Chapter 44 Refugees
The woman's lips were chapped and had a lot of dead skin, and she licked her lips and kept telling her story.
What Chen Dinghan didn't expect was that the woman's husband was starving to death, her husband didn't want to go out and block the road, and Yucheng didn't recruit coolies.
In the end, the land was not planted, the money was not earned, and the strength was not obtained, and the food at home gradually decreased, from one meal a day to one meal every two days, and finally one meal every three days......
Until the last bite of food was left, her husband left them with their mother and daughter, and finally passed away.
And the reason why they have been able to survive until now is also fortunate that Zou Haoran risked the death penalty and opened the granary privately, so that these people could survive.
After listening to the woman's story, Chen Dinghan's eyes flashed with a trace of anger, this is obviously someone deducted this money, otherwise these people would never be as miserable as they are now.
Bai Yinxue was also stunned, because these begging people said that they had never heard of the imperial court giving disaster relief money, and even more excessively, they had not even seen the Qin cha who came here to inspect the people's situation.
"What do you think, if you don't block the way, won't you even be able to live!?" Chen Dinghan sneered, with anger in his heart, wasn't the people who kept talking about Diao Min forced by you court officials!?
"Of course, they are not doing it in the right way, but at least they are still alive, at least their men can support their families, but you look at these women and children, they have no men, they live by begging, how long can they last on such a day!?"
Facing Chen Dinghan's questioning, Bai Yinxue couldn't say a word, and there were tears in her eyes, which made Chen Dinghan a little confused.
He shouted one by one, obviously disdainful of the people, but now he was crying, there was a feeling of caring for the people's livelihood, the contradiction between the two, Chen Dinghan couldn't figure out why.
Bai Yinxue wiped away her tears, took out the pen and ink from the baggage, wrote something in an empty space, and then took out a small seal from her bosom and stamped it on it, and finally put it into a sachet and tied it.
"Big brother, can I trouble you with something!?" Bai Yinxue walked up to the coachman and asked in a begging tone.
The coachman was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, and then looked at Chen Dinghan, and only after getting Chen Dinghan's consent did he ask, "If the son has any orders, please tell me." ”
"I will be in charge of driving the carriage after going to Huangling City this time, and I hope you can help me hand over this sachet to Zou Haoran. ”
Bai Yinxue's face was full of begging, and the high-minded attitude of the past was gone.
"It's okay, you don't have to go to Imperial Tomb City this time. Chen Dinghan probably had guessed something, so he said directly to the coachman: "It's just that if you want to go back, it is estimated that it will take more than half a day to hike, so it will be hard for you." ”
The coachman replied very simply, he is also from a poor people, so he naturally knows how difficult it is for the people in every drought and famine, and when he sees these suffering people, he feels uncomfortable.
And he also knew that Bai Yinxue's identity was not simple, and he handed over the sachet to Zou Haoran, presumably for the sake of these people, so he simply agreed: "Third young master, please rest assured! I will definitely rush back to Yucheng as soon as possible." ”
After Bai Yinxue saw that the coachman took the sachet, she was relieved, and then said loudly to all the begging people: "Don't worry, everyone will distribute food to everyone tomorrow, and from tomorrow, you will never have to live this kind of life again......"
The coachman left, and after Bai Yinxue distributed all the silver taels on his body to these people, the three of them got back into the carriage and continued to drive in the direction of Huangling City.
It's just that Chen Dinghan didn't let Bai Yinxue catch the car, but asked Gu Shanghan, and at this time, he had been thinking about one thing in his mind, that is, Bai Yinxue, a big man, why did he carry a sachet with him!
In three days, Chen Dinghan and the three of them had arrived at the Imperial Tomb City.
And in front of the gate of the Imperial Tomb City, Chen Dinghan's mind once again surged with many memory fragments, these memories are all the remaining memories, that is, a momentary thing, Chen Dinghan knows all about the Dayu Kingdom and this world.
The Imperial Tomb City is very large, enough to accommodate more than a dozen Yu Cities, and it is very lively, with people coming and going on the street.
"The grandeur of the big city is just different. Chen Dinghan walked on the street, looking at the surrounding scenes, and couldn't help but sigh.
Bai Yinxue's face was not good-looking, a little gloomy, obviously she didn't go shopping and planned how to hit the idleness of the Lingjie Inn: "You go to the Donglai Inn and wait for me, I'll deal with some things first." ”
Since he knew that the disaster relief funds had not been distributed, he began to be uneasy, and he always looked preoccupied, and he never took the initiative to say a word to Chen Dinghan during the three days of travel.
After Chen Dinghan heard Bai Yinxue's words, he didn't care, and said directly: "Okay, it's good that you are busy with yours, it just so happens that I also appreciate and appreciate the grandeur of the Dayu Imperial City!"
After Bai Yinxue left, Chen Dinghan and the two found the Donglai Inn, an inconspicuous inn, and after finding a good guest room, they parked the carriage in the backyard and wandered around the streets of Huangling City.
"Lao Gu, it's my first time coming to the Imperial City, don't you say it, this is really not an ordinary bustle, and Yucheng is not as good as here. Chen Dinghan looked around, like a roe deer entering the city.
"This is the Imperial City, and Yucheng naturally can't be compared. ”
Gu Shanghan's answer made Chen Dinghan speechless, and he didn't know how to answer next.
"By the way, Lao Gu, have you noticed that there seems to be something wrong with Bai Yinxue. ”
It was only at this time that Chen Dinghan remembered to talk to Gu Shanghan about it.
"What's wrong, he trusts the imperial court very much, but he didn't expect that the most trusted imperial court didn't even distribute disaster relief funds, so he was in a bad mood, which is understandable. Gu Shanghan said without thinking about it.
"No, that's not what I'm talking about. Chen Dinghan shook his head: "I mean, isn't it strange enough that a big man actually carries a sachet with him!?"
After Gu Shanghan heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and looked at Chen Dinghan, but he didn't answer, he just wanted to hear what he was going to say next.
"Including three days ago, after we talked about cooperation, the two men said that they hugged each other in a friendly way, which is normal, right!? But that day, when I wanted to hug him, he actually pushed him away, and his face turned red, is this abnormal!?"
Chen Dinghan frowned slightly, and analyzed carefully.
"Oh!?, you can see that!?" Gu Shanghan raised his eyebrows and asked with interest.