Chapter 175: Fuchuan Town, Refugee Riot 1
This little episode passed quickly. They moved very fast and caught up with the exile team in the evening. It was dinner time. The exile team stopped in an open space on the official road and quietly shared the dry and hard steamed buns. The atmosphere was obviously depressing.
Su Wanyan leaned against the car window and looked around. After a quick look, she noticed that the atmosphere was not right. She turned around and said to Ji Xiaohan, "Did something happen up there? Why do they all look so sad?"
After lying in the carriage for so long, Su Wanyan originally planned to get off and take a walk to stretch her muscles, but seeing the current situation, she had no intention of getting off.
Ji Xiaohan put down the book in his hand, sat up straight, and glanced in the direction of the little princess's finger. "It must be that there was a riot among refugees in the town ahead, and the local officials ordered the city gates to be sealed. That's why we have to spend the night outside."
Su Wanyan was shocked. "A refugee riot? When did it happen? How did you know about it?"
The two of them had been staying in the carriage the entire time, and Su Wanyan didn't see Xiao Yi and the others reporting the situation. How did this man know?
Refugee riots are no small matter. Once a riot occurs somewhere, government officials will certainly be dispatched to suppress it by force. No matter what the reason, the refugees will not end up well in the end.
"When we encountered that group of refugees a few days ago, I sent people to check it out. The Fuchuan Town ahead of us was unwilling to accept refugees from the north. The weather is getting colder, and the refugees have no place to live. Over time, it is only a matter of time before a riot occurs." Ji Xiaohan briefly told the little princess what had happened.
In fact, Ji Xiaohan had already known about it long before the secret guards went to investigate. According to the trajectory of his previous life, a few days after the death of the little princess, their exile team was robbed and killed by a large number of refugees. If it weren't for the fact that all the people in the Xiao Palace had already arrived, I'm afraid even he wouldn't be able to escape safely.
In this new life, he has arranged for all his shops in Fuchuan Town to provide comprehensive disaster relief. It was also they who spread the news that the officials of Fuchuan Town had abandoned the refugees.
Su Wanyan was completely baffled upon hearing this. "Don't the government officials care? Natural disasters and man-made calamities happen everywhere every year. There should be a process for resettling refugees, right?"
"As far as I know, the resettlement of refugees has not been reported to the court since the year before last, and it is handled by local government offices as needed. Among my 100,000 troops, many of them have been forced to join the army because their hometowns have suffered disasters, and they just want to have food to eat and get military pay to support their families." Ji Xiaohan's expression was very calm when he said this, but Su Wanyan could feel the man's helpless regret.
"The dog emperor has been doing nothing for more than one or two years, and in the end it is the common people who suffer. Do you want to help?" Su Wanyan asked, looking at Ji Xiaohan's calm demeanor.
"I own a shop in Fuchuan Town, and the shop manager has prepared food in advance. A few days ago, they started distributing porridge at the city gate. However, this can only ensure that the refugees don't starve to death. The key is still for the government to intervene." Ji Xiaohan looked at the stopped team, took out his jade pendant, and called Xiao Er, "Take my jade pendant and order the officials of Fuchuan Town to open the city gate and properly accommodate the refugees. All expenses will be covered by the Xiao Palace."
Xiao Er immediately took the order and left, "Yes."
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