Chapter 40 Fully manned, the disaster victims arrive
Chapter 40: All the people are ready, the victims arrive
In the early morning of the next day, Shen Tang had just finished his meal when shopkeeper Yao Yao of Baijinlou came to the door.
"I've met Mr. Shen!"
Shopkeeper Yao saluted and said: "I came here on the order of the young lady. Now all the servants, men, and maids that can be dispatched in the entire Baijin Building have gathered outside the south of the city, just waiting for the young master's order. In addition, my young lady ordered me to Inform the young master that the young master and I, Baijinlou, will jointly contribute one hundred thousand silver to purchase grain, rice and other items. These silver coins will then be deducted from the profits of the fairy dew."
"Miss has left Shanyin early in the morning and went to other prefectures to coordinate the matter of grain and grass. Just now, I have met with several grain shopkeepers in the city, and I have borrowed two thousand shi of grain and rice. There are also tens of thousands of silver in Baijin Tower. , available for Young Master to call at any time."
"However, there is not enough COFCO rice in Shanyin City, and coupled with the previous charity warehouse incident. If we buy in large quantities, the price will skyrocket quickly. Moreover, even if we do not hesitate to pay, I am afraid that we can only buy a few quantities here at most. Thousands of stones of grain and rice. Therefore, please make preparations, Master. If there are no mistakes and with the coordination of the young lady, food from other places can be continuously delivered in about ten days, and by then, the problem will naturally be solved."
The arrival of shopkeeper Yao made Shen Tang feel relieved.
This Baijin Tower is really strong. Not only did it make corresponding arrangements in such a short period of time, but it also made preparations for the follow-up matters. In Shen Tang's heart, he was secretly grateful to Shao Muyu. She first did not follow Shen Tang's instructions. He wanted to seize the opportunity to seize the fairy dew formula. Instead, he directly advanced one hundred thousand silver coins and asked Baijinlou to go all out. Otherwise, even if Shen Tang had enough money, the situation would be in chaos. The group will never have its own ideas as it is now.
"Tap, step, step..."
As soon as Shopkeeper Yao finished speaking, noisy footsteps were heard outside the door again.
Then, it was Lu Feng who pushed open the door and entered.
"Brother Shen, the county magistrate sent me here to listen to your deployment. Now, I have gathered a hundred government officials from the third class, and they are all outside the door, only listening to my brother's orders!"
Lu Feng's unexpected arrival surprised Shen Tang, but at the same time he felt a little sorry for Wei Xun. Thinking about it now, Wei Xun, as a parent in a county and the one who has the destiny of knowing the state, is really difficult to make a choice. Now, he can Sending Lu Feng and others out already showed his preference.
At this moment, Shen Tang not only did not feel relaxed, but a huge pressure suddenly came over him.
The entire Baijin Tower and even the power that Wei Xun can mobilize are all at his disposal. Both Wei Xun and Shao Muyu have complete trust in him. If he can't deal with it in the end, he will have no face to face them.
Taking a deep breath, Shen Tang immediately told Lu Feng, "Okay, allocate half of your manpower to follow Shopkeeper Yao to the major grain stores in the city to collect grain and rice, and the rest will follow me to the south of the city."
"Third Aunt, please take good care of Xiangling. I'm afraid I won't be able to go home these days. If something happens, you can ask the county government officer to send me a message." Shen Tang said to Third Aunt.
Shen Tang knew very well that although Wei Xun sent Lu Feng to represent his support, once the disaster victims arrived, Shanyin County would probably still be closed. After all, Wei Xun could not gamble with more than 100,000 people in the city.
Liu Xiangling and others also knew what happened, so everyone's faces showed a bit of worry. In this era, rioting was not an accident, even in Jiangnan, a land of plenty, it happened from time to time. And Every natural and man-made disaster means that countless people will die as a result.
"Husband, you have to protect yourself, Xiangling is waiting for you to come back." Liu Xiangling said softly.
Shen Tang nodded, and then stepped out of the house. Lu Feng distributed some of his people to shopkeeper Yao, and he led the rest to follow Shen Tang to the south of the city.
After arriving outside the south of the city, there were many soldiers guarding the city gate, and the number of people entering and exiting was also much thinner. Not far away, Shen Ming was waiting for his arrival with dozens of people.
"Cousin Shen, we are all ready!" Shen Ming stepped forward respectfully. "In addition, most of the things you ordered to buy yesterday are ready. A few will be delivered later."
"Okay, now, let's all go to the place five miles south of the city!" Shen Tang nodded and responded. Then, a group of people followed Shen Tang and walked south quickly.
A quarter of an hour later, everyone in Shen Hall stopped in an open area. He turned around and told everyone: "Brother Lu, please order people to continue moving forward and find out the news about the victims. The rest of the people began to set up simple tents and Bury the pot and cook.”
As Shen Tang's order was conveyed, dozens of people began to take action. Fortunately, Shen Tang had already made arrangements yesterday, and shopkeeper Yao was obviously very experienced in this kind of thing. Therefore, a group of boys and men Not only was there no chaos, but a few people worked together to quickly set up the simple tents.
This tent is extremely simple to set up. It only requires burying a few long poles and setting up a piece of coarse cloth on top. As for burying pots for cooking, it is not difficult. After all, they are just giving these victims some food and a hope. They are not particular about exquisiteness. , delicious time.
In just half an hour, twenty porridge shacks were lined up. At this moment, carts came out of the city one after another. On top of the carts were square logs, bamboo poles, and thatch. Things like that.
The crowd did not stop. An hour later, twenty or thirty simple huts were erected.
"Brother Shen, the victims will arrive at us in about half an hour. It is said that there are forty or fifty thousand in number! The county magistrate has given an order that if the flood of victims cannot be controlled, the city gate will be closed by then!" Lu Feng told Shen Tang said.
Shen Tang nodded. His current preparations are nothing more than a drop in the bucket for tens of thousands of victims. However, as he said yesterday: It doesn't matter whether it's worth it or not, but I just want peace of mind.
Under a simple tent, Shen Tang looked forward quietly. Beside him, Lu Feng and Shen Ming had different expressions.
Half an hour passed slowly, and Shopkeeper Yao finally delivered the much-needed grain and rice. However, at this time, the dark victims began to appear in their sights.
Shen Tang couldn't count how many people there were in front of him, but when he looked around, he couldn't see the edge at a glance. And the expressions of these people, even though Shen Tang had already prepared and guessed, still took a breath of cold air.
Everyone was in ragged clothes and skinny! Even the most decent one among them was far worse than the beggars Shen Tang had seen in the previous life. Some of them were leaning on wooden sticks, some were supporting each other, and even more Most of them just follow the crowd and move forward aimlessly. After all, other than that, they probably don't know what to do at all.
I often read phrases such as "There are frozen bones on the road" from books, but only at this moment did Shen Tang truly understand what was written in that poem! Compared with yesterday's literary meeting, the scene at this moment was just like It's like another world, hard to imagine and hard to face.