The government square was crowded with people, the small square was crowded, tens of thousands of people gathered here, the streets around the square were also crowded with people, people brought the old and the young, and rushed to thank several adults for their life-saving grace, and the officers and soldiers were busy sweating profusely to maintain order and prevent people from taking advantage of the opportunity to make trouble.

When Su Jin, Song Zhen, and Gou Dasheng appeared in front of the yamen, people burst into earth-shattering cheers, and they thanked the three adults for their great kindness.

"Lord Qingtian, save the people in danger, the people of Yangzhou are deeply gracious, and I wish the three adults all the best and prosperous official luck." The people shouted.

"When the harvest is harvested in the coming year, we will raise funds to build a temple for the three adults in Yangzhou, and pray for the three adults to be blessed and long-lived!" The people cried out with tears in their eyes.

Song Zhen was excited, took a step forward and raised his hand to signal everyone to calm down, and said loudly: "Fathers and fellow villagers, Song Zhen is incompetent, let you suffer, please accept my Song Zhen to apologize." With that, he lifted his robe and knelt down and bowed to the people.

All the people hurriedly knelt down and returned the salute, and the square was black and oppressive, and the scene was very spectacular.

Su Jinxin said: This Song Zhen is not a blind nerd, he just has a face inside, he goes out to see the people but he is so sensational, he is about to catch up with a certain host of a TV station in the future, interviewing some old artists, and always likes to sensationalize people crying nose.

Song Zhen got up and arched his hand and said: "In the year of the great drought this year, the government failed to take precautions, and taught you to suffer a lot, fortunately, the imperial court sent a special envoy for grain affairs, Lord Su, if he hadn't reminded him, the mansion was indeed a little helpless, and Lord Lu Cang Sigou came to Yangzhou in the cold and snow, and you should be grateful to them." ”

The crowd raised their arms and shouted: "Master Su! Sue-sama! "There are very few people who shout Gou Dasheng, and many people have witnessed the scene in the official warehouse, and they are not very interested in this cangji.

Su Jin smiled and arched his hand, and said loudly: "Fathers and brothers, you shouldn't have come to thank us today, you thanked the wrong person!" ”

Everyone was stunned, what does this person mean by this, everyone came to thank you, but you said thank you to the wrong person.

"What you should be most grateful for is that you are in the capital, worried about the people of Yangzhou today, if it weren't for the emperor's foresight, knowing that the people of Yangzhou are suffering, so take this envoy to coordinate the grain affairs, how can I have such a big courage to open the official warehouse to release grain, so I propose that we face the capital and kneel down to thank the emperor?"

Su Jin said, regardless of everyone's reaction, turned around and knelt on the ground facing the northwest Bianliang direction, Song Zhen and Gou Dasheng and a cadre of officials hurriedly knelt down, Song Zhen was confused, Gou Dasheng was five bodies to the ground against Su Jin.

Yangzhou is such a big movement, tens of thousands of people come to thank the three of them, what kind of impact will it have when it is spread to the capital, aside from the matter of privately releasing military rations, just tens of thousands of people bow down to the three of them, it is enough to make people have many associations, the one in the Jinluan Palace has always been soft-eared, if you believe someone, this alone is enough to make the three of them fall into the suspicion of selling their reputation.

Gou Dasheng saw this, Su Jin also saw this, Gou Dasheng didn't make a move for a while, but Su Jin can't give someone a handle, how can this credit go to the emperor, first, to avoid disasters, and secondly, to find a step down for the future release of grain, this step is not only his own, but also the emperor's.

The people followed Su Jin and others to bow down to Tokyo and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live!" "After doing enough pomp, they got up one after another.

Su Jin said loudly: "Your intentions, the day the envoy returns to Beijing will definitely convey to the emperor, the weather is cold, you should not stay in the snow for a long time with the old and the young, I implore you to go home, but the envoy has a few requirements for you, I hope you can cooperate with the envoy." ”

"Your Excellency, if you have something to say, you can say it, and we will obey it."

"Yes, yes, you are our benefactor, just say anything."

The crowd shouted.

Su Jin smiled, discussed with Song Zhen and Gou Dasheng in a low voice, and after obtaining the consent of the two, Fang turned around and said: "In this way, I will put forward three expectations to you on behalf of Song Prefect and Gou Cangsi, hoping to get your response." ”

"First, we hope that you will return to your normal life after returning home, open the door to do business, work diligently, do what you have to do, and don't worry about food, this matter will be resolved with the two adults."

"Second, we hope that you will stop buying black market rice, so that the profiteers who hoard rice and grain will not be profitable, and at the same time, I also advise the merchants who hoard grain and rice not to have illusions, the deadline for November 20 announced by the imperial court is only 10 days, and if you do not sell the grain within the time limit, this envoy will be severely punished in accordance with the imperial decree."

