Li An raised his eyes and saw that there were 5,000 victims in the open space not far away, and there were only 200 tents for people to live temporarily, with an average of 25 people in one tent, and the living environment was very tense, there was nothing in the tent, beds and quilts, so he could only lie on a simple wooden shelf built with tree branches temporarily.

The food supply is also relatively small, and the pot is full of gruel, and if you can fill your stomach, you have a ghost, and it is okay to barely keep people alive.

There are many fruits in the tropics, and many victims will go to the nearby trees to pick fruits to fill their stomachs and make their stomachs appear less hungry.

Looking at these victims, Ang Lee felt that they were so pitiful! As the people of a weak country, it is difficult for them to get enough help, and it is estimated that such days will continue for a while.

"Your Royal Highness, there are few tents here, and there is not enough food, so we should allocate more."

Li An has been in the disaster here since he first came to the Heling Kingdom, but after so many days, the personnel and materials used by the Heling Kingdom court to rescue the disaster area are so thin, making people feel that the Heling Kingdom court does not want to provide disaster relief at all, as if it is perfunctory.

"Li Shilang doesn't know, the tents of my Heling Kingdom are piled up on the front line in the east, and the tents in the royal city are the only ones, and it will take at least three or five days for more tents to be transferred here, as for the food, hasn't Xiao Wang been worried that the rebels are not easy to exterminate, so more food has been transferred to the east, and there is not much food that can be used for emergency rescue, so I can only save a little, let the victims drink some gruel, it is important to save their lives first, now that the main force of the rebels has been annihilated, there is no need to hoard too many supplies in the east, The grain will be transferred in three to five days, and the situation here will be greatly improved. ”

The king of the Heling Kingdom opened his mouth to explain in person.

If you don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, especially in poor people's families, they can't wait to break a dollar into an eight-petal flower, the king of the Heling Kingdom is equivalent to the head of the poor family, in the face of the clumsy family background, he must spend every penny on the blade, and dare not have the slightest waste.

In the case that the main force of the rebels is not wiped out, he must tilt more resources to the army, as for disaster relief, he seems a little reluctant, after all, the death of a few victims is not a big loss for the Heling State, and if the army has insufficient supplies, the consequences will be very serious, the army is the foundation of a country, which all rulers cannot ignore.

Therefore, when there was a natural disaster, the Heling Kingdom still continued to transfer a large number of materials to the eastern front line to support its own army, while for the natural disasters in the west, it was only a symbolic mobilization of a small number of people and materials to carry out a certain degree of rescue for the victims.

I have to say that the king of the Heling Kingdom is still very rational in his actions, and if there is a problem with the army, it will be much more serious than the problem of these victims.

In the history of China, there were many uprisings caused by the problem of disaster victims, but very few were able to ascend to the throne in the end, because they were just a group of peasants who were crazy with hunger, and they couldn't set off much storm, and after the army had problems, they often directly seized the emperor's position, so that the entire country collapsed, and the emperor became a prisoner.

Therefore, in any imperial court, the first thing to appease and take care of is the army, followed by the disaster victims and the aristocracy, and only when the army is mastered as a violent machine can the country be stable and safe.

Of course, this is mainly because the old king does not understand the strong strength of the Tang army, after the Tang army offered to help, he did not believe that the Tang army could annihilate the main force of the rebel army in a short period of time, so he considered continuing to mobilize a large number of materials to the east, if they believed that the Tang soldiers and horses could quickly end the battle, naturally they would not have mobilized so many materials to the east.

Li An nodded, asked his subordinates to bring pieces of meat, and personally walked into a tent, intending to send warmth to the victims.

As soon as he entered the tent, Li An smelled a very unpleasant smell, more than twenty people were gathered in a small tent, and it was unlikely that the smell would not be big.

And these victims are generally yellow and thin, and it is obvious that they have not been able to eat a full meal for so many days, and their complexion is impossible to be good.

After seeing the piece of meat in Li An's hand, the eyes of these victims showed a look of expectation, and even a little greed, they had been starved for so many days, and their expectations for food did not need to be elaborated.

