Chapter 55 Hanging Pot Ji Shi

Xia Ruoyan knew that Xiao Ran was not joking and couldn't help asking, "Is this?"

Free medicinal herbs! There is something else to do. It's time to go back. Just leave some hands here to watch.

Xia Ruoyan was shocked and had never heard that stones can also be used as medicinal herbs: "Go back to the city so soon?"

Xiao Ran nodded and said, "If I guess correctly, the news of the Yellow River breaking the embankment should come here to help the victims."

It seems that everything is under Xiao Ran's control. In the past few days of rainstorms, Xiaoran is injured and it is impossible to go out. Xia Ruoyan didn't even know how Xiao Ran knew that there were stones he needed here. Everything seems so mysterious. When the first carriage was full of limestone, Xiao Ran led the way halfway, and many years of refugees could still be seen. Old and weak women and children are all yellow and thin.

Xia Ruoyan motioned to stop and snuggled together and asked, "Where did you just come from? What happened?"

The old lady suddenly knelt down, put her hands together and knelt down and said, "This lady is fine. I haven't eaten for two days. The Yellow River burst, flooded everywhere, and the home fields were destroyed. Only the people in the same village can't escape to beg for food.

Xia Ruoyan's face tightened and was really guessed by Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran handed over a few pancakes that had not been eaten in the morning. The old woman quickly kowtowed to thank her. Other refugees saw that Xiao Ran and others had food and surged up one after another. If it hadn't been for Kunlun's two elders trying to stop it, they would have been robbed long ago.

Xiao Ran shook his head helplessly and shouted, "My friends, there are free porridge shops and medicinal herbs in the west of the front door. Where are you going?" Under Xiao Ran's repeatedly guaranteed, many refugees slowly dispersed.

"Song Xiao, let's go." On the way back, the two of them said more with their own minds. The warehouse in the west of the city is large enough that this matter is already full of medicinal materials and grain. Only two days apart. The price of rice and medicine have increased four or five times. The shopkeepers who had originally sold rice herbs to Kunlun were so regretted that their intestines were blue. I thought I had taken advantage of it, but I didn't know that the market had become so fast, and once the inventory was raised a lot.

These refugees are ordinary people who have fled. They don't have much money left in a year except for food, drink and tax. How can they have money to buy medicinal herbs and rice? Along the way south, many people starved to death and died of illness. Yong'an County is also relatively rich nearby, so many disaster victims have come here.

The carriage drove all the way to the warehouse in the west of the city. With curtains, Xia Ruoyan could clearly see the people fleeing on both sides. They are all yellow and thin, and their clothes are ragged. I don't know how far I have walked. The soles of the shoes are worn out, revealing a few toes. The baby was crying, a woman was coaxing, and the corners of her eyes couldn't help crying: there was food there.

Another year, a woman in her 70s worshipped the sun: "The Guanyin Bodhisattva, who saved the suffering, begs you to manifest your spirit and save my two-month-old grandson..."

Occasionally, some people give endless leftovers to disaster victims, but it's still a drop in the bucket. These scenes have never been seen by Xia Ruoyan. It turns out that under the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, there are still so many people struggling on the line of life and death. Xiao Ran said to himself, "If you just lack food, don't have a plague."

The carriage hurried along the bluestone. After about two stops, it stopped in front of a big house with green bricks and green tiles. The compound was originally built by a member, covering an area of more than 20 mu. I don't know how Kunlun took the acquisition.

At the beginning, the two elders in Kunlun still didn't understand the use of Xia Ruoyan's acquisition of these things, and they saw the general situation that had been dismantled all the way. I wondered why Xiao Ran could predict this in advance, and there was a trace of admiration for the future. Zhu Tianqi came forward to open the door lock and went straight to the warehouse, saying, "According to what is listed on the paper, most of them have been collected. How to deal with it now?"

Xiao Ran said, "The most urgent thing is to open porridge to help the victims, and now comfort people's hearts. Now there are not enough people at all, and I'm afraid that there will be unreliable trouble when looking for someone temporarily.

