sigh at the unkindness of this rich businessman, and the retribution of heaven would one day eat the evil consequences. But Xiao Chusu is different from Xiang Zhu, she has never been as afraid of the authority of officials as ordinary people. Although Xiao Chuxuan also understands in his heart that the people do not fight with the officials, if they offend the officials, they will definitely leave a big disaster for themselves.
But the people who serve the people do not fight with the officials, but it does not mean that Xiao Chusu will be afraid of those who are officials. Therefore, the anger in my heart and the sarcasm in my mouth have not fallen.
Xiao Chusu didn't take the official authority in his eyes at all, and scolded him so much. But it was Xiangzhu, but the eldest lady was shocked by this, but she also knew that the eldest lady was this temper, Rao was self-aware, and she would not feel that insulting the people who were officials was something that the people could never do.
Therefore, he could only sigh silently in his heart, but because he felt that there was really no administrative matter as an official, Xiang Zhu did not say anything to tell the eldest lady that this was too much. just answered a few words in my heart, saying that the person who is an official is incompetent, and the person who is a businessman is not benevolent. It was after giving up the suspicion in his heart that Xiang Zhu opened his mouth, wrong for the eldest lady's angry scolding.
With a long sigh, it was also a rebuke from the silent eldest lady, that is, the anger was backward, and Xiang Zhu said: "This official family has its own official thoughts, how can we ordinary people guess what the official family is thinking in their hearts." It's just that this refugee has been gathering outside for many days, and now there is no food and clothing, and the officials have moved their hearts, and no one has come to give alms to relieve the disaster victims' food and clothing. Now just relying on our Xiao family to open a porridge shack really can't solve the problem of the refugees' stomachs, these refugees, I'm afraid they won't be able to eat for a few days, and then they will have to starve again. ”
The Xiao family is opening a shed to give porridge, but with the Xiao family's own strength, how can they solve the increasingly surging refugees, this rice porridge may not last long, and when the refugees enter the influx again, I am afraid that the rice and grain of the Xiao family will also have to bottom out. If you want to solve the disaster under the natural disaster, the root is still the official family, and only the official family has drawn up a cut method to eradicate the disaster victims.
So far, Xiang Zhu is still looking forward to the official family to start quickly to help these refugees in distress. It's just that for Xiao Chuxuan, if she wants her to believe that the person who is an official can quickly cut down this disaster relief thing, it is better to let her bring down the Zhao family business shop in a short time.
Therefore, after understanding the meaning of Xiang Zhu's words, Xiao Chuxuan directly said sarcastically. With a cold sarcasm, it was already a clear expression of Xiao Chu's disdain, but after this contempt, Xiao Chusu said: "Are you hoping that the official family can start quickly and solve the suffering of the refugees?" ”
Xiao Chusu's words fell, and he didn't get what Xiang Zhu should give, but he didn't respond, but what kind of temperament is his own maid, how does Xiao Chusu not know? Therefore, this silence only made Xiao Chusu "heh" coldly, and then sarcastically.
"I was looking forward to the official family to start sooner, I said, instead of looking forward to the official family, you should look forward to the sow going up the tree."
It was precisely because he didn't have any hope for this official family at all that Xiao Chushu's words were so ugly. Directly expressed the sarcasm in his heart, this sarcastic words made Xiang Zhu sigh, sighed backward, Xiang Zhu said.
"But at the moment, apart from hoping that the official family will start soon, what else can these victims hope for? Our Xiao family is indeed wealthy, and it is also a business tyrant in Kyoto, but no matter how solid the family is, there is not so much rice and grain to relieve the victims. The number of victims is now endless, and the porridge house built by our Xiao family may not last a few days. If this official family does not find a way to solve the root cause, they will only rely on the porridge of our Xiao family, and these victims will continue to suffer from hunger sooner or later. ”
The Xiao family is a big family, but no matter how big the family business is, it is impossible to feed so many refugees. During this period of time, in order to relieve the refugees, the Xiao family did not know how much rice and grain they had taken in, and even the grain granary that Xiao Chu had learned about Jiang Jiazhun had moved a lot. But although the Xiao family has a good heart, they can't bear the repeated influx of victims.
In this way, it is not a long-term solution.
This is the biggest difficulty at the moment, Xiang Zhu's heart is clear, and Xiao Chu's heart is clearer. Therefore, as soon as Xiang Zhu's words came out, Xiao Chushu's eyebrows were already tightly locked, and his eyebrows were suddenly tightened, and he was thinking chaotically because of things, and it was difficult to rectify his thoughts. It was under this confusion that Xiao Chu muttered.
