Wu Zhen, on the other hand, did not look like the powerful deputy he had in the past. He dragged He Fengyu and Fang Hubin out shamelessly: "I know these two gentlemen are working hard, but I, the common people, really need these two gentlemen now."
"As long as one more well can be drilled, many people in Datong will die less."
"Please thank these two gentlemen for your hard work. As long as this matter is over, I will personally hold a banquet to thank these two gentlemen."
Although Wu Zhen is not the kind of official who knows nothing about local affairs with a black eye.
However, as a bureaucrat at the prefect level.
Many things do not require his participation at all. As long as a general direction is set, someone will naturally do it.
Therefore, this is the first time that Wu Zhen has truly dealt with the problem from the perspective of a grassroots official.
In the process, Wu Zhen discovered that the things he had mastered before were not practical at all.
Ordinary people don't know a word of Chinese characters, and those who say anything to them are just like poetry. They can't understand or understand.
It must be the simplest and most direct way to solve the current problems we are facing.
Unknowingly, Wu Zhen's character also experienced some changes.
It's just that Wu Zhen himself probably doesn't even know about this change.
Under Wu Zhen's urging, He Fengyu and Fang Hubin had to drag their tired bodies to get up and follow them to continue digging the well.
As a time traveler, Zhu Han knows a lot of knowledge that cannot be understood in this era, but after all, he is not a god and cannot create water out of thin air.
The work of He Fengyu and Fang Hubin can be regarded as bringing a glimmer of hope to the desperate Datong Mansion.
In a refugee camp outside Datong Prefecture.
The people who were working were talking to each other in low voices: "Have you heard that His Royal Highness's disciples can dig water out of the ground?"
A newcomer asked in confusion: "Isn't that just digging a well? What's so strange about it?"
"Bah, I don't know. The Prince's Well is different from an ordinary well. It is said that the Dragon King is sitting there, and when the water is brought up, the Dragon King himself will bring the water up."
Hearing this man's words, many people around him couldn't help but gasp.
"Oh my god, our prince can even control the Sea Dragon King, so isn't he a god from heaven who descended to earth?"
"Isn't this nonsense? If it weren't for gods descending to earth, how could it be possible to drive away Bao Yuan and save the people of Datong from dire straits?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty! If it had been a disaster of this magnitude in the past, I don't know how many people would have starved to death. How could we live a stable life like we do now?"
"When this disaster is over, we must express our gratitude to His Majesty for his grace from generation to generation."
Different from the cheerful people, Zhu Han's expression now is extremely solemn.
Liu Shenhong respectfully reported to Zhu Han the current situation of Datong Mansion.
"Your Majesty, as the number of disaster victims continues to increase, our food consumption is much faster than expected."
"If this continues, the food in the treasury will be exhausted in two days at most."
Zhu Han frowned slightly: "Why is this happening? According to our original expectations, even if there are a lot of people coming to Datong Mansion, they should be able to survive until the first batch of food is shipped?"
Upon hearing Zhu Han's inquiry, Liu Shenhong said angrily: "Go back to your lord, our government has been giving porridge outside the refugee camp."
"The purpose of this is first to give those people who really have no way to work a hope of survival."
"But there are always people in this world who want to get something for nothing."
"Many people would rather lie down and do nothing every day, as long as they have a bowl of porridge to live on."
Zhu Han nodded slightly. Although he had never thought about this situation, from a human perspective, such people do exist.
only……
He immediately frowned: "There shouldn't be too many people like this? Why is the food consumed so quickly?"
Liu Shenhong looked complicated: "Back to my lord, because there are many people from Datong Prefecture sneaking to our refugee camp to receive porridge from the court. The number of these people is large, which has greatly increased our food consumption rate."
"So that's it." Zhu Han suddenly realized.
He still underestimated the greed of human nature, or it cannot be said to be greed.
The current grain price in Datong Prefecture was determined by him personally. Such a high grain price was to attract grain merchants to use all their strength to transport grain to Datong Prefecture.
