Hu Yanzhuo had just finished writing a letter to his family, and Ruan's three heroes, Zou Yuan, and Zou Run came up.

Before the expedition, Gao Yu naturally did not want Hu Yanzhuo to write a military order alone, and the brothers Dang Shiying and Dang Shixiong also made military orders.

Under the persuasion of everyone, Dang Shiying also surrendered, and then volunteered to persuade Dang Shixiong who stayed in the camp.

Shi Jin didn't doubt him, and immediately asked people to send Dang Shiying out of the berth.

When Dang Shiying got out of the water, he hurried to the camp.

Dang Shixiong was waiting for news in the camp, and when he saw his brother coming back, he couldn't help but wonder: "Why did my brother come back so quickly?" ”

Dang Shiying said: "We were blocked in the reeds by the Liangshan army, and several boats were scuttled from the bottom of the water by them, so we had no choice but to land." General Huyan and I have already joined the gang in Liangshan, and my brother can't go back after this defeat, so why don't you go to Liangshan with me? ”

Dang Shixiong listened, nodded and said, "If you can't go back left and right, let's make a place with my brother." ”

Dang Shiying said with a smile: "Okay, then our brother will also be a good man in Liangshan in the future, and we will not be angry with Gao Yu." Liangshan doesn't want soldiers and horses from the imperial court, but the horses and armor in the camp can be used. I'll go and invite the soldiers and horses of Liangshan to come, and then you will order the soldiers and horses in the camp to abandon their armor and go back. ”

"Okay."

The two discussed, and Dang Shiying quickly returned to Shuibo to explain the situation.

Shi Jin was also overjoyed when he heard that there were more than 2,000 war horses in the camp, and immediately personally brought Lin Chong, Luda, Shi Yong, Zhou Tong, Li Zhong, and Liu Tang down the mountain.

Waiting for the Liangshan soldiers and horses to arrive outside the camp, Dang Shixiong ordered the officers and men in the battalion to abandon their weapons and surrender.

The Tokyo forbidden army saw that Liangshan's soldiers and horses had forced out of the camp, and knew that Liangshan would release them. It was immediately lowered, and anyway, the blame would be borne by the party Shixiong who ordered the abandonment of the weapon.

This battle. Liangshan can be described as a complete victory, and the navy army lost dozens of people. He defeated an army of 10,000 and captured more than 2,000 horses and countless armor.

The cottage also added Hu Yanzhuo, Dang Shiying, and Dang Shixiong.

That night, the cottage celebrated again.

Everyone ate happily, and when Shi Jin was about to go back to the courtyard, he heard a person on the side: "I don't know how many people will starve to death this year!" ”

Shi Jin turned his head to see that it was Gongsun Shengzheng who was looking up at the sky, so he walked up to him and said, "Could it be that there is a big disaster this year?" ”

Gongsun Sheng nodded and said: "There was only one snow last winter, and there is little rain in spring this year, I asked Brother Zhang Qing to investigate, and the northern state capital is basically like this." I am afraid that there will be a major drought this year. Tong Guan is now using troops in the west. Many Yicang warehouses in various places have been stolen and sold by corrupt officials, and the imperial court is afraid that there will not be much food relief, and I don't know how many people will starve to death. ”

Shi Jin heard Gongsun Sheng say this, so he said: "Since this is the case, then we will buy more grain, and when the disaster is serious, we will take it out to help the people." Let's go and discuss with Mr. Wu to see how much money the cottage can take out to buy food. ”

Gongsun Sheng saw that Shi Jin decided to buy food for disaster relief without the slightest consideration, and couldn't help but say: "My brother is so benevolent. It is a blessing for the people. ”

Shi Jin said with a smile: "You and my brother won't talk about these nonsense, let's go to Mr. Wu." ”

Gongsun Sheng nodded and said, "Okay, there was little snow last winter, after the beginning of spring." I asked people to buy tens of thousands of stones of grain. Some large grain traders have also seen that this year's harvest is not good, and the price of grain has risen by 30% these days. If you bought the grain earlier, you can make a lot of money by selling it now. ”

Shi Jin was a little surprised: "I don't want the Taoist to have such a business mind." But this calamity is ill-gotten gain, if it were not for the profiteers. Natural disasters don't have to be so terrible. ”

Gongsun Sheng nodded and said: "Most of the natural disasters are man-made disasters, profiteers and officials. They only care about their own pockets and official positions, and they don't care about the lives of the victims. If they can be as benevolent as their elder brother, with the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty, no matter how big the disaster is, not many people will starve to death. ”

Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng went up the mountain together, and the courtyard was also next to each other.

While the two were talking, they had already walked outside Wu Yong's courtyard.

Wu Yong had just entered the house, and when he heard Gongsun Sheng calling the door, he came out to open the door.

Seeing the two of them, he smiled and said, "My brother and the Taoist chief came together, it must be the idea of beating my treasury, right?" ”

Gongsun Sheng had to deal with Wu Yong every time he bought grain and grass, and he also had a headache with Wu Yong's tight hands, and said with a smile: "This time, my brother is in charge, and I will definitely empty your treasury." ”

When Wu Yong heard this, he hurriedly laughed and said: "The two subordinates are merciful, let me guard a few empty treasury, then life is better than death." ”

The three of them entered the house, and Gongsun Sheng told his speculation again.

