Chapter 75: Food Distribution
After Su Yue absorbed some of the energy from the black coffin with her mental power, her mental power recovered a little, and she searched for wells in the city again.
There are four ancient wells in the city, distributed in the four districts of east, south, west and north. The water in the wells is almost dry, so she filled the four wells with water.
The fat county magistrate had the confidence to close the city gates, partly because of these four wells. If it weren't for these four wells, the people in the city would have rioted long ago.
After five wells, half of the water in Su Yue's space pond was gone.
The water in the spring didn't move at all.
She used all her strength to release half of the water in the small pond of the spring into the big pond. The remaining water could not be moved and had to be used by her own people.
After coming to the Northwest, I found that the air in this region was very dry, with almost no water molecules in the air and very little water coming out of the springs.
While grain was being distributed outside the city, the people in the county government office were not idle either. The first and second wives, including Mrs. Feng, and other female relatives were helping the imperial physician Xie to move the medicinal materials out of the county magistrate's warehouse and make medicine for the refugees outside.
Many refugees were sick. If they were not given medicine in time, they might not survive even if they had food.
At this time, the entire population of Xichuan County was mobilized. Even the children were busy. Some families sent their unused clothes or bedding to the refugees outside the city.
Now that the weather is turning to autumn, the temperature difference between morning and evening in the northwest region is quite large, and the refugees can't stand it.
When fleeing famine, refugees who brought clothes and bedding were better off, but poor families who had nothing at home had a hard time.
You know what, the things they sent were really helpful.
It took a whole morning to distribute the grain outside. After that, Doctor Xie's medicine was ready and sent to the city gate.
Doctor Xie hurriedly ate something, then went to the city gate to set up a table and began to provide free medical treatment to the refugees.
The matter of the herbs naturally fell on Su Yue's head. Su Yue was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She had to sort out the fat county magistrate's and her own herbs, and had them transported to the city gate. She also found a few medicine boys in the county to help get the herbs.
At the same time, Murong Li issued another notice that there was water in the wells in the city, and everyone could use the wells inside and outside the city, but asked everyone to use it sparingly.
When the people knew they had water to drink, they were very happy, and the water problem was solved.
The people admired Murong Li and his party very much. When they arrived, the entire Xichuan County came alive.
Then General Yun also set up a stall with a table at the city gate and signed a notice recruiting soldiers.
When the refugees saw the recruitment, many of them came forward to sign up for the army.
From those in their thirties and forties to children as young as seven or eight, everyone signed up to survive.
Being a soldier is not a game; it means going to the battlefield and fighting the enemy with real guns and bullets.
General Yun would not sympathize with those who were old or young, and would only recruit healthy men between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.
"Sir, please accept us two as your own. As long as we have something to eat, we will do anything for you."
A father and his son were not qualified to be recruited into the army. The father pulled his twelve or thirteen-year-old son to kneel down in front of General Yun, crying bitterly.
General Yun's eyes were fierce as he lifted the man up and said, "You don't meet the requirements. The county government will make arrangements and send you food to return to your hometown. You don't have to do this."
Just then, leader Zhang brought another notice and posted it. The content of the notice was to ask the refugees to bring their household registration and go to the yamen tomorrow to collect enough food to eat for three months. In addition, the government will send people to help find water sources.
As soon as the notice came out, everyone stopped insisting on joining the army.
Many people no longer have the idea of joining the army.
But there are also many people who are reluctant to give up their money. As long as they become soldiers, they can get five taels of silver, and they can also receive monthly wages in the future. One tael of silver per month is still a very good income for farmers.
There are still many people signing up.
We recruited 5,000 people in one afternoon, which is about right.
The next arrangement is General Yun’s business, which is his forte.
Murong Li stayed in the yamen in the afternoon to handle some matters. Qin led dozens of officers out of the city gate and went into the nearby mountains to hunt.
If we want to distribute food to refugees, rice and flour alone are not enough.
Even though it was a drought, the trees in that mountain range had not yet died. The fact that they had not died meant that there were prey there, but it was very dangerous there and the refugees did not dare to enter.
But Qin and his group were not afraid. With the medicinal powder given to them by Su Yue and their skills, hunting would be no problem.
Su Yue spent the entire afternoon seeing Doctor Xie, who took the opportunity to explain each patient's condition to her.
After one afternoon, Su Yue gained a lot.
The day passed in such a busy and exciting way, and the situation of tens of thousands of refugees was finally resolved.
The next day, as expected, as soon as the city gates opened, refugees lined up at the county government office to receive food to take home.
The Su and Yun families all came together to help divide the spoils.
Doctor Xie and his family were at the city gate early in the morning. It was impossible for them to see all the patients in one day yesterday.
Murong Li was handed over to the old marquis here. The old marquis felt that he was finally useful and treated him very attentively. Food was distributed according to the number of people in each family. Families with large populations were given 50 kilograms of rice and 50 kilograms of noodles each, plus the prey that Leader Qin brought back last night, some of which were dozens of kilograms of meat, and some were pheasants, chickens and rabbits.
The pheasants and rabbits are all in Su Yue's space. There are no small animals in the mountains. They have all been eaten by large wild beasts.
Of course there is also dried meat. Su Yue goes into the space to barbecue whenever she has time. Families with a large number of people can get ten kilograms.
After Su Yue and Murong Li finished arranging things, they hid in the space to slaughter prey. The kills that Qin and his dozens of men had led yesterday were not enough.
So Su Yue used her mental power to check for prey in the forest, and captured all that could be caught into the space, letting Murong Li kill them.
The slaughtered Su Yue was sent to a room specially used for slaughtered prey, and someone came to pick it up.
The task of getting the meat was naturally left to Su Qiwen.
"Murong Li, I saw a lot of wild horses in a valley." Su Yue saw it with her mental power.
"Mustang?"
"Well, wild horses, but their condition is not very good. I received them into the space, you can take a look."
"Okay." Murong Li nodded. It would be great if there was a horse.
When the two armies confront each other, the cavalry is much more powerful than the infantry.
The situation is not good. Come here and there is nothing to worry about.
The horse I bought in that small county town before is now growing strong and healthy, and it doesn’t look like it was dying before.
Su Yue only used her mental power, and all the horses entered the space.
"They seem to be hungry." Murong Li took a look and saw sixty-five wild horses, big and small. Each one was starving to the point of being skin and bones. Some of them had wounds on their bodies and were dying.
Su Yue quickly brought them some water: "They must be hungry. They've eaten almost all the food in the mountains. It hasn't rained yet, so there's no new grass growing for them to eat. They're lucky to be alive now."
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