Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 374 Encountering Refugees
Gao Yushi did not take the post road when he returned to Henan last time when he returned to Beijing this time, but took the Zhongmu route.Before he went to Kaifeng to take the exam, his subordinate Qi Ding once lived in the manor of the Zhang family in Zhongmou. This time, he stopped by to express his thanks on the return trip. After all, Gao Gong’s wife Zhang is his aunt. Courtesy cannot be lost.

Since we are going to Zhongmou, we have to pass through Kaifeng Mansion again.It is quite inconvenient to cross the Yellow River these days. It would be better if there were fewer people, but with a large team of two hundred riders like Gao Yushi, it is impossible to find a random ferry to cross the river. A small ferry can only be crossed by a ferry For a dozen or so people, if you count the horses, Gao Yushi and the others would have to grind for two or three days just to cross the river. The efficiency is too low, so they can only take the big ferry.

There is a big ferry directly north from Kaifeng, and after crossing the Yellow River and not far north, you will arrive at Yanjin.Yanjin is the place where General Wen Chou of the Yuan Army died in battle when the Yuan-Cao War kicked off at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Surprisingly, Gao Wushi met refugees just after passing through Yanjin.

At first, these refugees just came here in twos and threes. Gao Yushi called Gao Yu, asked about the dry food reserves carried by the team, and then distributed some of them to the refugees who came to ask for help. Who knew that they would cause trouble.

Less than two hours later, a large wave of refugees surrounded the high-practical team.

To say that these refugees are really miserable, all of them are yellow and thin, and their clothes are ragged. If it is not approaching the summer, most of them will freeze to death. Nian, just looked at Gao Pragmatic's carriage pitifully.

Occasionally, a refugee holding a child came forward, crying heartbrokenly, while begging Gao Yu to save the child.Many parents said that they could still eat some grass roots and bark, but their children really couldn't eat those things.

Gao Yu's face showed embarrassment. Although he is highly valued by Gao Yushi, he is only a servant after all. How can he be the master?What's more, Gao Wushi had distributed all the dry food that could be allocated before, but if he distributed it now, his own people would be hungry.

Although the refugees who came to ask for help were honest, they could tell that Gao Yu was not a villain, and his expression showed signs of loosening, and he pleaded bitterly.

Gao Yu was forced to have no choice but to report to Gao Yushi's car.

Although Gao Yushi was in the car, he was not ignorant of what happened outside, he sighed, and said: "Gao Yu, you should also be able to see that it's not that I refuse to rescue them, it's that there are too many refugees here. We’re not a food security team, so we brought a little rations to eat on the road, and it’s easy to distribute them now, but first, we’ll starve ourselves, and second, it’s a drop in the bucket, and there’s no way we can save them.”

Gao Yu glanced at the group of refugees, and found that in just two hours, the convoy had been surrounded several times, and there might not be more than 200 people.There are only [-] people in my line, how much dry food can I bring?How many lives can be saved?
So it was difficult for Gao Yu to answer Gao Yushi's words. He opened his mouth, and finally he only let out a long sigh: "So, these refugees have to die."

Gao Yushi was also a little anxious. Sitting in the city and discussing disaster relief, he could remain unmoved and completely control his actions with reason, doing his best to save what he could, and giving up what he couldn't.But seeing so many miserable refugees with his own eyes at this moment, the sentence "powerless" is really hard to say.

Who doesn't have any compassion?
Gao Wushi thought for a while, then gritted his teeth suddenly, and said with an ugly face: "Go and tell them that we have limited food and can't save everyone, let them gather children under ten years old, we can only manage these children for one meal Eat... you go first, I will come out after I change my clothes."

Gao Jue was overjoyed when he heard the words, but subconsciously glanced at Gao Yushi's clean body in blue, he was puzzled for a moment, but he didn't ask any more questions, and quickly saluted Gao Yushi, then turned to negotiate with the refugees up.

As soon as Gao Yu left, Shuai Jiamo couldn't help reminding: "Master, it's not that Xiaosheng lost his conscience, but since Xiaosheng has eaten the meal of the master, he should do his best for the master, and there is something he has to say."

Gao Wushi found out the red silk bullfighting suit from the trunk of the carriage, and said while changing, "Speak, I'm listening. But if you want to say that after our rations are distributed to those children, today we only If you can go hungry, it goes without saying, I know the severity. But you think, even if we are hungry, we only have two meals, as long as we arrive at Weihui Mansion before tonight, we will have something to eat, and I will pay for it at that time , invite everyone to have a late-night supper, to make up for their hunger, but these refugees outside, if they are hungry, they are afraid that something will happen, especially those children..."

His current body itself is a child, and a half-sized child is especially edible, how could he not know?People in this era of Daming don't know what it means for a child to have a fast metabolism, so doesn't he know that too?It is a characteristic of children to eat a lot and get hungry quickly, and once they are very hungry, not to mention that their growth and development will not be good, many times their body bones will be worse in this life.

Shuai Jiamo said sternly: "Boss, what Xiaosheng wants to talk about is not this, but... Think about it, Boss, when we came out of Yanjin County just now, the city of Yanjin County was full of militiamen at ten steps. At that time, Xiaosheng thought It was just because the front line was defeated and the rear was a little nervous, I didn't think about it, now it seems that this may not be the reason."

Gao Wushi changed his clothes suddenly, his face turned ugly, he let out a foul breath, and said in a deep voice, "You mean they don't allow refugees to enter the city?"

Shuai Jiamo smiled wryly and said: "It's certain that refugees are not allowed to enter the city, it's just a county, not to mention that Yanjin is not a wealthy county, even if it is useless - no matter where the county lords are, they dare not let them go all at once. Entering thousands of refugees whose eyes are green from hunger... What Xiaosheng means is that if these places where there are refugees escaping, not only do not try to find a way to relieve the disaster, but also shut themselves up in such a way, then it is equivalent to letting the refugees to fend for themselves. And these refugees may still be able to persist in not doing evil right now, but they are really hungry, but if someone comes out to challenge the leader, it will inevitably turn into a riot."

In fact, when Shuai Jiamo spoke halfway through, Gao Yushi already understood the truth, but because he wanted to understand it, his face became more and more ugly.

waste!These local officials are all a bunch of trash!In Lao Tzu's time, when a chief official made such a mentally handicapped decision, one counted as one, and all TMs were only worthy of dismissal!

Damn, what kind of disaster has never occurred in any generation, and your emergency measures are to ignore it?That small calamity has to be turned into a big trouble by you, has the brain grown into the butt?

(End of this chapter)