The fifteenth day of the lunar month.

The weather was overcast and cold.

Even colder than the weather was the atmosphere in the lobby of Jingzhao Mansion.

It is 5 o'clock in the morning. ）

The hall of Jingzhao Mansion was already full of officials.

Candlelight.

The tired faces of the officials were filled with lingering sorrow.

The weather changed dramatically last night.

More than 4,000 people froze to death outside the walls of Chang'an City.

In the past, it would have been normal for more than 4,000 people to die overnight.

But don't forget, that's the old days!

Since Xu Yi took over as Jing Zhaoyin.

The number of dead and injured people outside the city is falling off a cliff every day.

In recent days, the number of dead and wounded has even been brought to less than 500.

And now, overnight, it's back to the way it used to be.

However, the officials of Jingzhao Mansion have done their best!

Whether it is the materials purchased in the past few days, or the materials "donated" by the people and large commercial banks.

As long as they can keep out the cold, they are always the first to transport them to various places where the victims gather.

But even then, it's not enough.

Whoever tries their best to get such a result will not feel good in their hearts.

After the table.

Xu Yi slowly got up and looked at the officials below, and said in a deep voice, "You have done your best, and you don't need to blame yourself."

As soon as these words came out, more than eighty percent of the officials in the lobby instantly flushed their eyes.

Anyway, at least, Xu Yi saw their efforts.

Xu Yi paced the table and said in a deep voice: "Disaster relief is a protracted battle, and a temporary defeat is nothing."

"I know that your hearts are uncomfortable, and I am also uncomfortable."

"But, it's uncomfortable and it won't solve the problem! If you lose your fighting spirit at this time."

"We don't have to wait until it gets dark, and more than 5,000 people will die due to the sudden change in the weather."

"If it continues like this, it won't be long before corpses are everywhere outside Chang'an City again."

The words fell.

The officials of Jingzhao Mansion all looked stunned.

They all understand the truth, but the problem is that it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice!

Without supplies, how can they work hard? Could it be that the quilts, cotton clothes, tents and other things can still come out of nowhere?

The head of the household wiped his wet eyes.

He bowed his hand and said, "My lord, I don't want to lose my fighting spirit, but ...... But now, there are no quilts, no cotton clothes, no tents, no iron stoves, no charcoal."

Xu Yi's eyes were calm and said, "There is no need for you to worry about the problem of disaster relief materials, this official will go and collect them."

"Now, all you need to do is rest! Prepare for the next battle!"

The words fell.

Xu Yi looked deeply at the officials below.

The officials present had counted one and the other, and they had not slept for a day and a night.

If it continues like this, it will not wait for Xu Yi to raise enough supplies.

The officials fell first!

Xu Yi's gaze stayed on Zhang Kaiyuan, and ordered, "Arrange everyone's resting place properly, and wait for me to come back!"

The words fell.

Xu Yi strode towards the outside of the lobby.

In an instant, countless pairs of tired eyes looked deeply at the back of the determined forward.

For some reason, at this moment, everyone's hearts were extremely panicked.

It was as if a huge stone suddenly appeared in my heart that I couldn't bear.

Everyone hasn't slept for a day and a night, why isn't Xu Yi?

"Your Excellency! I'll go with you!" The head bookkeeper who is over half a hundred years old takes a deep breath, shouts, and then chases out of the lobby with staggering steps.

"I'll go too!"

"And me!"

"Count me in!"

"We can't let adults carry everything for us!"

"Yes! If the household department does not allocate cold materials today, the old man will kneel and die at the entrance of the household department today!"

"Count me in! A handful of old bones! I've been confused for half a lifetime! I've lost half my life! I finally want to be a good person and accumulate a little yin virtue! His grandma's! Who's holding me back! I'll fight whoever I'm going to fight!"

In an instant, a fire seemed to ignite in the lobby of Jingzhao Mansion.

One after another Jingzhao Mansion officials enthusiastically stepped out of the lobby.

Whether young or old, whether it was good or bad before.

At this moment, they, one heart.

......

The sky outside the lobby of Jingzhao Mansion was gray.

The cold wind penetrated the cotton clothes, blew through the flesh and blood, and went straight into the bone marrow.

Xu Yi turned around and looked at the tired faces behind him.

Listen to their heartfelt shouts.

Unconsciously, his eyes moistened slightly.

Xu Yi bowed his hand deeply and said with a smile: "Gentlemen, please go back, the household is not a Longtan tiger's den, and the official will come when he goes."

The words fell.

Xu Yi looked at Zhang Kaiyuan at the door of the lobby.

Zhang Kaiyuan sighed in his heart and loudly dissuaded: "You still listen to the words of the adults, and rest for the time being!" Otherwise, even if the adults raise supplies, there will be no one to distribute them, and it will be even more troublesome at that time."

