Gao pragmatically returned to Beijing this time instead of taking the post road he took when he returned to Yu last time, but took the Zhongmou route. He had gone to Kaifeng to take the exam before, and his cavalry had stayed at the Zhang family's manor in Zhongmou. On his return trip, he stopped by to express his gratitude. After all, Gao Gong's wife Zhang was his aunt. Even for Gao Gong's sake, she could not Don't lose your etiquette.
Since you are heading to Zhongmou, you have to pass by Kaifeng Mansion again. It is quite inconvenient to cross the Yellow River in these days. It would be better if there were fewer people. But with a large team of two hundred cavalrymen like Gao Jingshi, it would be impossible to just find a ferry to cross the river. A small ferry can cross the river. There were about ten people, including the horses, and it would have taken Gao Qingshi two or three days just to cross the river. The efficiency was too low, so they could only take the Dadukou.
Heading directly north from Kaifeng is Dadukou. After crossing the Yellow River and not far to the north, you will reach Yanjin. Yanjin is the place where Wen Chou, the general of the Yuan army, died in the battle between Yuan and Cao at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Surprisingly, Gao Jingshi had just passed Yanjin when he met refugees.
At first, these refugees only came in twos and threes. Gao Pragmatic called Gao Jue and asked about the dry food reserves the team carried, and then gave some of it to the refugees who came for help. Who knew they would get into trouble?
Less than two hours later, a large wave of refugees surrounded Gao Pragmatic's team.
To say that these refugees are really miserable, they are all sallow, skinny, and in ragged clothes. If it weren't for summer, most of them would freeze to death. Now that they are surrounded by Gao Pragmatic's team, they don't have any evil intentions. Nian, just looked at Gao Pragmatic's carriage pitifully.
Occasionally, a refugee holding a child came forward, crying heartbrokenly and begging Gao Jue to save the child. Many parents said that they themselves could still eat some grass roots and tree bark, but their children really couldn't eat those things. "Please do me a favor and give me a piece of bread."
Gao Jue looked troubled. Although he was favored by Gao Panggang, he was only a servant after all. How could he be the master? What's more, Gao Pragmatic had already distributed all the dry food that could be distributed before. If he distributed it again now, his own people would go hungry.
Although the refugees who came for help were honest, they could tell that Gao Jue was not a bad person. There were signs of relaxation in his expression, and he was pleading hard.
Gao Jue was helpless and had no choice but to report in front of Gao Pragmatic's car.
Although Gao Jingshi was in the car, he didn't know what was happening outside. He sighed and said, "Gao Jue, you should also be able to see that it's not that I don't want to save, but there are just too many of these refugees. We are not a ration team, so we just brought some rations to eat on the road. Now it is easy to distribute them, but firstly we will starve ourselves, and secondly, it will be a drop in the bucket if we distribute them, and there is no way to save us."
Gao Jue glanced at the crowd of refugees and found that in just two hours, the convoy had been surrounded several times, and there were probably no more than 3,000 people. There are only two hundred people in my group, how much dry food can I bring? How many lives can be saved?
Therefore, Gao Jue found it difficult to answer Gao Pingshi's words. He opened his mouth and finally sighed: "In this case, these refugees will just die." As he spoke, there was uncontrollable sadness in his eyes.
Gao Pragmatic was also a little anxious. Sitting in the city discussing disaster relief, he could remain unmoved and completely control his actions with rationality. He would try his best to save those who could and give up those who couldn't. But now that I have seen so many miserable refugees with my own eyes, the words "there is nothing I can do" are really hard to say.
Who hasn’t shown some compassion yet?
Gao pragmatic thought for a while, then suddenly gritted his teeth and said with an ugly face: "Go and tell them that our food is limited and we can't save everyone. Let them concentrate on the children under ten years old. We can only control these children for one meal." Eat...you go first, I'll change my clothes and come out."
Gao Jue was overjoyed when he heard this, but he still subconsciously glanced at Gao Jingshi's clean navy blue clothes. He flashed a hint of confusion, but he didn't ask any more questions. He quickly gave Gao Jingshi a fist salute and turned around to negotiate with the refugees. .
As soon as Gao Jue left, Shuai Jiamo couldn't help but remind him: "My boss, it's not because Xiaosheng has lost his conscience, but since Xiaosheng has eaten his boss's food, he should do his best for his boss. There is something I have to say."
Gao pragmatically took out the big red silk bullfighting suit from the suitcase in the carriage, and said while changing: "You say it, and I listen. However, if you want to say that after our rations are distributed to those children, today we will only If we can starve, it goes without saying. I know the severity. But think about it, even if we starve, we only have two meals. As long as we get to Wei Hui Mansion before tonight, we will have food. I will pay for it then. , I’ll treat everyone to a late-night snack and make up for everything, but if the refugees outside are hungry, something will happen to them, especially the children..."
His current body is a child in itself, and half-grown children are particularly good at eating. Does he still know? People in the Ming Dynasty didn’t know what it meant for children to have a fast metabolism, so didn’t he know that either? It is a characteristic of children to get hungry quickly no matter how much they eat. However, once they are very hungry, not to mention their growth and development, their health and bones will often be worse for the rest of their lives.
Shuai Jiamo said sternly: "My boss, what Xiaosheng wants to say is not this, but... Boss, think about it, when we came out of Yanjin County just now, Yanjin County was crowded with militiamen every step of the way. Xiaosheng thought at that time It's just because the frontline suffered a defeat and the rear was a little nervous. I didn't think much about it, but now it seems that this may not be the reason."
Gao Pingshi suddenly stopped changing his clothes, his face turned ugly, he exhaled a breath, and said in a deep voice: "You mean they don't allow refugees to enter the city?"
Shuai Jiamo smiled bitterly and said: "It is certain that refugees will not be allowed to enter the city. It is just a county. Not to mention that Yanjin is not a wealthy county. Even if it is, it will be useless. No matter where the county master is, he would not dare to let them go all at once. Thousands of refugees who were so hungry that their eyes turned green came in... What Xiaosheng meant was that if these places where refugees are fleeing not only don't think of ways to provide disaster relief, but also close the city and defend themselves, then it is equivalent to leaving the refugees to fend for themselves. These refugees may still be able to insist on not doing evil now, but they are really hungry. If someone comes out to take the lead, it will inevitably turn into civil chaos."
In fact, when Shuai Jiamo was only halfway through what he said, Gao Pragmatic already understood the truth, but precisely because he understood it, his face became more and more difficult to look at.
waste! These local officials are all a bunch of trash! In my day, if a local official made such a retarded decision, every one of them would be dismissed from office!
Damn it, in which dynasties and generations has this kind of disaster never happened? Your emergency response is to just ignore it? That small disaster will be turned into a big trouble by you, and your brain will grow to your buttocks!
