Wishing You Eternal Happiness Chapter 784: :It’s so painful that you don’t want to live
Song Mingzhao felt a little strange, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this situation was quite reasonable. The Liao Province in the north was close to the sea, the sea routes were very convenient, and Fujian's trade was also prosperous, so it made sense to go to Fujian for shopping.
The building boat sailed away from the pier.
Yu Youyao thought of what she saw on the dock just now and asked, "How is the situation in Jin County?"
Yin San's expression was solemn: "The streets are full of refugees. When they see the old, weak, women and children, they rush over to rob them like crazy. I heard that many lives have been lost during this period, and the yamen has no time to take care of itself. ”
Yu Youyao frowned.
Yin Sandao: "Some of them were in remote areas in the north. They were hit by drought and famine, and some were plundered by Japanese pirates. They couldn't survive anymore, so they all rushed to Jingzhao, but Jingzhao closed the city gate. Refugees were not allowed to enter the city, so the refugees had no choice but to flock to the towns around Jingzhao. By the time the nearby government offices reacted, a large number of refugees had already poured into the towns. Riots often occurred and the government could not suppress them."
No wonder some refugees were openly robbing people on the pier, and officers and soldiers were killing people with knives without scruples. The order in Jin County was on the verge of collapse.
Yu Youyao's expression was not good: "Isn't the imperial court providing disaster relief? Why are there so many refugees?"
Yin San shook his head: "The court's disaster relief is also selective and targeted. Some areas where agriculture and commerce are relatively prosperous are the primary areas for relief. Most remote areas are basically just a formality, and only a small amount of money is distributed. Money and food, some simply let them fend for themselves."
Yu Youyao breathed tightly: "Actually, most people have not received relief from the imperial court."
Yin San nodded: "The scope of the drought is still too large. Seven or eight states and provinces, including Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, all have varying degrees of disasters. Among them, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Hebei are the most serious, but Shanxi Under the rule of the prince, the situation in Shaanxi and Shaanxi was better because of the promotion of planting sweet potatoes. The situation in other areas is very serious. It is said that so far, the number of people who have died due to famine has reached more than 400,000."
Tens of millions of people are waiting for food, and the treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty is already empty. The past two years have not been good, and grain production has dropped sharply, and it cannot feed so many people.
Yu Youyao knew that this was not the most difficult time.
After this winter, I don’t know how many people died due to hunger and cold.
By next spring, if the drought continues, famine will continue to spread, and the entire northern region will become a living hell.
Yu Youyao felt it was ironic and ridiculous.
The emperor is busy indulging in alchemy, the courtiers are busy fighting for power, the vassal princes are busy plotting rebellion, and the aristocratic families are obsessed with the illusion of prosperity and peace, and are busy enjoying extravagant pleasures.
Who would really care about the lives of the people?
Song Mingzhao waited for a while, but before the passenger ship to Quanzhou arrived, he sent Kong Qing to inquire about the news.
Kong Qing only went for a moment and then came back: "It was the news from the prefecture government office in Quanzhou that a group of thieves were killing people and setting fires in Quanzhou. All docks near Quanzhou, large and small, will be under martial law. Martial law investigations will be started immediately. When we arrive in Quanzhou The official ship will be a little later. Master, please wait patiently."
Song Mingzhao felt a strong sense of violation in his heart: "Go and inquire again and ask what happened in Quanzhou? Especially about the Xie Mansion, there must be no leakage."
He felt that this matter was not that simple.
I also thought of the recent happenings in Quanzhou, each of which was closely related to Yu Youyao and the Xie Mansion. I almost had a bad premonition about to come out.
The time spent waiting is extremely painful.
I don’t know how long it took, but Kong Qing came back again: “Except for the bandits killing people and setting fires in Quanzhou City, I didn’t get any news about the other side, and there was no news about the Xie Mansion.”
Quanzhou has changed!
Song Mingzhao looked unhappy, so he asked Kong Qing to prepare pen and ink and write a letter to his family, asking the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion to pay close attention to the movements in Quanzhou.
After writing the letter, he carefully sealed it and handed it to an accompanying guard: "Hurry up and deliver it to the old lady."
It was until dark that Song Mingzhao finally boarded the official ship bound for Quanzhou.
That night, Song Mingzhao had a nightmare.
In the nightmare, he was sitting in a carriage, opened the carriage window, and looked at the market entrance not far away. Yu Youyao fell to the dirty ground, holding a **** head and collapsed and howled.
While crying, she cursed loudly: "Song Mingzhao, you have to die..."
Song Mingzhao suddenly woke up from his dream, as if his heart was blocked, he coughed hard, and dark red blood spat out on the snow-white silk handkerchief.
He stared blankly at the shocking mass of blood, and his body gradually became cold.
In the past few years, he has had many hazy dreams intermittently. At first, they were just blurry and fragmented fragments. Only the girl's crying and cursing sounds were clear.
Later, he was gradually able to see clearly the appearance of the girl in the fragmented dream.
It’s Yu Youyao.
It’s not Yu Youyao.
The Yu Xiyao in the nightmare was so skinny and skinny, it seemed like he was the cause.
Later, there were more and more dream fragments.
Song Mingzhao was very conscious, and the person in the dream was not him, but those nightmares were too real, as if everything had really happened, and it made him miserable every time.
How is that possible?
Even if Yu Youyao had done something sorry for him, at least he would see that Yu Youyao had saved his life in Baoning Temple and let Yu Youyao go.
That's not him!
It can’t be him!
……
The merchant ship left the Jinxian pier. Yu Youyao's body became more energetic day by day, and everyone in the Xie Mansion finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Mrs. Feel better. Look at how hard you have gained some meat. After all this hard work, you have lost weight again. ~IndoMTL.com~ Yu Youyao shook his head: "Liancheng is a relatively rich area in the north. It is estimated that many refugees have poured in. Overland It's even harder to travel than the sea route. ”
Although the disaster situation in the north is slightly better, the physical resources in the north are not abundant, so no matter how good it is, it won't really be any better.
At most, there were no riots anywhere else.
Old lady Xie sighed: "Sooner or later the world will be in chaos."
The merchant ship passed through many states and provinces along the way. When it arrived at the dock, it had to purchase supplies, apply for customs clearance documents, and get a lot of information.
The north suffered a drought, and there were refugees everywhere. The richest area on the southeast coast was burned, killed, and plundered by Japanese pirates, and there were also many refugees.
When there were more refugees, riots broke out frequently in various places, but the government could barely suppress them.
However, if the government cannot resettle the refugees, the number of refugees will increase, and then it will be nothing more than the government forcing the people to rebel.
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