After leaving the yamen of the state capital, Li Yang stretched out his hand and led the horse to walk on the street a little irritably, originally planning to sell the harvested grain, using the money to buy what the villagers needed, and keeping the rest of the money for the soldiers and craftsmen

"Wow-wow-woo" A child's crisp cry sucked Li Yang's gaze, the child was wearing a tattered and dirty sackcloth on his upper body, and his lower body was bare-ass, barefoot, barefoot, lying in a woman's arms, clutching her clothes tightly with both hands: Wow-Wow-Mom, I'm hungry-Wow

The woman's eyes were full of tears, and she hugged the child tightly with both hands, and said helplessly: "When the child is hungry, you will sleep, and when you fall asleep, you will not be hungry."

Li Yang glanced around, the streets and alleys were densely packed with disaster victims, all of them were yellow and thin, and their limbs were weak, and they slumped silently as if they were muttering something, and the surrounding flies buzzed and fell on these people

An old woman suddenly appeared and grabbed my hand, which really startled me, and the old woman whispered with tears in her eyes: You are the young master of a big family, as long as you can give our mother and daughter a bite to eat, I am willing to marry my daughter to you

After saying that, she raised her hand and pointed at a girl on the side of the street, although she looked a little grizzled, she could also see a little bit of posture

Li Yang was a little embarrassed and said: Old man, I think you should be looking for the wrong person, I have already married a two-room lady, you should go and ask others

The old woman responded: If you dislike it, then let her be a maid and serve you tea and water, and I can do what I can

Li Yang took out a silver coin from his sleeve, quietly stuffed it into the old woman's hand, and whispered: Old man, take this money to take the girl to buy some food

The old woman was so excited that she was about to kneel on the ground, and Li Yang hurriedly stepped forward to support the old man: Old man, you don't need such a silver coin

The old woman wept and said, "This silver coin is enough for our mother and daughter to eat for two months."

After walking a few steps, I heard someone crying loudly in the alley, "Daddy-old man, you just walked like this, how can we make orphans and widows live-woo" A teenager and a woman were lying on top of a man, and the pedestrians who passed back and forth on the street were talking and laughing, and no one was willing to come forward to ask about it, Li Yang secretly sighed in his heart that the indifference of good people was far more terrible than this disaster

Li Yang shouted "alas" and flicked a silver coin out of his hand: Use this money to bury your father, and keep the rest to buy some food

After speaking, Li Yang led the horse away, and the young man stretched out his hand to catch the flying silver coins and ran to the street, kneeling on the ground with a "poof": The benefactor thanks you for your great kindness, and dare to ask the benefactor for his honorable name, and the villain will repay this kindness

Li Yang didn't say anything, just shook his hand, grabbed the saddle with both hands and threw himself on the horse, and some of the victims on the street had even started to sell their daughters-children-themselves, etc., seeing this scene, Li Yang felt very uncomfortable, and felt that he was a little selfish at this time

When I arrived at the gate of Taizhou City, I saw that the guards were on duty, and the victims were lining up in a long line and were about to enter the city

The guard sighed lightly, "Hey, I'm afraid there must be 7-80,000 people in the city now, and this is only a temporary number, and you can also see that the victims are still entering the city in a steady stream, and it won't take a few days to get 100,000 people."

Li Yang listened to the surprise on his face, and looked at the whole Taizhou under the rule of only 260,000 people, the number of victims and the people of Taizhou reached one-third, if the victims really reached the point of no way out, then they would steal and rob, if they were instigated by people with ulterior motives, the consequences would be unimaginable, Li Yang "drink" waved the horsewhip, and galloped all the way back to Alan Village

After returning to the manor, Li Yang immediately summoned the big guy to the hall

Gao Yuan sat on the chair and asked softly: Did Master Sun suddenly summon you to Taizhou City, did something happen?

Li Yang responded: Now the drought in Yan-Hangzhou-Hu Sanfu is very serious, and tens of thousands of victims have poured into Taizhou City all the way to beg, and Lord Sun summoned me this time to ask me to donate 5 million catties of grain to relieve these victims

Gao Yuan looked at Li Yang and asked softly: Then did you agree?

