There was a sensation in the city of Yangzhou, and dozens of soldiers shouted along the street in groups holding gongs in pairs: "Listen to the old folks, the imperial court's grain envoy Lord Su and our government respect the Song prefect, thinking that the villagers are hungry and cold, and have no way to make a living, so they specially ordered to open the official warehouse to release grain, and each family will receive one liter of rice per person according to the registered number of people in the household register, and quickly go to the official warehouse in Baoyang Hunan to receive it on the register, the number of official grain is limited, and the first to arrive will be given first-served ......"

The gong clanged throughout the city, and the sound of the gong seemed to be a sound of heaven that helped the world, warming people's hearts of despair, sorrow, anger, and helplessness.

Some people expressed doubts that in the past few days, there have also been people who have petitioned the government for relief and grain release, but in exchange for a stern reprimand and an answer that there is no grain in the official warehouse, where will the grain be distributed?

In the doubt, some people suddenly found that many villagers who went to try their luck with rice bags actually smiled and carried heavy rice on their backs and went home happily, this fact is louder than words, everyone no longer hesitated, and immediately rushed home to take the household register and take the rice bag and ran crazy to the official warehouse on the south side of Baoyang Lake.

Many people who were about to leave the city and wander away from home, after getting the news, they also stumbled back, and they couldn't take a breath, so they rushed to the official warehouse with their things.

Su Jin stood in the official warehouse compound, smiling at the bustling people, the originally lifeless people, just because of the food for life, Su Jin sighed a little.

"Commander Pan, pay attention to maintaining good order, it will hurt people if it is so crowded." Su Jindao.

"What the envoy said is that a quarantine zone should be set up immediately, queue up to enter, and at the same time increase the number of people who distribute food." Pan Jiang was also infected by the jubilant emotions of the people and said loudly.

Su Jin said with a smile: "It's hard work, try to get all the astigmatism before dark, so that the people can eat beautifully at night and have a good dream." ”

"Obedience."

The number of grain distribution points was increased to ten, and the people also lined up in ten long lines according to the instructions of the officers and soldiers, and each time ten people stepped forward to receive food, the speed was greatly accelerated; At the same time, 10 literate soldiers registered the amount of food distributed and the names of the people one by one to prevent anyone from fishing in troubled waters and collecting them repeatedly.

Su Jin looked at the orderly scene with satisfaction, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart, the difficulty in front of him can finally be passed, one liter of food per person, as long as it is not wasted, it can be at least six or seven days, and at that time, the grain in Luzhou should also arrive, so that it can be handed over, and then free up his hands to rectify the black market, and dig out millions of stones of rice and grain in Yangzhou City, and the worry of famine this winter can be completely solved.

The people who received the food spontaneously kowtowed to Su Jin and shouted: "The adults accumulate good deeds, and there will be good rewards in the future......

Su Jin waved his hand and said: "It's not me who wants to be thanked, if you want to thank you, thank the emperor for his grace and heaven's grace; The saint is in the capital, worried about the affairs of Yangzhou, so he sent this official to solve your urgent needs, and your lord Song is also taking out his own food to help you, so if you want to thank him, you will go to the yamen of the palace tomorrow morning to kowtow to him and ask for peace. ”

A white-haired old man kowtowed with tears in his eyes and shouted: "Song Governor's Mansion, Song Qingtian, I'll go to the government office to kowtow to his old man's house when I'm here." ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "Don't worry, the Song Governor's Mansion has important business to handle, you can't be disturbed, you all go to the Mansion Square early tomorrow morning to kowtow to him, and the official will also come out with him to meet you, how about it?" ”

"I see, so that the envoy, this young adult's honorific title is ......?"

"What young adult? My lord is Lord Su, the grain envoy of the imperial court. The dynasty on one side shouted.

"Order? Isn't that an official sent by the emperor? Master Su is a young man, and he must be the best official residence in the future, with many sons and grandchildren, and a full house of blessings; The little old man wishes the adults a life of happiness and prosperity. The old man kowtowed to Su Jin again and again; The people behind him also knelt down and shouted praise and kowtowed.

Su Jin hurriedly said: "Hurry up, isn't this killing me?" It was said that this was the emperor's grace and the merit of the lord, and I was just doing things on behalf of the emperor and carrying out the orders of the Song prefect; The snow is cold on the ground, and the parents, wives and children at home are waiting to be fed, so everyone hurry up and go back, have a good meal tonight, and sleep beautifully. ”

Then everyone got up, carried the rice, and wiped away their tears.

