Liang Wei, the commander of the Jing'an Army, pressed the waist knife in his hand, and stood behind the railing, his face was a little pale. On one side of the railing, there were ten Jing'an soldiers led by him, and on the other side of the railing, there were densely packed people in ragged clothes.

A big flood destroyed Houlianggouzi Town. It is now known that seven or eight people have died, and the whole town has been completely wiped out by the flood.

Thousands of families in Houlianggouzi Town lost their livelihood all of a sudden.

For these ordinary people living on the edge of the Yellow River, such a thing has not happened in the past days, and they are preparing to march to the county seat with the old and the young according to their previous experience.

Liang Wei was ordered to prevent these people from going to the county seat. In fact, he is not the only one in the entire county, and the Jing'an Army has sent people to all the places that have been affected by the disaster, and the victims of the disaster must not be allowed to gather in the county seat, and they must be resettled on the spot.

Liang Wei actually didn't understand it very well, so he was resettled on the spot, but now what kind of resettlement will Lianggouzi Town take? The town was completely out of control, and several local officials, while organizing the flood fight, had died. The seven or eight who died were basically officials. This is also the reason why Houlianggouzi Town is completely out of control.

But understanding must be carried out, and understanding must also be executed. As an officer of the Jing'an Army, Liang Wei must unconditionally carry out the orders of the upper peak. After being restructured into the Jing'an Army, they became sergeants, and they were constrained by military discipline.

Second, Liang Wei is still a member of the Nomadic Society. The officials who died in the town were also members of the Yixing Society. As a member of the Yixing Society, Liang Wei must also be at the forefront.

"Sanwazi, you don't let us over, do you want us all to starve to death and freeze to death here?" A gray-haired old man, across the railing, almost pointed his finger on the tip of Liang Wei's nose.

Liang Wei is a native of Houlianggouzi, but he moved to the county later.

"Fifth grandfather, there is an order from Shangfeng, everyone is not allowed to flee the famine, and they will be resettled on the spot." Liang Wei stubbornly said: "Please rest assured, the county will definitely not ignore everyone." The county was also hit by the disaster, and if everyone flocked there, there would be no place to live and nothing to eat. ”

"That's the county seat, and there are often liquidations in the county." The old man roared angrily: "The officials don't let us go, are they trying to do some kind of thing?" Is there no food at all in the regular closing position? Or the official wants to exchange the grain and sell it at a high price to make black money? ”

The old man is convinced that only these people are flocking to the county seat, and the more people there are, the better, so that they can put pressure on the officials, so that they can come up with something to keep the people alive, even if it is old rice and rotten grain, which is the hope that people can survive! As an official, he naturally doesn't want to make a big deal out of it.

"Fifth Grandfather, are you talking about the old things of that year?" Liang Wei smiled bitterly: "What year is it now, the second year of Xinghua!" Your Majesty is wise and martial, and the officials are basically honest and upright, Luo Langjun and the others are not officials, did they die to save you? ”

Facing Liang Wei's questioning, the old man was still angry: "Of course the emperor is a saint, but the people below him are not necessarily black-hearted, Luo Langjun and a few of them are good people and good officials, but those in the county are not necessarily good people and good officials, and they don't even let us escape from the famine, are they ready to starve us to death here?" ”

"Fifth grandfather, I am also a native, what kind of person I am, everyone understands, will I watch everyone starve to death? It said that there is food coming, there will be it, everyone just need to wait patiently, the whole Henan has suffered a disaster, but it is not our place, don't make a mess, okay? Liang Wei shouted loudly.

"Sanwazi, if you don't let us go, I'm welcome, I don't care if you're an official or not!" The old man waved the crutch in his hand, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he was about to push the crossbar.

Liang Wei was in a hurry, if these thousands of people came in a swoop, would he, the sergeants, be able to resist it?

Holding the handle of the knife in his hand, he looked at the noisy crowd, but he didn't have the courage to draw the knife.

Seeing Liang Wei's hesitation, the current group of people seemed to have more courage, and just as they were about to rush up and bulldoze the checkpoint, a dense sound of horses' hooves suddenly came.

"Army, soldiers, army!" Someone exclaimed.

The courage that had just been beaten was instantly shattered by the army that appeared in the distance. They dare to bully Liang Wei, but because Liang Wei is their acquaintance and a native of the local area, they will not treat them well. But as soon as the regular army appeared, where did they dare to move?

In fact, there are not many people coming, just dozens of rides.

It was the Right Jinwu Guard stationed in Henan.

