Sitting in the sedan chair returning home, Qi Liang felt heartache for a while, but it was a pity that so many rare and exotic treasures were cheapened for nothing, and Kangxi's emperor Xiao'er! He was also angry at Suo Etu and others, and if he didn't say a word for himself at the critical moment, he would give it to them in vain.

I can't be the boss of this wronged anymore, but what about so many precious things in the house? When he fled for his life, he couldn't take it away, and he couldn't send it back to Yunnan, so didn't he return to Kangxi's little emperor in the end? The more Qi Liang thought about it, the more he had a headache, and the more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became. There was a burst of crying and crying outside, which disturbed his thoughts, and he opened the sedan curtain and asked impatiently, "What's going on outside?" ”

Xiao Liuzi ran up and replied: "Master! It's a bunch of victims begging! ”

"Where are the victims? It didn't come when it came, so how could it be? Qi Liang asked with a frown. Xiao Liuzi shook his head and didn't know, Qian Yunfang continued: "These are the victims from Shandong and Shanxi, who were affected by floods last year, and there were not many in the first few days, but there were more and more in these two days!" ”

"Why did you get to Beijing? Didn't the imperial court provide disaster relief? Qi Liang asked, and he saw a long strip on both sides of the street outside, they were dressed in rags, with yellow faces and thin muscles, all of them looking weak and sickly.

Qian Yunfang replied: "I heard that the imperial court has allocated relief funds, maybe the amount is not enough or some other reason!" The victims are suffering! dragged the family and begged all the way, how many floating corpses and bones were there on the road? ”

Walking all the way along the street, Qi Liang felt sad for a while, some had dull eyes, some cried in a low voice, some begged bitterly, some fell to the ground and only their eyes were moving, and some actually hung a sign to sell their sons and daughters and sell themselves.

"Little Liuzi! Give some money to those who sell their sons and daughters! Qi Liang said pityingly. He came from the Taiping Later Generations, and although he had seen poor beggars, he was definitely not so miserable, and there were definitely not so many, which shocked him greatly.

Xiao Liuzi's money was not enough, Qi Liang asked Qian Yunfang and Gui Ming to collect all the money from the servants and guards and hand it over to Xiao Liuzi, and then make it up for them when he returned to the house.

"Thank you, little brother!"

"Thank you, benefactor!"

"Thank you, Childe!"

The victims were very grateful, calling Xiao Liuzi everything, Xiao Liuzi didn't dare to take the credit, pointed to Qi Liang's sedan chair and said: "Don't thank me, if you want to thank me, thank my master!" He was the one who made the little one do it! ”

The victims knelt down in the sedan chair where Qi Liang was sitting and said gratefully: "Thank you, Master for your charity!" Please give alms! Lord is merciful, Guanyin Bodhisattva bless you! ”

Qi Liang was secretly annoyed that Xiao Liuzi was troublesome, what did he point out for himself? Seeing the happiness of the victims, he was also happy, and suddenly thought that he was not worried about those precious items in the house. If it's cheaper, those officials might as well give it to these victims! Determined, he said, "Go home!" "He had an idea.

Soon after Qi Liang left, a large number of officials appeared on the street, and the victims were beaten to cry and cry for their mothers, and they ran around, and after a while, there was not a single disaster victim on the street.

Back in the mansion, Qi Liang instructed his master Qian Yunfang to clean up all the valuables in the mansion and make a list, and estimate the bid and note it later.

The next day, Qi Liang was going to go to the places where the refugees were concentrated, and yesterday he asked Gui Ming to listen to them, and there were three places in the whole city of Beijing where the refugees were concentrated, one was in Liushutun on the outskirts of the city, and two were in the city - Plum Blossom Pond and Nantufang.

Before leaving, Xiao Liuzi dressed Qi Liang, and Gui Ming came in and asked, "Shizi!" Are we going to Plum Blossom Pond, Nantufang or Liuchengtun? ”

Qi Liang was mechanically at the mercy of Xiao Liuzi and said, "Where are there many people? ”

Gui Ming said: "Plum Blossom Pond!" ”

Qi Liang said: "Okay! Let's go to the plum pool! Then he asked, "Are you ready?" ”

Gui Ming said respectfully: "Shizi, please rest assured, everything is ready!" Qi Liang asked Qian Yunfang to prepare a large number of baked cakes and wowotou yesterday, and Gui Ming was very moved after learning that it was prepared for those poor victims, and he had more respect for the prince.

"Little Liuzi, have you done it well?" Qi Liang slapped Xiao Liuzi's head, and was fiddled around, and Qi Liang was annoyed.

