Take the space supermarket to farm

Chapter 254 Refugees

The construction of the city wall was not progressing particularly smoothly, because for some reason it rained all the time just three or four days after the construction started.

Fortunately, the rain is not too heavy.

And during the day, it often only rains for most of the day and then stops, leaving one or two sunny hours.

But it's different at night, it rains every night.

Not long after the sun set, the rain started falling.

In the middle of the night, I got up and went to the hut. The sound of rain and rain made me unable to sleep anymore.

It seems that every night is accompanied by the gurgling sound of rain.

However, Magistrate Yang's persistence in building the city wall was quite unexpected.

Although it rained every day, he still insisted on building the city wall. Not only did he build the city wall, he also added the project of digging canals.

Even if the people have complaints in their hearts, they dare not say anything.

Magistrate Yang also proposed to pay them wages because of the bad weather.

The energy of the peasants was immediately stimulated.

Xia Daohua's mung bean soup stall was also set up. When the weather was the hottest every day, if it didn't rain, she would set up the mung bean soup stall in front of the county government office.

Then the officials from the county government will bring the peasants and carry several buckets to fill the mung bean soup.

Every time I cook summer rice flowers, I boil two large pots. Always keep mung beans in the pot and enough water. From the first time the water boils, keep it for half an hour and then remove it when the time is up.

If you persist in this way day by day, many guards will recognize Xia Daohua.

Many people also recognize summer rice flowers.

Later, Xia Daohua found that she was becoming more and more famous, so she handed over the stall to Erlang and Sanlang, and she rarely showed up.

Times are different, so let’s do as the Romans do.

As the city wall construction project entered its final stage and the canal dredging and deep excavation project entered its mid-stage, refugees began to appear one after another in Jixiang County.

At first, the number of refugees was not large, and they were all concentrated in the suburbs of the outer city.

Later, there were more refugees in the suburbs, and they gradually began to enter the outer cities of Jixiang County.

Xia Daohua discovered that the beggar opposite her store, who was always basking in the sun and not working properly, began to become alert.

As the number of refugees increases, the dental stores in Jixiang County begin to fill up.

People selling sons and daughters, even wives and mothers, all appeared.

Xia Daohua's acquaintance also recommended a group of girls and servants to her so that she could buy a few servants while the prices were cheap, and reminded her that it was time to stock up on rice and noodles.

Only then did Xia Daohua discover that several grain stores in the market had begun to hide their products and limit the amount they could sell every day.

Xia Daohua was not short of food, but she also went to the grain shop several times, and bought food once or twice in each grain shop. Coarse grains, fine grains, beans, shelled, and skinned, all ground.

Yes, I bought some.

In fact, this was just to find a reason for the food she took out from the space.

Xia Daohua asked the boys in the store to find out some information. She also asked the gossiping boy at Yangji Teahouse. Xia Dalang also sent her a message, and even the beggar opposite who was always leisurely sunbathing.

, also gave Xia Daohua a wake-up call——

Most of these refugees come from Zhongzhou County on the edge of the Yellow River.

As soon as the rainy season entered, there were floods.

In many villages, entire villages were submerged by overflowing rivers. Not to mention food crops, even the houses and the people living there were swept away.

Those who can escape are basically those who live in villages on high ground far away from the river.

Zhongzhou County is a place that is hit by disasters almost every year.

It's just that sometimes it's drought, sometimes it's flood, it's never easy.

But the people of Zhongzhou County, for some unknown reason, still want to live in Zhongzhou.

Moreover, they seemed to have gained experience in running away after being hit by disasters, and even developed some fixed escape traditions - for example, people who ran away from each village must spread out and run in all directions.

Rather than all going to one place.

Thanks to their tradition.

Otherwise, if they come from village to village just in the direction of Ping'an County, even if the territory of Jixiang County is doubled, it will not be able to accommodate so many refugees!

As the number of refugees increased, Wang called on the wealthy families and merchants in the county to get together and call on them to set up porridge sheds.

Xia Daohua listened, pondered for a long time, and finally decided that she had to say something.

Whether Magistrate Yang and his wife Wang can do it is another matter.

If you think about it but don't say it, you won't be able to get through this hurdle in your heart.

However, before Xia Daohua could tell her what she thought was a good idea - "relief through work", she heard Wang mention the experience of Magistrate Yang:

"Our master once encountered a similar situation when he was in Hongshi County. Because the previous county magistrate mishandled the situation, the refugees caused trouble in the city, killed the magistrate, and robbed several large households in the city.

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At this point, some of the female family members moved uneasily, presumably beginning to worry about their own safety.

Wang smiled slightly, but her face showed a bit of sadness:

"At that time, our master was ordered to do something in danger, and it took him more than a month to quell the chaos.

It’s just that at that time, 70% to 80% of the big households in the county had already been harmed by the refugees, and there were less than ten households that survived unscathed..."

Mrs. Wang laid the groundwork for a cup of tea, and when she saw that everyone was a little nervous, she showed off her tricks:

"Our master is organizing a work-for-relief program, and I don't think we, the female family members of the family, can just watch like this.

We have to do something anyway, we can’t let you fight alone at the front!”

The female family members nodded in agreement and said that they would hit wherever Wang pointed them, without any hesitation.

Mrs. Wang then smiled and looked around at everyone present. When there was silence and everyone's eyes were focused on her, she said slowly:

"I was thinking about how many soup kitchen shacks we need to build.

The porridge should not be too thin, otherwise people will starve to death, and good things will turn out to be bad things; but it cannot be too dense, because if people are too full and idle, they will easily get into trouble..."

Mrs. Wang talked a lot, and all the female relatives agreed to go back and open a porridge shed.

Everyone discussed and decided on a rough area, stipulating that whose porridge shed could be opened in which area.

To avoid uneven distribution, there will be too many porridge sheds in one place and none in another place.

After that, the Wang family proposed to buy some grain at a fair price, because to open the official warehouse to stock grain, you need to ask your superiors for instructions. Although Kyoto is not very far away, this trip will delay your departure for several days.

effort.

A few days are enough for some of the refugees to starve to death.

So Wang decided to ask Magistrate Yang to send messengers to Kyoto to ask for orders, and at the same time, he would buy some grain from several grain shops out of his own pocket first.

Of course, the price is too expensive.

The female relatives of several grain stores did not dare to say a word, and their expressions suddenly became extremely grim.

Good night, sweet dreams, see you tomorrow. Love you, (づ￣ 3￣)づ

(End of chapter)