Chapter 334 Transporting Grain
Zhou added firewood to the simple earth stove, and said worriedly, "When will such a day end?"
Aunt Yue also said to the side, "If the government does not resettle the disaster refugees, we will not be able to hold on." The supplies they brought were almost used up in half a month.
Yue Shu was working silently, and he was also worried. Although the government and the rich households in the city gave two porridge every day, they were just not full and hunger to death.
Living in such a place, the young people are fine, but the elderly and children cannot hold on and will get sick.
At this time, a shout sounded, "It's a list! The government has a list!"
"From tomorrow, the government will collect refugees one by one. As long as they work, they will distribute food, clothing, medicinal materials and other supplies! Those who want to work will register!"
After they confirmed the news, countless refugees began to cheer, "That's great, great!"
Everyone believes everything will be fine.
At night, after Yue Shu's family drank the porridge they received, they also prepared to discuss how many people their family will go to register for work.
Just as Yue Shu was about to enter, he felt his shoulders being put on with one hand. The person behind him shouted his name, "Yue Shu!"
He looked back and said, "My benefactor!"
The young man Yue Shu met that day was nothing but Qin Sheng. He went to help deliver the goods that day, and Liu Erxi asked someone to bring him back, saying that the buyer's child might have worms on his stomach, so he asked him to bring some pagoda candy over.
Isn’t this just happening to meet Yue Shu and his son on the road. Seeing the child’s sick look, he gave them two pagoda candies casually.
Time is urgent, Qin Sheng got straight to the point and said directly, "I'm here to find you, there is something to ask me. The Liaodong Chamber of Commerce will transport a large amount of grain to the north in the near future, and plan to hire a group of people to escort him. Are you interested?"
Liaodong Chamber of Commerce? Yue Shu had heard of it. Although he was outside the city, news still spread in the city from time to time.
He asked quickly, "My benefactor, are you from the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce?"
"That's true."
"In theory, I have to help you with my benefactor no matter what, and I don't need wages. However, my family has not been properly settled yet, so it's hard for me to leave too far away." Yue Shu felt very guilty when he said this.
"Then bring your family with you!" Qin Sheng said.
Ah? Yue Shu was stunned.
"Young and middle-aged people escort food and give three to five kilograms of food a day."
Yue Shu's heart moved, "Can my brother and the others be hired?"
"Yes. If you are like you, you will give you five kilograms a day. If you are an ordinary young man, you will give you three kilograms a day."
Yue Shu calculated that there were four young and strong people in their family, and they could earn more than ten kilograms of food a day, which was enough for their food, and there might be surplus.
"On the way, the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce will hire some strong women to cook and give them food."
"My benefactor, let me go and ask my father what he means?"
"Go, think carefully, I'll wait for your news."
Yue Shu returned shortly after leaving, "My benefactor, we have decided to accept the employment of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce."
The main reason is that the southern part of this time, the practice of disregarding the disaster victims for more than a month is so disappointing.
Although I have made a list today and said that I would distribute food, clothing, medicinal materials and other materials when I work, it is still unknown how much it will be distributed.
Their family discussed and felt that the government in the south could not be as generous as the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce. Moreover, Qin Sheng was their benefactor. If it weren't for him, then a few big bugs would be in the child's body, and they didn't know it at all, and it would be terrible to think about it.
Anyway, they have no home now, so they escort the grain all the way north. If there is a good place, they will send the grain and then go back to settle it.
Qin Sheng asked him, "The Liaodong Chamber of Commerce is going to hire a lot of people this time. Are there any candidates here?"
Yue Shu nodded, "Yes." He knew many families like them.
"Then please help me tell me?"
"Okay, benefactor, believe me, I'll go and ask."
"Then I'll leave it to you here. By the way, if the other party is an old craftsman, you can also hire it."
"Okay, I get it."
Yue Shu first looked for the people from the village. The people from the village were moved and found their own relatives and friends.
In this way, there are more and more refugees planning to go north.
In the original work, Yue Shu was a famous general in the south, and his wife, children, parents died in the epidemic that formed after the flood. He joined the Southern Army alone and became one of the three powerful generals of the Southern Army. Later, he faced Qin Sheng and was subdued by Qin Sheng. After Qin Sheng died of illness, he became one of the main generals in the fight against the Xianbei. He was in war for his whole life, but eventually died under the siege of the Xianbei Army because of the lack of food and grass.
The time for opening major city gates in the south has been set.
Because Xie Zhan did not want to cause a refugee unrest, he agreed to give them the request to the east gate of Tianqi Nancheng in the middle of the night and evacuate the refugees outside the gate.
Xue Xu, Qin Sheng, Wu Ren, Liu Erxi and others were ready to go and were ready to transport a large warehouse of grain to the wharf.
This time, they also hired members of the Cao Gang and all the friends of the Ji family at a high price.
That night, the road from the south to the east city gate to the pier was very lively, and countless men were sweating profusely.
On the city wall, Xie Zhan looked at this scene quietly.
"The head of the family, the grain transferred from Liaodong County is about 100,000 shi."
"The head of the family, they transported a total of 200,000 stones of grain. Do you think they still have food but have not been transported out?"
"It should be, but there will be no chance for the food they didn't transport away this time."
After they moved all the food onto the ship, the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce immediately paid them wages.
After paying the wages, they also distributed five kilograms of grain to each of them.
The men who received wages and food all smiled happily. The food is so expensive now, and five kilograms of grain are enough for two or three days to eat at home.
Xue Xu was about to board the ship, but was stopped by Qin Sheng, Wu Ren, Liu Erxi and others.
Xue Xu:???
Wu Ren smiled and said, "Mr. Xue, you don't have to go north with the ship this time."
Xue Xu's heart moved, and sure enough, he heard the following words.
"Mr. Xue hasn't returned to the south for three years, so how can he pass by his house without entering? The master has already told us to prepare gifts for Mr. Xue. Mr. Xue just stayed back to the Li tribe for a while, and it would not be too late to return to the north slowly."
Xue Xu looked back and found that the things prepared for him were piled up all over the floor.
Xue Xu felt warm in his heart. These people were hiding this matter from him.
"Okay, I'd better obey my destiny than respect. You should be careful all the way back."
"Mr. Xue, don't worry."
Chapter completed!