"Bring the village chief." Song Yang was annoyed in his heart, but his tone was just a little colder than usual, not letting his emotions leak out, which was his usual style.

Since the snowfall, it is not the first time that Song Yang has dealt with those village chiefs who failed to prevent them in advance, and Li Yong knows what to do.

"Bring people in." Li Yong waved his hand at the back.

"The prefect spares his life! The grass people really didn't know that the first snow of the year would fall so much, otherwise they wouldn't have dared to be so bold and detain those disaster relief things! When the village chief saw Song Yang, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

Because of digging canals and water cellars, many people know Song Yang, and the village chiefs of each village have also eaten with Song Yang, and they all think that Song Yang is a rich loser in the family, and they are not afraid of him.

Song Yang naturally knows the thoughts of these people, as long as they are all serious, Song Yang doesn't mind giving these people a good face, and he won't use official authority to oppress anyone.

But the village chief's behavior killed many innocent people, and Song Yang hated to behead the other party directly, so that the unjust soul could be blinded.

But the current situation does not allow Song Yang to do this, especially since each village has different degrees of casualties, as well as the collapse of houses, if the village chief is severely punished at this time, the village must be without a backbone, Song Yang does not dare to guarantee that the village chief he temporarily promoted has the ability to lead the entire village through the difficulties.

Although Song Yang had mobilized the manpower that Song Xingchen had prepared for him in Dry City, in the face of the catastrophe, it was obviously still insufficient, and they had no identity, and it was difficult for them to convince the public.

Looking coldly at the village chief kneeling in the snow, Song Yang spoke for a long time before he spoke: "Drag it to the tent and punish it with a cane." ”

"My lord, the grass people have been wronged! Please be merciful! The village chief raised his head in fright, crawled in front of Song Yang on his knees, pulled his shirt and said: "The grass people will distribute all the clothes to protect against the cold, ask the adults to be merciful, and give the grass people a way to live, the grass people promise that they will remember the lesson and never dare to swallow the materials again." ”

"Bold, don't let go of the adults yet." Li Yong stepped forward, pulled the village chief's arm, dragged him aside, and scolded: "Has your conscience been eaten by dogs?" In order to let everyone spend this winter safely, the adults scattered all their family wealth, and the prefect of the dignified mansion could only eat some meat for three days, and he did not buy new clothes in the dry city for a year. It's good that you dare to privately swallow the cold materials that adults help the people, causing so many innocent people to die, and I don't know how many people are ruined, this sin is to kill you directly, and that is not enough to make up for it! ”

Li Yong felt that he was embarrassed by the scolding, and kicked the village chief to the ground, resisting the urge to kill people on the spot.

For three days, in the past three days of snowfall, every day was in the rescue, but there were still many people who were crushed to death by their own houses, or because the rescue was not timely, they were frozen to death and starved to death in the collapsed houses, and many people who escaped from their homes were also frozen and sick outside.

Although Song Yang began to rescue as soon as the snow fell, the entire dry city was vast, but there were few people who might be in charge, if it wasn't for Song Yang himself, I don't know how many homes would never be rebuilt.

And among the culprits, the village chiefs of each village have the greatest responsibility.

"The grass people are really guilty, beg the adults to give the villain a chance to make up for their mistakes, and ask the adults to be merciful!" The village chief didn't care about the pain, and knew from the murderous aura on Li Yong that he was really in trouble, so he could only beg for mercy one by one.

"This official will give you another chance to make meritorious service and assist the yacha in the rescue, if you can't satisfy the villagers, you can still live in the prefect's prison." Song Yang said coldly: "These twenty boards and remember first, after the rescue is over, if you can't make meritorious contributions, the official will reward you with more boards, how to convict you of embezzlement of disaster relief materials, the court has its own laws!" ”

The village chief was so frightened that he fell to the ground again, feeling remorseful in his heart, even if he didn't know how to read big words, he knew how those officials who embezzled relief materials were dealt with after being investigated and punished by the imperial court, not to mention that he was just a village chief.

"Hmph, with your crimes, at least the whole family will suffer!" Li Yong glared at the village chief fiercely and scolded: "Don't pretend to be dead here, hurry up and organize the villagers to rescue, if you delay for a while, you may save one less life." Don't try to escape, I'll tell the villagers to supervise your family, and whoever dares to run away will wait to sit through the prison! ”

The village chief repeatedly promised that he would behave well and organize the villagers to rescue him under the kicking of the officials, so as to fight for the family's chance to live.

At this time, the house in front of Song Yang was cleaned up, but the officials and the people who rescued them were silent, without the joy of saving people, and Song Yang knew that the people inside must be helpless.

Immediately afterwards, a stiff corpse was carried out, the youngest of whom was an infant baby......

Song Yang turned around stiffly, and couldn't bear to look at the unrecognizable corpse anymore, "According to the way of the previous villages, this official will go to the next village first, and after someone takes over the matter here, you immediately bring someone to follow, don't delay the best time to save people." ”

"Yes, sir!" Li Yong gave up his hand to receive the order, and when he saw Song Yang, who turned around, coughed heavily, he hurriedly took two steps forward and said, "My lord, let's rest first, and leave the rescue to my subordinates." ”

"No need, if this official doesn't set an example, the county commanders and town mayors below are afraid that they won't take the lives of the people seriously, and even those village officials dare to continue to conceal the report, I don't know how many innocent people will lose their lives in vain because of their inaction." Song Yang's voice was firm, stepping on the knee-high snow, and he walked forward with difficulty.

