The court's disaster relief did not start from Yangzhou. Even if many victims fled to Yangzhou, these people are destined to be forgotten.
The source of the disaster in the south is Jiaozhou, which is the source of the unrest and the destination of the imperial envoys heading south.
For more than a month, the number of victims increased by 20,000 to 30,000 every day. A month later, the number of victims wandering outside Jiuquan Town exceeded the 800,000 mark.
At this time, it was like someone turned off the water valve, and the influx of victims stopped immediately. The number of victims from outside every day dropped from tens of thousands to seven or eight hundred overnight.
Not all of the seven or eight hundred victims had just come from Jiaozhou. A large part of them were victims wandering outside Liyang County. They came here after hearing that there were people here providing disaster relief.
After asking, I learned that Ho Chi Minh, the disaster relief ambassador, was already in charge of disaster relief in Jiaozhou.
Although the victims there still don't have enough to eat, they are not left to wait for death. Who would be willing to leave their hometown if there is a way to survive.
At this time, it is the minor cold in January. Everyone knows that after the minor cold, it will be the new year.
Along with the slight cold, it started to snow lightly outside, coating the earth with a layer of silver. The Chinese New Year is only a month and a half away.
"Master, good news, great news!"
One morning, when Wang Xu was counting grain in the granary, Liu Quan ran in shouting.
Wang Xu raised his head when he heard the sound, looked at the steward with a happy face, and asked: "What's the good news? Is it that Liyang County Kaicheng is providing disaster relief, or is Jinshan Prefecture sending food out?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Quan's excitement turned into a bitter smile.
The magistrate of Liyang County is an old bastard who is over seventy years old and does not seek merit, but seeks no faults.
Perhaps when he was young, Magistrate Cheng had the courage to do disaster relief regardless of the situation.
Now, keeping the county seat intact is his greatest achievement. He just knows how to hide in the city all day long, how can he use the county's scant food to provide disaster relief.
As for Jinshan Prefecture, it is actually not as good as Liyang County. Where does the food for the disaster relief ambassadors come from? It is not transferred from Yangzhou and Jizhou. The current Jinshan Prefecture is an empty shell.
If there was food in Jinshan Mansion, there would be no need for Liyang County to keep urging, the food would have been allocated already.
There is nothing, which means that Jinshan Mansion and even Yangzhou as a whole are not rich. After all, first in the north, then in the south, after two disasters, the vitality of the nine states of the human race was damaged.
"No, then where does the joy come from?"
Wang Xu withdrew his gaze and couldn't think of any other happy events. The court must not reward him based on his merits before the disaster was extinguished.
Liu Quan observed the words and saw that Wang Xu was doubtful, so he hurriedly said: "Master, although the happy events I mentioned are not these two, they are not far from each other. This morning, an old man named Su among the refugees told me that disaster relief has also begun in Jiaozhou.
You don’t have to die, many people still have wives and children at home, so they are worried and plan to go back and have a look.”
"The victims are leaving?" Wang Xu looked surprised.
"Yes, let's go!"
Liu Quan's answer was very affirmative. The disaster victims came to Yangzhou, but because there was no food in Jiaozhou, they could not survive.
Now that there is food in Jiaozhou and there are people providing disaster relief, what are you still doing in Yangzhou?
You must know that many of the victims are old and young. Except for those who are raising a family or are doing well here, no one wants to go back and see.
For Wang Xu, it was a great joy for the victims to leave. From the beginning of the disaster, the Wang family had been supporting the victims for two full months, and there was not much food at home.
As long as half of the 800,000 disaster victims are gone, the food pressure will be greatly relieved and they will be able to survive until spring.
Seeing the joy on Wang Xu's face, Liu Quan rubbed his hands and whispered: "Master, the victims of the disaster want to leave, but..."
But as soon as the two words came out, Wang Xu knew it was not that easy.
Sure enough, Liu Quan went on to say: "I wanted to leave, but the victims had no food and were afraid of starving to death on the way. After all, the victims had almost eaten all the food they could find along the way. I'm afraid that the way back would be
It’s harder to leave than when we came here.”
"Go on..." Wang Xu stopped his smile and motioned for Liu Quan to continue.
Liu Quan didn't hide anything and said it in a few words.
It turned out that the victims wanted to leave, but they did not dare to go because they were afraid that there would be no food on the way and they would not be able to return home.
