The man took out a dusty purse and poured out all the silver and copper coins inside onto the ground in front of him. When others saw him do this, they followed suit and took out all the silver and copper coins they had with them.
"Madam, our silver is all buried, and some has not been dug out yet. If this is not enough, we can dig more." The man said pleadingly.
Others also looked at her with hope.
Ning Xue couldn't bear to see this, "Madam, this..."
Xia Tian was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked everyone to get up, "Get up, I'll sell you the medicine."
When the group heard that Xia Tian was willing to sell medicine to them, they thanked him with joy on their faces before standing up.
Xia Tian took out a porcelain bottle with twenty pills in it and asked Ning Xue to hand it to the leading man.
"Madam, I'm not sure if this money is enough?" The man took the medicine and handed over the purse nervously.
"That's enough." Xia Tian took out a copper coin from his purse.
Those people were a little surprised. They didn't expect that this lady was so kind-hearted that she only asked for a penny.
This is definitely not because they are short of money, but because they don’t want to make things difficult for them, right?
"Thank you, ma'am. Thank you, ma'am." The group of people knelt down again and kowtowed to Xia Tian to express their gratitude.
They really met a great kind person.
"May I ask where the lady comes from? We should remember her kindness and when we have the chance, we must go to Guangfu Temple to pray for her."
"Forget about praying. I am the wife of your governor. You can just call me Madam Shen." Xia Tian announced her identity.
She thought that this would also improve Shen Nian’s status in the hearts of the people.
Although it is said that good deeds should be done without leaving a name, it is still better to let the people know about this kind of thing.
If Shen Nian has any more policies to implement in the future, it will be easier, right?
"It turns out to be the governor's wife. I would like to thank you for saving my life." The man bowed again.
Xia Tian didn't really want them to thank her. She gave them the medicine and collected the money. She was also tired after a long day and wanted to go back quickly.
"Okay, go and save people, we'll go back too." After Xia Tian said that, she let Ningxue support her and left quickly.
The group watched Xia Tian and the others leave before going back.
Fu Gui sent his servant to the carriage and walked back for a while. He still didn't see Xia Tian and the others. Thinking that they were tired, he hurriedly quickened his pace and walked back.
It was not until they were halfway there that they ran into Xia Tian and Ning Xue.
"Madam, are you tired?" Fu Gui said as he took the stool from Ningxue's hand.
"Yeah, it's okay, let's go."
Xia Tian was indeed a little tired at this moment, mainly because she really wanted to lie down for a while.
Otherwise, she would have followed them to see the child that the group said they wanted to save.
When the three men took the waiter to the governor's mansion, the man woke up.
The people were handed over to Fu Gui to settle down, and Xia Tian went to rest in the shed first.
This is the Governor's Office.
The head of the Bai family was leading people to move grain into the yamen.
This time, not only did the Bai family donate 300,000 kilograms of grain, but they also mobilized other businesses to donate nearly one million kilograms of grain.
When Lord Wang came back once, he was shocked to see the mountains of grain piled up in the yard of the governor's office!
"Sir, where does this food come from?" It has only been a short time since he left, but the governor has already collected so much food. It's amazing.
"The Bai family head joined forces with various businesses to donate this." Shen Nian pointed at the Bai family head who was standing next to him.
He was surprised when the head of the Bai family came today and said that their Bai family donated 300,000 kilograms of grain!
Unexpectedly, after just one trip back, the head of the Bai family increased the donated grain from 100,000 kilograms to 300,000 kilograms.
What surprised him even more was that the Bai family not only donated a large amount of grain themselves, but also took the initiative to join forces with other businesses to donate millions of kilograms of grain.
They have been busy for most of the day just doing the statistics and reception.
Lord Wang was also extremely surprised.
Although the Bai family is considered wealthy in Sangluo City, they are still slightly inferior to the real wealthy families.
I didn't expect that this time the contribution would be so great. One family contributed 30% of the food.
The head of the Bai family was extremely delighted when he heard the governor introduce himself to the prefect, Lord Wang, and attribute the credit for donating grain to their Bai family.
Sure enough, his efforts were not in vain.
The damage caused by the earthquake made Shen Nian and other officials, including the people of Sangluo City, try their best to save themselves.
According to Mr. Cao's statistics, fortunately, the areas most severely affected by the earthquake were Sangluo City and the surrounding villages.
Although other towns in Linzhou also felt strong tremors, no houses collapsed and no casualties were reported.
Three days later, soldiers from surrounding cities also came to help with the rescue.
In the capital, the emperor finally received the news of the Linzhou earthquake.
"Linzhou is really suffering from so many disasters!" The emperor felt sorry for the people of Linzhou.
The severe drought two years ago left many people homeless, and the subsequent plague made people live in fear every day.
Later, he sent imperial physicians, and after more than two months of efforts, the plague was finally brought under control.
But Linzhou also suffered serious losses.
In order to allow the people of Linzhou to live a stable and prosperous life again, he sent his most trusted minister Shen Nian to Linzhou as governor.
He hopes to revitalize Linzhou through Shen Nian!
In the end, Chen Nian lived up to his expectations and managed Linzhou in an orderly manner. Just as Linzhou was about to recover its former prosperity, a once-in-a-century earthquake struck.
I don’t know how long it will take for Linzhou to recover!
The emperor's brows were furrowed with worry, and he paced back and forth in the imperial study.
"Eunuch Xu, go fetch Prime Minister Xu and the six ministers," the emperor ordered, "and fetch Marquis Wu'an as well."
Such a big thing needs a solution as soon as possible, otherwise Linzhou will be finished.
Eunuch Xu did not dare to delay at all. Knowing that the matter was urgent, he quickly left the imperial study and called a few eunuchs to run errands.
He went to invite Marquis Wu'an himself.
After a while, Prime Minister Xu and the six ministers arrived, leaving only the Marquis of Wu'an.
Just when the emperor was getting impatient, Eunuch Xu and Marquis Wu'an finally arrived.
The emperor originally wanted to get angry, but as soon as Wu'an Hou came in, he apologized, making him too embarrassed to even say a word of complaint.
"My dear ministers, please take a look at this." The emperor handed over the memorial that Shen Nian had delivered at full speed with a gloomy face.
Several people quickly gathered together to look!
You won’t know until you see it, it’s shocking.
"There was an earthquake in Linzhou? More than half of the houses collapsed or were damaged?" Prime Minister Xu was a little bit unbelieving.
I couldn't imagine that such a prosperous Linzhou had turned into a ruin. I felt very uncomfortable.
"Your Majesty, it takes more than a month to reach Linzhou from the capital. I guess it may not be enough to transfer the funds from here." Prime Minister Xu sighed!
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