In the next ten and a half days, Liu Xiu and Zhu You walked all over the streets and alleys of Jianyang, gathered in various townships and gathered, and learned about the production and life of the villagers through field visits.

The results were very unsatisfactory and even worrying.

There are more than 1,000 registered residents in the county, except for the official gentry, the vast majority of farmers have no land to cultivate, or very little land, and the land at home cannot support an adult.

Some poor people who have no land to work can only work as tenant farmers for the landlord's family, or work long hours for very little commissions, and even if they work hard, they cannot afford to support their families.

This year, Nanyang first had a major drought, and then a great cold, resulting in a lot of hungry people in the county.

It began to spread that the people sold their sons and daughters for life, and even changed their children for food.

This people have no clothes to wear and no food to eat, and it is easy to provoke civil revolt.

The Green Forest and Red Eyebrow uprisings are typical examples, not to mention Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.

In addition, there are many victims, and if they are not handled properly, they will cause a terrible plague.

This is the one thing Liu Xiu, who is a parent official, is most worried about.

The plague is almost incurable in this era!

For example, the plague in the Green Forest Mountain caused heavy casualties to Wang Kuang and Wang Feng's people, and the Green Forest Army had to go out of the mountain in order to survive.

Something had to be done! Liu Xiu realized.

At Liu Xiu's repeated insistence, he finally pried open the door of the county government treasury, thinking that the box was heavy, filled with grain, gold and silver, and when he opened it, Liu Xiu was so angry that the three corpses rioted.

! The box was filled with angular stones!

Stones! What can be used to help the victims?

The county Cheng Liang Fu was sincerely afraid, so he had to tell the truth, not to mention that there was nothing in the treasury, they were grassroots officials, and they did not pay half of the money for more than half of the year, or they owed half of it, just imagine that the officials of the first dynasty could not pay the food and salary, who cares about the life and death of the people!

You must know that the high-ranking officials of the first dynasty are greedy for pleasure, big fish and meat, and the only little family property may have been squandered long ago, how can there be money for the officials and people under their hands?

There was really no way, so Liu Xiu decided to distribute more than 2,000 kilograms of rice from his private grain depot and distribute 2 kilograms of grain per household per capita, in order to help the government and the people tide over the difficulties.

Thanks to the hybrid rice seeds rewarded by the system novice package, the 20 acres of paddy fields contracted by him had a bumper harvest and more than 70,000 catties of rice.

Just 2000 kilograms, what is a dime? The current Liu Xiufu is rivaled by the country.

Early the next morning, under the mission of Yigan County, a temporary relief place was set up at the entrance of the Daya.

The knee-high snow piled up at the entrance of the yamen. When the morning sun is about to rise, it will be colder than when it snows.

However, people's faces were filled with happy smiles, and the victims of hunger and cold flocked to the disaster with the old and the young. If it weren't for the tolerance to maintain order on the spot, I am afraid that they would have to be robbed and even trampled on each other.

"There's no hurry, there's something for everyone. Let me tell you, standing in front of you is the county magistrate of this county, Liu Xiugongzi Uncle Wen, it is he who is very kind, you must learn to be grateful. Liang Fu of the county said to the victims.

"This is the new county magistrate, who looks good-looking. Folks, blessed are we, we can finally live a good life. An old man of a very high rank stopped the chaotic crowd.

"The county magistrate is a good person, and he knows the suffering of the people."

"Thank you, the county magistrate!" More and more refugees are joining in.

Everyone talked about it a lot, and they all praised Liu Xiurende.

Liu Xiu was embarrassed to be praised, and if he didn't say a few words at this time, it seemed that he couldn't say anything.

cough cough, coughed lightly twice, and saw that everyone immediately quieted down, looking at him with blank eyes.

"Folks, I am also a farmer, and I have suffered from hunger and cold. It is more important for us to be fed and clothed than anything else, and when we come to spring, I will lead everyone to plant hybrid rice, okay? ”

"Good!" The crowd was boiling, and Liu Xiu's words resonated with the villagers.

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Liu Xiu wanted to keep an eye on it personally, but the imperial court sent someone to summon him, so he had to explain a few words, and hurriedly followed the envoy to meet Liu Xuan, the first king.

It turned out that the imperial court was going to run out of food, Liu Xuan began to be anxious, Wang Feng, Chen Mu and others heard that Liu Xiu was releasing grain, and they heard that Liu Xiu had a private grain depot, so they suggested that Liu Xuan summon Liu Xiu to discuss the matter of borrowing grain.

Liu Xuan put down the king's shelf, grinded it softly, and with the guarantee of Wang Chang and others, Liu Xiu agreed to allocate 20,000 catties of grain from his personal grain depot, so that the government and the opposition were grateful to Liu Xiu for his kindness.

When Liu Xiu returned to the yali, the people gradually dispersed.

Liu Xiu happened to meet a lady on the street corner, so she asked her: "Auntie, how much rations did your family receive?" ”

The woman carried a three-year-old baby in her arms and a sack of grain on her shoulder.

"It's a lot, it's five taels of rice, enough for my family to eat for half a decade." The eldest lady said with a grin.

What? It's only five taels, Liu Xiu calculated in advance, at least 2 kilograms of rations per family, who has eaten the rebate?

What a loss of conscience!

The common people also dared to deduct life-saving food, Liu Xiu couldn't bear it, and continued to ask: "How can you eat five taels of rice for half a month?" ”

An adult's daily meal, he has reason to believe that to say that this ration can last ten days and a half months, he must think that it is nonsense.

"Don't you know, we usually eat some wild vegetables, cook some beans to satisfy hunger, rice is so rare, how can we be willing to eat it? Only cook some rice during the New Year's holiday, or if you are afraid that the baby will be hungry, boil some in water and boil it into rice porridge. "The eldest lady is very honest and says such a fact.

"I see." Liu Xiu suddenly realized.

Not to mention the big fish and meat, the poor can't even eat rice, and the people who can eat are all rich gentry.

Therefore, there is a smell of dog meat at the door, and there are starving bones on the road.

In ancient times, the gap between the rich and the poor, the rich flowed oil, and the poor were only skinny and bones!

Liu Xiu returned to the county office, called the officials and officials over, and scolded him for scolding him.

"Okay, you greedy pig, you dare to withhold my personal rations for the people? Did you take me seriously, or did you say that I was too kind to you and let you constantly provoke my bottom line? ”

Liu Xiu, who was furious, frightened the officials so much that they didn't dare to move, and they didn't dare to breathe.

"Say! Whose idea was it? Liu Xiu's eyes erupted with flames.

Everyone lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at him, let alone talk back.

After a while, Liu Xiu asked again: "Who did it, dare to do it or not, do you have any backbone?" ”

At this time, a weak voice replied: "Returning to the county duke, it's my intention, I make my own decisions, I deserve to die." The poor man mustered up his courage and stood up.

"I haven't eaten, speak louder!" Liu Xiu scolded angrily.

"I did it, and you will punish me." The poor head shouted at the top of his throat.

"Your Excellency, we are also at fault. Boss, it's for us that we're confused. "The people could not bear to be punished.

These servants have not received their salaries for more than half a year, and they are all forced by the old and the young.

Liu Xiu had no choice but to open the net, but the wording was still harsh.

"I order you to hand over all the privately swallowed rations to Zhu Youna, and he will arrange them in a unified manner. This time the capital crime can be avoided, but it is unforgivable, and it is pulled out and each of them is beaten with twenty boards. ”

"Thank you, Lord forgiveness!" Everyone was grateful, and the little fortune was saved.