When Su Lao, one of the victims, approached Liu Quan, he first expressed the victims' wish to go home, and then made a request, asking the Wang family if they could send Buddha to the west and give them some food rations.
He also promised that these rations would be considered as loans. Each person would borrow five kilograms of corn and would pay back ten kilograms during the spring harvest.
It sounds like a good idea. Borrowing five pounds and paying back ten pounds is a good deal.
In fact, this is not the case at all. The victims are all from Jiaozhou. Who can be sure that the food can be recovered after being loaned out.
Even if it can be recovered, you can't go from village to village looking for ten kilograms of corn.
Thinking about it with your toes, there is no such thing as a disaster relief with the front foot and food with the back foot. Are you providing disaster relief or loan sharking?
The fame that Wang Xu worked so hard to build cannot be sacrificed for these ten pounds of corn.
"Master, should we borrow the food or not?"
Liu Quan made his own decision and waited for Wang Xu's answer.
Wang Xu was also in trouble and sighed: "I am never afraid of judging others with the greatest malice. What I am afraid of is not borrowing food, but what will happen if these people refuse to leave after borrowing food?"
Wang Xu never felt that he was the protagonist. If he were the protagonist, the victims would definitely leave immediately after borrowing food. When parting, he would inevitably shed tears on his face, which was a touching scene.
But he is not the protagonist, and he does not have the halo of being a king.
Just be afraid, say one thing and do another.
How many people want to leave, and how many people say they want to leave, and then want to stay and be victims of the disaster after defrauding them of food, and continue to eat and drink for free?
The human heart can never stand the test, just take the people in Jiuquan Town as an example.
Don't these people know that the Wang family's porridge is for the victims, and if they take one bite, the victims will eat one less?
They know it, clearly.
But in fact, there are still many people who bring their families and their families here to eat for free. When faced with questioning, they do not feel ashamed, but feel proud.
Some people even retorted angrily: "We can't eat what these food disaster victims eat? We are all from the same town. Your Wang family has food for disaster relief, but there is no food for us to eat. How can there be such a reason? You
The Wang family is so stingy!"
The same is true for people's hearts. Since ancient times, there have been very few people who know how to repay kindness, and there are countless people who forget their kindness when they see benefits.
Wang Xu was afraid that even if he was given food, some people would still refuse to leave or ask for more.
At that time, regardless of whether the Wang family has enough food, even if it is enough, raising a pack of white-eyed wolves will make the Wang family a laughing stock.
Disaster relief, disaster relief!!
It's easier said than done. It's definitely not something a few girls on TV can do by building a shed and setting up a pot.
This kind of thing is really something that cannot be done well. If a big family is not good at it, it will be blamed and become a laughing stock among the gentry.
In some movies, the protagonist always provides disaster relief, wins a lot of hearts, and gets the support of the people. That's really overthinking.
Is it really that easy? Why did the ancient aristocratic families avoid the word disaster relief?
Are these people not as smart as the protagonist and unable to see the mystery behind disaster relief?
No, it is precisely because they are smart enough to see the mystery that no one dares to take risks easily.
If someone really traveled to ancient times and was reincarnated into a wealthy family, he would still have a certain right to speak.
Everyone here counts, unless you have the protection of the protagonist, or a family like Shen Wansan, it is best not to touch the word disaster relief.
If they touch each other, there is a high probability that whoever touches them will die. Even a thousand-year-old family cannot tolerate a period of torment.
If it's simpler, there's no need to travel through time. If you have this feeling, just go to the street and help the old lady who fell to the ground to get up.
Even if you drive a Mercedes-Benz, ride a BMW, or support a few people, your family will be completely wiped out, let alone hundreds of thousands or millions of victims.
Helping the old lady up, even if she is being blackmailed, is still a good deed.
An old lady who is so old and still uses this method to support her family must have her own difficulties. She is so kind-hearted, please help her!!
"This is a good thing, but..."
Wang Xu is not a good person. Everything he does is driven by utilitarianism. After thinking a lot, he still shook his head slightly: "It's not easy to handle. We have to think about it in the long term!"
Having said this, Wang Xu thought for a moment and then said: "Let's do this. Invite all the elders from each disaster relief point to come over. This is not something that can be decided with just a slap on the head. We have to do a total calculation!"