Chapter 845: Food bottoms out
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"It's getting late today, and you've been running around for days, thinking how tired you are. The official was also a little drunk when he saw that Min was reading, and the house prepared a guest room for you. Let's get here here today, why don't we talk about it tomorrow, I don't know what you think? ”
Li Taixing gave up his hand to everyone, and most of the matter was over, and he was in a good mood.
"Thank you Lord Li for your hospitality, then we might as well be respectful."
He Zhongkuan looked at Min Feng, who was holding the woman in front of him and walking with six relatives who didn't recognize the steps, and suddenly felt a trace of disdain in his heart.
It's really shallow-eyed, and when I just arrived in someone's house, I can't wait to show my true face.
Anyway, he was more reserved, and when people sent it, he didn't refuse to come?
He Zhongkuan was disdainful, but he couldn't help but think of Li Taixing's plan.
The things mentioned at the banquet have to be revealed to the master immediately, this Li Taixing really ate the heart of a bear and a leopard, who dares to calculate?
At this time, it was already two o'clock in the unitary hour, and outside the Yajiao Gate of Yingnan Mansion, a man wearing a coarse cloth short beating, holding a cloth bag in his hand, stepped forward and knocked on the vermilion corner door.
The iron ring on the door was banged, followed by footsteps and inquiries from inside.
A crack was opened in the corner door, and a man peeked out of it, an old man guarding the door.
"Who are you? This is the prefect's house, what do you have to do? ”
The old man looked the man up and down, and saw that the other man was dressed in coarse cloth and held a satin wrapper in his arms.
He wondered in his heart, this body was wearing coarse cloth, how could the burden in his arms be wrapped in silk?
"Hurry up and inform your lord, just say that Chen Zhao, the official of Changtian Mansion, wants to see you!"
The person in front of him was Chen Zhao, who had changed his clothes in the villager's house, and he was clean.
Otherwise, the people of the yamen would have thought he was a beggar and drove him away before he could speak.
Finally found a coarse cloth clothes without patches, he didn't have time to drink a sip of water, and hurriedly urged the old fellow who drove the ox cart to the mansion.
The porter looked at Chen Zhao again, with obvious suspicion in his eyes.
He knew that the disaster in Changtianfu was serious at the moment, but this person said that he was a servant, but he was not wearing official clothes.
Just ran to the government to see the adult, which is unbelievable.
His lord is going to entertain guests tonight, if he is bumped into by this person.
When the time comes, the blame will come, and then I will definitely not be able to eat and walk around.
Chen Zhao saw that the porter didn't believe it, so he hurriedly opened the clothes wrapped in his hand and took out the official seal inside.
"I have 100,000 urgent matters to ask to see the prefect, I have our lord's official uniform and official seal in my hand, you report it quickly. Otherwise, your family will be blamed, and you can't afford to be guilty. ”
Chen Zhao looked anxious and yelled at the gatekeeper.
The porter was so angry by Chen Zhao's attitude that he almost broke out, but after seeing the official seal in Chen Zhao's hand clearly, he was immediately frightened.
hurriedly said: "Please wait, the villain will go and report." ”
On the other side, Hu Maoshen was also anxious, "Have you stopped those people?" With so many people going to Hangtianfu, Hangtianfu will inevitably not be able to eat. ”
Hu Maoshen was very worried, Hangtianfu is also one of the cities near the river, if there is a problem with the embankment of the Tianyajiang River, then Hangtianfu will definitely be very dangerous.
Just now he asked people to inquire about the news, and I heard that there had been cracks in the embankment of Hangtianfu before.
Officials and people in Hangtianfu are rushing to work day and night to strengthen the river embankment.
Yang Chaoying, the prefect of Hangtianfu, is naturally a smart person compared to Qian Huichun. However, he can also be regarded as a lesson from the past of Changtianfu.
"My lord! The people don't listen to us at all now, Hangtianfu is further north than Yingnanfu, and they think that it is safe only when they reach the north. ”
The officials are a little embarrassed, now that there is such a big flood in Changtianfu, of course the people dare not stay, after all, everyone is afraid of death!
Hu Maoshen glanced at the servant who had wrinkled into a bitter gourd face, and sighed deeply.
He also knew that this was a difficult matter, and that the people would definitely have to move.
Changtianfu is close to the river, and it is still in the lower reaches of the Tianya River. If the levee bursts again, these people will only be buried under the river.
Such a tragic thing must not be allowed to happen again, and how to settle the people, he has no idea in his heart.
There are so many people left in Changtian Mansion, if all of them move to Hangtian Mansion, how can Hang Tianfu afford it?
He had a general understanding of the disaster yesterday and had already sent a letter to ask the imperial court to allocate disaster relief money.
But it will take a lot of time for the imperial court to allocate the silver taels, and the refugees of Tianfu will have to settle down during this time, right?
He frowned and thought about it, finally making him think of a solution.
"Quick! Sharpen the ink for me! Pointing to the entourage beside him, Hu Maoshen strode towards the study.
At this time, Yang Chaoying, the prefect of Hangtianfu, who was supervising the work, glanced up at the sky, and fine rain began to float in the sky again.
After a while, the rain became a huge raindrop.
Yang Chaoying wiped the rain from his face angrily, and scolded angrily: "This thief, God, it has started to rain again, and it hasn't stopped for half a day." ”
The river workers who were originally working were still cheering, and if it didn't rain, they could be considered to have saved Hangtianfu, so everyone began to slack off in their work.
But now that it was raining heavily, the river workers were a little depressed.
Yang Chaoying shouted at these people: "It's starting to rain again, we have to speed up, don't let the river break the embankment!" Let's think about Changtianfu, this is our experience. ”
After shouting, his body went weak for a while. His knees were sore, and he was about to tilt to the side, but the attendant next to him hurriedly stepped forward to help him.
At this time, he thought that it was almost time to eat lunch, so he hurriedly ordered: "This meal must be full, and the official will also eat and drink with the people." If the officials find out that they are all clear soup and little water, they will be severely punished. ”
If you don't have enough to eat every day, the river workers will be dissatisfied. When the time comes, when will the embankment be repaired?
"Your Excellency, you see the daily meals. Not to mention meat, steamed buns, nest heads, absolutely full. It's just that there are too many people to repair the river embankment this time, and the imperial court has not allocated grain, so our grain reserves have bottomed out. ”
Although the officials felt that saying this at this time would inevitably make the adults more worried, this was a fact that could not be ignored.
Even if they are waiting for the imperial court to provide disaster relief, but their Hangtianfu has not broken the embankment, and the imperial court will not take into account Hangtianfu for disaster relief!
Yang Chaoying's face suddenly turned pale, and the government left very little reserve grain every year. It is a small part that is left behind after the tax is paid, in order to be prepared for a rainy day.
Each government has a warehouse dedicated to storing grain, which is part of the people's tax revenue each year.
After paying enough taxes to the capital, the rest must be stored in the warehouse of the government in case of natural disasters.