After several days of sleeplessness, and supervising the rescue work against the wind and snow, Song Yang's body was already unbearable, but he didn't dare to stop, for fear that he would take a nap and receive another death report.

After sending Song Yang into the carriage, Li Yong hurriedly turned around and threw himself into the rescue work.

At the beginning, Song Yang originally wanted everyone to disperse to rescue, so as to rescue the trapped people as quickly and efficiently, but Li Yong has been a government official for many years, and he knows the real situation of the dry city.

The most important thing is that even if the county officials in various places get Song Yang's warrant, it is difficult to obey the order at the first time, at least they will wait until the snow stops, and then clear the road so that the carriage can travel safely before traveling, which will delay the rescue time.

Fortunately, on the first day of snow, the snow on the road was not deep, so Song Yang and his party quickly rushed to more than a dozen villages, calling on the village chief to take the villagers to take precautions in advance, which greatly shortened the rescue time and reduced some losses of life and property.

While Song Yang was busy with disaster relief, Song Xingchen also waited for the prefect here.

There was no need for Song Xingchen to exert pressure, the people sued the county order and his family, and the prefect couldn't do it if he wanted to deal with the county order.

However, the prefect has no intention of being soft, although this county order has acted recklessly, and he has not collected much money after taking office, but he has a little bit of unrelated kinship with the Tang family, and he has not put the prefect in his eyes at all, and he has not been filial piety for many years, and the prefect is eager for him to have an accident.

It's just that the prefect's background is not deep, and he is an old slippery head, afraid that disposing of the prefect without authorization will make the Tang family unhappy, and then offend Zhou Feng, so he will keep turning a blind eye and letting the magistrate be free for so many years.

"The prefect doesn't need to be polite, but the lord of this county is angry for a while, and he is tired of the prefect's work." Song Xingchen sat on the main seat and said with a shelf.

Although Song Xingchen doesn't like this kind of style, but sometimes if you don't hold it, others will look down on you, so why bother to make yourself unhappy?

"It's all the incompetence under the rule of the lower officials that made the county lord and Miss Tang wronged, and it was the lower officials who knew their mistakes." The prefect of Yancheng made amends with a modest attitude.

"Those who don't know are not guilty, the prefect is now also giving justice to the county lord and the people in the county, and when the county lord writes a letter to the capital later, he will definitely report this matter truthfully." Song Xingchen opened his mouth lightly, not showing any displeasure.

The prefect of Yancheng was shocked, and soon understood Song Xingchen's intentions.

"I heard that the county lord's trip is to go to the dry city for disaster relief, and now the road is closed by heavy snow, the county lord is afraid that it will be delayed for some hours, and the arrival of relief materials will be delayed. Although Xia Guan is the prefect of Yancheng, he also knows that the dry city is damaged a lot by the snow disaster every year, but he is willing to make a contribution, and hopes that the county lord can give Xia Guan a chance. "Yancheng Prefect Road.

"Oh?" Song Xingchen raised his eyebrows and asked, "Please also ask the prefect to make it clear, the county lord doesn't understand it." ”

"That's right, there have been snow disasters in Yancheng, although it is not as serious as the drought city, but there will be some situations every winter, so the government has always had disaster relief reserves. The lower officials did not dare to embezzle these materials privately, but at present, they are lent to the county lord for emergency, and the materials brought by the county lord will be replenished after passing through Yancheng, which is something that the lower officials can call the shots. In this way, the side of the dry city can at least be rescued more than a month in advance, and the lower officials believe that Lord Song's side will also agree. "The prefect of Yancheng has been an official for many years, and he has a little ability to look at people, otherwise he wouldn't dare to speak like this.

Song Xingchen nodded with satisfaction, but he didn't want to take advantage of Yancheng, so as not to suffer the people on Yancheng's side, after all, the imperial court will only allocate funds and materials after the disaster occurs.

Yancheng can have reserve materials, and it is estimated that it is also the remaining inventory from the past, as well as the emergency supplies that the local governments are eligible to keep every year, and the number will not be too much.

"As long as the supplies are really available, the prefect's proposal is debatable, and the lord of this county will thank you for the victims of the disaster." Song Xingchen bowed slightly, and then frowned lightly and said, "It's just that the county lord doesn't have many entourages, I'm afraid it's difficult to transport too many supplies." ”

"Please rest assured about this, the lower officials will send people to escort them to the dry city, if they take the first step, they can arrive earlier than the county lord." The prefect of Yancheng replied.

"In this way, I will have to work hard again." Song Xingchen said with a smile: "The guards I brought, in addition to the royal guards, are my second brother's personal guards, as well as the personal guards brought by Miss Tang. If you don't mind, can you allow the county lord to choose some people to accompany you to escort the supplies? If there is a disaster in a place, it is also good for them to rescue on the spot, saving time and manpower and material resources. ”

"What the county lord said is extremely true, there are not many people who can be called upon by the lower officials, so it is very good to arrange it." The prefect cooperated.

"Then the county lord will not delay the time of the adults, let the supplies leave one day earlier, and the victims will benefit one day earlier. However, when the county lord returned to Beijing, he held a banquet to thank the prefect. Song Xingchen got up and said, "The county lord will send the royal guard captain Jin Zhan to accompany him, and how many materials he borrowed from the adults, when the personnel of the rescue team pass by, they will definitely fill in the same price." ”

"Then the lower official is ready to leave, and the county lord will arrange manpower." Poor Lord Prefect, after dealing with the case of the county order, just sat down and didn't drink a pot of hot tea, he was sent off by Song Xingchen, and the return trip would only speed up and not be idle.