As I walked, I saw that as we approached the soup kitchen, there were more and more refugees.
I finally saw some life in the refugees here.
At least some were walking around, mostly heading to or returning from the soup kitchen.
Some of these people had anger on their faces, others had disappointment, and only a few had joy.
As we got closer, we could smell the aroma of porridge.
There were more soldiers at the soup kitchen, and a large open space was cleared. In the middle of the open space, there is a large pot, exuding the aroma of porridge.
There are two large sheds on the side, and one of them should have bags of things stacked inside.
As for the other greenhouse, there were carriages and sedans parked at the door, but not many. There are servants waiting, and their masters should be in the big shed.
In the other direction of the greenhouse, there were two lines of men and women, all young refugees.
Zhu Youjian and his party were looking around when they saw a man in brocade clothes coming out of the shed and getting into the sedan with an unknown smile.
Behind him, several more young and beautiful female refugees came out, with mixed expressions of sadness and joy on their faces. But the same thing is that they all have a bamboo stick in their hands.
Seeing them coming out, several refugees, old and young, rushed out from the side and took bamboo sticks from these female refugees. Some were crying and unable to leave, and some took bamboo sticks and ran directly to the porridge pot, which was to change the porridge.
Seeing Zhu Youjian and his entourage approaching, a young soldier leader came over and asked with a smile: "Excuse me, what kind of young master do you want? A young and strong woman, a young lady, a good boy or girl?" To be honest, it’s a coincidence that you’re here, new refugees have just arrived, and there are some that no one else has picked out, and the goods are all very good!”
Zhu Youjian, who was already on the verge of rage, suddenly became furious after hearing what the little leader said: "What are you doing, are you becoming human traffickers?"
His voice was a bit loud, and he was so angry that he couldn't hide it no matter what. Under the capital city, at the feet of the emperor, there was such a tragic situation. This was beyond his imagination!
The sedan leaves and just passes by. The man in brocade clothes who got in opened the curtain and took a look, showing a trace of disdain, as if he was talking about Zhu Youjian's childish thoughts, then lowered the curtain and left.
The little leader of the soldiers did not expect Zhu Youjian to say this, and was a little dumbfounded for a moment.
At this moment, the curtain of the greenhouse was opened, and a man who looked like an official came out. After looking at Zhu Youjian and his party, he sternly shouted to the little soldier leader: "If you don't know how to speak, don't speak, otherwise you will become a fool." Good deeds are misunderstood!”
After training the soldier, he changed his smile again, clasped his fists at Zhu Youjian and said: "I am Hu Yong, the magistrate of Daxing County who is responsible for the on-site disaster relief. Don't get me wrong, he actually sees these refugees as pitiful and doesn't want to I saw them starving to death, so I just wanted to find a way for them to survive!"
Zhu Youjian listened and did not comment. He just pointed at the porridge pot and said, "Isn't the imperial court giving porridge?"
After hearing this, Hu Yong turned his head and took a look, and explained with a wry smile: "This young master should be able to see that there are too many monks and too little gruel, and how many people can be fed!"
"Then why don't you report to the court, report to the emperor, and allocate more food?" Wang Chengen frowned and asked after hearing this.
"Then the court must have food!" The man glanced at him and replied smoothly, then looked at Zhu Youjian and asked: "I wonder which yamen the young master belongs to, or what house he belongs to?
"Where are Liu Tianming and Liu Baihu?"
"My subordinate is here."
"First tie up this bitch, and then drag back that untouchable who despised me just now."
"As commanded."
Most of the soldiers who guarded Zhu Youjian were civilians. They were already angry when they saw the miserable conditions of these refugees along the way. Now that King Xin gave the order, they would naturally not be polite.
Liu Baihu took a step forward and kicked Hu Yong to the ground.
The guard behind directly stopped the man in brocade who had just been squirming in front of Zhu Youjian. He dragged the man in brocade clothes out of the sedan chair and dragged him all the way to Zhu Youjian.
Seeing this, the soldiers nearby quickly drew their weapons and prepared to rescue Mr. Hu.
Seeing this, Wang Chengen stepped forward quickly, took out a gold medal from his arms and shouted: "The King of Ming Dynasty is here, do you want to rebel?"
Hu Yong, who had just been kicked to the ground, saw the piece in Wang Chengen's hand with the big word "Xin" engraved on it. He hurriedly got up from the ground, turned over and knelt down in the tunnel and said: "I am humble, join the letter, Your Highness."
Who is King Xin? That is the person whom His Majesty favors today.
Don't say that the other party kicked him, even if he was killed, nothing would happen.
When the other soldiers saw this, they stopped and knelt on the ground.
The people nearby also fell to their knees when they saw this.
