Chapter Seventy-One: A Dream Seriously Injured (Part II)
Dugu Jian and Zhang Linxin rode slowly on their horses, no longer rushing day and night like in the previous paragraph, but walking all the way to watch and play, very leisurely. The two www.biquge.info of them passed through Thailand and Xincai, toured the mountains and rivers, and were in this beautiful scenery, and only felt that they had endless fun.
Although it was already the middle of winter at this time, the weather was already quite cold, but it couldn't resist the mood of Kenshin's two plays. On this day, I came to the boundary of Luoshan County of Xinyang Army, which belongs to the frontier area of the war between Song and Jin, for more than ten years, the war and disaster are connected, the people are unsustainable, and those who can escape have escaped, and the rest are groups of old, weak, sick and disabled. In the past two years, the Song and Jin countries negotiated peace and dismissed the army, and there was no major war, and the situation here has improved slightly, but it is still difficult for people to take care of food and clothing.
Looking at the group of ragged children who came over and stretched out their hands to ask for food, Zhang Lin couldn't bear it in his heart, and gave all the edible temptations that he and Dugu Jian had brought to these children. The girl looked at the smiles on the faces of the children as they ate, and she felt very happy. But the further I went, the more and more people I saw, all of whom were hungry and poorly clothed, with yellow faces and thin muscles, and empty eyes.
Zhang Lin was kind-hearted, pulled Dugu's sword and begged: "Brother Dugu, let's find a way to help them." Dugu Jian also felt very sad, so he replied: "Okay, then what are you going to do?" The girl thought for a moment and said, "Don't we still have dozens of taels of gold? ”
As soon as Dugu Jian heard this, he knew that the girl had no experience in these things, and he and Lu Qing and others suffered such a big loss when they fought those bandits in Shaozhou. I thought that those bandits had been brought to justice, and I left a lot of silver taels for the people who suffered from the famine, thinking that this would solve the problem. But unexpectedly, as soon as they left on their front feet, those ruffians and bullies on their back feet took advantage of their power and oppressed them, and snatched all the money and property obtained by the victims. If it weren't for Jiang Xu who happened to remember that there was one more thing that had not been done, and everyone returned again, I was afraid that those people would still be unsustainable.
He shook his head and said, "Lin'er, your idea is very good, but this method is not very appropriate. So I told the girl in detail about how I helped the victims in Shaozhou. Zhang Lin said angrily: "I can't imagine that there are such hateful people! These villains, it's not too much to kill them!" Dugu Jian continued: "Yes, it is precisely because we have suffered such a loss, if we distribute this money to them, it is inevitable that these people will not be bullied and exploited, and in the end, nothing will be left, and maybe it will bring them death." ”
Dugu Jian looked around, it was almost the county seat, but except for those victims, there was not even a single shop or stall. He said to the girl: "Lin'er, you see, there is not even a shop that sells things here, and even if there are no ruffian bullies, I am afraid that it will be difficult for them to buy what they need." ”
When the girl heard this, she asked with a sad face: "Brother Dugu, what should we do, we can't just watch them suffer, right?" Dugu Jian shook his head and said, "Naturally, it can't, so I think Senior Brother Xu's method at that time was very good." ”
"What's the solution?" Zhang Lin asked in surprise.
"We beat the ruffians and forced them to swear that they would never come again to harass the people. But Senior Brother Xu felt that this was still not safe, after all, the wealth was not exposed, and these people got the silver taels, and sooner or later they would be coveted by those people. Therefore he did not let us distribute any more taels of silver to the people, and he took back all that was sent down. ”
"Ah, shouldn't the people be hungry and cold again?"
Dugu Jian shook his head with a smile and said: "Lin'er, so we have too little experience in this area, Senior Brother Xu's father used to be the magistrate of our Great Song Dynasty, and he was a good official, so Senior Brother Xu learned a trick from his father: turn these silver taels into physical objects and distribute them again, so that all problems will be solved!"
Zhang Linxin is also an extremely smart person, how can she not understand when she hears this? She suddenly realized and replied: "Oh, Brother Dugu, I understand, you mean that we are like the imperial court disaster relief, exchanging gold for grain and cloth, and distributing it to these people, right?"
Dugu Jian said with a smile: "Yes, plus the fifty taels of gold given by Uncle Li Ying, we have eighty taels of gold, all of which are exchanged for grain and cloth, which is enough for the people here to use until the beginning of spring next year, when the weather becomes warmer, and there will be a lot more to eat, so that they don't have to worry about freezing and starving this winter." ”
When the girl heard this, she was naturally very happy, and she did what she said, so she pulled the Dugu sword and rode to Luoshan County. The two men went to the store of the grain merchant in the city, took out fifty taels of gold, bought all the grain, and ordered them to deliver it to the victims outside the city. I went to a few shops that sold cloth in a row, and bought all the coarse cloth, Dugu Jian had a heart this time, and he didn't even buy the flower cloth, all of them were going to become coarse cloth, not only because this way could buy more cloth, but more importantly, no one would use such coarse cloth except for ordinary people, which reduced the risk of being robbed.
Kenshin and the two came to the outside of the city with truckloads of grain and cloth, and distributed the things to the people, and everyone called them Buddha and Bodhisattva, and they all knelt down to thank them. Where could the two of them bear such a big gift, they hurriedly supported the leading elders, persuaded and persuaded again, and then continued to distribute things.
After doing this good deed, the two of them rode away quietly while the people were still immersed in joy. Walking on the road, the girl did such a big thing, and suddenly felt very happy, humming a small song in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and kept swaying back and forth on horseback.
Dugujian looked at the girl with a smile, and waited until she was a little tired from singing, and then said: "Lin'er, aren't you happy to do such a big good thing?" Zhang Linxin squinted and said with a smile: "That is, seeing the happy looks on the faces of those people, I am even happier than I am well fed and clothed." ”
She looked at Dugu Jian and continued: "Brother Dugu, you don't know, when I was in Lin'an before, although I would also meet some beggars and disaster victims, I have never seen so much, especially the look of anticipation that flashed in the eyes of those children, I realized how happy I have always been......"
Dugu Jian listened to the girl talking about her feelings, and when she finished speaking, he said: "Well, Lin'er, compared to them, we are indeed much happier, so we have to help Marshal Yue and them, and strive to bring an environment where the people of the Great Song Dynasty can be fed and clothed." Speaking of this, Dugu Jian changed his words and said: "But Lin'er, I'm afraid that we can only go to Marshal Yue as soon as possible, otherwise the two of us will be hungry." ”
"Why?" the girl asked, somewhat puzzled. Dugu Jian patted the package on his back and said, "You have finished distributing the dry food, and all the gold in our hands has been spent, and there are only a few taels of broken silver left, but I am afraid that it will not be enough for us for a few days." (To be continued.) )