Strictly speaking, this is the first patient gift that Manbao has received, but this gift is not simple.
Man Bao slumped his shoulders, lowered his head and went in. He waved his hand and said, "I understand, Aunt Rong. Just keep it when he brings it. I'm so hungry. Is the food ready?"
"It's all done. You should eat first and then wash up," Aunt Rong said distressedly. When she turned around, she remembered her original intention and said quickly: "But the land occupied by this firewood is too big. In two days, the week will be over."
When the fourth master comes back, there will be no place to put the car."
Although the weather has started to get colder and the need for more firewood has increased, Aunt Rong still only buys firewood every three days, and the purchased firewood is piled in a fixed corner.
Occasionally, when Zhou Lang went to the countryside to sell grain, he would bring back a cart of firewood. If there was more, he would put it under the corner outside. Even if someone came to touch it occasionally, it wouldn't be much.
But the person who came to deliver firewood today seemed to be afraid that she wouldn't accept it, so he threw the things away, left only a few words and ran away. She went back and forth three times, but she didn't say a word.
Man Bao and the others took a look at the firewood piled in the corner. They really took up a lot of space.
They put down their things resignedly and moved the firewood outside to the alley.
Fortunately, their house is the last one in the alley, otherwise they would definitely not be allowed to go outside.
Of course, this matter had nothing to do with Mr. Zhuang, so Mr. Zhuang went to wash up, while Man Bao and the other five dragged the firewood out.
Daji had a handful of firewood in his hand and was quite fast. Manbao only made two trips and the firewood in the corner was cleared.
Everyone didn't even look at what they had done to them at the end of the alley. They hurriedly washed their hands and prepared to eat. They were really tired and hungry.
After finishing their meal and washing up, Mr. Zhuang called Man Bao over to ask, "I was too busy today and I couldn't go over to take a look. Do you still have many patients?"
Man Bao said: "There are not many left. Basically all the patients in front of the medical sheds have been seen today, but there should be some patients who need follow-up visits tomorrow, or there may be some new patients."
Mr. Zhuang nodded.
Man Bao asked curiously, "Sir, where is Magistrate Tang? Why don't I see him?"
Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "You forgot, he wants to allocate land to the refugees and is leading people to supervise the construction of houses for the refugees."
Bai Shan, who was listening drowsily on the side, became more energetic and said: "Winter is coming soon. If we don't build houses, so many people will freeze to death if they sleep outside."
Mr. Zhuang nodded, "The houses where these refugees lived before were all left over after the disaster. At most, some thatch was added. They were not much repaired and could not protect them from the cold."
Man Bao felt relieved knowing that Magistrate Tang was also busy.
Mr. Zhuang glanced at her and waved Bai Shan and Bai Erlang to leave. Then he pinched her ears and warned in a low voice: "I occasionally heard some refugees talking. They planned to go to Luojiang after receiving medicine and relief porridge and rice."
The county is trying its luck, was it your fault?"
Man Bao lowered his head with a guilty conscience and whispered: "Sir, there is no wasteland in Yizhou City, but we in Luojiang County do. Anyway, there is a shortage of land here and we are short of people there, so let them pass by. At least it is a way to survive."
Mr. Zhuang tapped her forehead and said, "You, things here are very complicated. How can they be as simple as you think?"
"Sir, tell me, is this a way out for them?" Man Bao said, "As long as they go there, Magistrate Yang will definitely settle them down."
Mr. Zhuang thought for a while, turned a blind eye and said: "Okay, I don't care, but you are not allowed to mention this matter again. Do you think this is a good thing for the two adults? There are many ways to survive, and you are in the way
Do you understand how people make money?"
Man Bao was confused: "I don't understand, why am I blocking someone else's way of making money?"
Mr. Zhuang hesitated to speak, and finally said: "You will know when you grow up a little. Forget it, it is very late today, and you have to go to the medical shed tomorrow. Go to sleep."
Man Bao went back confused, not knowing whose way he had blocked until he fell asleep.
Magistrate Tang took off his dirty coat in disgust and threw it aside. The boy immediately brought hot water and put it on the shelf in the shed.
Magistrate Tang asked the master who followed him in and asked him to wash his hands too.
The two of them sat at the table, and Magistrate Tang drank a bowl of soup, which made him feel better.
He had been busy since he opened his eyes, and now he could finally eat a hot meal. He pushed back the hair that fell on his chest, and then asked the entourage who gave him the leftovers, "Do you think Yang Heshu can endure this hardship?"
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Before the entourage could speak, the master had already laughed in a low voice and said: "Sir, Luojiang County has done the best job in resettling the refugees. Otherwise, Master Yang would not have been impeached by several counties for robbing people."
Magistrate Tang sighed, "Resettling a group of refugees is really more tiring than handling a big case. There are a lot of trivial things. There are a lot of troubles."
The master smiled and lowered his head to eat quickly. He was also very hungry.
The two of them filled their stomachs and started talking when they were not so hungry. "Sir, several copies of the list in the hands of Master Ding have been sold. Recently, not only the refugees who have not been allocated land have been recruited by several companies, but also those who have been allocated land have been recruited by several companies.
Some people who came to the fields also secretly threw away their books and went over there. Do you think you want to give them a beating?"
Magistrate Tang frowned and asked: "Are you taken away, or was it your own volition?"
"As far as I know, they are all voluntary, and if they are promised benefits, there will naturally be many people leaving."
County Magistrate Tang clenched his fists and said: "This kind of thing has been banned many times, but they are despicable enough. These refugees have been here all the time, with no fixed place to live and no food to eat. They didn't recruit them before, but now I have to arrange it. They
You know how to steal people from me!"
The master lowered his eyes. You are so smart, there is no way he could not guess the reason.
Three years ago, there was a flood in Yizhou. Not only Yizhou City, but also several villages and towns below, all ten houses were empty, and the remaining household might be a widowed person.
Those powerless poor people have fled to other places. Who knows if they are still alive? If they are alive, who knows if they will come back?
So at that time, everyone who had the ability rushed to hoard the fields that had been washed away by the flood.
Some landowners just moved the boundary stones quietly, or took advantage of the situation to rob the land and buy the land at a low price for the refugees who returned to their hometowns. However, several wealthy people in Yizhou City did not even have to pay a low price.
Just go to the Yamen and with a stroke of a pen, fertile farmland can be turned into wasteland, and wasteland can be turned into fields in their name. It only requires two procedures.
At that time, the city of Yizhou was in a state of turmoil, with everyone from the military governor to a secretary being arrested, and even the king of Yizhou was constantly impeached because of the floods.
Therefore, when the Tang County Magistrate received the appointment from the court and came to Yizhou City, there were more landowners than poor people in Yizhou City. Likewise, a lot of the fields, both those that should be occupied and those that should not be occupied, were occupied.