Li Yang responded: Not yet, I said that this matter is too big to discuss with my brothers

Gao Yuan smiled slightly: That's good - in my opinion, we can't donate these grains, and it is the government's job to help the victims, and the taxes paid by the people of Zhejiang every year are enough to relieve these victims

Yuan Kui responded: I don't agree to donate, even if there is no annual tax payment for these disaster victims, it will be squandered by the princes and nobles in the national capital

Li Long said in a rough voice: Young master, I don't agree to donate grain, these grains are obtained by the villagers who worked hard in the fields and didn't know how much blood and sweat they shed

Li Daniu: Young master, I'm a rough person who doesn't know any big truths, I only know that one day in the future, if we suffer a disaster, no one will care about us

Li Song was not happy when he heard it: What kind of nonsense are you talking about, you are cursing our Alan Village for disaster

When Li Daniu heard this, he felt that he was indeed a little speechless, and as soon as he raised his hand, he slapped it on his mouth a few times: Look at me opening my mouth, I am actually not this consciousness

Li Yang smiled and nodded his hand: The big bulls are all their own people, and the brothers know that you are not this consciousness

After speaking, he looked at Li Song: Second brother, you go and let the soldiers load 1.2 million catties of grain into the truck

Li Song got up: Boss, I also think that we shouldn't donate the grain, we can use the money to do whatever we want when the grain is sold

After saying that, he got up and walked outside, Li Yang saw that the big guys were against donating food, and he didn't say anything but looked at everyone with a smile

Gao Yuan looked at Li Yang and asked softly: Then what do you think?

Li Yang responded: Even if my brothers are against this matter, then I have the same opinion as my brothers

Yuan Kui smiled and said: "Brothers, you know that you have a good heart, if you want to help the victims, we can take out some food and give porridge in the manor."

Gao Yuan shook his hand: this must not be done, once the soup porridge is given at the manor, a large number of victims will pour into Alan Village

Li Yang coughed lightly: Once the 1.2 million catties of taxable grain are loaded, let's go to Taizhou City together

Guanshan watched Li Yang stand up: There are some things that the owner of the poor road don't know whether to say or not

Li Yang responded with a smile: "Guanshan Daoist, we are all our own people, since I worship you as a military advisor, you can say it directly."

Guanshan nodded slightly: Poor Dao thinks that we should donate these grains, after all, Lord Sun is the No. 1 member of Taizhou Mansion, if the owner wants to gain a foothold in Taizhou, he must have a figure like Lord Sun as a backer, and it takes a lot of courage for the dignified party to let the owner donate 5 million catties of grain

Usually people encounter difficulties and want to borrow some money from friends, it is inevitable that they are a little shy and difficult to speak, not to mention that Lord Sun's mouth is 5 million catties of grain, presumably this Lord Sun is really forced to be helpless, Lord Sun can find the owner to explain that he does not treat you as an outsider, according to the poor and foolish opinion, if you offend Lord Sun because of this matter, it will be a little more than worth the loss

What Guanshan said was not unreasonable, which also made the brothers sitting in the house fall into contemplation, if you want to say donate, these grains are the income of a year's hard work of the big guys, and it is really a bit reluctant to donate to others so easily, if you don't donate, you may completely offend Lord Sun

Seeing that everyone had not made a sound for a long time, Li Yang got up and said softly: Let's do this first, and when Li Song has packed the grain, we will take the grain to Taizhou City

Gao Yuan whispered: Let's go over and have a look

Everyone came to the backyard of the manor, and Li Song was standing in front of the warehouse and counting the amount of grain: each carriage and ox cart was loaded with 1,000 catties of grain, and the next one was replaced after it was loaded

Li Yang looked at Li Song and shouted softly: How is the second child's grain loaded

Li Song responded: The boss has already loaded 100 horse-drawn carts and 500 ox carts and wooden carts to pull a total of 200,000 catties of grain, and it takes 6 times to pay 1.2 million catties of taxes

Li Yang nodded: Then let's go first

100 soldiers drove 100 horse-drawn carts full of grain and 500 wooden carts pushed by 500 villagers in a long line, and Li Yang and Gao Yuan led 200 soldiers to escort the grain to Taizhou City

