Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2600 Disaster
After the rain eased a little, Qin Wuyou and Xiao Ba left their home and came to the street, they wanted to see if there was anything they could do.

The street is already a vast ocean, with water everywhere, and there are basically no people on the street at this time.

The doors of every household were also tightly closed, and none of them were closed, but it could be seen that the flood had flooded their yards.

Lots of things floating on the water, everywhere.

Qin Wuyou and Xiao Ba were standing on the boat, seeing this situation, Qin Wuyou let out a long sigh.

"It seems that this heavy rain is much more serious than we imagined. Let's go to the county government."

Xiaoba nodded, then punted to the county government office,

The terrain of the county government office is relatively higher, so there is no sign of being flooded. After they entered, they found that there were many people taking refuge here in the county government office.

Ever since the heavy rain got out of control, Qian Hai has already sent people to inspect every household. Anyone whose home was destroyed by the flood or flooded badly can be taken to the county government.

Today, the county government is full of people, and it is a bit overcrowded.

Seeing this situation, Qin Wuyou was a little surprised.

He has not been in Donghai County for a short time, and he has a general understanding of Qian Hai. In his cognition, this Qian Hai belongs to the kind of timid and especially incompetent person.

It's just that it's a bit unexpected that Qian Hai can think of the common people when a disaster strikes. This gives Qin Wuyou a new understanding of Qian Hai. Perhaps his previous view of Qian Hai was wrong.

This Qian Hai may also be a capable official, but the county government has emptied his power before, so he has no choice.

Now, he has more or less room to display his abilities, and his abilities are also revealed.

"Master County Magistrate, what is the current situation in the county government?"

After seeing Qian Hai, Qin Wuyou hurriedly asked, he needed to have a detailed understanding of the current disaster.

"The rain was so heavy that the entire Donghai County was almost submerged by the heavy rain. There were countless people affected by the disaster. The people here in the county government office are only some of the victims, and there are many more. Waiting to be treated, the situation is not optimistic, and I don’t know when the rain will fall.”

In the face of such natural disasters, what they can do is very limited.

Donghai County's drainage system is already very good, but who made the rain too heavy, they are really powerless now.

"Nowadays, in addition to helping some homeless people, there is also the problem of food and grass. With so many refugees coming out all of a sudden, the little food stored in our county government may not be enough to eat, maybe In a few days, these people will run out of food, and we must find a way to get food as soon as possible."

Nowadays, corn, sweet potatoes, etc. have not been promoted in Yunhai country, so for most places in Yunhai country, food is relatively tight, and Donghai County is in a disaster, and the food shortage is even worse.

Regarding the situation Qian Hai said, Qin Wuyou understood more or less clearly, he nodded after listening, and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I will find a way to get food."

Grain is not easy to get, and it is more difficult to transport it from other places, so Qin Wuyou knows very well that if he wants to get food, he can only ask some grain merchants in Donghai County, and some people who have a lot of food in their families to take the stored food. Just come out.

In the entire Donghai County, there are probably only the four major families and a small number of other grain merchants who have the ability to store grain.

It's just that it might not be an easy task for the four major families to take out some food to help the victims, right?
However, no matter how difficult it is, Qin Wuyou felt that he had to give it a try. These common people must not go hungry.

Of course, in addition to this, it is also necessary to send someone to buy some elsewhere.

It may not rain in other places, so getting some food from there may be able to relieve the urgent need.

Qin Wuyou, Qian Hai and the others discussed some solutions to the disaster, and after the discussion, they each went down to get busy.

Still some victims have been rescued one after another.

The heavy rain lasted for seven days before it finally stopped, and Donghai County became a vast ocean. Without a boat, it is basically impossible to walk here.

And just after the heavy rain stopped, Qin Wuyou sent people to the grain shops in Donghai County to buy grain, but in this weather, all the grain shops were closed, and they stopped selling them.

And after these people saw these grain merchants by virtue of their identities in the yamen, these grain merchants opened their mouths like lions and directly asked for a very high price. Obviously, these merchants wanted to take advantage of the fire and rob them.

Faced with this situation, the people in the yamen have nothing to do. In this era, the price of goods is like this, completely following the market. Now that there is less food, the price is expensive. You can't do it if you don't buy it.

Today's county government has some money. When they dealt with Sun Li before, they ransacked Sun Li's house and confiscated all the property in Sun Li's house. There was a lot of money, but all the money was used to buy food , I'm afraid it won't last long.

But now they have no choice, they can only buy as much food as possible, which should be able to support the refugees for half a month,

But after half a month, they will have no food available, and the situation will become very bad.

In other words, if Qin Wuyou wanted to save Donghai County, he had to find a way to get food and grass, and it had to be within half a month.

Qin Wuyou thought about it for a while, hesitated for a long time, and finally felt that he should go to the people of the four major families. Whether it is useful or not, it is always necessary to negotiate with them.

After having this idea, Qin Wuyou went directly to Yu's house.

After the head of the Yu family saw Qin Wuyou coming, he didn't give Qin Wuyou any good looks. Although his son was killed before, it seemed that it had nothing to do with Qin Wuyou, but he knew very well that Qin Wuyou was instigated behind this.

That is to say, Qin Wuyou was the murderer who killed his own son. In this way, asking him to have a good face towards someone like Qin Wuyou would be like slapping him in the face, which is basically impossible.

"Why did you come to my house?"

The Patriarch of the Yu family asked coldly, but Qin Wuyou didn't show any attitude or look of asking, and said: "Nowadays there is a disaster in Donghai County, and those victims are in urgent need of food and grass. I hope the four major families can come up with some food and grass for relief. Common people, after I recover from Donghai County, the county government will return your grain and grass, what do you know?"

(End of this chapter)