"Okay, come with me!"

Qianfeng got up and rushed towards the gate of the Hou Mansion.

As soon as he arrived at the place, Qianfeng saw that there was a crowd of people outside the Hou Mansion, and a large number of victims had gathered.

These victims were dressed in tatters, all with yellow faces and thin muscles, and they were lining up to receive a large pot of porridge and rice.

Seeing this scene, Qianfeng's brows furrowed even deeper, and he came to Zheng Yun, and before he could speak, Zheng Yun also frowned and asked, "Does Feng'er have any countermeasures for these victims?" There are more and more people in this disaster, and if our Hou Mansion distributes food for disaster relief every day, the Hou Mansion's grain stock will soon be emptied. ”

Qianfeng didn't think much about it, so he replied: "Shouldn't this disaster relief matter be in charge of the Southern Yunnan Mansion?" Today, my uncle doesn't actually need to send food, just let these victims go to southern Yunnan City. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Yun shook his head, because these victims were all people in the fiefdom of the Hou Mansion, and it was really a good idea to let them go to Southern Yunnan City to beg for food.

Sensing that Zheng Yun's face fell, Qianfeng was a little helpless, he couldn't help this matter, his sweet potatoes had just been planted, and he needed to breed many times to increase the seedling yield of sweet potatoes, at least half a year later, and now he had no other way than to drive these victims to southern Yunnan City.

So he didn't care about Zheng Yun's feelings, so he instructed the subordinates on the side: "After they finish eating, I will tell them that the grain in our Yundian Marquis Mansion has only raised 10,000 stones and sent it to Southern Yunnan City not long ago, and there is not much food in the Hou Mansion, let them go to Southern Yunnan City, there will be food there." ”

The next person received the order and hurried to do it.

And Qianfeng said to Zheng Yun again: "Uncle, I know that you care about the victims, but for the sake of the Hou Mansion, I can only do this, this trouble should be handled by the governor, let's do our best to obey the destiny of heaven." ”

Zheng Yun sighed: "Alas! That's all there is to it. ”

As time went by, for a few days, more and more civilians had no food to eat, which also led to a sharp increase in the number of people in the disaster!

Most of these victims poured into the city of southern Yunnan, and outside the entire southern Yunnan mansion, the gathered victims complained everywhere, scolding the southern Yunnan government for not opening granaries for disaster relief.

In the mansion, Zhou Chaozheng listened to the voice of complaining, and he couldn't help but have a headache.

He instructed Zhou Wenwen, the household servant below: "Lord Zhou, arrange for you to arrange for your subordinate grain chiefs, notify a few rich people in the city, and put grain and porridge, now that southern Yunnan is in trouble, they must come to their aid!" ”

Zhou Wenwen replied: "Your Excellency, before coming here, I have already ordered the chief of grain to inform you, and it is estimated that there will be news soon." ”

"Well, that's good, these victims gathered in southern Yunnan City, it's also a trouble, I don't know if a few people have any countermeasures? Resettle the victims? ”

Before the officials below could answer this question, a grain chief outside ran to the door, he saluted Zhou Wenwen, and said anxiously: "Lord Zhou! Those gentry all said that they had already released grain and given porridge, and now they all said that there was not much food left in their house, and they were unwilling to cooperate with us in disaster relief! ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the officials changed in an instant, and they became extremely gloomy!

Zhou Wenwen couldn't help but scold: "These gentlemen are really unreasonable! When is it? I don't want to put food yet! ”

Zhou Wenwen was so angry that he couldn't take his breath, and he ordered, "Check!" Check it out for me! You grain chiefs, go to the homes of those gentry at once! If there is any surplus food, all of it will be used for disaster relief! ”

With the order, these grain chiefs quickly went to the gentry's house to check the grain, but unfortunately these gentry were very shrewd and hid a large amount of grain, leaving only the grain that was just able to make a living.

In this regard, Zhou Wenwen, who was in charge of the grain in southern Yunnan, had no other way, he looked at Zhou Chaozheng and said: "Lord Governor, now the only way is to open the granary in the city, first relieve the current urgent need, and then send someone to the capital to clarify the situation, and ask the imperial court to send grain for disaster relief!" ”

Hearing this, Zhou Chaozheng directly refused: "No! There is not much food in the city, and if it is used for disaster relief, it will not be half a month! There will be no food in the city! At that time, the soldiers defending the city will have no food to eat, and they are afraid of a mutiny! ”

Zhou Chaozheng was reluctant to put grain and explained the reason, but Zhou Wenwen couldn't say any more, so he could only say helplessly: "Then let's make up a few of us, see if there is any surplus food in the house, and take out a little bit." ”

Saying that, Zhou Wenwen and several other colleagues began to discuss the matter of raising grain, and Zhou Chaozheng saw this situation, so it was not easy to refuse, so he could only follow Zhou Wenwen's meaning and also participate in the plan to raise grain.

After discussing for a while, a few people only scraped together a day or two of food.

Not long after the officials left, the government soldiers came back with the news that the bandits were back in trouble!

All localities were instructed to report to Diannan Mansion that the bandits had gone down the mountain to kill people and steal food.

Zhou Chao is very busy, at this time the victims in his southern Yunnan City are still hungry, this problem has not been solved, and where is the energy to manage serious things of banditry?

And Zhou Chaozheng didn't want to care about it at this time, the current situation was that there were more people and less food, and he was willing to let these bandits kill some more people, which could be regarded as solving a small part of the problem for him.

And at this time, a cronie of Zhou Chaozheng came to report, and he whispered in Zhou Chaozheng's ear: "Lord Governor, there is news from the Jingshi side, and there will be a messenger to come to our southern Yunnan one day!" ”

Hearing this, Zhou Chaozheng looked shocked, and hurriedly asked: "Did you say, what did the Qin send us to do in southern Yunnan?" ”

The cronies shook their heads and replied, "Lord Hui, the envoy has come here in a hurry, and it seems that there is something urgent. ”

"Okay, the official knows, you go down."

After his cronies left, Zhou Chaozheng kicked the table to the ground, and his face was full of irritability, pacing back and forth in the room.

Zhou Chaozheng is the governor of southern Yunnan, if Lord Qincha arrives and sees that the entire people of southern Yunnan are not living well, and the situation of bandits is serious, he, the governor, will suffer.

When the time comes, Lord Qincha will definitely condemn him to a felony for mismanagement of the disaster victims and rampant banditry!

In this way, even if Zhou Chaozheng didn't die, the black gauze hat on his head couldn't be saved.

Zhou Chaozheng, who was in a very irritable mood, was worried and began to curse in his heart.

"This Qincha, if you don't come sooner or later, you won't come later! It's time to come! This is not to give me a way to live! ”

"Report!"

As soon as he heard that someone came to report again, Zhou Chaozheng suddenly became angry, these days, someone came to spread the news every day, and none of the news was good, it was not that there was a shortage of food anywhere, it was that the village was attacked by bandits, and there was never a piece of good news!

"But what happened??!