"Ah Shuang, I'm not here." Zhang Wenmao drank most of the bowl of medicine, frowned, and said, "I went in while she was walking away." ”

As he spoke, he pushed away the medicine bowl, his eyes were half-open and half-closed, and he was about to fall asleep, muttering in his mouth: "Sister Xiaodong, Sister Xiaodong...... You're so ruthless......"

It's just that the words at the back of the head are in my throat, and I can't hear them at all.

Governor Zhang's Mansion is still to be asked again, but Mrs. Zhang feels sorry for her son, and only hopes that Zhang Wenmao will drink the medicine to sleep and pull Governor Zhang's mansion away.5./books/19/19506/

Sima Luoxiang.

Zhang Wenjuan had already figured it out, and sneered at this time: "Yesterday's coachman should have been pulled out and killed." Now that my brother is just sick, if he was discovered by the Xia family last night, he might not be able to do anything. ”

This made Governor Zhang and his wife chill.

After a little speculation, it is not difficult to find that Zhang Wenmao certainly did not disappear out of thin air, he must have heard that his mother and sister were going to Xia's house, and they were taken away in a carriage and hidden.

In fact, there was a time when the maid secretly hid behind the carriage and escaped from the house, so according to the rules of the house, the coachman should check carefully before he set off. It's just that I was in a hurry last night, and I forgot about it.

If Zhang Wenmao is held in the Xia family's inner house, according to Xia Bashan's temperament, he can really do anything.

Although the matter was torn apart and understood, the little guy and the coachman were all eaten, but the most important thing was Zhang Wenmao's body.

It's a pity that day after day, Zhang Wenmao's situation has not improved.

According to the doctor, it may be an epidemic.

In the areas where the victims lived, the sanitary conditions were certainly not good, and in addition to the lack of food and clothing, it was difficult to even drink water, and typhoid fever and dysentery were very common. Zhang Wenmao had a poor foundation, he was knocked unconscious first, and he was tired from a long walk, and he was dragged out of the city by Zhang Zhifu for a turn, and he was infected with typhoid fever.

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Since the opening of the armament granary, the disaster relief has been somewhat alleviated, and the city of Suzhou has gradually become more lively. Originally, everyone cried poor and shouted hunger, for fear of being forced to donate, but now that the limelight has passed, the market will naturally recover.

The popularity has increased, and rumors have gradually risen.

There are two legends related to the Xia family.

One is that when the commander made Xia someone hoard grain for self-consolidation, and when the disaster victims flocked to him, he sat idly by, and when the situation eased, he took the grain out to buy people's hearts.

The second one is also related to the Xia family, saying that it is the son of Wenmao from the prefect's family, the son of Wenmao, the famous and elegant son of Wenmao, who intends to marry the eldest daughter of the Xia family.

These two pieces of news are circulating in all directions. Of course, like other rumors, there are different versions.

According to version 2, the so-called Xia commander's envoy took out the grain hoarding to buy people's hearts, but in fact he withheld military rations and resold them privately -- compared with version 1, it seems that it is not much better.

And the so-called marriage proposal is actually a rush.

There is even a combined version of the rumor, to the effect that Commander Xia was caught by Governor Zhang for reselling military rations, so he sold his daughter to seek peace, and intended to marry his eldest daughter to Zhang Chongxi.

It's probably some kind of weird unspoken rule that the person involved is always the last to know the news.

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Xia Xiaodong looked at Feng Shiqian, who was sitting in the guest seat, his cherry lips opened slightly, and his eyes widened, he was really shocked.

"You...... Have you just heard of it? Feng Shiqian, who had just finished spreading the news, was also very surprised to see Xia Xiaodong's expression.

"Hehe," Xia Xiaodong smiled bitterly: "It seems that none of them are true." ”

Naturally, there is no such thing as hoarding grain to buy people's hearts or reselling military rations, but ...... It's true that food is being sent to the victims.

Asking for marriage or rushing to marry or selling women for peace, of course, are all fake, but ...... It is true that Zhang Wenmao is infatuated, and it is also true that he is sick.

The person who spreads rumors doesn't have to think about it, it has to be Zhang Zhifu.5./books/19/19507/

Xu Jun I is peerless.

What about the purpose?

What is the purpose?

Xia Xiaodong fell into hard thought.

Things that harm others and are not beneficial to oneself, even bad people may not be willing to do it. 'Hurting people' requires a cost, right?

"The place in the north of the city that distributes food is really your Xia family?" Feng Shiqian asked.

Xia Xiaodong nodded.

It's not a problem for the victims to gather here. If you don't gather here, where do you go?

From north to south, there are many victims in all prefectures and counties, and it is quite difficult for everyone to go back the same way, and it is necessary to scatter to the east and west, but the road is remote. More importantly, no matter what direction you go, you must always have some rations, otherwise everyone would rather sit outside the city of Suzhou, at least in the end there is still a way to plunder the border.

This is actually not about Xia Xiaodong's business, it should be the trouble of Governor Zhang's mansion.

However, according to Xia Xiaodong's plan, he wanted to spend the silver he got from Bai Laosan for disaster relief. We can't control the overall situation, we always do our best.

Therefore, Xia Xiaodong arranged for Zhong Er to set up a food distribution point, and anyone who is willing to take the grain and find a way back to his hometown by himself can go to collect it, and it will stop while the food is finished.

Where does the food come from?

Well...... It is difficult to say that it is the right way.

The opposite of white is black, and there is a large patch of gray in the middle.

Xuannan Province is adjacent to Ye State, and it is adjacent to each other for a long time. Smuggling is inevitable in areas adjacent to borders. This is simply an important method for border guards to accumulate wealth.

Want to know the route of the patrol soldiers and the time of the change of guards? Bring the money.

Want to simply transport it directly in front of the soldiers? No problem, bring the silver.

Want to borrow a place to pay for the delivery with one hand? No problem, bring the silver.

What the? Running out of manpower? No problem, the soldiers are idle, carry and lift a lot of strength, and bring silver.

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Smuggling, no, it is an underground border trade, like ants moving, the amount is naturally not very large, although it cannot be brought to the table openly, but almost all borders, are carried out to a greater or lesser extent.

As long as there is no formal war, in fact, the two countries are still very friendly, especially the people, who are harmonious and wealthy. In Xuannan, there is even an ethnic group that likes to shave their heads, and an ethnic group is separated between the two countries, and they often have contacts and continue to intermarry.

These semi-open border trades could have helped the victims, at least to bring in some food. It's a pity that Ye Guo was very worried about the people crossing the border and looting, but instead tightened the border defense, and as a result, the underground border trade, which was not large, was almost completely stopped.

Xia Xiaodong still followed his father's path, so he secretly poked a gap and exchanged it for six thousand taels of silver - the amount was half less than usual, that is, twice as expensive.

Outside the city, in addition to the official relief places, there are also big families in the city who put up signs of benevolence, generosity, virtue and good deeds, such as soup kitcheners, rice distributors, and cloth distributions. There is even a family whose family is not well-off, but they got a lot of straw ropes, and they made straw shoes on the spot and distributed shoes for free.

Xia Xiaodong didn't expect that the Xia family, who was mixed in, became the target of rumors.

Really, is it so hard to be a good person? On the way back to Suzhou, he helped the two victims, but the robbers were recruited. Now that I have spent a lot of effort and human affection, I finally managed to get some food to help the victims return to their hometowns, but they actually caused rumors again.