"We did statistics yesterday and found that a total of 80,000 jins of corn, 40,000 jins of soybeans, and 60,000 jins of soybeans were consumed. The number of victims was approximately 167,000, but the number is rising every day.
It is estimated that the number of victims trapped around Jiuquan Town today may exceed 200,000.
Several rice shops in the town and squires in various villages are willing to sell a lot of grain to us, but only a quarter are willing to sell it at a low price. Among them, the Zhao family owns grain within a few hundred miles of Jiuquan Town.
The largest household with the most grain, their family owns more than 10 million kilograms of grain, and the Zhao family insists on buying at the current grain price before they are willing to sell the grain they have."
Early the next morning, Wang Xu took Liu Quan to the granary in the town.
There is still a lot of food in the granary, but no matter how much it is, it is not enough. Compared with the victims, it is just a drop in the bucket.
Wang Xu calculated that the entire Jiuquan Town's food supply could only sustain one million disaster victims for two months at most, and would definitely not last until the spring of next year.
In addition to collecting grain, the court must also come forward to plug the last shortcoming of Jiuquan Town.
Listening to Liu Quan's report, Wang Xu couldn't help but sigh secretly, and said: "We still have to talk about food. How low can the price of food be reduced? High-priced food is absolutely unacceptable, otherwise we can maintain the price for two months.
I can’t help it. In addition, I asked you to summon famous people among the victims from various disaster relief sites to check and balance the victims. How did you do?"
"There are thirty-two disaster relief points. On average, there are seven to eight thousand people in each disaster relief point. I have made arrangements for the victims of each disaster relief point to select three highly respected people to assist them in their respective regions.
To provide disaster relief, they will also establish their own hometown protection groups to be responsible for maintaining the order of disaster relief points.
This strategy has been influenced by many people and has been implemented in various disaster relief sites. However, we still found many problems. For example, there are too many people and it is impossible for everyone to know each other. In our plan, one person per day will
A bowl of porridge and a steamed bun may not fill you up, but it can prevent you from starving to death.
But now, after receiving the porridge, some people will queue up again after drinking. A few people can queue two or three times. There is no good way to deal with it.
I discussed with several stewards and wondered if we could increase the number of steamed buns from one to two, and then let these people line up after receiving the porridge and build the road together?
Although this will cause additional food expenses, it will not leave the victims with nothing to do after eating, so it can be regarded as making the best use of the food.
Also, some victims came here with their families and had no plans to go back in the spring. They asked me if they could work as tenant farmers for our family. Some people had pretty good conditions and were good dealers, and their asking prices were very low. A few
A person's opening of mouth signifies a twenty-year contract, so I thought it was a good thing.
Another point is that the accommodation of the victims is also a big problem. Many trees in the nearby forests have been cut down, which means large-scale construction projects. Should we come forward and help with planning?"
Liu Quan said a lot of things, covering all aspects.
Wang Xu listened very seriously, and after a while he replied: "The issue of residence cannot be delayed. Our disaster relief sites are all established in villages and towns to allow these victims to settle nearby. If there are those who don't want to leave, they can also move nearby.
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As for the rest, just follow the arrangements. Don't let the victims be too idle, and don't let them be too tired. If the victims are used as hard labor, we will not be able to supply food."
If you work more, you will naturally eat more. This is inevitable.
The Wang family doesn't have that much food, so they have to control how much work they ask the victims to do and how much food they give them.
"Yes, Master, I will arrange it."
After Liu Quan said this, he thought of another question and hesitated: "Master, there is one more thing. I don't know how to say it."
Wang Xu raised his head slightly. When Liu Quan spoke like this, he saw that something was wrong and said softly: "Let's talk about it."
