The official save failed, and Okura was almost burned to the ground.
Looking again at daybreak, there are only broken tiles and ruins.
Needless to say, the food inside was burned.
All gone!
There are seven granaries supplying Tianshui City, three large and four small. This kiln warehouse is the largest of them! It is said that at its peak, the reserves can feed the common people in the southern district of Tianshui City for more than two months.
In addition to leveling, it also undertakes the tasks of transportation and transfer. Every autumn and winter, even part of the military rations must be transferred from there.
Such an important warehouse was burned, and it was completely burned, which immediately triggered the thunderous wrath of King Yao!
The kiln warehouse has a complete defense array to prevent invasion, rats and ants, and fire!
How could it possibly be caught in a fire?
The Kiln Warehouse is actually a warehouse group, consisting of twenty-four warehouses, scattered throughout, not all close to each other. Who has the ability to burn down all twenty-four large and small warehouses in one night?
They all said that they had food in their hands and were not panicking. King Yao's panic was no small matter, and he sent an order overnight to bring the officials in charge for interrogation.
But all the officials in charge of the kiln and warehouse were dead, and one chief and two officers, together with the twenty or so clerks below, were gone along with the warehouse.
If it is burned or dead, then it means death without any evidence.
Who has this ability?
The fire in the kiln warehouse reflected the entire sky in the south of the city red and burned until the next morning. Countless people witnessed it with their own eyes.
The news was like wings, spreading throughout the city in just two days.
You don't need others to add fuel to the flames, the rumors spread faster than the fire in the kiln.
Food prices were like cannons flying into the sky, soaring high for a long time and never being able to come down again.
Food is expensive to begin with, and everyone is watching the kilns and barns burn down, so——
Where's the food?
Is there any food left in Tianshui City? Can I still buy food myself?
The panic that spread throughout the city boosted food prices, and countless people rushed into shops and businesses to grab food, taking as much as they had!
No more queuing.
Rich people and poor people all rushed in along with the flow of people, fearing that they would be empty-handed a second later. At this time, it was no longer a matter of money.
The store clerk and the guard hired at a high price tried to stop him, but they couldn't stand it, so they were stepped on and trampled under his feet!
In just one morning's struggle for food, more than 300 people were killed or injured. In addition to fighting for food, more than half of the people were trampled to death.
Subsequently, many robberies broke out in the south of Tianshui City.
If you don’t have money, you can only rob other people’s houses;
Some people just watched their neighbors get grain from the grain store, no matter whether they bought it or robbed it, they just went there and took advantage of it.
Suddenly, thefts and robberies were rampant. All district offices in Tianshui City received more than 300 reports in the morning and were as busy as a spinning top.
Since the establishment of Tianshui City, apart from the occasional refugee riots, such crazy and outrageous crimes have rarely broken out.
It's like the Night of Emperor Ooze has arrived early.
Yaoting urgently transported a batch of public grain to the market, and urgently ordered all neighborhoods to post notices and have people preach, saying that the warehouses were sufficient and asking everyone not to loot.
Useless.
Tianshui City has been short of food for a long time, and now the panic is accelerating. It can't be solved by just a few notices to calm the people and the supply of an extra handful of food at the grain store.
Everyone is asking:
What about grain? In such a big country, with abundant grain harvest every year, into which bottomless pit is it put?
Coincidentally, at this time, the Tianshui East Expansion Project issued another announcement. In order to welcome the arrival of the emperor's slurry, do a good job in construction management, and avoid accidents, the project will be temporarily suspended from now on, wages will be settled, and personnel will leave the site.
Translate it in vernacular:
The work has been stopped, no one is needed anymore, get out of here, don’t rely on me to make a living!
With a "buzz", the labor mentality inside and outside the city exploded.
In the past few months, the huge project of Tianshui's eastward expansion has employed tens of thousands of forced laborers and provided food for tens of thousands of people. The villages and counties around Tianshui City have finished harvesting grain in the autumn, and the land has been idle, so not only the refugees,
The surrounding civilians and farm workers came here one after another, hoping to earn more food rations in the winter.
Now that this project is not going to be done, where will these tens of thousands of people go to work hard to make money and eat?
There are simply not so many jobs available in and around Tianshui City today!
When this announcement is posted, its power will never be inferior to that of a kiln fire!
Although there is no long-term contractual relationship between the Tianshui East Expansion Project and the labor force, starvation is a big deal and arguing is a minor matter. Angry laborers rushed into the construction site where they usually work and wanted to cause trouble, but the army was ready here.
Several waves of riots were repelled and the rioters were arrested.
Just when they were angry and desperate, a dozen foremen and accountants moved out to sit at tables, waiting for them to come and collect their daily wages.
What surprised everyone even more was that the construction site even distributed five meals of food rations to each person.
If you dare to cause trouble, you will get a penny, not even a grain of food, and you will be beaten severely.
Do you want money, food, or another beating?
"All the grain from the construction site has been moved out, and not a grain of rice is left in the warehouse! If you don't believe it, you can see for yourself later. In order to raise this batch of grain, Mr. You and Master He have done their best. You can just take it and leave."
At this point, the laborers calmed down and saw that the army on the opposite side was still flashing their guns and halberds. They knew that no good would come from continuing the quarrel, so they took the money and rations, signed their names, turned and left.
A great chaos disappeared without a trace.
This matter was reported to King Yao. He was relieved and at the same time called You Rongzhi to scold him.
Why are we suspending work and chasing people away at this juncture?
You Rongzhi felt a little aggrieved, but he could only remain silent.
Isn't it his own decision to stop the project? You Rongzhi went to the palace in the morning to ask the king for a decision. King Yao thought about it and decided to keep five teams to continue working, and the rest of the laborers were dismissed on the spot.
There is no other way, Wang Ting cannot afford to support so many big-bellied men.
The impact of the Imperial Ooze on people and living things will last for a long time. The Tianshui eastward expansion project will not resume work until half a month after the Imperial Ooze erupts at the earliest. Work has to be stopped anyway, so we might as well take this opportunity to kill people.
Disperse them in advance to save some money and food.
After You Rongzhi received this instruction, he naturally had to carry it out.
Unexpectedly, the kiln immediately caught fire!
At that time, how could King Yao remember this little thing about the project? If he couldn't remember, could he expect his officials to be flexible?
When the whole city is worried about hunger and jobs, the Tianshui East Expansion Project suddenly stops working and drives out people. Isn't that just looking for trouble and causing trouble?
In He Lingchuan's view, this is a manifestation of the lack of coordination of a country's political orders. Officials, you do your errands, and I do mine, and there is a lack of communication with each other.
Just focus on the things within your job without considering the overall situation and consequences.
King Yao was a little lucky. Fortunately, fortunately, the trend of labor riots was stopped before it took shape.
When the Qingyang court heard the news, they couldn't help laughing, and King Yao regarded it as gloating.