Chapter 213: Self-blame

"If you want to increase the porridge to a thousand people, it won't last long..."She said with a frown, a little anxious in her eyes.

"But if you want to dilute the porridge with water, it won't work if you eat it, these people are still hungry, and when they are hungry, they will make trouble even more....", a woman carrying a basket and pretending to be a woman who bought velvet flowers whispered.

Porridge that can't be thinner anymore is no different from hot water, so it's better not to give porridge.

Liu Meibao bit her lip and didn't speak.

"Madam, this is a hole that we can't fill, we can't get it, orβ€”" The woman whispered.

When she got married, Song Sanniang had already used up all the money she gave her, and it was time to sell her dowry....

The power of one person is useless, Liu Meibao sighed.

"Then disperse, and then go on, if a good deed is not achieved, it will become a bad deed." She said.

It's only been a few days, and it hasn't made everyone dependent, so let's disperse quickly.

The woman was relieved and retired.

"Didn't you say that the government would give porridge? Why have all the civil society groups come forward, but they haven't moved? Liu Meibao sat on the kang, muttering to herself a little sullenly, while picking up the pen and writing and painting boringly.

During lunch, I heard that Lu Yan and the others were discussing business, so I asked the kitchen to add a few dishes and send them over, and I heard that the servant woman who delivered the food came back and said that the group of people were still in the hall.

It's also idle after the Chinese New Year, and it's not easy for these soldiers to be soldiers.

Liu Meibao ate sullenly, took a medical book and flipped through it, and just after reading a page, she saw the servant woman leading the woman in.

"Ma'am. The shopkeepers were all arrested by the government. The woman fell on her knees and wept.

Liu Meibao was taken aback.

The patrol team sent by Wang Jiu soon returned.

"The prefect sent someone to remove the soup kitchen, and the people were also arrested." They replied.

The master breathed a sigh of relief.

"Those hungry people will definitely make trouble, disperse quickly." He commanded.

During this period, Lu Yan did not speak.

A servant crept in and whispered a few words in his ear.

"Where are you going? It's getting late. He said with a frown.

Everyone who was whispering about how many New Year's gifts should be distributed for the Chinese New Year this year heard him speak, and the hall fell silent.

The little guy lowered his head in fear.

"Mrs. said to go to the prefect's wife." He said.

It wasn't loud, but a few people nearby heard it.

"Didn't you just go?" Lu Yan frowned. "It's cold, she's not feeling well, don't go, I'll go with her after the third year of junior high school."

The little guy answered. Hesitantly moved.

Lu Yan looked at him and understood something.

"Already on board?" He asked.

The little guy breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.

The master on the side frowned, this is also called asking for instructions? In fact, it's just a notice, how can a woman's family be so indifferent to her husband?

"Then I'll go too." Lu Yan stood up and said, motioning for the soldiers standing to bring the big fur cloak.

The master's face was even more ugly, but he didn't say anything. Let everyone continue to do things, and follow Lu Yan out of the hall.

Liu Meibao's car has really gone out of the second door.

"I just remembered something to tell my wife, and I will come back when I go." When she saw Lu Yan coming, she said with a little uneasiness.

"It's okay, I'll take a car with you and keep you warm." Lu Yan laughed in a low voice, holding her hand and about to get into the car.

Liu Meibao's face was restless and a little guilty.

The master had been watching from the sidelines, and suddenly thought of something, and his face suddenly fell.

"Ma'am," he said, his face heavy. looked at Liu Meibao and said, "Does that soup soup have anything to do with you?" ”

Liu Meibao was taken aback, and raised her eyes to look at the master, this ancient strategist and literati are all human spirits!

Lu Yan first looked back at his master, and then turned his gaze to Liu Meibao, a little surprised.

"Yes." Liu Meibao was silent for a moment, and then replied briskly.

In the transept next to the chamber. The master looked at Liu Meibao and couldn't hide his anger.

β€œβ€¦ Madam, do you know how many displaced people have been attracted today? How many displaced people are coming from far and wide when they hear the news? In less than three days, three thousand people will be able to gather outside my Hedong Post Fort...."He trembled a little angrily.

These women, these women, are soft-hearted and short-sighted, and they will get into trouble.

"Three thousand people. . . Displaced people, hungry people. Do you know what that means? He paced back and forth, "Now it's too late for all parties to expel the displaced people in the country, we actually set up a soup kitchen, which is good, but doing good things for others has relieved my anxiety..."

Liu Meibao kept her head down and didn't speak.

Lu Yan wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the excited master raising his hand.

"My lord, this is not a child's play, this is a matter of national safety." He glared and said, I said earlier, women are not used to it, this time we must stop this hidden danger, otherwise this wife slave will have to make his wife lawless.

How many husbands were destroyed at the hands of women.

"I didn't expect such a person...," Liu Meibao muttered.

"Since September last year, Shanxi, Shandong, and Hebei have suffered from drought, and this winter is snowing heavily..."The master said in a deep voice, and the rest of the words turned into a soft hum, "My wife doesn't know these things, the government and the yamen all know, and it is also written in the newspaper, what does my wife want to do in the future, it is best to tell the adults first." ”

The shame on Liu Meibao's face was even stronger, and she lowered her head and said yes.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's a big deal." Lu Yan said, looking at Liu Meibao's expression, he was very worried and distressed.

Look, look, look... Master rolled his eyes.

"My lord, don't forget how the Liukou of Dongjiaoling came from..."He said solemnly.

