Guarding the house.

Ito bowed to Fujiwara and Kibi Shinbei and said: "The subordinates have started to give porridge outside the city, and at the beginning, there were many people in the city who pretended to be victims in the porridge field to find food, but after seeing the gruel, they were ready to incite the hungry people to make trouble, and they were persuaded back by their subordinates with a few words, and now the hungry people are stable, and the hungry people who go to the porridge field are also decreasing day by day!" ”

"Oh! What's going on! ”

Fujiwara Brush O and Kibi Shinbei are not fools, and it is impossible for Ito to agree with the two of them, knowing that there must be some reason for this.

In the past few days, Ito has been busy with his feet on the ground, and he has lost a few pounds, and after handling official business, he has to manage money, food and disaster relief, and from time to time he is pulled to the house by Fujiwara to ask a few words.

"This is all the idea of the greeting envoy", Ito betrayed Zhen Qian without hesitation, and said with a complacent face: "The greeting envoy said that now that the locust plague in the Hizen country has not yet started, there are suddenly so many victims, most of whom are small people who are worried that their families will not have enough food to eat, so they ran to the porridge field to make tooth sacrifices ....... ”

"There is not much grain in the country in Hizen, and if the supply of the hungry people is opened, the food in the treasury may not be able to support it for even two months, so it is necessary to provide relief to the hungry people through screening. However, the envoy also said that it was not enough to screen the hungry, and that no matter how frugal the food in the storehouse was, it would not help, and that another way must be found to alleviate the disaster. ”

Therefore, the envoy gave several ideas to the lower officials, one is to register the situation of the hungry people, so as to prevent anyone from mixing among the hungry people, and also to prevent the hungry people from taking the opportunity to make trouble. Second, through the investigation of the hungry people, the people who have the strength and skills can be screened out, those who can farm can reclaim the land, those who can fish go to the lake to fish, those who can hunt go up the mountain to gather and hunt, and even those who can be popular can also exchange labor for a day's rations. The third is to encourage those hungry people to find their own way out, those who have distant relatives to seek refuge in distant relatives, and those who can work are recommended to various workshops, not asking for good treatment, just to be able to eat enough. Fourth, some laborers have been organized to exterminate locusts and provide disaster relief ......, and the above ideas have been implemented one by one, and the mood of the hungry people has been appeased, and many troublemakers have been arrested, and they dare not take advantage of the fire to rob anymore! ”

When Ito said this, he gave a cautious salute to Fujiwara Shuo and Kibi Shinbei: "The greeting envoy was able to settle the hungry people in these few days, which is really an unprecedented talent, and Hizen Kuniya is lucky!" ”

Fujiwara and Kibi are also secretly observing what is happening outside these days, and they have prepared for the worst, and the army is even more prepared to prevent the hungry people from rebelling.

The two were just playing and didn't expect that as soon as Zhen Qian made a move, in just three days, the situation was under control, the mood of the hungry people was stable, the original plan was implemented in an orderly manner, and the disaster relief was developing in a benign direction, and the heart at this time could no longer be described as shocked.

"Not bad! You've been lucky these days, but are there any difficulties? Fujiwara brushed up on Ito and asked with a pretended concern.

"Xia Guan still has something to return!"

"Say!" Fujiwara Shuxiong's body was as relaxed as if he had lifted the burden of a thousand catties.

Ito hesitated for a moment and said: "Xiaguan has been working day and night in the outer city with the greeting envoy these days, but the money and grain are a drop in the bucket, in just three days, he used more than 2,000 stone of grain, and 50,000 stone of grain is just to help the victims near Matsuura City, I'm afraid it can only last for two or three months, if the disaster situation in various parts of Hizen Country is out of control, and a large number of disaster victims pour into Matsuura City, I'm afraid the situation will be even more severe, bought some grain from Silla, but ....... ”

"No money!" Fujiwara Shuo heard the intention of Ito's words, and he only took out 5,000 guan to perfunctory Zhen Qian, which was too far from the 100,000 guan that Zhen Qian needed.

But Fujiwara Brusho really has no money, not that Fujiwara Brusho is unwilling to take it out now, but that the money is used to recruit the army. In fact, Fujiwara Brush Male was also killed by Zhen Qian, after the occupation of Hizen Country, Fujiwara Brush Male was ambitious to show his skills, Zhen Qian gave Fujiwara Brush Xiong a lot of suggestions for rich countries and strong soldiers, these suggestions all need money, Zhen Qing held a buying meeting, Fujiwara Brush Xiong was a lot more generous, and he used up all the money with a lot of money, and now he suddenly needs money, and Fujiwara Brush is also at a loss.

Five thousand kan is already Fujiwara Shuxiong's last family fund, Fujiwara Shuxiong looked at Kibi Zhenbei, Kibi Zhenbei also knew in his heart, and said to Ito: "I am fortunate to have suffered you during this time, go back and work hard, after this matter, the old man will take this matter to the court and commend you for your merits!" ”

Ito is also helpless, he and Zhen Qian are busy outside these days, and they know that disaster relief without money and food is simply a castle in the air, and they sigh for a long time at night, but what can be done about this?

If there is enough money and food, will Fujiwara Shuxiong still desperately push Zhen Qian to the forefront?

With such a big credit, how many people break their heads and rush to fight for it? But now no one dares to come forward, the reason is not that there is a lack of money and food, whoever comes out at this time is a fool!

For the sake of money and food, Fujiwara Shuxiong has not been less worried these days, and even Kibi Zhenbei has tried his best, but the foundation of the Japanese country is too thin, if it is a disaster in one place, the imperial court may still be able to support one or two, but now that the entire Saikaido is affected by the disaster, if the money and grain support Hizen country, what do other Lingyu countries think, of course it is impossible to favor one over the other, then nothing can be done.

Hizen Country has to find a way to tide over this difficulty by himself, and this executor has taken a huge risk and has done a good job of 10,000 respects, and if he doesn't do it, he will be ruined and ruined.

Fujiwara Shuxiong tried his best to push Zhen Qian out, and Ji Bei Zhenbei pinched his nose and admitted that the dead and poor way is not as good as the dead Taoist friends, and the worst is not much that Zhen Qianqian pointed out, and it has nothing to do with the Japanese court.

This is officialdom!

Now Zhen Qian kicked the ball back again, and asked for money and grain, there are still some in the grain warehouse, but those grains can't be moved now, as a last resort.

Fujiwara felt a deep sense of powerlessness, more than 200,000 people in Hizen Province were affected by the disaster, and the food needed every day was an astronomical amount, no one thought that 50,000 stone of grain plus 5,000 kan could help the disaster, if this number was increased tenfold, the disaster relief would be 10,000 times easier.

Kibi Shinbei is now sitting in Hizen Province, and the news from all over the surrounding areas is coming continuously, and he knows more things than Fujiwara Shuxiong, and the situation is getting worse day by day, and the locust plague has been rampant in some places, and there is no harvest in the fields, and the hungry people are wandering around, and it will not be long before they all gather around Matsuura Castle, and then it will be the real whole body, and I don't know how many people will die after this disaster.

(End of chapter)