At this time, the people who were still watching the heavy rain had become silent. They no longer worried about the houses and crops at the foot of the mountain. Because of such heavy rain and flash floods, coupled with the mudslides caused by landslides, the village was basically destroyed. has been destroyed.
In the hearts of the vast majority of people, at this time, they are more grateful that they have saved their lives. The crops are gone, the houses are gone, but as long as people are still around, they can always find a way.
At this time, almost everyone's hatred for the bandits of the Flying Eagle Society had disappeared at some point. At the same time, apart from being thankful, there was also a hint of gratitude. If these bandits hadn't forced everyone up the mountain, many people would have died at this time. There is no life left.
"Dear fellow villagers, I am Ye Ying, the boss of the village."
The young man's words immediately shocked many people present from ear to ear. This young man who looked somewhat gentle was actually the bandit leader of this village.
But Ye Ying didn't care about the people, he was just thinking about something, and he continued to say to everyone.
"Everyone, our village forced everyone to go up the mountain. In fact, it was a last resort. Our military adviser knew astronomy and geography, and had already calculated that there would be a heavy rain that had not happened in a century. There was no way to persuade everyone to go up the mountain to avoid danger, so we came up with this strategy. "The sound was produced by Ye Ying's inner strength, so even though there were thousands of people present, he could still hear it clearly.
In fact, many people already understood the purpose of the Flying Eagle Society at this time. Now that Ye Ying personally confirmed it, they were completely relieved.
"Now everyone can go down the mountain. The food, property, and your wives and children you brought will not be accepted by Fei Ying Gui. Let's go down the mountain to rebuild our homes!" Ye Ying's next words were beyond the expectations of all the people present. Unexpectedly, I was able to leave just like this.
The bandits of the Flying Eagle Society did not give these people much time to think about it. They had long wanted to send these people down the mountain. With thousands of people on this mountain, even if they were given one meal of food every day, it would not be a small expense. .
In this way, the people of these dozens of villages stayed for two nights on Feiyinghui Mountain, and then returned to their homes under the leadership of the bandits.
This heavy rain was very rare and caused great damage to the villages at the foot of Fuhu Mountain. Almost all the houses were washed away by the floods, all the crops were soaked, and only a very small part of the food could be received.
Fortunately, everyone was forced up the mountain by the Flying Eagle Society's strange method. Except for some villagers who hid in the village and were not discovered by the bandits, and lost their lives in confusion, the vast majority of people saved their lives.
In just two days, everyone went from hating and scolding the bandit gang to being grateful to the Flying Eagle Society for saving their lives and the lives of their families.
The three counties of Yuhe, Heishan and Caoping suffered floods that were rare in a century, and some villages were even completely engulfed by mudslides. This situation made officials in the three counties feel completely busy after learning about this situation.
However, what they were busy with was not to help the people rebuild their homes and tide over the difficulties together, but to send urgent documents to the court as soon as possible, requesting the court to allocate money and food for disaster relief. For most officials in Daning, this kind of thing is not a disaster, but an opportunity.
There are many precedents for this kind of thing in Daning. In places where natural disasters hit, people's families were destroyed and people died of hunger everywhere, but the officials made a lot of money by swallowing up the disaster relief money and grain from the court.
Officials from Yuhe, Heishan, and Caoping counties almost seemed to have reached an agreement. They set up several disaster relief sheds outside the county with great fanfare and prepared several large pots. Then the people who came, each scooped a spoonful. It’s porridge that’s not even rice soup. Only one or two percent of the people can receive this.
For this disaster, the people in the three counties had no psychological preparation, except for the dozens of villages near the Flying Eagle Association. The people in the remaining villages have suffered heavy losses. Not only have many people drowned, but more importantly, the living people have no food to eat.
Several grain dealers in the three counties seemed to have negotiated a deal. Grain prices suddenly increased significantly. The copper coins that used to be able to buy one liter of grain were now unable to buy even half a liter.
Peeling tree bark, digging wild vegetables, and even eating soil, the people tried their best to find something to satisfy their hunger. Later, some people simply cooked and ate their family members who had starved to death, and even exchanged their children for food.
After more than a month or two of hard work, good news finally came, saying that the money and food provided by the court for disaster relief had arrived. As the people watched the small trucks carrying disaster relief supplies enter the county, they began to have hope of survival.
However, when these disaster relief materials arrived in the county, they seemed to disappear out of thin air. The people in the three counties did not see a single bit of money, and there was no trace of food at all.
The hungry people really had no choice but to know who came up with the idea. Everyone quickly responded and came to their respective counties in unison, hoping that the government could provide food relief.
But now outside the county town, even the rice soup in the disaster relief sheds was gone. The county guards spread the news that because the disaster was too severe, the relief food sent by the court had been eaten.
This time, the people stopped working. No one saw the trace of this food, and now they actually said it was gone.
The people gathered outside the county town, clamoring to see the county magistrate, hoping that the magistrate could provide food so that everyone would not starve to death in this disaster year.
The hopeful people of the three counties did not wait for their parents and officials, but instead waited for groups of fully armed police officers and county soldiers. The law enforcers in these counties stood on the city walls and aimed their bows and arrows at the common people that should have been directed at the enemy.
