After a long time, in the explanation of the two with some sobs, Chao Gai understood what was going on.

It turned out that there was a drought in the spring this year, but there was a lot of rain in late spring and early summer. The Yellow River flooded, passing through the surrounding counties of Juancheng and Juye, and later flowed through Yuncheng, submerging a large number of villagers in Qiangeying, Yangzhuang, Qiandouzhuang and other villages in Chengguan Town, which is located on the bank of the Yellow River in Yuncheng County.

The farmer, who saw that the harvest was about to be harvested, was washed away by a heavy flood, and there was no harvest in these fields on the bank of the Yellow River. Suddenly, the farmer who was submerged in the village was in a hurry, and the two families in front of them were the hardest hit areas, and now even the surplus was about to bottom out, so the two of them got along like this, thinking that they could save some food and take the time to send the dry food that was easy to save home, so as not to starve to death at home.

"How so?" When Chao Gai heard this, he couldn't help frowning. He hadn't heard of any of these things.

"This is true", Wu Yong sighed lightly: "I have heard it before, but these villages are next to the Yellow River, and there are some other villages between them and our cottage, so I didn't pay much attention to it."

When Chao Gai heard this, he nodded immediately. Although the former Geying, Yangzhuang, and Qiandouzhuang are not far from Liangshan, they are all on the other side of Dongxi Village and Xixi Village, so Liangshan did not pay much attention to the movements there.

"If such a natural disaster has occurred, the state government should have allocated relief food for this disaster, right?" Chao Gai looked at the two people in front of him and asked again.

"Brother Mingjian", one of them said: "Before, the Baozheng of several of our villages went to the county office, but they were all blocked for some reason, and after that, I never heard any news again. When the brothers in several of our villages heard that the brothers in the cottage were in charge of food and housing, many brothers followed us up the mountain."

"Let the three brothers Xiao Rang, Jin Dajian, and Ma Ling go to investigate", Chao Gai heard this, muttered slightly, and then said to Wu Yong. Then he turned and left.

When the two saw that Chao Gai didn't send them down, they were both grateful and ashamed in their hearts, and thanked Chao Gai again and again.

"You two come with me, and later you will be the guides, leading the three leaders to find out, there must be no mistake", Wu Yong said as he looked at the two of them.

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"The three virtuous brothers have worked hard all the way, please sit down."

In the Gathering Hall, Chao Gai and other leaders were all sitting, but the atmosphere at the moment was a little dull. Such a situation is rare in Liangshanbo.

"How is such an official government that does not make decisions for the people and regards the lives of the people as mustard?"

Unexpectedly, it was Lu Zhishen who took the lead in breaking the silence and slapped the table fiercely, with an angry look on his face.

Shicai Xiao Rang, Jin Dajian and Ma Ling have just returned, because Chao Gai is in a hurry, the three of them received Chao Gai's instructions at noon yesterday, so they went down the mountain to find out the news, all the way non-stop, Shi Cai just returned to Liangshan, did not stop for a moment, and rushed to report to Chao Gai.

According to the news of Xiao Rang and the three people, it is true that as Chao Gai said when he met the two people in the gang room before, several villages near the bank of the Yellow River in Yuncheng County have been affected to varying degrees, especially in the past, Geying, Yangzhuang, Qiandouzhuang and other low-lying villages were even more seriously affected.

Originally, the harvest in these two years was not good, and the harvest of the dealers in the field was generally not as good as in previous years. Coupled with the various taxes imposed by the imperial court, the villagers of these villages were already miserable, and now they saw that there was a flood before the harvest, and many of the fertile fields of the village name were instantly turned into swamps, and there was no harvest, and some families even had problems eating.

What is even more infuriating is that the government has only partially affected the disaster and suppressed the matter, and has not opened the official warehouse for relief. It was the Baozheng of these villages who went to the county government to jointly ask the government for relief, but they were blocked by some officers and soldiers, and they couldn't even enter the gate of your county government.

It is true that only a few villages were affected by the disaster, but many of them are directly facing livelihood problems. But the attitude of the government now is really chilling.

"It seems that the whitewashing of the Great Song Dynasty is not only the exclusive means of those ministers of the court," Lin Chong also sighed as he spoke. In the capital before, he had long been accustomed to such whitewashing of the peace, but he didn't want to be the same in this small Yuncheng County.

"The world is as black as a crow", Wu Yong couldn't help but look angry.

Before, he still wanted to gain fame by virtue of his talent, but he didn't want to be hacked. Thinking about it, I feel that this is a kind of luck, glad that I did not enter that dirty occasion, deceit, intrigue, power and profit, and seniority.

And now that he has come to Liangshan, he has won the trust of Brother Chao Gai, and he has a group of brothers who are close friends. Although it is a reputation for being a grasshopper, he lives a chic and casual life.

Perhaps, this is God's arrangement, and there is providence in the dark.

"I said why the black guy Song Jiang can eat well in the county office, it turns out that it is really a raccoon dog, embarrassed, there is no good official, clean official", Ruan Xiaoer couldn't help but say indignantly.

"Hmph", Xiao Rang heard this, took over the conversation and said: "Good officials and clean officials have been harmed by those traitorous officials, where are there any clean officials, it is already very good to be able to protect themselves wisely."

"Fu Bo", Chao Gai was silent for a long time, but at this time, he looked at Fu Bo, who was silent on the side, and said: "When will the rent of those fields on the village be collected?" ”

Hearing this, Fauber was stunned: "Now it is close to the harvest of the crops, at most two months, and it can be handed over if you want to come."

Saying that, Fu Bo seemed to understand what Chao Gai meant, and said to Chao Gai with some uncertainty: "What the owner means ......"

"The government doesn't care about the lives and deaths of the people", Chao Gai said in a deep voice: "I Liangshan can't sit idly by. Otherwise, wouldn't the banner set up by my Liangshan to act for heaven and ask for the people's lives be in vain and make people laugh? ”

"Then the three brothers, Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian, drew up a charter as soon as possible, and I Liangshan allocated part of the surplus grain to help the affected people. Let's get them through this for a while."

In addition, Daoist Ma Ling is responsible for finding out the news, and the Ruan family brothers are responsible for transporting grain down the mountain. In my opinion, relief grain and rice can be distributed at the hotel under the mountain, and the three brothers Zhu Guixian, Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian are specifically responsible, and the pedantic and virtuous brothers will deal with it as a whole."

"Brother", Wu Yong heard this, but his face was embarrassed, and he said with some hesitation: "Brother Bodhisattva heart, how dare we disobey." It's just that if it goes on like this, the loss of the cottage is too great. Can grain and rice be distributed to the affected people in the name of borrowing grain, so that new grain can be harvested up the mountain to make up for the shortage? After all, the daily expenses of the cottage are getting bigger and bigger, not to mention that if it goes on like this, I'm afraid someone will profit from it."

Hearing this, Chao Gai groaned slightly, and then nodded: "According to what the pedant said, just don't be too rigid, and focus on disaster relief." If it's really hard to repay, that's it."

Wu Yong reminded him well, now is the time when the cottage is growing stronger and stronger, and all the materials in the cottage are his previous furniture. Although there is a lot of storage, the daily expenses are by no means insignificant. There will always be a time when the gold and silver mountains will be exhausted, and he is now supplying the entire Liangshan with the power of one person.