Early the next morning, the city gate was opened, and sure enough, five more grain ships from Wu Ji arrived, still heavy and full of rice.

Crowds of people saw this scene when they went out of the city with hoes and bamboo baskets on their backs.

Last night, rumors spread in the city, some people said that the Dongting Chamber of Commerce had a conflict with the magistrate and was not allowed to transport grain into Kunshan.

But others said that it was not the case at all, and that they saw with their own eyes the grain ship of Wu Ji sailing into the city last night. The official also shouted that grain ships would arrive every day from now on.

It's just that the credibility of the government to refute the rumors is really insufficient, and it is still inevitable that people will be panicked, until they see Wu Ji's grain ship arriving as promised, and the people feel a little relieved.

After leaving the city, they came to the embankment section that had been allocated yesterday under the leadership of their respective lieutenants.

The section chiefs first mobilized them with great emotion, and focused on the scene of the Buddha's apparition!

The common people eat this set the most, and they bow down to Nanshan Temple when they ascend.

"This year's embankment will definitely be able to be held!" The section chiefs waved the crutches in their hands and shouted hoarsely:

"Old and young masters, follow the Wusongjiang of the dog day, fight!"

"Fight!" The mayors and parents took the lead in responding, since the people of Kunshan who are all over the mountains, nothing more than the north and the south, all shouted together.

"Fight, fight!"

Second Master Zhao stood at the gate of Nanshan Temple, listening to Jiang Tao's shout, and smiled at the two same people on the side:

"Those who do not use the people are the same as those who do not have them. If all of us are united, Mount Tai can be moved, and the river waves can be flattened! ”

"That's what my brother said." The second general of Hum Ha praised: "It is amazing to be able to mobilize the common people in a few days!" ”

"Oh, haha......" Second Master Zhao smiled embarrassedly: "Actually, I didn't do anything." ”

Hey, my brother is so humble.

~~

The energetic people, under the command of the section chief, strengthened the weak river embankment.

On the long 60-mile embankment, tens of thousands of Kunshan men are densely scattered.

They began to dig in hot ground, load the baskets, and transport them to the embankment. Then go down the embankment to load the soil and re-ascend the embankment!

This cycle repeatedly, non-stop, and before I knew it, I was busy until noon. The levees do seem to have gotten a little taller and thicker.

Under the embankment, the sound of gongs sounding to open the meal.

The people, who had been hungry for a long time, hurriedly flocked down the embankment.

Not far from the embankment, there is a cooking shack every 100 steps.

Each shack supplies a mile of people...... That is, one hundred and ten people eat, and two large iron pots are needed just to cook rice.

The people who cooked were pleasantly surprised to find that the brown rice, which was half dry and half thin yesterday, was completely dry today.

"Ah, this is accidentally going down a lot of meters?" The people couldn't help but be surprised, yesterday's weight had already made them satisfied, and today it was actually two or three more than yesterday.

"How much is up and how much is down." The chief said happily while cooking: "It is said that each pot is thirty catties, so that everyone can eat enough and have the strength to work." ”

This way, I can rub a little more oil every day.

"Okay!" The cheers in the shacks came and went.

"I didn't expect that I would be able to eat a full meal after the disaster." While the people were waiting for the meal, they were chattering excitedly.

"It seems that it is true that there is food every day, otherwise I would not dare to make it like this."

"That is, there are still rumors that the Dongting Chamber of Commerce does not allow grain to enter Kunshan. It's pure! ”

"Who is going to say that I tear his mouth apart and dare to pour dirty water on the eldest master?"

"That's it, it's different when the big man comes, I think there is hope this year!"

Just a full meal boosted the morale of the people and swept away the depression!

~~

In the county seat, next to the dilapidated Huiju Temple, rows of extremely simple shacks extend to the bank of Zhihetang.

These shacks that can't be seen at a glance are the Anmin Society in Kunshan County.

When Gu Dingchen designed the county seat, he took into account that the people of Kunnan suffered disasters almost every year, so he insisted on expanding the county seat by two or three times. And agreed with his father that in addition to the original few buildings in the north of Zhihetang, no more civil engineering can be built, and paddy fields cannot be developed, and wheat can only be planted.

Because the wheat was harvested before the rainy season, the vacant space was just right for the victims of Kunnan.

Gu Zhuangyuan has worked hard for his hometown father, and it is no wonder that the Gu family has a unique reputation in Kunshan.

It is precisely because of the Gu family's insistence. For thirty years, the people of Kunnan had a place to live in the city.

Otherwise, the people of Kunnan would have run out of floods every year......

At this time, the men living in Anmin Community all went out to work, and the women and children who stayed behind were not idle, weaving baskets and rubbing hemp ropes under the leadership of the old people...... Production of consumables for flood control embankment repairs.

This is also part of the cash-for-work scheme, so at noon, the government also has to take care of the meal.

Of course, half of the quota of grain.

So when they were given a half-dry lunch, half a rice more than yesterday, they were all equally happy.

Coupled with the soup of small fish, shrimp and vegetables, the old and weak women and children laughed, and no one believed the nonsense of the city's food shortage.

~~

In a jubilant cheer, Xu Wei and Wu Chengen walked out of Anmin Society and went up to return to the county government's boat.

"Well, are there still people who believe in rumors?" Xu Wenchang put his hands behind his back, triumphant.

Wu Chengen stood side by side with him, shook his head and smiled: "No." ”

As soon as the news of the increase in work and food in the evening spreads, no one will believe the nonsense that the county can't buy food.

This is naturally the credit of Xu Wei's two methods.

The so-called 'Dong Zhuo entered the city', when Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang to seize power, because the troops were too small, he drove the troops into the west gate and out of the north gate. Then he entered the west gate to exaggerate his strength.

Xu Wei divided Wu Ji's grain ships into two groups, one into the city and the other out of the city, and the cycle went back and forth every day, creating the illusion that there were grain ships entering the city every day.

As for the allusion of 'Liu Xiu earns the city', Wu Chengen has never heard it before. It was Xu Wei who told him that this was about Emperor Guangwu outwitting Yuncheng.

At that time, he was besieging the city for a long time, and he was short of food and grass, and it was difficult to continue.

It was supposed to be time to reduce food and retire from the army, but he did the opposite. He ordered the soldiers to take out all the food stored and let the soldiers eat three meals a day and eat a full meal. As a result, the enemy spies mistakenly thought that he had enough food and grass, and sent the news back to the city. The castle guard completely lost the courage to hold on. The next day he opened the gates and surrendered.

Xu Wei asked Wu Chengen to increase the daily allocation of food and grain by two to three percent, and the people naturally thought that the food supply in the county was sufficient.

With a two-pronged approach, the rumors will naturally be self-defeating.

"You have put down these two doses of fierce medicine to suppress the rumors. But the consumption of grain is generally increased by 30%. Wu Chengen has a cautious temperament, and he is naturally happy to dispel rumors, but he is inevitably worried about the consequences of doing so.

"When the food runs out, the gods can't lie, we are sinners."

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