Concubine Rebirth: Your Highness, I am sick

Chapter 112
That night, I slept extremely peacefully.The two embraced each other and fell asleep, Qin Yan did not mess around, and Haitang did not suffer from insomnia.

Qin Yan was afraid that Haitang would be too tired from the road, and Haitang was worried that Qin Yan had important tasks to do on the second day and needed a good rest.The two were considerate of each other, and they stopped teasing each other at the same time.

In the morning of the second day, everyone was full of energy.Although thinking of the tragic situation outside Zhongzhou City made him feel a little heavy, Qin Yan took a deep breath and wanted to settle this matter properly.

Haitang stayed in the defense mansion, took care of the two babies with Madam Li, and waited for news from King Mu.

And Qin Yan and Li Shoubei went straight to the porridge field.Because the secrecy was well done, the porridge place was not prepared at all. When Qin Yan went there, he watched with cold eyes as the sun was rising and the porridge place was not open.With great difficulty, the people who went to line up were not the homeless victims outside the city, but the homeless people who already lived in the city.

I went to three porridge shops in succession, and it was the same situation.Qin Yan felt that there was no need to look any further, the city would not let the disaster victims in, no matter how much porridge was given out, it was just for show, who would it be given to?
Then, here comes the bigger problem.

So much relief food allocated by the imperial court to Zhongzhou, where did it go?

Qin Yan asked Li Shoubei to bring the troops and went directly to the government office.Chen Zhifu was shocked. In the legend, shouldn't King Mu go straight to Fengzhou?Fengzhou has already made proper preparations, and even discussed how to get the funds for river control. How could this King of Hades suddenly appear in Zhongzhou, and he has already been to the porridge market?
Chen Zhifu was in a panic, and talked incoherently for a long time, and finally said that only a quarter of the disaster relief food promised by the imperial court actually arrived, and the other three quarters disappeared.The above means that the porridge field still needs to be set up, but there is only so much food, so you can figure it out.Chen Zhifu thought, the only way to close the city gates is to reject the victims, otherwise the little food would not be enough for seven days.

The higher-ups also appreciated his strategy. With acquiescence, they allowed him to put pressure on Li Shoubei, who was not very obedient.

Qin Yan originally thought that the Zhongzhou government was afraid of trouble, and the Henan Road was afraid of trouble, so he closed the city and rejected the people, but he didn't expect that the relief food did not reach Zhongzhou at all.Needless to say, if there is not enough food, the silver must be exploited layer by layer, and there is not much left.

He ordered people to take off the official uniform of Chen Zhifu on the spot, and sent him to prison for trial.He also ordered Li Shoubei to temporarily take over the government office and open the city gate to receive the victims.

As for the food for disaster relief... Qin Yan thought about it, and gave it for a few days if he could. Later, he thought of a way to implement it as soon as possible.

As soon as the city gate was opened, the first group of refugees who had gathered outside the city and waited to enter the city at noon poured into the city.Qin Yan quickly finished the affairs of Zhongzhou Mansion, finally heaved a sigh of relief, and took Li Shoubei to the nearest porridge market to check the situation.

As expected, Li Shoubei's manpower was strictly disciplined, and he immediately took over the granary and began to put grain out.From a distance, Qin Yan could see many refugees surrounded by the congee market, while the soldiers guarding the city were maintaining order. There was bursts of heat rising from the huge stove and the big iron pot, and it seemed that it finally came to life.

Qin Yan went forward, dug a hole in the rice bags piled up at the back of the porridge shed, dug a handful out, smelled it, it was old rice that had been stored for a long time, it had a mild musty smell, and his heart felt sore.Talk to Li Shoubei: "When the rice comes out of the granary, try to pick the best ones. You should work harder. Before the follow-up grains arrive, wash them several times, so that the victims will not eat them badly. It will make the situation worse."

Suddenly, outside the crowded porridge shed, there was a shout: "Hey, young man, it's you—"

Qin Yan turned around, only to find that among the crowd crowded in front of the long table was a middle-aged man who was talking to him outside Zhongzhou City yesterday.

Qin Yan walked over: "Have you entered the city?"

The middle-aged man said happily: "I planned to come here at noon to try my luck and see if I could pass the test. I didn't expect that today's luck is so good that the gate of the city is wide open, and everyone who was waiting outside the gate came in."

Seeing that he had filled a bowl of porridge, Qin Yan said, "Have people from outside the city come in? It seems that there are more than that. Did you go to another porridge place?"

The middle-aged man said: "No way, I came here to try my luck. I don't know how many days I plan to do it here. If there are more tomorrow, I will call them after eating. I hope the gate of the city will not be closed tomorrow. I will rush out today." Going back, it’s too late to bring them over.”

"It won't be closed, you go and ask everyone to come over. However, to maintain order, let the old people and children go first. If someone loots, the guards don't have eyes."

"Okay, okay...Huh?" The middle-aged man suddenly came back to his senses, looked at Qin Yan, and found that he was no longer the blue cloth clothes of yesterday, but a half-new and old blue brocade robe, which looked very dignified look.He ordered himself like this again, and it seemed that his status was not low, so he wondered, "Aren't you here to visit relatives?"

When Li Shoubei heard this, he was overjoyed, and shouted: "Nonsense, what are you talking about, who dares to be a relative of His Royal Highness King Mu in Zhongzhou City!"

"His Royal Highness King Mu!" The middle-aged man was so shocked that he almost knocked over the porridge in his hand.

"If His Royal Highness King Mu hadn't ordered the city gate to be opened, would you have had porridge?" Li Shoubei continued to shout.

The middle-aged man immediately knelt down and shouted to the crowd: "Thank you, everyone, it is His Royal Highness King Mu who gave us porridge—"

For a moment, the crowd huffed and knelt down.As early as yesterday, I also witnessed Qin Yan and Haitang passing by outside the city. Now that I recognized the person, I realized that yesterday was actually a private visit by His Royal Highness Mu Wang, the prince of the dynasty. They all became excited and shouted "Xie Mu Wang Grace", knelt down in front of the porridge shed.

Qin Yan has always been cold-tempered on big occasions, so he couldn't help being a little excited at this time, and went to help the middle-aged man up: "Everyone, get up quickly, I still have something to ask."

The middle-aged man got up and said: "What does His Royal Highness King Mu want to ask, we know everything."

"Fengzhou obviously has a porridge market for disaster relief, why do so many people go to Zhongzhou? Could it be that Fengzhou City won't let you in?"

The middle-aged man gave a wry smile and shook his head: "To tell you the truth, I am from Fengzhou, and I was kicked out."

Qin Yan was puzzled: "Why?"

"Isn't it because His Royal Highness King Mu is going to Fengzhou..." The middle-aged man just finished speaking, and then looked at Qin Yan uneasily, "Fengzhou flooded two counties, and all the harvest we worked hard for a year is gone. I heard that the imperial court would subsidize the people affected by the disaster. We were all eagerly looking forward to it. Unexpectedly, a few days ago, the government came and drove all the victims who lost their homes out of the city, and ordered them not to approach the post road for five miles. We did not Fazi, this is why I want to come to Zhongzhou to beg for food, but I don’t know that Zhongzhou has closed the city gate and won’t let us in at all..."

(End of this chapter)