In mid-August of the 11th year of orthodoxy, Qufu County, Confucius Mansion.

Yan Shenggong Kong Yanjin frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Shan, is this news true?" ”

Mr. Shan nodded and said, "Hui Yan's words, the news is true!" The people, horses, money and grain of Yushan Town have begun to be mobilized, and now the escort team of Yushan Town has begun to move south, stationed separately in Ningyang County and Anshan Town; In addition, the manpower of the Yushan Town Civil Department also began to move south in large numbers, and they had reached as far as Tengxian and Yizhou. ”

"Moreover, according to our people's returns, the manpower of the Ministry of Commerce of Yushan Town is purchasing grain from all over the country, and they don't ask for the price at all! Because of Yushan Town's practice, the price of grain in many places has been raised by nearly two! ”

"Judging from the form of the victims going north, Tengxian and Yizhou are indeed the only way to enter the interior of Yanzhou Prefecture!"

Yan Shenggong Kong Yanjin sighed and said, "Judging from Liu Juntao's practices, is he really ready to help the victims?" ”

"Liu Juntao should be here for real, I don't want to have another purpose!"

"Alas! Now in order to deal with Warat, the imperial court can't spare its hands for a while, but I didn't expect Liu Juntao to take a fancy to the opportunity! ”

Yan Shenggong Kong Yanjin said in a deep voice: "If Liu Juntao collects these victims, then Yushan Town will really turn into a dragon!" ”

"Yan Shenggong, isn't this just right? Now we have made a bet on Yushan Town, as long as Yushan Town grows step by step, our Confucian Mansion will be able to obtain greater benefits! ”

"That's right!"

Yan Shenggong Kong Yanjin thought for a moment and asked, "However, after all, there are hundreds of thousands of victims in the north, can he eat it with Liu Juntao's own strength?" ”

Mr. Shan smiled and said, "Yan Shenggong, I think Liu Juntao didn't think about eating all these hundreds of thousands of disaster victims from the beginning!" ”

"Oh? How to say this! ”

"Then Liu Juntao concentrated money and food and manpower to collect a group of disaster victims, this will take time! After Liu Juntao swallowed enough victims, it is estimated that the court's relief money, food, soldiers and horses have also arrived, and the court will naturally take over at that time! ”

Hearing this, Yan Shenggong Kong Yanjin suddenly realized, clapped his hands and said: "This Liu Juntao is really a personal essence!" ”

Mr. Shan also praised: "What Yan Shenggong said is very appropriate, but this Liu Juntao is a good person, I have lived for decades, and I have never seen such a young and promising person!" ”

"Hmm!"

Yan Shenggong Kong Yanjin said in a deep voice: "Now that the disaster is coming, since we have invested 500,000 taels of silver in Yushan Town, it is not good for our Confucian Mansion to sit idly by and watch the affairs of Yushan Town!" ”

Mr. Shan nodded and said, "I understand!" Yan Shenggong, I will immediately mobilize manpower and go south with the people of Yushan Town, and help Yushan Town guide the victims to Yushan Town! ”

"That's just one of the points."

Yan Shenggong Kong Yanjin said: "It's best for Mr. Shan to go to this matter in person, our Confucian Mansion farm is also short of manpower, just take this opportunity to replenish it!" ”

Teng.

Guo Yongzhong entered the county seat in the dust, and was taken to the drunken immortal restaurant in the city by Xu Ping, the manager of the Ministry of Commerce.

"Why did you come here in person? The matter of providing relief and guidance to the victims of the disaster should be done by the people of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce. ”

Xu Ping looked at Guo Yongzhong, who was tired, and said with some puzzlement.

Guo Yongzhong said with a smile: "It's okay! Now that the manpower of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce has been scattered, where are there still people? I, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, can only go into battle shirtless. ”

Xu Ping looked at Guo Yongzhong's old and strong appearance, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, Guo Yuanwai should also know, now not only our Yushan Town, but also the Confucian Mansion in Qufu, as well as the big and small Haoqiang in Yanzhou Mansion and Qingzhou Mansion have already taken action, and many Haoqiang have sent people south to prepare for relief to the victims!" ”

Guo Yongzhong snorted coldly and said, "Hmph! Our Yushan Town doesn't move, and they don't move either! Our Yushan Town has just gone south, and these people have all popped up, just thinking about robbing people with our Yushan Town! ”

Xu Ping also nodded when she heard this, understanding what Guo Yongzhong meant, those big and small heroes were just trying to take the opportunity to gather some of the population and expand their own power.

