The sun is rising, and the golden sun is shining on an ancient city by the Liujiang River.

As the drought worsened, more and more victims flocked to Liuzhou City. It's just that now that the city gate is closed, they have not been able to enter Liuzhou City, but have been placed in a specific refugee area.

These days, 40,000 or 50,000 refugees have flocked to Liuzhou City, and there will be more refugees coming one after another, and they can only come to Fucheng in search of life in order to survive.

Daming is a country based on Confucianism and Taoism, so naturally it will not sit back and watch refugees starve to death on the outskirts of the city. The Liuzhou Prefecture and the Maping County Government jointly set up four refugee camps, each with 10,000 people. The local government has long developed a process for this kind of disaster relief.

The government set up camps near the four city gates, where bamboo and wood were built to create a simple shelter for the refugees.

Dozens of villagers from Huangshuizhai came to this Liuzhou city smoothly with the help of Lin Pingping, and were soon placed in the refugee area of Jingnanmen by the government.

The refugees here are mainly from Maping County, but this drought covers a wide range of areas, in addition to refugees from Liuzhou Prefecture, in fact, there are also refugees from Wuzhou Prefecture or Guilin Prefecture, and even refugees from the Tusi territory in the west.

Huangshuizhai is under the jurisdiction of Xiangzhou, and after the clerk in charge of the resettlement work is registered, he is assigned to the refugee area of Xiangzhou, where he meets the chief and a group of acquaintances.

However, in the village, including the chief, there were relatives who died of starvation on the way during this escape.

The patriarch of Huangshuizhai did not have that kind of sentimental mind, but asked urgently: "Chief, has the government released grain?" ”

"! If we had waited for them to release food and relief, we would have starved to death! Li Chang spat a mouthful of thick phlegm on the ground, full of resentment.

The little old man looked up at the energetic lieutenant suspiciously, not at all like he didn't have a belly, but he said hesitantly: "Then you ......?"

The lieutenant guessed what he wanted to ask, and pointed to a house not far away, "Have you seen the house in front of you?" It is the private property of the United Restaurant, which stores 100,000 catties of grain, and those grains are used to give us porridge! You have come to the right place in Liuzhou City, as long as there is this United Restaurant, at least we will not starve to death this month! You're late, the morning soup kitchen has already passed, and if you want to eat the porridge, you'll have to wait for the afternoon session. ”

When the little old man learned of this situation, his hanging heart finally relaxed, and the situation was better than he expected.

Before going north to Liuzhou, he was actually most worried that the government would delay the soup kitchen, so that they would have to endure for some time. Although he guessed the government's approach, he didn't expect to run out of a joint restaurant.

He faintly had a bold guess that this United Restaurant was related to that Miss Lin, and it must be the kind-hearted Miss Lin who helped them.

"Look for a vessel for the porridge, and start the soup in the afternoon, so it's best to go there early and line up! I'll try my luck on the Liujiang River and see if I can get a fish to make a tooth sacrifice! The lieutenant seemed to explain the situation very enthusiastically, and waved goodbye.

"Captain, go slowly!" The little old man saluted and watched the enthusiastic lieutenant leave.

Watching the chief walk towards the Liujiang River, the little old man walked around the camp after admonishing his son and the villagers.

Tens of thousands of people have gathered here, but they are subdivided into several areas, and they are not refugees from Maping County, but they are arranged to be in distant areas.

Along the way, he saw many refugees mending their sheds, not to protect them from the wind and rain, but mainly from the scorching sun overhead.

As of June, there is still no rain in this Liuzhou border, but the weather is getting hotter and hotter.

"There, don't let it run!"

It was at this moment that there was a sudden commotion in front of me, and several men and women gathered nervously around a pile of firewood with sticks.

When the little old man saw this movement, he couldn't help but stop and looked at the men and women curiously.

After enclosing the firewood, a man carefully removed the firewood, and a dark shadow emerged from the pyre.

"Plug it, quick!"

The man at the head was the first to react, pointing to the fleeing black shadow and saying loudly.

The young man subconsciously jumped back in the face of this fleeing black shadow, his face showed panic, and the stick in his hand fell to the ground.

Chirping......

But he heard a scream, and the black shadow was stepped on by the young man, and after being frightened, he changed direction and fled.

Syllable!

A man's face showed a fierce expression, and the stick in his hand fell heavily on the body of the black shadow, but he vomited blood and died without even making a sound.

