After asking the victims for the location of the emergency rescue point, Mao Xiang found the direction and rushed towards the target location.
After arriving at the place, as the man said, there was a shed built here, but there were very few people queuing up to receive the porridge.
There is a simple plaque hanging in front of the shed, emergency aid station, and a note below: Do not come to eat here unless necessary.
Mao Xiang walked towards the shed with curiosity. He didn't understand why there were so few people in the rescue station even though it was a rescue station.
Under normal circumstances, the victims would never miss this opportunity to eat and drink for free.
When you can get something to eat without any effort, why should you put in the effort and work for others just to get something to eat?
When Mao Xiang walked to the shed and saw what was cooking in the pot, Mao Xiang finally understood why no one wanted to come here.
Unless they are starving to death, I'm afraid no one will come back here to eat.
Because the food cooked here is not food for humans at all.
What's this? Bran, grass, even bark?
When Mao Xiang saw the things rolling in the pot, he felt his stomach tumbling.
This was really unacceptable to Mao Xiang. Where is this place for people to eat? Food for beasts to eat is nothing more than this.
"Bitch, what are you cooking here? Is this for people to eat?"
Mao Xiang roared at the Yamen servant who was cooking.
He felt that his anger at this moment was about to burst out, as if it was going to drown him.
Unexpectedly, the yamen servant looked at Mao Xiang sideways and said:
"You're really right, this is really not something for people to eat!"
"If you want to eat what people eat, you have to do the same work as people."
"You want to eat and drink for free? What's the difference between that and a beast?"
"Since you don't want to be a human being and prefer to be an animal, then naturally you have to eat what animals eat!"
Mao Xiang's momentum suddenly stagnated. Just as the government official said, the government has provided jobs to the people.
As long as the people work hard, they will have no worries about food and drink.
But if some people are cheating and want to eat and drink for free, in order to prevent these people from starving to death, we can only feed these people animal food.
Mao Xiang took a deep breath and said:
"But I heard that when the disaster relief work first started, you gave the people the same food."
The yamen servant saw that Mao Xiang's clothes did not look like a disaster victim, so he was too lazy to talk to Mao Xiang and just said:
"It's just a temporary measure. If you don't want to eat this, please don't delay others here."
"They still want this thing to save their lives!"
Mao Xiang could not reveal his identity, so he could only hold back his anger temporarily and remember everything that happened so that he could report it to Zhu Yuanzhang in the future.
After walking around Yiwu County a few more times, Mao Xiang felt that Yiwu County now looked like a huge construction site.
Both officials and ordinary people were all wrapped up in this construction site.
They have a clear division of labor. Some people clean up the silt and dredge the river again to avoid possible flooding next year.
Some people renovated the land and reclaimed the fertile fields that had been washed away.
Some people are building houses and building new homes for people whose houses were flooded.
Mao Xiang found it incredible that the place was full of vitality and everything was competing.
What made Mao Xiang even more unbelievable was that all the officials in Yiwu County took the lead in the charge.
Whether it is building river embankments, cleaning up silt, reclaiming fertile farmland, or building houses, these officials are always on the front line.
Mao Xiang can be sure that these people are definitely not cheating.
After all, they don’t know their identity, let alone their arrival, so how could they work so hard just because of their observations?
So there is only one explanation, and that is that the officials and junior officials in Yiwu County are all hard-working people from top to bottom.
But how is this possible? As a veteran in the officialdom, Mao Xiang had seen too many officials, and he naturally knew the character of these officials clearly.
But all of this really happened before my eyes, so I had to believe it.
After several days of observation, Mao Xiang knew that he had to return to the capital and report the matter to Zhu Yuanzhang.
....
Go to the study.
After hearing that Mao Xiang had returned, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately summoned Mao Xiang. He became more and more interested in what Li Jin was doing.
"Mao Xiang, what is the current situation in Yiwu County? Tell me quickly and truthfully."
"Your Majesty, everything is getting better in Yiwu County now."
"Not only have the river embankments been repaired, but even the washed-out roads, houses, and fertile farmland have begun to be constructed in an orderly manner. The situation is very good."
Although Mao Xiang had doubts, he decided to tell the truth.
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was greatly relieved and said:
"Oh, is it so?"
"It seems that Li Jin really has a lot of money. So, have any people in Yiwu County starved to death?"
Mao Xiang thought for a while. He had been there for so many days and had never seen a body on the roadside.
Moreover, there is an emergency rescue station in the city. No matter how you think about it, it is impossible for people to starve to death, so he shook his head and said:
"After Li entered Yiwu, he implemented a method called work-for-relief. So far, he has not heard of victims starving to death."
“Credit for work?”
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao had never heard of this term and asked quickly:
"Tell me in detail, how to provide work-for-relief?"
After Mao Xiang told Zhu Yuanzhang about the work-for-relief method, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately stood up and shouted:
"Okay, okay!! What a work-for-relief person. This Li Jin is really a genius."
"With this work-for-relief program, Ming Dynasty will no longer have to spend so much silver and taels of food on disaster relief and disaster relief in the future, and people will no longer easily starve to death."
"Immediately ask Li Jin to write down a statement about the work-for-relief method. All future disaster relief efforts in the Ming Dynasty will be implemented in accordance with this."
Zhu Yuanzhang directly expressed his appreciation for Li Jin by using three good words in a row.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang still had some grudges against Li Jin's corruption before, because Li Jin was so talented and could consider the people, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to forgive him.
In a good mood, Zhu Yuanzhang grinned almost to his ears and said with a smile:
"What other measures does Li Jin have? Let's talk about it together and let Biao'er and I learn from it together."
"There's some left."
Mao Xiang was a little hesitant. Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang so happy, Mao Xiang really didn't want to spoil his interest.
"Say it quickly, don't ask mother-in-law or mother-in-law."
Zhu Yuanzhang told Mao Xiang not to worry and to speak quickly if he had anything to say. After all, he was not a petty emperor.
Mao Xiang swallowed and said:
"There is also an emergency aid station."
“People who are starving can go there and get free food.”
"Okay! This Li Jin is really thoughtful, not bad."
Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Li Jin was really a great talent, and he always did what he wanted.
"It's just that the food there isn't very tasty."
Mao Xiang gritted his teeth and continued.
Zhu Yuanzhang's smile faltered, and an ominous premonition suddenly appeared in his heart.
"which kind of food?"
"Bran, fodder and bark."
Mao Xiang finally finished speaking, but the next second.
A shocking roar suddenly sounded in the study room:
"Li Jin, you bitch!!!!"
