320 The will of the people
They hadn't eaten a full meal for a long time, let alone meat, and after roasting the rabbits, they devoured them one by one.
Jiang Xiaonian looked at their appearance, relieved and sad.
Inadvertently caught a glimpse of one of them breaking off the two rabbit legs and carefully putting them into his arms, Jiang Xiaonian said curiously: "You have to eat enough to have the strength to move food, what are you doing with so much left?" ”
The tall and thin man smiled, with a rare hint of shyness on his face, and said, "I'll take it back for my daughter-in-law and children to eat." ”
As soon as he heard this, the big man next to him was also stunned, and hurriedly withdrew the rabbit meat that was about to be sent into his mouth, and put it in his arms.
"My mother hasn't eaten meat for a long time, and every time she thinks about leaving something delicious for me, I also want to bring this half of the rabbit back for her to eat."
Suddenly, everyone stopped talking and carefully wrapped the remaining rabbit in their hands with leaves.
Jiang Xiaonian was moved by their hearts for remembering their relatives, sniffed, and suppressed the sourness in his heart.
But I saw a man sitting in the corner under the tree desperately gnawing on the rabbit in his hand, crying while gnawing.
"What's wrong with him?" Jiang Xiaonian looked at him and whispered to the person next to him.
The two big men closest to Jiang Xiaonian glanced at the man, sighed and whispered: "He, my father and mother died early, and the daughter-in-law and children were swept away by the flood, and then I finally found the body, and it was all soaked and rotten, it is estimated that I felt uncomfortable when I heard us mention our relatives!" Alas, life is too bitter. ”
When Jiang Xiaonian heard this, he didn't feel good in his heart.
Although she knew that there were many sufferings in the world, and she should look down on life and death, she still felt sorry for him when she heard these words.
After a long silence, she stood up, squeezed out a smile and said, "Everyone has eaten, right?" After eating, I will move the food back with me, so that more people can strive for a better home, and after the reservoir is built, the impact of the flood will be much less in the future, and the days will become better, and everyone wants to live a stable life in their hearts, right? ”
Hearing Jiang Xiaonian's words, everyone suddenly felt full of energy, and they raised their hands and said, "Yes!" We follow Master Jiang, we must build the reservoir well, and live a stable life in the future! ”
"Okay! Let's go! ”
On the way back, everyone's mood was very high, and many people were humming local songs while pulling food, and they didn't feel tired at all.
In order not to cause turmoil, Jiang Xiaonian had already asked Jiang Wei to make an announcement, saying that as long as you go near the reservoir today, you will have free porridge to drink.
When I came back, the number of refugees along the way had dropped a lot, and there was a team of officers to escort me, but there was nothing to do.
It's just that Jiang Wei is about to be unable to deal with it, and most of the refugees rushed over there, but they didn't see the porridge, so they were about to riot.
Many officers and soldiers had no choice but to form a line in front of the refugees, fearing that they would rush forward desperately.
Just when Jiang Wei really couldn't hold on, he saw Jiang Xiaonian's figure.
"Sister, you're finally back!"
Looking behind her, she saw that the team of officers and soldiers following behind her were all majestic and high-spirited, not at all the same as before, Jiang Wei couldn't help but look at his sister again.
They must have changed like this because of their sister.
"Everyone's quiet, everyone's quiet!" Jiang Wei raised his hands and motioned to the victims below not to squeeze any further.
"I, Jiang, promised to give porridge today, I will definitely not break my promise, now that the porridge is here, please line up and come one by one!"
As soon as everyone heard this, they instantly became quiet, and they all looked behind him in anticipation.
"Look, they really brought the pot!"
"And bags of grain! We really won't starve! ”
When everyone saw the team behind Jiang Xiaonian, they were all excited, and their eyes were shining.
The officials also began to maintain order, asking them to line up according to the rules, saying that everyone should not be crowded.
Everyone was a little more disciplined and began to line up in a long line.
Jiang Xiaonian asked people to cook some potato and rice porridge before he came, and appeased these refugees first.
When the porridge was being divided in the front, the pot in the back was constantly boiling, and several large pots were working at the same time.
Jiang Wei saw that everyone's mood had finally stabilized, so he announced at the time of the porridge kitchen: "After the porridge is served today, there will be tomorrow, everyone can still come here!" ”
As soon as they heard this, everyone began to cheer.
"It's just that for everyone's future, this reservoir must be completed as soon as possible. Therefore, everyone who comes to drink porridge tomorrow must start digging and building the reservoir, not for others, but for themselves. Is it okay for everyone to contribute? ”
Hearing this, someone immediately shouted: "Let's do it today, can we give another bowl of porridge?" ”
Jiang Wei looked in the direction of the man, and immediately nodded and agreed: "Okay, those who work today can share another bowl!" ”
As soon as they heard this, the crowd became energetic and raised their hands and cheered.
As long as there is something to eat, what is it to do some work?
Jiang Xiaonian only took about 10,000 catties of grain out this time, and according to the number and speed of this disaster, he could only hold on for more than ten days at most.
However, more than 10 days is enough, and thousands of refugees are starting work at the same time, and the speed is also very impressive.
Jiang Wei has been running around the reservoir, letting his officers and soldiers direct the masses below to work.
Some old and weak women and children got tired after a few strokes, and he didn't urge them, but only said that they would work after resting.
I don't know when the rumors began to spread that the food for this disaster relief was all provided by Lord Jiang himself, not the disaster relief food allocated by the imperial court.
As soon as this rumor came out, Jiang Wei's reputation skyrocketed, and everyone knew that he was a good official who loved the people like a son.
The Da'an County Guard and the county commanders below were stupid when they heard this rumor, what happened to Jiang Wei? Is there something wrong with your brain?!
But he is the governor sent by the court, even if he is dissatisfied with his actions, he can't do anything with him.
Later, a group of people summed up and felt that this was not the way to go.
If the rumors of the people are allowed to ferment again, saying that the imperial court has not allocated food to come down, and it is all paid by Lord Jiang at his own expense, they will probably have to be censored.
In order to gain a good reputation and not be compared too obviously by Jiang Wei, they had to reluctantly take out part of the grain in their warehouses and distribute it to the affected people in various counties.
Of course, they did not say that this was the grain allocated by the imperial court, but that it was the surplus they had saved over the years, and they had dedicated it to the people.
The people of Da'an County are all rejoicing, how can they have such good treatment when they were affected by disasters in the past? Either starved to death or died of disease.
Now there is a big man in the sky, and all the masters who used to be like iron roosters have opened warehouses to release grain, which is rare in a hundred years!
Jiang Wei is not a person who does not know how to deal with people, and after seeing that all the officials have taken food out for disaster relief, he said that he will definitely play the saint when he goes back to commend them for this move.
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