It was the beginning of May, and it was neither hot nor cold, and the weather was the most popular.

At this time in previous years, all the prefectures and counties of Dongyi Prefecture, whether it was young men and women in big families, or young boys and girls among the common people, would choose a time when the wind and the sun were beautiful. This has almost become one of the traditions of Yizhou.

It was when the wind was beautiful, the handsome young man and the beautiful lady were walking by the lake, and when they saw him, they looked for him thousands of times, and when they looked back, the person was in the dim light.

Although the hearts of the people are still ancient, the story of this talented and beautiful woman is the most popular among young men and women.

The clothes are fluttering, and the eyes are confused, which is exactly the reason.

Horse-drawn carts and ox-carts are constantly coming and going in the streets. All kinds of temple fairs are endless. Many ladies who can't go out on weekdays take advantage of the temple fair to take a breath and enjoy the outside scenery, and at the same time become the scenery in the eyes of others.

However, due to the continuous war, "the friction between various ethnic groups has never stopped, and the people have been displaced."

The more this spring and summer alternate, the more disasters and famines.

The situation in Yueshan County is still better, the former Jiedu made Cheng Yougong cautious, and since his succession, he has mainly focused on keeping his business, "the land in Yueshan County is poor, and the mountains are mostly mountainous, and the grain produced is barely enough for the people in the territory to eat and wear, but it makes the surrounding counties look down on it." In May of this year, due to the simultaneous return of several counties to Wang Hongyi, the Marquis of Shu, the situation in the territory was very different from the past.

May 3, Yongchang County, Wangjia Town.

“...... Fellow villagers and elders, all stop, stop! Listen to me! In today's world, "disasters are continuous, the Marquis of Shu is benevolent and righteous, and the people of Xiyizhou are suffering and miserable, so they have specially allocated grain and rice to distribute to you." ”

"From today onwards" led by the village elders, according to the people's register, there is no registration of the register, within three days, the grain and rice of Wangjia Town will be distributed according to the household registration on the "Guang" field in the east of the town, and it will not be obsolete, all the villagers and fathers will go quickly! Go quickly!", on the streets of the town, several light soldiers are holding gongs in their hands, while beating to attract the people to gather over" while shouting loudly.

Some of them did not hear clearly, and asked the people beside them, "What are they talking about?" and "What are they talking about?" and "Distributing food?"

When the people first heard the news, they first did not believe it, but after the soldiers repeatedly assured them, they were overjoyed. rushed home one after another to "get the rice."

A few people dressed in ordinary people's clothes but with good temperament stood by the street, watching the scene, but they did not run home like the others.

"Can all the grain and rice be distributed within three days?" a man wearing a cloak "looked at the people in front of him with yellow faces, and asked the people next to him, "Can you take advantage of this to count the people's books?"

Please rest assured that "the relief work in several counties of Xiyi Prefecture has been sent down to supervise it, and the distribution of grain and rice is handled by local officials," and the porridge sheds in several counties are to be done by the government and large households, and within three days, "relief will be carried out in various localities at the same time, and in the two counties of Yongchang and Yueshan," each town is a station, and the mayor is responsible for checking the household registration and distributing grain and rice according to the roster. A man beside the man in the cloak replied respectfully: "Taking advantage of this, we will definitely carry out a major sorting out of the actual population of each county."

This is the intention of the rule, both to get mercy and to count the household register.

When the man in the cloak heard the words, he said, "En", at this time, there were already people walking in the direction of the [Guang] field" The man in the cloak also turned around and walked towards the direction of the [Guang] field in the east of the town.

"Keep up. In addition to the few people who followed him, there were more than a dozen young people in various costumes in the crowd, carefully following.

These people look very ordinary on the outside, but they are very light, and their feet are silent. The appearance of the master in this place "must be able to distinguish, these dozen people in front of him are not ordinary people.

The place where they appeared was Wangjia Town, Yongchang County, a place where the war was not serious, although there was no harvest in the fields due to the impact of the war, and there were not many people in the villages and towns who fled the famine. Merchants are also occasional. There are faces that appear and go unnoticed.

From the time the government posted an announcement and sent someone out to ring the gong, "in less than half an hour, the people who got the news" had already spread the word to ten, ten to hundred, which made the whole town boil.

From time to time, one or two people with utensils and cloth bags rushed out of the houses, and the crowd rushed to the open space at the east end of the town.

The east end of Wangjia Town's "Guang" field is just an open land, the area is huge, but there is no grass. When the people arrived at the place, the official in charge of distributing the grain and rice had already sat down behind a table.

On the side to maintain order are the nursing homes temporarily seconded from large households, as well as the tax collectors in this area.

When the gathered people were already dark and could not see the edge, the officials stood up and announced the start of the rice release.

The people of this town, as long as there is a name on the household register, each household can get half a stone of grain, half a stone of grain mixed with wild vegetables, boiled into gruel to eat, even a month can live.

Because the crops of the previous season were not harvested, the people's homes even had some grain in stock, and they could not survive the next season's harvest."

