"It's all the unscrupulous people who brought it upon themselves, and they took the lives of so many innocent helpers!"
"A few days ago, the families of several murdered helpers went to the county government to complain... Alas, there are elders and younger children. The little one is only two years old and has no father..."
"If you catch these evil thieves, they will all be beheaded!"
Looking at the indignant gestures of these officials, Yuan Su's expression became more and more serious. [ ] Of course he knew that "the woods are big and there are all kinds of birds." The ugly side of human nature is really outrageous, just for the sake of eating well.
Some, and let more people suffer. But in any case, the crime is outweighed by the multitude, and the safety of the majority of innocent people cannot be ignored because of a few bad people.
In the end, many innocent people had no choice but to starve to death, or learn from the bad guys' methods and cause trouble. The end result was that the situation became worse and worse, and even if there was enough relief food, the problem could not be solved.
After taking a deep breath, he coldly interrupted everyone's chatter and said sternly: "A group of rioters took the opportunity to cause chaos, but your county government can't do anything about them? Let me ask you, these unscrupulous people
After the porridge factory was robbed and killed, did you send troops to pursue it? Knowing that remote areas were unsafe, did you send personnel to guard the porridge factory?"
Everyone was speechless. Naturally, they did not dare to deceive Yuan Su. If Yuan Su really continued the investigation, the truth would be revealed soon. [ ] But the only person to blame for this incident could only be Wu Chenglu. Not only was Wu Chenglu himself a fearful person,
Even the patrol battalions stationed at Shanhaiguan were all afraid of death. I heard that the unruly people were fierce, so they simply withdrew from the porridge factory and the relief center, and no one dared to lead troops to pursue them.
Seeing that everyone was speechless, Yuan Su became increasingly angry. No matter what the reason was, the government did not even have the ability to defend the porridge factory. It was simply embarrassing. He had no intention of continuing the visit and returned angrily.
As soon as he returned to the city, Yuan Su summoned Wu Chenglu and ordered the reopening of the porridge factories that had been evacuated before. Regardless of whether they were near or far from the city, additional soldiers would be deployed to guard them. At the same time, he issued a strict order to guard the porridge factories in case of robbery.
Gangsters who robbed relief supplies would be shot and killed without mercy. In order to reduce Wu Chenglu's gossip, he also deployed troops from his First Mixed Brigade and sent them to the most dangerous places to guard the relief facilities.
Although Wu Chenglu was reluctant in his heart, Yuan Su had already done this, and he did not dare to blatantly disobey, so he could only agree.
Two days later, troops from the 1st Mixed Brigade and Patrol Battalion gradually left the city to escort relief workers to restore the previously closed porridge factory. Although there had been a sensational robbery and murder incident before, it was not difficult to recruit a new batch of relief workers.
Just select some people who can still work from the refugees at the pass. What's more, they are protected by soldiers with live ammunition. No matter how rampant the gangsters are, they are still unarmed refugees. How can they rebel?
The restoration of the previously closed porridge factory has once again brought encouragement and morale to the refugees. It can be said that this is the only good thing the government has done in the past month. [ ] Based on all the previous news, most of the refugees
It seems to us that things are getting better, even if a considerable part of the vast majority of refugees are still suffering from hunger.
Yuan Su knew very well that what he did in Shanhaiguan during this period was only to bring a fabricated hope to all the refugees. The purpose of fabricating "hope" was naturally to hope that the refugees could maintain a stable order and support the real "hope".
Hope comes.
Therefore, after entering August, Yuan Su gradually began to care about three things.
The first is naturally the recruitment of military handymen and personal factories. Although the scale of this recruitment is just the tip of the iceberg in front of tens of thousands of refugees, it is his first step anyway, and it is still
closely related to personal interests.
As early as the preparation stage, Yuan Su had already made several requirements for Zhao Shanhe, who was in charge of the recruitment work. Both handymen and workers had to go through strict selection, starting with their physique, health status and skills. Most of the refugees were in extremely poor health.
People who are weak and can still maintain their condition after suffering to the present are worthy of priority recruitment in every aspect. If a group of refugees are recruited casually, not only they cannot work, but they may also be infected with infectious diseases.
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The second thing was to negotiate with Wu Like and others to build the project. But for Yuan Su, he no longer cared about the project plan itself in this matter, because these project plans had been drawn up as early as the year before last.
It is clear that we can restart work now as long as we get through the relationship with foreigners.
What he is concerned about is how to win over Wu Like and the officials and gentry in Linyu and Funing counties, so as to start implementing his plan. In the past few days of negotiations and talks, he has made many hints to everyone, such as
"As long as I am involved, these two projects will be foolproof." "If I had been responsible for handling the refugees in the beginning, today's predicament would not have happened at all." He even solemnly mentioned the saying "Those who understand current affairs are heroes."
The gentry, officials, rich and landowners who participated in the discussion were all more or less aware of Yuan Su's intentions, but in the final analysis, everyone was just thinking wildly in their hearts. No matter whether they were right or wrong, no one dared to break through this layer easily.
Window paper.
On the other hand, only Wu Li was completely awake. The previous conversation with Yuan Su was ambiguous, but based on the interactions in the past few days, it was clear. Yuan Su clearly wanted to replace Wu Chenglu, and this could also explain why the other party was so enthusiastic.
Invest in these two big projects.
However, Wu Like's attitude was the same as everyone else's. He was also undecided in his heart. He ordered relief supplies. Yuan Su would send a telegram to Bei Jing every two days. He did not report the current stable situation truthfully.
, once the superiors know that this place can still support, the work efficiency will inevitably become even lower. All the messages sent to bei jing are basically very short, describing the situation in a few words, followed by earnest requests for urgent relief supplies.
It's just that although he sent such an affectionate telegram to urge him, Bei Jing did not have the same enthusiasm at all. Except for a telegram with an official tone and no substantive content, which was sent back on August 1st, no other messages were sent.
The messages in the past were all lost and no news was heard.
Bei Jing's reaction was within Yuan Su's expectation. Looking at the entire history of China, disasters involving 100,000 people rarely leave traces in history. Whether it is the local government, in the eyes of many people in power, even
The sinking of a foreign steamship in Chinese waters is far more serious than the 100,000 people affected.
This is also the reason why Wu Chenglu, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan Pass, tried to conceal the disaster situation. If the victims of less than 100,000 people said it was more or less, reporting it might not get the attention of the government, but they would definitely be reprimanded by the government. Why bother?
Asking for trouble?
The reason why Yuan Su is so happy to send a message to Bei Jing every two days is that he hopes that Bei Jing will know how serious and responsible he is for this disaster relief. At the same time, it would be best if it can really play a role in urging him.