Then, Li Yi walked up to the young man who was still guarding his mother's corpse and wept bitterly, and asked with concern: "Child, you can't cry anymore, after so long, your body is going to cry badly." Alas! People can't be resurrected after death, and your mother doesn't want you to be too sad under Jiuquan! ”

"Child, where are you from, what is your name, and do you have any relatives at home? When your mother is buried, you can go back to Ningzhou with me! I'll take good care of you. ”

The young man raised his head, wiped away his tears, and replied with sobs: "My mother calls me Yang'er, and also calls me Xu Lingzi, my family was originally in the Guanzhong area, and the family was quite passable, but later my father died, and I lived with my mother and sister." ”

"After that, the Guanzhong area was in chaos, bandits looted everywhere, killed innocents at will, and the family really couldn't stay, so my mother took me and my sister to flee to Shuzhong, but I didn't admit that my sister was lost in the middle, and my mother and I had to live in southern Sichuan."

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that there was a major drought in southern Sichuan in the past two years, and we didn't know how we survived these two years, until we couldn't stand it anymore, and our mother and wife had to come here with the flow of refugees."

"Fortunately, I was taken in by Dashuai, and I finally found a place to stay, but I didn't expect my mother to leave again, I... I...... Woooooo ”

As he spoke, the emaciated teenager began to sob and cry again.

Li Yi looked at the young man in rags and grime, and saw that although he was scattered and depressed, he had a delicate appearance and a clear and organized thinking, as if there was a special temperament in his bones that attracted him, and he suddenly had some kind of indescribable good impression of him.

Judging from his speech and demeanor, he must not be an ordinary child, otherwise he would not have this kind of down-to-earth temperament and eloquence with a clear narrative.

Li Yi then asked, "Xu Yanzi, have you ever read a book?" ”

Xu Yanzi nodded and said sadly: "Hmm! I just learned a little from my mother, who always taught my sister and me to study hard and be useful people like my father. But, I... Woohoo......"

Halfway through speaking, he began to weep sadly.

Li Yi patted him on the shoulder with regret and comforted him: "Child, it's useless to just know that crying, depending on your age, you are also a little man, how can you say cry and cry?" The most important thing now is to bury your mother, and let her be buried in the ground. ”

"Okay, I'll send two people to help you, and after taking care of your mother's funeral, they will take you to Ningzhou to find me. Follow me from now on. You are not a child anymore, you must learn to be strong in the face of all this! ”

Seeing that he stretched out his hand to wipe away his tears and stopped crying, Li Yi relieved himself.

waved his hand and called two pro-soldiers, asking them to work with Qian Cong to help Xu Yanzi take care of his mother's funeral, and then take him to Ningzhou to settle in the Xuanfu envoy.

After explaining all this, Li Yi planned to rush back to Ningzhou immediately to arrange the imminent epidemic prevention preparations.

You must know that the medicinal materials on these recipes, according to the current number of hungry people, their dosage is undoubtedly very huge.

Yunnan's inventory is definitely insufficient, and it is necessary to immediately arrange for manpower to purchase everywhere, and to prevent the price of medicinal materials from skyrocketing and harming the interests of the common people.

This matter is urgent, and we can't delay it at all, and the better it will be for us to prepare early.

Li Yi didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly led everyone to Ningzhou non-stop.

As soon as he returned to the Xuanfu Embassy, Li Yi immediately ordered all the officials to be summoned to the palace to discuss matters, saying that there was something important to announce to everyone.

Since many officials were already busy in the streets to deal with the swarming starvation, it took more than half an hour to gather the personnel.

Li Yi didn't talk any more nonsense, but said straight to the point: "Yunnan has received tens of thousands of hungry people at once this time, and you have already begun to be busy with the food and resettlement of the hungry people. ”

"In addition to the more than 10,000 hungry people received by the three counties such as Huize County, there are more than 40,000 hungry people who will soon arrive in Ningzhou."

