901 Is Full of Victims
Gu Xiaowan thought about it all the way, and finally arrived at Ruixian County. As soon as she entered the city gate, her carriage was stopped by someone.
Seeing that the carriage was not going away, Gu Xiaowan picked up the curtain to look outside, and saw twenty or thirty refugees, both male and female, old, weak, sick and disabled, surrounding Jian Zhu and her carriage.
Jian Zhu revolved around the place where the carriage was forced by the refugees, but was afraid that his horse would hurt the refugees, so he had to tighten the reins.
Ah Mo also stopped.
Gu Xiaowan opened the curtain and walked out.
When the refugees outside saw the people in the carriage come out, and saw that it was a little girl who was wearing decent clothes, they all knelt down immediately: "Miss, have pity on us, we haven't eaten for three days. Now, have pity on us, give us some food to eat..."
His voice was weak and his face was sallow.
Gu Xiaowan looked at the pair of hungry eyes looking at herself expectantly, and then looked at the children, the hungry ones were left with skin and bones, and only two huge eyes could be seen staring at her on the dark face.
This is the disaster victims!
Along the way, all I saw were such victims.
Gu Xiaowan was deeply distressed, but now she knew that if she had a kind heart, she might not be able to get out of this city gate today.
Not far away, there are still a steady stream of disaster victims pouring in. If you don't get out at this moment, you really won't be able to leave later.
In a hurry, Gu Xiaowan threw all the bag with copper plates that she had just prepared at home to Jian Zhu.
"Sprinkle!" Gu Xiaowan just finished saying this.
Seeing that Jian Zhu didn't even think about it, he opened the bag, grabbed a handful of copper plates, and sprinkled it on both sides.
The copper plate fell from the sky to the ground and rolled on the ground.
When the victims saw that they were copper plates, they all scattered excitedly, and went to pick up the copper plates with their heads bowed and their waists down.
It was too late, but it was too soon. Seeing that there was no obstruction from the victims, Ahmad waved his whip and the carriage drove away from the city gate.
Looking back, more and more victims were looting copper plates, which also caused a lot of fighting.
Fortunately, the county government office in Ruixian County is not far from the city gate, and in the place not far from the county government office, there are fewer and fewer victims.
With the lesson just now, everyone didn't dare to act rashly. Ahmad drove the carriage seriously. As long as there were no people, the carriage would drive fast.
After finally arriving at the county office, after getting off the carriage, Gu Xiaowan followed Jian Zhu all the way to Liu Xian's study.
Liu Xian was discussing with people about the refugees in the study, nothing more than to blow the refugees away, close the city gate, and prevent the refugees from coming in again.
But the food in the land outside the city gate is afraid that all of it will be abolished.
If things go on like this, Ruixian County will also become a new disaster spot. I am afraid that it will not be long before the people of Ruixian County will be like this group of refugees, leaving their homes and begging everywhere.
If there is such a day, it will be a severe blow to Liu Xian.
As a parental official, he could not keep the people in the area under his jurisdiction live and work in peace and contentment. This is undoubtedly a heavy slap in the face.
Every method Gu Xiaowan heard that the master surnamed Fan said was refuted by Liu Xian.
"The people of our Ruixian County are human beings, and so are the victims of the disaster!" Liu Xian sighed and said earnestly: "Born by both parents, I, one of the parents, can't see my own people suffering, and I can't see other people's suffering. The people are suffering!"
Seeing that Master Liu did not agree with his opinion, and Master Fan himself felt that this opinion was a bit too harsh, he also sighed and said, "Master, what should we do next!"
Hearing this, Gu Xiaowan walked in quickly: "Master Liu..."
Liu Xian saw that Gu Xiaowan was here, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
Although the victims came because of sweet potato seedlings, if Gu Xiaowan had not suggested that he promote sweet potatoes, the stems and leaves of sweet potatoes would have saved so many people. Otherwise, Rui County would have become a ghost town. .
The people of Ruixian County will also be the same as those disaster victims.
Gu Xiaowan helped Liu Xian and Master Fan successively, and it was considered that they had met.
He said straight to the point: "Master Liu, it's an emergency, and I accidentally overheard your conversation with Master Fan outside. As far as I can see, I don't agree with closing the county and driving away the victims."
"However, I can't think of any other good way." Master Fan, who was beside him, was not annoyed and said respectfully, "Does Miss Wan have any good suggestions?"
Gu Xiaowan had already seen it when she first came here. If the court does not provide disaster relief, I am afraid that Ruixian County will become an empty city by then.
All the people have to go begging in places where there is still food.
Today, there is still a severe drought, the sky is cloudless, and it doesn't look like it's going to rain at all.
It's urgent.
"Master Liu, do you know where these disaster victims come from?"
Liu Xiandao: "Except for Ruixian County, this year's drought is almost all done in the southeastern region. I don't know what happened this year. There is such a global drought. It's really puzzling!"
Master Liu's tone was full of sighs, but Gu Xiaowan was not surprised. This ancient life was completely dependent on the sky for food, whether it was drought or flood, and insect and locust plagues. People are puzzling!
I have never heard of it. I heard that at the beginning of the year, even the emperor will go to hold a ceremony to sacrifice to the sky, praying for a safe and auspicious year, good weather and good harvest.
There is such a disaster, although Gu Xiaowan sighs, it doesn't feel strange to go.
On the way we came just now, the situation of the disaster victims has almost been seen.
"Miss Wan, there is still some food in the farmland in Ruixian County. If even our place is dead and there are no crops, then the entire Ruixian County will be in chaos." Master Fan on the side said anxiously. If Ruixian also became a disaster area, it would really be all over.