Chapter 110 Setting up a porridge tent
As for Li Wei, he and Sun Qifa went into the city together. After walking a short distance, the two separated. Li Wei was going to the pharmacy to get medicine, while Sun Qifa just wanted to go back to the mansion as soon as possible.
After they separated, when Sun Qifa came back, the house was empty. The women who had been with him in the house had all run away. They were all scared when Li Wei kidnapped him. They were worried that he would blame them and kidnap them, so they all ran away.
Sun Qifa didn't care about them. He went back to his room to change his clothes, then went to the study to write a letter, and then took out a whistle and started blowing it.
After a while, a blood-red pigeon flew in from outside and stopped in front of Sun Qifa. He tied the two letters in his hand to the pigeon's legs. After he tied them, the pigeon immediately flew away and disappeared.
As for why he tied up two letters, one of which was given to him by Jiang Nanfeng, he had actually seen Jiang Nanfeng last night, and he asked the officers to bring him out yesterday.
Xiao Yujing had sent him a letter before. He knew that Jiang Nanfeng would pass by here, so he sent a letter specifically to ask him to take care of him.
So, he secretly contacted Jiang Nanfeng last night. In fact, they were both Xiao Yujing's men, and they pretended not to know each other in front of others. This whistle was also given to him by Jiang Nanfeng.
Jiang Nanfeng is in the team and is now shackled, making it inconvenient for him to move around, so he simply lets Sun Qifa contact him directly.
After doing all this, he touched his face that was hurt by Li Wei and poked it with his tongue. Haha, Li Wei, Xiao Yuchen, you can be proud for a few days, and I will deal with you later.
"Someone come."
He shouted into the air, and soon two men in black appeared in front of him and knelt on one knee.
"Go check what medicine Li Wei bought at the pharmacy. Go to the nearby stores and buy all those medicines back in advance. Also, be careful not to reveal your identity."
"Yes." The two of them responded and left the yard together to do what Sun Qifa had asked them to do.
Li Wei had already visited all the pharmacies in the county and bought all the medicinal herbs he could. The medicinal herbs he bought were indeed common medicines and were easy to buy.
Every time he visited a store, he would tell the shopkeeper to buy more in bulk, the more the better.
Several shop owners all agreed, but after he left, they did not do so. Instead, they walked together towards one of the largest pharmacies in the county.
There were already several shop owners here. They were all sitting in the front hall. When almost everyone had arrived, the slightly plump middle-aged man sitting at the head seat spoke.
"Did the gentleman today buy all these medicines from your pharmacy?"
As the man spoke, he listed the names of several medicinal herbs one by one, and several people nodded at the same time.
Seeing that everyone nodded, he winked at the servant behind him. After a while, he came over with a small wooden box. It was full of golden gold, which almost blinded these people's eyes.
This is given to us by our superiors. Come and take one each. If that adult comes to buy medicinal herbs again in the future, just say that we don’t have any.
Several people were greedy for money. When they saw so much silver, they nodded vigorously and said, "Okay, okay, we will do it."
Everyone smiled when they received the silver, without caring at all about the fact that they had promised Li Wei to help him get the medicinal herbs.
Li Wei didn't know that the medicines in his hand would be the last batch he bought. At this moment, he still walked out of the city gate with those herbs with a happy look on his face.
Outside, several yamen runners had already set up two porridge stalls, one slightly larger and the other slightly smaller.
There was also a simple stove in the smaller one, with a big pot on it.
Jiang Nanyuan and Yue Li began to ask people to help separate those who were infected with the disease from those who were not.
Those who were not infected with the disease did not know that they were separated because they were sick. They were suddenly separated from their families and were all unhappy. Why were they separated?
So, many people started to make a fuss and protest.
Seeing that the people who had been calmed down with great difficulty started to riot again, Li Wei's forehead veins bulged. He winked at the other guards and walked forward with them to stop them.
"All of you, be quiet." Li Wei shouted, but those people didn't listen to him at all and continued to make noise.
Xiao Yuchen rubbed his ears in annoyance and gave Bai Zhan a look. Bai Zhan nodded, walked forward and grabbed the person who was making the most trouble. He pulled out a sword from the guard's waist and put it against the man's neck.
"Anyone who makes trouble again will suffer the same fate as him." After saying that, Bai Zhan wiped his neck with the sword.
This man was killed directly by Bai Zhan. He didn't just kill anyone randomly. He observed for a long time and found that this man was deliberately inciting these refugees to join in the trouble.
When the noisy refugees saw the man's body, they were finally frightened and stopped making trouble. However, some still refused to accept it and continued to grumble, "Why do you want to separate me from my mother? My mother is sick and can't take care of herself."
Li Wei saw that everyone had quieted down and had heard the man's mumbling, so he spoke louder again, "We separated you because they all had the disease. It's for your own good. If you want to make a fuss, go ahead and make a fuss. I won't stop anyone who wants to leave."
Li Wei had said this when the refugees showed expressions of horror. They actually caught the plague and it was a misunderstanding. Many of those who had caused trouble just now lowered their heads in embarrassment.
When the man who spoke just now heard that his mother was captured because of an epidemic, and when he heard that Li Wei could let them go, he went over without hesitation. He only had this one mother, and he was not afraid even if she was infected with the epidemic. The worst that could happen was death, and it would be nice to die with his mother.
He took the lead and many people followed suit. However, only a few of them went over, and most of them stayed outside and didn't dare to come closer.
"Okay, is there anyone else who wants to go over? If not, you can stay over there. The government will set up a porridge stall soon, and you can each come over and get a bowl."
When the refugees heard that there was food to eat, they were all very happy. They finally had something to eat. The magistrate of Ji County was really a good man.
Many people think so in their hearts, but they don’t know that this matter was not proposed by Sun Qifa at all. However, it won’t be long before they will know.
Seeing that they finally calmed down, Li Wei and others stood by to prevent them from causing any more riots.
The two people cooking porridge in the porridge shed were yamen runners from Sun Qifa's yamen. They were in a dilemma at the moment because the master only gave them less than half a pound of rice, and it was stale rice.
There are so many refugees outside. If we cook half a pound of rice, how many grains can each person get? If you want to drink this, you might as well drink some water.
The two were in a great dilemma. If they let the porridge out, they would probably be beaten to death by the refugees or blamed by Lord Li Wei.
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