After the Hou family's mistress was reborn, the entire Hou family suffered disaster

It will be dark.

The front yard of Zhou Mansion.

Zhou Wan finally carefully inspected each bag of food to confirm that it was correct.

Liu Bohua had already left. Zhou Wan completed the final procedures with the person responsible for delivering food and asked someone to send the person away from Liangzhou City.

Watching the man leave, Zhou Wan frowned and slapped her sore and swollen waist.

At this moment, Mrs. Zhou came over: "Wan'er."

Hearing the sound, Zhou Wan didn't bother to thump her waist, and turned around quickly: "Madam."

Madam Zhou nodded, pulled Zhou Wan aside, and told her the plan she and Jiang Fuyue had discussed.

Zhou Wan originally frowned, but as she listened, her face was replaced by an expression of surprise.

Until Madam Zhou finished speaking, Zhou Wan had not recovered yet.

After a long time, Zhou Wancai murmured to herself: "It turns out... there is still this way to go..."

The people in the capital are really different.

In this matter now, what she and Madam Zhou were thinking about was how to make the people have a full meal and alleviate their hunger, so that they could survive until the imperial court came to bring supplies for disaster relief.

But Jiang Fuyue was already thinking about how to break the situation.

"I will handle this matter myself." Zhou Wan said.

This time when I went out to buy food, it was a lie. Spreading the news was the real thing.

Moreover, this matter was of great importance, and Zhou Wan really did not want to leave it to anyone else.

Madam Zhou nodded: "I'm here to tell you, naturally I'm going to leave it to you to do it, but...it would be too hard for you."

Madam Zhou looked at her distressedly.

Zhou Wan shook her head and said firmly: "I don't feel it's hard to work for my wife. Don't worry, I won't let you down."

-

Two days later, the tranquility of Liangzhou City was finally broken.

Early in the morning, Magistrate Wu asked people to post notices everywhere in the city, saying that there was not much left in the government granaries, and that grains would be collected from the private sector at a price of 150 yuan a dou, returned to the government, and used as relief grains for redistribution.

Although there are fewer people taking to the streets now, as soon as this notice came out, it spread throughout Liangzhou City at an extremely fast speed, causing an uproar.

The situation in Liangzhou City is different from elsewhere.

Governments in other places either fought alone and ran out of ammunition and food, or they colluded with local snakes and only cared about themselves and the people. However, the officials and people in Liangzhou City were united, and the government and the Zhou government had already begun to join forces to distribute relief grains, so to this day, there are still Many people have surplus food in their homes.

The notice was posted in the morning. Before it got dark, the people who had some food left at home gathered at the gate of the government office with what little food they had left. The sight of Wuyang Wuyang was heart-stopping.

"Sir! I still have three measures of rice at home!"

"I still have a bucket at home!"

"Sir! I still have three measures in my house, and I don't want any money! Your Excellency, just take these rice grains and redistribute them!"

"My family doesn't want it either!"

Magistrate Wu stood on the steps, looking at the young or old faces below, but all equally sincere, and couldn't help but burst into tears. Such a scene, such a scene!

He didn't dare to think like this in his dream!

Magistrate Wu took several deep breaths, then raised his hand and wiped his face vigorously, so as not to lose his composure on the spot.

He raised his hand and pressed it twice, and the people below stopped talking and looked up at him.

"Don't worry, everyone. Miss Zhou Wan has already left with the caravan in person this afternoon to buy food elsewhere! If everything goes well, she will be back in ten days!"

As soon as Magistrate Wu finished speaking, the people below all exclaimed in surprise.

"It has to be the Zhou Mansion!!!" A young man couldn't help shouting.

Some of the older people had begun to hold back their tears: "Yes! Ever since Madam Zhou came to our Liangzhou City, our lives have never been sad again!"

Magistrate Wu waited patiently for the people to discuss for a while. When the discussion gradually subsided, he said loudly: "Everyone who came here with rice and grain today is a righteous man! You are righteous, and we cannot be ruthless! Today, anyone who is willing The cashier should put the rice down. If you are not willing to pay, please help me and take the rice back home so that you can eat it at home!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone became restless again.

Among them, more than half are opposed.

"This rice is given to the government, and the government has to redistribute it to us. If we still collect money, who will we be!"

"You can't say that. Some people's families are short of money, but they also take the surplus food from the family. Doesn't it mean that if you accept money, you are not a good person?"

"I didn't mean that! Don't misinterpret my meaning, kid!"

There was a lot of commotion below, and it even got to the point of a fight. Fortunately, Magistrate Wu stood tall and noticed the commotion at the first time, and promptly sent a Yamen servant down to mediate the situation.

"At this time, you still have the strength to fight! It seems that the government has taken good care of you young boys!" A man gritted his teeth, with a look of hatred on his face.

After some more noise, everyone lined up according to the rules, registered the amount of food, and each received their money and went home.

Jiang Fuyue was quite surprised when news of the grand scene in front of the Yamen came to the Zhou Mansion.

"I have never seen such a wonderful sight in books!" Gu Yu sighed.

With such concerted efforts, if this hadn't really happened before his eyes, Gu Yu would have thought he was dreaming!

Jiang Fuyue also nodded.

"It's not surprising." Madam Zhou was sitting aside drinking tea. "This Magistrate Wu is a very good person. When I first came here, Liangzhou City was actually under the control of Liu Bohua. The Magistrate and Liu Bohua was colluding and had no regard for the life and death of the people in the city. I was also very hard-pressed. It was only after Magistrate Wu took office that the situation got better."

The people in the city have lived a hard life, so they will naturally cherish the good days now and support those who bring them good lives.

This is human nature!

-

On that side, Zhou Wan and the people left the city without stopping. After two days and two nights of driving, they finally arrived at their destination.

Tancheng.

Tancheng's location extends in all directions and is much more prosperous than the area around Liangzhou City.

There were a large number of people in their group, and they brought nearly ten carriages with them. It was a huge formation, so as soon as they entered the city, their gray-faced but massive appearance attracted the attention of many people.

Ignoring the comments of others, everyone first found an inn. After eating and drinking, they went back to their rooms before it got dark and slept peacefully for the first time in the past few days.

Early the next morning, when there were the most people in the busy market, Zhou Wan and his people blocked the street directly. Several carriages were lined up along the road, full of momentum.

"Collect rice grain! Gather rice grain!" A strong man shouted with all his strength, attracting people from all directions to come and watch, "Eighty yuan a dou! Gather rice grain!"