Shi Min looked at the refugees gathered outside the city, and his heart became more and more worried.

"General, we don't have much food and grass left! If you count these refugees, it will be enough to eat for more than ten days at most. Qin Huaishan said, sighed, and said: "From the initial thousands of people to the current hundreds of thousands, it is difficult for us to reverse the situation on our own. ”

"What did Zhang Bao say? When will the imperial court allocate grain? Shi Min asked again.

"Zhang Bao sent a letter this morning, saying that he was raising grain and grass."

"Raising food and grass? How to raise it? More than 20 days have passed since the flood, and people are dying here every day, but the court has not moved! ”

"I heard that the treasury is empty, and the household department can't get food, and even if it does, it is very limited, Zhang Bao seems to have ordered Wu Liang to buy grain from the Jin people in the south."

"What? Now to buy food? Shi Min was a little angry, and said: "Bringing grain from the Jin Kingdom in the south will take at least two or three months, and when the grain arrives, the sky will fall!" ”

"There's no way, when the first emperor was here, he built a lot of construction and spent extravagantly, and the accounts of the household department were originally rotten accounts! Last year's fresh grain and grass have been pulled out of the teeth! Nowadays, the rations of these hundreds of thousands of people are indeed difficult to solve for a while. ”

"Where is the county warden of Handan? For so many days, why haven't you seen him show up? Shi Min suddenly turned around and asked.

Zhang Mufeng and the others looked at each other and said that they were not very clear.

"Send someone to the county guard's mansion! As a local parent official, he didn't even show his face when such a thing happened, what is going on? ”

"No need!" Wang Shicheng's voice suddenly came.

Hearing Wang Shicheng's voice, Shi Min turned around and asked, "Third uncle!" What's going on? ”

"I just came from the county guard's mansion!" Wang Shicheng looked like a servant, took a sip of water, threw the water bladder to his subordinates, and said to Shi Min: "The county guard of Handan said that this matter is not in his hands, because these refugees are not from Handan. ”

"What?" When Shi Min heard this, he almost vomited blood, and immediately said to Zhang Mufeng: "Prepare the horse!" ”

"Xiao Min, where are you going?"

"I'm going to meet this county keeper!" Shi Min said without replying.

In the county guard's mansion, singing and dancing, warblers and swallows, and the bleak scene outside Handan City, there is no trace here.

"My lord, what do you think of this new batch of dancing girls?"

The county guard stroked his beard with a smile and said, "You have a good eye!" The women I picked are okay! ”

"My lord, just now Wang Shicheng came, you sent him away with a few words, amazing! Terrible! A middle-aged Qiang official said, holding up a wine glass.

"Hehe, the flood didn't happen on the official's land, the old boys in Neihuang didn't care if they lived or died, what did the official go to join in?" The county warden said.

"If you want to say that Wang Shicheng is true, this matter has nothing to do with them in the first place, I don't have that ability, and I have to take the matter down."

"That was all Shi Zhan's son's idea! This kid is a virtue with Shi Zhan! ”

"But my lord, the lower officials also feel a little strange, why has the imperial court not allocated food and silver for so many days? Not even a single paperwork. ”

The county guard glanced at him and said, "Who told you that there is no paperwork on it?" ”

The man was stunned for a moment and asked, "My lord, did you tell me that there are instructions from above?" ”

"The paperwork is there, but this instruction is just!" As he spoke, the county keeper took out a letter from his sleeve, patted it on the table, pointed to it and said to the man, "See for yourself!" ”

The man walked up to the county guard, opened the letter, and couldn't bear to say, "Let us see and help ourselves?" Waiting for the imperial court to transfer grain? ”

"See?" The county keeper reached out and took the letter back and took it back.

"What kind of instruction is this?"

The county guard sneered and said, "That's why this official said, this is a!" ”

"But fortunately, this flood did not happen in Handan, otherwise it would ......"