"There are more and more victims, and relying only on the Xiao family's soup soup is indeed not a long-term solution. Although our Xiao family has a considerable amount of rice, it is far less than the number of victims, and the victims are constantly pouring in. At present, the rice grain of the Xiao family, I am afraid it is really difficult to support it. It would be nice if there was a place to collect grain for disaster relief at this time. ”
"Collecting food for disaster relief? If there is rice, it can save the lives of these victims, but it is just to collect food! With this current effort, where can the eldest lady go to collect food? ”
Rich.
There has to be rice, too.
Mo said that rice grain is not easy to harvest at this time, even if there is really rice, no matter how well the Xiao family cares about the victims and raises rice for disaster relief, who knows that those treacherous thieves will not take the opportunity to raise prices and collect money by taking advantage of the trend.
Xiao Chu was kind-hearted, and she did feel that the victims were pitiful, but she burned a lot of her own silver to collect grain for the sake of the victims.
She doesn't want to eat such a loss.
If the heart is interrupted, you can't suffer a loss, so Xiang Zhu said this now, although she has the heart, she will never do it. just shook his head, then sighed loudly, and after a sigh, Xiao Chu said: "At present, the most scarce thing for refugees is rice and grain, and no one in Kyoto knows that if they raise money and rice at this time, they will inevitably ask unscrupulous merchants to take the opportunity to raise prices." A bucket of grain and rice, I don't know how much they raised the price of silver in vain, Rao is our heart, but we can't suffer such a loss. ”
It is good to have the heart to do good, but to do good deeds you have to do what you can, such things that harm self-benefit people, Xiao Chuxuan really doesn't want to do it. If there is a market, the price will rise, and the loss will naturally be beyond words.
Therefore, with his own money and silver to go to the official's house to do the responsibilities and errands, Xiao Chu's heart is really not good to such a point.
Xiao Chu's meaning, Xiangzhu is already in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and he also understands the root reason. It was because he knew the root cause of it, so the eldest lady's words fell, and Xiang Zhu's long sigh had already come out. You sighed, the breath was long, and after the sigh, Xiang Zhu said.
Now it seems that these victims do not know how long they will have to suffer. Our Xiao family can only do one step, count it as one step. ”
After all, the existing rice and grain of the Xiao family are limited, and they can't save their lives for a while. Now the victims are still hungry because of the Xiao family's porridge house, but when the Xiao family's rice and grain are exhausted, what will these victims eat?
felt pity in his heart, and people sighed heavily, but Xiao Chusu did not agree under the long sigh. It's just that he wrinkled his eyebrows, pondered and pressed, and was silent for a long time before he heard Xiao Chuxuan and said softly.
"Now that there is a market for rice and grain, if you buy it with money and silver at this time, it will raise the price high. This trip is not advisable, but if there is no rice and food, these victims are really pitiful, I am afraid that as soon as our Xiao family's porridge house stops, there should really be a row of frozen bones outside. ”
"What then? Does the eldest lady have a strategy? ”
"Countermeasures, I'm not an official, what countermeasures can I have. It's just ......"
"Just what?"
If Xiang Zhu watched the victims die of starvation in droves, she would be reluctant in her heart. Therefore, when she heard that the eldest lady said "but", she knew that the eldest lady must have a corresponding strategy.
The eldest lady is the most cunning, how Xiang Zhu doesn't know.
It's just that Xiao Chusu's heart is strategic, and it seems that Tong Xiangzhu has a slight deviation in his heart. Seeing Xiang Zhu's face showing longing, Xiao Chushu only hooked his lips and raised his smile, with a cunning look on his face, which was also a bad smile, Xiao Chusu said.
"Although our Xiao family has tried their best in the matter of rice and grain, it is not much to lose money. However, in Kyoto, there is no shortage of wealthy people, and these rich families have a lot of money, rice, silver and grain. ”
"What the eldest lady means, isn't it ......" Xiao Chu's words made Xiang Zhu vaguely guess the root meaning of the words, and the meaning made it clear that people were surprised, that is, after being slightly surprised, Xiao Chu smiled and responded.
"A country must have a home before it can get a country. And the foundation of this national family is the people's livelihood. If the people's livelihood is unstable and the people's hearts are unstable, the whole world will also be chaotic. The most important thing for this businessman is money and silver, and if he wants to collect money, this world will be safe, and this money and silver will be meaningful. This truth, our Xiao family understands, and the people of Jingdong HC are afraid that they also understand, so I want to ......"
The victims have been pouring in repeatedly, and the Xiao family alone will not be able to save so many victims, but if someone from Kyoto merchants helps, this matter will be much lighter.
In order to help the victims, the Xiao family did a lot of losses and losses this time, and such transactions.
The Xiao family is the head of the family, and he doesn't want to be just the Xiao family alone.
After all, the more people who do it together, the more appropriate it is.