The Young Master Is Fierce Chapter 75: Refugees
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The so-called golden autumn is the harvest season.
For farmers who make a living in the fields, this is the happiest time of the year.
But for those refugees outside Yao County, they did not feel the slightest joy. What was revealed on their faces was sadness, confusion, and despair of having no life to live without.
The city gate has been closed, and they live in rotten shacks outside the city. What they pray for every day is two porridge soups from the government. Even if the porridge is crystal clear and only contains a few grains of rice and sorghum, in their eyes This is a life-saving delicacy.
Fu Xiaoguan and his party had already arrived in Yao County. They went to the city head first and saw this scene.
Yu Wenyun and Dong Shulan were extremely shocked. Famines occurred almost every year in the Yu Dynasty, and the imperial court also provided disaster relief every year. They had always thought that even if the places where the victims lived were not good, at least they would be guaranteed to eat.
They had never imagined that the lives of disaster victims would be like this, with crumbling shacks, tattered clothes, and clear soup that could be drank in one gulp.
Some children cry because they are hungry, and then when they are tired from crying, they fall asleep. Maybe they will not wake up from their sleep.
An old man turned around the gruel he got and gave it to his children, hoping that his children could survive.
There were also people drinking water by the river. They were so hungry that they could only swallow the river water with the grass roots and bark.
Yu Wenyun’s silver teeth almost broke into pieces, “This dog official! I will deal with him now!”
Fu Xiaoguan grabbed her, shook his head, and said, “Don’t be impulsive. We don’t understand the situation here. Some things… are more complicated than you think.”
“But the imperial court allocates a lot of food for disaster relief every year! If you don’t believe it, ask Shulan, Shulan knows.”
Dong Shulan nodded. Disaster relief materials are all allocated through the Ministry of Household Affairs. Her father often handles this matter, and she knows something about it.
According to the disaster relief regulations of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the victims can receive four taels of coarse grains and one tael of fine grains per day. No matter how you calculate it, the rations will not be like what they are now. There may not even be five yuan of grain in this bowl of porridge. , what about food?
“We will discuss this matter after we return to Xishan. Now we go to County Magistrate Yu. As for the issue, it is not appropriate for you to participate. The state government can send people to investigate.”
Fu Xiaoguan didn’t say anything, even if he checked, it would be nothing in the end.
Yu Wenyun took a deep breath, her face still covered with frost. She listened to Fu Xiaoguan’s opinion, because to investigate this kind of thing, her status as a princess was not enough.
The group got off the tower, got on the carriage, and went directly to the county government office.
Fu Xiaoguan handed over his name card, and the concierge led them to the backyard.
Yu Lian was quite surprised that Fu Xiaoguan came to visit. The Fu family is the largest landowner in Linjiang, and most of the fields in Yao County belong to his Fu family. Taxes are about to be collected, but Fu Xiaoguan won’t let him come. What does it mean to have a son?
According to Mr. Tang, Fu Xiaoguan probably didn’t come here because of tax matters, but neither of them could figure out why. In the end, they could only talk about it in person.
Fu Xiaoguan asked his servants to move two boxes of Xishan Tianchun into the backyard, while Yu Wenyun and Dong Shulan stayed on the carriage.
The status of these two women is too special and they are not suitable for showing up in such a place.
“I’ve heard about Magistrate Yu’s name for a long time, and I’ve admired him for a long time, but I’ve been busy with worldly affairs and delayed my visit until now. I hope Magistrate Yu will forgive me.” Fu Xiaoguan smiled and bowed to Magistrate Yu with his fists clasped in his hands.
“Haha, I didn’t expect my nephew to come today. Last year, I went to Linjiang to hold office and was entertained by the Master of the Fu family. I heard that the Master of the Fu family mentioned you, but now my nephew has become famous all over the world, and the tiger father has no Quanzi, the hero is young!”
“Your Majesty the County Magistrate, thank you! Wan Sheng came from Xiacun and didn’t bring any gifts. These two boxes of Xishan Tianchu are brewed by Wan Sheng himself, so I hope County Magistrate Yu will accept them.”
“This is not good. My nephew’s talent is famous far and wide, and his poems and books are spread all over the world. If you can come to see me and let me get a taste of the literary spirit of Linjiang’s number one talent, you have already given me a huge favor. I must not accept this wine!”
Fu Xiaoguan suddenly looked around and said in a low voice: “Magistrate Yu, I think the victims outside these days must have troubled you. Wan Sheng is actually also very worried, what if those refugees rob my family of food?” But it’s not beautiful. Fortunately, under your leadership, those refugees did not cause any trouble, so you must accept this wine. This is a late-stage gratitude!”
“Ah, haha, those refugees are quite honest. I send people to give porridge every day and also send police officers from the patrol room to patrol. Fortunately, there was no trouble.”
Yu Lian poured tea for Fu Xiaoguan and said: “My nephew doesn’t know the trouble involved. As of now, there are 33,670 refugees outside. Judging from this situation, the number will increase in the future. I only have a population of over 100,000 in Yao County. If something goes wrong, I will not be in trouble.”
“But if they don’t leave, just staying like this is not an option.”
Yu Lian stroked his goatee and sighed, “Refugees cannot be expelled. I have been thinking these days that if the number continues to increase, Yao County will not be able to bear it, so we will have to ask the state capital for help.”
“The wise nephew has thought of a way. Magistrate Yu, you can see if it is feasible.”
When Yu Lian thought about it, the Fu family was probably going to give out porridge for disaster relief.
The Fu family must be worried that these refugees will cause trouble, and the tenants of the Fu family will be the first to bear the brunt. Although the rice has been put into the warehouse, the rice has not yet been handed over to the Fu family or the government.
If there is trouble at this moment and the refugees rob these tenants, even if the state government sends sergeants to suppress it, Fu Mansion will definitely suffer a lot of losses.
Looking at it this way, it is better to give some food to these refugees. As long as they have something to eat, they will not cause trouble. The Fu family can provide food for disaster relief. For Yao County, this is naturally a good thing.
But what Fu Xiaoguan said next shocked Yu Lian!
“What would County Magistrate Yu think if I came to accept these refugees?”
“What?” Yu Yao was suddenly shocked.
“You want to accept those refugees? Do you know that there are tens of thousands of refugees? Although your family has a lot of food, your fields have already been divided. How are you going to feed them? Have you calculated that they can eat them in a day? How much food? Do you know how many shanties it will take to resettle them? Twenty percent of those refugees are old, weak, sick, and disabled. They are exhausted and sick from the journey. Do you know how much it will cost to treat them? ”
Yu Lian asked several questions in succession. This was out of his true intention. Even the court would be troubled by this kind of thing, let alone you, a mere landlord!
Fu Xiaoguan listened quietly to what he said and said with a smile: “Everything County Magistrate Yu said is true. It’s just that Wan Sheng hopes to solve the crisis in Yao County to prevent them from harming others. As for their resettlement, , there are some ways to give birth later, you don’t need to worry, it depends on whether you are right or not.”