At about 7 o'clock in the evening, everyone rushed to Taizhou City with food, and the two iron gates in front of them had long been closed, and the guards looked down at the city wall to see a long black line, so they shouted softly: If you don't have the documents to enter the city, you will wait for dawn to enter the city

Li Yang raised his head and shouted softly to the guards on the city wall: "Brother, I am a guerrilla army from Alan Village, escorting 200,000 catties of grain to Lord Sun to relieve the victims in the city

The guards glanced carefully down the city, "Okay—you wait a minute

After a "creak", the two city gates slowly opened, and Li Yang, Gao Yuan and others entered Taizhou City with food

At night, the streets are particularly deserted, except for the victims begging on the roadside, there are hardly passers-by, the shops on the street are closed early, the alleys are constantly heard the wails of children, women and children, the air is mixed with a thick smell of sweat and sourness, the starving victims are covered with a straw mat and thrown on the side of the road and no one cares, and swarms of flies fly in the streets and alleys

The victims knelt on the ground, clasped their hands together, and begged: Okay, okay, uncles, as long as you can give me food, let me do anything

The woman pushed a child to the plateau, and she begged with tears streaming down her face: "Good Samaritan, please give the child a good meal, and you can let him be a cow and a horse in the future."

After saying that, she turned around and ran, Gao Yuan looked embarrassed, "this-this"

Li Yang shouted softly: Stop her

The soldiers stepped forward and stopped the woman

Li Yang walked to the child's side and took his little hand, and gave him back to the woman: Insist that everyone will have food soon, and I believe that the official family will not ignore you

Li Yang turned around and shouted softly to the soldiers: Brothers, speed up the pace and send these grains to the yamen of the state capital

As soon as the words fell, a young woman stepped forward and said shyly: "Good Samaritan, as long as you can let me and my mother have a full meal, I am willing to be a wife and a concubine, even if I am a maid."

Seeing this scene, Hengqi felt empathy, and the previous experience echoed in his mind again, and his eyes couldn't help but moisten

Gao Yuan sighed lightly, "Hey", I didn't expect these victims to be so miserable

Yuan Kui responded: Yes, it's really hard for these people

When they saw these victims, the brothers were all worried on the way to the state capital Yamen

When he arrived at the yamen of the state capital, Li Yang gave a salute to a servant: If you have a report, Li Yang of the Alan Village guerrilla army led his troops to escort 200,000 grains to see Lord Sun

As soon as the official heard the respectful saying, "I will go and report it."

After a while, the official hurriedly ran out, panting and said, "Master Sun is invited."

Just when Li Yang was about to take everyone to see Master Sun, Gao Yuan softly stopped Li Yang

Li Yang asked suspiciously: What's wrong with the plateau

Gao Yuan thought for a while and hesitated and said: Why don't we donate food, these victims are really pitiful

Yuan Kui took a long breath: I think so too, although we have less money to donate food, we are at least worry-free compared to these victims

Li Long stepped forward: Although the young master is a little reluctant to give up these grains, these victims are really pitiful

Hengqi stepped forward and took Li Yang's hand: Brother, although I am not qualified to say what you are discussing, I beg you to help these helpless victims

Li Yang was not happy when he heard it: Uncle looked at what you said, what do you mean that you are not qualified to be a family, don't say that in the future

Hengqi nodded and said with some embarrassment: Compared with your brothers, the contribution of our people to Alan Village is too little

Li Yang said softly: If everyone agrees, then we will tell him about this when we meet Master Sun

Guanshan smiled and whispered: The owner has also done a great good deed

Li Yang and Gao Yuan and others came to the inner hall of the mansion, Sun Yuanwu sat on the chair with an anxious face, holding the Taizhou account book in his hand and constantly flipping through it, there was an oil lamp on the copywriting in front of him, and the light in the entire inner hall was very dim

Li Yang and Gao Yuan and the others knelt on one knee and clasped their fists in salute: The subordinates have seen Master Sun

Sun Yuanwu looked at each other: Get up, I heard a report just now that you brought 200,000 catties of grain, where is the grain now

Li Yang responded: My lord, now these grains are outside the government office, and 5 million catties of grain and 1 million catties of taxes will be transported from Alan Village one after another tomorrow

Sun Yuanwu stood up excitedly when he heard this, threw the account book in his hand on the copy, and walked over quickly: Thank you for the tens of thousands of disaster victims, with this food, they don't have to starve

Sun Yuanwu shouted softly outside the court: All the officials went to the street to set up a stove to give porridge

Li Yang Shili: Your lord's subordinates brought 200 soldiers and hundreds of villagers who are willing to listen to your dispatch

Sun Yuanwu: "Okay, then let them go together."

