Chapter 313: A drop in the bucket
In fact, the county magistrate's heart was very clear that the reason why Qi Junyi pressed him so hard must have thought that he would not do anything in the face of these victims, but he was really wronged.
So even in order to alleviate this misunderstanding, he had to tell everything one by one.
"If you don't believe me, you can go to the city and ask, I have really done my best to help the west, and even used my own money."
"The drought in the west is really a drop in the bucket, and it has no effect at all, and these people can't eat in the west, so they wander around and come to various towns."
Mu Anle patiently listened to what he said, although he didn't understand what was going on for the time being, but just looking at the helplessness in the county commander's eyes, Mu Anle felt that he might not be a bad person.
There must be a reason why these victims are staying here.
Qi Junyi also seemed to be aware of this, seeing that the county official was very anxious, he just nodded lightly at him, and his tone was slightly slower than before.
Seeing that their attitude had finally changed, the county magistrate also breathed a sigh of relief, and after wiping the cold sweat from his forehead again, he began to continue the narrative.
"At first, the surrounding towns provided for them, but slowly, they became more and more dissatisfied, and there were even scenes of blatant robbery."
"The food rations of the people in the city can only be maintained, and although the local prefect has been exempted from paying a lot of taxes these days, I try not to ask the people for anything, but it still seems too powerless."
"Ladies and gentlemen, the lower officials really have no choice but to gather them all here, otherwise the people in the city will be panicked, and the situation will be even worse."
"The lower officials know that they are hungry, so I will take out silver taels from my own money and ask the guards to go farther away to buy food for soup kitchen, although there is no guarantee that they will have enough food and drink, but at least they will be able to eat and drink!"
He patiently explained word by word, and Mu Anle, Qi Junyi and others also listened patiently, until they listened to everything in their ears, and then they understood what the cause and effect were.
Until this time, the last trace of hostility towards the county order in Qi Junyi's eyes disappeared
Bai He is stationed here now, and I am afraid that he has no choice but to choose.
"I see." Qi Junyi nodded lightly at him, and turned his gaze to Bai Shilin, as if he wanted to ask something. But before he could speak, Bai Shilin seemed to understand, so he immediately nodded in agreement.
And he always directly ignored the opinions of the three princes, so he opened his mouth to the county order.
"If the drought in the west is not resolved, then the situation here will never be improved, we originally sent supplies to the west by fate, but you also seem to be in a difficult situation here, in this case, it is better for me to stay......"
"No, no, no, no."
Before Qi Junyi finished speaking, the county magistrate immediately understood what he wanted to do, which was nothing more than to leave supplies for him for emergency, so he immediately refused.
Qi Junyi frowned a little puzzled, Mu Anle on the side was confused, and he really didn't understand why the county order would refuse the materials they gave away.
Only the third prince didn't know why, he didn't understand what they were discussing at all, and he didn't know that Qi Junyi had already excluded him, so he didn't even want to ask his opinion.
"Why?" Mu Anle was really incomprehensible, so without waiting for Qi Junyi to speak, she immediately asked, "I thought I would gladly accept it, why refuse, aren't you very short of food?" ”
Having said this, the third prince finally understood what was going on, so he immediately frowned and shouted at a few of them.
"Okay, you guys actually want to transport the supplies to others without telling this prince, it seems that you really don't want to die, believe it or not, I will immediately write a letter back to my father!"
Mu Anle and Qi Junyi didn't hear the roar and threat of the third prince, and only a gentle person like Bai Shilin sighed helplessly at him.
"Third prince, it seems that you didn't listen carefully to what the emperor said when you left, he said that if you meet entrenched victims on the road, you can also distribute the materials to them in case of emergency. So everything we do is in line with common sense, and you don't have to be in such a hurry. ”
The third prince couldn't help but be stunned, he really didn't hear the emperor say this at that time.
But the others didn't care what he thought, and Mu Anle was just staring
stared at the county magistrate in front of him, not understanding why he had made such a decision.
The county commander was silent for a while, and then cautiously opened his mouth.
"Everyone is willing to give away materials, of course Xia Guan is happy in his heart, after all, this solves the urgent need, but this is still just the beginning, the further west you go, the more people will be affected. We are still able to support it here, after all, I have saved a lot of money over the years, and there are no children in the family, so I don't need much. ”
"The further you go, the more you will find that there are more victims there than here, so they may need more help than me, and if you want to give them supplies, give them these things, and I will take care of them here."
The county commander slowly spoke to a few of them, and it could be seen that he had rejected this batch of donated materials, and he felt pity in his heart, but he was really a kind person.
The situation here is not particularly bad, he has already heard that there is even cannibalism in other places.
In this case, of course, they need this material more than they do.
After hearing these words, Mu Anle fell into a short silence, not knowing how to express his feelings for a while. I didn't expect a small county magistrate to be able to have such a big mind, and he probably shouldn't only serve in this kind of place.
Of course, Mu Anle was not the only one who thought so at this time, Qi Junyi was silent for a long time after listening to his words, and when he finally spoke lightly, he only asked him one word.
"What did you say your name was?"
The county commander was slightly stunned, and then immediately bowed to Qi Junyi, and replied respectfully again.
"Returning to His Royal Highness, the official name is Zhao Rushi."
After getting this answer, Qi Junyi nodded with satisfaction, and then planned to turn around and leave.
"Okay, then as you wish, I hope you can handle the situation here."
"When we reach the west, I will start the rescue immediately, and the situation here will definitely ease somewhat, and when everything is over, I will come back to you!"
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