After training the soldier, he changed his smile again, clasped his fists at Zhang Mingwei and said: "I am Daxing County Magistrate Hu Yong 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 see them. They were starving to death, so I just wanted to find a way for them to survive!”
After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei 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?" After hearing this, Zhu Ainao frowned and asked.
"Then the court must have food!" The man glanced at her and replied smoothly. Then he looked at Zhang Mingwei and asked, "I wonder which yamen the young master belongs to or what house he belongs to?"
After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei thought that he had not yet taken over as the commander of the Jinyi Guards, so he shook his head slightly and replied: "Without an official or a position, he is a commoner and does not belong to any house."
Upon hearing this, Hu Yong seemed a little unconvinced and looked at Zhang Mingwei and his party again. Suddenly I remembered that from the accent of this man, it seemed that he was not from the capital, but maybe a rich man from the south of the Yangtze River!
Thinking of this, he immediately smiled and said: "If you think they are pitiful, you might as well hire some people to go back. After all, it will save people's lives, which is a good deed. Let us help you select them to ensure they are reliable."
When Zhu Yuyao heard this, she turned to look at Zhang Mingwei. She was thinking that her husband just wanted to come to the refugee camp to have a look.
However, Zhang Mingwei always felt that something was wrong, but for a while, he couldn't remember it.
Li Ruolian 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.
Two soldiers stood outside the greenhouse. Seeing him approaching, they stretched out their spears and said, "Stop!"
Li Ruolian ignored it at all, held the gun barrel and lifted it, and then he got in.
The two soldiers were unprepared. When they saw each other, they immediately became a little anxious. Just when they were about to chase in, they saw Li Ruolian come out again and greeted Zhang Mingwei: "Sir, why don't you come and take a look!"
Just now Zhang Mingwei said that he had no official position, so Li Ruolian changed his title.
Zhang Mingwei was a little curious, so he got off his horse 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?"
However, his words were of no use. Even Zhu Nuao dismounted curiously and wanted to follow him.
Seeing this situation, Hu Yong immediately shouted: "Come on, stop them!"
After finishing speaking, he said to Zhang Mingwei: "Young Master, don't be ignorant, otherwise it will not look good if you don't lose face!"
Obviously, this kind of implicit threat is of no use to Zhang Mingwei.
Hu Yong finally became angry and immediately shouted: "Come on, capture these madmen!"
His men were already surrounding him. When they heard this, they immediately started to approach with their weapons in hand.
When Li Ruolian saw this, he glanced at Zhang Mingwei, then took out his badge and shouted: "Jin Yiwei is on an errand, all of you should stand down!"
"..." When Hu Yong and his men saw each other, they were immediately stunned.
Didn’t I just say that I have no official position? How can I change my identity? What does it mean to hide my identity?
They didn't have the guts to be in charge of the Jiading House. When they saw Li Ruolian showing off his Jin Yiwei waist card, they dared to make a mistake and quickly retreated. Hu Yong also immediately changed his smile, nodded and bowed and said to Zhang Mingwei: "The villain is blind, he didn't know that the Jin Yiwei officer was coming, damn it, damn it!"
While talking, he intentionally or unintentionally blocked the way to the greenhouse.
Zhang Mingwei discovered this detail and became increasingly suspicious that there was something fishy in the greenhouse. So, I 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 Ruolian, 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 a civil uprising."
"With so much food, it can last for a while, right?" Zhang Mingwei reached out and patted the sack, turned to look at Li Ruolian 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 Ruolian 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 suffering from hunger. If you can’t survive, you will have to sell your sons and daughters, and the weaker ones 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."
"But, didn't they survive some people after all?" Zhu Yuyao, who came in from behind, didn't hear what was said in front of her, so she asked a little doubtfully.
After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei turned to explain to her: "If we give more porridge every day, we won't sell our children and daughters. Liu Jin's family is an example. Unless they are forced to do nothing, who wants to separate his wife and children?" "
Li Ruolian had been with Zhang Mingwei for a day and already knew Zhang Mingwei's character and status, so he had no scruples and continued: "Actually, there is a bigger trick inside!"
Hearing his words, Zhang Mingwei and Zhu Yuya 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 Ruolian 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, stabbed a few sacks, and finally came out with a handful of things in his hand, stretched it out in front of Zhang Mingwei and said: " Please look at it, sir!”
Zhang Mingwei 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 Ruolian sneered, "Only the ones piled in conspicuous places are just grain. They are mainly used to deal with Shangguan's inspections."
Zhang Mingwei's face turned gloomy when he heard this. This was simply worse 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 Liu Jin family and the bodies thrown into the car 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!"
Zhu Yuyao was also furious, pointed at the man and shouted angrily: "Come on, take him down!"
As soon as the two royal guards in Jinyi heard this, they immediately stepped forward to fetch someone. The soldiers were all a little panicked when they saw it, and the scene was a little chaotic for a while. But after all, this is the capital's feet, and they can't resist Jin Yiwei and take people, but they can't do it.
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. But stay away and watch the fun with other onlookers.
Luo Yangxing, who had been following, also saw this scene, but he said happily to himself: "Okay, let's poke out the hornet's nest one after another, and see how they end up!"
Between the words, there was a mentality of gloating and watching the excitement.
However, at this moment, a horseman came quickly. He looked around, and when he saw Luo Yangxing, he immediately went over and reported in a panic: "The master is not good, something happened in the house!"