"What's more, the lord is the prince, even if he lends ten guts to the household, they don't dare to make things difficult for the lord."

Under Zhang Kaiyuan's bitter persuasion.

Xu Yi stepped off the platform with unusually firm steps.

Zhang Kaiyuan is right, the household department does not dare to make things difficult for him.

However, Tobe can kick the ball.

In the past, Jingzhao Prefecture did not ask for material support from the Ministry of Households.

But every time he was kicked around as a ball.

In short, it is a sentence, "We are also worried about the victims, but the household is not rich."

......

......

In the biting cold wind, more than ten rode out of Jingzhao Mansion and ran straight towards the fangmen.

As soon as Fang Fang walked out of the door, an unusually beautiful lightning bolt streaked across the gray sky.

After a few breaths, the rumbling thunder exploded in the sky.

It's going to rain.

Xu Yi's heart sank, and he ordered loudly: "Target Anxing Fang! Everybody follow me! Don't be left behind!"

The words fell.

Xu Yi waved the whip in his hand heavily, and the war horse ran frantically towards the outside of the square in pain.

Seeing this, Zhao Shou and the others waved the whip in their hands frantically without hesitation.

In an instant, more than a dozen riders ran frantically on the deserted streets.

The roof leak happened to rain overnight.

The inexplicable cold weather and the upcoming heavy rain all disrupted Xu Yi's original plan.

If it weren't for the sudden cold weather, several workshops located outside the Xuanping Gate would have officially started in less than three days.

At that point, the most important step in disaster relief is to be executed, cash-for-work!

At that time, it will not be long before most of the victims will be resolved.

This has been used by several dynasties before.

However, why did no one use this move in the Great Zhou Dynasty nearly a thousand years later?

The Great Zhou Dynasty was not without mention, and it was not uncommon to mention cash-for-work.

It's just that the operability is too low.

Often, once it is raised, it is met with countless ridicule.

As for the reason, it's simple.

The food reserves of ordinary cities are not enough to support cash-for-work.

If you transport food from somewhere else and use the waterway? The river is diverted, the water level drops, and the land route is taken? Based on the current road conditions alone.

Transporting 100 stone of grain, people eat horses along the way, and when you arrive at the destination, you can have 30 stone left, thank God!

Moreover, these thirty stone grains still need to be established

In the case of no one reaching out along the way!

And that's just the obvious reason.

Even if you don't consider the loss of money, if you want to work for relief, the difficulty is like climbing to the sky.

First of all, it is impossible for grain to appear out of thin air, and to put it bluntly, cash-for-work is to use the surplus materials of the whole country to support some parts.

But the surplus of others is the surplus, and they want others to selflessly take out the surplus food they have accumulated for many years just by virtue of a holy decree?

It's a fool's dream!

As for forcing local governments to levy it?

With the current situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty, if the local government persecuts too much, it won't be long before wolf smoke will burn on the map of the Great Zhou Dynasty!

Secondly, even if a large amount of food is brought in.

How it is distributed is also a big question.

After all, the victims of the disaster in Guanzhong are not one or two, but hundreds of thousands!

That's why.

Xu Yifang has been preparing since he took over as Jing Zhaoyin.

Kill Han Tong, erect two monuments, play with the family, game with Emperor Zhengde, destroy the Feng family of Qingzhou, and sweep more than 20 commercial houses backed by big trees.

Using the Holy Decree Fox and fake Tiger Might, he forced large families to hand over their hoarded materials.

The diagram is nothing more than to solve the first problem - money and food!

In addition, the officials of Jingzhao Mansion were collected, the three ministries and one courtyard were integrated, and the officials and Guozijian students were donated by the people.

The plan is nothing more than to accumulate the underlying power for disaster relief!

If it is according to Xu Yi's plan.

After purchasing the first batch of goods today, there will be a preliminary cash-for-work arrangement, and even more! He's even built a workshop!

After Yao Silian invited Lu Zaizhong, in the name of the Great Confucian and Jingzhao Mansion, he summoned the literati and Confucian students of Chang'an City.

After a few days of simple running-in.

He entrusted the affairs of the city to Lu Zaizhong and Yao Silian.

And he himself walked out of Chang'an City with hundreds of students from Guozijian, as well as officials of Jingzhao Mansion and ninety percent of officials.

Execute comprehensive cash-for-work!

But unfortunately, people are not as good as heaven.

A sudden cold snap completely disrupted his plans.

However, there are two sides to everything, and if you lose your horse, how do you know if it's a blessing?

......

"Click!"

"Boom!"

The sky in Chang'an City grew darker and darker.

Bolts of lightning were densely distributed over the pitch-black sky.

The rumbling and thundering roared in the sky without stopping.

Xu Yi waved the whip in his hand frantically with a pale face.

