Heaven's Martial Fate

Chapter 960 It's Rotten to the Root
With such road conditions, how could it be possible to easily contact various places in Zhili?

If you are not careful on the road, you may fall and kill the messenger.

I don't know what to do now, the capital is like this, and I don't know what's going on in Zhili as a whole?

Although the governor of Zhili sent a summary of the situation from time to time, he couldn't believe it now.

There is still an endless stream of merchants traveling to and from the capital, but they have a tacit understanding of keeping their mouths shut about the weather outside.

The idiom "disaster comes from the mouth" is not just a joke. If you are targeted by the government and put on the hat of "bewitching the public", not only will you be unlucky, but the family behind you will also die together.

It was later proved that what he said was true, but who cares if everyone is dead?
Everyone knows that the continuous severe cold weather, coupled with the intermittent heavy snow, the situation is definitely not optimistic.

In the most benign place in the capital, the civilian areas are in a mess.

Although the supply of briquettes is sufficient, the people in the capital rarely freeze to death after reacting, but the number of houses collapsed by the heavy snow is increasing.

Without a house to protect against the severe cold, that would be a big joke.

The imperial court has started the disaster relief mode, and the rich and powerful families in Beijing have followed suit and set up porridge sheds outside the city to help the victims.

They immediately replaced the new rice given by Fuli with old rice, and the difference in price fell to the newcomers.

Not to mention the butler Jia Fu, the rest of the servants and servants who participated in the porridge outside the city all had bitter expressions on their faces.

A well-informed existence like Jia Rong knows that not only the quantity of food in the Changping warehouse in the city is not right, but also the quality of the food inside is also very problematic.

Regarding this, Jia Rong had no other thoughts, let alone any mood swings.

"It's easy to understand!"

This kind of porridge is naturally very viscous and can fill the stomach very well.

If you don't keep an eye on them, who knows if they will learn the actions of their colleagues in Rongfu?

Those refugees were young and strong, and the people in the city who fished in troubled waters couldn't eat it, so the old and weak women and children among the refugees took advantage of it.

Here in the Ningfu porridge shed, there are students of ethnology to help with the work. After returning home, they will naturally publicize it in the ethnology, especially in front of a few Rongfu children, speaking loudly, lest they can't hear generally.

Jia Rong is silent, which is one of the reasons why he is unwilling to enter the officialdom.

Afterwards, he didn't complain any more, but instead called the family guards who were traveling with him, and together they carried the chaff and old grain piled up like hills into the cart.

Although Jia Huan and Jia Cong were angry, they were helpless.

The old lady sitting in the town mansion has no mind to deal with such things, so she probably won't know the way inside.

Today, he was furious, but he didn't kill people directly, but the prison of the Ministry of punishment was overcrowded for a while.

What was waiting for them was to be assigned to the Zhuangzi in the distance, and there was basically no possibility of returning in the future.

But judging from the Dragon Qi of the National Luck that he sensed and the fact that the turmoil has dissipated a lot in recent times, it is probably not very good.

His attitude was also very bad. Facing Wei Wei's weak refugees, he directly pinched his nose with disgust on his face, and muttered loudly while washing the water: "This is the kindness of the Rongfu in the capital, you all have to remember it carefully, don't be a white-eyed wolf !"

This stuff makes me feel physically and mentally unwell just by smelling it, let alone eating it, it's hard to swallow even thinking about it.

It was supposed to be this year's new rice, but all the rice that was taken out was old, and some were even moldy and spoiled.

"Especially in the current catastrophic period, all kinds of ghosts, monsters, ghosts and ghosts are showing up one after another. We can't give them a chance to take advantage, otherwise the unlucky ones will be the people who are weaker than them!"

Sometimes, in order to fit in with the group, you have to do something against your will, which may involve yourself and your family.

Of course, the most important thing right now is to cooperate with the imperial court's arrangement and participate in the rescue of the victims.

As for the disaster relief, the old lady did not end there, but sent another wave of trusted people to take over the porridge shed.

The old lady's face turned dark immediately, she didn't expect that the family sent out to provide relief would be so courageous that they dared to play such a trick, and even smeared Rongfu's face.

As the household department of the hardest-hit area, a right servant was suddenly folded in, and dozens of officials below were also unlucky. It can be said that the loss was very heavy.

Not only that, but only half of the old grain was exchanged, and the other half was also divided by them.

