The days when I was working in the West Factory

Chapter 118
The first snow fell for six consecutive days, and at noon on the sixth day, the snow finally stopped.

But the whole capital city was not sunny, it was still shrouded in a cloud.

Looking at the gloomy sky, everyone knows that the heavy snow is not over yet.

woo woo woo...

At noon, Zhao Yu, who was dozing off in the supervisor's duty hall, heard a low-pitched horn sound from the school grounds.

"What happened?"

Zhao Yu called Ji Feng, who was on duty outside the supervisor's hall, and asked.

Since Ji Feng was promoted to the Supervision Department's Hundred Households, he has been in charge of the duty of the Supervision Department's headquarters.

"Responding to my lord, because the first snow is slightly clearer, the Qianhu Office of the Army is summoning the headquarters to assist the Wucheng Bingmasi and the Shuntian government servants, and prepare to go to the outer city to clear the streets!"

Ji Feng knelt on one knee and replied respectfully to Zhao Yu.

According to Zhao Yu's order, no matter whether it's Lu Jianxing, the deputy Qianhu, or an ordinary warrior, there is no need to kneel down to see him, but Ji Feng insists on doing so.

The Dagan capital is divided into the inner city and the outer city. Most of the people living in the outer city are civilians. In the inner city, those who live outside are rich merchants. The closer to the central imperial city, the higher the status of the people living .

Of course, small merchants and hawkers in the outer city can also enter the inner city to do business, but they have to catch up at the juncture of morning and evening.

Otherwise, if civilians from the outer city stay in the inner city, they will either spend a lot of money to live in an inn, or they can only live in the prison in Shuntian Mansion for a few days!
"Clear the streets in the outer city?"

Zhao Yu frowned slightly, the dignified servant of the West Factory, no matter how bad it was, was under the rule of the emperor's courtiers, yet he also started working as a cleaner?
Even so, it stands to reason that even if the streets are to be cleaned, the inner city will be given priority. When did the government gentlemen start to care about the civilians in the outer city?

"Come on, let's join in the fun!"

It was a bit boring to be on duty at the headquarters of the supervisory department, so Zhao Yu got up and prepared to follow the soldiers from the Thousand Households Office to have a look.

"My lord, clearing the streets is a dirty thing, you..."

Seeing that Zhao Yu wanted to join in the fun, Ji Feng, who was kneeling below, was taken aback.

It's too late for others to hide from this unlucky thing, so why is this Shangguan so focused on getting it up!
"It's okay! Anyway, idle is idle, it's good to go out for a breath of air!"

Zhao Yu waved his hands, then got up to greet Erha, and led Lu Jianxing and Jin Yichuan towards the outside of the West Police Department.

Looking at Zhao Yu's expression, Ji Feng knew that this Shangguan didn't understand the meaning contained in his words at all.

……

Outside the Xijiujiu Factory, preparations have been made for the military service under Zhijun Qianhu.

But when Zhao Yu saw what was going on in the hands of these fan servants, he frowned slightly.

Since it was clearing the streets, why didn't they bring brooms and shovels and other things for snow removal? Instead, they covered their mouths and noses with white scarves.

Not long after, hundreds of households sent by the official of the army came to the outside of the Xiji Police Factory, and led the soldiers towards the outer city in a mighty manner.

Suspicious Zhao Yu followed Fan Yan from a distance.

……

After passing through the inner city, Zhao Yu and his party came to the outer city of Kyoto.

After seeing the scene in front of him, Zhao Yu froze in place, and a moment later, Zhao Yu's face was flushed red unexpectedly.

Wow! !

After a tumbling chest, Zhao Yu vomited out all the cakes he ate in the morning.

When a person is under extreme mood swings, the stomach will convulse quickly.

It's not that Zhao Yu has never seen a dead person.

Since coming to Dagan, he has personally beheaded several heads.

But after seeing the scene in front of him, Zhao Yu still couldn't restrain the panic in his heart, and retched directly on the street.

"My lord... are you alright?!"

Seeing that Zhao Yu was vomiting, Jin Yichuan stepped forward together with Lu Jianxing, and helped Zhao Yu up by left and right.

Yes, it is support.

Zhao Yu, whose inner strength has already surpassed most top-ranking masters, is vomiting so much that he doesn't even have the strength to stand up.

Now he finally understands why Ji Feng has such an expression when he talks about clearing the streets.

Why did he still wonder at the beginning, those officials and gentlemen, Qingjie would consider the outer city first!
On both sides of the street in front of Zhao Yu's eyes, frozen corpses were carried out by government servants and soldiers, and thrown on wooden carts in the middle of the street.

In all directions...

Clearing the streets, what is cleared is not the accumulated snow on the roads, but the common people who were frozen and starved to death! !

Although Zhao Yu is in a big job, his soul comes from a relatively peaceful society.

There, although life is still like a salted fish that will never turn over, at least as long as you are willing to move, you will not be hungry!

Zhao Yu had seen the scene in front of him from history books when he was studying.

But those few words and one sentence can't be compared with the human tragedy in front of us.

After taking a good breath, Zhao Yu gradually suppressed the retching.

"It's just a heavy snowfall, how could so many people die?" Zhao Yu looked at the piled up corpses and whispered to himself.

This is still in the capital city, at the foot of the emperor, it is hard for Zhao Yu to imagine what kind of bleak situation it will be in other prefecture capitals in Beizhili outside the capital city.

"My lord, the cold weather is only one aspect. The most direct cause of these people's death is the food ration..."

Lu Jianxing heard Zhao Yu whispering to himself, and immediately opened his mouth to explain.

It turned out that as soon as the heavy snow fell, the major grain merchants in Kyoto began to hoard grain, and the price of grain inside and outside the capital began to rise wildly.

The people who had been threatened by the heavy snow had cut off their rations...

"My lord, this is just the beginning. It will be really miserable when refugees start to emerge in the capitals of Beizhili!"

Lu Jianxing said everything he knew in one breath.

"Does the imperial court just ignore it?"

After listening to Lu Jianxing's words, Zhao Yu asked something that made him feel quite idiotic.

"Take care. Of course!"

Jin Yichuan sneered and said, "This heavy snowfall has made officials at all levels laugh from ear to ear."

When such a snow disaster occurs, the imperial court will definitely allocate relief food funds, and this time is the time when officials at all levels will make a fortune!
……

Zhao Yu, who was unwell, did not leave the outer city, but thought of walking closer to the outer city.

Along the way, Zhao Yucai discovered that the closer to the outside of the city, the more corpses died of freezing and starvation. In the beginning, there were only some old and weak corpses, but in the end, even young and strong corpses gradually increased.

"Go back!! Who dares to rush forward again, be careful of the water and fire stick in my hand!"

Just after Zhao Yu and the others turned around an alley, they saw a large number of ragged people crowding together in an empty area.

"My lord, this is a porridge factory opened by the imperial court!"

Seeing Zhao Yu looking at the crowd, Lu Jianxing explained.

However, in every catastrophe, the imperial court would set up porridge factories at specific points to provide porridge to save the people.But both Lu Jianxing and Jin Yichuan knew that the porridge served in this kind of place was almost all for fooling people!
(End of this chapter)