Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 149 Prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer!
Nan'an County's royal residence was removed from the nobles and the feudal clan was withdrawn. Jia Cong filled the canal with all the families of Huo's family.The news quickly spread all over the world, and Lingnan immediately became chaotic.

The chief envoy of Guangdong sent the request for help to the capital in eight hundred miles. On the first day when the imperial court opened the seal in the fourth year of Yuanyou, the emperor ordered Bo Niu, the first-class duke of the state, to lead [-] elite soldiers from the capital to the south.

Almost every family in Beijing Zhongwu Xun's House carried gifts to Zhenguo Mansion, hoping that their son would follow Lao Niu to Lingnan to get some credit.

"It's ridiculous. These people really think that everyone is my second brother? Teacher, look at this Liu family. Even Liu Xianghui and other wastes who are about to live in the brothel are stuffed into the barracks. They are really not afraid of dying on the Lingnan battlefield!"

On the first day of the opening of the seal, Jia Cong arrived at the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate early in the morning.After going to the Dragon Guards to obtain the relevant case materials, the two masters and apprentices, under the protection of a team of Dragon Guards, drove leisurely to Wanping County in the southeast of the capital.

Xu Jin said leisurely: "It's because your second brother's performance is too eye-catching, these people also want to imitate your second brother's success path. It's a pity, in their hearts, your second brother is still the one who has no choice but to go to the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion. Brother Fugui, I never thought that the former Second Master Lian was also the heir to the Rongguo Mansion who worked hard on bow, horse and sword!"

crunch...

The wheels rolled over the thick snow on the road, and the ruts slowly elongated.

Xu Jin lifted the curtain of the car, and the cold wind immediately blew in through the window, Jia Cong shivered involuntarily.

"Look there!"

Jia Cong looked in the direction of Xu Jin's finger, and saw circles of thatched huts built on the edge of the city not far ahead, covered with snow, and smoke rising from cooking.

"Look at the heavy snow covering the filth of the world, who can see the bones under the snow?"

"teacher……"

Xu Jin was silent for a long time, and said a series of numbers: "The number of people affected by the disaster reported in the Wanping County report a few years ago was as high as 420 households, a total of 840 people. Look at the thatched huts at the gate of the city, enough to live ?"

"How is it possible? How many people are there in Wanping County? How could there be so many victims?"

Jia Cong still has a good understanding of the prefectures and counties in the capital.

Wanping County is the south gate of the capital city. There are many merchants and the people's livelihood and economy have always been good.But according to his memory, Wanping County had no more than 48 people in the [-]th year of Zhaowu.

A snowstorm, the victims actually accounted for one eighth of the county's total population, how is this possible?

But I heard Xu Jin say: "This is from the official newspaper, and there are many people who are not on the list at all. The investigation by the Dragon Guards has revealed that at least [-] people are struggling to survive, and have to go to Wanping County or Zuojin County to survive... ..."

"Didn't the Ministry of Households allocate enough food and cloth to save the people, so is there anyone who dares to covet ink at the feet of the emperor?"

It was really hard for Jia Cong to imagine that the emperor himself was in charge of disaster relief, and under the watchful eyes of the Dragon Guards, there would be people who would dare to take the risk of ransacking their families and exterminating their families to covet ink and food for disaster relief.

The carriage has already stopped at the north gate of Wanping County. There are ten huge iron pots and ten huge wooden barrels at the gate of the city. The long line, the victims in ragged clothes, holding crockpots and bowls in their hands, stretched their necks to look at the steaming place...

"Ding ding ding..."

The iron plate tied to the tree was knocked, and the hungry victims seemed to have gotten used to the rhythm of the porridge, and suddenly became excited and pushed forward involuntarily.

But he saw a middle-aged man in the uniform of a yamen servant suddenly drew out a long knife from his waist and slashed at the nearby tree.

click!
Sawdust flew horizontally, and some even flew into the pot.

"Everything is quiet~"

"Squeeze further, today's porridge will be halved!"

"Anyone who doesn't listen to a certain family's advice will be punished with ten whips and sent to Xishan to dig coal for a month!"

Following the intimidating words of the middle-aged yamen servant, the crowd was indeed much quieter, waiting for the meal one by one according to the rules.

The porridge was fairly thick, and each person had a steaming thick noodle steamed bun.It seems that the Ministry of Household Affairs also knew that the Emperor, who had just taken charge of the government, was going to use this disaster relief to win the hearts of the people, so he didn't dare to make any fuss about the food issue.

"Brother Cong, can you tell what's special about this group of disaster victims?"

Jia Cong shook his head. He really couldn't see anything special about this group of disaster victims. The same ragged clothes, yellow and thin complexion, were no different from what was recorded in the book.

As for the image of the disaster victim in the film and television drama in the previous life... Forget it, which disaster victim has a red face, a white face, and a delicate face!

I only heard Xu Jin say two words quietly: "Age!"

boom!
Understood!
In order to confirm what he thought in his heart, Jia Cong lifted the curtain and jumped out of the carriage, and walked to the porridge place.Jia Shixi hurriedly followed, fearing that something might happen to the little master.

"who?"

The yamen servants who were originally maintaining order wanted to stop the approaching people, but they saw that he was dressed luxuriously, with gold crowns and jade belts, brocade clothes and fur coats, and a token on his waist.

"Rongguo Mansion is doing business, get out!"

Jia Shiyi drank the yamen servants away, and Jia Cong was already close to the victims who were queuing up to get the porridge.

Old people, children, obviously sick men and women...

There are only a small number of young men and young women, which is strange and not surprising!
Jia Cong already had a rough answer in his mind. He looked at the pair of childish eyes secretly looking at him behind the old man, and couldn't help sighing: "Xing, the people are suffering; death, the people are suffering!"

"Do you see it?"

At some point, Xu Jin also came to the victims.

The congee receiving team, which was originally fairly orderly, fell to their knees one after another.

The crimson official uniform on Xu Jin's body showed his status, and the county lord would salute when he saw a master in the crimson official uniform, not to mention that this person was accompanied by a group of fearsome dragon guards.

"Haechi decoration!"

"It's Yushi!"

The middle-aged yamen servant in charge of the porridge here narrowed his eyes, jumped off the high platform immediately, ran to Xu Jin and knelt down: "The villain, Lu Chong, the head of the soap squad in Wanping County, pays homage to Lord Yushi!"

Xu Jin hummed, raised his hand and said, "Get up, and continue to organize porridge donations. I just happened to pass by, just to have a look."

Lu Chong wanted to complain, but he didn't dare to show his displeasure.Master Yushi, how many people can you afford?

He quickly got up and said respectfully: "My lord, it's very windy here, if you rest your feet, the villain will ask you to make a room for you..."

"No need, I'm going to the city soon, you can do your own work."

Seeing that Xu Jin didn't want to say anything more, Lu Chong secretly looked at Jia Cong curiously.This young master is dressed luxuriously, and the golden crown and jade belt are so handsome... Hey, Golden Dragon Order!

He hastily bowed to the two of them, and quickly ran back to the high platform, doing his best to organize the porridge.

Xu Jin looked at the little apprentices who were still staring at the victims, and said leisurely: "This is just Wanping County. In the villages of those big families in the capital, I don't know how many young and strong people have gathered this time. And those women, a bowl Exchange millet for a little girl... Brother Cong, guess how many bowls of millet can be exchanged for the fields under these people's names?"

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　More here, tomorrow three more will continue.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)