Everyone went into the house, and Zhang Da took them to the yamen.
Xiao Jingzhou ignored Zhang Da and asked someone to clean up the house.
He sat on a square stool in the yard and called Zhou Wu to ask about the situation in the city.
"How many people were there originally in Zhiyi City?"
Zhou Wu thought for a moment and spoke without any hesitation.
"There are 40,000 civilians in Zhiyi City and about 30,000 soldiers defending the city.
The number of exiled prisoners has increased dramatically in the past two years, from 30,000 to 90,000.
If there had not been the severe drought and famine, the number would have been estimated at 160,000. ”
Gu Zhenbei took a deep breath: "Exile 60,000 people in two years?"
Although the crime of exile is not punishable by death.
...
...
But the person who is punished for this crime can't even think so much with his toes!
Zhou Wu didn't say anything. He made his fortune in the past two years by making profits from escorting exiled prisoners.
Xiao Jingzhou: "Based on today's situation, how many people do you think are left in Zhiyi City?"
Zhou Wu's face flashed with regret: "A conservative estimate is 100,000 people, maybe less than 100,000 people."
Xiao Jingzhou nodded in understanding: "Got it."
After Zhou Wu was questioned, he didn't know what Xiao Jingzhou's plan was, so he could only suppress his curiosity and take Hou Si to the yamen again.
Not long after the official left, Xiao Jingzhou took Lu Chen out.
The two walked on the street, just like they had just entered the city.
A living person is sleeping among the dead and may die at any time.
As they passed by a dilapidated house, they heard crying sounds inside.
Xiao Jingzhou heard the sound and walked over, and saw a man kneeling on the ground in the yard, hugging an old woman's legs and crying.
The old man patted the man's back and pretended to walk into the house.
"Mother! If my son really ate your flesh and blood, would he still be a human being?
That's a monster! ”
Hearing this, the old man seemed to suddenly lose his temper. He looked dejectedly at the sky, as if he was about to die.
After entering Zhiyi City, Lu Chen's heart was constantly struck, and the scene before him made him frightened and terrified.
"Your Highness, this old lady wants her son..."
He didn't dare to say the following words.
Xiao Jingzhou said compassionately: "She wanted her son to eat her flesh and blood to fill his stomach, using one life in exchange for the survival of the whole family."
Lu Chen frowned and said, "Fortunately, his son still has a conscience and refuses to agree to his mother's words."
I don’t know how long this kind of thing will continue in Zhiyi City.
The mother and son stopped crying and supported each other into the house.
The two walked for a while longer.
I saw a woman holding a bundle, sitting on the street next to a shop door, sometimes crying, sometimes singing to comfort herself.
Lu Chen took two steps forward in confusion: "What happened to her?"
The old man curled up on the ground, slowly stretched out his skinny hands, and said in a hoarse voice:
"Young man, be careful and don't step on me."
Hearing this, Lu Chen quickly took two steps back and bowed to apologize.
Seeing that he had a good attitude, the old man kindly explained.
"Her husband exchanged his five-year-old child with another family.
It didn't take long for her to go crazy. ”
Lu Chen was so frightened that his pupils shrank: "Her child..."
The old man saw that Lu Chen was frightened and had avenged his kick. He smiled triumphantly, revealing his yellow teeth: "Eat it!"
Lu Chen was so shocked that he took two steps back and almost fell down.
Fortunately, Xiao Jingzhou was quick-witted and quickly grabbed the back of his neck and helped him stand steadily.
"Your Highness?"
Xiao Jingzhou whispered: "Go back, I want to write a letter to the gods!"
He needs food, Zhiyi City needs food, and the suffering people also need food!
…
21st century.
Jiang Zhenyu knew that Xiao Jingzhou would enter the city today, so he kept guarding the wooden bowl, thinking of celebrating with them after they settled down.
The wooden bowl flashed and a letter appeared in the bowl.
