Chapter 17 Dingbian County

The grain was moved out one after another under the guidance of Wang County's order, and Li Yao asked, "How many loads of grain are there?" ”

The dog head groaned for a moment, big brother, it is estimated that there are two million quintals of grain here!

"How much?" Li Yao was surprised.

"Two million quintals!" The dog head repeated.

Li Yao said: "What crime should be sentenced to embezzlement of 2 million quintals of disaster relief grain!" ”

The dog head said: "According to the laws of the country, those who embezzle more than 1,000 quintals of grain and grass will be killed with a cane in public, their family property will be confiscated, and their children will be reduced to slavery!" ”

"If you embezzle a thousand loads, you can be killed with a cane in public, then he should die thousands of times." Li Yao said fiercely.

Big brother, it's not our responsibility to deal with these corrupt officials, we have already committed a big taboo by copying the homes of the court officials. If these people are executed, we will also suffer a lot.

Li Yao smiled mysteriously: "Who said that I want to execute these people!" ”

The dog head looked at Li Yao: "Then big brother, what do you mean ......?"

Li Yao looked outside the city and said, "Nearly a million refugees outside the city are hungry, if those refugees know that these people have embezzled food, I don't know what kind of drastic action the refugees will make." ”

The dog head smiled: "Big brother, then I'll arrange it!" ”

Two million quintals of grain cannot be carried by 3,000 city guards alone, even if each person carries one quintal, only 3,000 quintals can be moved at one time, and 3,000 quintals of grain is just a drop in the bucket for nearly a million refugees.

There was no way, Li Yao had no choice but to say to Li Feng: "You take half of the battalion of city guards, and select 10,000 refugees from outside to carry food into the city, remember to manage it well, if you coax the food, you will be executed on the spot!" ”

Li Feng clenched his fists and said, "Yes"

There are too many things on the county government's side, because the three officials are controlled, the county government is already in a state of paralysis, and it seems that he wants to strike first and immediately send someone to the royal capital to report.

The county Ling's family alone searched for two million loads of grain, and I don't know how much grain the other two bedbugs could find in their homes.

There are nearly a million refugees outside Dingbian County, Li Yao is wondering if he can eat so many people, he is only 300,000 people in Yi County, if they all move in, I am afraid it will be difficult to manage, but everything has advantages and disadvantages, and those who can escape from the famine are basically young and strong people. With a little self-management, the wealth created by these people is endless.

After the torture of the county magistrate and the county lieutenant just now, I learned that the two of them had 3.5 million quintals of grain, plus these 2 million quintals, and the 1.5 million quintals of grain that they were about to buy back, even if these nearly a million refugees were enough to eat for two years. Now the real question is how to transport these millions of loads of grain back if you want to transport it, if you accept refugees. His cheap dad probably allowed himself to take away the food for disaster relief, and if the newly sent county magistrate wanted to force these refugees to stay, then the food would probably not be able to be taken away.

It seems that all the problems will have to wait for the new county order to come over to solve, Li Yao called the dog head over and said: "These three scum will be kept first, I want to see if the new county order is disobedient, if not, these three people can kill chickens and monkeys, if they know each other, then I don't mind giving him some credit!" ”

The dog head nodded: "Master Hou, then let's go and copy the homes of these two people first, just now a total of 500,000 taels of silver were copied out in the county commander's house, I don't know how many things the other two can copy!" ”

500,000 taels of silver, Li Yao was surprised at first, and then smiled self-deprecatingly, thinking that he was a marquis, and he had only saved 500,000 taels over the years, and this small Qipin county order had actually accumulated wealth to such an extent, and he didn't know how far the people here had been squeezed.

With the city guards, the county and the county lieutenant copied the two families, and a total of 700,000 taels of silver were copied. One million two hundred thousand taels of silver were packed in more than 1,000 large boxes, and it seemed that he had to transport the silver back first, otherwise he would have to hand over these things to the state treasury when the new county order came.

The dog head said worriedly: "Master Hou, if you transport this more than one million trucks of silver back, will it make King Qi unhappy!" ”

Li Yao smiled: "If you don't say it, I won't say it, who will know how many things we have copied out in total!" ”

The dog head looked at the three people lying on the ground, and whispered to Li Yao: "They know! ”

Li Yao glanced at the three people: "They don't dare to say it!" Unless they don't want their heads, the matter of embezzling grain can be said to have become a private grain to protect their own people, if they have someone above them to defend it, this crime will not kill them, and if they dare to say that they have hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in their homes, they will be beheaded immediately! I think they'll understand. ”

The dog head smiled: "Big brother, then I'll enlighten them!" Let them know that we shipped the silver away to protect them, too! ”

Li Yao nodded: "Well, you go!" Things to do nicely! ”

Li Feng led 500 city guards to supervise the transportation of food by 10,000 refugees, and the hungry and crazy people could do anything, but after Li Feng cut off a few heads, the refugees obediently moved the grain, and hundreds of cauldrons were erected outside the city, and after 13,000 loads of rice were distributed, it was enough for these refugees to fill their stomachs.

The 10,000 refugees who carried grain were pulled together alone, and Li Yao personally went over and said: "You are carefully selected people, if you follow me, I will guarantee your food and drink, if you still want to be hungry, you can choose to leave." "How could a refugee who had just eaten a full meal leave, after a stick of incense, still no one moved. Li Yao smiled: "Since you have chosen to stay, then you must go according to my words, if you don't obey, I will cut off your heads!" ”

Refugees survived the famine, and countless others starved to death. Those who are accustomed to death are not afraid of death. So just now Li Yao said that if anyone who disobeys will be beheaded, it did not cause a commotion for them. It has been said that one of the most cruel ways to die in the world is to starve to death. The people who can carry it on the way to escape are all people who have experienced death, they have eaten a full meal today, and no one wants to be hungry anymore. They were tormented by the taste of hunger for months. So now they would rather have their heads cut off than leave to starve to death.

The trees outside Dingbian County are gone, the leaves have been eaten, the bark has been gnawed, and even the trunks have been burned as firewood for cooking. Hundreds of cauldrons cook porridge day and night, just to ensure that these nearly one million refugees have a stutter.

Li Yao had already arranged it when he divided the pot, and asked each 10,000-person team to choose a team of 100 people to manage the problem of the pot, and if which pot was not managed well, he would immediately cut off the food here.

Under the temptation of food, each hundred-man team managed each cauldron well.

The cauldron burned for a day, and 10,000 people drank an average of one bowl of porridge, which made Li Yao a little anxious, and it seemed that he was going to ask the rich here to borrow the pot.

Gathered the squires here overnight, and the squires here couldn't help but be a little afraid when they saw Ning Hou's iron-blooded methods, so when they heard that the Hou Ye asked them to borrow the pot, they enthusiastically donated. More than 1,000 cauldrons were gathered overnight.

Li Yao immediately divided these cauldrons, and in the morning, everyone could eat on average. Li Yao said that these days can only cook porridge and drink, because people who have been hungry for too long cannot eat too dry food, and people who have been hungry for a long time will have their stomachs ruptured if they eat food uncontrollably, which is to be strangled to death.

In fact, even if they drink porridge, some people have already been stripped to death, but it is much less than eating dry.

With food, these refugees naturally don't want to leave, and they have food every day, which makes these refugees feel at ease for a while.