Unexpectedly, after Chi Yu finished speaking, Chi Sanchui actually said:
"Little Fish, do you mean the government office is short-staffed?"
"Isn't that perfect? These people can go and help rebuild the county town!"
Chi Yu asked, his smile not reaching his eyes:
"Third cousin, do you know that in each county of our Great Chu Kingdom, the management of the yamen (government office) and the management of the city guards are separate?"
There's also a small county town. How many soldiers do you think it should have?
There must be seven or eight hundred people in Song Chongjin's group, right?
Even if you think it's worth it, how many people would the government have to send out?
Given the current situation, can the soldiers defending the city spare that many men?
Chi Yu's words made the people of Chijia'ao, who were completely unaware of what was happening outside, fall into deep thought.
After all, they had never been down the mountain and had no idea what was happening outside.
All they knew came from Chi Yu or Lao Chi's family.
They generally don't talk about things that don't concern them personally.
Hearing this, everyone was a little dumbfounded.
But Chi Sanchui wasn't easily swayed by Chi Yu's few words and gave up his idea of driving people out of Beishan.
Upon hearing this, he said, "The imperial court has issued an edict that if you encounter people from Wuning Prefecture, you should help them return home."
I'm a rough, uneducated man who can't read a single word, so naturally I don't understand any profound principles.
All I know is that in this situation, regardless of whether the government and the city guards are in charge separately, they have to join forces.
This endangers the lives of hundreds of people in our Chijia'ao village; they can't ignore it!
Chi Yu was too lazy to get angry, and simply asked, "Fine, even if you say that the county can spare over a thousand people to come here."
You said you were attending a wedding banquet, so let me ask you, who's going to pay for the food and drinks?
You said you'd invite the people from Wuning Prefecture to drink and get them drunk. How much wine would you want, where would it come from, and who would pay for it?
Furthermore, are you sure that all those people from Wuning Prefecture will come to eat and drink?
Don't just talk your way out of these things and expect others to do the work.
No, perhaps I should pay for it?
If Chi Yu hadn't said those things, no one would have realized what was going on.
Now that I hear it, isn't that right?
With so many refugees coming from Wuning Prefecture, the government certainly couldn't have sent just a few people.
If this is supposedly an invitation to a wedding banquet, then whose wedding banquet is it?
Who else could produce so many things?
Besides, there are so many people in Wuning Prefecture. How much alcohol would it take to get them all drunk?
Even if you use a sleeping potion, you need to have the potion first!
Although there is now a doctor named Tao in their village, when he comes, he is basically empty-handed. Where would he get so many illegitimate medicines?
Even if you go to the county town at this time, you might not be able to buy it.
Not to mention, the other person doesn't necessarily have to drink.
Most of the women, especially the younger ones, wouldn't drink it.
Furthermore, they must be quite vigilant to have come all this way; they wouldn't easily fall into their trap.
Even if you put the medicine in the river in Beishan, it won't work.
The water is flowing; it won't be long before the medicine is completely drained away.
If the timing is right, the refugees won't be able to all gather at the same time to fetch water.
The more the people from Chijia'ao thought about it, the more unreliable Chi Sanchui's words seemed.
At the very least, everyone is trying every means to hoard food right now, so how could they possibly take out so much food to entertain unrelated people?
No wonder Xiaoyu was angry. It turns out that Chi Sanchui could get Xiaoyu to do all this with just a few words.
Otherwise, looking around, who in the entire Chijia'ao area has the ability to treat everyone to this?
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