Of course, four taels of silver and one stone of food were not something the people of Datong could afford.
In order to compensate them, Zhu Han also formulated many policies.
Nowadays, the people in Datong Prefecture only need to spend about two taels of silver to buy one stone of grain.
Although it is also very expensive, many people can grit their teeth and persevere.
Under such circumstances, someone suddenly discovered that anyone could receive the porridge provided by the imperial court outside the refugee camp.
There is a free bowl of porridge a day, if you don’t take it, it will be free.
Naturally, there were many people who wanted to take advantage, so they came together.
Although there are not many such people in the entire city, the food in the government treasury, which originally needs to support many people, is consumed too quickly.
Liu Shenhong said anxiously: "Your Majesty, please think of a solution quickly, otherwise something may really happen. If that doesn't work, why don't you just ask those grain dealers for grain?"
"In the past few days, they have made a lot of money because of the food prices set by you, Your Majesty. They should pay a price."
Zhu Han slowly shook his head: "This is not possible."
Once a person in power like him breaks some rules, what will those businessmen think?
Therefore, Zhu Han would not use this method of destroying the city wall unless absolutely necessary.
After frowning and thinking for a while, Zhu Han's brows quickly relaxed.
This is the good thing about being a time traveler. You can find useful things from many places in the future.
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"When will the porridge start today? Let's go over and have a look." Zhu Han stood up and walked quickly outside.
Seeing Zhu Han's appearance, Liu Shenhong knew that his prince had an idea.
He was immediately overjoyed and quickly followed Zhu Han's footsteps.
Outside the refugee camp in Datong Prefecture.
Several large pots have been set up at the soup kitchen set up by the imperial court.
The area around the soup kitchen was filled with the aroma of rice. Many people who came to wait for the soup could not help but swallow their saliva.
The official in charge of giving out porridge stirred the large pot with a spoon and found that the porridge was almost cooked. Then he nodded with satisfaction: "Today, the porridge soup begins. Everyone should line up consciously. Each person has a bowl.
Don’t get too much either.”
After hearing what the officials said, the people immediately lined up in a long queue, and no one dared to fight for it.
When we were giving out porridge before, the people were afraid that they wouldn't be able to eat, so they scrambled for it in a mess, and even almost killed someone.
In the end, Zhu Han personally came forward and even whipped a few disobedient people with dozens of whips, and these people gradually became more honest.
The people were just about to receive the porridge when a sharp voice suddenly sounded: "The prince is here!"
At this time, neither the officials who were giving out the porridge nor the common people dared to neglect and knelt down to salute.
Zhu Han waved his hand casually: "I just came here to take a look, please get up."
The official responsible for giving out porridge was almost scared to death. The prince suddenly came to inspect the porridge shed. Could it be that he felt that he was not doing a good job?
Under the anxious gaze of the official, Zhu Han picked up a spoon and stirred a few times in the cauldron.
Although these porridges use some old rice, they are still quite thick.
Many people who came to flee may not have such good food when they are at home.
The official who gave out the porridge hurriedly explained: "Go back to your lord, the porridge in the porridge shop is all in accordance with your instructions, and it will not fall over when you pierce it with chopsticks."
I wanted to say something, but the person didn't continue.
Zhu Han looked around. The people all looked at him with expectant eyes, and he almost said the words "I'm hungry".
Many of these people were in ragged clothes, and they were basically young, old, and young.
There are also some people who, although not very well-dressed, look like they are not victims of the disaster. The number of these people is almost the same as the number of people fleeing the disaster.
No wonder the food consumption is so serious.
Zhu Han smiled slightly, bent down and grabbed a handful of sand, throwing it into the newly cooked rice porridge.
This move caused an uproar.
There is a severe drought now. Both food and water are extremely precious. Zhu Han's approach is simply a waste of food.
Even your prince can't do this, right?
After throwing away the fools, Zhu Han stirred a few more times to mix up the fools.
