Leaving Jiangyue City, Yang Fan and the others rushed to the southwest.

At this time, just past a few peaks, I saw a wasteland not far away.

The parched surface of the wasteland is full of cracks, and the huge crevices make it easy to imagine at a glance what is happening here.

Thousands of acres of fertile land, due to the lack of water at this time, the crops on it have long been gone, and even half of the weeds have not grown.

The sun here is much hotter than Jiangyue City, and passing by the official road next to this field is undoubtedly a torment.

"Where is this? It seems that the famine is very serious! ”

Yang Fan glanced at Luo Shixin and asked.

Luo Shixin shook his head and said that he didn't know, only a servant behind him spoke,

"Young master, this is the jurisdiction of Lucheng, the famine has been very serious in recent years, and the weather is bad, and the fields here can no longer grow crops!"

Yang Fan sighed, such a bad weather really made the crops lack the conditions to produce crops, and it seemed that the people in this place had suffered.

After a few more hours, they finally saw a small gate.

The city gate is not big, but Yang Fan recognizes the traditional Chinese characters on it.

"Lucheng Feng County!"

However, at this time, there were not many people at the gate of the city, not even a single guard guarding the gate.

After entering the city gate, several people were instantly outrageous,

Everywhere you can see civilians in pudding clothes, holding broken bowls in their hands, begging everywhere, all of them with yellow faces and thin muscles, and their tone of voice is also weak, it seems that these people have not eaten a full bite for a long time.

"Official, it's good, give me a little food, my family has starved to death of three people!"

A middle-aged woman with a sallow complexion, holding a black broken bowl in her hand, stopped in front of the horses of Yang Fan and several people.

"Go, go, go! Don't get in our way, get out of the way! ”

A retinue beside Yang Fan looked at him with disgust on his face, and immediately scolded the middle-aged woman.

Yang Fan glared at the servant, although he didn't speak, but the servant understood in his heart, and his face was shocked in an instant, and he lowered his head.

Yang Fan took out some broken silver from his body, threw it in the woman's bowl, and continued,

"Auntie, I didn't bring any dry food with me, you can take this bit of broken silver!"

The middle-aged woman was instantly excited when she saw the broken silver in the bowl, because no one knew that she had been begging for so long, and it was the first time that someone was so generous, and she gave ten taels of silver at a time.

"Thank you! Thank you, benefactor! ”

The middle-aged woman suddenly weakened and kowtowed as she spoke.

Where did Yang Fan see such a picture, his heart softened, and he immediately said,

"Auntie, please get up!"

The middle-aged woman kowtowed more than a dozen times before she slowly got up from the ground, and her weak body looked like it would be blown down by the wind at any moment.

At this moment, the group of companions who saw the middle-aged woman begging successfully gathered in front of Yang Fan's horses, almost surrounded by water.

"Uncle, it's okay, we haven't eaten for a long time! ……”

"Alright, alright! I have an 80-year-old mother, a wife and children, and the whole family hasn't had enough to eat for a month! ……”

A noisy sound almost exploded the ears of Yang Fan and the others.

Yang Fan looked embarrassed, there were so many people, and the silver taels he carried with him were not enough at all!

Luo Shixin also became impatient, looked at those beggars, and immediately shouted,

"If there is a disaster and famine here, won't the government open a warehouse to release grain?"

Suddenly, an old man with gray hair said in a hoarse voice,

"Uncle, the county order of our Feng County said that the imperial court did not issue an order, and they did not dare to release grain at will, and also said that now the imperial court is building a canal, and there is no extra financial resources to manage us!"

"Yes! Uncle, just take pity on us who are miserable! ……”

Yang Fan didn't know how to deal with it for a while, but Qi Yan behind him said,

"Otherwise, let's go to the government to have a look, and if it doesn't work, let the county order forcibly release grain, look at these people!"

Qi Yan's words made Yang Fan a little embarrassed, to be honest, he didn't want to have nothing to do, although the government here would not have capable people, but the number of people would not be small, so he would be delayed!

However, Yang Fan still followed Qi Yan's advice, after all, this kind of good deeds and accumulation of virtue will not have much impact if he does it, on the contrary, Yang Fan has other ideas.

"Good! What do you say I do! ”

Yang Fan turned his head to look at Qi Yan with a playful expression.

Qi Yan's face was red, and her heart was warm.

Having made up his mind, Yang Fan immediately looked at the beggar who was still shouting and said,

"Blind date, I am Yang Fan, the eldest grandson of Wen Gaozu Yang Jian, now Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty is absurd and unreasonable, ignoring the government and politics, and letting all the people live in fire and water, today I will go to the county government as a young master, let them open a warehouse and release grain, and then the big guys will have it, so you guys will disperse first!"

As soon as Yang Fan's words came out, everyone reacted, and then knelt on the ground one after another.

"Thank you, young master, for your great kindness......"

"Young master, you are a real living bodhisattva, if the government can really release food, we people will definitely support the young master!"

"That's right! Support the young master! ”

……

Yang Fan waved his hand, and then everyone dispersed, making way for Yang Fan's horses.

Then Yang Fan and the others didn't stop, and quickly passed over the street.

The road was bumpy, and Yang Fan and the others had not eaten for several hours, and their stomachs were also making noise at this time.

Yang Fan suggested that he should go to the restaurant to solve it first, otherwise he would have a conflict with the county government, and it would inevitably be a physical conflict.

But I didn't see a decent restaurant all the way, only a few small stalls selling steamed buns.

There was no way, Yang Fan and the others had to buy some steamed buns to satisfy their hunger.

After eating some steamed buns and drinking some water, Yang Fan didn't have any energy at all during this meal.

Riding on the good horse again, everyone did not stop, and quickly whipped towards the county office.

At this time, the door of the county government was closed, even the yamen was chained, there was no one at the door, and the front of the door was bare, and there was not even a decent tree.

"Why is there no one?"

Qi Yan said with some confusion.

Everyone was a little puzzled, and waited in place for a while, only to see a man wearing the clothes of a servant come over.

Yang Fan and the others immediately greeted him and surrounded the officials!

"You, what are you doing!"

Seeing that there were many people, the official asked timidly for a while.

Yang Fan smiled harmlessly,

"Don't be afraid, may I ask why this county government is closed?"

The official breathed a sigh of relief and said,

"You ask this, everyone has starved to death these years, and it is difficult to survive, who has nothing to do to run to the county government, so the county master simply closed the yamen, so as not to be harassed by those people every day!"

Yang Fan's eyes were cold,

"Harassment? Don't you county magistrates know that as a parent official, you have to do things for the people? actually said harassment, I think you don't want to be the county master! ”

Seeing Yang Fan scolding his master, the official immediately retorted,

"What kind of thing are you, you dare to scold our county master, you are impatient!"

However, as soon as the words came out, the official only felt that his neckline was tight, and he was pinched by his neck.