Chapter 46: Persuasion

"Don't rob, don't rob, everyone has it, line up well, come one by one." Jiang Chun wrapped his head in a cloth and stood in front of the cauldron with a big spoon, shouting loudly while giving porridge.

I haven't seen white rice for a long time, and the aroma of white porridge spreads from it, and it makes everyone swallow their saliva. At this moment, I was desperately squeezing forward, wanting to drink the sweet white porridge quickly.

Xingni held Jiang Quino's hand, her brows furrowed and she looked at the scene of soup soup not far away, and she didn't feel her nails pinching into Jiang Quinoa's hand.

Jiang Quinoa gasped, shook her hand, and said comfortingly: "It's okay, there is a yacha guarding here, Ming'er, let's make a charter again, we won't let them keep making trouble like this." Having said that, Jiang Quinoa was not afraid in his heart. She persuaded everyone to take out all the food with her and give it to the refugees, and she didn't know if it was good or bad, but since the food was taken out, she felt much more relaxed, and I think at least her decision was the right one.

Xingni is not only worried that these refugees will cause trouble, she is also worried about Zhao Liang.

"I don't know how Brother Ryoko is doing over there? Is it still going well? ”

Jiang Qu's eyes darkened, and he always remembered this Qingbo and Zhao Liang in his heart, and he didn't know if anyone would agree with their approach.

Two hours later, the six pots of porridge were slowly finished, and the refugees who ate the porridge looked obviously better, and they were no longer as distracted as they were in the afternoon.

The number of refugees gathered outside the city far exceeded her estimates, and later a group of refugees came out of the city, and the number of shelters built was even less. Xia Xia Jiang Quinoa discussed with the county Cheng and them, and at night let the old and weak women and children live in the shed, and the young strong men all rested outside, and then slowly went up the mountain to cut trees and get materials, and then built a few more sheds to come out.

At this time, a few strong men found out by the county just wanted to go to the mountains to cut down a few trees while the sky was still dawn, and some people also went to collect firewood.

Jiang Chun's hands trembled, and she scooped the porridge for two hours, her hands were trembling at this time, and she couldn't even hold the chopsticks, so her mother scooped the porridge next to her and fed it to her mouth.

Originally, Jiang Quinoa planned to go out to make porridge, but Aunt Rong didn't agree to her going out to show her face, so that she, Xingni, Jiang Chun and her mother stayed here to cook porridge, and Aunt Rong, Jiang Chun, Jiang Tiezhu, and Brother Xingni were scooping porridge and soup porridge. Not to mention that Jiang Chun and Aunt Rong had ugly faces and trembling hands, even Jiang Tiezhu and Brother Xingni, two adult men, also had sore arms at this time, and they couldn't even hold the bowl at this time.

"If this doesn't work, I think that otherwise, we will directly select some people with good character and strong body among these refugees, and let them take turns to give porridge." Jiang Quinoa thought of the strong men who had just gone up the mountain, and at first glance, they had been farming since childhood, and their bodies looked quite strong. In addition, they offered to cut down trees at night, so that they could temporarily build two sheds so that the elderly, weak, women and children could live in the sheds. People who are attentive and attentive should be willing to help.

When Jiang Chun heard this, he nodded in agreement: "This method is good, these people also have to find something for them to do, and wear down their strength." You don't know that when I was giving porridge today, I said that they would come one by one, and those people were still desperately squeezing forward, and they almost overturned the pot several times. The person you are looking for must not only be physically strong, but also be able to bluff people. ”

"In addition, you can also arrange for people to collect firewood and come back, just like these people eat and boil water every day, they get a lot of firewood." Aunt Rong also followed.

"You can also arrange things like cooking on the fire, arrange for some people to come one by one, so that everyone can participate, so that they will take care of everything here and won't make a fuss at every turn." The room darkened for a moment, and a hoarse voice came.

Jiang Qu raised his head in surprise, got up and hurriedly said, "Uncle Qing, Mr. Liao, come back, sit down and rest." ”

"Brother Bu, Zhao Liang, Jiang Cheng, sit down and drink a glass of water." Jiang Quinoa poured water and handed it over, Jiang Buchu poured two cups of them, and then said with a happy face: "This thing is done." ”

Aunt Rong and Jiang Quinoa looked at each other, and some didn't expect that they had really made it, and they couldn't believe it.

Jiang Cheng drank the water, put down the cup and began to talk about today's experience.

"We went to Liu Xiucai's house, their porter still stopped us from entering, Qing Bo flashed away and asked the yacha to go up and knock on the door, the porter suddenly changed his face, opened the door with a flattering face and handed over a purse, I saw that it should be filled with silver. The yacha made a red face, and asked the porter to call their master out in a rough voice. Liu Xiucai saw us, so he didn't agree to donate food, so Qing Bo didn't say anything polite to him, but just said," Jiang Cheng cleared his throat and lowered his voice: "The house of Huang Yuanwai in Zhuxi County was ransacked on the fifth day of the sixth month, and none of the thirty-five members of the family survived, and the thief wrote the words "rich and unkind" on the wall. The Feng family in Anyuan County, a wealthy family, even if there are hungry mayflies outside, the family still has big fish and meat, and even the family dog has to soak in broth every day to eat rice. Later, the victims came to ask for alms, but they were maliciously driven away, and finally the whole family was burned alive in their sleep, and all the money and food in the family were gone. ”

"That Liu Xiucai's face at that time, colorful, and gritted his teeth and said that he was a good person, and he usually built bridges and paved roads, and he would reward beggars when he went out. The family eats porridge and vegetables every day, and they can't open the pot. Jiang Cheng pouted, "What about the liar, I smelled a smell of meat when I went in, and he also eats porridge and vegetables, can he grow into his fat head and big ears when he eats porridge?" ”

"What did Qingbo say?" Jiang Chun heard the interest and hurriedly asked.

Jiang Cheng was quite thin and thin, his eyes were half-drooping, he was holding a teacup and blowing slowly, and said slowly: "I heard that there has been a large influx of refugees in the city recently, and there were several vicious robberies in the city not long ago. ”

Liu Xiucai's family lives in the city, so close to the Yamen, when the matter was so big, and the Yamen stepped up patrols when he came in, how could he not know?

Before the eldest brother finished speaking, he cried and said with a sad face that he had already paid the protection fee, isn't this okay? Only then did we know that taking advantage of this drought, many officials in the yamen were looking for rich families to collect protection money under the banner of paying money to report safety, and there was a case of refugees robbing the rich, and they were still willing to pay this money. Of course, only those who have lived here for generations will pay for the protection of the yamen, and some people can't stand it anymore and move out. Qingbo persuaded him, and he reluctantly donated 1,000 taels of silver. You see when he pays for it, it's like cutting his flesh. Jiang Cheng sighed.

"These rich people usually make money from the common people easily, but now when they need to contribute something, they will push back and hinder, and they would rather use money to support the poor who can't do things than give the people a bite to eat. Hmph, I think I'll have to teach them a lesson. Jiang Chun said hatefully.

Qingbo and the others went out for a day and persuaded several wealthy families to donate money and food, and the harvest was good, but they haven't eaten yet. Jiang Quinoa brought the porridge, and when he heard this, he said: "Buddhism emphasizes cause and effect, and these rich families are unwilling to take out the grain, in fact, it is the same as our previous worries, if we don't persuade the county magistrate to take charge of this soup soup and rice kitchen, we may not be able to do it." ”

Jiang Chun thought of the fierce appearance of those refugees when they grabbed food, and couldn't help but slap his brother coldly, and asked, "Miss, there will be no problem with the county master you promised, right?" ”