Chapter 57 Measures
Originally, Zhou Man still muttered a little in his heart, quite a little whispering, of course, although he couldn't talk about being unhappy with Li Zhi, but he was still a little guilty, but at this time, Li Zhi actually explained to him as the king of letters, which made the little mustard in his heart disappear, and said respectfully, "Your Highness's grace, the humble duty is unforgettable, how can you think about it." ”
Li Zhi nodded lightly, and then sighed: "I didn't expect this Char to move so fast, so I ordered it to go down, and he was almost done." Looking at the good shed being built not far away, Li Zhi sighed.
"Yes, Your Highness, I heard that the Chamber of Commerce is also mobilizing a large amount of rice, pork and other grains from the warehouse to prepare for the relief of the victims, and a large number of victims have gathered outside the city and are rushing here." Zhou Man echoed at the moment.
As soon as Zhou Man's words fell, Li Zhi frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything, just nodded lightly and said, "Let's go, let's go shopping for a while." ”
Along the way, several people saw many ragged people moving forward in hunger and cold, the shops on both sides of the street were closed, and the former prosperity of the entire street had disappeared.
Turning an alley, Li Zhi led the two straight to another road.
Seeing this, Zhang Qingci asked, "Your Highness, are we going...?" ”
Zhou Man was quite familiar with the roads of Anxi City, and when he saw this situation, he said, "Your Highness is going to the Suxi Chamber of Commerce?" ”
"Hmm." Li Zhi nodded, and then continued to walk.
After a while, several people were dressed in snow white, turning another intersection like snowmen, and finally saw the location of the Suxi Chamber of Commerce.
Far away, you can see a large number of victims gathered at the entrance of the Chamber of Commerce.
Li Zhi immediately walked forward, and when he got closer, he saw that most of the victims in the crowd were looking miserable, their exposed skin in thin linen clothes was red from the cold, and a woman was crying with a baby waiting for breastfeeding in her arms.
Just when Li Zhi was stunned, the door of the Chamber of Commerce suddenly opened, and more than a dozen servants carried a few buckets of steaming white porridge on the steps of the gate, and after a while, a few more people walked out carrying several large drawers of white steamed buns.
Looking at the steaming steamed buns and the steaming white porridge, the victims' expressions finally changed, and they rushed over.
The scene began to get out of control, and the victims rushed to the steamed buns like crazy, and the servants in charge of the distribution were squeezed out before they had time.
Li Zhi looked at the out-of-control scene in front of him and frowned, and after thinking for a moment, he then took off the jade pendant exclusive to King Xin from his waist and handed it to Zhou Mandao: "Zhou Man, you immediately ride to the Shenwu Army camp in the southern suburbs, and order Zhu Kai to immediately mobilize a regiment of the Shenwu Army to enter Anxi City!" ”
"Yes!" Zhou Man also saw that the emotions of these victims seemed to be too excited, so the jade pendant nodded, but after taking the jade pendant, Zhou Man did not leave for a long time.
"Why don't you go soon?" Seeing this, Li Zhi frowned and said coldly.
Zhou Man hesitated, "Your Highness, I'm leaving, your safety is okay..."
But before he could continue to finish, Zhang Qingci interrupted him and snorted coldly, "Your Highness's safety is left to me, and Steward Zhou can rest assured to do what His Highness has given you!" Zhang Qingci was very unhappy with Zhou Man's neglect of her existence, so he said coldly.
Li Zhi smiled, glanced at Zhang Qingci, patted Zhou Man's shoulder and said, "You can rest assured, it is enough to protect this king with Qingci's skills, you can go quickly." Li Zhi was very satisfied with Zhou Man's attitude of worrying about his safety.
Zhou Man also reacted at this moment, he had already heard of it in the palace, Zhang Qingci, the daughter of Zhang Qing, the daughter of Zhang Zizhong's steward, was extraordinary, and four or five big men could not help it.
So Zhou Man bowed slightly and said with a smile, "Then, the safety of His Royal Highness will be handed over to the princess." Then he ran straight to the gate, and after a few words with the servant guarding the gate, he went in to look for the horse.
After Zhou Man left, Zhang Qingci snorted coldly, stomped his feet and said, "This bastard!" Then he turned his head to look at Li Zhidao, "Your Highness, you don't care about him, he said me." ”
"Haha, what did you say?" Li Zhi smiled lightly, pretending not to know and asked.
"Hmph." Zhang Qingci pouted and stopped talking, but his face was filled with a smile that could not be hidden.
Just as the two were joking, they saw another group of victims rushing not far away, the situation looked even more miserable than those in front of the Chamber of Commerce, these people seemed to be hungry, and rushed over with red eyes when they saw something to eat.
As a result, the two groups of people began to compete for food, and the newcomers desperately squeezed into the crowd, and the original victims were willing to give up their places, so that the front of the Chamber of Commerce was suddenly chaotic.
Seeing that there was a conflict in front of the door, the servant, who saw that the situation was wrong, immediately ran into the gate, and then with a boom, the door slowly closed.
When the victims saw that the relief workers had fled, the noise became louder and louder.
Li Zhi frowned slightly when he saw this, and was about to stand up from behind the crowd, but at this time, Zhang Qingci gently grabbed the corner of his clothes and said softly: "Your Highness, don't ... You see. ”
Li Zhi turned his head to look, only to see Char pushing open the door with a big horn in his hand and walking out.
