Chapter 48: Natural and Man-made Disasters
"Jinshu, the county magistrate is here to find you something." Jiang Chengli stopped Gu Jinshu, he had been operating in Hulan County for many years, and Hu County's order had helped him a lot, so Hu County's order couldn't stand by when he came to the door.
Gu Jinshu walked over slowly, sat on Jiang Chengli's left hand, and said in a cold voice: "Hu Xianling, if you have time, you should educate your children at home, it's not appropriate to appear here." ”
Hu Zhenxu's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and the majesty on Gu Jinshu's body was so heavy that he didn't dare to look directly at Gu Jinshu at all, his whole body trembled slightly, and he could only force himself to sit here and not kneel in front of Gu Jinshu.
"Gu Gongzi, my father and I are here to apologize today, it was the Hu family's lax tutoring, which frightened Gu Gongzi, and the younger sister knew that she had made a big mistake, so she had invited herself to go to Dingzen Zhai to practice gradually." Hu Junting hurriedly said.
"Hehe, I'm a monk." Gu Jinshu turned the folding fan in his hand with a smile, but the Hu family was resolute and resolute, and sent him to the monk as soon as possible, which was to abandon his daughter to protect the family.
But he will be revenged, if it weren't for Jiang Yuanliu's quick arrival, he would not be splashed with dirty water, after all, he can't reveal his identity now, he can only pinch his nose and admit it.
"Dingzenzhai is a good place to go, as long as the money is enough, the life is very quiet, and then I will take people home after three or two years, then my suffering is not in vain?" The corners of Gu Jinshu's mouth are fond of this sneer, which is really calculating.
Hu Junting gasped, this Gu Jinshu really had a seven-trick exquisite heart, and he could see their plan at a glance.
As everyone knows, Gu Jinshu has already seen a lot of such tricks in Shangjing, whose daughter has done something, she can send it to Guzi Temple, and after a few years, the matter is almost forgotten, and then take the person back, pretending that nothing has happened.
Hu Zhenxu was shocked, his eyes were full of despair, he stood up tremblingly, and wanted to kneel down and beg Gu Jinshu to let the Hu family go.
"It's a lively day." Jiang Yuanliu walked in with a medicine bag, and when she saw Hu Zhenxu's father and son visiting, she understood why she came, and she couldn't help but have a mocking smile on the corner of her mouth.
Seeing that Hu Zhenxu was about to kneel down in front of him, Gu Jinshu quickly supported Hu Zhenxu, and said with a sad look: "Don't be like this. ”
Hu Zhenxu's eyes were stunned, "This ......"
Gu Jinshu's eyes lit up, and Hu Zhenxu immediately understood that Gu Jinshu's identity could not be revealed, "Gu Gongzi is polite." Hu Zhenxu glanced at Jiang Yuanliu gratefully, if Jiang Yuanliu hadn't come back in time, he would have died.
A hint of mockery flashed in Jiang Yuanliu's eyes, this was deliberately hiding from her.
"Since the father is seeing guests, the daughter will not bother." Jiang Yuanliu turned around and left, without hesitation.
If she wants to hide it from her, then why should she do something that annoys people.
Early the next morning, Jiang Yuanliu rushed to the hospital early, and as soon as he came in, Jiang Yuanliu felt that the atmosphere was different, and the shopkeeper had a nervous expression and looked out of the door frequently.
"Doctor Meng, what's wrong? Why is it closed? Jiang Yuanliu was very surprised, the medical hall usually opens early, how can the door be closed today.
Doctor Meng's face was full of sorrow, and he said: "There is a big flood over there in Lingchun, and the people are displaced to make a living in the south, and they are about to go to Hulan County, I heard that there have been many homeless people outside the county, Doctor Jiang, you are still young and don't know the horror of the homeless, those homeless people can't hold on to their hunger, and they can't even eat!" ”
Hulan County is remote and poor, and the city defense construction is not solid, so it can't stop those displaced people at all, although there will not be many displaced people scattered in Hulan County, but they can't stand the lack of decent defenders in the city!
If there is really a matter of robbery by the homeless people, those officials in the county should not be used at all!
"Since the displaced people are coming, the county should be resettled, and Dr. Meng doesn't need to worry." Jiang Yuanliu persuaded him.
Who knew that this could not persuade Dr. Meng at all, but caused other people in the hospital to sigh, and a young apprentice who often ran behind her secretly touched tears.
Jiang Yuanliu hurriedly asked, "Xiao Luzi, why are you crying?" ”
Xiao Luzi washed his nose, "Doctor Jiang, you are a daughter born in a honey pot, you don't know the difficulties of the poor people, Ling Chun often has a lot of water, mud and sand cover the crops, there is no grass for several years, in order to survive, the big guy can only go south, my family was originally from Lingchun Prefecture, five years ago, I followed the homeless people to Hulan County......"
Going down the road, he couldn't speak, Dr. Meng sighed, and said for him: "That was ten years ago, the county lord kindly opened a warehouse for disaster relief, two meals of porridge and water a day, and the homeless people who knew the news gathered over, that is, the rest of the month, it was eaten up, and the homeless people gathered but did not disperse, robbed the granary in the county, smashed the connected store, and since then no official master dares to provide disaster relief." ”
Hearing this, Jiang Yuanliu let out a long sigh, here is the lack of people's hearts and swallowing elephants.
Although she sympathized with the displaced people, she never moved the mind of disaster relief, even if the Jiang family had a big business, it was impossible to provide food for thousands of displaced people.
Next, in the county one after another, you can see people begging along the streets, most of the pedestrians look indifferent, and they all leave in a hurry when they encounter them, and there are fewer hawkers on the streets, and the patrolling officials look solemn and wander around several times a day.
"Hey."
At dinner, Jiang Chengli sighed, looking at the food in the bowl for a long time, "We can still eat and drink enough, Ling Chunzhou is already full of corpses, and the homeless people are not hungry, I am afraid that the tragedy of Yizi eating will happen." ”
"Didn't the imperial court send an envoy for disaster relief?" Jiang Yuanliu wondered, in the event of a flood, the people were displaced, shouldn't the imperial court take action?
Jiang Chengli put down the dishes and chopsticks, "Lingchunzhou is just a small place with a small name, and frequent floods have become a common thing, even Lord Taishou doesn't take it to heart, so naturally he won't alarm the capital." ”
Jiang Yuanliu felt a trace of frustration, this is the tragedy of the times, she can't use the thinking of the 21st century to think about the current situation.
"Daddy, haven't you always wanted to grow ramie? It's just that there is no one available, and now people are coming! Jiang Yuanliu had an idea, "What the homeless people want is a place to fill their stomachs and sleep, and they can be hired to cultivate the land. ”
Jiang Chengli's eyes lit up suddenly, "Liu'er is faster than speaking carefully for her father."
"Cash-for-work! The displaced people need less wages, as long as they can be fed, they must be willing to work, better than being homeless and begging everywhere, there are many rich households in the county, and it is really difficult to force them to take out rice grain, but what if you can get a lot of manpower with a small amount of rice grain? The more Jiang Yuanliu spoke, the clearer his thinking became.
"Bang Bang!" Gu Jinshu applauded, "Lady, this idea is very good!" ”