"Give me, give me."

"I'm hungry, give it to me!"

The victims were so hungry that they could smell the aroma of the meat, and they all stretched out their hands to ask for it.

Li An only had one piece of meat in his hand, but there were more than 20 victims in a tent, and a piece of meat obviously could not satisfy them, and at this moment, it became a big problem who to eat.

Looking at the yellow-faced and thin-skinned victims, Li An was very hesitant and didn't know who to eat, but although Li An only had one piece of meat in his hand, there were definitely more than so many pieces of meat in his hands, and there was no problem in satisfying twenty people, but there were more than 5,000 victims here, so we couldn't favor one over the other, and only give it to the victims in this tent! The rest of the victims are also very pitiful, what should they do?

"There is only one piece of meat in the officer's hand, but there are more than 20 of you, what do you think should be done? Who is it suitable for? ”

Li An looked at the more than twenty victims and asked.

"Give it to me! I was hungry for three days. ”

"I want to, I've been hungry for three days."

"I've been hungry for four days."

"Give it to me, I still have a baby to feed, I'm hungry."

"Give me, give me."

All the victims of the disaster were scrambling in disorder, all wanting to get this piece of meat in Ang Lee's hands.

"Li Shilang, there are too many victims here, not a piece of meat can solve the problem, it is the same for everyone, why bother them?"

The king of the Heling Kingdom felt that Li An's approach was inappropriate, it would be good if these victims could have a bite to eat, so why bother to prepare meat pieces for them, now it's good, the victims are all scrambling, if it is spread to other tents, all the victims come to ask for meat to eat, it will be difficult to clean up.

Li An nodded and said: "What His Royal Highness the King said makes sense, this piece of meat will cause trouble if it is not good, it will not suffer from widowhood but unevenness, if one disaster sufferer eats meat, other disaster victims will be unbalanced in their hearts, if they are all satisfied, the meat is not enough, this is indeed a problem!" But the official has already taken out the meat, so he can't take it back! Wouldn't that make the victims laugh? ”

"This ......"

Suddenly, the king and his ministers were in a dilemma, not knowing what to do.

"What do you think it should be?"

Li An looked at his friend who was affected by the disaster and asked.

One of the children said, "You can divide the pieces of meat, and we can eat one bite at a time, so that everyone will have meat to eat." ”

This piece of meat is not very large, if you eat it alone, you can still fill your hungry stomach, but if you divide it into many portions again, each piece will be very small, it can be said that it is not enough to stuff your teeth, and the food will be very unpleasant.

But after listening to it, Li An was very happy, this child's concept is to share, no matter how small things are, they also know how to share with others, this quality is very valuable.

"Look, so many of you are not as good as a child? This is sharing, even if there is little food, everyone should have a share, this is the right thinking, it is not good to think that eating alone. ”

Li An directly taught everyone, even the king of the Heling Kingdom was no exception.

"Share? That's right! It should be shared, not exclusive. ”

The people of the Heling Kingdom immediately learned a new word, that is, sharing.

"Come on, cut all the pieces of meat we brought, and give a small piece to each of the victims, so that all the victims can eat meat."

Li An opened his mouth and ordered.

This time I came to inspect the disaster area, and in any case, I had to provide some daily necessities to the victims.

The subordinates received the order and immediately chopped up all the pieces of meat they brought and distributed them to all the victims, so that all the victims could eat a bite of meat and let them feel the warmth of the sun.

"Your Royal Highness, let's eat too!"

Ang Lee ate a small piece of meat himself and handed it to the king as well.

Looking at the satisfied smiles on the faces of the victims, Li An was also very happy in his heart, this was his achievement, if it wasn't for his proposal, how could these victims eat meat?

"Friends of the plague, your king is the same as you, you have eaten a piece of meat, and your king has only been given a piece, and these days, your king has been thrifty every day, and even the guest of the official has not been able to eat enough! Why is this so? Because there are still people like you who have no food to eat, your king does not dare to waste food, and tells you the good news that the rebellion will soon be over, and the Heling Kingdom will gradually become richer, and your life will be better and better, and within three or five days, you will be able to eat enough. ”

Ang Lee is a lie when he speaks, and he really doesn't blush at all when he lies, this is a skill that has been practiced in officialdom for many years, if he is not an official, he really doesn't have this ability.

