Liang Shanbo's father, Liang Yongxiu, had been running up and down for disaster relief during this time. Not only was he exhausted and thin, he was out of shape.
Even all the hair has changed from the original black and shiny to white as snow.
But despite such hard work, someone actually used it to criticize him, which made Liang Yongxiu not get angry.
When Liang Yongxiu was sent home, the old lady of the Liang family and the old lady of the Liang family burst into tears. Fortunately, Liang Shanbo had a good wife and comforted the two old people.
Liang Shanbo found a famous doctor in Hangzhou to perform acupuncture to save his father.
When Liang Yongxiu woke up, his first reaction was not to defend himself, nor to blame the "disaster victims" for being ungrateful, but to ask his son to find a way to raise food to help the victims.
Liang Shanbo could only nod his head with tears in his eyes and agreed: "Father, rest assured and rest. I will do my best to raise food to help the victims!"
With his son's consent, Liang Yongxiu felt relieved and passed out again.
But how difficult is it to raise food in this year of disaster?
When Liang Shanbo visited the houses of major landlords and wealthy merchants in Hangzhou, he was rejected many times. Even when he entered their homes, he could only get hundreds of kilograms of food.
These hundreds of kilograms of food are not enough to feed tens of thousands of victims for half a day.
Not to mention not giving him face, Liang Shanbo, the son of Hangzhou Governor Liang Yongxiu, even if Lord Liang Yongxiu, the Hangzhou Governor Liang Yongxiu, came in person, he might not be able to get any benefits.
This year of disaster is a good opportunity for them to annex land. How could these wealthy merchants be so kind and use their own food to fill the bellies of the victims?
What disappointed Liang Shanbo the most was not the powerful landlords, but the county magistrates who had nothing to do with their bodies.
These officials still play songs and drink meat and wine every night.
It's true that the wealthy family is full of wine and meat, and the roads are freezing to death!
Liang Shanbo, who could not raise any food, could only continue to ask the servants of Fuyin Yamen to cook rice soup with clear bottom every day.
Although the rice soup distributed by the Yamen was not enough to fill their stomachs, it gave these homeless victims a hope of survival.
Since the rice porridge turned into rice soup, those "disaster victims" wearing tattered clothes but extremely clean bodies have never appeared again.
Without those troublemakers, the porridge order gradually returned to stability.
But the good times did not last long, and more and more victims received rice soup with coughs.
Doctor Wu, who helped Liang Shanbo treat his father, kindly reminded: "Mr. Liang, there are more and more people coughing, having fever, and trembling among the victims. I'm afraid there will be a big epidemic in Hangzhou!"
Liang Shanbo himself also noticed this phenomenon.
Now, his mind is full of thinking about how to raise food, and he has no energy to manage this at all.
After the catastrophe there will be a great epidemic! This is a truth summed up by our ancestors.
Liang Shanbo knew it himself, so he bowed and begged Dr. Wu: "Doctor Wu, I know nothing about medical skills. I ask you and other doctors in the city to try your best to save the people."
Liang Yongxiu and Liang Shanbo, the father and son, worked hard for the victims, and all the things they did were seen by some knowledgeable people such as Wu Tianming and Dr. Wu.
Although they could not destroy their families and rescue the people like Liang Shanbo and his son, they could still do their best and contribute some of their strength to the victims in the city.
"Don't worry, Mr. Liang, I, Wu Tianming, will do my best to rescue and treat the victims."
Liang Shanbo waited patiently for relief food to be sent from the court, but there was no news from it.
Seeing that the yamen's food was about to run out, Liang Shanbo collected some food from the homes of other insightful people in Hangzhou to help the victims, so that he could continue to cook rice soup to help the victims.
After resting for a while, Liang Yongxiu, the governor of Hangzhou, finally looked much better and was able to walk on the road again.
He rushed back to Fuyin Yamen at the first opportunity and carefully asked his officials about the disaster relief food situation in Yangzhou.
When Liang Yongxiu learned that the disaster relief money and food from the imperial court had already arrived, it had just been secretly divided up by the Yangzhou prefect and some of the Yangzhou senior officials.
After learning the news, Liang Yongxiu was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted again.
This anger directly caused Liang Shanbo's father, Liang Yongxiu, to suffer a stroke and paralysis.
Liang Shanbo felt extremely sad when he saw that his father Liang Yongxiu, who worked hard for the country and the people, ended up in this state.
However, even though he suffered a stroke and was paralyzed, Liang Yongxiu, who was unconscious, still murmured "Relieve the victims"!
Although Liang Shanbo hated Chen Guo and those corrupt officials, he was not willing to let his old father down.
He still shouldered the heavy responsibility of raising food to provide relief to the victims.
But good fortune never comes alone, and misfortunes never come alone.
On this day, when Liang Shanbo was ladling rice soup for the people, Liang Shanbo suddenly shivered, and his body began to feel extremely hot again. The next second, his eyes went dark and he didn't know anything.
When he opened his eyes, Liang Shanbo had been carried back home.
Dr. Wu Tianming, who treated Liang Shanbo, immediately determined that Liang Shanbo was infected with the epidemic.
Although Liang Shanbo himself was extremely weak, he still held on and wanted to go to Fuyin Yamen.
When the old servant Liang Zhi saw his young master like this, he warned with distress: "Master, if I fall, you can't fall again. Now you are the only pillar of our Liang family."
"No... no, I have to go to the government office to have a look..." Liang Shanbo said weakly.
The old servant Liang Zhilao said with tears streaming down his face: "What else is there to see? Master, you have been in a coma for two days. Our government office has used up all the food today!"
Liang Shanbo fell down beside the bed with a disappointed expression, muttering to himself with dull eyes: "Ahem~what? No more food?"
After hearing Liang Zhi's words, Liang Shanbo's face was full of loneliness and despair. Two lines of clear tears fell involuntarily from both sides of his cheeks.
Suddenly, a young servant ran excitedly from outside the house and reported: "Master, Master, there are many ships carrying grain at the pier. Those ships seem to be coming to rescue our city of Hangzhou!"
Liang Shanbo's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly grabbed the young servant and asked: "Does that fleet have a number, and whose flag is it?"
The servant thought for a while and replied: "Master, there is indeed a serial number on it, but I can't read."
"But the villain saw the flag with a sickle and a hammer on it!"
sickle? And Hammerhead?
Liang Shanbo immediately thought of the banners of Zhou Yi and Wang Dachui, and their banners were embroidered with sickles and hammer heads.
Liang Shanbo once asked Zhou Yi the meaning of the sickle and hammer. Master Zhou did not explain clearly at that time, but only said that the sickle and hammer represented a nobler concept than "Great Harmony".
At that time, Liang Shanbo could not understand any concept more noble than the "Great Harmony Society", but now Liang Shanbo seems to be able to understand it.
With tears in his eyes, Liang Shanbo excitedly said to his old servant Liang Zhi, "It's Mr. Zhou and the others who are here!"
"It's Mr. Zhou and they are here!"
"Master Zhou is here, and the sky will be clear!"
