。 *Literature Museum Www.WxGUan.CoM* Fuyang County, Yongfengcang.

Accompanied by Du Ziteng and Wu Wei, Jiang Xiancheng and Diao stood in the No. A grain depot.

There is still half of the rice in the warehouse, but this is also the last half of the grain in Yongfeng Warehouse......

"Can this rice be used for a day?" Jiang Xiancheng frowned.

"According to the orders of the eldest master, each person's quota will be halved." Du Ziteng said with a sad face: "So it's barely enough." ”

"And what about tomorrow?" Jiang Xiancheng asked.

"I can only eat my one hundred and sixty or seventy catties......" Du Ziteng said without a solution. This weight was definitely a big fat man in the Ming Dynasty, and it seems that he can't be hungry at any time.

"It's not enough to stuff your teeth." Jiang Xiancheng snorted, turned to Wu Wei and said, "If you drag it out over there, the people will be hungry." ”

"I don't want to do that." Wu Wei said with a bitter face: "But the old man thinks I'm cheap, and the big families refuse to increase the price, and the two sides are frozen there, what can I do with my errands?" ”

"Isn't that a good deal?" Jiang Xiancheng asked.

"The batch that has been completed has been reluctantly negotiated, four stones and five acres," Wu Wei said: "The difference is on the unfinished more than 7,000 acres, and the eldest master insists on a price, saying that it is already sold cheaply, and it cannot be cheaper." And it must be paid in a lump sum, and no deposit can be paid upfront. ”

"That difference is big enough......" Jiang Xiancheng sighed: "At least settle the negotiation first, right?" The world is the biggest eater, and the people can't be cut off from cooking! ”

"The big households did not agree, saying that the government had said before that if one acre was completed and four acres were not completed, it must be fully negotiated before they were willing to deliver." Wu Wei said with a depressed face.

"This is a robbery while the fire is burning." Jiang Xiancheng said angrily: "Take the grain cut to threaten the government to comply!" ”

"You can't say that......" Diao Zhushu, who had not spoken, said at this time: "The grain of the big families did not fall from the sky, and now in the year of famine, rice is expensive, you don't pay a high price, why should you let the family produce food?" After a pause, he said, "Besides, don't they also open a porridge field?" ”

"Don't mention their porridge field." Du Ziteng said, "The rice soup is so rare that it can be used as a mirror, and it would be good to have more than a dozen rice particles in a bowl." ”

"Exaggeration, huh?" Wu Wei sneered: "How can there be...... Twenty or so grains. ”

Listening to their strange tunes, Diao Zhushu said that they thought their buttocks were sitting crookedly, but this time he was upright and snorted: "It is a good deed for people to open a porridge field, you don't talk about it here, if it weren't for the great master's ability, we have to focus on helping the victims, why would we Fuyang people eat chaff vegetables?" ”

"Indeed." On this matter, Jiang County Cheng and Diao Zhushu have the same opinion: "Other counties are trying their best to ensure the people of their county first, I heard that Chun'an and Jiande counties, from the very beginning, only once a day at noon, regardless of the old and young, one bowl per person, just starve to death." Rubbing his face depressedly, he said: "How can there be someone like our eldest master, as long as he is willing to work, he will take care of the whole family......"

"So people can still hold on, but our county is going to run out of food." Diao Zhushu answered: "Among the dozen or so counties that have received the victims, our Fuyang is the first to run out of food, right?" ”

"It's not broken yet." Wu Wei emphasized in a low voice.

"Shut up." Master Diao has been putting up with him for a long time! Since Wang Xian became the head of the household, this department, which should have been under the control of the main bookkeeper, has completely ignored him, the master of the three ya. Even if Wang Xian was not in Fuyang during this time, Wu Wei reported directly to Wei Zhixian and didn't take him seriously at all! "The old man is confused, it's the ecstasy soup that you and that Wang Er poured out!"

"Alright, alright." Jiang Xiancheng persuaded Diao Zhushu and said: "For now, we should work together and not cause infighting." ”

"I'm not going to be infighting," Diao said excitedly, "It's to let the magistrate understand that he can't be at the mercy of the villains around him anymore." We must hurry up and cooperate with the big households to solve the people's rations, otherwise something big will happen! ”

"Hmm." Jiang Xiancheng nodded with deep feelings. Since Ma Dianshi was seconded to the prefecture, the county's public security prison was under the responsibility of Jiang Xiancheng, and he could clearly feel that since the rumors of food shortage in the county, especially after the government halved the ration quota, the local people's resentment against the foreign victims of the disaster had rapidly intensified. Cases of provocation and assault on the victims of the disaster are repeated every day, and there are even several deaths, which makes him feel extremely stressed. "When the magistrate comes back in the afternoon, I will go to him with you and persuade him to give in to the big family."

"It's long overdue!" Diao said with great joy......

The county government signed the detention room. Wei Zhixian will come back every two days for half a day, so as to deal with the accumulated official business, and this afternoon, it is his office time again. Before he could deal with a few official matters, Jiang Xiancheng and Diao came together.

