Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 145 Disaster Relief
In the city of Hefei, in a garden, Yuan Shu was playing with his confidant ministers in his imperial garden.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, I just received a report from the spies! Li's army stopped in Chengde, God bless Your Majesty! How can your majesty's dragon power be compared with that of Li's, your majesty..." The confidant minister was full of flattery, clapped Yuan Shu was so happy that he couldn't find his way.

"Hahaha! Aiqing is right! I am the man of heaven! I am the son of the real dragon who is under the command of the common people. How can Li thief be compared to him? Aiqing! Do you think I should make an order to send troops to conquer Li? Thief!" At this time, Yuan Shu was already feeling a little smug, completely forgetting the embarrassment of the previous days.

When the confidant minister heard this, he was almost scared out of his wits. With Yuan Shu's underfed soldiers, how could they beat the well-equipped Tiger Ben?
But if he opposes Yuan Shu, he will probably fall out of favor at that time. This is not acceptable anyway. Anyway, fighting is a general's business, and has nothing to do with him.

"Your Majesty is wise!" The confidant minister immediately saluted and shouted! "Your Majesty only needs to send out a single army, and he will be able to kill Thief Li completely."

"Aiqing is right!" Yuan Shu said with a slight smile, and his confidant ministers echoed him. Yuan Shu directly said: "Let Zhang Xun be the general this time, leading [-] troops! Go to Chengde and fight against Bandit Li .”

As soon as Yuan Shu's upper lip touched his lower lip, the matter was finalized. Zhang Xun, who received Yuan Shu's order, was full of melancholy like a mourning concubine.

"Your Majesty! The envoys sent to Lujiang have returned! They also brought back the situation of Lujiang County!" the confidant minister said cautiously.

"What did Liu Xun say?" Yuan Shu put his face in front of a bouquet of flowers, sniffed the flowers and said.

"Liu Xun said that recently, Sun Ce has been harassing Lujiang County frequently, and cannot send troops to assist His Majesty!" said the confidant minister, and after taking a sneak look at Yuan Shu's face, he hurriedly turned his eyes to other places, for fear that Yuan Shu would see something.

"Hmph! It's like this! You immediately order someone to go and tell him to guard the Lujiang River for me!" Yuan Shu said.

"No! The minister will resign!" The confidant minister hurriedly said goodbye and left.

Li Song was greeted by Luo Cheng, Xiao Mohe and others, and entered Chengde City from the south gate, and asked Luo Cheng and others about the situation of the other two armies.

While talking, everyone came to the county government gate. Li Song and others entered. Li Song looked at the dilapidated county government in front of him and asked, "Luo Cheng, how is the situation here?"

"Just like what my lord saw just now! The county is full of hungry people, and many people have left here for other places. The population loss is very serious, not one out of ten." Luo Cheng said in a low voice.

"So serious?" Li Song frowned after hearing this, and everyone was silent, nodding their heads in response to Li Song's words.

"Zhongkang! How much rations do we have?" Li Song thought for a while and asked Xu Chu.

Xu Chu and the others didn't understand why Li Song asked this, but Xu Chu still said honestly: "My lord, our army's food and grass can still support the army, what it needs for a month."

"That's it!" Li Song touched his chin and said, "When will the new batch of grain and grass arrive? How much grain and grass will arrive this time?"

"Back to the lord! Counting the days, it will take about half a month to arrive. This time, the grain and grass are enough to feed 10 people for two months." Xu Chu said.

"That's it!" Li Song rubbed his chin, turned to Xu Chu and said, "Zhongkang, you take out all the grain, keep some of it, and barely support the share until the next batch of grain and grass arrives, and take the rest of the grain. Come to relieve the starving people in this city."

"What? My lord, if you do this, our army will not be able to eat enough! What if Yuan Shu's army arrives at that time? At that time, if you are hungry, you will have problems even if you run away, let alone resist." Cheng said in surprise.

"Okay, I really can't bear to see so many people displaced. They are all citizens of my dynasty. You can do as I say! Besides, who said Yuan Shu would send troops here." Li Song said .

Luo Cheng asked: "Master! I'm just in case! What if Yuan Shu sends troops here?"

Li Song smiled and said, "Don't worry! Even if Yuan Shu sends troops here, he doesn't dare to do anything to our army. Maybe it will delay the marching speed. By then, our army's food and grass will have arrived."

"My lord! There are so many hungry people in this city, I'm afraid this little food is not enough for half a month!" Xiao Maha, who had been unable to get a word in until now, finally found a chance to speak.

"This is indeed a problem!" Li Song propped his chin with his hands, and said, "Go and prepare a few big pots, we cook porridge, make sure that each person has a bowl, and try to support it until half a month later. deliver to."

"Yes!" replied everyone, and turned away to go about their business.

A fast horse galloped past every street in Chengde County, and at the same time sent a message to the hungry people: "The prime minister of the current dynasty is serving porridge in the county government to help the hungry people. Please go."

Soon the front of the county government office was full of hungry people, Luo Cheng and others rushed over and said, "My lord, the whole city's hungry people have rushed here, what should we do now?" Luo Cheng asked after seeing Li Song .

"Is the porridge ready?" Li Song didn't answer Luo Cheng directly, but turned to ask Xu Chu who was beside him, and Xu Chu hurriedly said: "Returning to my lord, the porridge is ready, and I have ordered people to carry it to the main hall of the government office." .”

"That's good!" Li Song turned his head and said to Luo Cheng: "Luo Cheng, you go with a team of soldiers to maintain order, and Yuan Yin, Zhong Kang and I will go to give porridge to these common people." Li Song said to Xu Chu : "Zhongkang, bring some people to carry the porridge to the county government."

"Yes, I'll do it right away." Xu Chu and Luo Cheng answered together, turned around and left, Li Song took Xiao Mohe and others and walked slowly towards the gate of the county government office. When Li Song came to the gate of the county government office, several The big pot of porridge has been put away, and Luo Cheng has also maintained the order.

When everyone saw Li Song coming out, they all looked sideways at him, "My next Li Song is the prime minister of the court. I went to Chengde County and saw that everyone was displaced because of the brutality of the traitor Yuan Shu. I really can't bear that everyone has no food and no clothes. Zha Ti, today I am here to take out all my military rations, boil them into porridge, and share them with everyone. Have you seen these steaming cauldrons! This porridge is going to be shared with everyone, nonsense I won't say much, I will share porridge for everyone now, please line up and come one by one, everyone has a share."

Li Song didn't mention the Emperor Han Xiandi Liu Xie, but repeatedly emphasized that it was Li Song who brought out the food to help them. All the hungry people were very grateful for Li Song's kindness, and immediately shouted "Long live!"

"Everyone, don't make a mess! Don't make a mess! Please line up and come one by one." Luo Cheng and others who maintained order shouted while maintaining order.

Li Song took the spoon himself with a smile on his face, scooped the porridge from the pot and poured it into the bowls extended by the hungry people. The hungry people in the city took the porridge one by one in an orderly manner, and then ran to the side to drink.

The porridge was distributed from noon to dusk. Li Song looked at the empty cauldrons and the people who were happy because of the porridge. Li Song smiled knowingly, stretched himself, and turned back to the county office. , and leave the rest to them.

As the sun sets, the Chengde County Government seems to be wearing a golden coat under the brilliance of the sunset.

(End of this chapter)