"Jun Tao also saw the purpose of these people, so he asked me to go south in person and do my best to collect the victims!"

Xu Ping heard the importance of this matter, so he said: "Don't worry, the minister (Tang Yu) has already said hello, your old man just needs to collect the victims, the commercial industry of this Teng County and the surrounding states and counties will fully cooperate, and your old man will ask for money for money, grain for food, and people for people, no two words!" ”

Guo Yongzhong immediately laughed after hearing this, and said, "Haha! So much better! ”

At the same time, Zhou Zongsheng also led the horse team of Yushan Town to the south along the official road and went straight to the area of Tengxian County.

After passing through Dongpingzhou, Zhou Zongsheng divided 1,000 riders into 10 teams and went south along various official roads, facing the wave of victims from different official roads.

This time, Zhou Zongsheng was ordered by Liu Juntao to lead his troops south, just to prevent riots in the process of the victims going north.

"When the army goes south, it is necessary to maintain the order of the victims from all walks of life, and if it is found that someone is taking advantage of the fire to rob and commit evil, whether it is the disaster victims or the powerful people from all over the country, the gentry, and the officials, they will all be killed!"

Zhou Zongsheng received the order and immediately left, and after leading the horse team south, Hu Dexing was also ordered to lead his troops south, and together with Sun Xu and Meng Fanchen, he led an army of 1,000 people to Anshan Town.

Ansan Town is the gateway to Yushan Town in the north, in order to prevent possible outbreak of disaster riots, Liu Juntao specially ordered Hu Dexing to lead his troops to rush here and guard Ansan Town with Zhang Xiaojun.

The southern part of Yanzhou Prefecture.

The wilderness suddenly boiled over, and the victims from Xuzhou all the way north flocked to the area, all the way north from Maling Mountain and Zhuzi Mountain, and in just a few days, they gathered in the area of Tengxian County.

At this time, Guo Yongzhong and thousands of people from Teng County rushed to the city, looking at the black and oppressive victims outside the city, all of them stood on the spot.

I saw hundreds of thousands of victims outside the city helping the old and the young, crying and shaking the sky, many of the victims were even unclothed, and they didn't even have simple luggage, but they were desperate to follow the crowd all the way, and it didn't matter where the destination was.

Even some of the victims were still carrying the corpses of their loved ones in their arms, and from a distance, it looked as terrifying as the end of the world and the night of a hundred ghosts!

Above the city, many people looked at the tragic situation of the victims outside the city, and they were already in tears, and even Xu Ping, the manager of the Ministry of Commerce, had red and swollen eyes.

"Outside, let's get started!"

Guo Yongzhong sighed heavily and said, "Heaven is impermanent! Let's get started, let the guys from the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs get moving! ”

Within a few days, with Teng County as the center, more than 30 porridge sheds of all sizes appeared within a radius of more than ten miles, and the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Yushan Town sent hundreds of men and young men to begin to give porridge relief to the victims.

While providing relief to the victims, the men of the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs also continued to instill the beautiful life of Yushan Town into these victims, so that the hearts of the victims ignited an infinite yearning for Yushan Town.

In just half a month, tens of thousands of victims from Tengxian County went north, carrying dry food distributed by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and marched in the direction of Yushan Town.

Along the way, the riders of Zhou Zongsheng's horse team also continued to patrol to ensure the long distance of the disaster victims' northward journey.

At the same time that the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River drove the victims one after another, Yanzhou Mansion staged a scene to help the victims and gather the people, which was a grand action, and even Yanzhou Mansion and Jinan Mansion were shocked when they found out!

Yushan Town.

Liu Zi'an took a thick registration book and handed it to Liu Juntao, and said, "Mr. Lian, now more than 30,000 victims have arrived in Yushan Town and are being resettled everywhere. ”

Liu Juntao took it and took a cursory look, then looked at the crowd of victims who were pouring into the gate of Yushan Town, and said, "Okay! No matter how many victims come, we will receive it in Yushan Town, the more the merrier! ”