When the men and women who surrounded them saw this, they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Haha...... Fool, thanks to the fact that you just stepped on it, I would have let it run away. The man picked up the headshot rat and said to the frightened young man.

The young man who was called a fool scratched the back of his head and smiled awkwardly.

"This rat is so fat, let's stew it!" The man in the lead walked over, swallowed his saliva and proposed.

Hearing this suggestion, everyone agreed, and this mouse can be described as a good source of protein, which can satisfy their cravings.

"You can't eat this mouse, you have to throw it away! As the saying goes: after the catastrophe, there will be a great plague, and the rats in this camp are uneaten! When the little old man heard that they were about to stew the mouse, he hurriedly stood up and dissuaded him.

"I think you're sour!"

"The crazy old man running there?"

"Ignore him, we don't eat more rats in the village? When did something happen? ”

……

In the face of the little old man's dissuasion, these men and women were as if they were being provoked, and even spoke ill of each other.

"Ignore him, let's go!" The man with the mouse glared at the little old man, and then left with a cold snort.

The others followed and left, but many of them did not give the little old man a good face, and already classified the little old man as a bad person.

The little old man looked at the group of people who left, and although he had the intention to dissuade them, he sighed helplessly.

Without the unified control of the government, the refugees would not have such a high ideological consciousness, and whoever prevented them from eating meat would be a murderer of their parents.

The little old man is now unofficial and unemployed, just an ordinary member of the refugees here, how can he forcibly order the other party not to eat rat meat?

Not long after, he saw a woman pick up a fat mouse as if she had found a treasure, and hurriedly pulled her son back towards his dwelling and said, "Just dead, and body temperature, let's eat it!" ”

In this accumulation place, it is inevitable that some refugees will hide food, which will naturally attract some rats. When they see these rats, the refugees here will not be polite, and they will definitely eat them.

It's just that the catastrophe is accompanied by the pandemic, especially now that it is the hot season, it is inevitable that there will be a few sick rats. Once someone eats it, it is easy to get infectious diseases and thus come out with the plague.

When the little old man saw this, he knew that if this situation was not prevented, it would definitely cause endless troubles. In drought, grain can still be "cured", but the plague is "incurable".

"You're idle, aren't you? Whether they eat the rats or not is not up to us, and now we only have orders to settle you! Go, go, go, don't you see I'm busy? Facing the little old man who came to report the situation, the warden in charge of the resettlement work looked very impatient and drove away.

On this sunny day, no one listened to the little old man's advice, and a crisis had permeated the sky over Liuzhou City.

Liuzhou Mansion, in the living room.

Gao Yan is in his fifties, but he looks good, wearing a patched official uniform and asking the housekeeper to bring tea.

The color of the tea is pale yellow, and there are broken tea on it, which is not a good tea, but the person he greeted today is Lin Pingping, the Nanyang patrolman.

Lin usually openly played the name of his brother, even if it was the prefect of Liuzhou, he had to pay three points of respect, and the other party was really not something that he could offend as a little prefect of Liuzhou.

"Kochifu, I don't know why you came to me?" Lin is usually not a tea lover, but he thinks that this light tea taste is just right, but he put down the tea cup and asked straight to the point.

Gao Yan picked up an official document and asked people to send it over, and said with a smile directly: "Fortunately, the court has just issued a document ordering the government to release grain for disaster relief!" ”

As he said this, his eyes couldn't help but complicate. The prefect of Liuzhou, who was born as a dignified scholar, went to the court many times a few days ago, but the court ignored it, and this girl got the permission of the court as soon as she went to the court.

There are people in the court who are good officials, this sentence is true, at least this matter is confirmed by Lin Pingping.

Lin usually read the document agreeing to open the warehouse and release the grain, his eyebrows rose slightly, and he proposed happily: "Kochifu, now that the document has come down, please open the warehouse and release the grain immediately!" ”

Although the United Restaurant still has food to serve porridge outside the city, the grain storage is limited after all, and if you want to help Liuzhou City survive this big difficulty, the grain that is often closed is the Dinghai Shen Needle.

In the disaster relief of all dynasties, in fact, the imperial court and the government are the main force of disaster relief. If Chang Closed the position and began to release grain, the grain in Liuzhou City would soar, and she would be able to suppress the price of rice more easily, and she would not have to be too anxious to transfer grain from Leizhou.

