Chapter Ninety-Seven: Cash-for-Work

Of these two choices, it is almost impossible to say what He Xi will choose.

Not to mention, the future of Beijing will definitely gather a large number of people, even if the current talent gap in Beijing has affected the development of Beijing.

The construction of the city, streets and houses of Beijing is actually very simple. But what He Xi wants is not an empty city of Beijing, but an industrial city that is the first in the north. That's harder. Rather, crises are also opportunities.

Hundreds of thousands of people were affected in Shandong, Henan, and Hebei. The cost of migrating people at ordinary times is very high, and the people who migrate in this era only need a mouthful of food.

What's more, food utilization will be high.

Where in the whole north is there the most grain?

Beijing City, to be exact, is Beiping City.

It has always been the northern military supply center of the Ming Dynasty, supporting the entire northern front, and a large amount of grain is hoarded here every year, although the grain production in Beijing is not high, but the grain stored here is enough to be millions of stones.

In addition to the supply of military supplies, there was a large surplus.

The quickest way to provide disaster relief is to transfer grain from Beijing and distribute it to the affected areas. As a result, the food used for disaster relief can only sustain the production of the victims, and nothing else can be done. The land soaked in water naturally can't do anything.

But after arriving in Beijing, he was able to make a lot of contributions.

Not to mention, transportation is also a problem, bringing grain from Beijing and returning with empty ships is a waste of capacity. On the return trip, bringing the people back to Beijing not only makes use of the transportation capacity, but also reduces the waste of food transportation.

After all, even in the most serious Hejian Province, most of the county seats have not been flooded, and it is the people outside the city who are really seriously affected and unable to live.

Ship away a part and leave a part behind.

Overall, it is the most efficient.

After He Xi made up his mind, he did not enter Hejian Mansion at all, and summoned the Hejian Prefect on the boat, and finalized this strategy, and at the same time, sent envoys to inform all localities that all disaster-stricken areas should be handled in accordance with this method.

Of course, it is voluntary.

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In Cangzhou City, a big man helped an old woman and a little girl to sit down on the corner of the street.

Many people think that the flood is the kind of flood that is overwhelming, roaring, and where it passes, houses collapse and houses collapse, and there are such cases, but there are not many. What is the real flood, is that the rain continues to flow, the water level rises little by little, from an inch, to no feet, then no legs, and finally the whole house is submerged in water, at this time, there is no problem for people to hide on the house.

As for the long time in the water, the adobe house will make a clatter, submerge under the water, and let out a last mournful sound.

It seems to be unhurried, but in fact, it doesn't give people a way to live at all.

So, of course, there are many people who don't have time to escape, but more often they are trapped somewhere, or they underestimate the rising trend of the flood and are trying to escape, but they are swept away by the flood.

But most of the few people can still escape.

It's just that the disasters brought about by floods are never as long as they are not submerged by floods.

Natural disasters and man-made disasters coexist for no reason.

For example, today's Cangzhou City, which was originally a small city, was crammed in so many people at once. Almost every piece of land that is not rained is occupied by people.

Moreover, many escaped with very little food and money. It's okay to start with, but after a long time, it's not easy.

It's like this one.

The name of the Han is Zhang Ming, and the ancestors never say who they are, Zhang Ming's father has a good hand in martial arts, and knowledgeable people say that Zhang Ming's father must have been on the battlefield. However, this is also normal, during the Hongwu period, Taiping was only a few years, and it is not unusual for people to have been on the battlefield.

After settling in Cangzhou, no one cared much. After all, during the Hongwu period, the people in many places in Hebei and Henan migrated over, and they were not locals, and the Zhang family was just one of them.

Zhang Ming has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, he is a good hand, after his father died, he worked as a farmer at home, and he also had a good life because of his good martial arts. After all, in the countryside and in the county, there is a completely different logic. Having the strength and being able to fight is actually a great advantage.

No one dared to bully.

It's like today, when they all fled to the city, Zhang Mingneng grabbed a piece of the eaves for his mother and sister. At least the ground is clean. Don't sit in the muddy water, everyone else is watching with their eyes, not daring to fight, if it's just a mother and daughter, see what the end is.

It's just that even so, Zhang Ming can't solve the problem here.

That's the issue of rations.

When he came out of his home, Zhang Ming only had time to carry a bag of grain and left.

There is no way to do this, the state city is dozens of miles away from home. There is no light goods on the long journey, not to mention, he has to bring more than just food. Although there is a lot of food in a bag, there is no other source of livelihood for a family of three. Eat a little less and eat a little.

Now only half a bag remains.

Zhang's mother didn't let her little sister eat it. Only let Zhang Ming eat enough. As for herself, she hasn't eaten a bite for days.

The reason is very simple, Zhang Ming is full, in order to fight against the malice in the eyes of many people, if Zhang Ming is weak and can't use his strength, don't talk about a clean place, that is, their mother and daughter may not be able to live.

You must know that there are not many corpses outside the city that have not been salvaged in the water, and there are two or three more, and no one really has come to investigate.

It's just that Zhang Ming looked at his little sister with hungry eyes and watched Zhang Ming eat. It was heart-wrenching.

Zhang Mingyi gritted his teeth and said, "Mother, I'll go get food." ”

Zhang's mother said, "Where do you go to get food?" ”

Zhang Mingyi waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about this, I will definitely be able to get food." ”

How can Zhang's mother not know, and in the city of today, food is the most expensive, they are actually good, many families run to the city empty-handed, there is no ration at all, go around the street, all of them sell their sons and daughters.

Now selling it to the rich people in the city may also allow the children to live. If the situation worsens, it is estimated that it will be the end of Yizi and food.

The normal way is not to get food.

Zhang Ming wants to get food, and there is only one way, and that is to do it. Homicide.

In fact, many people are like this, at this time, it is normal to die several people for a bite to eat.

Zhang's mother said: "My son, I won't stop you from doing what you want to do, but you wait." The court won't ignore it, and secondly, when will I die. It's not too late for you to do it again. ”

Zhang Ming knelt down all of a sudden and said, "The child doesn't dare." ”

Mother Zhang weakly stretched out her hand, stroked Zhang Ming's face, and said, "My son, I didn't force you not to do it with death, but to tell the truth." I'm old, and when I die, I die. I know what you're going to do? If you are a person who is not filial, I will not talk about this, just because you are a filial person, you have committed a crime, as soon as others arrest me, you will not run, you wait, wait for the relief of the court, and wait for when I die. ”

"You're not going to be shackled."

Zhang Ming gritted his teeth and just shed tears. Don't know what to say.

Because what Zhang's mother said is the real truth.

Suddenly, there was a sound of gongs outside, saying, "The court has released grain, the court has released grain." ”

As soon as this voice sounded, the entire Cangzhou City was boiling.

Everyone struggled to get up, and in an instant, the people hidden in the corners of the street rushed out like zombies and rushed in the direction of the county government.

Zhang Ming was also ready to rush over.

Zhang's mother grabbed Zhang Ming, took out two cakes from her arms, one for Zhang Ming and one for Zhang Xiaomei, and said: "There are so many people, eat a little first, otherwise you won't be able to grab others after a while." ”

At this moment, there is no order at all in the state city, even if the officials try to maintain order, but people crowd people and beat people. All kinds of martial arts are staged everywhere, people are extremely hungry, and there is only a line of difference between them and wild beasts.

Fortunately, He Xi's timely disaster relief pulled many people from the edge of the beast.

It's just that a lot of things are not as He Xi expected.