Chapter 450: The Silver-Faced Demon Lord opened a warehouse and released grain
Hua Qiao commanded everyone in the Zhuangzi to relieve the victims, give porridge and apply medicine, and Hu Yanjin was not easy.
There are more flowers and displaced people in the capital than in other places, most of them are concentrated inside and outside Chongwenmen and Xuanwumen, and the area around Fushengtang is even more overcrowded.
The emperor asked the ministers to contribute money and set up a shed outside the city to give porridge, and Xu Zhijin paid three times the money. The emperor praised him, and he modestly said that it was his father-in-law in Nanjing who contributed some of the money.
Zhang Yue was afraid of chaos outside the city, and it was inconvenient for Fushengtang to have too much food in it, so he asked people to send it every other day, so that although it was troublesome, at least it would not let the rioters among the victims move Fushengtang's mind.
"It's been a few days since the water receded, and today the number of people outside the city has also begun to decrease." Zhang Yue poured himself and Hu Yanjin a cup of tea, and said:
"Several prefectures are reaching out to the emperor to ask for money, and the surrounding prefectures and counties that have received the victims are also complaining. Emperor...... Lord Xia said, the emperor is so poor that he clangs. ”
Hu Yanjin played with the teacup in his hand and smiled:
"In the snow disaster that year, when he was still the emperor's grandson, he forced the rich in Beijing to pay a lot of money, but now that he is the emperor, he doesn't dare to do it?"
"The imperial grandson can act arbitrarily, and there are princes and emperors on top. The emperor acted recklessly, that is, the problem of whether the chair under the bottom was stable.
You are smart, you think the emperor is stupid? ”
"Last time the King of Han returned that cart of gold, the emperor was reluctant to spend it?"
"It's not that he is reluctant to spend, but he doesn't see a splash when he smashes into the water."
Hu Yanjin put down the cup and said with a smile: "Don't worry, take out the money now, isn't it cheaper for those guys who are hoarding rice?" The goals were chosen, and I set off in the next two days. ”
said that on the night of departure, Hu Yanjin embarked on the road to the south.
Zhang Yue provided them with a public official status, which allowed them to take advantage of the fast horses in the post station. Five days later, they rushed to Kaifeng Province.
The victims who had not gone far had already returned to their homes, and as far as the eye could see, the sky and the earth were gray and yellow, and there was not a trace of green in the farmland, which made people desperate.
"Young master!" Hemming waved in front of an inn that had reopened after a washout.
He took a few people with him, and he had arrived three days in advance.
Their room is on the second floor, and although the room has not been blistered, it has a musty smell of tidal tides.
"I couldn't find a better inn in this location." Heming was a little sorry, it had been raining for more than a month, not to mention the house, and even people were going to be moldy.
"It's okay, let's talk about the situation."
"In the past, I only knew how to scold these rich people and felt that they were unkind to the rich, but this time I personally participated, and I realized that they relied on and predicted what was going to happen."
Li He smiled: "Yes, I have gained something from this trip." ”
Heming grinned: "We found that the warehouses where they hoard rice are all built on high ground, and most of them have built overhead layers, which is why they have already made a prediction of rising water." ”
"How's the guard?"
"It's not a problem for us."
Heming took out a map of the granary they drew by themselves, picked one in the south, south, and northwest, and each of the four of them took three people to prepare for the step in advance.
Then Hu Yanjin asked the people of the beggar gang to spread the matter of free opening grain.
Several people made an appointment and called at the same time.
Locally, wealthy households who dare to brazenly raise the price of rice in this way have more or less some connections with local officials, relying on the protection of this relationship, and their own families and thugs rely on fighting to bully others.
A person who is truly strong in martial arts disdains to act as a thug.
As soon as Hu Yanjin made a move, they quickly opened the door of the granary, and the people who were waiting with rice bags in disbelief rushed up happily, only hating that they didn't take two more rice bags.
Both the government and the lord's family received the news that the mob was looting food, but just as they were about to send troops, the warehouse in another place also called the police.
"Who are the people who are robbing the grain?" The prefect hurriedly asked.
"There are too many people to count, and the leader is wearing a silver mask, which is very similar to the one that was passed down a little time ago, the 'silver-faced Langjun' in the capital who robbed the Hou Mansion!"
The warden of the military room hurriedly exaggerated the number, and even if they couldn't catch it or beat it, it was because there were too many people on the other side.
One of the robbers was the prefect's brother-in-law, and as soon as he ran over to complain, he heard the words of the warden. Angry and scolded:
"What 'silver-faced Lang-kun'? I think it's the 'Silver Mask Lord'! Brother-in-law, look at my forehead, it was brought up by the silver-faced demon lord! Get someone to catch him!" ”
The prefect was shocked that the Marquis Mansion in the capital was robbed, and their various government offices received a notification, and the military room and the criminal room also received a wanted warrant from the military department and the criminal department.
Unexpectedly, that guy was so bold that he actually went to his own territory.
The beggar gang spared no effort to create momentum, until Hu Yanjin and they evacuated, and they still made people feel that the silver-faced Langjun was still there.
Hu Yanjin did not stop, and acted separately to kill Kaifeng's subordinate East Lanyang, South Chenliu, West Zhongmu, and North Fengqiu.
stepped on the point in advance and the beggars responded to it, and the four teams of people were in these four counties overnight, solving the one or two large households that hoarded the most grain.
The county magistrates of these four counties received a notice from the government office the next day that they should strengthen their precautions, and said with a sad face: "My side has been robbed, and I still need to guard against a ghost!" ”
Kaifeng Mansion sees that the momentum is not right, this is a large group of bandits with a plan and scale! On the one hand, he reported to the imperial court, and on the other hand, he requested the support of Xuanwuwei stationed in Kaifeng.
Here, Kaifeng Mansion wanted to arrest bandits with great fanfare, and Huyanjin crossed the Yellow River directly from Zhongmu, made a vote in Yangwu, and went to the northeast to enter the boundary of the Daimyo Mansion in North Zhili.
Two days later, at the ferry post in Linqingzhou, an official boat was parked, and the bamboo curtain was half-hung on the boat, and the sound of the lyre was heard.
In the bamboo curtain, it can be vaguely seen that Fuqin is a white-clothed son, and I don't know what kind of royal relatives he is, but he feels that it is unattainable.
A few more guests came, and the ship pulled anchor and set sail.
"The head of the family, this time there is a big trouble in Kaifeng Mansion, and your title has changed again." Li He smiled: "Last time in the capital, you were still a 'silver-faced Langjun', and this time you have become a 'silver-faced demon lord'." ”
"Zheng Kuan has already received several medical centers, and our money will be invested in these three prefectures through soup kitchens and the distribution of medicines for pre-epidemic diseases." Hemming also said.
Mire was participating in the operation for the first time, and in the past, they had gone to forcibly collect the grain and horses of the farmers, but this time they were distributing the grain of the rich to the civilians.
"It's a pleasure! I thought that if I left the army, I would never have such a passion again......"
He thought of the people who had received the rice, and before leaving, he didn't forget to kneel down and kowtow to him, and his nose was a little sore.
Being needed, this feeling made him understand Hu Yanjin better.
Hu Yanjin plucked the strings twice and smiled:
"Is the scenery of the Cao River not beautiful enough, or is the deity's piano not playing well? Let you, all the time, talk about fighting and killing to spoil the scenery. ”
He called in the direction of the bow:
"Meng Chen, serve them wine!"