Jiaolong Jue

Only then did Yun'er whisper a few words into their ears.

The two were overjoyed. Immediately, they took off their coats, bare their backs and feet, and with a dagger in their mouths, they grabbed the cable at the bow and plunged into the river, until they reached the bank silently.

The two worked together to pull the bamboo tube to the embankment.

On this side of the boat, Su Yu and Lu Yun'er kept connecting the bamboo tubes one by one. After a while, He Qing and Li saw that the long bamboo tubes had been dragged up the embankment and reached the base of the granary.

He Qing and He Li stopped pulling the bamboo tube, took off the dagger and dug a hole along the stone base of the granary.

The granary was made of layers of reed mats, except that the base was surrounded by a circle of stones, and a hole was easily punched with a dagger.

Seeing that rice flowed out in an instant, the two quickly grabbed the bamboo tube and blocked the opening of the hole.

The two could only hear the sound of "哗哗哗" continuously flowing into the bamboo tube, and after a while, they heard a few women in the bottom warehouse exclaim softly and pleasantly: "Oh! Mi! Mi is here!"

Yun'er hurriedly went down to the bottom warehouse, only to see that the mess inside had been cleaned up by several women, and a thick layer of canvas was spread on the floor.

A few women are holding bamboo tubes in their hands, looking at the rice rolling out of the mouth of the bamboo tube with joy and novelty.

Yun'er hurriedly motioned them to keep their voices down, and asked them to pull the bamboo tube in, and then move it out when it was full.

The time was only a stick of incense, and the rice had almost filled the bottom warehouse. Yun'er felt that the ship had sunk a lot, and was worried about running aground, so she got out of the bottom warehouse again and stood at the mouth of the warehouse. According to the prior agreement, He lit a candle, pointed it in the direction of He Qinghe Li, slowly circled it twice, and then blew it out.

Then, he helped Su Yu take off the bamboo tubes one by one. By the time of the last section, both He Qing and He Li had already boarded the big boat.

The big boat then turned around and wobbled away from the river bank.

He Qinghe Li came to the bottom of the warehouse and saw the snow-white rice. He couldn't restrain his excitement. He looked at Yun'er with admiration and said, "Miss Yun'er, your method is really clever! Let us two People don’t get up even if they want to break the sky! There are hundreds of rice warehouses along the coast, and if we use this method to get rid of them one by one, most of the poor people will really be saved!”

Yun'er laughed and said, "Well, it's really nothing, but even though we got the rice, we still need to plan carefully how to help the victims!"

He Qing hurriedly said: "I think otherwise, our brothers will get some carts tomorrow, pack all the rice, and send them to them one by one, isn't it all right?"

Yuner shook her head and said: "This is not good! You will inevitably alarm the government if you do this vigorously, and you can give them rice for the local poor, and they have no place to live, no pots and stoves, so it is difficult for you to distribute them. Well, even if they have rice, what do they use to make porridge?"

He Qinghe Li scratched his head for a while, having no choice, Su Yu said: "I remember when I was in Qingzhou, when there was a famine, the government or the rich would do good deeds, and they would open porridge factories, so that the poor and those fleeing the famine would open porridge factories for free. Eat it, I think we might as well open a porridge factory!"

He Li continued, "I've also thought about the porridge factory, but when the hungry people gather and make a lot of noise, won't it be more likely to arouse the suspicion of the government?"

Su Yu said: "This is not difficult. When the time comes, you brothers will pretend to be rich merchants, and only say that the purpose of opening the porridge factory is to accumulate virtue and do good, and to repay the favor. This kind of thing, every year when there are natural disasters, there will be big households everywhere. , the government is happy for you to dissipate your wealth and reduce the pressure for them! So they generally don't care about it!"

Yun'er was also very supportive, so he gave He Qing and He Li a lot of silver taels, and asked them to open a porridge factory in the suburbs of Dadu in order to minimize trouble.

He Qing and He Li also worked extraordinarily hard. In three days, they built the porridge factory under a hillside more than two miles away from the east gate of Dadu.

I saw a tall cloth tent with its back against the hillside. A dozen huts were nailed with miscellaneous wood from the mountain to store food and sundries and for people to rest. Like a mountain.

This day just after dawn, both He Qing and He Li hurriedly got up and came out of the cabin. A layer of mist rose and fell outside, and the surrounding forest and wild trees were still shrouded in a wet shadow.

The two stepped on the grass, and the dew wet the newly bought thin-soled short boots and the hem of the silk coat.

They walked to the side of the dark iron pot and couldn't help sighing in their hearts: Missing our brothers, we were still rushing and struggling for a meal a few days ago. Who would have thought that in a few days, we would wear silk and satin and become rich and rich. Plant relief to others?The two looked at each other, as if they were separated from each other.

When He Qing shouted, more than a dozen people ran out of the cabin.