"We have a heavy burden, the situation we are facing is very serious, and there is a greater danger that may come, knowing that there are so many hungry people, no one can guarantee that there will be a large-scale epidemic, which is a dangerous hidden danger that cannot be ignored at all."

"So I ask you to cheer up and work together to grasp the epidemic prevention work, this is a major event related to the life and death of Yunnan, and there must not be any luck mentality."

"This time I happened to meet Mr. Xuanyuan Shu, a Lingnan divine doctor, in Dongchuan County, and he personally handed me two prescriptions, which are the world's best prescriptions for preventing and curing plague."

"His old man should be more clear to everyone here, he has practiced medicine in various parts of Lingnan for decades, treated a large number of poor and sick people, and this time he offered his painstaking research prescription, which can be said to be our great benefactor in Yunnan."

"He is still walking around Yunnan, and I hope that when you see his old man, you will sincerely thank him and provide him with all the conveniences nearby."

"Although the prescription is already available, we must know that we in Yunnan have not prepared so many medicinal materials. While solving the problem of feeding the hungry people, the most important thing now is to be able to collect enough medicinal materials, so you should brainstorm and find a way to solve this problem, and do your best to raise enough medicinal materials as quickly as possible. Whatever approach is taken, this important thing must be put in place. ”

"After a while, I will hand over the prescription to Lord Lin, and he will consider the purchase of medicinal materials as a whole. If you have any good suggestions, you can put them forward, as long as it is beneficial to the hungry people and the epidemic prevention work, and can receive certain results, this commander will reward him heavily. ”

"In addition, there is no good way to resettle the hungry, and I don't know what good plan you have."

"Lord Qian, how is the current resettlement of the hungry people going? Are there any difficulties? ”

Qian Shitang looked worried, and said gloomily: "Back to the marshal, since it is said that there are still more than 40,000 hungry people pouring into Ningzhou, this relief and resettlement work can only be said to be very arduous. ”

"From the current point of view, there are only a few thousand people who arrived in Ningzhou in advance, and even so, the large and small monasteries in Ningzhou have been used, and there are still many places where refugees have not settled."

Xia Guan was thinking about whether to arrange the east and west school fields. But the most difficult thing is that there is a lack of shelter in these places, and the number of people who are resettled may not be large. I heard that there are probably some tents in the barracks, and the marshal will see if he can transfer them to Ningzhou to temporarily relieve the urgent need! ”

Li Yi nodded and said, "There is no problem with this, just let General Jian send someone to transport the tents to the east and west school fields, and transport as many as you want, and use them as much as possible." If anyone else has any other good ideas, let's hear about them. ”

When He Shoujie heard this, he stood up and said: "Dashuai, according to what the lower officials can see, Sun Thief's pseudo-palace is still idle, we might as well make use of it and let the victims move in, and how many thousands of people can be accommodated, I don't know what the Dashuai wants?" ”

Li Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, and was about to open his mouth to express his approval, but he didn't expect that there was already a lot of discussion below, and some people even loudly expressed their opposition, thinking that handing over the puppet palace to the hungry people was tantamount to transgressing the rules and illegality, and if the court blamed it, officials at all levels in Yunnan would be unbearable.

Some people even thought that handing over the splendid palace to the filthy and hungry people was a desecration of the majesty of the imperial court, and that it was a great disrespect, so it should never be done.

Li Yi listened to their discussions silently, and was very angry in his heart, these dogs looked down on people with low eyes, and they looked down on these hungry people in distress at all.

Presumably, in their minds, being able to give these hungry people a bite to eat is considered a very generous almsgiving, depending on the situation, there should be many people who hold this view.

But now is the time to employ people, of course Li Yi can't reprimand them sharply, so that these people will complain.

So Li Yi just waved his hand to stop their argument and said, "Don't fight anymore, General He's suggestion, this Shuai thinks it's still more feasible." ”