Chapter 7 When the Tyrant Meets the Hungry
The team has been winding forward, because they have brought a lot of food, everyone is worried about the safety of the road, so they do not go fast, and they always dare to come forward after probing the horse to find out the news ahead.
Three days later, the team came to the territory of Shaanxi, at this time there were already people waiting at the pass, only to see the messenger come to Wang Dalun, hugged his fists and said: "Wang Gongzi, I am ordered by the deputy imperial envoy of Fang, I have come to tell the prince, please rush to Yulin, where is the imperial envoy waiting for you!" ”
"My father-in-law has arrived?" Wang Dalun was surprised, there was no plane this year.
"Nope! The royal envoy is still a few days away! He said that the situation in Mizhi and Yulin is the most serious, so let you go there to give relief first! He then arrived with relief food. The messenger replied.
Wang Dalun was surprised, his father-in-law was able to get food, which was too powerful. He asked curiously, "How much relief food did my father-in-law get?" ”
"The grain depots in Shaanxi and Shanxi were all taken over by him, and there were only 5,000 stone of grain. Later, despite the criticism, he went to the Qin Palace's mansion to ask for a thousand stone of grain, and he was rushing over with the grain! The messenger sighed.
"Only 6,000 stone of grain? What can this grain do? With my own 5,000 stone of food, I can't save so many people! Wang Dalun calculated, and felt that the pressure was too big and there were too many gaps.
"Prince Wang, do you have five thousand stone of grain yourself?" This time it was the messenger's turn to be surprised, this is a local tyrant, an authentic local tyrant!
"Well, it's a little less, I let people buy it, there should be more than 10,000 stones!" Wang Dalun felt embarrassed and hurriedly added.
The messenger was speechless, no wonder Fang Wenjin dared to take this task, it turned out that there was a local tyrant's son-in-law! Why is there such a big gap between people and people, the messenger began to imagine in his mind how many ten thousand stones of grain must be stacked together.
If Wang Dalun knew that the messenger was calculating this problem, he would kindly tell the messenger that 10,000 stone would be five or six thousand tons at most, and only seventy or eighty large trucks could pull it over, and disaster relief was really not enough.
After getting back on the road, Wang Dalun has been calculating where the food for this shortage will come from, and when he thinks about it, his head hurts, and he can't find a way out to solve the problem.
Wang Dalun was so engrossed in thinking that he didn't even know when the carriage stopped, and after a while, he found that the carriage was not moving and asked, "What's the matter?" Is there a carriage broken, repair it quickly, don't affect the hurry! ”
Someone outside replied, "Young Master, there are homeless people blocking the road in front of us, let's give them some food, he said that some of them are dying of hunger." ”
"Give it to them, don't you just order food, let them take the food and leave quickly, don't delay our journey!" Wang Dalun thought it was a big deal, and hurriedly said.
"Young master, you better go to the front and take a look, those people are not a few, but thousands!" The entourage gave Wang Dalun a surprising news.
"Thousands!" Wang Dalun was also taken aback, there are so many people, it's really not something that can be given casually, if you don't do it, it will cause a robbery, as long as it's messy, you will be robbed if you don't do it.
Wang Dalun hurriedly jumped out of the carriage and ran forward, he said loudly as he ran: "Everyone be on guard, maintain order in the group practice, and don't let the homeless rush into our team!" ”
When Wang Dalun ran to the front of the team, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and secretly said that he was really not the one who led the troops, if there was no Tian Boguang, he would be ransacked by the homeless people this time.
I saw that Tian Boguang had already stood at the front of the team, he was directing the regiments to be on guard, the regiments in the first row were holding shields and gradually pressing the homeless people back, and the pikemen in the second row were following closely, forcing the homeless people not to approach, and the musketeers had already loaded their bullets and aimed at the crowd.
"Stand back, stand back! Don't get close to the convoy, this is disaster relief materials, do you want to rob it? If you dare to take risks, we will never be soft! I will take your life! Tian Boguang shouted on the horse.
"We're not going to rob! We are dying of hunger, I beg you, be kind, give us some food, we are dying of hunger! The homeless people pleaded.
"Kind-hearted uncles, give us a little food, please! We haven't eaten in three days, so give us something to eat! Please, let's be cows and horses, we're all willing! Someone said with a sobbing pain.
"Hey!" Wang Dalun sighed and walked slowly towards the crowd, and Sulu hurriedly led a few people to follow behind to protect Wang Dalun's safety. When the sword and shield hand saw Wang Dalun stepping forward, he also stepped forward, further compressing the space of the homeless.
When the homeless people saw the sword and shield hand coming forward, they felt a little panicked, afraid that Wang Dalun and the others would not be good for them.