"We are rescuing the victims, but some folks are saying that"
Liu Quan looked around and lowered his voice and said: "Some people said that we have food for the victims, why don't we give it to them? As for the folks in my hometown, the Wang family's elbows are turned outward. Yesterday during the disaster relief, I found that some folks
, mingled among the victims and went to receive relief like the victims. This phenomenon occurs in every village and town, and it cannot be eliminated."
After all, the Wang family is the Wang family of Jiuquan Town, and when disaster strikes, there is no shortage of people. Seeing that the victims have free food to eat, naturally some villagers are jealous.
No matter how you drive these people, they are all fellow villagers.
They didn't understand the truth and didn't want to hear it, so they decided on a dead end: if the Wang family had food for the victims, they should give it to them.
Yesterday was the first day of giving porridge, and there were still very few people there. In the next few days, I am afraid that the Wang family will not only have to feed the victims, but also the people from all over the country.
"This is a problem. After all, the victims are like running water. After the disaster, the water will flow away. But these villagers are different. The Wang family still has to deal with them, and it is impossible to cut off its foundation."
Wang Xu closed his eyes and thought about countermeasures.
People who like to take advantage of small things have always existed throughout the ages. Otherwise, in modern times, the natural spring water in a certain place would not become a water point for uncles and aunts.
How to prevent this?
In the ten miles and eight villages around Jiuquan Town, the people are not short of food, so coming to the porridge point is just for free.
Whether it's for the reputation of the Wang family or something else, we have to find a way to make these people leave voluntarily. Forcibly driving them away will definitely not work.
After thinking again and again, a countermeasure flashed in Wang Xu's mind.
In the TV series "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan", there was a locust plague in Shandong. He Shen and Ji Xiaolan went to provide disaster relief, but they encountered people who were not victims of the disaster and pretended to be victims to receive food.
In the plot, Ji Xiaolan is at a loss to do anything about this matter. No matter whether he uses reason or affection, he has little effect in the end and cannot withstand the greed of these people.
He Shen, however, thought of a solution once and for all.
Those who are not victims of the disaster come to receive relief food just to take advantage.
He Shen mixed sand into the porridge, and mixed leaves and grass roots into the wotou. The victims should eat as much as they could to survive, but those people who had enough food at home never came again.
Although this method cannot prevent all people from taking advantage, it can affect the majority of people.
After all, if the family has a surplus of food and has no worries about food and drink, who would drink porridge full of sand or eat steamed buns mixed with bark and grass roots?
Even if there are such people, they are relatively rare misers, or ordinary people who are really in trouble. This method corresponds to the current situation.
After explaining the strategy, Liu Quan was overjoyed and left happily.
Wang Xu was about to follow him and take a look, but before he could leave, someone came to him.
The person who came to him was none other than yesterday's Wu Mao, the young man named Ning Qing.
Ning Qing looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a white washed robe, and said: "Young Master of the Wang family, I want to follow you!"
"Follow me, what are you doing?"
Wang Xu pretended not to know and looked Ning Qing up and down.
Ning Qing obviously came well-prepared, and said earnestly: "Master Wang, I have observed that you are not one of those landlords in the fish and meat township, but a good person who really wants to do things for the victims. I plan to work with you and help
You help the victims and let more victims survive."
Wang Xu was noncommittal, neither agreeing nor objecting, but looked at the person behind Ning Qing.
Behind Ning Qing, there was also the little Luoli whom he saw yesterday. Little Luoli looked like he was thirteen or fourteen years old. He had a heroic spirit about him, which gave people a sense of indistinguishability between male and female. At a glance, he felt like...
The urge to conquer, to invade.
Sensing Wang Xu's gaze, Ning Qing quietly blocked Xiao Luoli.
Wang Xu didn't take this seriously, but said, "What's your name?"
"she"
"My name is Xiu Niang."
Before Ning Qing could speak, Xiu Niang took the initiative to speak out, blinking at Wang Xu with a pair of big talking eyes.
Wang Xu narrowed his eyes. The first impression he got from Xiu Niang was that she was not a peaceful person.
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