"This government also has this intention, and plans to open a warehouse this afternoon to release grain!" Gao Yan nodded lightly, and then gently made a request: "This grain has always been easy to be exploited by traitors, and this government has a reluctant request, I want to ask Lin Xun to help this government take charge of the porridge shed outside the Jingnan Gate, and this government and its subordinate officials are responsible for the other three gates!" ”

Lin usually came over this time to help with disaster relief, and knew that this kind of thing really had to be stared at, so he immediately agreed happily: "It's better to be respectful than to obey!" ”

"There's Laurin's Patrol!" Gao Yan looked quite trusting of Lin Usual, but he changed his words and said: "By the way, this mansion just heard a good news!" ”

"What's the good news?" Lin usually stretched out his hand to pick up the teacup and asked curiously.

Shen Yan was standing next to Lin Pingping in disguise as a man, and she also cast a curious gaze at this time.

Gao Yan took a sip of coarse tea, and then responded with a smile: "There is news from Guangdong, the imperial court has reactivated Tan Lun to temporarily take over as the governor of Liangguang and the governor of Guangdong, and he will come from Guangzhou to provide disaster relief!" ”

"It takes a month to come from Guangdong, to say the least!" Lin usually guessed that the imperial court would do this, but he shook his head lightly.

Gao Yan smiled optimistically: "As long as we stabilize the situation and wait for Tan Butang to come to Zhumi, this drought will definitely be solved!" ”

"I hope so! If the prefect has nothing else to do, let's go to Changping to get food now, okay? Lin Ping was not as happy as him, but urged directly.

Gao Yan saw that Lin was so anxious, and smiled helplessly, that is, he agreed to go with her to get food.

There is a fixed process for opening a warehouse and putting grain.

There is a ledger of the grain and the grain intake, and each item on it is clearly recorded.

Lin usually counted the grain in Changping, and after confirming that there was no problem with the quantity and quality, he pulled the grain out of the city and went to a fixed place to release the disaster.

Since the number of refugees in the Jingnanmen disaster area has reached 10,000, three or two meters per person is calculated as 3,000 catties of rice.

Food may not seem like much, but how to get all the 3,000 catties of rice into the stomachs of the refugees is not an easy task.

Whether it is in the process of transportation, or in the process of cleaning and cooking porridge, it is possible that someone will deduct it, or even directly transfer the bag to the person.

Lin has always been meticulous in his work, and he doesn't allow himself to make such mistakes, but he lets a dog and a cat take turns to stare at it.

"The government is finally willing to open a warehouse to release grain!"

"If it weren't for the United Restaurant's food distribution, I'm afraid half of us here would starve to death!"

"I've heard about it, fortunately, it's in the United Restaurant, otherwise the price of rice in the city will rise to fifty wen a catty!"

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When they learned that the government had officially released grain, many people did not have the same cheers as before, but more condemned and complained.

Because it was still early, Lin usually arranged for someone to buy a pig, which was regarded as adding some nutrition to these refugees, and also to celebrate the official opening of the government to release grain.

It's a drought and there's no shortage of firewood around. The refugees here are very practical and spontaneously collect firewood, and they will be given priority in queuing.

Since the private residence of the United Restaurant is next to it, Lin is usually explaining the matter, and is discussing with Shen Yan how to guide the price of rice in Liuzhou Mansion.

Towards dusk, it was a sunny day.

In the open space in front of the camp, several stoves under the shed cook fragrant porridge, which has already attracted refugees to come and queue up.

More than 10,000 refugees lined up in six columns, and the atmosphere was good. Even if the porridge has not been cooked yet, everyone has waited a little longer, but no one has made any complaints.

Including the refugees in Huangshuizhai, many people were already in tears when they ate this meaty porridge.

They live in this day and age, and they don't really ask for much: to live.

It's just that whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, it has repeatedly tormented them, and this meat porridge is even more of a luxury.

Lin usually ate a bowl, and couldn't help but think of the hungry years when he was a child, but he secretly made up his mind to help these refugees get through the difficulties.

Ali, Shen Yan and the others all ate a bowl, and there was a lot of sand in the porridge, but none of them disliked it, and they were proud of what they had done.

By the end of dusk, the soup kitchen was finally completed, and more than 10,000 refugees had received the porridge.

Lin usually led everyone back to the city, but when he looked up and saw Huang Chengsheng of Liuzhou Weibaihu standing at the head of the city, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Huang Chengsheng's face was dyed red by the setting sun, and he said proudly: "Lin Xunpress, just now there was a fire in the back house of the mansion, and the official seal of the lord of the mansion was stolen, and now the whole city is under martial law. The Lord of the Mansion has an order, no one is allowed to open the city gates, please stay outside the city for a while! ”