"Don't worry, right now you just think it looks like it, but who knows what will happen later," Bai Manshan said ambiguously.

Fan Erzhu: ...He was even more worried!

Fan Dazhu asked, trembling, "They...they still dare? Aren't they afraid of the authorities?!"

"It's already early July, and I don't know what the government is doing. There isn't even a porridge distribution shed at the city gate!" Li Wu said angrily.

Even if the imperial court's disaster relief grain hasn't arrived yet, the officials could still rally the wealthy families in the prefectural city to distribute porridge together. Otherwise, if things continue like this, a tragedy might really happen.

Looking at the number of disaster victims on the road, Hong Daniu sighed, "Your Guangning Prefecture is considered to be in a better position, but the magistrate doesn't care about his people and doesn't care about anything."

Once you reach the territory of Nanning Prefecture, you'll see how dire the situation is; even the magistrate of Nanning Prefecture will be powerless to do anything about it.

“I think there are far fewer disaster victims here than in Nanning Prefecture,” Hong Mancang said.

The men from Nanning Prefecture all nodded in agreement.

The villagers of Shanshui Village originally thought that the disaster in their own prefecture was the most severe! So many people lost their lives, so many were homeless, and so many were displaced. They never imagined that other prefectures were even more severely affected than they were!

After the initial shock, everyone realized what was happening and started discussing it amongst themselves: "If other places are also affected by the disaster, will the imperial court be able to manage it all?"

"With so many people, how much disaster relief food will each person receive?"

"Originally, I was only worried that the disaster victims in our prefecture would turn into refugees and come to steal food. I thought that the number of people wouldn't be too large. But what if there are disaster victims elsewhere, and the situation is much worse than here? Wouldn't we have to guard against not only those from our own area but also those from other places?!"

When the last question was posed, there was a moment of silence in the group.

Bai Manshan stepped forward at the opportune moment and said, "That's why we need to go and come back quickly! The disaster victims are still in the local area and rarely go out. If we wait too long, very few kind-hearted people will survive!"

They'll just be roaming around, ruthless and vicious. We need to get things done while things are still relatively peaceful!

As soon as he finished speaking, a chorus of agreement immediately rose from the group: "Yes! We have to hurry and get it over there."

"Several more batches are still to be delivered after this one; we can't afford to delay things or cause any problems!"

"Let's go, let's go! The three of us will share one vehicle and take turns pulling. We'll rest, but the vehicle won't!"

The reason why Master Bai hired so many people was so that they could take turns and not waste time, thus shortening the time and allowing for more shipments without tiring them out.

Now they just feel that being a little tired doesn't matter. The sooner they finish the deliveries, the sooner they can stay in the village. If something really happens, the whole village of the elderly, weak, women and children won't be left alone!

The caravan, which had been moving slowly, immediately started turning its wheels and headed towards Nanning Prefecture.

Bai Manshan walked at the front, holding the flag, and her heart calmed down a little.

The men from Zhulin Village had previously given him their heartfelt thanks, and they wouldn't be paid extra for transporting potatoes. Plus, they were very satisfied with their stay at Shuiqing's place and were eager to go and return quickly. They worked hard on the road, so he was very pleased.

In Shanshui Village, wages are calculated by the day, and the more days you work, the more money you get. People with good character won't dawdle to earn an extra day's wages. But with so many people, there are always some with bad character who slack off and procrastinate. When others criticize them, they are told that it's for everyone's good, so they can earn an extra day's wages!

This was only a small number of people, but he noticed them. Direct criticism would affect the atmosphere and morale of the entire team, so he took the opportunity of the disaster victims' situation to remind them.

The results were surprisingly good.