The two were appointed one by one, and each performed their own duties. Carrying water was like carrying water, pouring rice was like pouring rice, cooking pots was like cooking pots. Not long after, under more than a dozen iron pots, the flames were already burning, and the smoke was steaming. At that time, white steam continuously rose from the iron pot covered with the lid, and the aroma of rice soup wafted in all directions.

However, until noon, no one came. He Qinghe Li saw more than a dozen pots of porridge, cold and hot, hot and then dry, and he was a little anxious. He guessed that this place must be some distance from the main road, relatively remote, and there were no people around. What tenants, therefore unknown.

The two ordered some of their subordinates to go to the main road to stop some fleeing from famine.

Several of his subordinates left the porridge factory and went to the main road, only to see groups of hungry people, supporting the old and the young in an endless stream.

They went over, explained the situation, and invited them into the porridge factory to drink porridge, but none of them could believe that such a good thing would happen. go.

The subordinates were so angry that they had no choice, they simply held down a thin little beggar, straddled his limbs, and carried him towards the porridge factory.

The little beggar turned pale with fright, kicking and kicking all the way, howling and howling, several of his subordinates couldn't laugh or cry.

When they got to the porridge factory, they threw him on the ground, and someone quickly brought him a bowl of porridge, but the little beggar thought he was going to poison him, so he knocked the bowl of porridge to the ground, and ran away.

Fortunately, He Qinghe Li bumped into him, grabbed him and brought him back, ordered someone to pry his mouth open, and poured him a bowl of soup and water before throwing him on the ground and leaving him alone.

The little beggar crawled on the ground and waited for a while, but he didn't see him die. Only then did he realize in his heart that his face was filled with surprise and ecstasy. up.

He Qing and He Li waited for a while, but no one came again, they couldn't help but feel lonely, they ordered a dozen of their subordinates to wait outside, and went into the wooden house listlessly.

The two were discussing how to reply to Su Yu and Lu Yun'er in the room, only to hear the sound of landslides and tsunami outside, shaking the whole field.

They didn't know what happened, but they were about to go out when one of his subordinates pushed the door open and barged in. He looked at them with a look of panic, and said, "My lords, it's terrible! Go out and have a look!"

He Qinghe Li came out in a hurry, went outside the door, swept around, and felt dizzy for a while.

I saw that all directions were surrounded by black crowds of people, and on the road leading to this side, a large number of refugees were still pouring in.

He Qinghe Li commanded his subordinates to quickly start serving porridge. More than a dozen pots of porridge were finished in less than a moment.

He Qinghe Li looked up and saw that the people who had eaten the porridge didn't get [-]%, and most of those who didn't drink it were all disappointed, some had to circle around the iron pot and couldn't bear to leave; Some fell silent and moaned in frustration; others fell to the ground, completely unaware;

For a while, the whole porridge factory was in chaos.

He Qinghe Li couldn't do it for a while, so he had to order the porridge to be cooked again. In this way, he cooked it many times in a row. However, the refugees waiting for the porridge were in a mess. A reincarnation, full stomach.

But many old and weak women and children waited for a long time without a sip of soup. They all sat outside and cried loudly when they saw the cloth was put down.

He Qing and He Li were in the wooden house, when the night was quiet, the crying sound was even more mournful and clear, disturbing the two people who were restless.

At this moment, the wooden door opened, it turned out that Su Yu and Lu Yun'er went out to inquire about Yulongwei's news, and they didn't go out of the city until this time to check the porridge factory.

The two hurriedly got up to see each other, Su Yu and Lu Yun'er were puzzled when they heard the constant crying outside, they asked them carefully, and they answered one by one about the day's affairs.

Yun'er thought for a moment, and Su Yu, He Qing and He Li left the wooden house and came outside the low-hanging tarpaulin.

Yun'er ordered their brothers to summon a dozen of his subordinates to gather outside, and asked them to find dozens of strong refugees. They divided them into several groups, went to the hillside to cut down trees, and put threads on both sides of each pot. , driving piles, the wooden piles are three feet long, extending to the entrance, and the wooden piles are tied with bowl-sized tree trunks, forming a series of fences from a distance.According to the number of refugees, Lu Yun'er added more than a dozen iron pots at the same time.After everything was settled, Su Yu and Lu Yun'er left and went back to the big ship docked at the pier.

The next day, He Qinghe Li got up early and asked a dozen of his subordinates to start cooking porridge, and assigned the dozens of refugees who helped last night to guard the fences to maintain order.

Those refugees had food and wages at the end of the day. They were all happy and grateful, and they naturally obeyed He Qinghe Li and tried their best.

In this way, the order is naturally much better than yesterday. Even if someone occasionally breaks the rules and is seen by the dozens of hungry people who maintain the order, he will be caught by him. In this way, the order is orderly, and the speed of porridge is also faster. , everyone has food instead.

After a few days, everything was safe, He Qing and Li went out to check at noon, and they were very satisfied to see that everyone was in order.

They walked among the hungry people, and those people knew that it was the two of them who gave the porridge, and they were all grateful. They all greeted them with nods and bows.He was enjoying it complacently, when he suddenly heard someone in the crowd quarreling.