The news of the free porridge at the South Gate spread quickly, and people from all over the city began to flock to the South Gate.
Fortunately, Xiao Jingzhou had foresight and took the lead in ordering his soldiers to separate the road into four paths, each about 20 meters long.
One in and one out to avoid looting.
The people rushed to the South Gate and saw three rows of soldiers with their right hands on the hilts of their swords, as if they were ready to draw their swords at any time.
The people were frightened and stopped where they were, not daring to approach.
For a while, discussions were heard one after another.
"What's going on?"
“Isn’t it a porridge distribution?”
“Why are there so many soldiers blocking the road?”
Everyone looked at the porridge in the pot, swallowing their saliva, but no one dared to step forward.
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At this time, no one wanted to be the first to stand out, and everyone just wanted to stay alive and have something to eat.
Not long.
An old man with a hunched back, messy white hair and a wrinkled face walked forward a few steps.
"My Lords, we have been hungry for days.
Please be kind and give us something to eat! ”
As soon as the old man finished speaking, some people began to respond.
"Please give me some food, sir!"
"We want food!"
“We want to survive!”
Lu Chen pushed aside the soldiers standing in one place and asked Xiao Jingzhou and Gu Zhenbei to stand out.
Gu Zhenbei looked at the people of the city and said loudly:
“See those four roads?”
"One road for men, another for women and children."
"Left in, right out, take the bowl to get the porridge."
"Wait in line! Only then can we have porridge!"
"Today, there will be enough rice porridge. Those who disturb the order will be dragged away as soldiers and will not be given any food!"
Gu Zhenbei's voice was loud and clear, and there were soldiers with swords beside him. The people were instantly frightened, and for a moment you could hear a pin drop.
After a long while, the hunched old man spoke in a hoarse voice.
"Master, I brought a bowl. Can I go in and get some porridge?"
Gu Zhenbei didn't say anything, but made way for him and proved it with his actions.
The old man walked in with a cane and a bowl in his right hand, and successfully filled a bowl with porridge.
He threw away his crutches, hunched his back, and held the porridge in both hands, afraid of spilling a drop.
"Porridge! It's really white porridge!"
"I never thought that in this life, I would be able to drink a bowl of porridge before I die."
"My whole family, young and old, died, leaving only me."
"Oh my God, you are so unfair!"
The old man finished the porridge with tears in his eyes, left the bowl behind, and disappeared from everyone's sight.
When everyone saw the old man drinking the porridge, those with bowls in their hands began to line up in an orderly manner.
Most people don’t have bowls, and are afraid that it will be too late to have porridge.
Then some opportunists appeared and started snatching the bowls from the women and children.
"My bowl!"
“This is my bowl!”
Women and children are not as strong as men, and they have not eaten any food or water for many days, so they are even weaker.
The bowl in his hand soon fell into the hands of someone else.
The woman and the child fell to the ground and cried.
"Come back!"
"You stole my bowl, you are killing someone, pay for my bowl!"
Xiao Jingzhou had been keeping an eye on the order. Seeing this scene, he ordered Lu Chen to notify Yang Jin.
When Yang Jin arrived, several people who were trying to grab the bowls were still queuing up, and he kicked them out of the queue.
“A few grown men even snatched the bowls of women and children!
All of you will be taken away as conscripts by this general, and from now on you will be low-ranking soldiers! ”
The lower-class soldiers had no pay and no armor, and they had to fight the enemy in battle entirely with their physical bodies.
When they heard this, their faces turned pale instantly.
They all knelt on the ground and begged.
Yang Jin waved his hand: "Drag him away!"
Several people were dragged away by the soldiers, and they continued to beg for mercy.
After seeing that people could successfully queue up to grab a bowl, many people also wanted to grab a bowl.
Now, looking at the people being dragged away, the idea that he was ready to make another move was instantly extinguished.
With the lessons learned from the past, those who didn’t have bowls ran back home to get bowls, for fear that they would be late and have no porridge to drink.
More and more people went in and out of the South Gate, and the line became longer and longer.
There is even a trend of queues extending from the South Gate to the North Gate.
The people at the back of the line began to get anxious.
"Can the officers and soldiers really afford to feed the people of the city?"
"Don't wait until then, and be happy for nothing!"
The skinny man rolled his eyes and started to give bad advice.
“How about we gather a group of people and go to the front to cut in line?
Anyway, the officers and soldiers were all at the South Gate, and they couldn’t see or control the troops behind them. ”
The old man in front of him pointed at the officers and soldiers approaching them.
The old man kindly reminded: "There are soldiers patrolling all the way. If you have the courage, go and try!"
The man didn't expect that there were actually soldiers patrolling, and the idea he had just had was immediately abandoned.
The old man looked at his expression and chuckled twice.
"Young man, don't always think about taking shortcuts.
The senior official just said that there will be plenty of rice porridge.
Just keep your mind at ease! ”
The man said angrily: "You are the one who was deceived, you big fool!"
The old man was not angry, and there was light in his cloudy eyes.
He knew the high-ranking official just now, and he also knew who the people around the high-ranking official were!
This is a true nobleman, and his words must be the truth!
On the other side, the porridge distribution stall was in full swing.
Thanks to Xiao Jingzhou's proper arrangements and the separation of men, women and children, the order of the porridge distribution was maintained exceptionally smoothly.
Looking at Xiao Jingzhou's back, Yang Jin couldn't help but start to guess Xiao Jingzhou's identity.
In his opinion, the only people in the world who could be called "Young Prince" by Gu Zhenbei, apart from His Majesty, must be the princes.
The only person of the same age as these princes is Crown Prince Xiao Jingzhou.
Could it be the prince?
His official position in the capital was too low, so he was sent to Zhiyi City for several years before he was promoted to General of the Central Army.
He never had the chance to return to Beijing and had never seen the prince's true appearance.
He couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Who is Mr. Gu?"
Qi Hou was standing next to Yang Jin and just happened to hear him muttering.
"Mr. Gu is Mr. Gu, who else could it be?"
This sentence just reminded Yang Jin and immediately made him want to pass through.
Mr. Gu is Mr. Gu, he can never be the prince!
What kind of place is Zhiyi City? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a legitimate member of the royal family.
How could the person whom Your Majesty regards as the apple of his eye come to Zhiyi City, such a cold, miserable and filthy place!
After figuring it out, Yang Jin felt his mind suddenly open up, and he felt even more that Mr. Gu was doing a great good by saving the people from danger!
Lu Chen handed Xiao Jingzhou a bowl of water and said, "Young Master, there are soldiers suppressing the porridge stalls, and the people in the city are queuing up to get porridge.
I think after today, the people of Zhiyi City will be able to survive. ”
Xiao Jingzhou drank a bowl of water, looked up at the long line, and frowned slightly.
There are more than 100,000 people in Zhiyi City, and even if they only have water, rice and porridge every day, they need a lot of food.
There is a severe drought in the north now, and it is impossible to grow crops.
The treasure he gave to Miss Jiang, if exchanged for the money of the 21st century to buy food, how long can it sustain the people of the entire city?
These things all require long-term consideration.
Having no money always makes people feel insecure.
Xiao Jingzhou thought that three meals a day were too extravagant.
He has not yet thought of a solution, and can only reduce the frequency of porridge distribution.
He said: “Carefully record today’s food and water consumption so that we can make plans for the future.
Then go to the city gate to issue a notice, and give two meals of rice porridge a day.
Let the people line up and receive according to the rules! ”
"yes!"
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