Wu Yong said with a headache: "Two months ago, you told me about this, and you have used up all the 100,000 yuan quota that my brother gave you." Coupled with the seizure of Zhujiazhuang, now the cottage also has 200,000 stone grain, right? ”

Gongsun Sheng said with a smile: "The cottage granary does have 200,000 stone of grain, but my brother wants to prepare for the relief of the victims, and 200,000 stone is not enough." ”

Wu Yong listened, and asked Shi Jin tentatively: "How much money is my brother going to take out for disaster relief?" ”

Shi Jin smiled: "How much money is left in the treasury now?" ”

Wu Yongdao: "It's less than 750,000 guan, he has already spent 100,000 guan to buy grain, and after several battles, he has been rewarded and beneficial, and there are rewards for the New Year, and the cost of the cottage is not small." This time, the reward of the navy is not yet counted. ”

Shi Jin thought for a while and said, "In this way, let's take 600,000 yuan out to buy grain first." ”

Wu Yong couldn't help but feel pain when he heard this: "Defeating Hu Yanzhuo this time, I can't say that the imperial court will send a large army, should we leave some more money for backup." And isn't my brother still ready to change the way the cottage divides gold and silver? We also need to save some money for us. ”

Shi Jin said with a smile: "It's enough to leave more than 100,000 yuan, and when it's not enough, I'll go and fight a few more big victims." If you can save one more person, you can save one more person. ”

Wu Yong saw that Shi Jin had already made up his mind, so he had no choice but to say: "Brother is benevolent and righteous, but Xiaosheng has lost his mind." ”

The three of them chatted a little more, and then went to rest.

The next day, Gongsun Sheng received money from Wu Yong and asked the cottage merchants to go around and buy grain.

Let's say that the news of Hu Yanzhuo's defeat again came back to Tokyo, and Gao Yu immediately sent someone to take Hu Yanzhuo's family, but Zhu Gui had already taken the lead and moved Hu Yanzhuo's family.

The families of the brothers Dang Shiying and Dang Shixiong were also moved back to the mountain by Yang Lin first.

Gao Yu still wanted to use troops again, but Tong Guan fought with Western Xia in the west, spending countless money and food, and Cai Jing was busy dealing with the upcoming disaster relief, so he postponed the use of troops.

In late April, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the drought is visible to the naked eye.

The crops in the fields died, and even cracks appeared, and even the water surface of Liangshan Shuibo dropped a lot, and the ships of the navy could only moor outside the water village.

In May, Shi Jin asked Zhang Qing to set up a porridge shed outside the Lijia Road Crossing and began to provide free porridge and steamed buns. At the same time, people continue to set up grass huts outside the water.

Because the surface of the beach has shrunk a lot, Liangshan does not have to encroach on the people's fields to build houses, although the crops in the fields have long since died.

However, except for the occasional people from the nearby villages, there were no gatherings of disaster victims.

However, the grain stores in various places have a price a day.

By June, the state capitals were starting to see the flood.

Most of the people's homes have already eaten up their food stocks, but the price of grain has already more than doubled that of last year, and many people have run out of food.

Cai Jing ordered all localities to limit grain prices, but those corrupt officials colluded with grain merchants, how could they really suppress grain prices, and the imperial court would never release grain at this time.

This year, many state capitals in the north are close to harvesting, and the south is only a normal year, at least until next summer.

Now the disaster relief will begin, how can the imperial court have so much food.

The court did not release grain, so the people had to dig up some wild vegetables and tree bark to satisfy their hunger.

The people near Liangshan Shuibo are better, they have received a lot of relief from Liangshan, and their families have some surplus money, although the price of food is high, but no one wants to leave their family business to live by Shuibo.

In July, the floodwaters began to see people one after another.

These victims were all people from villages a little farther away, and they were the first to rush over after hearing the news of the disaster relief in Liangshan.

After the autumn, more and more people were affected in various places, and more and more people gathered near the berth, and more people came from all directions.

In order to prevent the victims from fighting, Liangshan also had to let the infantry army maintain order outside the berth, and the leaders of the cottage would also take turns to go down the mountain to patrol.

Some victims choose to eat porridge outside the park, and naturally there are also victims who choose to go to Liangshan to join the family, although now Liangshan can no longer have meat, but at least the food is full.

Liangshan's soldiers and horses continued to grow every day, but when there were more than 100,000 people outside the disaster, Shi Jin's scalp was also a little numb.

If the cottage wants to provide disaster relief, it is naturally impossible to let the victims eat openly, but even if they drink porridge, each disaster victim will consume almost one liter of food a day.

100,000 people consume 1,000 stone a day, or 30,000 stone a month, and once they gather, it will take at least a few months, at least to survive the winter, and only after the beginning of spring will they return to their hometowns for spring ploughing, so as not to run out of food next year.

Even more terrifying is the people who keep coming from all directions, and no one knows how many people are coming.

In September, the number of people outside the park increased at a rate of tens of thousands of people per day.

The common people seem to be more willing to believe in the heroes of Liangshan, and would rather leave their hometowns than wait for the imperial court to help them in their hometowns.

In fact, it is true that the imperial court has not yet begun to provide relief to the people.

By October, more than 600,000 people had gathered outside Liangshan Shuibo, and Shi Jin was ready to send troops to attack several large families in order to buy grain.

The imperial court disaster relief has caused many fewer people from all over the country to rush to Liangshan, and some people outside Liangshan Shuibo have returned to their hometowns, but on the whole, the people outside Liangshan Shuibo have increased unabated, because many state capitals can starve people to death due to disaster relief.

Benefiting from the gathering of hundreds of thousands of people outside the Bowai, Liangshan's soldiers and horses also increased to more than 10,000 people.

(Thanks to the book friend "Ice Phoenix" 200 reward) (to be continued......)