Chapter 1220: I've got the final say
Originally, food was a very important issue, although Zhang Fan was the first to raise it, but in fact, whether it was Mao Zhengqing or the people in the city, they had long been very concerned about this issue, but now, they were busy taking inventory of their own things, and preventing others from snatching, and they had no time to take care of these for a while, but if they didn't have time to take care of it, it didn't mean that they didn't care about it, and it could even be said that it was because they didn't have time to take care of this issue. But it will make this question more heavy in their hearts.
Therefore, when Mao Zhengqing agreed to Zhang Fan and took people to the treasury of Yongning Mansion to pick up grain, not long after he left, people had already gathered at the Yamen, making it clear that they were here to ask for food.
Most of the people who came first were some people, although it looked really miserable, and it looked like they had been hungry for a while, but it was not a big deal, and each of them looked very spiritual, and it seemed that those people before felt that all the people in the city went northwest of the city, but they didn't abuse them too much, and they also gave them food, but I'm afraid it's not much, and their current appearance, I think it was when they grabbed things just now, and they made such a spirited look.
Zhang Fan didn't feel anything strange when he saw these people coming at first, after all, he had expected this kind of situation, but when he saw more and more people coming, and they all had such strange expressions, Zhang Fan did feel puzzled, but after thinking about it a little, he understood the reason, and Zhang Fan, who had figured it out, also smiled.
At the beginning, when one or two first came, Zhang Fan really couldn't understand what they meant, but as there were more and more people, and all of them were the same faces, Zhang Fan felt strange, these people came here, and it was clear that they were here to ask for food, but these people didn't open their mouths, all of them looked at this side with a kind of anger and unwillingness, but with a little doubt.
This made Zhang Fan a little puzzled, but there were hundreds of people on the other side, and each of them was like this, which made Zhang Fan have to think about it, and this consideration made this matter simpler.
The people who came, looking at the way these people were dressed, were all ordinary people, and there was no one from a rich and noble family, of course, those people naturally wanted to eat, and it was impossible for them to ask for food themselves, those people were likely to go directly to Mao Zhengqing, even if they would come here to ask for it, or they would come in person, they would definitely send a family member or something to come over, but Zhang Fan did not see a family member dressed up among these people in front of him.
Insert a sentence, because Zhang Fan also expected that there would be that kind of situation, so when Mao Zhengqing left before, Zhang Fan had already asked people to go with him, in the name of it, to help him count the food together, but in fact, he was afraid that someone would go to Mao Zhengqing to ask for food first, and Mao Zhengqing gave it to him privately, and went to such a person, but his identity was Jinyiwei, those big families, and he would never dare to make any more moves.
This made Zhang Fan think of what he said to Mao Zhengqing just now, and those worries, how can these people not have it, even if not all the people will think about it so much, but there are still people who will think of it, and now, there are already so many people here, Zhang Fan is sure that these people all know it in their hearts.
Although they understand, it is impossible for them to discuss it in advance, but these people are obviously very tacit now, and they have come to so many people without opening their mouths, thinking that they understand that they are weak, and just by relying on one or a few of them, they will definitely not be Mao Zhengqing's opponents.
And when there are more people, as long as someone speaks, and Mao Zhengqing refuses, the people next to him will help, and then there will be people who come to beg for food, as long as there are more and more people, Mao Zhengqing and they have no way.
But now, they didn't see Mao Zhengqing, but saw Zhang Fan and the three of them, and some of the sergeants who remained here.
Before Liu Xian had already ordered a thousand people to enter the city, send eight hundred, divided into four teams, to patrol around the southeast, northwest, and northwest of Yongning Mansion, not to ask them to help, although Yongning Mansion has just been liberated now, but the city has not been damaged, so there is no need to worry about this, and the most important thing is to let them maintain order, once they see any excessive disputes, and some lawless people want to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, they will take action.
And here, there are only two hundred soldiers left, speaking of which, this number is really a little small, after all, although there are all Han people here, but the city has just returned, and these people have just returned home, who knows what will happen to this kind of thing, but whether it is Liu Xian, Zhang Fan, or even Feng Bao, they are not afraid of this, they are not worried about this.
In short, these people who came to beg for food originally came for Mao Zhengqing, but when they arrived here, they saw Zhang Fan and those soldiers.