Su Jin sighed in his heart, there are really not many requirements of people in this era, they have food to eat when they are hungry, and they have clothes to wear when they are frozen, this is their greatest happiness, like relief, in fact, it is necessary for the imperial court to do it, and it is natural for the people to pay taxes to feed the rulers in the harvest years, and in the famine years, the rulers give some money and food to become a favor; The people's wisdom has not been opened, and the people have never considered whether these things should be like this, and why this is happening.

Su Jinzheng sighed to himself, and suddenly saw more than a dozen people walking in menacingly outside the official warehouse, the first one was short and fat, with a fat face, forming a strong contrast with the people around him.

A woman had just received the food and walked out on her back, and she was staggering as she was pressed by the rice bag, and happened to bump into the dozen or so people who came in, and the corner of the rice bag rubbed against the short and fat man's official uniform, and immediately wiped out a piece of dirt.

The fat man scolded angrily and kicked away, and the woman fell to the snow, and the rice bags were scattered, and the grain was spilled all over the ground.

"The mud legs of the straight sissy thief! Do you walk without eyes? Do you know how much it cost to make this new official uniform? ”

"Adults forgive sins, the slave family is not careful, and the slave family knows that it is wrong." The woman was so frightened that she kowtowed to apologize and took the rice that had been spilled on the snow and put it in the sack.

"It's lightweight, my official uniform material and workmanship have a total of ten and three hundred texts, what do you say?"

The woman didn't dare to make a sound, ten dollars, and she didn't have so much money to lose for selling her sons and daughters, and she fell timidly on the cold snow and shivered.

The surrounding people watched this scene one after another, and no one dared to say a word, but the anger in their eyes could not be hidden.

The fat official seemed to sense the unkind eyes of the people, stretched out his hand and pointed at the crowd and shouted, "What do you see? A gang of rice thieves, who wants you to come and get food? This is military rations, don't you want to live anymore? Get out of here, stop deciding rice, these people who have received rice will also send rice back to the official warehouse within a limited time, and those who disobey will take him to prison. ”

How can the people understand this, they are stunned at each other, how can some officials want to distribute rice, but some say that this is a crime, what's wrong?

The woman on the ground took this opportunity to secretly hold a few handfuls of muddy rice and stuff it into a cloth bag, and ran away, the fat official stretched out his hand quite agilely, caught up in three steps and two steps, grabbed the woman's hair bun and pulled it back, the woman looked up to the sky and fell, the fat official refused to give up, stretched out his feet and kicked on her, the woman cried and begged endlessly, and the bag of rice was completely sprinkled all over the ground, and was trampled around and became a muddy paste.

"Let you, a gang of rice thieves, come to lead the army without the consent of the official, and Lao Tzu will kill you...... Kill you. ”

The fat officer was panting, kicked several times, and his toes were hit by a bone on the woman's body, and he was even more annoyed, and he stretched out his hand and shouted: "Bring the whip, I will remove a layer of skin from her." ”

The attendant drew the whip from his waist and handed it to him, and the officer took the whip in his hand and struck it, and the whip was whipped against the woman's bony body with a whistling sound......

I only heard a 'pop' sound, and a hot blood mark suddenly appeared on the fat official's face from his forehead to his chin, and the blood stain changed from shallow to deep, from red to purple, and then oozed fine beads of blood.

The fat official was stunned for a few breaths, but he didn't react, and suddenly covered his face and screamed: "Hey, hey, beat me to death, it hurts me......"

The person next to him saw clearly, there was a big man with a head and a brain standing next to the official, just now it was he who held the fat official's wrist at the moment when the whip came down and pulled it, the whip changed direction, and the head was whipped on the fat face of the fat official's white face, impartially, and the whip marks divided the face into two halves like a gold cut.

The more than ten officers and soldiers who came with him saw it clearly, and when they saw that someone was attacking the adults, the voice of 'Cang Langlang' was loud, and they all drew their swords and surrounded them.

"Take down this thief, dare to beat this official, if he dares to arrest him, he will be killed on the spot." The fat official covered his face and stepped back, screaming loudly.

The officials were ordered to approach one after another with their swords, forcing the swarthy man to retreat, and saw that a bloody conflict was inevitable.

The fat official gritted his teeth and jumped to his feet, wiping the blood on his face, while urging his subordinates to hurry up, scolding and jumping, and being extremely arrogant.

At this moment, a sneer sounded behind the fat official: "This adult is so powerful, but unfortunately he is also very ......."

The fat official turned around angrily, and there was a young man with beautiful eyebrows standing in front of him, with his hands in his sleeves, looking at him coldly.