In September last year, due to the great drought, there were a large number of hungry people in Dongjiaoling, and after these hungry people had eaten up the bark of grass and trees, they began to eat people, raid houses and rob houses, and became rogues like locusts crossing the border.

"Why doesn't the government provide disaster relief? It's not about soup kitchens.." Liu Meibao couldn't help but ask.

The master smiled.

"Soup kitchen?" He shook his head and said. "In this world, the court is powerless, and the rich are cold-blooded....everyone should seek more blessings for themselves."

"That means there won't be anyone to help the disaster," Liu Meibao muttered.

The master ignored her anymore, and turned his head to Lu Yan to emphasize the important things now.

β€œβ€¦ Disperse these outcasts halfway, and we must not let them gather to us..."

β€œβ€¦ The most hateful were the two bastards in Songshan Fort and Oxhorn Fort, and the sentinels returned. They are walking in the territory, and we have the news of the soup soup here....those hungry people have been robbed of all their wealth by their arson, and they have coaxed them out of the territory....."

"If all these people gather here with us, they will inevitably become rogues in less than a month..."

The word Liukou came into Liu Meibao's ears, and she couldn't help but smile.

Lu Yan had been looking at her carefully, and when he saw her smiling, he frowned. Raise your hand to interrupt the master's speech.

"It's okay, it's okay, you go on." Liu Meibao noticed his worry and smiled at him again.

It's just that the smile is a little bitter.

"Rogue Kou....I'm just thinking about the movies I used to watch... Well, it's mentioned in a book...", she exhaled, "an emperor told the leader of the beggar gang that you have tens of millions of beggars, and you will not dissolve them for a day. How can I feel at ease? Then the leader of the beggar gang said, "How many beggars I have under my command is not up to me, but to you..."

After she said this, Master and Lu Yan both looked at her in a daze, and they didn't react for a while.

"What are the beggars?" Then the master asked, he frowned, "A gang of beggars?" How can there be this.."

Liu Meibao smiled, said nothing, and bowed his head to leave.

"You're right." Lu Yan stood up abruptly at this time and said.

Since the beginning of the morning, I have been talking about these displaced people, until now. He didn't say more than four sentences, and he sat there as if he was wandering out of the world, but fortunately, the master was already familiar with his slightly frowning expression, and knew that this meant that this man was thinking seriously.

He said that he was stupid, so he had to think slowly when he encountered things.....

So now it's finally figured out?

Master and Liu Meibao both looked at him.

"Gather everybody." He said, his eyes brightened, "Discuss the matter of disaster relief and soup kitchen." ”

Master and Liu Meibao stared at him with wide eyes.

When Lu Yan stepped inside, it was already early in the morning, and he saw the room with the lights on. and Liu Meibao took it over, which startled him.

"Have you not slept all this time?" He said with a frown, carefully placing his palm on her lower abdomen.

His palms were hot.

Liu Meibao reached out to hug him, buried her head in his chest and did not speak.

"What's wrong?" Lu Yan hurriedly asked, "But it's uncomfortable?" Do you drink brown sugar ginger water? ”

Liu Meibao's body is a little cold, and she is not very comfortable when she comes to the small day. I couldn't sleep well the night before, but it was better for Lu Yan to warm her lower abdomen with the palm of her hand, and the husband and wife talked about Liu Meibao casually talked about some knowledge of women's menstrual physiology, and he firmly remembered it.

"Am I causing you trouble?" Liu Meibao choked in front of him.

"Where?" Lu Yan smiled, and hurriedly reached out to pull her face.

The haggard face that had not slept all night was already full of tears.

"If it weren't for my disaster relief and bringing people here, you wouldn't have to do this..."Liu Meibao simply cried happily.

She knew she was a piece of waste in ancient times... In modern times too... Anyway, she's just useless.....

"You still talk about me, I think you're a fool." Lu Yan smiled, wiped the tears on her face with his big hands, picked her up and sat on the kang, gently patted and comforted, and seriously told Liu Meibao the details of the night's discussion, "Actually, everyone has the heart to provide disaster relief."

Whoever donated a large amount of 50 stone of rice grain, the least also donated 10 stone of rice.

"Even the stingy man of the master has donated...," he laughed.

Liu Meibao still couldn't hold back her tears.

"Is that enough relief?" She sobbed.

Lu Yan was silent for a moment.

"I do my best." He told the truth.

Liu Meibao hugged him and cried again.

Lu Yan smiled again.

"Don't be afraid, there's always a way." He said seriously, "This is not a bad thing, it's not what you said, whether these people are outcasts or outcasts is a whim of the government." ”

"That's kind of saying it's very small and fresh, how can it be so simple to do..."Liu Meibao cried, "What do you listen to me, I can't help you, and I'm tired of you..."

Lu Yan was amused by her, and at the same time her heart warmed, this silly girl.....

"Okay, okay, this is the scene, in fact, I am also selfish." He said again.

Liu Meibao looked at him with tears in her eyes.

"What words do you want to comfort me, I don't use telling you, I'm not a child," she choked up.

Lu Yan smiled and kissed her forehead.

"These populations are of great use to me." He whispered in her ear, "Now that the people in the fort are thin, all the soldiers that can be recruited in the territory have been recruited..."

Liu Meibao looked at him again, as if she understood or not.

"The wanderers are in a thought, so aren't the wanderers and the residents also in a thought?" Lu Yan looked at her and smiled. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )