Yi Song

Chapter 111 Master Li asked, do you dare to agree?

"Liu Erlang kills people like mowing grass! I wonder if you can save people?" Li Shishi stared at Liu Guozhang with his watery eyes.

"Rescue people?" Liu Guozhang avoided her eyes intentionally or unintentionally.

"These clothes and food are just a drop in the bucket for these disaster victims. But they must survive this severe winter. Only in the spring tomorrow will they have a chance to survive. Liu Erlang, can you find a way for them to survive this winter?" ?”

"You think too highly of me, I'm not that capable."

Master Li sneered a few times and said, "You are really a warrior who only knows how to fight and kill. There are too many people in this world who can kill. Corrupt officials can kill, ruthless officials can kill, powerful people can kill, bandits can kill, and the Khitans in the north can kill. The party members in the west know how to kill people, but you have Liu Erlang, so what if they kill people again?

There are too few people in this world who can survive. Liu Erlang, I originally thought that the man Zhao Wuniang and Shisan were looking for would be such an extraordinary and outstanding man. Looking at it now, it’s nothing more than that. He is just a vulgar and vulgar person who only knows how to kill people but not how to survive. "

Zhao Wuniang exclaimed: "Master, Madam, what did you say?"

After saying that, his face turned red with embarrassment.

Murong Shisan turned his head and turned around after twenty or thirty breaths. His face was dizzy and he said dissatisfiedly: "Sister, if you use the provoking method, you can use the provoking method. Why did you drag me in?"

Master Li was so angry that he rushed over with the hem of his skirt in hand, and wanted to tear Murong Shisan's mouth open.

"I told you to talk too much, so I have to shout!"

Murong Shisan, who was half a head taller than her, stretched out his hand and pressed it against her plump breasts. He could not move forward, and his outstretched arms could only dance wildly in the air.

"Liu Erlang is as cunning as a fox. You can't hide this little trick from him."

"Then what do you say we should do? What do you say we should do? Just watch these hundreds of thousands of people disappear in the wind and snow. This is hundreds of thousands of lives. Human lives, not grass and trees, not insects and ants!"

Master Li said angrily.

His eyes gradually became red, and tears flowed down his cheeks. Finally, he covered his face with his hands, squatted on the ground and cried loudly.

Zhao Wuniang and Murong Shisan were silent.

They looked up and saw tens of thousands of victims scattered everywhere. They carefully held the steaming porridge and drank it in small sips.

At this moment, they saw a long-lost smile and a little hope for survival on the faces of the victims. This smile and hope are so rare in a camp of victims that is as lifeless as a wilderness cemetery.

Like a few rare rays of light in the dark night.

From the bottom of their hearts, Zhao Wuniang and Murong Shisan had the idea that they should protect this rare smile and hope.

But what can they do?

Invariably, the two of them turned their attention to Liu Guozhang.

Liu Guozhang understood the look in their eyes. This matter is difficult to handle, but it must be done no matter how difficult it is!

Is it difficult to save hundreds of thousands of disaster victims? It's hard!

But it is even harder to defeat the Khitans and Jurchens, avoid the humiliation of Jingkang, and save millions of people!

It’s even more difficult!

If the small righteousness is not complete, how can the great righteousness be fulfilled?

"I will definitely find a way for these hundreds of thousands of victims to survive this winter."

Liu Guozhang's voice was not loud, but he was extremely determined.

Zhao Wuniang and Murong Shisan looked at each other with expressions of relief.

Li Shishi stood up suddenly, stared at Liu Guozhang and said loudly: "A gentleman's words are hard to catch up with!"

Tears were still on his face, and his eyes were still red and swollen.

What a great acting! Retract and release freely!

I knew I had fallen into a trap! It was a beauty trap, and he fell into it.

But it doesn’t matter if you fall into such a scheme!

Liu Guozhang smiled faintly: "The flying general is right, there are too many people in this world who can kill, and I, Liu Erlang, am not missing one. Only when a man stands in the world, does something vigorous, and does what others cannot do, can he be called a man!"

"Okay! You Liu Erlang can save the lives of these hundreds of thousands of disaster victims. I will give you the title of Flying General!" Li Shishi said boldly.

Liu Guozhang had a wry smile on his face, "Why should I call you a flying general?"

The oxcart made five or six trips back and forth. In addition to transporting old rice in the first two trips, the rest were used to transport firewood - making porridge requires fire, and firewood for making fire is very valuable in and outside Kaifeng.

All the land here has been developed into fertile farmland, and there are not many trees. They must be cut down and transported from states and counties with mountains in the distance. After working for a long time, hundreds of thousands of victims were finally given a bowl of steaming porridge, and thousands of old, weak, women and children were given clothes.

Everyone then said goodbye to Chu Linxuan and reluctantly left back to the city.

Liu Guozhang was silent along the way, and Zhao Wuniang asked carefully: "Brother Erlang, are you worried about the promise you made to Master Shi's wife? I still have some savings here, which I can give to Erlang."

Murong Shisan also stared at him and said with some dissatisfaction: "You are so stingy, I just need to pay for this money and food!"

"My sister, this is not about money. How much money can it cost?"

Li Shishi, who was also sitting in the bullock cart, squeezed Zhao Wuniang out of the way, stuck his head out of the car window and asked, "Do you know how much it will cost?"

"It's easy to calculate! Chu County Lieutenant and Brother Fei have probably calculated that there are about 150,000 to 60,000 victims, so let's count them as 160,000. One person needs 32 meters to cook porridge, which requires 40,000 to 8,000 catties a day. Chen rice. One dou weighs twelve kilograms, equivalent to four thousand dou.

There was a big disaster this year. The price of rice is 230 guan per dou. Even old rice is estimated to cost 200 guan, totaling 800 guan. This is just rice money. There are also firewood money, salt money, labor money and other losses, which is estimated to be almost 1,000 guan a day.

After three months and ninety days, it would be about 90,000 guan.

Such a large purchase volume, plus a 90-day duration, will definitely cause a price increase, so a 20% margin must be reserved. That's 110,000 strings. "

Everyone was stunned when Liu Guozhang said a bunch of numbers, especially Li Shishi.

"Erlang, these numbers, whether they are thousands, tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands, can be calculated silently in your mind without the need for arithmetic beads?"

Liu Guozhang rolled his eyes, "I didn't do precise calculations, just rough estimates. What kind of abacus beads are needed for such a simple calculation?"

Master Li was half choked to death by these words, so he simply put his head back in the car and stopped talking.

People who are poor at arithmetic are troubled.

"One hundred and ten thousand guan is not a small amount of money, we can get it. Money is a trivial matter, and anything that can be solved with money is no big deal. The key is to feed hundreds of thousands of people, and to feed the Houde Palace and Lingguang for ninety days." What does the hospital want to do?

Inviting people to gather people's hearts with evil intentions? "

Liu Guozhang glanced at Murong Shisan, and everyone understood instantly.

She has a special status and is extremely sensitive. Doing so can easily arouse suspicion among officials and lead to very serious consequences.

"I'm so angry! I want to do a good deed to save lives, but I still have to be criticized! What kind of world is this!" Li Shishi said angrily.

Murong Shisan was silent for a while, then raised his head and asked, "Erlang, what do you think we should do?"

Zhao Wuniang gritted her teeth and said, "I'm going to tell my father that my mother has entrusted me with a dream and asked me to make a big wish."

Master Li immediately stopped him, "Fifth sister, you cannot make such a big wish easily. If you fail to fulfill it, you will be punished by God!"

"I will do it even if I am punished by God. I cannot watch hundreds of thousands of lives die in vain."

Li Shishi frowned and shouted: "Liu Erlang!"

"Yes, I will find a way. A true man must fulfill his vows with tears in his eyes."

Liu Guozhang glanced at Zhao Wuniang and Murong Shisan, then turned around and saw the expectations in the eyes of Zhou Zhuan, Yue Fei, and the hundreds of Hualangs behind them.

"More importantly, you can't let down the people who trust you!"

The group arrived at Suizao Gate and met Xiao Huangmen who had been waiting for a long time.

"Master Liu, the officials are going to summon you."

"Ah, where is it?"

"Baozhuan Palace."

"Okay! I'll go right away." Liu Guozhang said goodbye to Murong Shisan, Zhao Wuniang, and Li Shishi, telling Zhou Juan and Yue Fei to escort him home, and he took Zhang Meng straight to Baozhuan Palace.

When they arrived at the door, Xiao Huangmen said softly: "Grandpa Liang Xiang asked me to explain to the officials that there is Grand Master Cai in front of the emperor."

Liu Guozhang's brows jumped.

This is not a good thing.

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happy New Year to all! I wish everyone all the best in the new year! May all your wishes come true!

At the same time, I would also like to trouble all book friends to give me a ticket and add it to my collection! Let's go in both directions!

(End of this chapter)