Chapter 42: The Return of the Jade Tiger, Despair and Disappointment
Chapter 42: Jade Tiger Returns, Despair and Disappointment
All the victims were in Shen Tang's sight at this moment.
"Brother Shen, Brother Shen..."
Just as the government officials were driving away the victims, a voice suddenly came out among the victims. Lu Feng did not dare to let Shen Tang enter the victims, but asked his government officials to separate a road to the location where the voice came from.
Soon, more than ten men walked out from the victims and went straight to Shen Tang.
When Shen Tang saw the leading man, he couldn't help but look overjoyed. Because this person was none other than Cheng Yuhu, who had been away for several days. Behind Cheng Yuhu, there were more than ten people following him. They are tall men. However, every one of them now is skinny and ragged. However, their spirits are strong, which is completely different from those victims of the disaster.
"Brother Yuhu!"
Shen Tang came forward to greet him, only to see Cheng Yuhu smile bitterly and say: "Brother Shen, I traveled around the states and counties before to contact the brothers before. However, when I returned, I was carried by the victims. Fortunately, I came to the mountain all the way. Yin County, but if this continues, we may starve to death..."
Although Cheng Yuhu had not been seen for more than ten days at this moment, he had already lost a lot of weight. Even the originally strong muscles had shrunk a lot.
"Everyone, this is Brother Shen, Brother Shen! Come quickly and pay your respects." Cheng Yuhu said to the people behind him.
Everyone behind him looked at Shen Tang, and then each bowed to him.
After being polite, Shen Tang talked about the situation at hand. Everyone looked at Shen Tang again with a little more admiration and respect. Following these victims, they had already passed through many states and counties, but No matter where they are, they are all expelled. But Shen Tang is the only one who wants to rescue the victims on his own.
"Brothers, you need to eat some food first, and then Shen Tang will need your help." Shen Tang said.
Cheng Yuhu and others were not polite. Even when they came to the tents and took some food, it was not much, and the wolfing was over. There was no need for Shen Tang to distribute it, they just started to distribute it with the government officials. Disaster victims.
With the combined efforts of everyone, it took a full hour and a half to manage to divide these people into twenty long teams of two to three thousand people. Among them, hundreds of weak, old and young were separated separately.
"Share the food!"
Shen Tang gave orders to shopkeeper Yao, and then a group of waiters poured the already cooked porridge and water into large bowls, and then had dedicated personnel carry them to the corresponding queues.
Every victim who received the bowl of porridge poured it into his stomach regardless of how hot the porridge was. Even if his mouth was full of blisters and his eyes were bulging, he still couldn't bear to slow down a little. Seeing this, Chen Shen Tang had to instruct the people behind him to wait until the heat of the porridge subsided a little before serving it to them. Otherwise, even if someone was scalded to death, it would not be a joke.
After eating the porridge and water, some people kowtowed and shed tears in thanks, while others were dissatisfied with the noise. However, Lu Feng and Cheng Yuhu were patrolling and shouting, and the iron rulers in their hands kept falling, so there was no trouble.
"Brother Lu!" Seeing that the order in front of him was gradually stabilizing, Shen Tang called Lu Feng to his side, "Look for a hundred strong victims and order them to dig holes at the foot of the mountain."
Whether you like it or not, the death of the victims is inevitable. However, as far as Shen Tang can see, at least a hundred people have fallen to the ground and died. And as time goes by, there will probably be a large number of others. The number of deaths among disaster victims will only be greatly reduced after three to five days when the entire situation stabilizes.
And if these dead people are ignored, once a plague occurs, regardless of whether these people are alive or dead, even the entire Shanyin will be fatally affected.
The only thing Shen Tang was lucky about was that it was now past the Qingming Festival, and the climate in Jiangnan was already extremely comfortable. Otherwise, the severe cold alone would have killed many people.
However, some people, old and young, still need better care. The twenty or thirty huts built before are far from enough.
"Shopkeeper Yao! Can we still find some more bamboo, thatch, etc.?" Shen Tang asked.
But shopkeeper Yao smiled bitterly and said: "Sir, thatch is fine, no matter how green it is, you can find some everywhere. However, there are not many bamboos. Even if we cut it down now, I am afraid it will be unsustainable in a short time. "
"In addition, even if we have cut down on food consumption as much as possible, two thousand dan of grain can only last for two days. News just came out that the amount of grain in the city has soared to 2,000 dan in half a day. Even in the county Your Majesty, those grain shops only promised to sell us another two thousand shi in the future. Moreover, they had to purchase rice at the latest price..."
Shen Tang nodded slightly, but there was secret hatred in his heart, "Profiteer, profiteer! Normally, one thousand five hundred dollars per stone is a lot, but now it is two thousand dollars or even higher." However, even so, Shen Tang is not qualified. These businesses are required to be like Baijin Tower.
"However, the county magistrate has promised to raise as much grain and rice as possible. Moreover, the county magistrate also sent a message to the young master!"
"Oh?" Shen Tang was stunned for a moment, then shopkeeper Yao continued: "If you are short of food and rice, you can go to Xingkong Mountain!"
"Xingkong Mountain?" Shen Tang frowned. He had never been to Xingkong Mountain, but he was destined to it. Speaking of which, the reason why he and Wei Xun were so close was because of Xingkong Mountain. .
"Could it be a Taoist temple?" Shen Tang murmured to himself! This was the only clue he knew about Xingkong Mountain. However, I'm afraid I won't have time to go there today. Tomorrow, if the situation in the city remains the same, I can only go to Xingkong Mountain and the others.
As bowls of porridge and water were dispersed, the victims finally smelled the fragrance of food again, and finally felt a glimmer of hope in their despair. Therefore, except for a few people, most people became tame and let the crowds The government officials drove them away, and they dispersed into the surrounding open space in a messy manner.
After a busy and tiring day, the sky fell again. The huge pit at the foot of the mountain had been dug. Under Shen Tang's order, the victims numbly threw the dead bodies into the pit one by one.
There were more than a hundred corpses, filled with huge pits. Under the silent gaze of everyone, there was no crying, no noise, and no coffins or sacrifices...
The flames soaring into the sky quickly covered all the corpses. Some people were sad, but most people were numb. They didn't know whether the fire illuminated the hopeful tomorrow or illuminated their souls that could ascend to heaven at any time. .