Only then did Li Zhi realize that these servants had run in to move the rescuers, and they were quite clever.
Char looked at the noisy crowd in front of the gate, and the wooden barrel that had been knocked to the ground by the crowd, frowned, and then raised his head with a loudspeaker: "Quiet! ”
Perhaps it was because the sound transmission effect of the loudspeaker was very good, and the victims suddenly froze, stopped crowding, and looked at the person on the stage, wanting to hear what he wanted to say.
"Don't grab it, there's still food, there's more, everyone wait a while, just wait a while!"
Sure enough, when the victims heard that there was still something to eat, they stopped moving, but at this time, one of the victims asked, "How long will it take to eat?" ”
Char did not hesitate to say loudly: "The back kitchen is already cooking, please line up and receive it in an orderly manner!" It's all there, it's all there. ”
When the victims heard that they would have something to eat after a while, they calmed down one after another, and if they could have something to eat, who would want to work hard for a steamed bun, and gradually began to line up in an orderly manner.
Li Zhi stood at the back of the crowd and watched, nodding slightly, very satisfied with Char's unhurried performance.
After a while, as Char said, another group of servants came out with a few large buckets of white porridge and a few drawers of white steamed buns, and the victims began to get excited again when they saw these foods, but they still maintained that little bit of rationality and queued up in an orderly manner.
Char stood on the stage, looking at the dense crowd of victims below with a little regret in his heart, these victims may still be a happy and harmonious family before this heavy snowfall, maybe life will be a little unsatisfactory on weekdays, but the home still exists, but this merciless snow has displaced them and become a member of the world's many rootless duckweed.
Suddenly, Char's eyes saw Li Zhi in the crowd, and he was about to shout, but when he saw Li Zhi stop in front of his mouth with his finger and make a gesture, Char didn't shout.
Li Zhi didn't want to be overwhelmed by the dense crowd, so he stopped Char's movements.
Char watched the steps for a moment, called a clever servant to keep order, and left.
Seeing that the mood of the victims had stabilized, Li Zhi and Zhang Qingci entered the Chamber of Commerce through the back door.
As soon as he thought of this, Li Zhi couldn't help but laugh, this is the second time he has come to the Chamber of Commerce, but every time he enters through the back door, it is really embarrassing.
After entering the back door, I saw that Char was already waiting in the backyard, and when he saw Li Zhi, Char bowed down and said, "Your Highness." ”
"Hmm." Li Zhi responded lightly, then walked into Char, patted his clothes gently, and said, "You did a good job just now, otherwise it would not be good for these victims to mess up." ”
"It is the duty of a humble duty to be able to share the worries of His Highness." Char said softly.
Li Zhi laughed, pointed his finger at Char and scolded with a smile, "You are really becoming more and more proficient in these polite words to my Great Xia!" Then he added, "It's efficient, Char!" ”
As soon as Li Zhi's words came out, Char was a little puzzled, and carefully thought about whether there was anything out of line, and then thought for a while and didn't think of it, so he hurriedly asked: "What does Your Highness mean by this?" ”
"Hey, Char, I'm going to criticize you for this, you've learned too much." Li Zhi said unhappily, and then said, "In the morning, didn't you do a good job of what this king told you to do?" ”
Char paused, and then chuckled, "Your Highness is falsely praised, and the humble position is only to set up a porridge shed in front of the Chamber of Commerce, as well as at the east market, the west market, and the city gates, presumably it should have been completed by now." ”
After listening to what Char said, Li Zhi hurriedly asked, "Are there only porridge sheds in these places?" ”
Char thought that Li Zhi was too little, so he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, don't worry, these are just the first batch of porridge sheds to be built, and they will be added in the future." ”
Li Zhi waved his hand, and then said: "On the way to this king just now, I found that there were porridge sheds being built not far from the palace. ”
Char's eyes widened and he exclaimed, "Your Highness, this is impossible, the point we set is not there." ”
"That's not all, they also said that the chamber of commerce is mobilizing a large amount of rice and pork from the warehouse for disaster relief, and a large number of people from outside the city are rushing to the city."
Char was completely stunned, and explained again and again: "Your Highness, the Chamber of Commerce has never arranged it like this, you said that some white porridge and steamed buns are enough for this disaster relief, how can you say that pork is possible." ”
"This king knows that this matter has nothing to do with you, someone must be secretly calculating the Chamber of Commerce, more precisely, he is calculating this king, and wants the victims to attack this king and discredit the chamber of commerce."
"Your Highness, how should this be?" Zhang Qingci leaned on Li Zhi and asked with concern.
Li Zhi looked at Zhang Qingci and said softly: "Don't worry, I have my own countermeasures." Then he said to Char: "What about the grain reserves?" ”
Char thought for a moment, and then said, "Your Highness, it can sustain two thousand people for ten days. ”
"No, this is not enough, you immediately go down and arrange, find a way to buy more food, in the province, if not, buy it from other provinces, even if it is purchased at a higher price, you must ensure an adequate supply of food."
"Yes!" Char replied repeatedly, then turned around and went to make arrangements.
After Char walked away, Zhang Qingci asked with concern, "Your Highness, why do you need more food?" ”
Li Zhi smiled faintly and said, "I'm short of people, so someone will send someone to this king, why not do it?"
PS: There was a little problem with the name of the chapter in the previous chapter.,It's been changed.,Today is the second day of the National Day.,I wish everyone all the best.,More and more happy!