Medicine Girl Jingjing

Chapter 562 Yan Jing Treats People Sincerely (2)
The governor of Longdao, Tianshui Changshi and many officials were crushed by the collapsed house. The scene was so chaotic that it was too late to save themselves, let alone seek help from all parties.

The official only got the letter written by others dictated by the governor of Longdao before his death at dusk. He couldn't even find a follower, so he rode a horse and ran to Dingxi in the rain.

Dingxi Changshi read ten lines at a glance, with trembling hands, read the letter with the fingerprints of the governor of Longdao, and then shed tears, regretting that he did not listen to Li Jingjing's words and sent someone to the governor's mansion in Tianshui to inquire about the disaster situation.

Although he was upright and subjective, he still had the ability to deal with emergencies. He immediately sent his servants to summon all the officials of Dingxi Mansion to the Yamen, and sent his eldest son to accompany the officials who came from Tianshui to take letters to dispatch troops outside the city.

Officials live scattered, and it takes two quarters of an hour to convene.Dingxi Changshi wore a coir raincoat and rode to the post station, and said loudly, "Quick, I have an urgent matter to see the princess!"

The officer of the Huben Army who was ordered to wait here was leading his soldiers to count the medicines, before falling asleep, he said: "Our prince has picked up the princess an hour ago, and now he should have taken the official road to Jincheng. "

"The earth dragon in Tianshui Mansion turned over extremely violently. All the walls and houses collapsed. The militiamen were killed and injured countless times. The governor of Longdi and dozens of officials died." Dingxi Changshi cried bitterly, guiltily said: "I didn't believe what the princess said. I was wrong. gone."

Hearing that, all the soldiers present were grieved, and the officer lost his voice and said, "The princess knows things like a god. Before leaving, she left a lot of medicine and wrote a letter to prevent the epidemic." This gave Li Jingjing's personal letter to Dingxi long history.

Dingxi Changshi read the letter, and his eyes fell on the red seal with the four characters "Princess Huguo" at the end of the letter. This is no longer an ordinary letter, but an order from Princess Huguo. Violators will be punished by the court.

With this letter, when he arrives at Tianshui Mansion, he will be able to mobilize all the local officials on the scene to presuppose the epidemic situation according to the contents of the letter.

This letter is really too important, he put it away carefully, and will wrap it in oiled paper later to prevent it from being soaked by sweat and rain.Pressing his nervous and flustered mind, he said, "Take me to see the medicine given by the princess."

The six rooms are full of medicines, which are worth at least 20 taels of silver based on the market value of pharmacies.

The officer said calmly: "These medicines are made by Huichun Layman, and they are very effective."

Dingxi Changshi burst into tears, and said: "The princess gave so many medicines at once, which solved the biggest difficulty. I thank the princess for her great kindness on behalf of the Tianshui victims."

The officer said: "My lord ordered a hundred of us to escort the medicine to Tianshui Mansion for distribution."

"The lower officials listen to the lord and the princess in everything." Dingxi Changshi knew that He Jingyan was afraid that the medicine would be corrupted by the officials and not fall into the hands of the victims.

This kind of thing has happened frequently for hundreds of years. When the people are in disasters, the court provides relief. In the end, the relief supplies actually fall into the hands of corrupt officials. The corrupt officials are fattened, and the common people are killed.

The Huben Army had a great reputation and distributed medicines in person, so the officials in Longdi should not dare to become greedy.

"Dingxi Changshi is really what the princess said. Although he is subjective and arrogant, he is upright and loves the people." After Dingxi Changshi left, the officer called the post station officials, transferred twelve carriages, tarpaulins and other items, and put All the medicines were wrapped in oilcloth and carefully moved into the carriage, and then the soldiers escorted the carriage to the gate of the city.

Half an hour later, the rain from the sky turned into filaments.

Dingxi Changshi brought four officials, 2000 catties of grain and [-] Dingxi local defenders at the gate of the city. They joined the medicine delivery wagon convoy of the Tiger Ben Army and rushed to Tianshui together.

Arriving at the earthquake zone a moment earlier could save more victims who were trapped under the houses.

In addition, He Jingyan and Li Jingjing's convoy rushed to Jincheng overnight in the rain. All the family members sat in the carriage bumping all the way, and fell asleep when they got sleepy. Before they knew it, several hours passed, and when they woke up in a daze, it was already morning.

"My lord said that I will arrive at Jincheng City Mansion in half an hour, and I will have breakfast in the city mansion. Now I will leave after a quarter of an hour's rest!"

All the family members held back their urine all night, and quickly took the buckets to settle in the carriage. After letting the servants dump it, they did not get out of the carriage, and looked forward to reuniting with their husbands as soon as possible. The panic caused by the previous earthquake gradually faded away as time passed. reduce.

Over there, the chef of King Yan's Mansion in Jincheng City Mansion has already started to make breakfast, and the two butlers also sent people to the surrounding restaurants to buy a lot of steamed stuffed buns, deep-fried dough sticks, steamed buns, mutton soup, etc. for food.

At the end of Maoshi, it cleared up after the rain, the blue sky was like washing, the morning sun sprinkled on the land of the ancient and ancient Jincheng, and the Yellow River, the mother river that raised tens of millions of children, gurgled and flowed.

Every day in the morning, the people of Jincheng City Mansion get up as usual, dress their children, wash them, make breakfast, go to school, do errands, and go to the market to buy vegetables.

The south gate of Jincheng is different from the past. The soldiers guarding the gate are replaced by tiger galloping sergeants wearing silver armor and riding horses with murderous looks.

The gates of the city are temporarily closed, only letting out but not entering.This worries farmers who want to send vegetables, meat, chickens, food and other items to the city to sell.

The officer of the Huben army said loudly: "You all go to the side and wait. In less than a quarter of an hour, the prince and the princess who protect the country will pass by."

The farmers felt relieved after hearing that they didn't have to wait long, and the business would not be delayed, and then they talked about the masters of Jincheng in the next ten years—He Jingyan and Li Jingjing.

Soon, more than 1000 majestic cavalry cleared the way, and a convoy of nearly a hundred horse-drawn carriages slowly entered the city gate.

A middle-aged military officer with sharp eyes rode at the end, and shouted loudly: "My lord, Princess Huguo has an order, starting today, all stalls and shops in the city will be exempted from tax for three days!"

The booth fee of the common people is one copper plate for one day, and three copper plates for three days.Mo underestimated the three copper coins, which can buy a catty of official salt, which can be eaten for a month, and the batter will have a taste.

According to the size and geographical location of the shops, the minimum charge is [-] steel plates a day, and the maximum charge is more than five taels of silver.

This is the first time that Jincheng has been exempted from commercial tax in thousands of years, which really broke the precedent of several dynasties.

Thunderous cheers and gratitude from countless people sounded outside the gate of the south city, reaching the ears of He Jingyan and Li Jingjing in the carriage.

He Jingyan put his little wife into his arms, and said with a smile: "Jincheng's monthly business tax is more than 700 taels, and Jincheng's three-day exemption is only more than [-] taels. It's really worth it for the lady to buy people's hearts with [-] taels .”

Li Jingjing narrowed her eyes slightly, and murmured: "All the taxes you mentioned belong to me. I think the exemption for three days is too little."

The purpose of city government commercial tax is to turn over half to the national treasury and mostly to pay officials' salaries.

Jincheng is the largest city in Longdi, and the commercial tax is not enough to pay the annual salaries of officials and petty officials, and it is unable to invite money to the national treasury every year. At the end of the year, local officials can only send souvenirs to the imperial palace and the dignitaries of Chang'an.

(End of this chapter)