Xia Ruoyan said, "If it is according to the prince's plan, how many more people will be needed?" Let me see if I can figure it out again.

Xiao Ran made a rough estimate and said, "Those who dig stones only need a few days to be enough, and then they should free their hands. There won't be too many disaster victims in the past few days. It's enough to add 20 more people.

Xia Ruoyan took out the token and said, "Master, please go early."

"Miss, don't worry."

At noon that day, eight free porridge shops were opened in the city, which spread for a while. There is a lot of discussion: who has so much money? This is white money. Although it's just porridge, it's more satisfying than drafting the root bark disaster victims. You should know that this is not a person in the name. Just a Yong'an county has gathered more than 2,000 disaster victims. Together, it will be an unknown expense.

In addition, two medicine shops were opened next to the porridge, and some medicines to prevent the plague were distributed free of charge. And teach people how to use it. A group of disaster victims were grateful and called the Bodhisattva to meet the great good man. It seems that everything is going on in an unsteady way. Xiao Ran's face was not happy, and he frowned and thought about something.

"Isn't the prince fully prepared? Why are you worried?"

Xiao Ran said, "This is the first day, once the news opens. I'm afraid that the victims of the surrounding counties will come. Once infected with the plague, people gather together, and the consequences are unimaginable... By the way, the princess should not contact other refugees these days, and remember to take some of the medicine I said.

Xia Ruoyan smiled and said, "If you still don't care about people, you are not afraid of contracting the plague. If something happens, who will go to 50,000 taels of silver?

Of course, Xiao Ran knew that Xia Ruoyan would not stingy with this little money. He put those troubles aside for a while and said, "Then don't you chase Xiao for debts every day? If you can't pay it in your life, won't be a big loss."

"Then don't want to escape for the rest of your life," he felt that his words were wrong. He snorted and said, "You dare not return it."

Xiao Ran shook his head with a smile. There is really nothing I can do about the girl in front of me, sometimes unruly and sometimes understanding. I don't know which side is what she really thinks.

The night is late, and the moonlight shines on the earth. Put a layer of gauze on the quiet county, and the tired birds rest on the treetops. The disaster victims with nowhere to go are either in the abandoned five or in groups in a corner. Except for the light reflected by the bluestone slab, it is dark.

However, a mansion in the city is brightly lit at this time. Four people of different ages were sitting in the secret room. Judging from the clothes, they are all gorgeous. If Xiao Ran is here, he will be able to recognize one of them as the fat man who talked and laughed with everyone in the inn in the morning. The rest of the people nodded to each other without a smile.

As the saying goes, peers are like enemies, and they usually have intrigues. It's rare to get together. After greeting, the four sat down to refresh themselves. It's like waiting for some big man. After about a cup of tea, they only heard the sound of the bookcase reversal. The four got up at the same time and looked at the secret door of the secret room. A middle-aged man in casual clothes walked in through the secret door.

"Welcome Lord Ma." The four of them spoke with one voice.

Lord Ma bowed his hand and replied, "Ma was delayed again, making you wait for a long time. I hope you don't have to be surprised. There is no need to look outside. Having said that, the four did not dare to be brothers with the county magistrate. It's still waiting for Lord Ma to sit down. Lord Ma naturally knows what the four rich lords of this county want, and he still needs to do enough face. This is the so-called power skill. I said something irrelevant before getting to the point.

"I don't know what's wrong with several virtuous brothers inviting me here so grandly."

Several people secretly scolded the old fox, and smiled and said, "Lord Ma, the Yellow River is flooding, and disaster victims flocked to us. Not to mention the refugees, the people in the city don't have enough food rations. What should we do?

Several other people echoed, "Yes, you can't starve to death."

Lord Ma sneered in his heart: "Before the imperial court's relief food came down, he began to make up his mind.

"Yes, aren't several virtuous brothers all engaged in rice grain? Is it sold out so quickly? If you can't do it, just those who provide relief to the victims."