"I know what you are worried about. Let's give them one meal of rice porridge a day for now!" Zhang Feimo said lightly.
He had originally planned to have two meals a day, but now seeing the number of people, he was afraid that two meals a day would not be enough.
Outside the city gate, the refugees have begun to stir.
Seeing that the city gate was not open, everyone became even more anxious.
"Sir, are you really going to open the city gate?" The city guard came up and looked at Zhang Feimo and asked.
"Open!" Zhang Feimo said only one word.
"Think twice, sir." Hu Yuhao said hurriedly, "Even if you want to open it, you have to wait until the food arrives before taking them in. Otherwise, I'm afraid..."
Zhang Feimo raised his hand, indicating that he didn't need to continue.
Then he pointed his index finger at the refugees below the city wall and said:
"County Magistrate Hu, please look at them. There are old people, children, and many injured people. If we don't help them, they will die."
"Then what is the difference between us and animals? Think about it yourself. If you were one of the refugees, how would you feel?"
After hearing what Zhang Feimo said, Hu Yuhao was speechless.
Because he knew very well that what the adults said was the truth.
He knew better that what he had done was selfish and cruel.
If possible, he also hopes to accept this refugee.
But it is hard to predict what will happen once the refugees enter the city.
Scanning the crowd and looking in the direction Zhang Feimo pointed, the dark crowd was rushing towards the city gate at the same time.
They were dressed in rags, some were carrying bags, some were pushing wheelbarrows...
Some of them came empty-handed, but as expected, their faces were filled with exhaustion and fear...
There were also children crying, old people coughing, and many women crying...
He didn't even dare to think about what would happen if he was really one of them.
"Their situation is already urgent. If the city gate is not opened, some of them may die outside the city gate tonight." Zhang Feimo said again.
"Sir, but the prefect had already said before, before you came to Heshan County, he had already said that in an emergency, you must not take in these refugees without permission. At that time, there were not many refugees in Heshan County, but now there are so many refugees. If you force them to take them in, I'm afraid it will cause trouble. At that time, you were older than you..."
Hu Yuhao didn't continue the conversation, but he knew very well that Zhang Fei understood what he meant.
"I am not as important as these people."
These words revealed Zhang Feimo's inner thoughts, which also surprised Hu Yuhao.
He always thought that the adults attached great importance to his career.
Although there are imperial documents in it, your Excellency’s subordinate is the prefect.
He is now taking in these refugees without going through the prefect. If nothing goes wrong, it's fine. But if something goes wrong, I'm afraid his career will not be smooth.
Although you have an extraordinary family background, but you can come to Heshan County to be the county magistrate, I guess you want to rely on yourself.
If he does this now, he may be able to move up, but if he doesn't, he will be completely destroying his future.
"Open the city gate. I will bear all the responsibilities and will not implicate you!" Zhang Feimo spoke again.
Of course he knew what Hu Yuhao and the others were thinking, he was different from him.
He has his father, relatives, fourth uncle, and fourth aunt behind him. If anything really happens, they will speak up for him.
To put it another way, even if he didn't become a county magistrate, he would never have to worry about food and drink in his life.
But they are different. They have elderly parents and young children to take care of, and this job as a clerk in the county government is the hope of their entire family.
As an official, aren’t your subjects the people of the Dashun Dynasty?
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