The originally white rice porridge suddenly turned into a dull white color that looked unappetizing.
After doing all this, Zhu Han clapped his hands, covered his stomach and said: "I am in a hurry today and haven't eaten yet."
Then he turned to the old man who was first in line and said, "Old man, is it okay for me to join the queue?"
The prince personally spoke, but the old man dared not to agree. He nodded repeatedly and said: "Your Majesty, please."
In front of everyone, Zhu Han served a bowl of porridge unceremoniously.
He didn't go far after that, so he casually walked to the side, squatted down like all the people, and started to drink the porridge one bite at a time.
This situation has confused all the people, not just the people, but also the officials who give out porridge.
"The prince went to all this trouble and made a special trip from the city just to sprinkle a handful of sand on the porridge they cooked?"
"Your Majesty, is there water in your head?"
The people were also indignant: "Why should we scatter sand when we have good food?"
"The matters of the nobles are something we ordinary people can understand."
"No matter what, one bite is better than nothing. It's just sand, it's nothing."
Zhu Han not only added sand to the porridge himself, but also ordered the official who served the porridge: "Every pot of porridge is the same. Add a handful of sand before cooking."
Sharp-eyed people noticed that after Zhu Han gave this order, many people in the crowd who were not too poorly dressed slowly withdrew from the crowd and left.
"Hey, hey! Why didn't you just leave without getting the porridge? If you want to queue up again, you will have to wait in line for a long time." Some enthusiastic people hurriedly stopped them.
But just as this person finished speaking, an older man sneered and said, "What did you ask them to do? Can't you see it now?"
These words immediately attracted the attention of many people.
Seeing everyone looking at him, the man suddenly felt proud: "You can tell by looking at the clothes of those people that they are not refugees at all like us. They must be people from Datong Mansion."
Someone couldn't help but ask: "But, what are the people from Datong Mansion doing here?"
The middle-aged man couldn't help but rolled his eyes: "What else can we do? We have quite fat porridge here to eat. Although there is only one bowl, these porridges are free after all, so you can save whatever you can."
Someone suddenly realized: "No wonder I have noticed in recent days that more and more people are coming to receive porridge, and their feelings are all from Datong Mansion."
"The people in Fucheng are so shameless. They even robbed us of the few grains we had."
"It turns out that the prince added sand to the porridge just to prevent those people from grabbing food from us. It's a pity that the porridge is not as delicious as before. As long as there is a stove, I don't want to drink this stuff."
"Tch, the prince has already drank. Who do you think is more valuable than the prince?"
Zhu Han squatted there and drank the porridge, threw the wooden bowl into the bucket next to him, patted his butt and left.
Liu Shenhong was dumbfounded.
"Is this solved?"
He had worried about his hair turning gray before, but he never expected that he could stop the people in the city from getting rice porridge like this.
Although the lives of the people in Datong Prefecture are not very good, after all, compared with the refugees, they are still pretty good.
People like them can't eat porridge with sand in it.
For those refugees who cannot survive, sand is just a small problem. If there is too much sand, just pick it out with your tongue.
No matter how unpalatable it is, it's better than being hungry, right?
"My lord, what a wonderful plan." Liu Shenhong said with great emotion.
He thought about such a difficult thing and couldn't think of a solution.
But Zhu Han just thought about it briefly and already had the answer, and he even went to implement it himself.
"It's just the prince." Liu Shenhong said with some doubts: "I have been busy for all your hard work. It's just that you just asked me to do this. Why bother to go out and drink the porridge yourself?"
But Zhu Han chuckled: "You kid, you still have a lot to learn."
"It's fine, I suddenly sprinkled sand into the porridge of the common people. Even if those common people didn't say anything, they would definitely feel uncomfortable in their hearts."
"The refugee camp itself is an extremely desperate place. We must be extremely careful in any decision we make."
"The reason why I went to drink in person was to set an example."
"I, the prince, have done it myself, so others will naturally have no objections."
