How many people are there on Chixia Mountain?

Before the grain was delivered, the people were scattered on the hills, living in caves like beehives, and all the hills were densely packed with black spots as far as the eye could see, and there must have been more than one million of them.

Everyone can deduce so easily, but no one can define how many there are.

There are 1.6 million free people in Xiling, and the so-called free people are the people who have a place to live in Xiling, and those who do not have houses are not free people, they are called vagabonds or dormitory workers.

There are 1.6 million free people clearly recorded in the Tang family's genus, that is, more than 300,000 households, and no one can say clearly how many vagabonds, beggars, and workers who have just arrived in Xiling.

According to the experience of natural disasters in the past, even a small flood can kill tens of thousands of civilians, let alone an earth-shattering flood like today's.

Natural disasters = dead people, catastrophic natural disasters = many dead people.

With this in mind, all the celebrities, including Tang Luo, believed that if the 1.6 million freedmen could still leave three-quarters of them, it would be considered a great merit.

But in fact, in addition to a large number of free people on the Chixia Mountains, there are also many unregistered black households, and these wanderers who live on the sky and the earth are better able to adapt to the attack of natural disasters and the harsh environment on the Chixia Mountains than ordinary people.

The people of Xiling, who have long been accustomed to going to the grain store to buy rice, have long forgotten how to plow food in the field, except for simple chopping wood to make a fire to cook rice, only fishing and hunting skills may not be lost.

After two months of flooding, although these homeless people had no food, they were able to find something to eat from some inexplicable places, and their survival rate was even higher than that of ordinary Xiling civilians.

So when Tang Luo planned to recruit servants and give food, this group of Xiling black households that were not counted jumped out, which shocked the Xiling celebrities.

After all, a flood has pushed almost all the civilian base back to square one, and it is impossible to distinguish from the appearance that those are "veteran" vagabonds, those who have become "new" vagabonds, who have become freedmen.

Since they can't tell the difference, the celebrities can only help together, after all, Tang Luo had an explanation before leaving, and the target of disaster relief is the people of the entire Chixia Mountain, regardless of origin, gender, age, and origin.

Sun Jinfang and the Xiling celebrities strictly followed Tang Luo's explanation for disaster relief, but when the target of relief changed from more than 1 million people to more than 1.8 million people, it also meant that the loss of disaster relief increased by nearly double.

Therefore, a group of Xiling celebrities could only sit in the council hall as if they were blind, thinking hard about how to survive five days with one million grains.

Ou Yu, who had not spoken, looked at everyone sitting in the conference room but couldn't think of a solution, and frowned: "Since the work of building the city has begun, it will never stop, but it is also a fact that the food loss of the city construction workers is too large, so from today on, the food of the city construction workers will be provided by me Ou Shi first, this is the limit of my ability, you take your leave." ”

After that, Ou Yu stood up and wanted to leave, but when he walked to the door, he suddenly remembered something, turned his head and looked at Nian Bo and said, "Boss, won't you come with me?"

"Oooh oh. Nian Bo stood up in a panic and said to everyone: "Everyone, the old man will say goodbye first, and please don't take a few crazy words to heart." ”

This is not the first time that Nian Bo has apologized for his reckless words, but there are still few responses, except for Shen Dafa, who looks like an old farmer, who comforted Nian Bo for a few words, the rest are mostly noncommittal silence, Ruan Tao snorted coldly, extremely disdainful.

Nian Bo, who touched a soft nail, turned pale, lowered his head and followed Ou Yu out of the council hall.

After the two left, the atmosphere in the council room rebounded, although Ou Yu only said one sentence from beginning to end, but it gave everyone a good start.

Shen Dafa immediately said: "Since Tianjiao will return to the city in a few days, we can't mess up the things he handed over to us, so be it." Lao Er's family still has some food in stock, I will take it all out as food, first spend these five days, Master Sun thinks it's good?"

Celebrities are also divided into levels, Shen Dafa is undoubtedly one of the most respected people in Xiling, with this person's first statement, it is conceivable that the latecomers will also contribute food and efforts.

Sun Jinfang was moved: "Boss Shen is high-minded! ”

"Compared with Tianjiao, the Shen family's little food is not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning. Shen Dafa waved his hand, very humble.

Although he is willing to open a warehouse to give grain, with the background of the Shen family, it is already great to be able to give out 100,000 catties of grain, and Tang Luo handed over 10 million catties of grain to Sun Jinfang without looking at it, isn't it worth mentioning.

But with Ou Yu and Shen Dafa taking the lead in expressing their positions, other Xiling celebrities also spoke out one after another.

"The Xue family has no food, but fortunately, the dart masters are all water-based, and the flood is showing signs of subsiding these days, so the old man tried to see if he could organize them to fish nets. ”

"Most of the medicinal materials brought up the mountain by Huichun Hall this time are medicinal materials, and there is not much food left, but Liu is also willing to take out 100,000 catties as relief food to express his gratitude. ”

"You know, the Ruan family is all big-bellied men, but Ruan Tao is by no means a stingy person, so let's take out 200,000 catties of grain!"

100,000 catties, 80,000 catties, 50,000 catties.

These celebrities, who were obviously short of food to the extreme, gritted their teeth and contributed the only remaining food in the clan, because they all believed in the golden signboards of Sun Jinfang and Tang Luo, and since they said that they would be able to return in half a month, they did not doubt him.

After all, 10 million grains and grass were really distributed from their hands, and they said that they would give Sun Jinfang full responsibility, and the Tang family did not even have a shopkeeper secretary, this kind of openness and trust made this group of Xiling celebrities have a deep impression of Tang Luo.

They all believed that the food problem would have been solved by the time Tang Luo returned, although so far they did not know what the solution would be.

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October 12

Yuxiling, Wujia.

Wu Huan handed the envelope to a white-bearded old man, and earnestly instructed: "Uncle Gong, be sure to hand over this letter to Tang Gaomin, the sixth elder of the Tang clan, and tell him that the word "Wu Clan" engraved on the hull of the ship is the content of this transaction. Only Uncle Gong in the clan can avoid the eyes and ears of the Mi family, and it is a matter of the survival of the Wu family, so be careful. ”

The old man stuffed the envelope into his arms, nodded solemnly at Wu Huan, and his figure slowly blurred into the void, as if Wu Huan had always been alone in the room.

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Beishan Academy, Luoxia Peak

Two small figures sat side by side on the cliff, watching the red clouds reflected in the afterglow of the sunset.

The boy pointed to a red cloud and said, "Look, that cloud doesn't look like a little red." ”

The little girl turned her head and said in surprise, "It seems!"

"Hey, hey. The little boy laughed, "I knew you liked that stupid deer!"

"Don't say that. The little girl glanced at the boy: "Little Red is smart." ”

"Since you like it, I'll give it to you!" the boy waved his little hand, full of pride.

The little girl's face was happy, but she refused: "This is your spirit beast car, I can't ask for it." ”

"What's the matter!" the little boy took advantage of the situation to put his arms around the little girl's shoulders and took the blushing little girl into his chest: "My heart is all with you, what more is there for a stupid deer." ”

In the red glow of the sky, the two small heads got closer and closer, making a "pop-pop" sound, and the red clouds were rolling violently, becoming more and more beautiful.