"Old man, I will raise these two children for you first, and after three or five years, the life of the family will be better, and I will send someone to send them back. Tell me the address of your house. As he spoke, Yu Ren waved to Zhao Rui behind him.

"Write down the address and name of the old man." After speaking, he said to Cao An, "Go, get a bag of rice for the old man." If you have food on board, bring some to them. ”

Cao An was about to agree, and the surrounding crowd suddenly became commotionous, and Hula suddenly knelt for a large part.

"Shen Xianggong, you can take them together!"

Yu Ren looked up and saw a large group of old people and children kneeling beside them. Almost all of these children are under the age of ten. Yu Ren was taken aback, he didn't expect that the situation would develop like this.

How did he know. Most of these people are in the same situation as the old man in Fangcai, there is nothing to eat at home, and adults still want to keep it at home, although they have not received anything this year, they still leave hope for next year. Although there was no food, there was still something to eat in the fields. What bark and grass roots! Anyway, I guess I can still take it. But not the old man and the child. This originally had to eat too little, and if it had to be distributed to the elderly and children, I was afraid that even the adults would starve to death.

Therefore, most of the elderly people in each family leave their hometowns with those young children and go to other places to beg for food. In fact, the moment they left the house, they already knew that the chances of them coming back alive in the end were very small. However, they still resolutely embarked on this road of no return.

Because if they don't leave, I'm afraid that even the young people in the family won't survive. They are the hope of this family. In order for the incense of this family to continue, and for their relatives to survive, they finally made up their minds to choose this path of death.

Yu Ren looked at this group of old people and children kneeling in front of him, his heart was dripping blood.

"Cao An, how long has the disaster been going on in this area? Why did so many people flee and no one in the government cared? ”

Cao An hurriedly walked over, "Back to the young master's words, Shandong has suffered from drought this year, and our Yanzhou Mansion has been the most severely affected. Actually, it was hit here last year. It's just not as heavy as this year. Therefore, in the past year, our rice boats have focused on selling rice in this area.

First, it is because the price of rice here is relatively high; Moreover, it is also adhering to the consistent principle of helping the world and saving people. Childe often taught us that we should buy and sell fairly in business; It is the nature of businessmen to pursue profits, but they cannot blindly only focus on profits, the root of business is to benefit others, but also to benefit themselves. This kind of business can be long-lasting.

Therefore, that time, the young master asked me to buy a large amount of rice grain, and then it was useless, so I tried to take a few people to transport a few boatloads of rice to this area to sell. Unexpectedly, I actually made a small profit. After that, I took them a few more times, and each time I came, the price of rice went up. ”

Yu Ren nodded, "Since you said that this place was affected by the disaster last year, why is no one in the government in charge?" Didn't the imperial court send relief food? ”

Before Cao An could speak, he heard a middle-aged man among the victims say angrily, "When did these officials treat our people as human beings!" When I heard that the first emperor had just ascended the throne, he pulled down a batch of relief grain for us in Yanzhou. But in the end, all this grain was pocketed by King Lu and officials of Yanzhou, and we, who were really affected, did not even see a single rice. ”

When Yu Ren heard this, he completely understood. He also knows that Daming's officialdom has always been like this, and this is not something he can change. I can only hope in my heart that the Donglin Party, which has always prided itself on being honest, will be able to change this kind of corruption in officialdom a little after coming to power.

After a slight pause, he suddenly waved his hand to Cao An. "Go and tell those in line that they can only buy ten catties per person for the time being. In a few days, our Shen family's rice boat will be loaded with more rice. Let them not rush.

Don't do that, you can organize someone for me right away, and set up a porridge shed here. Give soup to the victims. ”

When the victims heard this, their faces were overjoyed, but they had been hungry for days, and they had no strength to cheer.

"What about these kids?" Ruolan, who was standing behind Yu Ren, asked.

"Aren't we just going back? You go find a few boats, and if the families of these children are still willing to take the children with us, we will bring the children back with us. Each person who gave away the child received another 50 catties of rice grain.

Also, remember to have people write down each child's home address and the name of their parent, as well as their own name, age, and date of birth, so that they can find their biological parents when they grow up. ”

Ruolan nodded in agreement.

By this time, Ruomei had already run back to the boat, brought a lot of fruit and peanuts, and distributed them to the children. There was really no ready-made cooked food on the ship, so Ruomei had to sweep all these snacks first. Zhao Rui helped Ruomei distribute fruits and peanuts to the children.

Many children get peanuts and eat them along with their shells. They were so hungry.

Yu Ren looked at these children silently, remembering that he used to be at home, and his parents served him well and let him study, but he was still unwilling. I couldn't help but have tears in my eyes.

"Folks, don't worry. I, Yu Ren, will take your children away today, and I will not only ensure that they will not starve to death, but I will also teach them to read and write. In the future, when they are twenty years old, I will let them come back and recognize you. ”

When these people heard this, they kowtowed to Yu Ren again.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yu Ren organized everyone to set up a porridge shed by the canal. Refugees from all over the world were moved, and soon nearly 1,000 people gathered here.

Seeing that this porridge shed was not enough, Yu Ren asked everyone to do it again, built two more porridge sheds, and opened three sheds together. They also organized the victims to do it themselves, and built some straw huts for them to shelter them from the wind and rain. In addition, because of the large number of people, in order not to cause chaos, Yu Ren divided these victims into ten brigades, each team of 100 people. The brigade was divided into five squads, each with twenty people. Each team elects a captain and a team leader. If there is something, as long as these captains come out to arrange a consultation, it will be fine. So as not to have a situation where everything rushes up.

After a busy afternoon, seeing that it was about to get dark, I watched the victims finally receive porridge once for everyone. Yu Ren breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Liang Zongyi hurriedly returned.

"How? What did you find? Yu Ren asked while nibbling on a sweet potato that Zhao Rui handed him over.

"I followed the steward of the Qian family, and found that he had a piece of silver and a few catties of meat, and went to find a man. Later, I inquired about it from other places for a long time and found out. That man is the head of the town. I heard that these people not only know some fist and foot kung fu, but also kung fu on the water is very good.

I think they wouldn't have to worry about it if they did it on land, but they wouldn't have dared to do it. The most worrying thing is that they are making trouble for us from the water. Our Miko is still on board! If they scuttle our ship, it will be a big loss. So, I hurried to report to the prime minister and the door owner. ”

Yu Ren listened to Liang Zongyi's words, turned his head and glanced at Liang Ruji, "What does Brother Liang think?" ”

"Zongyi's words are good. What we fear most is that they will play tricks on us underwater. Nothing else is a concern. Otherwise, let's just mobilize everyone immediately, unload the rice from the boat first, and pile it on the shore! ”

Yu Ren nodded, "This is a good way, at least for the time being, to ensure the safety of rice and grain." ”

However, Yu Ren did not ask everyone to do it immediately, but asked Cao An to organize the people first, and then wait for it to get dark, quietly move the rice off the boat first, then put it in a bag with soil, and then put it back on the boat. These things should be done as secretly as possible.

After everything was done, Yu Ren arranged for people to quietly lie around a few rice boats, waiting for the fish to take the bait.

However, after waiting all night, there was no movement, Yu Ren was secretly strange, and thought that his trick of stealing beams and changing pillars was recognized.

At this moment, Cao An came to report that someone wanted to see him.

"Who?" Yu Ren asked.