"Shut your crow's mouth!" The county guard scolded: "Do you want this official to touch the mold!" ”

"No, no, no!" The man waved his hand again and again and said, "Xiaguan heard that Handan has not been flooded for thousands of years, so how can it be a good flood?" The river is still some way away! ”

"Such a thankless thing, the official is too lazy to get involved, anyway, most of the people who died outside are Han Chinese! The official pretended not to see it. ”

"But the refugees outside the city have wanted to enter Handan City many times, let's ......"

"Your Excellency!" A subordinate ran over in a hurry.

"What's so flustered!" The county guard rebuked with a straight face.

"Lord Qiqi, Xihuahou is here!"

"Xihuahou? What is he here for? The county keeper was a little surprised.

"The villain doesn't know ...... very well"

"My lord, I heard that although this Shi Min is not very old, he is old and spicy, and he is much more ruthless than that Wang Shicheng!"

The county guard disagreed, and snorted coldly: "So what? The official is still afraid that he will not succeed? Walk! Go meet him! ”

As soon as the words fell, a noisy voice came from afar: "Master Hou, you can't go in!" ”

"Get out of the way! Tell you county guards to come out quickly! Shi Min shouted.

When the county guard and several other officials heard this, they immediately got up, and before they could go out, Shi Min broke into the door and made a "knock" knock, which made those dancing girls frightened.

"Lord Lin! You're laid-back! Shi Min was dressed in military uniform and said to the county guard Lin Yan solemnly.

"Yo, it turned out to be Master Hou! Why did you come here all of a sudden? Lin Junshou immediately changed into a smiling face and greeted him with a smile.

"Ben Hou just wants to ask, what does the county guard plan to do with those refugees outside Handan City?"

"Disposition?" Lin Yan smiled, pretended to be unclear, and asked, "Master Hou, the lower officials don't seem to understand what you mean!" ”

Shi Min looked at Lin Yan with anger in his eyes, frowned slightly, and said, "Lord Lin, there are hundreds of thousands of refugees at your doorstep who are not clothed and hungry, so you plan to ignore it?" ”

"Tube? Xia Guan also wants to manage it, but how to manage it? There is no food on the top, and there is no silver on the top, and the lower officials are more than willing but not enough! Lin Yan smiled, looked at Shi Min sloppily unhurriedly, and said: "But then again, Master Hou, these people are not from the lower officials, and in the final analysis, they are not under the control of the lower officials!" ”

"Neihuang is indeed not under your jurisdiction, but now that hundreds of thousands of people have fled to your territory, do you want to see death and not save you!" Shi Min asked.

"Ouch, feed my Hou Ye, can you button your hat for the lower official, it's not that the lower official doesn't want to take care of it, but he can't take care of it! What do you say I do? I didn't get anything from above! ”

"The people outside the city have been staying for seven or eight days, and you said that the above did not allocate food to you, and I agree, but as the county guard of Handan, you have not shown up so far, but are hiding here! Lord Lin, I guess you haven't seen the scene of mourning, right? ”

Lin Yan smiled and said, "Master Hou, if you can't control it, you can't manage it, let's have to live this day!" Could it be that they are hungry, and you don't eat yet? ”

"Presumptuous! How to talk to our generals! Zhang Mufeng scolded.

Lin Yan glanced at Zhang Mufeng, and then said with a smile to Shi Min: "Master Hou, the lower officials are telling the truth, let's wait for the imperial court to allocate the food and silver for disaster relief!" Don't take this on your own! Come on, come on! Now that you're here, let's eat and drink! ”

Shi Min glared at him and said, "Benhou is not as Yaxing as Lord Junshou!" Since the county keeper said that the above did not give you support, then please ask the county keeper to come forward and ask the squires of Handan to donate some food to relieve the people outside the city! It's not that hard, right? ”

"Master Hou has commanded, the lower officials will naturally do it! Of course, how much this guy is willing to pay, the lower officials can't care! Lin Yan looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water.

Shi Min pursed his lips, glanced at the people present, and said coldly: "Ben Hou is waiting for the good news of the adults outside the city!" Leave! ”

"Don't send it to Master Hou! Walk slowly! Lin Yan smiled playfully at the backs of Shi Min and the others.