The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 1012 Helpless Rejection
It is also a problem for so many victims to eat and drink. Hangtian Mansion doesn't have so much food for them to eat and drink!

Don't say two meals a day, even one meal a day is not enough.Those river workers have nothing to eat, and Yang Chaoying is still worrying about this for the past two days!
Besides, there are not only young and strong laborers among them, there are quite a few old and weak women and children in this group, accounting for more than half of them.

These people cannot do heavy work, and what they can count on are those strong laborers.

But these people must go to the city with the strong laborers at home, he can't distribute so much food!

The yamen servant at the side saw that his lord was obviously hesitating, so he tugged on Yang Chaoying's sleeve anxiously.

"My lord, I have something to report in this humble position!"

Seeing the yamen servant's hesitant expression, Yang Chaoying knew that this would definitely not work.He was pulled aside by the yamen servant, and the two started whispering.

"My lord! Our Hangtian Mansion doesn't have food reserves, and those river workers don't even have enough to eat! How can we admit so many more people?"

The yamen servant was also frowning, he felt that this would not work at all.

Even though he is very excited about the extra labor, people can't give their efforts in vain, can they?

If you want the horse to run, you have to feed the horse!No food, no drink, no money, how could people contribute?

Yang Chaoying pondered for a moment, frowning and thinking about this countermeasure.

"My lord, if these disaster victims enter the city, they will have nowhere to settle! Besides, this is only a small part! If all the disaster victims from Changtian Mansion come to us, think about it, how can our Hangtian Mansion accommodate them? The first batch entered the city, and if the latter were not allowed to enter, they might riot and force their way in."

This analysis is well-founded, and Yang Chaoying has already thought of these issues just now.

However, there will be those victims who will rush over one after another, and he almost forgot.

He also couldn't see these disaster victims wandering around and having nowhere to go, but he didn't expect that there were many disaster victims behind!
After being reminded by the yamen servant, he felt that this precedent should not be set.Otherwise, if there are too many victims, the Hangtian Mansion will be in chaos.

The old man on the other side saw the two conspiring for a long time, and the expression on the lord's face became more and more serious, and he suddenly felt something was wrong!
He was a little apprehensive, because the adult was still hesitating because of his words just now, he thought there was great hope.

Who would have thought that when the guard said it now, he felt that the matter was hanging again.

Yang Chaoying clenched her fists, sighed helplessly, and then walked towards the victims.

"Fathers and folks, I just learned that the grain left by Hangtian Mansion has bottomed out. Even if everyone goes to help strengthen the embankment, I won't be able to produce any grain!"

After finishing speaking, Yang Chaoying bowed her hands to everyone, "I'm sorry! Please go to Yingnan Mansion!"

When the victims heard this, they couldn't help but feel disappointed.Looking at Yang Chaoying's helpless appearance, they were both angry and helpless.

The village head was very anxious, "My lord, please take us in! We have nowhere to go now, didn't your lord drive us to a dead end?"

The village chief wiped his tears with his wet sleeve, hoping that the adults would show compassion.

"Yes! Your Excellency, I can see that your Excellency is a good official, please let us in!"

Some villagers spoke up quickly, and they could tell that this lord still had a conscience.

Because the helplessness and pity on his face did not seem to be fake, it might be really difficult to disagree with them entering the city.

But understanding is understanding, but they want to survive!So I can only ask my lord to let them enter the city, otherwise staying outside the city is waiting to die.

"Everyone, that's all I've said! It's really helpless to keep you out of the city, please forgive me."

Yang Chaoying didn't want to continue talking, he was thinking of countermeasures in his heart.With so many people, these twenty or so soldiers must be unable to resist.

It's better to temporarily close the gates of the city, strictly censor, only allowed to go out and not allowed to enter!
"My lord! If you let us go to Yingnan Mansion, if the Lord of Yingnan Mansion refuses to let us enter the city, so what?"

The village head is not that unreasonable person, on the contrary, he was a scholar before.It's just that his talent is not good, and he didn't get any fame!
It is true that reading can make people understand.

Compared with the villagers who don't know a single word, the old man is naturally more knowledgeable and can analyze the situation more comprehensively.

When Yang Chaoying was asked such a question by the old man, she was immediately speechless.Indeed, of course he knew who Li Taihang, the prefect of Yingnan Prefecture, was.

After all, the two prefectures are very close to each other, so there will naturally be more contacts.That person is a greedy and cunning master, and Li Taihang is definitely unwilling to take in disaster victims, which will cause endless troubles.

Not to mention Li Taihang, even he himself, a person who always thinks about the common people, has some resistance to this matter.

Who is not afraid of trouble?Who doesn't want to keep the black hat on the head and the life of the family?

So even if the disaster victims did go, they had the same plan as him if they could not respond to Nanfu.Close the city gates to prevent disaster victims from entering and exiting.

But he thought of the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court, the imperial envoy must have discussed this matter with Li Taihang in advance.

I heard that Li Taihang is a classmate of Hu Maoshen, the imperial envoy, and in the same year, in order to support him, maybe he can really accept these victims.

After all, if this matter is done well, and Mr. Hu speaks kindly in front of the emperor, isn't the promotion just around the corner?
Thinking of this, Yang Chaoying was also a little moved.But when he thought that the granary he kept had bottomed out, he immediately shook his head.

"Don't worry, the imperial court has sent the imperial envoy here. The imperial envoy has written to Yingnan Mansion to discuss the matter with him. As long as you go to Yingnan Mansion, the prefect over there will dare not let you enter the city door. Even if he refuses, the imperial envoy will not agree."

Hearing what Yang Chaoying said, the victims knew that they were determined not to let them enter the city.

No matter what imperial envoy they are, they don't want to go to Yingnan Mansion, which is so far away.There was no food or drink on the road, and it was still raining, and we had to trek through mountains and rivers on the way.

If some mountain collapse happened, wouldn't their lives be in danger?

What's more, there are bandits and road bandits on the way, and there are women among them. Not only will they be robbed of money, but these women are even more dangerous.

The most important thing is that most of their silver has been used up, and some people only have a few copper coins left.

If the bandits didn't get the money, would they kill them all in a fit of anger?
Many people have already thought of this, and they all talked about it in the background, and the old man also became frowning when he heard the words.

He had thought of this a long time ago, so he didn't want to take the villagers to the farther Yingnan mansion.

Because there are too many unpredictable dangers on the way, they are all acquaintances in the same village, and more than half of them are even his clansmen.Watching them die on the way, he couldn't do it.

In the end, the more the victims talked, the more they felt that the journey was full of dangers. How dare they go to Yingnan Mansion?

　Thanks to book friend Global Buy and book friend Liao Yue Xing Shen for their rewards!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)