The officials hurried out into the street in pairs carrying iron pots, and the victims were stunned

Gao Yuan waved his hand and shouted: Hurry-hurry, brothers, hurry up

The soldiers walked like flying to the people's homes in the city to come to the fire, and the fires were placed along the street one by one, the villagers carried the heavy stones and arranged them in a circle, the officials sat on the iron pot on the stone, and the soldiers stuffed the fire under the iron pot and lit it, the yamen carried buckets of water and poured buckets of water into the pot, the soldiers poured the grain into the iron pot, and the victims looked at the grain in the pot with straight eyes and stomach "grunt".

Li Yang said softly: Plateau-Yuankui, you take people to let the victims line up, and let them rest assured that everyone must have them

Sun Yuanwu: Yes, let them line up, don't let them rob

Gao Yuan looked at the victims and shouted: Everyone line up, don't worry, you will definitely be able to feed everyone, if there are more people in this area, go to the place where there are fewer people and wait

It didn't take long for the fragrance of rice porridge to come out, the victims looked at the rice porridge and swallowed their saliva, and when the rice porridge was cooked, the victims couldn't help it, Master Sun rolled up his sleeves with both hands and stepped forward to pick up the iron spoon to serve the porridge for the victims: don't worry, there are all of them one by one, this porridge is now hot and waiting for it to cool and drink it

The victim held a porcelain bowl full of rice porridge, gently blew the porridge with hot hands by pulling his ears, drank the porridge with an "ah" sound, and then lay down on the ground and stretched her waist, with a very contented expression on her face

The mother held the well-fed child in her arms, and the children fed the rice porridge to the elderly, and the women and children, the elderly, and the children in the streets and alleys all had a smile on their faces

Li Yang shouted softly: This is Lord Sun Yuanwu, the prefect of Taizhou, everyone can eat this full meal depends on Lord Sun's scheduling, and tomorrow there will be grain to Taizhou City one after another, should you thank Lord Sun

After speaking, he put his five fingers together and pointed at Sun Yuanwu

At the same time, the victims clasped their hands together and shook them up and down in unison, shouting softly: Thank you, Lord Sun-Thank you, Lord Sun-you are really the master of the blue sky

Sun Yuanwu raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, nodded with a relieved smile on his face, Li Yang stepped forward and took the iron spoon and handed it to the soldiers on the side: Your Excellency, take a rest, this will be handed over to their subordinates, there are just some things to discuss with you, your lord

Sun Yuanwu went to a house and sat on the stone steps: Say, there is something to discuss with the house

Li Yang responded: Your subordinates want to implore your subordinates to mobilize vehicles to go to Alan Village to pull grain, and the horse-drawn carriages and ox carts of the Li family manor together are only 100 vehicles, and they can only send 100,000 catties of grain at a time, and they can send 2-3 times a day, and 6 million catties of grain will take 20 days to be transported

Sun Yuanwu thought for a while: Tomorrow the government will let the state cavalry put 200 war horses, all of them on the carriage to Alan Village to pull grain, you can donate this grain to the government is really grateful to you, the government let you donate food is really helpless, as early as a few days ago the government has written to the national capital to ask for the mobilization of money and food to relieve the victims, these officials in the national capital have to discuss for a few days, and it will take a few days to mobilize the grain to be transported to Taizhou City, waiting for these grains to be transported to Taizhou City, I am afraid that the city will already be full of bones, If you want to help these victims, you can't completely count on the big people in the national capital

Li Yang asked softly: My lord, there are about more than 80,000 victims in Taizhou City now, once the news of the soup porridge spreads, the victims will continue to pour into Taizhou City, and 6 million catties of grain may not last long

Sun Yuanwu said softly: This matter has also been thought of by the government, and in the past few days, the government is going to gather the rich families and businessmen in Taizhou, so that these people are trying to find a way to donate some food

Li Yang didn't make a sound when he heard this