Qin Xian Ling listened to her words, was stunned for a long time, and then said: "Xiangjun, no one has ever used this method, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate." In case the blame comes down, the lower officials don't dare to take this responsibility. ”

Lin Ruan rubbed the teacup with his fingertips: "Just because no one has used it doesn't mean that it can't be implemented." If the refugees are given unconditional soup and one day is not given, will the refugees have an opinion? We are not ignoring these refugees, but letting these refugees exchange their labor for food, so as to solve the problem of unconditional charity of the rich families, and also maintain the dignity of the refugees, and can also effectively bring benefits to the county. ”

Qin Xianling looked embarrassed: "What the township monarch said is indeed reasonable, but after all, there is no precedent for this kind of thing, and the lower officials dare not make their own decisions." ”

Lin Ruan knew that this pus-filled bag could not be counted on, so he said: "Since this is the case, then please ask Lord Qin to help me invite all the rich families in the county here, and I will discuss with them." ”

Qin County ordered this to do, so he didn't shirk, and even was quite active.

In the afternoon, the wealthy families in the county rushed to Lin Ruan's courtyard under the escort of their respective families.

When people arrived, Lin Ruan didn't talk nonsense, and directly repeated the words he had said to Qin County Ling in the morning, and said at the end: "Everyone's silver is not blown by the wind, although this soup soup is a good thing to accumulate virtue and do good, but there are many ways to do good deeds, and it is not good to give people food and drink for nothing." Allowing refugees to exchange their labor for food can make them feel respected, and our good deeds will be more meaningful. ”

These rich people, most of whom are businessmen, are the most shrewd, and when they heard Lin Ruan say this, they immediately agreed.

It is true that there are many ways to do good deeds, and no one has stipulated that those refugees must be given free food and drink in order to do good deeds. And they think Lin Ruan's statement is quite reasonable.

In this matter, it is settled.

When the porridge was given again that night, some people in each porridge shed were shouting loudly, saying that from tomorrow onwards, there would be no more free porridge, and if you wanted to eat, you had to go to each porridge shed to sign up for work.

As soon as this regulation was issued, the refugee population immediately exploded.

Many refugees made a fuss, saying that they had never heard of anything that required them to work before they were given food. He also said that they were not doing good at all, but taking the opportunity to exploit the refugees.

But no matter what they say, this rule has not changed, and the exchange of work for food is a foregone conclusion.

Some of the refugees refused to give up and decided to wait until tomorrow to see what was going on.

But many refugees have quietly accepted the rule.

After all, there are three meals to eat at work, and waiting to eat free meals, only one meal a day, the so-called porridge, the better one, you can see some rice grains, smell the fragrance of wheat, and the poor, like clear water, can shine on the shadow of people, not at all.

The next morning, sure enough, the porridge sheds really began to put all kinds of food, there are steaming multigrain nests, there are thick vegetable porridge, and even Xuanteng's white flour steamed buns, golden bud rice cakes!

The refugees looked at the food, their eyes straightened, and they rushed to the shed, but they could not get close to the shed, because in front of each shed, there were many strong men standing in front of the shelter, staring at these refugees with unkind faces.

At this time, Lin Ruan suddenly appeared on the city tower, holding a simple horn made of iron sheets in his hand, and said to the refugees under the city wall:

"I am a Xiangjun of Yulin, and I came up with the idea of exchanging work for food. From today on, as long as you want to eat enough, you can go to each porridge shed to sign up for work, and the owner of each porridge shed will arrange for you to do things. The amount of each meal is judged according to the quality of your work, and the best ones are each given a white flour steamed bun, a mixed flour steamed bun, and a bowl of porridge. Those who don't do well can only get a bowl of porridge. This first meal is not recorded, but if someone receives food and does not work, I have a way to make you spit out what you eat! If you don't believe me, you can ask the people who went to my house last night to make trouble. ”

After speaking, Lin Ruan motioned to those big men to make a gap in front of the porridge shack and instructed those people to line up to register for food.

Under the temptation of food, many people who didn't want to work for food couldn't help but queue up.

But some people who followed to Linjia Village last night began to hesitate.

They all saw Lin Ruan's ruthlessness last night, saying that if he kills, he will kill, without blinking his eyes, just like a female rakshasa. She said that there was a way to get those who wanted to fish in troubled waters to spit out what they had eaten, and there must be a way.

Some people who have made up their minds to get something for nothing have begun to consider continuing north.

And those who are willing to exchange labor for work, after receiving food, some of them gobble up food in their mouths, for fear that others will snatch it away if they take a slow step.

Others, reluctant to eat, took the food back to their shelters and distributed them to the weak women and children in their families.

After breakfast, the housekeepers of each porridge shed took the list and began to roll call, and took the people to work.

During the roll call, it was found that some of the registered people were missing.

These are all planning to fish in troubled waters, and after receiving food, they smeared oil on the soles of their feet and ran.

But after a while, those who ran away were intercepted.

This is Yulin County, these refugees are outsiders, they are not familiar with the terrain of Yulin County, and they can run if they want to eat, how can it be so easy.

But these people can't be beaten, otherwise they will make trouble when the time comes, and the consequences will be more troublesome.

So Lin Ruan came up with a way to let the officials gather these people and take them to the city to do the dirtiest and most tiring work, anyway, according to the amount of food they eat, they had to do twice as much work.

The rest of the people were led by the stewards of the wealthy families to their fields and began to work in the fields.

After all, before harvesting buds, I had to take back the buds and sticks, and the straws were still in the ground, which was also a big job.

After cutting the straw, I can still plow the land, sow seeds and apply fertilizer, and I have a lot of work, so I am not afraid of not having work.

And those who have a plan are assigned to various suitable places to shine.

At the end of the morning, the refugees returned to the porridge shacks under the city walls, waiting for lunch to be distributed.

When the stewards distributed the food according to their performance, the refugees, who had been wandering for more than a month, wept with excitement.

If they have work to do, they will have food to eat, so that they no longer have to worry about the day when the rich people will stop giving porridge.

And those who wanted to fish in troubled waters, after doing twice as much work, were driven away by the officials.