In Guobei City, there has been a deathly atmosphere these days.
But today, this city once again burst into life.
Huge iron pots were set up on the streets throughout the city. Hot water was boiling in the pots, and people nearby kept throwing handfuls of green jujube leaves into the pots.
The boiled soup was then distributed to the people who suffered from the plague.
The common people have been tortured by the plague in the past few days. They are weak, look sick, and covered with pustules. But fortunately, the plague does not last long. Although the condition worsens, few people die from the disease. Now a good cure for the plague is available.
In order to spread the disease, and Li Xiuyuan eliminated the Yin soldiers at night, the ghosts went around sowing jujube trees and told them the prescription to cure the plague in their dreams.
Nowadays, the epidemic situation in various places has been quickly controlled.
Li Xiuyuan walked on the street with a few friends and guards, looking at the people queuing up to receive the soup, and the tense nerves in his heart finally relaxed.
This time the disaster was finally completely over.
"Brother Li, it's thanks to you this time. If you hadn't found a cure for the plague in time, the people in the city would have been unavoidable this time." Wang Ping, a fellow scholar, said.
"Not just the people in the city, who knows how many places this plague has spread and how far it has spread. Even the imperial court has given up on disaster relief and rescuing people, leaving the people in this area to fend for themselves."
Zhu Yu on the side shook his head helplessly and said: "We have read many books of sages, but the court is so stupid and incompetent. I really don't know what use this knowledge is?"
"You can't say that. It's precisely because there are too many mediocre officials in the court that we have to obtain meritorious service and benefit the people." Ning Caichen said seriously.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "The world has become bad. Some people can avoid it, and some can do nothing, but we can't. Since we were born in this era and embarked on the road of imperial examination and officialdom, we have the responsibility to change the world. Don't you think so?
Do you want to follow the crowd and do nothing for the rest of your life? When a real man is alive, he will do something and not do something. He should not sigh and give up on himself. This is what a woman does, not a real man."
"Young Master Li's words make sense." The scholar walking next to him shouted.
"Yes, the world has become bad, and we have the responsibility to change it. The situation in this city is the best testimony. Without everyone's concerted efforts, how could all the people survive today?"
"Brother Li, based on these words, no matter where or when Brother Li is in the future, he will be worthy of our following. We can be missing in this world, but Brother Li is indispensable."
The other scholars were young, passionate and high-spirited, and were infected by Li Xiuyuan's words.
Li Xiuyuan smiled: "There is still a long way to go in the future, so I should work with you to encourage it."
His path indeed requires a group of like-minded people to walk together.
At present, Zhu Yu, Wang Ping, Ning Caichen and other scholars have gathered together by chance due to various things. These are the kindred spirits given to him by God. With them, Li Xiuyuan feels that he is not alone.
After walking around the city, Li Xiuyuan felt relieved when he saw that everything was getting better.
You can leave the remaining matters to your subordinates, let Zhu Yu and Wang Ping manage them, and then you can retire with success.
The big things have been solved, so you can't let yourself worry about the remaining little things.
When he returned to the house with his guards, he saw that the front of the house was piled with all kinds of food.
Another basket of eggs, several fresh chickens and ducks, some fruits and vegetables, some prepared steamed buns, steamed buns, and even some bacon, mushrooms and other wild products,
Lu Bo was calling the guards at the house to move these things in.
"What's going on? Why are there so many gifts piled at the door?" Li Xiuyuan strode over and asked curiously.
Lu Bo saluted: "Young Master, these things were sent by the people in the city. They thought of the Young Master for rescuing people and quelling the plague. They were grateful, so they specially sent these gifts to repay the Young Master.
The grace of survival, the old slave has cleared a batch before, this is the second batch."
The words are not finished yet.
Then a woman led her child to the courtyard wall of Li's Mansion, put down a basket of steamed buns, knelt down with her child, kowtowed a few times to Li's Mansion, and left in a hurry.
"The people in the city have suffered from disasters and plagues, and are not rich. Although these things are the common thoughts of the people, they are too heavy a burden for the people now. It's okay to have this kind of thoughts, and you can't ask for things.