The horses under the seat let out painful neighing repeatedly.

Behind him, Zhao Shou and more than a dozen officials were equally pale.

The hands that were holding the reins were even more cold, and they were slightly hot.

It's as if there are countless ants gnawing on the back of your hand.

Even so.

More than a dozen officials but none of them slowed down the horse!

None of them.

Their Jing Zhao Yin was still running wildly ahead.

Behind them, there are countless colleagues waiting for their triumph.

Outside Chang'an City, there are more than 100,000 victims waiting for them to live!

Bolted!

Bolted!

Keep running!

Tick, tick......

Halfway through.

The rain still fell from the sky after all.

Soybean-like raindrops fell on more than a dozen people, but they weighed as if they were 10,000 catties.

At the front of the line.

Xu Yi sighed helplessly in his heart.

Struggled to raise the arm that was numb to stiffness.

The war horse that galloped all the way finally ushered in a respite.

It's not that Xu Yi doesn't want to continue to run wild.

Rather, the situation really doesn't allow it.

Ten

The rest of the party slowed down the horse.

The raindrops, which were originally ticking, became a line in the blink of an eye.

The already howling cold wind did not slow down after everyone slowed down the horses.

On the contrary, it became more and more noisy.

It didn't take a while.

The streets were filled with whining sounds.

Wind, rain, cold!

All of them are destroying more than a dozen people who are struggling to move forward.

Xu Yi opened his mouth to say something.

But the words have not yet been spoken.

The cold wind and rain poured straight into his mouth.

Xu Yi pulled the big gun and covered his mouth and nose.

Roared loudly, "Dismount! Deploy an array of arrows!"

The words fell.

Xu Yi quickly turned over and dismounted, putting the extremely humane war horse at the forefront.

Seeing this, Zhao Shou and the others quickly turned over and dismounted, and put the war horse in the direction of the arrow.

After the formation.

More than ten people hid on the side of the war horse and controlled the war horse to move forward slowly.

That's it.

The crowd was gone for an unknown amount of time.

Fang arrived at Anxing Fangtian Mansion.

Xu Yi controlled the war horse and jumped up the steps of Tianfu against the storm.

Under the porch of Tianfu.

Xu Yi didn't have time to catch his breath and immediately ordered to call the door!

The main gate of the Tian family was slapped by the officials.

At the same time, more than a dozen people shouted in unison, "Open the door!!

Xu Yi rubbed his stiff face.

After several calls to no avail.

I couldn't help but look at the courtyard wall on the side.

It was already so hard for everyone to arrive.

It is not difficult to imagine what happened to the victims outside the city.

Just when Xu Yi couldn't help but want to jump over the wall to enter.

Suddenly, an impatient voice came from inside the door: "Who!"

Xu Yi waved his hand to stop the officials from knocking on the door.

He replied in a deep voice, "Jing Zhao Yin Xu Yi!"

"Kyung Zhao Yin Xu Yi?" The man inside the door screamed.

Then he quickly opened the door and looked at Xu Yi with his head exposed.

A white jade crown, a dark jade-colored python robe, a long black knife hanging from his waist, and surrounded by officials.

Who else could this be the Six Princes?

The servant hurriedly saluted and said, "The little one greets His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince."

Xu Yi quickly spoke: "Hurry up and report to your master, just say that this official has something important to meet!"

Hearing this, the servant hurriedly bowed and said, "His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince, wait a moment, and the little one will go and report it."

The words fell.

The servant quickly closed the courtyard door and ran towards the backyard.

Xu Yi turned around and looked at the rain outside the porch with a frown, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

The rain outside the porch was getting more and more rapid.

The wind howled and blew the rain everywhere.

The whole sky was covered with dark clouds, like a post-apocalyptic scene.

I can't stop the rain for a while.

It didn't take a while.

The main entrance of Tianfu opened again.

The servant held several umbrellas and said, "Your Royal Highness the Sixth Prince, please."

As he spoke, the servant handed over several umbrellas.

Xu Yi stretched out his hand to take the umbrella and said, "Bother the housekeeper to prepare some ginger soup for my colleagues."

After the words fell, Xu Yi took out two wet grains of broken silver from his sleeve and handed them to the servant.

The servant's face changed, and he said again and again: "Don't dare, don't dare, Your Highness, rest assured, the little one will be well entertained."

"There is no precedent for the silver sent out by this official to be recovered, don't talk nonsense, hurry forward and lead the way." Xu Yi urged.

took Zhao Shou into Tianfu with great strides.

A flash of joy flashed in the servant's eyes, and he trotted to catch up with Xu

Abundant.

Money can make ghosts grind, this sentence is a wise saying at any time.

It didn't take a while.

Xu Yi's master and servant approached the Tianfu Hall under the leadership of the servant.