On a certain day in August of the first year of Song Jianzhong, because Quanzhou suffered a flood that had not been encountered in a century, a large number of hungry people from Nan'an County, Jinjiang County, Yongchun County, Dehua County and other counties poured into Quanzhou City, and the government actually colluded with Quanzhou businessmen to rush to buy rice grain and raise the price of rice, so that the price of rice soared from 70 yuan per bucket before the disaster to about 200 yuan per bucket, and some people could not buy a liter of rice after exhausting their daily income, thus causing the masses to be indignant, and many incidents of snatching rice and grain occurred in various parts of Quanzhou.

Among them, the largest rice shop in Quanzhou, "Shengyun Rice Line" is the starting point.

At this time, before the "Shengyun Rice Row", thousands of people have gathered, everyone in the anger, have rushed into the store, smashed open the rice cabinet, take the pocket to fill the rice, no rice bag people take off their clothes, with clothes wrapped in white rice, and even some hungry people directly stuffed the unborn rice into their mouths, at this time the white rice in the "Shengyun Rice Row" fell everywhere, the shopkeeper of the rice shop, the guys, and the little guys shrank aside in fright, and the scene was a mess.

"The government has an order, and those who rob rice and grain will be punished for theft!"

"Nian'er and the others are caused by hunger, so they can open the net! But you have to get out of here quickly! ”

"Quickly put down the rice and grain, and quickly retreat, otherwise there will be no forgiveness!"

The hungry people rushed to the "Shengyun Rice Shop", which had already attracted the attention of the Quanzhou Inspection Division, so the Quanzhou Inspection Department inspected Lu Qiu and led more than 100 people to inspect and arrest the "Shengyun Rice Shop" and tried to suppress it.

After the Quanzhou Inspection Department inspected and caught the "Shengyun Rice Shop", he pulled out his waist knife, surrounded the hungry people in a fan shape, and loudly announced the order of the Quanzhou Prefecture.

"Master Lu!" After the fat shopkeeper of the rice shop saw Lu Qiu and bring people here, he squeezed out of the crowd like a savior, ran to Lu Qiu and cried: "Diao Min rebelled, and the small shop suffered heavy losses, look at this... Will the government be able to compensate for the loss? ”

Also compensate for losses? Lu Qiu said secretly in his heart when he heard this, if it weren't for these profiteers hoarding and driving up the price of rice, why did they come to such a situation now?

"Didn't the official bring someone?" Lu Qiu was extremely tired of the shopkeeper of the rice shop, so he glared at the shopkeeper of the rice shop, pushed him away and ordered his subordinates: "Li Zhizhou strictly ordered, don't hurt people!" ”

"Patrol Envoy, this... This... This doesn't hurt people, it can't be done... One of Lu Qiu's subordinates said in embarrassment.

There are a large number of hungry people, but there are few inspections and arrests, and Li Sanjian has strictly ordered that no one should be injured unless it is absolutely necessary, so it is relatively difficult for Lu Qiu and others to deal with the current looting.

Sure enough, when the officers and soldiers arrived, the hungry people were panicked at first, and it can be seen that the patrol and arrest were only threatening and shouting, and did not really take or hurt people, plus they were hungry after the stomach, so they grabbed the rice regardless of it, and some of the hungry people even writhed together with the inspection and arrest, and the scene was not only not controlled, but became more and more chaotic.

"Woo 。。。。。。。" At this time, a ringing arrow with a long sound, flew from the air, an arrow in the middle of the rice shop plaque with the words "Shengyun Rice Line", "snap", the wide door plaque was broken into two, fell to the ground, splashed a little dust.

Generally speaking, when an arrow hits a plaque, it is nailed to it at most, but this arrow actually breaks the wide plaque, you can imagine how powerful this arrow is.

The loud sound of the door plaque breaking and falling suddenly made everyone jump, and they subconsciously looked in the direction where the feather arrow was flying.

At this time, hundreds of soldiers of the Quanzhou Xiang Army rushed not far away, led by a young general wearing a black cloak, riding a high-headed horse with a red date, holding a big bow, and shouting: "Diao Min has to make trouble, retreat quickly." ”

"Stand down! Retire! The two rows of soldiers with spears in their hands stepped forward and shouted loudly.

The shining spear heads of the cold light pointed at the hungry people together, and at the same time, dozens of large bows had already bent their bows and arrows, pointing into the air, just waiting for an order, and the arrows rained down.

In the past, the Quanzhou Xiang Army was a miscellaneous army, not only the weapons were simple, even the military clothes were miscellaneous, the military appearance was extremely untidy, but I don't know what was going on.

The officials and troops were pressing so tightly that they were so frightened that many of the hungry people were already looking for a way to escape, but at this time they were already surrounded by the officials and soldiers, and there was no longer any possibility of escape.

Their only hope is that the officers and soldiers can show mercy and open up the net, otherwise they can be killed on the spot if they are really punished for the crime of thieves and thieves.

"Yao Prison!" After Lu Qiu saw that Yao Yu, the new supervisor of Quanzhou soldiers and horses, was leading his troops, he walked to Yao Yu's horse, raised his waist knife, and asked, "What should I do about this?" Please let Supervisor Yao take the instructions. ”

Generally speaking, the inspection department is the state and county to catch thieves and yamen, and the Quanzhou Xiang Army is a state and county garrison, which is generally not a matter of catching thieves, which is basically unrelated, but it is currently a special period, so it was sent out by Li Sanjian, the governor of Quanzhou, to suppress the riot.