"Take three steps back!" When Wang Dalun saw it, he hurriedly ordered, and then he said in a slow voice: "Fellow villagers, don't be afraid, we won't hurt you." We are here to save you! ”
"Sir!" An old man rushed up, knelt down with a "plop", kowtowed desperately on the ground, and said, "Kind-hearted lord, please, please!" Please give us something to eat, we're starving! ”
"I can't help it!" Wang Dalun hurriedly pulled up the old man and said, "Old man, don't, I can't stand it, don't worry, I won't let everyone starve to death." Hurry up! ”
When the homeless people saw Wang Dalun agreeing to release grain, they all knelt down for a while, and they kowtowed: "Thank you, master, please save us!" ”
"Hurry up, I can't stand it!" Wang Dalun had never experienced this meeting, he desperately pulled everyone up and said, "I will save everyone, please get up, okay?" If you don't get up, I'll change my mind! ”
Everyone listened to Wang Dalun's words, slowly got up, and looked at Wang Dalun with anticipation, at this moment, Wang Dalun is God, the master of their lives, and one of his decisions can determine whether they live or die.
Wang Dalun was looked at by everyone's expectant eyes, and felt uncomfortable, he said: "Everyone must understand us, there are so many of you, if the scene is chaotic, it may hurt people, so everyone listen to my command, I will put food for everyone, okay?" ”
"All at the master's command!" At this moment, as long as there is food, where everyone dares to object, they all agree in unison.
"Good! Fifty people who are familiar with each other are together, choose one of them who still has strength, let him help, and now let my people put up the cauldron and boil porridge for everyone to drink! You can still move, help pick up some firewood and get some water, okay? Wang Dalun said softly.
"Good! Anyone who can move helps! The crowd spoke, and they began to gather firewood and fetch water, and as they tried, the smoke rose and the water vapor in the pot began to overflow.
The homeless people are now quiet, sitting on the ground with their bowls and swallowing saliva until the porridge is cooked.
"Please get in line! Let the elderly and children eat first, they all have it! If it's not enough, cook it again, don't squeeze it! Whoever squeezes it, don't eat it! Wang Dalun arranged for people to maintain order, and he tried to keep order in order.
Because everyone is an acquaintance, Wang Dalun emphasized that the elderly and children should eat first, and the homeless people were embarrassed to grab it, besides, there were people staring at each queue, in case they were really caught, it would not be that they had nothing to eat.
Wang Dalun looked at the hungry people in front of him, full of pity, as a traverser who had not tasted what hunger was like, he could not think of people being hungry and unbearable to eat soil, thinking about the tragic situation of people who ate "Guanyin soil" and couldn't digest it and fell to death, Wang Dalun felt that even if he really went bankrupt, it was worth it.
"Just give me a little bit for what, I'm still hungry, please, give me a little more!" Someone shouted inside.
"Folks, you have been hungry for several days, you can't eat too much in one go, it will be bad, you rest, we will make the second pot of porridge immediately, rest assured, we will give you enough!" Wang Dalun stood up and said loudly.
When the hungry people heard Wang Dalun's words, they stopped making a fuss, slowly drank the porridge in the bowl, and quietly waited for the second pot of porridge to be cooked.
Wang Dalun said to Wang Qiwa on the side: "Qiwa, have you counted how many people there are?" ”
"Young master, count clearly, there are about fifteen hundred people!" Wang Qiwa replied.
"You go and ask where they are, and give me statistics on what they do." Wang Dalun explained.
After a while, Wang Qiwa came back, and he told: "Young master, I asked, they are all hungry people who escaped from Yulin, and they usually farm the land, and they say that Yulin is now running out of food." ”
"Hmm!" Wang Dalun nodded, then slowly came to the crowd and said loudly: "Please be quiet, I have something to tell you!" ”
The homeless people began to turn their heads and looked at Wang Dalun, curious to see what he wanted to say.
"Folks, my surname is Wang, my name is Wang Hu, I am a native of Wangjiazhuang in Xingxian County, and now we are building a reservoir in Xingxian County, and there is a workshop to make all kinds of things, such as the carriage in front of you. There are also a few coal mines, which require a lot of manpower, are you willing to go to Xingxian? Wang Dalun asked.
"It turns out that you are Wang Dashan from Xingxian County? Wang Dashan, we are going to go to you! Someone said happily.
"Wang Dashan? When did I have this title, well, but I like this title, it's much better than Wang Laohu!" Wang Dalun said secretly in his heart.
"Wang Dashanren, let's go to Xingxian, do we really have something to eat, won't we go hungry?" There are hungry people like Wang Dalun confirmed.
"First of all, everyone should know that I don't have so much food, and I can't feed so many people!" Wang Dalun said loudly.
"Ahh Everyone was surprised, why Wang Dalun's tone changed again.
"I don't feed people who eat for nothing, I only feed people who are willing to work hard! Of course, it doesn't mean that I only need strong labor, the elderly, children, women, I want it, as long as you are willing to work, no matter how much you can do, I will support you! ”
Wang Dalun said loudly, he wants to knock down some people who are ordinary and lazy, and they can't be treated as Kaizi when they do good deeds.
"Master Wang, do we need to sign a deed of sale?" Someone asked loudly.