"Li Xiuyuan said.
Lu Bo said: "I said it, but I can't stop it. I think this is just the beginning and there will be more in a few days."
Li Xiuyuan muttered: "Then accept it. We will hold a banquet later and treat the people in the city to a meal. By the way, the previous twelve taels of monthly money will be distributed. After the disaster is over, there will be more places where money is needed. We must let the people
I have some spare cash in hand."
"Old slave, I have written it down." Lu Bo said.
"Wu Fei, the batch of money in Wangchuan Mountain has not been used yet." Li Xiuyuan asked suddenly.
Wu Fei came out and said: "The young master is talking about the 90,000 taels of silver that were shipped to Wangchuan Mountain last time. Yes, not a single cent of this silver was used."
"Go to Wangchuan Mountain for a trip and bring the money. Let's go now." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Yes, young master."
Wu Fei responded, immediately prepared a fast horse, and left quickly.
After giving some more instructions, Li Xiuyuan finally felt at ease.
It is said that it is leisurely, but it is not leisurely.
In the past few days, Li Xiuyuan has been checking the situation in the city every day. Seeing that the epidemic in the city is being cured quickly, he feels more and more relaxed. From time to time, he talks to Wang Ping, Zhu Yu, Ning Caichen and others.
I was a scholar and had several drinking parties.
If this had happened before, I definitely wouldn't have felt this way.
But there are also many things to deal with in the aftermath.
Within a few days, Wu Fei shipped money.
And the people's diseases have also been cured to some extent.
Li Xiuyuan informed the people present that any part-time workers hired by the Li family during the disaster relief period could come to the front of the Li Mansion to receive their monthly payment.
Calculating the time, one month is almost here.
Li Xiuyuan did not break the appointment.
In the early morning of this day, the front door of Li Mansion was crowded with people, and people gathered together.
A dispatched accountant took the roster and shouted loudly: "Qi Dong? Qi Dong come here to collect the money."
"Here, here, I'm here." A man named Qi Dong hurriedly squeezed over and raised his hand.
The boy next to him handed him twelve months' money.
"Thank you so much, boss. Thank you so much, boss." The man named Qi Dong took the monthly payment and was surprised and happy. Then he knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times to Li Mansion with gratitude, and then quickly returned to the crowd.
There was a woman in the crowd holding her child. When she saw that her man had received twelve months' worth of money, she was so happy that she opened her mouth from ear to ear. She just felt that there was hope for her future life.
"Liu Er, where is Liu Er? Come here to get money." The account manager shouted again.
Soon another man squeezed over excitedly: "Here, here."
Liu Er quickly received the money and was very happy, but he did not forget to kneel down to the Li family a few times to express his gratitude for the Li family's kindness.
The people in the city all understood that if Li Xiuyuan had not provided relief this time, if Li Xiuyuan had not cured the plague, all the people in the city would have died. The people all remember this kindness.
What matters when it comes to distributing monthly money is fairness and justice, so Li Xiuyuan truthfully stated it in front of the people so that no one would doubt it. This was to establish a trust.
"Zhou Da, Zhou Da, come and get your monthly payment."
"Here we come." Soon, the monthly payment continued. A man excitedly received the monthly payment, and then left quickly.
"Wait, wait, I am Zhou Da. He is not Zhou Da. He is a fake. His name is Ma Qiu and he is a gangster in the city. He has never been employed by the Li family."
But as soon as the man left, another man claiming to be Zhou Da hurriedly squeezed in and said hurriedly.
"What?" The account manager was surprised when he saw this.
I didn't expect that there would be false claims.
"Wait a minute, I'm going to ask the young master about this." After the account manager finished speaking, he hurriedly returned to the house.
As soon as he left, the people in front of Li Mansion were filled with indignation.
"That Ma Qiu is really wicked. He even dared to take Mr. Li's money. Aren't you afraid of retribution?"
"Bah, what the hell, this Ma Qiu is really a shame to our Guo Beicheng, I can't stand it anymore."
"Damn it, this bitch, if you see him later, you must give him a good lesson."