Chapter 259: Soup kitchen

When Xie Xiuwen came out of the palace, the snow had stopped.

Xie Xiuwen carefully looked at the snow on the eaves and walls, and then looked at the snow footprints that were stepped on on the side of the road, and his brows twisted slightly.

It snowed heavily, mainly because it took so long, almost for a day and a night.

Don't say that the thatched houses on the outskirts of the city, or some dilapidated houses in the city, have also suffered this time.

Two days later, the recitals from all over the place came up, and the recitals of Feng County were extremely conspicuous.

Without it, more than 20 houses were crushed, but no one was injured.

Originally, some people accused Chen Bo of concealing the disaster, but after Jingzhao Mansion Yin presented a report, no one dared to say anything.

The orders issued by Chen Bo, as well as some of the reports requested, all showed that Chen Bo really took Qin Tianjian's speculation to heart, and even carried out the holy oracle to the end.

In this way, who would dare to say that Chen Bo was deliberately concealing it?

With this achievement, Chen Bo's entry into Beijing as an official in the coming year is already a certainty.

Xie Xiuwen also has a hill in Feng County, so he stood up and told Chen Bo about the fact that he had sent people to visit various villages several times.

Weichen didn't go, but the steward under his hand came to report, saying that Chen County Ling had specially sent people three times to inspect the houses in various villages and towns, and even asked Li Zheng to report the names and numbers of the old and young everywhere so that they could prepare in advance. The minister did not dare to deceive the saint, Chen County Ling had privately asked Weichen before if he needed to prepare some items in advance, and Weichen gave a little advice. ”

Xie Xiuwen's eldest son and Chen Bo's daughter-in-law set a relationship, which was not a secret originally, and it was normal for the two families to move closely.

"So, Feng County has already stockpiled some grain?"

Returning to the Holy Place, Chen Bo said that Feng County was not too rich, and in addition to food, he also had to prepare clothes for the cold, houses and medicinal materials for treating frostbite and wind cold, so he only bought some coarse grains at a low price, and the amount was not large. According to Chen Bo's own words, there are not many people who really need help. Young and strong young men are not among the rescuers. ”

Emperor Jing Wen was very pleased.

He has read all kinds of reasons that came up from the county government newspapers.

It's nothing more than reaching out and asking for money.

But Chen Bo did quite well, and on the basis of his own lack of wealth, he made reasonable arrangements, which was the official he wanted.

"Chen Bo has done a good job, and county orders around the country should follow suit."

The saints have spoken, who dares not to listen?

The day after the heavy snow stopped, some wealthy families opened porridge sheds in the outer city and outside the city gates.

Even if there has been no disaster in previous years, there will be some people who give porridge outside, whether it is really kind, or it is for a good reputation, it is unknown.

The Xie family naturally also opened a porridge shed.

Not just one Xie family, but three Xie families.

Xie Huaiyi's house on Anhe Street, Xie Ming's house in the outer city, and Xie Xiuwen's house on Anping Street in the inner city.

It was Fang Hu who was sent out by Xie Xiuwen's family to give porridge, and he didn't stare at it all day, but he would come over when he first started to give porridge, and lead people to command them to line up, and the other thing was to find out those young and strong young men.

In order to make this porridge really drunk by the victims, all the prefectures and families naturally thought of ways to do so.

Fang Hu here deliberately asked people to get some pebbles the size of fingernails, and after cleaning, they were poured directly into the boiling pot in front of the victims, and then stirred vigorously.

This practice naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of some people, and some people broke away from the line and went to queue up in the porridge shack elsewhere.

In this regard, Fang Hu naturally didn't mind.

They cook corn porridge with unpeeled sweet potatoes, which are washed twice, very clean, and not peeled, naturally because this is also a life-saving thing.

Because of the addition of sweet potatoes, there is a little less corn in it, but drinking a bowl is also warm in the stomach, and the whole body is warm.

In addition, Fang Hu also asked people to get a tent on the first day of opening the porridge shed.

Liu Ruolan deliberately confessed that Liu Ruolan used two layers of thick fabric, and the outside was specially greased to achieve the effect of waterproofing.

The inside of the tent is supported by wood, and some stones and waste bricks are specially used to press the feet on the outside, so as to make the inside of the tent tighter.

The tent is not particularly big, because they are all homeless, and many of them are frostbitten, or they are so hungry that they are weak, so the inside of this tent is lying and sitting, and a tent is full, that is, it can fit twenty people.

Because the number of tents was limited, Fang Hu gave an order, only the old, the young, the sick and the disabled were allowed to live here, otherwise, they would have to be chaotic.

There are a lot of people needed to open a porridge shed, Fang Chengye also specially picked up people from Fuyuan Villa, plus there are people who boil medicine, there are more than 20 people here to support, but they are still too busy to touch the ground.

Xie Xiuwen ordered to boil four pots of porridge every day, twice a day, two large pots each time, and most of the soup kitchens were like this.

If you keep boiling an unlimited amount, the amount of food is not enough to consume.

Three days after the porridge shed was opened, an ox cart came to pick up the people.

At first, those people thought that they were going to be pulled away and buried directly, so most of them didn't dare to lean over.

Fang Hu still shouted with a loud voice, saying that Xie Mansion on Anping Street was recruiting people, and young and strong people could sign up, three meals a day, a house to live in, and a kang burn.

After shouting it several times, someone came over tremblingly and inquired.

When I learned that I was going to a certain village in the south of the city, it was not far away, and my heart was steady.

The main thing is that the big guys have gathered here in the past few days, and they have also heard some deeds about this Lord Xie, and learned that he is also from a peasant family, so naturally there is a natural sense of closeness.

A man came out, his face was so dirty that he couldn't see what it was supposed to be.

"My lord, do you think Xiao Mincheng is coming? Xiaomin is twenty-six years old this year, his body is strong, and he has a lot of strength, can he let me go? I can do two meals a day, as long as I can bring my daughter-in-law and two babies. Oh, my eldest baby is nine years old this year, and she can work. ”

As he spoke, the man shouted to his eldest baby not far away.

The child was still a little hesitant, and the fear in his eyes didn't seem to be fake, maybe he was worried that he would be sold, so he was like this.

Knowing that he was just going to work, the child's eyes immediately lit up.

"Yes, yes, we all have the strength, let's do it!"

At this time, people only said that they wanted to work on the contract, not to buy slaves, which was already a great thing.

Because it was the first day to recruit people like this, there were not many people around, mainly because they were afraid of meeting scammers, and then they would be deceived and buried directly, who to cry with? (End of chapter)