Qian could not get military rations, but there was nothing he could do about Wang Zhongbi. I can only leave in anger.
But Qian Neng really cared about the people, so he went to the court and read a copy of Wang Zhongbi. While trying every possible means to search for food.
Porridge factories were opened in the east, south, west and north of the city. He also ordered all counties in Nanhai Prefecture to open porridge factories.
Serve thin porridge. That is, very thin porridge. It's okay to eat like this for a while, but over time, people will definitely have problems.
But for the people in the city, this is a way to survive. When the people heard the news, they took their families and went to the porridge factory to wait for porridge.
But soon, the porridge factory could no longer operate. Qian Neng is a good official, but he can't stand the corruption among his subordinates. For example, money can buy a pot of porridge with a pound of rice.
Corrupt officials deduct a tael. It's a meter or two short, but it's hard to tell. Qian Neng could only stare. And this made the people even more hungry.
and. Not only the people in the city were panicking, but also the farmers outside the city. That's right. Farmers still have last year's autumn grain on hand, so they barely have enough to eat.
But how many will survive until next fall? And what if there is no harvest next fall? There is really no way to rely on God to make a living.
Farmers also heard the news and came to the porridge factory outside the city to grab rice porridge. This caused conflicts between the people in the city and the farmers outside the city to break out, and some vicious fighting incidents occurred.
It also allowed the meager money to be used to store food, which became less and less like running water.
How many days can the money last? All we can do is cut costs and make the rice porridge in the porridge factory thinner until it is as clear as rice soup.
But even for this kind of rice soup, people still have to queue for a long time to get it. If they queued up repeatedly, they would be beaten or scolded, or they would be arrested and locked up immediately.
morning.
Outside the porridge factory, there was a huge crowd. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. Zhang Menban and their five children. Now everything in the city has stopped, and everyone is waiting for rice porridge.
Zhang Menpan has stopped working for a long time, and he waits here with his wife and children all day long. He hid all the money in his family on his body.
As the situation became more volatile, thefts also increased. Many homes have been robbed.
"Head of the family. Sooner or later we will starve to death." Zhang Menban and his wife had just taken their children, got seven bowls of rice porridge, and sat down in the corner.
Zhang's wife, whose chest was pressed against her back with hunger, looked at the rice soup in the bowl with a look of despair. In just a few days, their whole family was hungry three times. If he continues like this, he will become a skeleton on the roadside sooner or later.
"What can we do? Hold on for now." Zhang Menban smiled bitterly, then picked up the bowl, drank most of the rice soup, and then put it down. After the five children finished drinking, they immediately looked at Zhang Menban eagerly.
Zhang Menban mixed the half bowl of rice soup in the bowl and chopsticks and poured it out to the five children.
No matter what the reason is, most creatures in this world have the feeling of licking calves, let alone humans?
Unless absolutely necessary, no one would exchange their children for food. Even if it is absolutely necessary, some people will change their sons and eat them, while others will not.
And the reason why the head of the house is the head of the house is because he is a man.
But if this continues, people will really die. Zhang Menpan gritted his teeth and stood up, looking around to see if there was any way to survive.
at this time. He heard two people talking.
"If this continues, I'm afraid we will all die. I heard that General Fu Han in Yingqing Prefecture has food in his hands and is willing to share it with the people. The porridge factory he opened is thick porridge. He can hold up his chopsticks without falling over. It's really General Renyi."
"Is this true?"
"Of course it's true. Can I still lie to you? I plan to go to General Fuhan tomorrow."
"By the way. You should also know about offering sacrifices to the sky to pray for rain, right? The general is the one destined by fate. If you go to the general, you will definitely be able to survive."
The conversation between these two people made many people's eyes light up, including Zhang Menban. Zhang Menban touched his dry and flat belly, gritted his teeth, and thought.
"It's a dead end. It's better to go to Yingqing Mansion and Guangchuan Mansion to try your luck."
"The benevolence and righteousness of General Fu Han can't be worse than these corrupt officials, right?"
Zhang Menban raised his eyes and looked at the officials who were serving porridge. They all had red faces and were in great shape. They had eaten a lot of oil and water.
Special code.
Zhang Menban quickly returned to his family, picked up his wife and said, "Let's go. Let's go to Yingqing Mansion."
"Yingqing Mansion?"
Zhang's wife looked confused. Soon, the couple took their five children and ran towards Yingqing Mansion. And there are not a few such people.
In fact, they have become refugees and have begun to abandon their family property and beg for food.
If the situation gets worse, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang will raise their voices. "Princes, generals and prime ministers would rather have the seed."
...........
Fu Han General's Mansion, in the hall.
Wu Nian, Liu Zhixing, Wang Youxiao, Li Yong, Zhang Haiping, Chen Jiagui and others sat in order of priority, all with solemn expressions.
"General. There is an influx of refugees not only in Nanhai Prefecture. There are also influxes of refugees in Guangyang Prefecture and Huanglong Prefecture. And this does not happen naturally. There is a big hand controlling everything."
"It is very likely that they are from Meng Yuan."
Chen Jiagui took a deep breath, cupped his fists and saluted.
"General. What should we do now? We can only be self-sufficient in food. If too many refugees come in, we will soon be overwhelmed."
Li Yong didn't have any idea, raised his head and said solemnly.
"There are two ways. One is to send troops to guard the mountain roads to prevent refugees from coming in. The other is to find ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure and accept all the refugees."
Liu Zhixing said in a deep voice.
"It can't be stopped." Wu Nian shook his head, stood up and said, "I fought against the Mongolians for the people of Liaodong. Now the people can't survive and come to me. How can I abandon them?"
"We will harvest what we have. Fortunately, our army has strict military discipline. We will reduce the army's rations to a certain extent. We will open porridge factories everywhere and serve thick porridge, the kind that can stand up chopsticks."
Liu Zhixing was not surprised at all by Wu Nian's decision. This general calls himself a butcher. But it actually has a bottom line.
"But this is just cutting costs. We can't sustain it," Liu Zhixing said, shaking his head.
Wu Nian paced with his hands behind his back, lowered his head and pondered. After thinking for a long time, he raised his head and said, "Since this is the conspiracy of the Meng Yuan people, I believe that the Meng Yuan people will have a back-up plan."
"Before, they gave money to pirates and blocked sea routes. Chu and Goguryeo both restricted the export of food."
"This blockade must be stricter now."
"Under normal circumstances, if we have money, we can't buy food. We have to grab it ourselves."
"Li Tianbao, who was promoted to the navy, was appointed as a captain and recruited refugees from Nanhai Prefecture. We expanded the army and collected ships. We had no choice but to break through the pirate blockade ourselves, land in Goguryeo, and grab food."
"Start preparations for combat immediately. We attack Nanhai Mansion. I heard that Wang Zhongbi has military rations in his hands."
"If that doesn't work, then we can only fight fiercely with the Meng Yuan people."
"It is better to die on the road to charge than to starve to death."
"I'm not having a good time, and no one can have a good time."
At the end of the sentence, Wu Nian's face was full of murderous intent and his tone was decisive.
