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Under Li Chengqian's expectations, the grain finally arrived.

No matter what other good ways to quell the chaos, food is the only magic weapon to quell the chaos.

These grains were temporarily transferred from the surrounding states.

Along with the food, there are also Tang Longqi and Lao Li's head statues, which are props for political propaganda.

Li Chengqian immediately ordered people to make preparations.

The grain was sufficient, so Li Chengqian ordered to go down, and the three prefectures of Xuzhou, Chenzhou, and Tangzhou opened porridge delivery points at the same time.

On the city wall, let people paint a big slogan:

"The court and the people will tide over the difficulties together!"

"United, united!"

"Clamor for rebellion is a bull ghost and snake god!"

"The flood and the cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods are all harming the people!"

"Down with the cow ghost and snake god!"

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

In addition, Lao Li's head was also painted big and hung on the city gate.

The victims were in a riot, and it was impossible for the government to come running as soon as they said they wanted to distribute porridge. Therefore, Li Chengqian asked people to spread the news.

In this hungry group, the news of the porridge distribution reached the ears of most people at a very fast speed.

Some people don't believe it, thinking it's a trap and can't go.

But for the people, no matter what they do, it's not for a bite to eat. Now there is a place for porridge outside the city, even if they know that they will be arrested, they are willing to risk their death to take a look.

There are some people who want to find those who have been encouraging them to go into the city to grab food, that is, those who are ostensibly disaster victims but are actually dark parties, but they are time. It's all gone.

It is not surprising that the victims could not find them. The victims were in a state of confusion, and who knows if they had dispersed with the crowd to other places.

The victims didn't know about it. The people they were looking for were not scattered together, but captured by the spies who had infiltrated them.

With the list provided by Dahong, the spies touched the people on the list, and then used the same method on these people to get a new list. It was like a virus that was contagious, one after another, and soon the members of the dark party behind this riot were almost caught. The rest is no longer a climate.

It's time to put the porridge. The peasants did not have the interference of the dark party's remarks, plus the reason for hunger, and the desire for food, so they all went to the porridge distribution points in the three cities with the mentality of giving it a try.

That morning, many of the victims were waiting outside the city.

On this day, they were not driven away by officers and soldiers, as they usually do. Because the officers and soldiers were afraid that these victims would gather to attack the city, they saw the victims surrounding the city gate. and drove them away by force. This also made the victims feel more and more insecure and have no sense of belonging, so as soon as the people of the dark party said it, they believed it.

They were a little surprised. But they still had the worst in their hearts, and they didn't believe in the porridge too much, although they were all eager to have some porridge to drink. But while my heart longs for and comes to see, I also prepare for the worst. Thinking that even if they are caught and killed after a while, they will die, and some people think that they will run away when they see something bad for a while.

The sun is slowly rising. The gates creaked and opened.

A group of people ran out of it. From the neat queue, it can be seen that this is a group of officers and soldiers.

Seeing this, the victims thought that they were coming to arrest them, and the timid ones spread their legs and ran away first.

Those who didn't run recognized it at first sight, and the clothes worn by this team were different from those of the officers and soldiers. It turned out to be wearing white clothes.

He was white, and even his head was covered with a white hat.

This man in white did not have the knives and sticks of the officers and soldiers in his hands, if he came out to arrest them, where would he not carry knives and sticks?

Who is this?

People guessed in their hearts!

At this time, people saw that the white-clothed queue was holding something, but not knives and sticks, but a cauldron one by one, and the people at the back were pushing carts one by one, and the carts were piled with black things.

But it can be seen that these things do not hurt.

The victims wanted to go around and have a look.

At this time, another group of people ran out of the city, this is the officers and soldiers wearing blue soap clothes, and their appearance made the hearts of the victims tighten. However, the officers and men only came out to stop in front of the victims, and did not beat or arrest people.

The white-clothed team put honeycomb coal in the small stove that had been built outside the city gate. The black thing they pushed out was honeycomb coal, which was used to cook porridge.

The honeycomb coal has been sold to Xuzhou, so when Li Chengqian is arranging, he can also directly use Xuzhou's honeycomb coal to cook porridge.

The fire of honeycomb coal was lit, and the cooks in white clothes and white hats began to put the pot on the stove, poured water into it, and began to boil it.

As soon as everyone saw this posture, they were really going to start cooking porridge, so they couldn't help but get excited, and they were not angry that there were officers and soldiers in front of them.