In short, Rong Mansion sent a son who was a congee, but he was quite famous.

Naturally, Jia Rong would not be so stupid as to take the initiative to mention it, that would be a slap in the face.

Obviously, what he said earlier reached Qin Keqing's ears long ago.

But when he was in the household department, his position was not high, and he didn't have much power to speak. It was easy for the superiors to drag him into trouble. Could it be that he dared to go straight to the thunderstorm?

Jia Fu's face was serious, and he nodded to express his understanding.

Instead, through the mouth of the phoenix egg who was studying in ethnology, it was directly stabbed into the old lady's ear.

When the severe cold weather lasted for a full ten days, and at the same time it snowed for three whole days, and the price of grain almost doubled, the court finally made up its mind to open warehouses to release grain.

He knew that if the family of Ning's family gave birth to a child outside, that would be arrogance.

Jia Fu, the steward of the Ning Mansion who was in charge of distributing porridge outside the city, opened his mouth in embarrassment.

As for military tents, there is no such thing as military and civilian fish and water conditions in Dagan, and it is even more difficult to mobilize military supplies.

As for the Changping warehouse in the capital city, there was no fire, but the problem was relatively serious, as the grain reserves inside were only half full.

Then, the Changping warehouse in the suburbs was completely burned down by a fire!

The situation in the entire area north of the Yellow River is not optimistic.

It's not that Lian Er really doesn't know how to live or die, and dares to fish for any money.

The ground behind him was piled up with bags like hills, which were full of chaff made from grain husks and old grains that gave off a stale smell.

Just like what Jia Rong said to Qin Keqing, although the porridge made by Ningfu's porridge shed doesn't taste very good, the taste is even worse, but it can't keep up with the amount.

Not long after, Jia Rong received a private letter from Lian Er, in which he expressed his gratitude that he left the household department early, otherwise he might fall into it this time.

No matter how kind she is, she can't stand such a thing.

"Stop talking nonsense, I don't believe you don't know the way!"

It is too shameful for the Ning Mansion to use this thing for disaster relief and porridge outside the city.

Jia Rong sneered, and said disdainfully: "Since it is doing good deeds, it must be done in a real way, not just pretending to deal with it casually!"

"On the contrary, those young and strong refugees who still have the strength to work to support themselves, as well as the common people in the city who take advantage of it, naturally will not eat this kind of porridge. It is called a warm meal for the elderly and weak who need it. Really do good deeds!"

Today, they will not be polite to them. Once they are held accountable, they may have to be topped by a cabinet boss. No one wants to be such an unlucky person.

It's just that she doesn't know that the sons of Rongfu's family are rotten to the root, and whenever there is a chance to make money, they will make a fortune, and this time is no exception.

While drinking tea, Jia Rong explained with a chuckle: "White rice porridge is a good thing. Although it is eaten by servants in the mansion, it is not necessarily something that ordinary people can eat every meal outside!"

At least before they leave the mansion as adults, the two brothers don't expect to be able to speak effectively in the mansion, they also have self-knowledge.

In modern film and television dramas, it is often seen in the disaster relief plots of costume dramas. There are standards and requirements for the porridge sheds for disaster relief. At least the chopsticks inserted into the porridge can stand up.

It only took half a day, and the line in front of the porridge shed was long, with no fewer than a hundred people. As time went by, more and more refugees, old and weak, joined in.

Although the two brothers performed well in ethnology, they have almost no right to speak in Rongfu.

When Jia Rong returned to Ning'an Hall, Qin Keqing asked the servant girl curiously while ordering the servant girl to serve tea and water.

He didn't say some things, compared to Ning Mansion's real good deeds, the tricks played by some honorable families are disgusting.

From time to time, I went out of the city to take a look. In addition to keeping an eye on the family who was in charge of the porridge, I also met the refugees outside the city, wanting to know first-hand information.

The words were very ugly, as if the Ning Mansion brought out the chaff and old grains, it was a big mistake, and they didn't look at the refugee teams lined up in front of the two porridge sheds, there was a huge gap in length and number of people.

"Master, isn't it a bit bad for us to do this?"

On the contrary, at the porridge shed in Rongfu, not to mention the young and strong refugees, there were not many old and weak women and children.

It's just that compared to the amount of grain, the quality of the grain reserves is naturally not worth mentioning.

Immediately, he quietly sent his confidant woman to find out the situation, and after knowing the truth of the matter, he found an excuse to send those guys away to work.

