Chapter 1234 Please help yourself
“Hiccup, I have never thought that porridge tastes so delicious before, and this nest of cornstarch is so delicious.”
That night, already After two days without food, I was hungry. The bandits, who had their chests pressed against their backs, finally had a full meal. Each person was given two buns, a ball of pickled wild vegetables, and porridge to drink. They ate until they were full and huddled in the flood shelter. In a corner of the shack, he picked his teeth with satisfaction.
Heavy rains caused flash floods and destroyed the cottage. If the Shaodong family had not forced everyone to move from the cottage to Xifeng Slope two days in advance, they would have been buried by the flash flood. Went to the underground of the cottage. However, although they escaped thanks to the young master's family, all the food stored in the village was destroyed by the flash flood. They only had time to grab more than half of the bags of food. After saving and saving, they could only last less than three days. . As of today, they have been without food for more than two days.
When the Shaodong family insisted on transferring refugees, they were not happy with it. Now that I think about it, the Shaodong family is still wise. Otherwise, they would still be looking for wild vegetables and catching insects in the mountains, with their chests pressed against their backs and sour water coming out of their mouths. How could they have such a good day today?
"I feel like I miss home after eating and drinking. After the disaster, having such a shelter from the wind and rain and being able to take care of food is really like a paradise."
Hu Laosan patted his belly and sat on the grass bed. He moved his buttocks and found a comfortable position.
“It’s good here, but the rules are too lax. We have to wash our hands before eating, take a shower before going to bed, and go to the designated toilet area when going to the toilet. Even the clothes we wore when we came here have to be Wash with hot water, talk about disinfection, you think it’s ridiculous, if it’s really poisoning, who would put poison on the clothes?”
Zhang Laosan held a straw in his mouth and leaned on the ground. On the pillar supporting the shack, he said with a corner of his mouth.
"They say this is a rule set by the county magistrate. Oh, no wonder, these scholars are so poor and fastidious. They have reached this point and they are not fastidious enough." Another bandit followed.
Of course, they kept their voices down when they spoke to avoid being heard by the local victims. These people were extremely loyal and respectful to the county magistrate. If you hear them talking bad about the county magistrate, you will definitely tell them a lot of nonsense.
In the corner of the shack, the young master, who was disguised as a man, heard a group of bandits talking about taking a bath before going to bed, and his pretty face, smeared with plant ash, couldn't help but blush. She lived in a shack with everyone, guarded by a group of bandits, and had a relatively private space.
For her, bathing is a problem. She can't do it without washing. The flood refuge area is supervised and inspected by a special person because he is a woman disguised as a man and takes a bath with a group of gentlemen. Although his father and a group of bandits occupied a rain shower room and stood guard outside, while she washed herself inside first, but even so, she couldn't help but curse when she thought of so many people outside. Someone who is the instigator.
In the blink of an eye, the night passed like this.
The next day, the sun rose again from the east. Looking at the rising sun shining golden light, people were once again full of hope.
The rain has stopped, the floods are slowly receding, and there is food and drink in the flood shelter area. How can such days not be full of hope?
Unlike everyone else, Zhu Ping'an felt a little worried when he got up in the morning and came back from walking around the county and the five major flood avoidance areas.
What you worry about is food.
Zhu Ping'an walked around the county and the five major flood avoidance areas, and listened to the reports from the officials in charge of each flood avoidance area. Jingnan is currently housing more and more victims. Among them, the Beijiao Flood Refuge Area, the largest, has accommodated more than 20,000 disaster victims, including nearly 10,000 refugees fleeing from other places. Although the other four flood avoidance areas are not as good as the Beijiao Flood Refuge Area, each of them has There are more than 10,000 disaster victims in the district, and foreign victims account for almost half.
There are more than 60,000 victims in these five major flood refuge areas, and the number of victims fleeing from other places far exceeds expectations.
That's not all.
In addition to these five major flood avoidance areas, there are still 20,000 people in Jingnan County.
In this flood, Jingnan County suffered much less damage than the villages below. When the floods were at their worst, the amount of floodwater that poured into Jingnan County was limited, but it was almost at the level of waterlogging. More than 80% of the houses in the county were well preserved, and the collapsed and damaged ones were old houses that had been in disrepair. The people only lost part of their property and food, and they were much less affected by the disaster.
In addition, before the flood, Zhu Pingan ordered the repair of drainage facilities in Jingnan County. These drainage facilities worked. After the heavy rain stopped, it took only one day for the accumulated water in the county to be drained away.
Desilt and mud removal. After another day, Jingnan County was basically rebuilt and returned to normal.
The lives of people in the county have basically returned to normal, and they suffered limited damage from the flood.
However, food is still in short supply.
People in the county basically do not farm. They are not like the people in the countryside who store a year's worth of grain. They basically don't store much grain. They are similar to modern city people. Eat now and buy.
Although their damage was limited, in terms of food, they were similar to the victims outside the city and were just as short of food.
There are more than 60,000 disaster victims (the number is increasing every moment), more than 20,000 county residents, and more than 80,000 people are crying for food. They need about 50,000 kilograms of food every day. This is a very big sum. number.
Moreover, according to the current situation, thousands of victims come to Jingnan from other places every day. According to reports from the officials in charge of flood avoidance areas, the number of new people added every day is greater than the number of new people added the day before.
The food needed every day will be more and more. The 20,000 shi of grain stored in the county government warehouse were really stretched.
In addition, the grain stocks in the grain stores in the county are also limited, and the price of grain has risen three times in one day. Even so, the grain in the grain stores is not open to supply, but is limited to a daily supply.
In the past few days, Zhu Ping'an would write an official document to Fucheng requesting the court for disaster relief and food relief, without stopping for a day.
But just as Zhu Pingan predicted before, the court seems to be, probably, really unable to rescue him.
Zhu Ping'an requested the imperial court for disaster relief, and the official documents requesting relief for grain and grass fell into the sea, with no response.
The grain storage in the county government warehouse is stretched, the output of the county grain store is even more limited, and the imperial rescue is like a dream. When everyone is full of hope, Zhu Ping'an can't help but worry about food.
Maybe this is to worry about the world's worries first and rejoice after the world's happiness.
"Report! Reply from Fucheng!"
At this moment, the shouts of the policemen came from outside.
When Zhu Ping'an heard this, he couldn't help but look happy. He quickly stood up and shouted outside, "Send it in quickly."
After a burst of hurried footsteps, the officer delivered an official document stamped with the seal of Taizhou Prefecture. In the hands of Zhu Pingan.
After Zhu Pingan took it, he couldn't wait to open it.
". Ask all counties to actively save themselves."
The last sentence after the official document was like a basin of cold water, extinguishing Zhu Ping'an's illusions. (End of chapter)