The king of the Heling Kingdom naturally heard that Li An was lying, and it was a white lie, so he was naturally very happy in his heart, and decided to also praise Li An and Datang.

"People, my Haling country has been plagued by natural disasters and man-made disasters, especially the rebellion of the rebels, which has seriously dragged down the treasury and made it impossible for the king to get enough food to relieve the victims, but Li Shilang brought LinkedIn Yong's Tang generals to reinforce us, and worked closely with the main force of our official army to completely annihilate the main forces of the rebels in one fell swoop, and relieved the henchmen of our Haling country, Li Shilang is our friend of the Haling country, and the Tang Empire is our friend, we must always remember Li Shilang, Remember the efforts of the Tang Dynasty soldiers to help us exterminate the rebels. ”

The king of the Heling Kingdom boasted.

Immediately followed by a voice of gratitude, the victims of the Heling Kingdom were very grateful for what the Tang soldiers had done for them, and said that they would always be friendly with the Tang Empire and be friends of the Tang Empire.

Obviously, the king's lying skills are also a lot, he just said that the Tang Dynasty soldiers and the official army worked closely together to annihilate the main force of the rebels in one fell swoop, giving people the feeling that the Tang Dynasty and the soldiers and horses of the Heling State worked together to destroy the main force of the rebels, but the actual situation is not the case, the main force of the official army of the Heling State did not contribute, the entire main force of the rebels was annihilated by the Tang Dynasty soldiers, and the 20,000 troops supported by the Heling State spent a lot of materials to support it, in addition to confronting the rebels for many years, so that the rebels could not attack the palace, and did not make any decent contributions.

"Your Royal Highness, the palace and the ministers' homes should still have some surplus grain, it is better to transport it over for disaster relief first, and then make up for it after the grain and grass from the east are transported back, so as to solve the urgent needs of the victims."

Ang Lee opened his mouth to suggest.

"Ahh It's not good to use the surplus food from the palace and the ministers' homes! ”

The king felt that this was a bit of a fuss, and that it was a little difficult for him to accept that he and his ministers had to use food for the relief of some of the victims.

"After the eruption, the land has become more fertile, this is a good time to plant, it is a waste to let these victims lie here, they should be mobilized as soon as possible to build houses and farm, and resume production, but they are all hungry now, so there is no way to work, all, they must be fed, only when they are full, they can have the strength to work."

Ang Lee opened his mouth to explain.

Looking at the rich land and lush woods in the disaster area, Li Ang felt that it was too wasteful to let these victims lie here and wait for rescue, these are good laborers, how can they be left idle here?

And if these victims are to be put into production immediately, they must be fed, and only when they have enough food can they have the strength to work.

"That's right! Li Shilang made sense, the ultimate purpose of disaster relief is to let the people have no worries about food and clothing, but if they can't mobilize their labor force and let them work to support themselves, the burden on the court will be heavy, so Xiao Wang will arrange for it to let everyone in Wangcheng donate food if they can donate food. ”

The king of the Heling Kingdom finally figured it out and spoke.

Li An nodded, and inspected the victims with the king, shushing and greeting from time to time, making a show, so as to gain the favor of the victims and let them wait for rescue with peace of mind.

After the volcanic eruption, a lot of volcanic ash is produced, these are very good nutrients, the plant favorite is this, in the place with volcanic ash, the growth of plants is far more than the area without volcanic ash, which is also the main reason why people would rather risk their lives to stay in the volcanic area to survive.

"Li Shilang, good news! There are unexpected discoveries. ”

An accompanying Datang official said happily.

"What serendipity? Make you happy to be like this. ”

Ang Lee asked.

"Iron ore, a large amount of iron ore, the landslide next to it, revealing a large number of stones, my subordinates have just gone to see it, it is iron ore, the kind with a high iron content."

The subordinate said excitedly.