Seeing the chaos at the scene, the face of one of the officers changed slightly, he rode on his horse, and shouted loudly: "Fellow villagers, we are ordered by Shangfeng to send grain to Houlianggouzi Town, and the grain will arrive immediately." Who's in charge here? ”

Liang Wei was like Meng Dahe, stepped forward and grabbed the officer's horse reins, and said, "Sir, the officials in Lianggouzi Town have all died. ”

The officer was slightly stunned, but did not say anything.

Behind the cavalry, there were more soldiers, but these people did not wear armor, let alone carry weapons, and each of them carried a bag of food on their shoulders.

A day later, on a piece of high ground next to the original site of Houlianggouzi Town, simple straw huts were built. Although it is only a bowl of porridge a day, at least, people can survive and not starve to death.

Liang Wei was directly transferred from the captain of the Jing'an Military Academy to the commander of Houlianggouzi Town, which can be regarded as a promotion. The county really can't send other people, and Liang Wei is from Houlianggouzi Town, so he is naturally the best person to appease here.

The mood of the common people has gradually calmed down, after all, there is still a bowl of porridge to drink every day, which means that the government is still taking care of them, which gives them infinite hope, and also makes Liang Wei's statement recognized by everyone.

After all, most of Henan has been hit by disasters, and it is true that the government is too busy for a while. Hold it down, and everything will be okay eventually.

The hundreds of soldiers stationed here have become enthusiastic with the people here these days. After all, in the eyes of the common people, there is still a big gap between an unarmed soldier and a soldier with a helmet and armor holding a weapon.

What's more, these days, the soldiers have helped the people here to build grass huts for everyone to live on this high ground, built thatched latrines, and brought a lot of lime from other places for disinfection, and supervised everyone to boil hot water to drink every day, and even went to the original site of the town to find some usable benches and tables for everyone, and carried them all the way here.

The older generation said that the army was more feared than bandits, but the current army has refreshed the people's perception.

"What is this?" Inside the grass shed, Liang Wei looked at Hu Yang, the captain of the right Jin Wuwei, a little inexplicable.

"You haven't seen this thing?" Hu Yang smiled: "This is our Datang's new money." ”

"What's that?" Liang Wei took out a stack of brand-new banknotes from the box and was dumbfounded. "What kind of money is this?"

Hu Yang took out a piece of paper money from his arms: "Have you seen it?" Our military salary, since the beginning of this year, has been paid to this. ”

"What are you doing with this?"

"The first pension of the imperial court!" Hu Yang said: "Every family can receive one yuan of new banknotes every day to buy daily needs. ”

"Even if it's money, even if it's something that can be bought, where is there anything to sell? Just our place? Liang Wei said with a wry smile.

"It's going to be soon." Hu Yang said: "Big merchants have come to the county, and a large number of goods are also being transported one after another. Next, they will set up some temporary warehouses all over the place, and everyone will be able to buy things with this money. ”

Liang Wei said puzzledly: "What the hell is this going on?" What are you doing on this wrong path? Isn't it good to send things to everyone directly? Do you want everyone to buy this thing? The common people are only afraid that they will not recognize this. ”

"What do you think, I don't know what a little lieutenant does, but I know that as long as this thing can be bought in real time, the people will definitely recognize it!" Hu Yang said with a smile: "And this time I went to the county, I also heard that the next step is to rebuild the home, to rebuild the road, dredge the river, this is all in the form of work for relief, and it is not to distribute food and materials, but to pay wages, this salary is also new money." ”

"Why didn't the imperial court bring grain over for relief, but let these merchants come? These businessmen are very dark-hearted, and now they don't know what the price of food will become. This new dollar banknote is used as 100 Wen, do you think 100 Wen will be able to feed a family for a day? ”

"Price increase?" Hu Yang sneered: "Do you know? Chairman Wu Jin Wu has already arrived in Henan, that is the highest official of the Supervision Commission, the Supervision Commission supervises the world, can it tolerate such a thing? Moreover, Governor Pei has also issued an order, but anyone who hoards and steals by tricks will be severely punished! The county has already started to sell, and every pound of fine grain is not allowed to exceed 30 wen, and coarse grain is not allowed to exceed 20 wen. ”

"In the past, a pound of fine grain was less than ten cents!" Liang Wei said: "This has risen several times!" ”

Hu Yang patted him on the shoulder: "Brother, you can't look at the old imperial calendar!" People have worked hard to transport the grain, and now the transportation conditions and the weather are also costly. It also costs to transport it from the county to us, and this price is a conscience price. You can't expect people to do good, can you? People are businessmen and want to make money. ”