Chapter 92 Donations are particularly active
The Shen family was the first to respond, and Shen Shiqian had no choice. Ever since Lu Chenyang planned to provide disaster relief, Shen Yihuan went home to ask him for money.
Shen Yihuan took out all his private money and sold a lot of jewelry.
"These jewellery are not worth eating or drinking. If we sell them, we might be able to save a few more people!" Shen Yihuan said with determination.
Shen Shiqian: “…”
Shen Shiqian really wanted to wake up his sister's brain. He followed Lu Chenyang because he felt there was a future and development, but not to let Shen Yihuan follow him to spend all the family wealth!
But Shen Yihuan didn't care, "Brother, you can donate more silver. At worst, when I get married, you can give me less dowry."
Shen Shiqian looked at her with sinister eyes: "You haven't even settled your marriage yet, and you're already thinking about the dowry? What if your dowry is less in the future and you're looked down upon by your husband's family?"
Shen Yihuan said nonchalantly: "They want to marry me because they value my character and recognize my qualities, not the size of my dowry. I don't want to marry someone who looks down on me just because my dowry is small!"
Shen Shiqian rubbed his eyebrows. What else could he do? Just donate it.
Shen Shiqian never thought that his second uncle gave away most of the family property and directly gave it to his sister.
So Shen Shiqian donated a lot of grain.
Lu Chenyang was very touched and praised him again and again: "Shi Qian, I won't let you suffer any loss. This time, you can bring the caravan with me, and I will write the name of the Shen family on the food you donate. It doesn't make sense for you to pay money without giving you any benefits."
Shen Shiqian's eyes lit up. Is Lu Chenyang planning to make the Shen family famous?
When Zhao Tingyuan heard that Shen Shiqian had donated a large amount of food, he was unwilling to fall behind and immediately followed suit.
The main goal is to copy homework word for word.
Shen Shiqian: “…” Ah, Zhao Tingyuan is really annoying.
Lu Chenyang treated everyone equally and did not treat him unfairly.
With these two people taking the lead, the merchants and gentry in the city donated generously and soon a large amount of supplies were raised.
Lu Chenyang began to arrange people to go to the disaster relief with supplies. He also captured able-bodied men from the county school and asked them to follow the team to provide disaster relief, and he must distribute the supplies to the people.
The day before departure, Lu Chenyang gave them emergency teaching.
Li Dajun and the Shen family's manager were asked to explain to them the things they needed to pay attention to in disaster relief.
For example, how to deal with the government, how to distribute food to save more people, how to keep accounts, etc.
The students did not expect that there was so much knowledge involved in just one topic: disaster relief, and they all wrote enthusiastically.
They have not yet passed the imperial examinations, but they are already working for the people, so each of them studies extremely seriously.
Lu Chenyang finally said to them, "You are going here to save the people affected by the snowstorm. As long as one more person survives this disaster, it will be a good thing. But you must also take care of yourselves and not act rashly. I wish you all a smooth journey and that you will learn a lot."
The students stood up and saluted Lu Chenyang in unison: "Students will follow your instructions."
The students and the relief team set out in a mighty procession, with relief food behind them.
This time, Lu Chenyang wants to provide relief to the seven counties that are most severely affected by the disaster. They are poor and have no money, and the people are still freezing outside.
They were all in despair. Because of the government's inaction, they didn't even dare to think about the future and could only live one day at a time.
When I open my eyes, I know I have lived another day.
Living like this without any hope is just waiting to die.
Then they heard wheels and the voice of a teenager.
"Is it almost here?"
He looked up blankly and saw a young man in a thick cotton coat looking at him.
Behind the young man was a long convoy of cars. Each car had a flag on it. There were patterns and words on the flags. He could not recognize the words, but he could recognize the pictures.
He looked shocked and had no idea who they were.
So the boy walked up to him and said, "Uncle, we are here from Yanquan County to provide disaster relief. I brought food and medicinal herbs. Where is your village chief?"
Disaster relief? He was a little confused, wondering if he had misheard. People from Yanquan County came to provide disaster relief? Why?
He asked before he could react.
The young man said as a matter of course, "You have suffered from the disaster, so we are here to provide relief! Oh, of course, it is also because we, County Magistrate Lu, care about the people and are kind-hearted..."
He said several words in a row, all praising Lu Chenyang. The uncle didn't quite understand what he said, but he felt that what he said made sense.
Yes, he must be such a good person, so he cares about the lives of people in other counties.
The uncle warmly welcomed the boy in, and then he began his disaster relief work.
Lu Chenyang's disaster relief efforts were comprehensive, starting with distributing porridge and then cotton-padded clothes, with priority given to the elderly, children, women, and then middle-aged men.
The next step is to rebuild their houses, which is done by the local villagers.
The scary thing is that they were not asked to work for free, but were paid silver. Lu Chenyang gave a part of the silver, and the garrison went to the local county government to ask for the rest.
They were helping you with disaster relief and saving your people, so what if they asked you to contribute a little silver? Most county magistrates were not so shameless and still contributed a little silver.
The most important thing is that they have no choice but to go out. The garrisons they go to are very fierce. They suspect that if they dare to say that they don’t have money, these soldiers will resort to violence.
The people didn't expect to get any money, and they were all in high spirits and full of hope.
As long as they can get through this winter, as long as the house is repaired, and as long as the weather is warm, they will survive.
Then all the people were grateful to Lu Chenyang. When they used wood to build the house, they specially selected a good piece of wood and carved the image of a man according to the description of the young scholar to make a longevity plaque.
Some are more direct, with "Lu County Magistrate" directly written on them and placed at home.
When several county magistrates heard this, they were so angry that they also paid money.
But no one thanked them. Thanks to the scholars' propaganda, all the people knew that it was Lu Chenyang who did not give up on them. Even though it was a matter that had nothing to do with him, he still spent so much silver and food to save them.
Lu Chenyang's reputation spread throughout Lingnan in one winter.
Even the merchants who contributed money and grain this time, such as the Shen family and the Zhao family, all gained something, and it was a lot.
This time they sent their stewards to travel with the relief team to various places, and then went into the city to buy several shops. Because it was a snowstorm, the prices were much cheaper, so they opened their shops.
The people couldn't read, but they could read pictures. In front of each store, there was a flag identical to the one on the relief truck that went to the village. These were shops owned by the kind-hearted people who had helped them. When the people recovered and wanted to buy things, they would naturally go to the merchants who had helped them.
What’s more, the products they sell are cheap and of good quality, so of course we have to support them!
Businesses participating in disaster relief efforts who opened shops saw booming business in the spring, as the disaster victims not only supported them themselves but also helped spread the word.
"Let's go to the Shen family's shop. This time my mother's family suffered a snowstorm, and the Shen family brought several carts of food to provide porridge. We went to the Shen family's shop to buy food, and the Shen family made money. If we suffer from a disaster again in the future, the Shen family will definitely come to provide porridge again!" A woman said confidently.
This explanation was correct, so everyone rushed into the shop to buy food.
The Shen family made a lot of money, and most importantly, they opened up the market at the fastest speed and gained the trust of the people.
Even though Lu Chenyang sent out disaster relief supplies, more than 10,000 people died in this snow disaster.
Lu Chenyang was extremely depressed when he got the data.
He stood in front of the window. It was spring, the weather was getting warmer, and people were starting to revive their lives.
This snow disaster made him realize the inaction of the imperial court. Because of its remote location, Lingnan has always been in a state of being left alone. To say it was left alone is a nice way of saying it was left alone to fend for itself.
There was a letter on his desk. It was a letter from home.
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