vrcanaries Chapter 1175 Grain Cart
Chapter 1175 Grain Cart
Letters were sent to the provincial capital one after another, and food arrived quickly, along with Wu Lazi.
Seeing her exhausted appearance, Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Wu Lazi said: "It is hard work, but it is solid. I am full of energy. Sir, what do you want me to do?"
She used to be a mountain bandit and the boss. The responsibility of the boss was to feed everyone in the mountains. It was not an easy task to feed thousands of people.
I couldn’t sleep every night and many of my hair turned white from worrying so much.
Now, these endless carts of grain were actually brought by Zhou Guoyun to distribute to the people affected by the disaster.
When they heard this, they couldn't sit still anymore and wanted to come and help. They didn't want to go anywhere else for the time being.
No one expected Zhou Guo to be so magnanimous. She wanted to provide disaster relief and grain to all the people in the two prefectures, and she would bear the responsibility alone. How much financial resources and courage did it take?
A few people sat together for the whole night. For the first time, they felt that the sky above their heads was bright and the future would be a smooth road!
It turns out that people like them, even those living in the deep mountains and old forests, are cared about by people, there are people who are committed to pulling them back from the hands of the King of Hell, and there are people who want to take charge of them!
The three of them drank all night, and when it was almost dawn, Mr. Chu threw his wine glass and said to the two of them, "I have decided. For the rest of my life, I will follow the young master all my life. I will do whatever she asks me to do!"
Wu Lazi stood up excitedly, "Count me in. I have seen a lot of the world over the years, dealt with government officials, and met so many people, but I have never seen someone like you. When I am with her, even if I do nothing, I feel that the sky is blue and the air is clear, and I feel indescribably comfortable all over my body."
Since both of them said so, Xiong Lao San couldn't fall behind. Zhou Guo had such great ability that he could let the people of these two prefectures survive the winter. There were people in the world who had such financial resources, but if you look through history, you're afraid you won't find many people who are so thoughtful.
He also wants to follow suit, maybe he can also go down in history?
Wu Jiang knew what they were thinking and asked them to come. The two cities were so big that just a few of them would not be enough.
It's just a good opportunity to see the abilities of these people.
Zhou Guo looked at her miserable appearance covered in mud and said, "Do you want to go downstairs and rest first? We can talk after you have enough food and drink?"
Wu Lazi looked down at her clothes and said, "What's the big deal? It's been like this all the way here. If I change into clean clothes, they will be like this again within a day. I'm too lazy to wash them, so I'll just leave it like this. I'll wear them for ten days or half a month before washing them."
It doesn't waste water. Isn't it said that water is hard to come by here?
Zhou Guo didn't force it, "Then go eat something first, I'll tell you after you're done."
"Okay!" Wu Lazi went down happily.
Fengfei County was in an uproar at this time. People in the county town rushed out and squeezed to see the endless line of grain carts, which went straight out of the city from the government gate and stretched for dozens of miles.
"How much grain does this require? Has the imperial court finally opened its eyes? Is this disaster relief grain?"
Although they arrived a little late, they were happy to see food. They had never seen so much food before. In previous years, the government's disaster relief efforts would at most set up a few big pots at the city gate and cook some porridge.
I can't last a few days.
This time it was different. I don’t know where the news came from, but they said that they would provide food.
"With so much relief food, each of our families should get a share, right? I wonder how much my family can get, as there are twelve people in our family!"
"I heard that there are some in Laoshan Village. You know Laoshan Village, right? It's a faraway village. I heard that the Imperial Envoy went to Laoshan Village on the first day he came. He checked the situation of every household in Laoshan Village, including how much land the family has, how many people there are, how widespread the disaster is... He checked everything. This is what an Imperial Envoy looks like. I think he will definitely give away a lot this time."
Even if it wasn't much, they felt comfortable just because of the Imperial Envoy's working style.
The wealthy families in the county were also surprised. "We haven't had the imperial court come to provide disaster relief for a hundred years. What's going on this time? At this time, there are actually imperial envoys coming to provide disaster relief. Is there some conspiracy?"
"Our county is so small that we can't even reach their toes. What conspiracy do they have here? They also transported so much grain. It is said that the grain carts were lined up for dozens of miles. In previous years, when our county paid taxes, we never saw so much grain. It is more than our county's tax revenue."
The county magistrate was also stunned by the large amount of grain. His eyes sparkled when he saw the carts of grain. He stroked the grain bags as if they were gold. After a while, he looked at Zhou Guo and asked, "How much grain was transported this time?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Haven't we already discussed this before? The amount of food for each household has been announced. I had people transport all the food that was transported here according to the amount. It won't be too much."
Although she has a lot of food, it is useful. The amount she has agreed on is the amount she has, and there are so many people in the world who need help.
The county magistrate was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes. "I have never seen so much food before. I was so excited. I didn't expect General Xu to love the people so much. He could care about the suffering of the people while fighting. It is a great blessing to have General Xu in this world."
Zhou Guo smiled and nodded, "Yes, I think so too."
The next step is to send people to each village to notify people to go to the city to collect relief food.
This is easy. When we went to each village to investigate the situation, some villagers had already come out and were waiting in the county town. When the food arrived, they would go back and tell the villagers to come out together to receive it.
Therefore, many people came from the county the next day.
Crowds of people came out from all the hills, carrying baskets, satchels, and bundles on their backs, and carrying the old and the young. It turned out that entire families came out.
For such a big happy event, everyone wants to come out and see how much food each family can get.
The county town was too small, so the stage was set up outside the city.
There were twenty tables lined up in a row, and the people sitting at them were all good at writing and calculating.
Those standing next to him were all assistant constables or temporary recruits.
Zhou Guo's men took over the job of the constables, patrolling everywhere with knives in hand, and helping to deal with anyone who caused trouble or where trouble occurred.
The tables had only been set up for less than half an hour when more and more people came visibly, until it was so crowded that even the large open space was almost full.
When there are more people and more villages, quarrels and injustices are inevitable.
Relying on the large population of the village, they are braver than usual.