Alas! Xiao Liuzi touched his head, and the elf smiled strangely: "Master forgiveness!" That's it! Qi Liang shot very lightly, revealing a sense of affection, Xiao Liuzi knew that Shizi didn't really blame him.

Gui Ming smiled, this scene made him feel very warm.

"That's it! Let's go! Qi Liang finally put on his hat and looked like a landowner.

The name of the plum pond is good, but it is a barren place, there is a pond covering an area of more than ten acres, but there is no plum blossom, Qi Liang couldn't help but ask strangely: "Why is this called the plum blossom pond?" ”

Gui Ming, who followed closely behind, replied: "It is said that the dogs of the local people like to come here to drink water, and their feet on the mud ground impression plum blossoms, so it is called plum blossom pond!" ”

Qi Liang almost fainted, and the dog left a footprint called the plum blossom pool? Is it called a trumpet pond when the pig comes to leave a footprint? I don't know if this is a spoof or elegance?

There are a few sheds set up by the plum pond in pieces, can not shelter from the wind or rain, some old and young sick people are crowded in it to rest, most of the people can only sleep under the tree, fortunately it is summer now, if it is winter, I really dare not imagine how they spend it?

There is a temple less than four miles away from the plum pond, called Baohui Temple, it is also a big temple in Beijing city, there are often people here to incense, the temple will also have a meal of thin rice and gruel every day, this should be the main reason why refugees are concentrated in the plum pond!

The monastery gives porridge every day at noon, and now there is still some time before the soup kitchen, and most of the refugees are lying down and resting, not that they don't want to move, but they want to save some energy to stay in line and queue, they haven't eaten a little food for two meals.

"This is it!" Gui Ming pointed around.

Qi Liang commanded: "Gui Ming! Find a big tree and set up a point, let the guards maintain order, let the victims line up one by one, pay attention to the time of food distribution, the elderly and children each have one baked cake or one nest head, and the middle-aged people have two baked cakes or two nest heads per person! He glanced around with pity, and there were thousands of victims, all of whom were yellow and skinny, and they only stared at them with dull eyes when they saw someone coming.

Gui Ming asked strangely: "Shizi! The elderly and children are frail and sick, and they are even more pitiful, so why not give them more but give more to the prime of life who are in good health? ”

Qi Liang smiled and said: "It is the prime of life that is in good health, so we must give them more, let them eat a lot of strength, and only when they have the strength can they work to support these old people and children!" ”

"Oh! I see! Gui Ming suddenly looked at Qi Liang with admiration, the prince thought farther than others.

"Disaster victims! It's time to send food! There are pancakes! There are nest heads! When everything was ready, several guards were sent out to shout in various places. And around the food distribution point set up, a group of children have already been around, and a few clever children are already gulping greedy into the biscuits, and the biscuits are bigger than the children's faces!

"There's food! There's food! Hearing the shouts, the refugees rushed to the ground, and immediately surrounded Qi Liang and the others in three layers inside and three layers outside.

"Don't squeeze! Don't squeeze! Don't squeeze everyone! ”

"Everybody's got to play! Line up first! Come one by one! ”

The guards maintain order, the victims are hungry but disciplined, and everyone may have been together for a long time and cared for each other and helped each other.

The team was lined up in two, and the long snake dragon was more than 100 meters long.

"What do you want? Baked cake or wowotou? Xiao Liuzi asked the person who was in the first place, it was an old man with a sixtieth birthday!

The old man swallowed his saliva and said excitedly: "I want to nest my head!" ”

"Give! It's yours! Xiao Liuzi handed over a wowotou the size of two fists.

The old man shook his hand and took it, his face was full of tears, he couldn't speak for a long time, and suddenly knelt down and said, "Thank you, Great Good Official!" ”

Everyone else knelt down: "Thank you, Great Good Official!" "More than half of them are crying.

Xiao Liuzi was caught off guard, he was also moved to tears, and hurriedly helped the old man up.

Qi Liang sat under the big tree, and at this time he also stood up, his eyes moistened, and said, "Everyone get up!" Get up! Don't thank anything, everyone suffered! "The Chinese people are too simple and easy to be satisfied, no matter ancient or modern, as long as you give them a little benefit, they will be grateful to you and will always remember you.

"Everybody, get up! Get up! The guards who maintained order shouted.

"Hurry up the food, send the food!" Qi Liang reminded Xiao Liuzi, Gui Ming and others. He secretly turned his face away and wiped away a teardrop from his face.