One hundred thousand kilograms of grain may seem like a lot, but it is far from enough in front of tens of thousands of people who are so hungry that they are going crazy. What is even more frightening is that there is a steady stream of victims pouring into Yangcheng County.
The flood of victims is not a description or an exaggeration, but a fact.
Once the victims are intercepted in a certain place, they will gather more and more, because some people have food to eat, and everyone thinks that they can get their own rations in Yangcheng County.
Wang Wen, the magistrate of Yangcheng County, received a commendation from the court for this. Along with the commendation came Sun Quanbin, the eunuch of Huangmen in the palace. He not only brought a reward to Wang Wen, but also brought money needed for disaster relief.
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Wang Hao stood next to Ye An, looking at Tie Er who kept bringing out wine from the kitchen and sighed slightly: "This is all the wine in Wangjiazhuang, a total of seventy-two jars! When I get to you, there will be thirty left.
The altar is pretty good...the cost is really scary!"
Ye An held the fresh grass root in his mouth and smiled: "It's pretty good. Why did Mr. Wang come here to look for the boy today?"
Pulling off the grass root in Ye An's mouth, Wang Hao frowned and said: "How can you abuse the appearance of a scholar at will? Although you are not a Taoist, you should still learn etiquette from your master! It is best to use the "Book of Rites" as the basic scripture.
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Ye An looked at Wang Hao in surprise. This was a pointer to himself. What he said was not wrong. In the Song Dynasty, he did not regard everything as important and thought that people in this era were stupid.
But one thing is undeniable. Although people in this era do not know as much as myself, they are more persistent in rules than people in later generations. This is both a good thing and a disaster.
Seeing that Ye An was silent, Wang Hao stared at the jars of wine piled up in front of him and sighed: "I'm afraid Wang Wen is going to die this time... Do you know what Sun Quanbin brought from Tokyo City?"
Ye An shrugged his shoulders: "It doesn't matter, as long as you bring edible food, that's fine. The court should be generous in providing disaster relief."
"DaFang? Yes, DaFang! What he brought is all silver, silk and copper coins, and by the way, there are also thousands of ultimatums!"
Ye An trembled violently, and the grass he had just put into his mouth fell from his mouth. He turned to look at Wang Hao mechanically and said: "Is it true that animals are in charge of the court? These things are nothing in Yangcheng County! Food is the most important thing in times of famine.
Gold is precious, and money cannot be used as food!"
"Are you the only one smart?!"
Wang Hao's eyes started to turn wild at some point, and he murmured: "My brother has tried his best. He stayed in Zichen Palace for three days, three whole days and every day to serve the officials, so he can get this. Do you know
Why?"
Without waiting for Ye An to answer, Wang Hao roared in a low voice: "Because the entire Henan Prefecture has been affected by the disaster! Otherwise, these victims should go to Luoyang, Xijing! Instead of being stopped in our Yangcheng County on the way to Tokyo! Right now
There are only more than 10,000 victims, which may not seem like many, but in fact, more victims have been detained in Luoyang! The court has shipped a large amount of food to Luoyang, and now the money Sun Quanbin has brought is a helpless move, because there is no food left.
Use it to help these people!"
Ye An looked at Wang Hao coldly, and finally became helpless: "You advise me to take out the 100,000 kilograms of grain? It's useless. There are too many victims, and 100,000 kilograms of grain is not enough. There will be more in the future.
As more victims arrive, one hundred thousand catties can only give them an illusion."
Wang Hao sighed and said bitterly: "One hundred thousand catties of grain is not much, but it gives people hope of survival. I heard that Henan Prefecture has started selling dolls. One doll can be exchanged for ten catties of millet..."
Ye An shivered even more this time. He once heard a professor say that the tragic situation of exchanging children and eating them really happened in history. This is the history of blood and tears of China, and it is also the history of forced growth. It is how the victims survived the famine.
Last resort.
A child weighs twenty or thirty kilograms, and it is a loss to exchange for ten kilograms of food, but who has the heart to bite his own child?
Sun Quanbin, Ye An had heard of this person in his previous life. This eunuch was not an ordinary eunuch. He was regarded as a "model of a physically disabled man with a strong will." During Nong Zhigao's rebellion, he served as the Jiangxi Road pacification deputy envoy and gave Di Qing great help.
Seeing Ye An gritting his teeth and persisting, Wang Hao said angrily: "What are you still hesitating about? Sun Quanbin not only came with rewards and disaster relief money, but also came with his murderous sword!"
Ye An shook his head again and said: "One hundred thousand catties of food is not enough, more food is needed, and money is useless. Dudu can barely keep these victims alive, but you can't turn all of them into monks and Taoists, right?"
Wang Hao saw Xuanchengzi shaking his head slightly in the distance, and said dissatisfiedly: "How can you get out these 100,000 kilograms of grain? You had no intention of using this grain to make wine from the beginning, but now it's time to get down to business!"
Seeing that Wang Hao finally started talking to his family on an equal footing, Ye An smiled and said: "Yangcheng County has enough food. It is located to the east of Songshan Mountain. There is Si River in the east, and Yingshui comes from Songshan Mountain. There is no food here.
It’s all sufficient.”
"Money can no longer buy food!"
Ye An smiled coldly: "If you can't buy it with money, what about the sword?"
"How can the imperial court be like a bandit?!"
"They're all fucking starving to death! If the imperial court doesn't want to be robbers at this time, is it going to let these people turn into robbers, become a torrent, become a group of lunatics, and rebel against Zhao Songtian's family?! Put the sword on it
Is it better to put it on the necks of those profiteers or the necks of the victims? Don’t you know better?! Don’t Sun Quanbin know it better? Even if he came in person, I would spit in his face!”
Ha ha ha ha…………
Rough laughter came, and an official in red robes and rhinoceros boots walked into the small courtyard. When he saw Xuanchengzi, he crossed his hands and said, "I've seen Mr. Guanmiao! I've seen Scholar Wang."
Without waiting for the two of them to return the favor, he walked up to Ye An, patted his shoulder and said, "A certain family is Sun Quanbin, who is serving as the Provincial Supervisor. This time he came to report the disaster situation in Yangcheng County."
Speaking ill of others behind their backs and being caught in front of them was really embarrassing, but Ye An couldn't help but smile, his eyes full of curiosity.
The reason is, why are eunuchs so angry?!
From his appearance to his voice, there is no doubt that he is a dignified man with a seven-foot-high head, a strong and somewhat intimidating man. A man who looks like a steely straight man is actually a eunuch. It really subverts the perception. Don't all the eunuchs look like "Oriental"
Is it the same as "Invincible"?
But when the question came to his lips, it turned into a sentence: "Are you here? If you don't come, Wangzhi County's head will be kicked like a ball by the disaster victims!"
Sun Quanbin was stunned for a moment, and then burst into rough laughter again: "Haha! This kid really has a bad temper towards a certain family!" After speaking, he pinched Ye An's face hard and "praised" through gritted teeth: "Why is a certain family like this?
What about you?!"
Without waiting for Ye An to speak, he said in a deep voice: "The Lord from Wang County should have come with a certain family, but you also know what happened in Yangcheng County, and he can't escape. This time, a certain family is here to get the one hundred thousand kilograms of grain."
, what do you think?"
Now the real boss has arrived, Ye An nodded: "Please sit down for a moment and taste the wine. I will satisfy the supervisor today!"