After hearing the county soldiers and police officers say that if everyone did not leave, they would be shot as a mob, these common people who were usually afraid of officials from the bottom of their bones began to be afraid. The county soldiers shot several people with bows and arrows, and the people standing near the front were finally frightened and everyone left the county town and returned to their homes. Most of them could only wait for death.
Compared with the people in other parts of the three counties, the people in the dozens of villages near the Flying Eagle Society have a much better life. Under the "coercion and inducement" of the Flying Eagle Society, most of them brought food and valuables to Fuhu Mountain and escaped being eroded by the flood, so they did not face the crisis of food shortage immediately.
At the same time, the Flying Eagle Club also took the initiative to express its willingness to lend food and seeds to everyone to help everyone overcome the current difficulties.
Compared with the government, the people in these dozens of villages fully felt the kindness of the village and began to be grateful to the Flying Eagle Society. If there is a conflict between the government and Fei Ying at this time, these common people will side with Fei Ying without hesitation, and this is exactly what Zhuge Ying and Ye Ying want to see most.
However, Ye Ying is not satisfied with the current situation. Feiyinghui Village is located on Fuhu Mountain. The flood has had little impact on the village. Now he is taking this opportunity to gain the support of his father and the common people.
But what worries Ye Ying is that in addition to the thousands of people nearby, there are tens of thousands of people living in dire straits in Yuhe, Heishan, and Caoping counties, and people are starving to death every day.
Ye Ying really wanted to help these people, but his ability was really limited. Even if he took out all the food from the Flying Eagle Society, it would not be able to solve the urgent needs of so many people.
At this moment, a letter arrived, completely igniting the anger in Ye Ying's heart.
The letter was sent by Ma Zhengyuan, a businessman from Yuhe County. Ye Ying's friend told him such a thing in the letter. The magistrate of Yuhe County colluded with the Wang family, the largest family in Yuhe, to embezzle the court's disaster relief grain, and then handed it over to the Wang family to sell it at a high price.
So many people are starving to death. These officials don't want to solve the urgent needs of the people, but they secretly make money from this unconscionable national crisis. Ye Ying, who was usually very calm in situations, couldn't bear it at this time. He wished he could lead his people to rush down the mountain immediately and kill these officials who had violated their conscience.
"I have a way to take out this batch of food and distribute it to the people who are in urgent need of food." Chief Military Advisor Zhuge Ying's words made Ye Ying overjoyed.
"Military advisor, please tell me quickly. As long as I can help the people get through this difficulty, I will pay any price." Ye Ying came to Zhuge Ying and excitedly held his thin shoulders.
"The Wang family was mainly engaged in the grain business. There should be a lot of inventory in the warehouse. Together with this batch of official grain, it should be able to help the people to harvest grain next year." Zhuge Ying looked at Ye Ying and said with a smile.
"There are so many officers and county soldiers stationed in Yuhe County. The Wang family's food is actually related to the county officials. They will definitely send heavy troops to guard it. We have to seize the food. It's not easy!" After listening to Zhuge Ying's method, Ye Ying Somewhat discouraged.
"Of course it's not possible to go to the county to seize food, but wouldn't it be much easier if they took the initiative to transport the food out of the county?" Zhuge Ying was obviously prepared for Ye Ying's question.
Wang Daqi is the head of the Wang family in Yuhe County. He has barely had a good night's sleep during this period of time. Yuhe County suffered a once-in-a-century flood, and the court sent a batch of disaster relief money. The county magistrate, who wore the same pants as the Wang family, quickly transferred the money to the Wang family.
This is a great thing for the Wang family. Their family's warehouse already has a large amount of food stored. With this batch of official grain, the family's warehouse can hardly be filled.
However, Wang Daqixi did not sell the grain at all. Instead, he made a grimace all day long, saying that the Wang family did not have much food left, and even supplying food for his own family became a problem.
Seeing this situation, the people of Yuhe County, who were already very short of food, tried their best to find the Wang family and had to buy food from them at high prices. This situation is exactly what the Wang family hopes. He has already negotiated with the grain producers in the three nearby counties and will take advantage of this opportunity to significantly increase grain prices.
According to this trend, the Wang family will definitely make a lot of money this time. Just when Wang Daqi was looking forward to this beautiful dream, something unexpected happened that made his mood fall from the mountain peak to the deep valley.
Someone is spreading the news everywhere, saying that the county magistrate colluded with the Wang family and hid a large amount of disaster relief money in the Wang family's warehouse.
Not only that, the news spread vividly, saying that in the Wang family warehouse, there were many grain bags containing grain with the words "Daning Disaster Relief" on them. If this matter was confirmed, it would be a serious crime of beheading. There are more than a hundred people in the Wang family, and this head is not enough to chop off.
"Didn't the county magistrate tell himself that this matter was done perfectly? But how did the news get out?" Wang Daqi couldn't figure out the whole story even if he tried hard.
Now the people are getting more and more violent, and countless victims have flocked to the county town, demanding that the Wang family's grain depot be opened so that everyone can see clearly. Although the Wang family sent a large number of servants and used all kinds of coercion and inducement, the people came one after another, and they were almost unstoppable.
The county magistrate obviously did not expect such a thing to happen. He sent someone to quietly tell Wang Daqi that no trace of the grain could be discovered, which frustrated Wang Daqi.
