Traveling through the daily life of raising a family in ancient times

Chapter 87

However, apart from being dirty and thin, these people's mental outlook is not particularly bad.

At least most of them have the strength to stand up, and they don't have that dying breath.

"Go to the city as soon as possible." Song Yeqing said to He Yanxin next to him.

The food on the carriage was covered with sackcloth, but if it was accidentally seen outside, or if someone couldn't resist grabbing it, it would cause riots.

There are fifty or so of them, but they can't stop the crowd of hundreds or thousands.

Therefore, the distribution of food must not be done outside the brain, there must be a charter.

"Okay." He Yanxin frowned, the current situation is not as bad as the previous life.

But from the perspective of modern people, this picture is still shocking.

He got out of the carriage, and the bodyguard who helped drive the carriage slowed down to let him go down.

After He Yanxin got out of the car to discuss with Li Escort, the team speeded up and rushed all the way to the city gate under martial law.

When I got there, I saw that the city gate was closed tightly.

Seeing them coming, an official on the city wall asked loudly.

"Who are you? What are you here for?"

They can't say loudly in front of the victims outside that they are here to deliver food.

It was Li Escort who brought up Weicheng Escort's name and said that there was an important matter to discuss, so the other party agreed to talk about it.

Then two baskets were lowered from the city wall, and only He Yanxin and Li Biao were allowed to go up.

After He Yanxin went up, he finished the set of arguments he had thought up before to the other party.

Hearing that he was here to give alms, the officer was overjoyed, but he still asked He Yanxin for his identity guide, and asked Li Biaotou to show the token of becoming an Escort.

He used this to distinguish the authenticity of the matter, so that he could report back to the county magistrate.

He Yanxin had been prepared for a long time, and took out the fake merchant Luyin that Song Yeqing had drawn on the road.

Except for the surname, the family above has changed their names, and their household registration is in a small county in the north.

And the bodyguards who came with him didn't know their names, they only called brothers and sisters, so there was no risk of passing through.

The road guides here are very easy to fake, and Song Yeqing is good at Danqing, and the brush calligraphy is also very good.

In addition, there are many calligraphy and painting tools in the space, so it is not difficult to make this one.

After the officer saw it, he led them down the city wall, and gathered more than 100 officers and soldiers with spears and shields.

After opening the city gate and going out, they blocked the door, leaving only a space for a car and horse to enter and exit for the team to enter the city.

There were also victims who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to sneak in, but they were all forced back by spears.

He Yanxin couldn't hold back, and asked the official why he didn't let the victims enter the city.

The official sighed, stared at the crowd and said:

"You don't know, they were allowed in at the beginning. Not only that, the magistrate also opened a warehouse to release grain, and encouraged the rich and noble people in the city to cook porridge and donate.

But after a long time, something happened!Some of the victims had no money and no place to live, so they made troubles in the city, petty theft and even robbery, and the chaos became more and more difficult to manage. "

After he finished speaking, he summoned a policeman and told him to report to the county, then turned around and continued talking to them.

"In desperation, our lord had no choice but to order people to be driven out of the city, the city gate closed, and only go out of the city gate to serve porridge at noon every day."

No wonder the situation of these people seems to be pretty good, and they didn't act like a crowd.

It turned out that the city would come out every day to give porridge to appease the crowd.Since there is food, who would be willing to take the risk to grab it?
"It's just that during this period of time, the food in the granary has run out, and the daily porridge has become thinner, and more and more disaster victims have come from outside.

The rice shops in the city are almost sold out, and the people in the city have to eat.But the food we bought from outside has not yet arrived. We were thinking about what to do next these days, but unexpectedly, emergency help came. "

The official was very grateful.

You must know that if the daily porridge is stopped, those people outside are very likely to be in a mess.

More importantly, they don't want anyone to starve to death before their eyes.

After everyone entered the city, the gate was tightly closed again.

He Yanxin declined the house that the official sent to arrange.

It is true that this matter needs the assistance of officials from the government, but the food cannot be handed over to other people's land.

After all, with this exchange, the initiative is no longer in their hands.

Li Biaotou sent bodyguards to find a suitable place to stay, and finally found two places to accommodate 50 people.All the food is put in the one with the larger yard.

Song Yeqing found a small courtyard alone, and took the children there.

Before they could unload the food, the magistrate came to find it himself.

The county magistrate is still very young, only 27 years old.

As soon as he came up, he thanked them all, and he didn't put on airs and talk about the scene.

"You are truly virtuous people! I thank you for being here on behalf of the people." After speaking, he half-kneeled to salute.

Naturally, they quickly stopped him.In Da'an State, officials kneel down to the people?Can't bear it.

But from this point of view, Wang Zhixian is indeed a good official who cares about the people.

In the following time, several people gathered together to discuss for a long time.

After talking about most of the things, He Yanxin went to find Song Yeqing and the two children.

When she entered, she was washing the children's clothes in the yard, and the brothers were playing with the children next door.

He Yanxin consciously moved the stool and sat down, rolled up his sleeves and washed with her.

Along the way, he was used to washing his own clothes, and he didn't look like he couldn't do without a washing machine in modern times.

"You said, we are still pretending to be rich businessmen, but you, a lady, still have to do your own laundry. Isn't it too strange?"

He wrung out the water from the clothes in his hands, and whispered to Song Yeqing.

"It's not surprising that Xiaofu's family is away from home again." Song Yeqing cleaned carefully and responded slowly.

"That's right. But we still need to hire or directly buy someone who can do things. Someone needs to help look after the child, otherwise it will be inconvenient for us both to do things."

He Yanxin offered to propose.

Although it is uncomfortable to look at the trading of human slaves with modern thinking, but who told them to live in such a society?

Song Yeqing nodded in agreement.If you want to take care of two children, you really can't let go of everything.

But let's wait until we go to Zhaozhou to talk about it, it's not convenient now.

Without mentioning it, Song Yeqing asked another question. "How was your talk?"

"We leave this matter to the government. After all, they do have experience and rules, which are better than us."

What I thought before I came here was to distribute food directly to the victims and let them cook and eat by themselves.

But doing so increases the chances of snatching each other, so it's really not as good as giving porridge directly.

"But we have the right to supervise. When the time comes, we will go out to help with them, and the food will be carefully recorded to ensure that there is no doubt.

When the matter is over, the government will give Weicheng Escort a stamped plaque, which is equivalent to official certification. "

He Yanxin paused, and told her with "regret": "It's a pity that we didn't even get this plaque."

After saying this, he wrote all over his face: Come and ask me why.

Song Yeqing looked at him, and actually knew the reason.But still as he wished.

"Why don't we both?"

(End of this chapter)