Early the next morning, Gu Qing and Mrs. Gu got on the carriage to Youshui Town, now it is getting colder and colder, the north wind in the early morning is blowing, it is too cold outside, Yang Pei and Zhu Han take turns to sit outside to catch the car, they are all strong young men, This strong wind is not a big deal for him.

The carriage bumped all the way to Youshui Town and stopped at the door of the Gu family's restaurant.

Mrs. Gu had heard that Gu Qing had opened a restaurant for a long time, and she had never had a chance to come to the city to see what it was like.

The old man jumped out of the carriage, stepped over the threshold and walked in, and at a glance saw a small pool at the entrance, and a small rockery, and bypassed the entrance, she saw the lobby, the floor was paved with fine marble tiles.

"The decoration of your two stores is more spacious than the other, and the floor tiles look too expensive." Old Mrs. Gu twitched in distress, "What are you doing when you step on your feet?" ”

Gu Qing hurriedly put her arm around the old man's shoulders and went out: "Leave it to Yang Pei in the store, grandma, let's go shopping." ”

Old Mrs. Gu knew that her eldest granddaughter didn't like to hear this, so she could only swallow back the words that had not yet been spoken.

Gu Qing and Mrs. Gu went to the cloth village, bought a lot of coarse cloth, and spent a few taels of silver casually.

In this world, there is no woman who doesn't like shopping, Mrs. Gu was still worried about money, and in the end she didn't bother to care about this, Gu Qing bought whatever she liked, she couldn't persuade her, so she simply didn't say anything. After a while, the grandfather and grandson had a lot of things in their hands.

As the two of them were walking down the street, there was a sudden commotion on the street.

Two officials came on horseback and posted a sign on the wall of the main street, and the people who passed by gathered around to see what was going on.

Gu Qing couldn't squeeze in, so he could only listen to those people.

"My God, there are displaced people in Nanzhou."

"I have long heard that the floods in Huzhou are very serious, there is no harvest, and the displaced people are homeless, and they have begun to wander around."

"The weather is getting colder and colder, and if these homeless people don't find a place to stay, they will definitely freeze to death on the road."

"Didn't you see the notice that there are too many displaced people, the prefect of Nanzhou can't solve it, even the city gate is closed, and I can't go to Fucheng again in the near future."

"God, the homeless people won't come to our Youshui County."

"Lord Shen has already made full preparations, don't worry, you will definitely not let the displaced people enter the city."

“……”

Everyone looked at me with a look of panic on their faces.

Gu Qing's heart was also a little heavy, in the summer and autumn before, wild vegetables and fruits could be found in the fields to fill their stomachs, but today, as soon as the air is cold, the wild can no longer survive, and those displaced people began to wander around looking for a place to stay.

The whole country knows that Nanzhou has had a bumper harvest this year, and those displaced people should have heard about it and gathered in Nanzhou.

It's just that the tax grain handed over to Nanzhou has long been sent to all parts of the country, so what is the ability of the prefect to take in these displaced people?

If Nanzhou doesn't open the city gate, these displaced people will continue to wander, so where will their next destination be?

Gu Qing stuffed everything into Mrs. Gu's hands: "Grandma, you go back to the restaurant first, and I'll go to the county office." ”

She hurried to the door of the county office.

Shen Xianling looked at the case in the study, and her daily work was to try the case, write the paperwork, and then go to the prefect's side.

However, last night Nanzhou Mansion City closed the city gate, and she didn't have to report to the prefect for at least half a month, not having to go doesn't mean that she is idle, there are still many things to do, in addition to daily trials, you also need to observe the movements of the displaced people at any time, and prepare countermeasures......

"Your Excellency!" Master Yuan walked in from the door of the study, "Gu Niangzi is here." ”

"I've seen the prefectural commander."

Gu Qing stood up and saluted.

Shen Xian Ling waved his hand and said, "Gu Niangzi doesn't have to be polite, sit, sit quickly." ”

The two sat down and drank their own tea.

Gu Qing took a sip of tea to moisten his lips, and went straight to the point: "I heard that Nanzhou Mansion City is besieged by homeless people?" ”

"Half a month ago, there began to be displaced people into the city, the prefect set up a porridge shed in the city, two meals a day, temporarily pacified the displaced people, who would have thought that yesterday suddenly thousands of displaced people visited, so many people if they entered the city, there will be a big chaos, so the prefect closed the city gate, only set up a porridge shed outside the city, reduced to one meal a day." Shen Xianling sighed, "There are more and more displaced people, and if you wait for a few more days, the food in Nanzhou will not be able to hold on, and I don't know how many people will die." ”

Gu Qing also sighed.

In the agriculture-oriented dynasty, as long as there was a problem with the harvest, those people at the bottom would starve to death in large quantities......