Although Zhang Fan swaggered into the city and did not hide anything, but at the same time, they did not publicize anything, and even if Liu Xian had asked his soldiers to inspect the city just now, but this Yongning City is not small, in such a short period of time, there must be places where the soldiers did not inspect, so that some people do not know the news of Zhang Fan and their entry into the city, which is natural.
And on both sides, there was such a subtle "stalemate", and some people obviously knew the news of Zhang Fan's entry into the city, and whispered to those around them who didn't know.
And after such a while, it is obvious that the dispute is over, and more and more people find themselves hungry, and more and more people are gathered at this yamen.
It's just that these people still didn't speak, just stood like this, and they didn't know if it was because of these soldiers that they felt scared, or because they didn't see Mao Zhengqing, but they were replaced by Zhang Fan and three people, and these people didn't know what to tell them for a while.
However, obviously, as time progresses, this already hungry stomach cannot automatically become full, but will only become more and more hungry, and at such a time, where can people manage so much, therefore......
The next moment, someone wanted to come forward to speak, but they had barely taken a few steps when they were stopped by soldiers.
There wasn't any big dispute here, but how could Zhang Fan and the three of them not notice.
"Over there, what's going on," Liu Xian asked knowingly.
"Report to the general," the soldier turned to Liu Xian and said, "This man said he wanted food,"
And with the soldier's words, the other people present also heard it, and immediately, someone shouted "I want food too" and something like that, and the people behind may not have heard Liu Xian and the soldier's words at first, but they heard the people in front of them shouting for food, so these people also shouted.
It didn't take long for the shouts of food to be heard, and almost all the people who came here were shouting.
It doesn't matter if you shout, but as more and more people get there, the scene is getting a bit chaotic.
Seeing this, Zhang Fan and the three of them looked at each other and nodded, and Liu Xian stepped forward and shouted to them to calm down.
Speaking of which, Liu Xian's voice was originally not small, but even so, in the face of so many people, his voice could not overshadow them, but because these people who came to beg for food, because Mao Zhengqing was not here, when they were a little confused, they were also for Liu Xian, a newcomer, who was more powerful than Mao Zhengqing at first glance, but he was not familiar with whether he was a person who ate soft and was afraid of hard like Mao Zhengqing, so Liu Xian's words made the people who heard it at the front quiet, and this quiet, It also seemed to have a lot of contagion, as the people in front quieted down, the people behind gradually stopped shouting, and it didn't take long for someone here to whisper something, but no one shouted anymore.
"Everyone," Liu Xian saw that no one shouted, so he said, "You have suffered in the past few days, Ben will know that you are hungry now, plus you are all from the family, this kind of day, if there is no food to satisfy hunger, it is really not possible, so Ben Jiang has already asked Mao Zhifu to go to the treasury to fetch food, and please wait a while,"
As soon as Liu Xian's words fell, no one shouted anything, but they began to exchange ears in louder voices than just now.
The voices of these people were not deliberately concealed, so Zhang Fan could clearly hear what the person closest to them was saying.
Although they are not the same, most of them mean the same, that is, obviously these people don't believe in Mao Zhengqing, and even Liu Xian doesn't believe it, and some people even think that Liu Xian is colluding with Mao Zhengqing or something.
It can be seen that Mao Zhengqing is an official on weekdays, which is really a big problem, which has caused the people to complain so much.
Liu Xian sighed in his heart and continued: "Ben will know what you are worried about, but Ben will be able to guarantee that this time the grain will be returned to you, and the imperial court will not withhold a grain privately, I have heard before, those people have looted a total of 50,000 stone of grain from your hands, and Ben General has already ordered Mao Prefect to bring all the 50,000 stone grain and divide it equally among the people of the city,"
At this moment, the people present who heard the news were all stunned, and the next moment, they broke out, 50,000 stone grain, there are only more than 10,000 people in this Yongning Mansion, that is to say, everyone can get nearly five denier of grain, which is definitely a great thing.
Merely.
"No," a voice suddenly rang out, loud and angry, "how can you do that?"
"Who is speaking," Liu Xian was not angry, and asked loudly.
As Liu Xian's words fell, several people walked out of the crowd,