After a moment, Xiao Lingling had an idea.
Far water cannot quench immediate thirst. Although you want to help others, you must first put the things around you in order.
"Godfather, I can go to the county tomorrow and give you 500,000 kilograms of wheat. So when you go back, you have to find a place to temporarily store it.
I hope that this wheat can be distributed to the villages in our Huaxiang County, so that after everyone has harvested the crops in the fields, they can use the grain to hire people to build a village wall.
Otherwise, if the refugees start causing trouble later, it will be troublesome. We can start with our village first. It would be much better if you come forward than if we do.
From now on, I can give you one million kilograms of food every month to ensure the safety of Huaxiang County.
I have to find a way to transport the remaining one million kilograms to other disaster-stricken areas.
You can see if you have any channels and methods. I will collect more and then pick out the ones that are more feasible to arrange.
As for official disaster relief, I don't even dare to think about it."
After hearing this, Wu Bokai frowned. He was just an ordinary county magistrate. The sudden appearance of so much grain might lead to more suspicion.
This will have a great impact on his future career as an official, but now the drought is imminent and he has no time to think about it.
"Yes. If anyone asks, I will claim it was collected donations.
However, one million jin is not necessary. In Huaxiang County, the impact in the first half of this year was not significant.
Especially in the village, if everyone saves some of the harvested grain, it will probably be enough to last until the end of the year.
Therefore, using all one million kilograms here would just be icing on the cake. It would be better to use it to provide timely assistance.
Moreover, there are no refugees coming to our place yet. If there were, 200,000 to 300,000 kilograms of porridge per month would be enough.
As for going outward, the situation in our Chenan Prefecture is not very urgent right now.
The situation in Yongcheng Prefecture next door is more serious, and the harvest in the first half of this year may have been completely wasted.
The most important thing is that there are a lot of refugees surrounding there, and riots of varying sizes have occurred several times.
"However, the imperial court has already issued disaster relief grain. But the amount is limited, and I don't know how much will reach the refugees."
Little Bell murmured, "Yongcheng Mansion? This name sounds familiar."
Lin Changshu's mouth twitched. "How could I not be familiar with it? Isn't Qiaomei's second uncle's home in Xianliang County?"
Little Bell suddenly realized, "Oh, I was wondering why it sounded so familiar. I wonder how they are doing now."
Little Bell's tone was full of gloating.
Who made those two people so cruel back then? They really had the guts to beat Chen Shuxu.
Even if you don't want to help, you are a blood relative after all. Is it necessary to use violence against each other?
People like this deserved the disaster, but she didn't feel sorry for them at all.
Wu Bokai's abilities were limited after all. After all, he was just an ordinary citizen before. Although he had become a county magistrate now, he did not have any big backing to support him.
He didn't have a deep understanding of the county magistrate of Chen'an Prefecture, let alone the distant Yongcheng Prefecture.
Therefore, he really couldn't do anything about the affairs of Yongcheng Prefecture.
Xiao Lingling was not in a hurry. No matter how much she said, she couldn't solve this kind of problem by herself. She could only do her best and leave the rest to fate.
The three of them secretly finalized the matter of 500,000 kilograms of wheat, and Wu Bokai couldn't wait to go back and prepare the warehouse.
It was Xiao Lingling who grabbed his sleeve.
"Godfather, don't leave in such a hurry. There's something else!"
Wu Bokai looked back blankly.
Xiao Lingdang quickly recounted what had happened to Xie Fan and the others.
Originally, she had many plans, but now plans cannot keep up with changes, so she can only ask Wu Bokai to hurry up and find a place to settle them down first.
"Okay, leave this to me, I'll arrange a place for them to stay temporarily.
As for those who fought before, I will deal with them seriously and lock them up for a while.
Once we have some clues about the drought, we can deal with their affairs when we have time."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, godfather. We can rent a small courtyard. I'll pay for it. It doesn't have to be too good, just a place to stay."
Wu Bokai waved his hand and said, "No need for you, I can still handle this little thing.
Your godmother owns a small house. It’s not big and the location is average. I had originally planned to live there temporarily.
But now we are used to living in the county government office and don’t want to move out for the time being, so we can let them live there first.
With my reputation, most people wouldn't dare to attack them. This is the best way to protect them right now."
After hearing this, Xiao Lingling could only nod and agree.
Wu Bokai was thinking about the warehouse matter, and after discussing it, he rushed to the county without stopping.
Lin Changshu was also busy with the last bit of harvest and didn't dare to stay any longer.
The warmed food was brought in only after Xu Guling and others left.
As soon as he came in, he saw the little girl with a worried look on her face. "Hey, what's wrong with you? Why do you look like that? Did you encounter any difficulties?"
Listening to her joking voice, Xiao Lingling sighed, "Master, why are there so many bad people in this world?
Many people do evil at will, not realizing that their wrongdoings will implicate many, even tens of thousands of innocent people."
Xu Guling frowned when she heard this. Why did this sound so loud?
"What happened? Talk to Master, maybe he can help you."
Xiao Lingling took a few steps forward and leaned into her arms. "Master, are there always so many sufferings in the world?"
Xu Guling was worried at first, but when she heard what she said, she almost laughed out loud.
"How old are you? Why are you already worrying about human affairs?"
Seeing that Xiao Lingling didn't say anything, Xu Guling became serious and tightened her grip around Xiao Lingling.
"Xiao Lingdang, you have to know that the human world is really huge. Just in our Qingyang country, there are tens of millions of people living there.
Even the emperor cannot protect all the people from the suffering and harassment of this world, let alone a little person like you.
So, why should you take all these things on yourself?
Moreover, the world is not black and white. Many times, people cannot be judged simply by good and evil.
I just think that this world is not bad, at least I am still quite happy."
After hearing this, Xiao Lingling realized that she had fallen into a misunderstanding.
It is true that she is the reincarnation of a koi, and it is true that she possesses magic and space, but she is not the father of heaven, so how can she take care of so many things?
What's more, even the emperor, the chosen one, cannot ensure the people's safe and happy life, so why does she think she can?
What a waste of time!
"Phew, Master, I'm much better now! But I'd like to ask you for a favor, is that okay?"
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