Turbulent Times Chapter 336: The disappearing landlords and nobles
Wang Junlin and Xu Jingzong lived in the Governor's Mansion temporarily.
Wang Tong exhausted his courtesy and personally placed Wang Junlin and Xu Jingzong in the east wing of the governor’s mansion’s backyard. Then, ignoring the official rules, he rushed to arrange for the construction of refugee camps for refugees outside the city went
In the guest room, Xu Jingzong frowned in thought and sighed sadly.
Wang Junlin frowned, concentrating on something. Wang Junlin knew that he was in trouble now, big trouble.
The unoptimistic situation made the two of them feel as if a heavy stone was pressing on their hearts, and they were a little out of breath. If the immediate predicament cannot be resolved, the consequences will be disastrous for Wang Junlin.
Either he will lose his title, official position, everything, and then flee to the end of the world, or he will be forced to death by the other party.
"Hou Ye, what shall we do? Where can we get so much food to help the refugees?" Xu Jingzong sighed quietly.
Wang Junlin smiled wryly and said: "You ask me, who should I ask? It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, no matter how good she is, she can't make food..."
"Would it be possible to let so many people starve to death while watching Lord Hou being calculated by the other party?"
Wang Junlin sighed, and said: "Fortunately, the official warehouse can last for ten days. In these ten days, we will finally find a way..."
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The cold winter is not far away, and the warm spring is not yet here. This year's climate is in such an awkward stage. The strange thing is that this stage has been maintained for a long time, which is why the three counties in the north of Yongzhou in the Sui Dynasty are now affected. the main reason.
Since ancient times, natural disasters have always been accompanied by man-made disasters. When natural disasters come, man-made disasters will appear immediately, which has almost formed a historical law. There are always people who take advantage of natural disasters to instigate and confuse things. All kinds of rumors and rumors are flying all over the sky, and the burden on the government has increased in vain. .
The current situation is also the same, but the victims of rumors are no longer the imperial court and the emperor, but his king, and it is a matter of life and death.
However, food is always a big problem at present, which is very difficult and troublesome.
Wang Tong and Xu Jingzong couldn't think of a solution, and Wang Junlin was helpless for the time being. No matter how capable a person was, there was nothing he could do in the face of tens of thousands of mouths waiting to be fed. The kind of person who shakes the head of the goose feather fan and thinks of a way to feed the people, this kind of person has either opened a cheating plug-in, such as bringing a system or something with him, or died earlier, and he will not survive Papa Da When the face of God.
Although Wang Junlin has created many miracles since he came to this era, he is still just an ordinary person after all. He may have more knowledge and foresight than others, but this ability cannot help him change Bring food out.
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In the early morning of the next day, the outside of Jincheng was suddenly full of heat, and the officials ordered the refugees to start building tents on the plain outside the city.
According to Wang Junlin's instructions, the tents have a strict zoning system, such as living, dining, toileting, isolation, etc., and each area is well organized and distinct.
Looking at the government soldiers and imperial guards dividing the tent area into several parts, the refugees couldn't help but feel strange. They are confused and help out in confusion, all kinds of speculations are rampant, but they are at a loss, and there is no one accurate statement.
In the evening, only a frame of the tent was erected. As the night fell, the temperature dropped in vain. Many old people, women and children were shivering in the cold wind. Wang Tong, who had been directing the construction project outside the city, Immediately ordered people to light dozens of bonfires on the leeward hills. Tens of thousands of refugees have gathered here to form a circle around the bonfires, cuddling each other to keep warm.
At the same time, Jincheng's few grains of 1,500 shi were moved out of the official warehouse, and the cook who had already prepared set up the stove and iron pot, and poured golden yellow old rice into the pot, filling it with a The pot of water was boiled on high heat for half an hour, and soon, the tempting aroma of porridge wafted from the plain outside the city.
The people around the bonfire looked at the steaming iron pot with longing eyes, swallowing their saliva unceasingly.
In the eyes of everyone looking forward to it, a famous cook opened the iron pot at the same time, the porridge was full of fragrance, and the crowd was excited.
Refugees with their families and mouths all carry their luggage, and the most indispensable thing in the luggage is the food, so new, old or broken pottery bowls are pulled out brand new.
Under the strict management of officials, no one dared to fight, let alone rushed forward. Everyone held pottery bowls and lined up consciously. And the orderly queue moved forward slowly and quietly.
At this time, these refugees have actually temporarily forgotten the rumor, and if they always have food, they can always forget the rumor.
Wang Junlin and Xu Jingzong dressed up as Wang Tong's entourage, watched dozens of teams move, unconsciously Wang Junlin showed a faint smile and mockery.
Sure enough, as long as there is food, these refugees can stay stable. This is why their enemies can easily use food as a bargaining chip to make these refugees believe in rumors and create a whole people to 'smear' his king.
It's a pity that this kind of stability is only "temporary". There will only be more and more people coming, but the food in the official warehouse will only become less and less, and it will become less and less enough to eat.
There is not much time left for Wang Junlin to raise food, and it is very urgent.
"If the common people can eat delicious rice porridge every day, not only will this natural disaster be resolved invisible, but the other party's secret plan against Lord Hou will also be defeated." Xu Jingzong sighed authentically.
"Okay, the current plan..." Wang Junlin said indifferently: "The only way is to borrow food from the wealthy landlord in Jincheng County."
"Hou Ye, I heard that all the landlords, rich households, and nobles outside Jincheng have run away, and all the rooms are empty. Where can we find them? Even if we find them, they will certainly not lend us food?" Xu Jingzong said with a sad face.
Wang Junlin said in a cold voice: "I can't get a loan, so I have to be a general, or I don't want to eat a toast."
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It is really hard to find rich landlords. Wang Tong sent a large number of people, and Wang Junlin asked Shen Guang to send many spies, but after two days in a row, they did not find a single landlord. It was burnt to nothing, so empty that even a dog could not be seen.
Wang Junlin was mentally prepared for a long time ago. In the year of the catastrophe, people's hearts are unstable. As everyone's jealous landlord, rich family and nobles, of course, he would not be so stupid as to stay at home and wait to be robbed or killed. At the end of the year when the wind direction is wrong.
It's just that, under normal circumstances, all wealthy landlords and nobles would move their families into the city for refuge. But the strange thing is that this time less than one tenth of the landlords, rich households and nobles went to the city to take refuge, and the remaining nine tenths took their families and went to hide somewhere.
PS: The third update is here. It feels very difficult to write here. I often write and delete it. The logic is difficult to grasp. I ask for monthly tickets and support for encouragement and support———