When the steward asked Shunzi what he wanted, Shunzi said without thinking: "Food, coarse grains, more edible old grains, cloth, farm tools, medicinal herbs... Anyway, the more food the better, and the more medicinal herbs we can collect, the better. The rest can be put aside for now.
You have also seen that our master really loves the people like his own children and wants to be a good official.
The food and drink of so many people all depended on him, and the old lady was a compassionate person, and she wholeheartedly supported the second master.
Although they are all helping His Majesty, has anyone ever seen an official like our Second Master who is willing to sacrifice his life to take care of so many disaster victims?
So, I really leave the procurement to you all, and I would like to thank you all here first!"
Shunzi's words were true. The two families who often dealt with the Qiao family knew the Qiao family's style of doing things. Even if they were not specifically asked to do so, they would do their best. If this matter was done well, there would be only benefits, no harm.
Not only does it leave a good impression in front of his master, but it also earns him more favors in the eyes of the Qiao family.
Just like that, within three days, Xu Mansion's caravan gathered more than 5,000 dan of grain in Yong'an, Nanliang, next to Yuncheng, and transported it over in a grand manner.
Within a day, all the people in Yuncheng knew that the prefect had brought in hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain, and it was said that there was still a lot more to come!
Haven’t you seen that the price of grain in the city has been falling rapidly for ten consecutive days? If there was not enough grain in Yuncheng, would those unscrupulous merchants do this?
In a corner of the shantytown, the head of Tukan Village got the news and immediately called all the villagers who had fled the famine to discuss the matter.
Should we continue on our journey south to the neighboring city of Yong'an, or stay in Yuncheng?
The village chief took a puff of his pipe and said, "Everyone saw the convoy today. The deep ruts must have meant a lot of supplies. They unloaded several carts at the porridge stall at the city gate right away, so it's clear they weren't just using stones to fool people. If they were all real, they would be enough food for everyone to eat for another month or two."
"So we don't have to continue fleeing southward?"
"Anyway, we can't walk anymore. We've only heard about the situation in the south from others. Has anyone actually seen it?
But it’s different here. We can see the prefect every two or three days, and see him leading people to organize everyone to do things. "
"That's right. If this is a show, the price would be too high. The rice porridge cooked every day at the city gate can't be fake, right?"
"We've been repairing roads and riverbanks these days, and the pay is not bad. At least we can eat half full.
Anyway, when we were in the village, we didn't have such good food. Except for the fact that we haven't decided where to settle down, I am quite satisfied with the current situation.
Village chief, this isn't the first time you and the elders have fled famine. Have you ever encountered a situation like this before?"
They definitely have never encountered this before. The local officials in the past did not have such a good attitude. Not to mention taking care of their food and drink, they were lucky if they did not send troops to drive them away or beat them to death.
Unlike this newly appointed prefect, who has been either worried about their lack of food or their lack of hygiene causing an epidemic for more than a month, and even made free medicine to drive away the epidemic for them and arranged a place for them to live.
If this is all a show, then they hope that the prefect will keep doing it!
Thinking of this, the village chief and the clan elders looked at each other and instantly had an idea in their minds.
The old home has been completely flooded, nothing is left. It is not clear whether everything in the village is still under water, and they will have to start all over again if they go back. It would be better to ask if they can settle down in a village near Yuncheng!
Now, during the day, I follow the adults' instructions to repair riverbanks, build roads, and cultivate land. In exchange, I can earn enough food to survive.
But when I go back to the village, all these opportunities are gone. The vacant households in the city have to be filled, and the barren land outside the city has to be redistributed to others for cultivation.
This way, they have hope of staying!
"Since you all don't want to leave, then from tomorrow on, those who can move should stop staying in the shed and go out to get work."
In order to preserve their strength, their village had been going out to take jobs in batches a while ago. Now that they all planned to stay, they had to save up their energy and make more money.
Otherwise, when the time comes to settle down, what will they use to settle down?
Migrants who think like this are not only in Tukan Village, but changes are taking place in every corner of the shantytown.
The next morning, Master Zeng discovered that the number of villagers asking how to settle down here suddenly increased. Master Zeng's previous efforts were finally not in vain.
The magic of Weizhou Prefecture lies in the fact that the land is fertile and in times of peace and prosperity, the grain it produces can feed several times the population.
But once it is in a turbulent period, it becomes the fat meat that all forces compete for, and coupled with natural disasters and man-made disasters from time to time, this place will become an inhumane hell on earth.
Yuncheng is located at the border of Weizhou Prefecture and Nanliang. Any disturbance can have a huge impact.
Under the influence of Qiao Xin's idea that "saving people means losing land, but both people and land can be saved", Qiao Yunqing regards retaining people as the primary goal of governing.
That is why we tried every possible means to appease these disaster victims and prevent them from migrating south to the greatest extent possible.
After working hard for more than a month, I finally saw the results in the past few days. Qiao Yunqing heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the report from the chief clerk and Mr. Wu.
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