At this time, more officers and soldiers ran out of the city, and then stopped in front of the disaster, making the defense line more tight. Of course, it also made the hearts of the victims vigilant.

But then they saw the carts of grain that had been pushed out of the city, and they all threw away this mood at once, and roared with joy.

At this time, some of the victims couldn't help but rush forward.

But he was kicked over by the officers and soldiers: "The porridge is cooked quickly, everyone wait patiently, if anyone dares to make trouble, they will lose the qualification to share the porridge!" ”

As soon as these words were shouted, many people became honest.

And because they could already see that the rice had been put into the pot in front of them, they did not riot in their hearts because they were stimulated by the officers and soldiers kicking people.

The water boiled, and the corn was poured into the pot, and after a while, a burst of grain fragrance wafted out.

The victims who had been hungry for a long time smelled the fragrance of the valley and suddenly became energetic, and their eyes were shining as they looked at the big pot in front of them.

At this time, new officers and soldiers appeared at the city gates. They held stacks of paper with slogans on them. Some are portraits of Lao Li, scattered in front of the victims. A catcher shouted to the victims: "Folks, the porridge is about to be cooked, and you can eat it in a while." You wait quietly for a while, take care of your children, don't make trouble, and everyone will be able to eat porridge after a while. These porridges were specially drawn from other state cities by His Majesty the Great Emperor, who could not bear to be hungry by the villagers, and were personally sent to Xuzhou by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are both good monarchs who love the people like sons, everyone must support them! ”

The people's request is very simple, that is, to have something to eat, and when they heard the words of this head catcher in a kind tone, they did not feel disgusted in their hearts, they simply thought that if they could give them food, they would be a good emperor.

At this time, the head catcher beckoned to them and said, "The porridge is not good yet." Everyone is also idle here, and I continue to talk to the villagers. You say that the good emperor who can bring us porridge when we are in the midst of the flood. Have you seen what it looks like? ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the victims couldn't help but froze. They turn their heads to look at you, look at me. Did this head catcher get caught in the door and ask such a question? They are the most ordinary people. How could it be possible to meet the emperor?

They couldn't help but laugh at themselves.

The catcher still didn't give up and asked, "Have you seen it?" ”

In order to satisfy the problem of headcatchers whose brains are caught in the door. The victims replied:

"Nope."

The head catcher smiled at this time and asked again: "Now I can let everyone see the appearance of His Majesty the Emperor, who loves the people like a son, do you want to see it!?" ”

Just now, the head catcher asked if he had seen the emperor, and everyone thought he was joking, so he smiled. But now this question is for everyone to see.

As soon as the words came out, everyone's faces changed, and then they looked at the head catcher in shock. A wise man asked:

"Headcatcher, is His Majesty the Emperor here?" If His Majesty the Emperor came to see the victims in person, it would be a big deal!

The head catcher shook his head, with an esoteric smile on his face, and said: "I have already said just now, the food was sent by His Royal Highness the Prince, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in Xuzhou City, and His Majesty the Emperor is still handling state affairs in Chang'an, and discussing with the ministers how to mobilize other things for everyone." And what I want to say is that in order to make everyone feel that he is with everyone through the difficulties, His Majesty specially asked the painter to paint his portrait and send it to everyone to admire! ”

After saying that, the faces of the people turned grim.

The head catcher took out a portrait and held it up respectfully.

This is a portrait printed in ink, although it is drawn in stick figures, but it draws Lao Li's appearance and charm.

The portrait of a crown makes people feel his nobility at a glance.

When Li Chengqian received these portraits, he couldn't help but sigh: "The paper mill has played a role this time!" ”

If you hadn't gone to this paper mill, if you hadn't come up with a new papermaking process, you wouldn't have been able to use so many good paper to print Grandpa Mao's functional avatar this time.

The victims craned their necks and shouted excitedly when they saw that it was really the emperor's head on the paper.

"Now, everyone line up, let's distribute it one by one, everyone must know that His Majesty the Emperor sent us porridge to drink, sent troops to help us who were affected by the disaster, love the people like children, are our reborn parents, we must protect this image well!" The headcatcher said emotionally.

"Good!"

"We will!"

The emotions of the people were excited, but at this time it was easier to listen to the command, under the command of the head catcher, the officers and soldiers were dispatched, and then the victims were lined up for eight long lines. The officers and soldiers distributed the portraits.

While distributing them, he told them that after receiving the avatar, don't get separated, follow this team, and go forward to get porridge after a while.

…… (To be continued......)

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