Chapter 122: The Proclamation of the City
Shuangshengmen and his entourage lived in Pingcheng for ten days, and all the victims who were displaced outside Pingcheng City were properly settled. But Xinglintang's food storage is limited, and Su Ren has not replied for a long time, and he doesn't know when the next batch of grain will arrive.
Xiao Xinyi and Feng Jingying discussed for a long time, and finally decided that Feng Jingying would take a box of gold ingots to the county guard's mansion.
Xiao Xinyi stood in the distance of the mansion and saw the figure of the wind frightened shadow swaying out of the mansion, walked up to him and helped him who was full of alcohol and asked, "Senior Brother Feng, are you okay." ”
Feng Jingying looked up at her and laughed, this sudden laughter echoed in the empty door of the mansion, extremely desolate, and after he laughed enough, he replied: "Okay, it's just a few more drinks, the matter is done, the parents of Pingcheng said that thanks to his good governance and love the people like a son, he will appease those victims outside the city, after he has secretly investigated these victims for many days, there is no bad heart to protect themselves, so he decided that from tomorrow, the people of Pingcheng can go outside the city to invite some people to work in the city, no more than ten people at a time, and they cannot stay in Pingcheng at night." Senior Sister Jiang, this is the biggest regression that Pingcheng County has done, Senior Brother, I have done my best. Saying that, he hiccuped, and then laughed again: "What an honest and honest county guard, a county guard who governs well and loves the people like a son, fortunately, our Shuangshengmen has strong financial resources, otherwise where would I find such a good parent official." As he spoke, he sat down outside the mansion with a puff, and a cloud of dust rose around him, drowning the figures of the two of them.
Xiao Xinyi squatted beside him with the shadow of the wind, looked at him and said, "Senior Brother Feng, this result is very good, it can temporarily relieve our pressure." As he spoke, he took out a white jade porcelain bottle from the cuff, poured out a pill, handed it to him, and said, "Let's take this hangover medicine first." ”
Feng Ying snorted, picked up the pill from Xiao Xinyi's hand and swallowed it in one gulp. After a while, seeing that the alcohol on Feng Jingying's body had decreased slightly, and the flushing on his face had faded, Xiao Xinyi helped him up and said, "Senior Brother Feng, let's go back and see if things will go well tomorrow, if it goes well, we can set off for Chang'an." ”
Feng Yingying got up and patted the dust on his body and said, "Okay, let's go back." ”
In the silent street, except for the footsteps of the two people and the occasional barking of dogs, there was no sound, and the lantern in Xiao Xinyi's hand emitted an orange and yellow faint light, but the night was boundless and infinitely extended into the distance, and this small lantern could only illuminate the two of them within two steps, and it was impossible to see clearly if they were far away.
The next day, Xiao Xinyi got up early and went around the city, and saw a notice posted on the notice wall with ink not dry. At this time, there were not many people in the city, only four or five people stood by and pointed and pointed.
"The county warden is willing to let us go out of the city to recruit those victims to work?"
"Isn't it, some time ago, I still regarded these victims as flood beasts, why did I agree to let them enter the city today."
"Isn't it written on that notice, the county guard is sympathetic to the people......"
Several people looked at each other and laughed, and the meaning of the smile was all in the words.
"Alas, what do you say, what is the purpose of the Double Holy Gate, sending out so much grain for nothing, and transporting the grain out of the cart is as if it doesn't need money."
"Vulgar, too vulgar, you ordinary people can only see your own interests, how can you understand the compassion of these worldly masters to help the world and save people."
"It's like you know it."
"I don't understand, but I'm going to go outside the city today to recruit a few people to help me shop, I can't do big things, but I can do a few small things to help those people outside, they are all caused by natural disasters, they didn't do anything wrong but they were just unlucky, I don't want anything else, just wait for one day if I'm unlucky, there is someone who can help me."
The person who said this was a slightly chubby middle-aged man, who should have some wealth when he saw that his clothes were exquisite, and he was walking towards the city gate with his hands in a figure-eight step, and the two behind him were stunned.
"This fat man Li can actually say this kind of thing, it's not like his usual style."
"That's it, who doesn't know that he is an iron rooster who does not pull out a hair, I see, he wants to take the opportunity to squeeze those people outside the city, and now those victims have a stutter and will work."
"Hehe, why don't we go and rent two outside the city, just give them stuttering... Hey. ”
"I'm not going, I'm going to you." One of them turned around and left, and the remaining one shouted behind him, "If you don't go, I'll go, there will be ten places a day." ”
"Why don't we go and see it, such a good thing......"
"Hey......
"As long as they stutter, we can also experience the life of a human being......"
Xiao Xinyi listened to the pain in the forehead from a distance, it is difficult for people to live a lifetime, but some people never know how to understand the suffering of others, and even take pleasure in making fun of others.
She suddenly wondered if what they were doing was right, as soon as this notice came out, those victims outside the city were in a passive position, in the past, they entered the city in groups, and some people would take care of their huge number and converge one or two, but now ten people enter the city every day, if they are ** in the city, they are really isolated and helpless.
But they are not allowed to go into the city to work, these people with hands and feet all rely on the limited grain and rice of the Double Holy Gate, and they can't last long.
Xiao Xinyi thought for a moment and turned around and walked towards the 'Xinglin Hall', and as soon as Wang Chen opened the door of the pharmacy, he saw a woman in white with a hat walking quickly.
"The younger generation has seen Uncle Wang."
"I saw you came in a hurry, but something happened."
"The junior has something I want to discuss with my uncle."
"Come in and talk about it."
After the two entered the shop, Xiao Xinyi took off his hat and said to Wang Chen: "Uncle Wang, the junior wants to ask you to take care of the disaster victims working in the city in the future." ”
"What do you say?"
"Please ask the county guard to promise to let the 'Xinglintang' be responsible for arranging the disaster victims who will go to the city to work." Xiao Xinyi told Wang Chen what she heard next to the notice.
"What you mean is for us to take these people to the city, so that those in the city who are willing to recruit these people to work will come to the 'Xinglin Hall' to lead people."
"Yes, there is another requirement, the price should be reasonable, I don't expect the wages of the victims to be as peaceful as the people in the city, but I can't give them a bite to eat and humiliate them at will."
Wang Chen thought about it, if the wages of the victims were equal to the people in the city, who would use the same money to use the victims who would leave at any time. But if we don't set a bottom line in terms of wages, these victims will only be stripped of their skin.
Xiao Xinyi was waiting for Wang Chen while cutting medicine in the 'Xinglin Hall', but Wang Chen came back after more than half an hour, but as soon as he entered the door, Xiao Xinyi could see that his face was not very good.