Lu Qiu is the inspection envoy of the Inspection Department, and Yao Yu is the prisoner of Quanzhou soldiers and horses, which can also be said to be incompatible, but Yao Yu is the confidant and favorite general of Li Sanjian, the governor of Quanzhou, so Lu Qiu respectfully asked each other.

"This..." Yao Yu looked at the groups of hungry people with yellow faces and thin muscles, and hesitated whether to take people to prison or disperse them.

"Yao is imprisoned, and slow down!" Just as Yao Yu hesitated, Li Sanjian's cousin Li Gang arrived on horseback, rode on the horse and shouted loudly: "The government has an order, and the people must not be harmed." ”

At this time, Li Gang did not have any fame, so he was temporarily Li Sanjian's scribe and was responsible for some miscellaneous matters.

"What are you doing here?" Yao Yu looked at Li Gang, who was sweating profusely, and asked, "Uncle Shi, what does he command?" ”

Li Gang glared at Yao Yu and replied: "The Prime Minister of the Mansion said that they are all ordinary people, but because they are hungry, they don't need to take people, just let them go." "Heshun

"Li Sheng!" Hearing this, Lu Qiu asked, "Let them go?" What if they do it again? ”

Releasing or dispersing these hungry people can only temporarily alleviate the current situation, but the hungry people will of course take risks because of hunger.

Li Gang nodded, turned over and dismounted, pushed away the knife and gun in front of him, walked in front of the hungry people, and arched his hand and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, my family said that the government is recruiting people at this time, if you want, you can go to the government to apply, you only need to do some things ordered by the government every day, you can get money, and if you don't need money, you can also get some white rice, and even some wine and meat." ”

"Huh? What are you doing? ”

"Can you still get money, rice, and meat?"

"Official, where is the yamen? The little ones go now. ”

Yao Yu also looked at Li Gang in surprise and asked, "What are you doing recruiting people?" ”

"Build roads, build embankments, build water conservancy!" Li Gang replied loudly when he heard this.

"The surname is Yao!" Li Gang then smiled at Yao Yu and said: "I heard the meaning of the prince of the government, and I plan to build roads for ten miles and eight townships, and build big roads and wide roads." ”

Build roads, but also build special buildings? Yao Yu and the others secretly wondered when they heard this.

"Cash-for-work" is to use the means of providing grain, food, and money to gather people and build construction projects, so as to achieve the goals of poverty relief, famine relief, and disaster reduction.

In the Song Dynasty, "work for relief" in the year of famine, is a common thing, Li Sanjian is not the first, and at the same time is generally to build water conservancy, but in addition, others "work for relief" generally repair Taoist temples, Buddhist temples, halls, official houses, etc., there are also city walls, but Li Sanjian actually wants to build roads, build spacious roads, and is a large special building. . .

How useful is it to build so many roads? Yao Yu and the others secretly wondered.

"And that's not all!" Li Gang then said a little triumphantly: "The Prime Minister of the Mansion also said that although the Dragon Boat Festival has passed at this time, the 'Fujian people are good boats', and the Prime Minister of the Mansion will hold a 'Dragon Boat Race', and the state government will also give a rich reward." ”

"Did you kid get caught in the door? Or is it flooded? Yao Yu slapped Li Gang on the head and said, "When is this?" Also holding 'dragon boat races'? Did you hear clearly, boy? ”

"The surname is Yao!" Li Gang tilted his head, raised his hand and pushed away Yao Yu's big hand, and said angrily: "You dare to say that the head of the Prime Minister of the Mansion was caught by the door?" I'll tell him when I turn around, huh! Big brother... The Prime Minister also said that the 'Tangram Festival' is coming, and the celebration of the 'Tangram Festival' will be held. ”

Crazy, crazy! Yao Yu and others secretly said in their hearts when they heard this, at this time, due to the floods in Quanzhou, the victims were displaced, the price of rice skyrocketed, and the hungry people were everywhere, but Li Sanjian didn't think about relief, and he still had to buy grain on a large scale, compete with the people for profit, and hold various celebrations on a large scale? is so perverse, people can't help but be disappointed in Li Sanjian.

Was Li Sanjian's head really caught by the door? At this time, Yao Yu couldn't help but wonder secretly in his heart.

"In that case, Inspector Lu, you can lead them to the state office." Yao Yu then said to Lu Qiu.

"The subordinate officer receives the order!" After Lu Qiu bowed down and received the order, he went to the state government with the patrol and arrest and shouting at the hungry people.

"Uncle Shi, where is he now?" Yao Yu then asked Li Gang.

"He watches the sea from the pier every day... Li Gang replied.

Looking at the sea? Looking at the scenery? Yao Yuyan was even more depressed when he heard this, at such a critical juncture, he... He still has this leisure?

Still enjoying the mountains and rivers? It seems that his head was really caught by the door, Yao Yu said secretly in his heart.

At this time, the two men who had been watching the excitement on the sidelines showed joy on their faces, and after glancing at each other, they turned around and left in a hurry.

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Fuzhou Transit Division Yamen

"Xianggong, this is the situation in Quanzhou." A man said to Yan Guoqi, the judge of Fujian Road Transfer.

"Color! Pen and ink waiting! Yan Guowei was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately sat down behind the copywriting, and began to write a book.

"Hurry up and deliver to the express shop! The horse was reported to the imperial court. After Yan Guofu finished writing the recital, he handed it over to a confidant and said.