No matter whether it was the big bosses of the court, the chief officials of the Shuntian Mansion, or the officials of the Wucheng Bingma Division, they did not dare to cause a large number of casualties in the capital.

As for the situation south of the Yellow River, the refugees are not very clear.

It's also funny to say, the Rongfu family's childbirth is not clean, and turned a good act of kindness into a big joke, but they have the face to laugh at Ningfu's behavior.

The main reason is that the faces of the sons of the Rongfu family are too arrogant, and they put on the posture of a savior, as if they made porridge with clear soup and little water, which can really fill the stomach and save lives.

To say that the old lady is kind-hearted and would never do such a thing that would tarnish the reputation of the mansion, it was obviously done by the son in charge of the matter without authorization.

Chaotang and Shuntian Mansion are busy just to resettle the victims who have lost their houses. It is not an easy job to temporarily build a large number of thatched huts.

They have to patrol the streets against the cold wind, and no one dares to take it lightly at this critical moment.

"Sir, is there any trick in giving porridge?"

"There is also a mixture of dragons and snakes among the refugees, and there is no way to stop the bullying of the weak. When the time comes, each family will give porridge with good intentions, and in the end, all the young and strong will be eaten in the stomachs of the refugees, but the old, weak, sick and disabled will eat everything. Can't get it!"

It's just that some powerful families use hot water with some rice grains as porridge, which is very disgusting.

Not only that, but in the letter he said very bluntly that the area that Lian Er was in charge of at that time was related to warehousing.

Cough cough, the son of a family sent out by the Xifu next door to give out porridge, happened to be playing with this trick.

To say that the hardest ones are naturally the officers and soldiers of Wucheng Bingma Division.

"What's more, ordinary people in the city, even adults from wealthy families, will go out of the porridge sheds in the city to grab food!"

However, in the porridge sheds set up by some powerful families, the porridge inside is clear and pleasant, and the rice grains that can be seen in a large pot of porridge can be counted.

"As for face, do I care?"

Then he knew that this sudden cold disaster affected a wide range, not just the Zhili area.

Moreover, it can be clearly seen that the number of refugees affected by the cold disaster is increasing at an almost visible speed.

"Rice bran is really difficult to swallow, and the taste of old grain is even worse. If you eat too much, you may even get sick, but compared to losing your life from starvation, it is nothing at all!"

The entire court was shocked, and every time such a major event happened, it would cause the court to reshuffle the cards.

Fortunately, the cooked porridge is quite sticky enough for the refugees to eat.

Fenghuangdan didn't have the idea of ​​swallowing his anger. He blushed and his neck was thick when he was ridiculed a few words. He reluctantly waited until the family school was over. He was full of anger and immediately returned to Rongfu to complain to the old lady.

"You can also feel the weather this year. If you can't have a bite of hot food and have some stock in your stomach, it's just a dream to carry it over!"

Even though they knew that the students who participated in the disaster relief were ridiculing them, they could only ignore them aggrievedly, becoming an ostrich with its head buried in the sand.

Only God knows how much private infamy has been caused to the Rong Mansion by just such a sentence.

Of course, for the victims of the disaster, even a sip of hot water is good.

That's right, they are not qualified to help the disaster victims in the city, unless they are relatives or the like, otherwise it is quite taboo.

Jia Rong will not be like the old lady, she really trusts the family who is sent out.

Seeing Qin Keqing's incredulous and shocked expression, he shook his head and chuckled, "Don't overestimate the character of others!"

Most importantly, there is no harm without contrast, and vice versa!
The porridge sheds of other rich and powerful families brought out fragrant white rice porridge, but the ones from Ning's mansion were bad-smelling rice bran and stale grain porridge, which was really ugly in appearance.

At this time, the sudden severe cold weather has lasted for almost 20 days.

There are refugees from Zhili outside the city, and even from the hinterland of the Central Plains, and the number is increasing. The porridge sheds of some powerful families can no longer support them, and they are directly withdrawn.

After all, the food they are willing to take out to do good deeds is only tens of stones and tens of thousands of catties.After being deducted by the person in charge, it is not easy to persist for seven to ten days.

The reason why they are willing to do good deeds is mainly for the present to see, but they don’t really take the lives of the refugees outside the city seriously. Since they have already done it, there is no need to continue wasting rice and grain, it is all a waste of money... …

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