Jiang Zhenyu took out the letter and was shocked when he saw its contents.
[When Jingzhou first entered Zhiyi City, he never expected that he had stepped into a hell on earth.
Due to the severe drought and food shortage, the people were unable to get enough food.
People in the city exchanged their children for food and used corpses to blow the trumpet.
Only 100,000 people were left out of the 150,000.
The corpses were piled up like mountains, and the living people were lying among the dead waiting to die.
Everywhere you look, the scene is horrific and shocking. 】
[Miss Jiang, I need food for 100,000 people.
Jingzhou knew that this was a difficult matter, but he did not want the people to starve to death.
I can only pray shamelessly, and hope that the girl can save them! 】
miserable! So miserable!
Fifty thousand people died in one go, what a huge number.
Even the ants will die, let alone humans!
Jiang Zhenyu recalled that China also suffered a famine in the 1960s.
The tragic situation at that time was even made into a movie.
She also wrote a review after watching the movie, and the plot of the movie is still vivid in her mind.
Jiang Zhenyu wrote the letter immediately.
[I'll get ready now, wait for me!] 】
…
After Xiao Jingzhou finished writing the letter, he stared at the wooden bowl, wanting to see the reply as soon as possible.
Suddenly, a piece of paper appeared in the wooden bowl.
Gu Zhenbei leaned over and asked, "How is it? Did the gods agree?"
Several people from the Gu family were in the inner room, and their hopeful eyes were all cast on Xiao Jingzhou.
The amount of food for one hundred thousand people is too much.
No one knows what the attitude of God will be.
Xiao Jingzhou nodded, with a smile in his eyes: "The God agreed!"
"Very good!"
"The people in the city are all saved!"
"We don't have to worry about it either. There's nowhere else to go!"
"Thank God, may God bless you with great blessings!"
Lu Chen was infected by the joy, and his frightened pale face also had a hint of redness.
Everyone was still happy.
Gu Zhenbei walked up to Xiao Jingzhou and whispered, "Your Highness.
How can we deliver so much food to the people?
A small town of 5,000 people caused such a big commotion.
There are 100,000 people in Zhiyi City who have no food to eat.
If a commotion breaks out and there is no force to suppress it, many people will probably die. ”
Gu Zhenbei's concerns are not unreasonable.
When the imperial court distributed food to provide disaster relief, it always needed to use force to suppress the situation in order to prevent the people from looting and causing loss of life.
Otherwise, the refugees would rush over when they saw the food.
The lives of those who distribute food are bound to be uncertain.
Xiao Jingzhou thought for a moment and said, "Let Zhou Wu find a good venue first, and then we can discuss the distribution later!"
…
21st century.
After Jiang Zhenyu finished writing his reply, he began to calculate how much food would be needed for 100,000 people every day.
She calculated that based on one kilogram of rice per person, one hundred thousand people would need one hundred thousand kilograms of rice.
Eat 100,000 kilograms of rice every day?
Rice costs three yuan per pound, and the daily consumption is 300,000 yuan.
Good job!
Even if she were to raise ants, she wouldn't dare to raise 100,000 of them.
What’s more, it’s people!
Fortunately, Xiao Jingzhou sent her three boxes of antiques, otherwise she would have been in huge foreign debts. Not to mention supporting 100,000 people, even supporting one man would have been difficult!
There is still rice on the farm that has not been harvested, but it is definitely too late now.
Xiao Jingzhou is still waiting for the rice to cook and save his life!
Jiang Zhenyu originally wanted to go out to find a supermarket.
But think about it, if 100,000 people consume 50 tons of food a day, which supermarket would stock so much?
If she wanted to order three days' worth of food from a supermarket, she would have to run to several large supermarkets in the city.
Jiang Zhenyu took out his cell phone and called Uncle Zhang.
"Uncle Zhang, please send me all the phone numbers of the feed manufacturers."
"Urgent!"
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