"Don't think!" After listening to the persuasion of the two, Wei Zhixian's reaction was still strong, "This county spends a huge amount of money and food, and tens of thousands of people work hard, blood and sweat, and it can't all become the cheapness of those giant gentry!" ”

"What else?" Jiang Xiancheng persuaded bitterly: "Is human life important, or are these fields important?" ”

"The grain I bought from Huguang will arrive in a few days." Wei Zhixian said in a muffled voice.

"What if we can't get there...... Diao said alarmistically, "The hungry people will vent their anger on the victims, and when the time comes, it will cause civil unrest, and we will lose our heads!" ”

"It's not ......" Wei Zhixian shook his head, and was about to say something when he heard hurried footsteps outside. Wei Zhixian frowned and asked, "What person?" ”

"Master, it's Hu Zhutou who is here, and there is something urgent." The long follower hurriedly reported.

"Come in."

"Master, something is wrong," Hu Buliu came in, didn't bother to salute Er Yin Sanya, and said anxiously: "I don't know who took the lead, the people of this county began to expel the victims and didn't let them live at home!" ”

"What!" Wei Zhixian sighed in his heart, and secretly said, "I'm really afraid of something."

"The victims are not living for nothing, they are paying rent. And because of this, the people were exempted from taxes for a year, how could they get rid of people! "Jiang County Chengden was in a hurry, if something went wrong, he couldn't run the first one.

"How can the common people understand any big truths." Diao Zhushu said cool words: "They knew that the official warehouse of Lu Dao was about to run out of food, and they were going to be hungry." It doesn't make sense without white rice, my lord! ”

"Let's go check it out!" Wei Zhixian got up with a dark face, took the black yarn presented by Hu Buliu, and put it on his head heavily......

The sedan chair of several officials stopped at the entrance of the yamen, and Wei Zhixian opened the sedan curtain, only to see that hundreds of victims had gathered outside the gate, and there were constantly people with their families and mouths pouring towards the county ya.

When they came to the eight-character wall, they were not noisy or noisy, they were all kneeling quietly, and they were all pressed in black.

The people and archers of the county government, all armed with weapons, watched nervously through the gates of the victims.

There was a dead silence in front of the entire yamen, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn.

Until Wei Zhixian's sedan chair appeared at the gate, everyone's eyes looked over and looked at Wei Yuan, Fuyang Zhixian who was sitting inside.

Wei Zhixian also looked at them, and he saw melancholy, anger and panic in the eyes of the victims, and the victims saw melancholy and heaviness in his eyes.

"Big Master!" Zhang Mazi stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to report: "After these victims were evicted by the landlord, they gathered in front of the county yamen!" What should I do? ”

"Withdraw the troops." Wei Zhixian said lightly.

"Ah......" Zhang Mazi was stunned.

"Don't you understand?" Wei Zhixian is like a frost road.

"Yes!" Hu Buliu hurriedly responded, waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and withdraw!" ”

And the archers and the people withdrew from the gate.

"Open the gates." Wei Zhixian ordered again.

"Never!" Jiang Xiancheng and Diao Zhushu were frightened, and hurriedly stopped: "Our family members are all living in the county government!" In case ......"

"There won't be any accidents," Wei Zhixian said in a deep voice, "I know them, they just have nowhere to go and come to seek refuge!" ”

Wei Zhixian said this reasonably, because he had been with the victims for almost two months, and they had already established trust with each other. The victims won his trust with their diligence and simplicity, and he also won the trust of the victims with his honesty and integrity.

Take care of each other, why be afraid?

"Empty all the rooms to accommodate these victims who have nowhere to go." Wei Zhixian ordered.

"This ......" Jiang Xiancheng and Diao said in disbelief: "What kind of system is this?" ”

Seeing that the officials were still reluctant to move, Wei Zhixian said coldly: "I allow you to move out of the county government with your family during this time until you are sure that you are safe." ”

After speaking, ignoring the subordinate officials who looked at each other, Wei Zhixian strode to the gate and wanted to open the door with his own hands.

Hu Buliu hurriedly stepped forward and opened the lock of the gate for him.

The gate slowly opened, and there was finally no barrier between the victims and Weizhi County.

They didn't get up, they just looked up at Wei Zhixian, and their eyes wept silently.

Wei Zhixian's face also showed two tear stains, he took a deep breath, clenched his fists and said deeply to the victims: "Do you still believe me?" ”

"Faith!" The victims wept.

"Thank you for not having a conflict with the landlord," Wei Zhixian said sincerely: "Thank you for your love for this official!" ”

A white-haired old man, who was their lieutenant, said in a loud voice: "How does the eldest master treat us? Every day you know! We have nothing to repay, we can only accept it and not cause chaos to the eldest lord......"

"Ashamed......" Wei Zhixian's eyes that had just been wiped dry had tears again: "There may be some misunderstandings here, before I eliminate it, please stay in the county government for a while!" ”

"We can't live in the county government, what kind of system does that big man become?" The victims were reluctant to influence his yamen.

"If you are allowed to sleep on the streets, what kind of system will I really become?" Wei Zhixian picked up the white-haired old man and said to everyone: "Come along, don't you need me to invite them one by one!" ”

The victims wept again, but this time it was a tearful .......