She said slowly: "Among the Nanzhou, Youshui County has paid the most taxes and grains, did Lord Shen ever think that those homeless people would flow to us?" ”

Shen Xianling nodded: "The prefect has already issued an order, if there are displaced people coming, just set up a porridge shed outside the city, you must not lead the displaced people into the city, there is still a lot of food in the granary of Youshui County, you can save as many people as you can, you can't watch these poor people die outside the city." ”

Gu Qing pursed his lips and spoke: "The government has officials on duty, and the displaced people dare not cause chaos, but if the displaced people arrive in the village, the villagers are afraid that they will suffer unwarranted disasters." Dare to ask the county magistrate, if the homeless people break into Gujia Village and maliciously cause trouble, does Gujia Village have the authority to deal with these homeless people? ”

Nanzhou is the place with the most grain in the country this year, among Nanzhou, Youshui County is the most outstanding, and among Youshui County, Gujia Village is the granary.

It is very likely that those displaced people will run to Gujia Village to grab food.

It's not that she maliciously speculates, but when a person is starved to the point of dying, he can do anything, and a group of people are in a desperate situation, and the lethality cannot be underestimated.

The county town is protected by a wall, and the displaced people cannot enter, but in addition to the two main roads in the village, there are countless small roads, and even if there are no small roads, those displaced people who have no way to retreat will carve out a way to survive in the deep mountains and dense forests.

Once Gujia Village was invaded by displaced people, there would be no more peaceful days.

Gu Qing prides himself on not being a selfish person, and since coming to this era, he has been doing his best to help everyone get rich together.

But now, she didn't dare to rush to help the homeless, because the risk was too great.

"Gu Niangzi doesn't have to worry." Shen County Ling reassured, "According to the statistics of the post station, there are about three or four thousand displaced people from the south this year, six or seven hundred died of freezing and starvation on the road, and more than 1,000 people went to other places, and the number of displaced people who came to Nanzhou is about two thousand, and these people are scattered all over Nanzhou, and the displaced people who come to Youshui County are expected to be about four or five hundred, and there will be no big chaos." In addition, the prefect has already written an excerpt to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to release grain for disaster relief......"

Gu Qing nodded.

Four or five hundred people, that is, almost half of the people of Gujia Village, as long as they are properly managed, should not bring much turmoil to a county.

And it seems that Shen Xianling has been prepared for a long time, presumably, the situation will not be so bad.

After talking about business, Gu Qing got up and said goodbye.

After she turned around and left the county office, Master Yuan walked over and said: "We recently came to Youshui County with a rich businessman, I heard that it was for the soap business, and other businessmen came to book soap, and this shopkeeper Wu, according to the little guy next to him, came for the soap recipe, Gu Niangzi's family built a workshop, how could it be a seller?" ”

Shen Xianling's brows furrowed: "A businessman actually covets other people's business recipes? ”

"This Wu family is not an ordinary person." Master Yuan lowered his voice, "The Wu family has produced a five-grade official, and the entire Gao family chicken dog has ascended to heaven, this Wu shopkeeper is a side branch of the Wu family, and he uses the name of the main family to show off his power everywhere...... Gu Niangzi is just a commoner, and in front of the five-rank officials, she is nothing. If the adult helps Gu Niangzi solve such a big matter, Gu Niangzi is grateful and will definitely help the adult......"

"Ridiculous!" Shen Xian Ling slapped the table, "A shopkeeper who does business on the side branch, Lord Wu is afraid that he doesn't know him, and he dares to use Lord Wu's name to come to me in Youshui County to make trouble!" Master Yuan, you quickly arrange someone to check whether this shopkeeper Wu has bullied men and women in the past few days when he came to Youshui County, if this is really the case, he will be arrested immediately for trial! ”

Master Yuan hurriedly stopped: "My lord, let's not rush this matter, wait for a while." ”

Shen Xianling was puzzled: "Why wait? ”

"I have to wait for this Wu shopkeeper to go to Gu Niangzi aggressively, wait for this Wu shopkeeper to bully people, and wait for Gu Niangzi to fight back and despair, and then the adults will come like a god."

Master Yuan is like a storyteller, "Gu Niangzi's family was forced by Wu's shopkeeper to have no way out, and when they were about to take out the soap recipe, the adult suddenly appeared, which made Gu Niangzi's family grateful, and they will be loyal to the adult in the future and willing to suffer from the labor of dogs and horses......"

"If so, what difference am I from those vile villains?" Shen Xianling shook his head, rejected Master Yuan's proposal, and said slowly: "The loyalty of the calculation will not last long, Master Yuan, don't be stunned, arrange someone to check the shopkeeper surnamed Wu!" ”

Master Yuan opened his lips, and wanted to say something, but finally turned into one word: "Yes!" ”

(End of chapter)