294 Shut up! I don't know what you're talking about!
Those who take the initiative to send people to the city will get one gold? If they don’t send them to the city in three days, their whole family will have to move?
This, what kind of bullshit order is this?
You said that the government is threatening you, but she also said that she will give you one gold. This gold is looked down upon by wealthy merchants, but to ordinary people, it is just a mere ten taels of silver!
You must know that for ordinary people, five taels of silver can be considered a prosperous year, let alone ten taels?
So as soon as this order came out, most of the doubts in the venue disappeared.
Because the government gave you a lot of candy.
"Father of the child, let me go. Anyway, if I stay at home, I will wait for death, and I will have to spend a lot of money on medicine... Ahem, cough, cough, but I went to the city of the plague, which can make you and the child live a better life.
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In the crowd, there were women holding the hands of their husbands and sons, and there were husbands patting the shoulders of their wives who were crying.
They care about their loved ones and are willing to sacrifice for their loved ones, so they are also the first to walk out of the crowd and approach the people of Yiluan Division.
The moment Xiao Xiruo said this order, Yao Zhong immediately glanced at all the imperial doctors, and the Yiluan guards responsible for transporting the patients immediately put on special masks and the gloves issued on them.
The road on the right was quickly cleared, forming an entrance exclusively for patients.
There are those who come forward voluntarily, and naturally there are those who are directly pushed out by their family members.
"You old fool eats and uses what's at home every day. Now the house is running out of steam. You just went to the government to get some money back!"
A fierce-looking man pushed a sickly old man out of the crowd. The skin on the old man's hands was ulcerated and black, and he was obviously infected with the epidemic.
Not only did some people push out their own elderly people, there were also people who abandoned their wives and daughters, or even dragged out their wives or daughters to pretend to be patients, just to get gold from the government.
However, leaving aside the explanation given by the government that they should enter the city first and then pay them, even these people who were pushed out had to pass the eyes of the imperial doctors one by one.
So in less than half an hour, a row of people who wanted to steal the gold were caught out, and they were kneeling on the street, along with the troublemakers before.
And those wealthy businessmen who were fanning the flames among the people, trying to gain privileges by controlling the people, and forcing the government to bow to them, were not as calm as they were at the beginning.
Yes, they have no shortage of gold, so they will definitely not rush in like the common people who are greedy for money.
However, the second decree of the imperial concubine was precisely designed to restrict them.
The whole family will not be sent away for three days to move...
They are a family with a big business. Not only do they have thousands of hectares of fertile land, but they also have shops that they are proud of...
This is the inheritance left by their ancestors for generations. Doesn’t this move mean to disturb their roots?
What's more, moving into the so-called Zhuren City?
In other words, either the sick person is sent in, and whether or not the person's life is affected by the cure, or the whole family is sent in and suffers, and it's hard to say who will live or die.
You have to go in early or late, so what’s the point of their previous persistence?
Ever since those stupid people walked over, the trend has been unstoppable...
"What should we do? Brother Shen, do we really want to watch our sons go in?"
"Yeah, you might not be able to get out once you go in..."
These people have always been good friends, and the children and heirs in the family often come and go. Unexpectedly, those boys held a poetry party and invited a group of brothers and sisters to join in the fun. When they returned that day...
Glancing at his anxious old friends, Shen Lian could only shake his head and sigh, lowering his head with a gray complexion.
"What else can we do? Can we still resist the imperial concubine?"
After that, he simply waved his sleeves and left the crowd.
As the Yiluan guards began beating gongs and drums to notify the entire city, a long line of patients lined up in front of the imperial doctors, some of whom were voluntary, some who were forced, and some who came out of nowhere because no one at home had a clue.
Xiao Xiruo observed quietly and soon discovered some lonely old people and children standing alone in the queue.
"This epidemic is dangerous, and it will occur sooner or later. When many elderly and children become ill, everyone else in the family may have died..."
Wen Susu looked at those lonely figures and said in a calm voice.
As an owl who is accustomed to the harsh conditions of the world, Wen Susu obviously finds it difficult to empathize with them.
However, what Xiao Xiruo sees is not the patients, but the widows and widowers who are not patients but are left alone...
"Clear the apricot garden and allocate some money to turn it into a relief home. It will be a good deed to take in the children, the elderly, and the sick and weak who are left behind."
Speaking of this, Xiao Xiruo paused and said:
"By the way, let the Owl Clan do this. There is no need to hide the owl pattern on the back of your neck. I want you to do it openly."
Wen Susu was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then whispered: "Yes."
Shortly after Wen Susu left, Yao Zhong, who had been stationed downstairs, went upstairs.
The first thing he asked for instructions was what to do with those who were caught.
Among these people were Beiyi spies, cashiers who made trouble, and people who tried to defraud the government of their rewards.
Among them, the purpose of the Beiyi spies is very obvious, which is to attack the east and attack the west.
Because just now, Xiao Xiruo received news that Liuyuan was attacked and someone tried to rescue Cha Gan.
Of course, with Ayan back to take charge, these people are no different than throwing themselves into a trap.
"Kill all the craftsmen, and send the others to work outside the city for half a month as punishment. Of course, all the dirty money must be taken back. After all, we are also very poor."
"……yes."
Yao Zhong was not surprised by Xiao Xiruo's order, because there was no value in keeping Beiyi's fine work, and those ruffians didn't make any big mistakes.
But it’s the matter of silver...
You also know that we are poor, so you still say that you want to reward those people with one gold, and one gold for every sick person?
Although he felt that it was not good for him to ask this question, Yao Zhong still mustered up the courage and said:
"Mother, what about the one gold thing? Do we really want to reward them?"
"One gold?"
Xiao Xiruo raised her eyebrows and looked at Yao Zhong with complex eyes.
"Mother, the money from the treasury is not brought by the strong wind. Let's not talk about Su County. There are countless patients in the surrounding counties. Now we are responsible for food, drink and treatment, but we still have to pour gold into them. ?”
Yao Zhong is also an old poor man from the Xiao family, so when he talks about gold, the word "heartache" is almost written on his face.
Such a large amount of money is enough for them to fight a tough battle!
However, just when Yao Zhong was extremely heartbroken, feeling that his mother-in-law was not worth it, and feeling that those unruly people were abominable, Xiao Xiruo said with a puzzled face:
"Gold? What gold? To whom? Did I say anything about it? Well, I didn't say anything~"