"Third, we hope that you can summon your relatives and family members who are wandering abroad, wandering outside the cold and freezing, it is difficult to keep your life worry, and return to Yangzhou, Yangzhou officials will not let everyone starve; From now on, 20 porridge sheds will be built in Yamen Square, and hot porridge will be served for three meals a day to supply the homeless. ”

After Su Jinsantiao finished the announcement, all the people cheered and supported loudly, and under the guidance of the officers and soldiers, the people slowly dispersed happily.

An hour later, the streets of Yangzhou all the people set out, with brooms, shovels and other tools began to clean up the scarred Yangzhou City, the street full of dead branches and leaves, cow feces and horse dung, rags, mud and snow all swept away, less than half a day, Yangzhou City took on a new look, restored the cleanliness and order of the past.

After noon, the shops have opened, and the guys and shopkeepers who have closed down are all neatly dressed in the store to welcome customers, although there are not many customers, but this scene of recovery has made the scars in people's hearts begin to heal, once there is something to do, people's minds are becoming more and more stable and stable.

Song Zhen also had to sigh that Su Jin had a hand, how important people's hearts are, standing in the position of the people, touching their hearts, and communicating sincerely with them, in order to arouse great resonance, in order to make them immediately glow with such great passion.

While sending dozens of small teams of soldiers to maintain stability, Song Zhen also agreed to send people to pick up the team that transported grain, led by the dynasty, and Wei Dutou led a hundred soldiers along the official road to pick up the horse army team that transported grain.

Under Su Jin's proposal, the official warehouses of the whole city began to take stock and concentrate, regardless of whether they were military rations, official grains or Yulu grain, they were all concentrated in the military grain depot on the south side of Baoyang Lake for unified storage, heavily guarded, although even if they were concentrated, it was only 60,000 stone of grain, but before the arrival of the grain transportation team, these 60,000 stones were the last weight on which the entire Yangzhou City depended for stability.

The previous distribution of one liter of rice per capita, even if it is saved, it can only last for three or five days, and if it is distributed again, the official food of the whole city will be exhausted, if it is at that time, the grain of Luzhou is not enough, Yangzhou City will usher in a disaster again, and the people will be even more difficult to believe in the words of the government, and the riots at that time will be fatal.

Everyone's expectations are pinned on the 500,000 stone grain that is not yet known where, from the eyes of Song Zhen, Gou Dasheng, Song Quan and others, Su Jin felt unprecedented pressure, although he smiled on the surface and didn't care, in the dead of night, he couldn't help but toss and turn, and secretly prayed to God to bless the heavens, and the 500,000 stone grain arrived safely and quickly; For some reason, when he thought of Long Zhen's kind of heart and wandering eyes, he felt uneasy.

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In the cottage of Bagong Mountain, the panting Qiu Dabao poured down a pot of tea, and in the expectant eyes of the big boss Shen Yaozu, he said loudly: "Congratulations brother, congratulations brother, our cottage is going to make a fortune." ”

Shen Yaozu said happily: "What do you say? ”

"The Luzhou garrison has not been dispatched, and there is no preparation to dispatch, there are indeed 500,000 stone grain going east through the official road, and there are only more than 100 officers and soldiers escorted, thousands of carts, no matter how great their ability is, they can't take care of the end."

Shen Yaozu clapped his hands and said: "Sure enough, on the day you go out, I sent someone to spy on the movements of the Shouzhou garrison, and they have no intention of moving, and we intercepted a messenger again, but this time he came from Bozhou to urge food. ”

Qiu Dabao said with a smile: "These idiots, we should go around the bend from the east to the north and then to the north, and we can sit back and relax, although the official road is more than 100 miles away from my cottage, can't we go to a pot?" ”

Shen Yaozu laughed and said: "They thought that the previous few encirclements and suppressions had scared us and beat us to the ground, but they didn't know that Lao Tzu was strong, without further ado, hurry up and give an order, the grain truck team has been gone for two days, don't let them go far, and then they won't be able to start." ”

Qiu Dabao said: "I can't run, I can't run for forty miles a day, and now it's the closest to us, so let's go out overnight and serve them in one pot." ”

Shen Yaozu shouted and ordered: "People come, immediately kill pigs and sheep, let the brothers eat enough, tonight we are going to catch a big fat cow, this fat cow is caught, we have no worries about food and clothing for a year." ”

Qiu Dabao laughed and said: "Yes, it will not be open for three years, and it will be guaranteed for three years, as long as you catch a stupid woman." ”