As for the man in brocade clothes just now, he was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground, with a piece of wetness between his legs.
"Your Highness, the King of Faith, will atone for your sins, and Your Highness, the King of Faith, will spare your life."
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"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you hurry up and add a pot to make porridge." Wang Chengen said. He knew that the reason why King Xin was so angry was that in addition to the tragic situation of these victims, more importantly, he saw some people starving to death.
obey. Upon seeing this, the leading soldier leader hurriedly pulled out 9 large black oily pots from a large shed in the nearby tent, quickly set them up, and then took out a few bags of rice from the nearby large shed where grain was stored, and washed them. I didn’t even wash myself, so I went straight in.
Add salt, pour water, and synthesize in one go. Needless to say, it must have been trained many times.
"However, Zhu Youjian always felt that something was wrong, but for a while, he didn't know what the problem was.
Li Baihu looked at his face and knew that he still had doubts.
So, he immediately strode out and walked towards the large shed next to where things were stacked.
When everyone saw it, they were a little confused and no one spoke for a while.
There were two soldiers standing outside the greenhouse. They looked embarrassed when they saw him approaching. They wanted to stop him but didn't dare to stop him.
Li Baihu ignored it at all and walked in directly.
"Your Highness, please come and take a look."
Zhu Youjian was a little curious after hearing this, so he stepped forward and wanted to go over and have a look.
When Hu Yong saw it, his expression suddenly changed and he said, "That's where the court's disaster relief supplies are piled. What's so interesting about it?"
"Your Highness has a distinguished status, how can he set foot in that dirty place at will?"
Zhu Youjian was not stupid. After listening to the other party's words, he naturally guessed that there was something fishy, so he ignored him, walked around him quickly, approached the shed and got in.
I saw that this shed was filled with bags of sacks. Needless to say, they must be food.
Sure enough, Li Baihu, who was accompanying him, introduced him: "Refugees are gathering outside the city. Even if the court has no more food, it will definitely allocate part of it to prevent civil unrest."
"With so much food, it can last for a while, right?" Zhu Youjian reached out and patted the sack, turned to look at Li Baihu and asked, "But why are we selling our sons and daughters all the way here, and some of them starve to death? "
"That's the trick!" After hearing this, Li Baihu glanced outside and said, "There is just a little porridge outside to give the refugees a hope and prevent them from causing a civil uprising. Most of the food is not moved, and the people are hungry. If you can't bear it, you have to sell your sons and daughters. Those who are weaker will starve to death if they can't survive."
After a pause, he continued: "When the rich people in the city come, they will act like a gangster and buy and sell these refugees to earn another fee."
Li Baihu had been with Zhu Youjian for a day and already knew Zhu Youjian's character, so he had no scruples and continued: "Actually, there is a bigger trick inside!"
Hearing his words, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but look at him, waiting for his next words.
"If someone from the court comes to inspect, and there are porridge outside, and they can give some real reasons, they can cope with it, just like what they said to the husband just now. It's just helpless to say that there are too many monks and too little rice. If the inspection officials have the ability, they can Keep asking for food from the court; if you don’t have the ability, you won’t pursue them.”
When Li Baihu said this, he added with a sneer: "If rich people come here, they can make money from buying and selling people."
After finishing speaking, he suddenly pulled out a dagger from his waist, turned around and walked inside, looked at an inconspicuous place, poked a few sacks, and finally came out with a handful of things in his hand, stretched it out to Zhu Youjian and said : "Your Highness, please look!"
Zhu You took a closer look and saw that it was not grain at all, but sand.
"They can also make a fortune by reselling the grain allocated by the court." Li Baihu sneered, "Only the ones piled in conspicuous places are just grain. They are mainly used to deal with Shangguan's inspections."
Zhu Youjian's face turned gloomy when he heard this. This was simply more human blood steamed buns than eating human blood steamed buns. They won't make a fortune by doing this, but they will cause many families to be separated and their families to be destroyed!
The corpses thrown into the car outside and the tragic scenes outside were all caused by them!
With this in mind, he went in and inspected some sacks in person, and found that they were indeed filled with sand instead of grain.
After turning around, he strode out of the shed and happened to see Hu Yong who was restless outside. He just sneered and said: "It's really thanks to you that the Ming Dynasty has fallen into this situation!"
The few wealthy people who were still in the selling shed were a little panicked when they saw this situation and left in a hurry. As a result, he was stopped by Zhu Youjian's guards.
There were hundreds of Jinyi guards hiding in the dark to protect King Xin. Li Mo couldn't help but shook his head and said: "His Royal Highness King Xin, you are really capable of causing trouble."
Then he ordered the Jinyi guards beside him to quickly return to the city and report the news to His Majesty.