"Lord, it seems that the distribution of rice and grain in Yongchang County is very effective, and the order of household registration is clear, since you are in charge, you don't have to worry anymore, right?"

The group of people before stood on the high ground behind the crowd and looked at the scene in front of them, and one of them sighed secretly and said to the people next to him.

The man in cloak standing beside him was silent for a while when he heard this, and then said: "Although the disaster and military disasters in the two counties of Yongchang and Yueshan are serious, the situation is much better than that of other counties. I wonder what the situation is in the other counties?"

At the same time, "Gyeongha-gun, in the county town, the flow of people is covered.

"I really can't imagine" that there are so many refugees in Qinghe County, which is even more serious than Yongchang and Yueshan counties. ”

Zhang Youzhi sat in the carriage, lifted the corner of the curtain and looked out, only to see that the people waiting for Shi Mi outside were "mostly ragged, yellow-faced, hungry and thin, and they were still lined up in an orderly manner under the supervision of the soldiers."

Putting down the curtain, Zhang Youzhi sighed: "If you don't come here to see it with your own eyes, I really can't imagine that there are so many refugees in a huge county town, I really don't know how the previous county guard governed this place......", At this time, there was the sound of horses' hooves, from far and near.

Then, a greeting voice sounded outside: "I've seen Team Chen." ”

Zhang Youzhi doesn't need to look anymore, he knows who is coming.

"Team Chen, can you find out where these refugees came from?" asked Zhang Youzhi in the carriage.

"Yaren, the subordinates have found out" these refugees, not residents of the county, most of them have fled from nearby villages and towns, because of the famine and bandits in Qinghe County for many years, many places in the county have become deserted villages, and the fields are also barren, only the county is still stable, and from time to time there are large families who come out to give porridge relief", so many refugees have dragged their children and daughters to gather here. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Youzhi couldn't help but recall what he had seen and heard, and sighed: "Fortunately, the lord thought about it thoroughly" in Yongchang and Yueshan counties to distribute grain and rice according to household registration, and set up porridge sheds in the other counties every day for relief. If Qinghe County is also relieved according to household registration, there will be trouble. ”

At this time, the guards outside asked: "My lord, the victims here have gathered more and more, do you want to leave here first?"

"Well, this time, in addition to inspecting the porridge shed, there are two other things to inspect...... , first inspected the city for a week, and then rushed to Yonghe County. ”

The car then started moving again.

Yonghe County, Qinghe County, "was the most serious area of bandits and famine before, and the road was almost full of corpses.

Zhang Youzhi inspected several counties this time, and in addition to inspecting relief matters, he also had the task of curbing the outbreak of the plague and rectifying the streetscape.

"My lord, after the stone monument in front, it is the boundary of Yonghe County. After the carriage had traveled for a while, the people outside the carriage reminded him.

Zhang Youzhi was already a little tired, sighed, and ordered in the carriage: "Let the car go slower." ”

"Yes, sir. The "moving carriage" then slowed down.

Looking out of the curtain, the road was still deserted, but there were no dead bodies in sight.

After walking for a while, I saw a group of people burning something in the open field by the roadside.

"What are they doing, but are they burning the dead?" Zhang Youzhi frowned.

One of the horsemen who followed hurriedly replied: "Exactly, my lord." However, they burned the dead bodies of the ownerless, and buried them in a cemetery, which can be regarded as a place for those people.

"I see. Zhang Youzhi watched for a while and ordered the carriage to continue moving.

The entire Yonghe County is in ruins, and after some repairs, "the county looks much stronger than before."

The garbage that was originally piled up in the streets and alleys was also cleaned up by special personnel.

If it is someone else in power, it is to order people to clean the streets, but it is only for the sake of cleanliness and beauty. Wang Hongyi, however, is even more in order to curb the rampant plague.

"In a few days, the weather will be hot, and if we deal with the garbage and dead bodies later," the plague will only return. is still the lord wise, and he thought of this early on. After inspecting the situation in Yonghe County, Zhang Youzhi's admiration for Wang Hongyi did not increase a little.

There was a plague spread in Yonghe County last year, "There are a lot of deaths, and this year has also reached the period of the spread of the plague, if it is not curbed as soon as possible, I am afraid that it will make Qinghe County suffer again." The rectification method proposed by Wang Hongyi is very meticulous, and the terms and conditions are clearly understood.

Seeing the neat scene in front of him, Zhang Yuzhi had to admire his father-in-law for being able to come up with such an effective method.

On the same day, Zhang Youzhi returned to Qinghe County in a carriage and rested in the Taishou Mansion in the city.

Just after dinner, I was about to rest, and an accompanying guard said outside the door: "My lord, someone is coming from Yongchang County." ”

"Yongchang County, but the people sent by the lord?" Hearing this, Zhang Youzhi had to get up and straighten his clothes slightly: "Please let him in." ”

After a while, a herald entered the room and knelt down on one knee: "Lord Zhang, on the orders of the Hou Ye, I order you to return to Yongchang County early tomorrow morning, and the Hou Ye is waiting for you in the temporary Shu Hou Mansion. ”！~！