After being turned into cannon fodder, I relied on involution to survive

"After you, the captains and deputy captains, write down the route map, material storage locations, and storage lists, you will destroy them yourself. Don't let these things fall into the hands of others."

"I have arranged for personnel to stay at the material storage points in various places. As long as the code is correct, they will listen to your arrangements, including people and materials."

"I have arranged for people to pretend to be disaster victims in all four states. They have been trained in advance and have learned basic wilderness survival skills such as finding water sources, fishing and hunting."

"When you are all in place, they will encourage the people to flee the famine in advance and lead the people to search for water and food along the escape route."

Those responsible for pretending to be victims of the disaster are all locals from the four states. They have relatives and friends in the four states. If the word spreads, the people will soon take action.

In this way, they can leave their hometown before the rivers, lakes, mountain springs and wells in various places are completely out of water, and their families are completely out of food.

The stored grain plus the wild vegetables, leaves, bark, hares, pheasants, fish, etc. that can be obtained along the way will not only satisfy everyone, but at least the number of people who starve to death will not be as high as in the plot of the original book.

As for the materials that Yu Zizhen spent several years preparing, Yu Zizhen did not intend to distribute them all for free.

Really, with her ability, she simply cannot afford to feed all the victims.

Her plan has always been to only lend a helping hand at the most critical moment, so that as many people as possible can survive at the lowest cost.

For example, the buckets and water bladders she prepared were not for the convenience of all the victims, but to store water in advance when the drought broke out or to travel long distances to fetch water, and then sell or give it away to the last to leave. , the group of disaster victims who have had difficulty finding water sources will not die of thirst on the way to escape.

Another example is the grain, salt, sugar, medicinal materials, cloth, shoes and socks, ready-made clothes, straw mats, etc. she prepared. She will not distribute them for free. Instead, she will try her best to let the victims spend money to buy, barter, or even People barter.

Only in this way can she save more people with limited supplies and manpower.

In order to achieve this goal, she never intended to show up as a good person from the beginning.

She asked Lu Mingxuan and others to pretend to be unscrupulous caravans seeking fortune, and she was not afraid of trouble and set the rules in advance, strictly ordering them not to show their kindness indiscriminately.

When the matter came to pass, she not only explained her good intentions to Lu Mingxuan in detail, but also repeatedly told him to convey all her thoughts and requirements in full.

Lu Mingxuan nodded vigorously while listening. While nodding vigorously, he sighed in his heart for his eldest son's intelligence, magnanimity, kindness and thoughtfulness.

He knows that the good reputation that Yu Zizhen can gain by doing this is not even as good as those who just give out porridge for a few days. Even if Yu Zizhen hadn't broken apart his good intentions, crushed them and told everyone, he would have suffered a lot. As Yu Zizhen's subordinates, they would most likely feel that Yu Zizhen was really trying to make a fortune out of disaster.

The eldest son of their family devoted all his money to disaster relief without asking for anything in return. He even didn't care about his own reputation in order to save more people. This is the person who truly cares about the great kindness of the world.

At this moment, Lu Mingxuan suddenly felt that the eldest son of his family was truly suitable to rule the world.

He suppressed the rebellious thoughts that suddenly appeared in his heart and continued to listen carefully to Yu Zizhen's follow-up arrangements.

"I have already said hello to Chen Qing and Zheng Yuzhi. Their fellow brothers and sisters will be responsible for helping me deliver more food to you in the future."

Lu Mingxuan was startled, "Are you planning to raise money to buy it now?" As far as he knew, none of the grain stored in Yu Zizhen Village had been transported to the capital. Aren’t all the grains in the four states and their surrounding areas?

Yu Zizhen lowered his voice, "That's one aspect."

Lu Mingxuan frowned, "Buy now. Is it too late?"

It takes time to raise money, and it also takes time to buy and transport grain. The most important thing is, seeing that there is a drought in the four states, those who have grain on hand and intend to distribute grain must also raise the price of grain to make more money. of.

Yu Zizhen sighed, "Then I have to buy it. You have to know that even if we take the victims out of the scope of the drought and locust plague, they will continue to eat."

This is simply a bottomless pit. All Yu Zizhen can do is to prevent as many people as possible from dying of hunger, thirst, freezing, illness, or turmoil.

Lu Mingxuan obviously also thought about how terrifying it would be to feed so many people at the same time. He frowned and looked at Yu Zizhen, "Your Majesty, do you plan to keep supporting them in the future?"

If this is the case, then he will definitely open his mouth to remonstrate.

Fortunately, Yu Zizhen waved his hand at him, "I will only use work as relief in the first two or three months."

The main thing is that the disaster relief money and food cannot reach the hands of ordinary people at all. If she doesn't intervene, the disaster relief money and food allocated by the court will only enrich the corrupt officials in the end.

This is an extremely difficult battle. The six-year long preparation period is just the beginning. The next half year will be the real critical period of this battle.

She reminded Lu Mingxuan, "It's not like you don't know the efficiency of the imperial court. Even if we reveal the drought and locust plagues in advance, they will have to wait at least a month or two before starting disaster relief."

Lu Mingxuan was well aware of the corruption and darkness of the imperial court today, and there was no need for Yu Zizhen to explain it. He immediately added the second point himself, "This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that even if the imperial court allocates money and food for disaster relief, those things will It may not reach the hands of the people.”

Yu Zizhen sighed. It’s not that it may not be possible, it’s that it really can’t be reached.

She talked to Lu Mingxuan for a few more details, and then let him quietly leave Zhenbei Palace.

In order to prevent him from being targeted, Yu Zizhen even gave him a new image.

On the fifth day after Lu Mingxuan left the capital, people appeared in the four states preparing to flee with their families.

Those people were the leaders that Yu Zizhen had asked to identify in advance. When they started taking action, most of the wells, rivers and lakes in the four states had only a small amount of water left, and there were countless mountain springs that had completely dried up.

In addition, they reminded everyone, "There are so many grasshoppers this year, it looks like there is going to be a locust plague."

After hearing what they said, the experienced farmers immediately ran to the fields to take a look. The result was that everyone found a large number of small grasshoppers that had not yet grown up in the fields and wilderness.

Originally, the fields were too dry for sowing and crops could not grow, and their lives were already difficult. Now, due to drought and heat, grasshoppers are multiplying in large numbers. These guys will eat up all the plants, so what will happen to them then? Don’t you even have to eat grass roots and tree bark?