Immortal Cultivation Stars From Earthly Fiend 72 Arts

Immortal Cultivation Stars From Earthly Fiend 72 Arts Chapter 222

2021-12-27

Chapter 222 Refugees
The weather is getting warmer, but there is no lively score in the county town. The turn of spring and summer is a tough time every year. , the grain reserves in winter have basically been eaten, but the summer grain has not yet matured, and the wild vegetables and fruits in the wilderness outside the city have not yet matured.

The common people finally survived the Gates of Hell in the winter, and they encountered a lack of food, so they could only borrow food from the big landlords, and then negotiated to return the food after a bumper harvest.

It's just that at this time food is in short supply and food prices are high. When the grain is harvested, the price of grain falls. After the rise and fall, the price is directly more than doubled. When the harvest is timed, the interest is added, the rent is paid, the royal grain is paid, and the borrowed grain is paid back. There is not much left, and I will definitely not be able to eat next year's harvest. What should I do? Just keep borrowing food.

Then it turned into a lack of food every year, borrowing every year, and finally the profit became a debt that could not be repaid for several lifetimes. This kind of routine has been going on in this land for thousands of years. But today's situation is a bit special.

The gate of Qixian County was crowded with people in a mess.

"A lot of people fleeing outside have come here!" said a caravan that had just entered the city.

"Fleeing? Could it be from Yuzhou?" The tax clerk at the city gate immediately became nervous. Everyone had heard about the disaster in Yuzhou, but even if he escaped from the famine, he had to go south. This Qi County is just a small town, what's the use of escaping here?

A few soldiers with fast running belts climbed up the city tower and looked into the distance. Sure enough, a lot of silhouettes appeared on the wasteland in the distance. People are ready to cope.

"Quick, go and report to Lord County Magistrate and close the gate." The city gate officer is not easy to deal with this situation, and it is not something he can handle, so send someone to inform the county immediately. Ya.

Before the messenger arrived at the county office, the news had already spread.

"What's going on? Why did the victims all come here?"

"How can this be good, now is the time when there is no connection, how can there be so much food?"

“Isn’t it better if there is not enough food?”

The crowd was disturbed. Some people felt sympathy for these victims, while others were worried that they would also be affected by the arrival of these victims. Those grain merchants cheered one by one.

Originally, the price of food was high at this time, but now there are so many disaster victims, the price of food naturally rises in response, which is directly 30% higher than yesterday's price.

Qi County was originally a small county town, so naturally it could not afford to support so many disaster victims. Of course, it was also because of the war just experienced.

Lu Fan was shopping for supplies in the city, when he looked up inadvertently, he saw Yin-Fiend Qi looming in the southwest direction, which was the sign of drought. Lu Fan body moved, the next second has appeared above the city head. Looking up, I saw that on the wasteland in the west, there were scattered silhouettes slowly moving towards Qixian.

Although the crowds are not dense, there is an endless stream of people, and the momentum of the darkness in the farther places is astonishing.

I don't know how many people fled from Yuzhou. These people are scantily clad, skinny, unkempt, and disheveled. . Bring your family and bring your mouth here.

After seeing Qixian in the distance, I immediately burst into cheers, as if I could be rescued in Qixian.

With such a large-scale refugee, County Magistrate naturally dare not let them into the city. If they do, the whole city will be in chaos. We can only arrange for people to set up grass huts outside the city, and at the same time start cooking porridge to gather these victims.

It's just that the summer grains are immature at this time of the year, and the clean ones in the grain depot can starve the mice to death, so they can only borrow grain from those big families and grain merchants.

It's just that this borrowed food easier said than done, in the county office, Qi County Magistrate in official uniform was anxious and restless, pacing back and forth, sitting down for a while to drink tea, and sighed halfway through drinking, He threw the teacup on the table, very irritable.

After a while, the men who sent the wrong food ran back, County Magistrate immediately got up and asked, "How is it, did you borrow the food?"

"Sir, those Major households are not willing to borrow food." The subordinate shook his head.

County Magistrate complexion changed: "The big households and grain stores in the city are not willing to come forward to borrow grain?"

"Sir, those people are all shirking, saying that there is no food at home, but Whose house is not full of granaries? They just don't want to borrow food now!" said the subordinate.

"There are a few families who have agreed to borrow food, but the amount is very small, only about a hundred stone of trifling." The subordinate continued: "The main ones are the Zhang Family and the Dai Family, these two are the big ones in the city. Grain merchants, they don't want to stand up, how dare others."

County Magistrate's face was a little blue, and as a parental official, Baili Hou, those big Aristocratic Family members did not give any face. Although County Magistrate was annoyed, it knew that this kind of thing could not be forced, so she could only say: "Go to check the grain depot, and let those big households fill the gap, or this officer will report it directly. Since I won't let me If it's good, then it's bad for everyone!"

As he said, he sent people out for inspection. County Magistrate sat down, couldn't help but took a sip of tea and asked, "Has the disaster been reported?"

"It has been arranged for an expedited delivery of five hundred miles from the inn." Another officer said .

"But even if it is reported, it will take at least a month for Imperial Court to dispatch the grain from other places." This subordinate is obviously very aware of the Imperial Court's process.

"My lord, why don't you just send someone to disperse the victims and say goodbye to them, anyway, it's not our place that suffered the disaster. It's okay to feel the south or the east."

County Magistrate He patted the table and said, "There are tens of thousands of disaster victims. Can the soldiers and officers in our county be able to drive them away? If one doesn't cause civil upheaval, when the time comes, our heads are about to move."

"However, natural disasters and man-made disasters, how can we prevent them?"

"No, we must borrow some food from the big families of the Aristocratic Family, and at least give these disaster victims hope. There's no hope at all, that's the major event!"

"That's true, if so many people gather together, and if there is no hope, there will be a big mess. , when the time comes no one wants to run."

"Go to those big Aristocratic Family, grain merchants, and let them do what we want right away. Finding the key is provoking civil unrest. , when the nest is upset no egg is left intact?”

Finally, the showdown was forced at County Magistrate, and the big Aristocratic Family could only give some food, but it was only a few hundred stone of food. In total, there are about 5,000 stone grains.

5,000 stone grains and grass seem to be quite a lot, but they are distributed to tens of thousands of people. It is simply an utterly inadequate measure, but it can be eaten for a few days. After this period of time has passed, the Imperial Court food will come, and you will be able to breathe a sigh of relief

(end of this chapter)