Chapter 888: The Backbone

The grain transport team led by Lin Ruan was extremely spectacular, with a carriage of nearly 1,000 taels stretching for several miles from beginning to end.

Such a big battle will naturally attract the attention of the people.

The purpose of sending food and medicine was to stabilize the people's minds and help them survive this disaster. I didn't make a big deal about it before, because I was afraid of causing panic among the people.

But now that the disaster has happened, in order to reassure the people, Lin Ruan directly asked people to get a flag, wrote his title on it, and found someone to take a gong, beating all the way to open the way.

Soon, people came around and asked, "Official, what are you doing here?" ”

The person in charge of opening the way in front replied loudly: "The princess of the protector was ordered by the emperor to escort food and medicinal materials to Wanning Mansion for disaster relief. ”

Suddenly, the people knelt on the ground with a cheer, chanting for the princess Chitose.

Lin Ruan's reputation was very high among the people, and even if the people who were far away didn't understand what this team was doing, as soon as they heard the name of the princess who protected the country, they were very excited, and knelt down and shouted.

The dense crowd of people blocked the road and made it impossible to move forward at all, and all the people desperately wanted to see Lin Ruan.

Seeing this, Lin Ruan asked Fei Fu to open the mechanism of the carriage, and the originally normal carriage immediately became transparent on all sides.

Her carriage was so high that she could stand upright even when she stood in it.

When the people saw Lin Ruan, they were so excited that they kowtowed again and again, "It's really a princess, the princess is here, we are saved."

Lin Ruan stood in the carriage, took out the wooden horn he made last night, and said loudly: "Everyone, please get up quickly, please listen to me." ”

So many people quickly quieted down.

Lin Ruan held the horn, sank into the dantian, and said loudly: "Everyone is frightened, I am Lin Ruan, the princess of the country, entrusted by the court and the emperor, to send food and medicinal materials to everyone, don't be afraid." If the house collapses, let's build it again, as long as you are all right. ”

"I will hand over the food and medicinal materials directly to the local yamen, who will count the population of each family, and then distribute them to everyone. Begging people who do not have a fixed place of residence can also receive the same amount of food. ”

"There is a shortage of medicinal materials, so they are only distributed to the people in need, please remember that if you are not sick or injured, do not go to collect them, because these are used to save lives."

"The imperial court will organize special places to treat the seriously injured, and everyone remembers to send the wounded at home. In addition, if there are people who understand medicine, please report to the local yamen and help treat the author, and the imperial court will give appropriate remuneration. ”

"The local yamen will organize a rescue team to rescue the people buried under the rubble in the shortest possible time.

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The sonorous and powerful words and the appropriate disaster relief measures made the people feel confident immediately.

Lin Ruan stood in the car and said loudly at the top of his voice: "Everyone has a share of food." medicinal materials, but also to ensure that all the injured and sick can be used, everyone and wait for the aftershocks to pass, the imperial court will definitely properly settle everyone. ”

During this period, please also supervise the work of the yamen, and if you find any situation of enriching your own pockets, you can secretly write them down. I will send two supervisors to supervise the disaster relief work of the local yamen, and you can find them to report. Once verified, it will not be tolerated! These two supervisors are my people, and you don't have to worry about retaliation. ”

Many elderly people cried when they heard this.

They are all people who have lived for most of their lives, and they all know what the court was like in the past.

In the past, if there was any disaster, the court did not care, and they were all actively providing disaster relief, but there were a few honest officials in this office, and the disaster relief money allocated by the court was exploited by those corrupt officials layer by layer, and when they arrived at the people, they could only see a few porridge sheds. The porridge boiling in it is a little stronger than clear water.

As for the medicinal materials, they are more expensive than gold, and those who are seriously injured basically can't get through it. So every time there is a catastrophe, a lot of people die.

In fact, many people don't have to die, as long as those officials use all the money allocated by the court, many people can obviously survive.

But what can they do? It's not just that it can be slaughtered.

I thought it would be the same situation this time, but I didn't expect that the princess of the protector would come in such a timely manner, bring them food and medicinal materials, and give so many guarantees.

Seriously, these words may not be believed by others, even if the emperor says them. But this was said by the princess who protected the country, and they firmly believed it.

Because the princess is their man! They believed every word the princess said.

The old men knelt down again, kowtowed to Lin Ruan, and said loudly: "The grass people thank the princess for her life. ”

Many knelt down with them, and then many more knelt.

Lin Ruan felt a little uncomfortable looking at them like this, and the more she was trusted by the people, the heavier the burden on her shoulders.

Finally persuaded these people, and the officials of the local yamen heard that Lin Ruan was coming, and hurried to pick them up.

In front of many people, Lin Ruan asked some questions about the county order, such as how many permanent residents are in the entire county, what are the current casualties, and how many Langzhong are in the county.

After the county orders answered one by one, Lin Ruan immediately ordered the grain trucks in the team to be diverted according to the quantity.

"These grains and medicinal materials are all allocated by the imperial court for disaster relief, and every grain must be used on the people, if the palace finds out the slightest abnormality, the palace will personally come to pick your head!"

The county magistrate was terrified, and said in a loud voice: "The lower officials will definitely remember the princess's instructions and ensure that all these grains and medicinal materials will be used on the people." ”

Lin Ruan explained some more matters, and then rushed to the next location with the grain transportation team.

Everywhere he went, Lin Ruan was warmly welcomed by the local people.

After sending all the grain to the yamen, Lin Ruan did not rush back to Beijing, but stayed, running back and forth between several prefectures and cities, organizing and directing disaster relief work.

When the people of those prefectures heard that Lin Ruan had arrived, they were naturally overjoyed.

They had already received the food and medicinal materials distributed by the Yamen, and all the disaster relief affairs were the same as those of Wanning Mansion.

The officials of these prefectures and cities were also very clever and knew how to stabilize the people's minds so that the disaster relief work could be carried out more smoothly, so they moved Lin Nguyen out, told him the source of the food and medicinal materials, and explained that the disaster relief plan was formulated by Lin Nguyen.

As a result, the people of several state capitals were extremely cooperative with the work of the yamen.