Chapter Thirty-Eight: Pretending
The heart of Cannes City.
The Third Highness Sima Chong led his guards to build a new porridge shop here to relieve the victims.
Outside the porridge shed, more than a dozen horse-drawn carts loaded with grain were parked on the side of the road.
Sima Chong sat in the carriage and looked at the busy crowd in the porridge shed, with a look of satisfaction on his face.
This is the food he brought from his own palace, although this food is not enough to provide relief to the victims of the entire Jiankang City, it is also enough for them to feed and dress for a while.
But as time goes by, more and more people crowd in, which will trigger a catastrophic chain reaction, and then the entire Jiankang City will face a catastrophe.
Sima Chong calculated in his heart that as long as this disaster passed, he would be rewarded by his father, and he would be reused, and then he would be able to show his strength in the court, and even become the crown prince was unknown!
Sima Chong thought of his dream, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, and his face was full of longing.
"Come one by one, don't scramble, all line up!" Sima Chong shouted loudly.
Who knows that there are too many refugees, and they are hungry all the way, who cares about these rules.
All of a sudden, the crowd was in a mess.
Seeing this, Sima Chong's brows furrowed, and anger grew on his face.
"What's going on? Why is it so noisy? Why don't you hurry up and get the order under control? Sima Chong shouted angrily.
The guards hurried to the crowd to control the order.
"Bastard! Bastard! What are you doing here? What are you doing here? Sima Chong looked at the chaotic scene in front of him, and suddenly jumped like thunder.
The victims rushed to grab food, which made the already small street even more crowded, and Sima Chong was hit by the crowd as he stood in front of the carriage.
Fortunately, a guard next to him quickly helped him, otherwise Sima Chong would have fallen to the ground.
Sima yelled angrily: "Hurry up and evacuate the victims!" "
"Yes!" The guards agreed and quickly dispersed the congestion.
Sima Chong stood in front of the carriage and scolded: "One or two have been clearly heard by Lao Tzu, whoever dares to snatch food, I will kill him!" "
When the people heard Sima Chong's words, they couldn't help but shudder.
At this time, a beggar shouted in the crowd: "I am starving!" I haven't eaten in a long time, can you enjoy it! "
As soon as these words came out, there was a lot of discussion in the crowd, and everyone kept talking: "Yes! We're really hungry! I'm so hungry! "
When Sima Chong heard these words, he glared at him angrily: "What do we have to do with you starving to death?" We are helping the victims, not a scoundrel like you! Get out of the way and don't get in the way of our troubled areas! "
Sima Chong's words made the beggars' faces embarrassed.
What they are most afraid of is encountering this kind of officers and soldiers, because this kind of person is inhumane, and only knows how to oppress civilians, and they are also the kind of officers and soldiers who bully others, so they are very afraid.
Most of these begging people are old, weak, sick and disabled, wearing tattered clothes, mud stains on their cloth shoes, and dirty faces, looking extremely embarrassed.
When the beggars saw that Sima Chong and his party were numerous, they retreated to the side, and no one went to trouble Sima Chong again, and they were all well aware of their situation.
Sima Chong and his entourage are all tall and strong, and they are not at all something that they can provoke.
Seeing that the group of beggars finally stopped harassing him, Sima Chong turned around and walked into the porridge shed, instructed his men to continue to give porridge, and ordered the guards to send rice porridge to all parts of the porridge shed.
Sima Chong came to the front of the porridge shed. The people who were giving porridge in the porridge shed saw Sima Chong and others coming, and they all lowered their heads, not daring to look more.
Sima Chong looked at the situation in the porridge shed and nodded with satisfaction.
Although there are a lot of people in the porridge shack, it is well organized, and there is a chef who is in charge of cooking porridge.
Sima Chong smiled secretly in his heart.
His men were well trained and well organized.
Sima Chong stood in the porridge shed for a while, and suddenly, he saw a man in dirty clothes lying in a blank area in the porridge shed.
Sima Chong was stunned, who is this beggar, who dares to be so bold and dare to lie in the porridge shed he governs!
"Hey, stinky beggar, this is not the place for you, get out of here!" Sima Chong shouted angrily.
Sima Chong's voice spread all around, and everyone couldn't help but look at Sima Chong when they heard this voice, with a look of surprise in their eyes, it was obvious that Sima Chong's status was very high and prestigious, and everyone was full of awe of him.
Sima Chong saw the eyes of the people around him, and felt a burst of pride in his heart, his current image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!
Sima Chong stepped forward, ready to teach a lesson to this beggar who dared to lie in his porridge shed,
He wanted the people to see what had happened to the beggar!
When the beggar saw Sima rushing towards him, he was so frightened that he quickly got up with difficulty, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy.
At this time, Sima Chong saw the appearance of the beggar clearly.
It was a thin middle-aged man, sloppy and pitiful, but his cheeks were a little sunken, obviously malnourished.
After Sima Chong saw this beggar, he frowned and asked, "Who are you?" "
When the beggar heard Sima Chong's words, he glanced up at Sima Chong and saw that it was a man dressed as an official, so he hurriedly replied: "Grass man Li Fu!" "
Li Fu is an ordinary rural farmer, originally in his hometown was already good, but he didn't expect a famine, wandered to Jiankang City, and almost fell ill, because of the rescue of the victims, he survived.
He was dressed in shabby robes, and he carried a broken bowl in his hand, and he did not carry a copper coin with him.
In this way, he can only go and collect the food that the beggars give them for, and he can only save it for the evening to make soup and drink.
His life was also very hard, because he didn't dare to leave, otherwise, he would not be able to survive.
He had been wandering around the area for five or six days, begging here every day, but because his body was so weak, it seemed like it might collapse at any moment.
As soon as Li Fu's words were finished, the guards beside Sima Chong immediately walked over and grabbed Li Fu's arm.
When Li Fu saw the guard in front of him, he was so frightened that his legs were weak, he struggled and shouted loudly: "What are you doing here!" Let go of me! "
"Let him go." Sima Chong said lightly.
"This brother has always been in a dirty robe, and he looks very miserable, so you should let him rest for a while."
"This ......," the guard hesitated.
"Let go!" Sima Chong said angrily.
Seeing the fierce gaze flashing in Sima Chong's eyes, the guards immediately did not dare to disobey Sima Chong's order, and let go of the arm that was holding Li Fu.
"Thank you, sir!" Li Fu hurriedly thanked.
Sima Chong nodded, "You take a break, and I'll have someone bring you porridge in a while." ”
After speaking, Sima Chong commanded, and conjured out of the shed.
Standing outside the shed, looking at so many victims, Sima Chong thought in his heart how much credit he could have.