Xia Xun and his entourage's fleet stopped near Wu County, and then went no longer able to sail, the terrain in this area began to gradually rise, the disaster situation was not particularly serious, the Qin Cha fleet sent someone to Wu County to inform the county master, and after a while, Wu County ordered Xie Xin to organize a group of cars, and personally rushed to meet Qin Cha.
Xie Xianling is in his thirties, thin and thin, looking at that appearance is a clever and capable look, and when he meets Xia Xun, he can't care about being polite, and after talking to him for a few words, he and Xie Xianling and a group of leaders in Wu County walked to the city and asked about the disaster.
Na Xie County Commander said: "Guogong, the county seat of Wu County is better, but some of the urban areas are soaked in water, and some houses have collapsed, and the people of these affected families are now scattered and placed in the Taoist monks' houses, but the county warehouse has limited grain storage, and the villages and towns around the county town have been seriously affected.
They walked as they spoke, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and after a while, Xia Xun was almost unable to move.
The ground is very muddy, Xia Xun's official boots are stained with mud, and they seem to weigh dozens of pounds, and the mud on the ground is sticky, so it is difficult to move.
The Xie County Commander seemed to have been prepared, and as soon as he greeted, a squad leader picked a string of straw sandals with a scabbard, and the Xie County Commander smiled dryly: "Grandpa Guo, do you see if it's just this straw sandal."
Xia Xun couldn't help but smile and said: "Okay, you have already prepared, what's wrong with straw sandals, it's good, in this case, who is wearing official boots is not conscious, come, give me a pair" As soon as Xia Xun said this, the other officials also changed, everyone changed their shoes, and followed Xia Xun's example to tuck the hem of their clothes into their belts, and their sleeves were rolled up.
Entering the city is not in a hurry to go to the county office, Xia Xun and others first walked around the city for a while, the city depends on the topography, there are also ups and downs, the low area, there is indeed a large amount of stagnant water, some traders rowed bamboo rafts down the river, peddling firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar food to the households, from time to time there was a loud voice of the residents and the vendors bargaining voices.
Xia Xun said: "If the natural disaster is not dealt with well, it can evolve into some merchants taking the opportunity to hoard and raise prices, the imperial court has not issued a decree to prohibit it, prices must be stabilized, the goods of merchants, some are purchased from other places, the cost is much higher than usual, so they don't mention anything, that is unrealistic, in that way, the merchants do not go elsewhere to purchase trafficking, relying on the imperial court alone, sometimes it can not be so comprehensive, and there is a problem of urgency, but the price has doubled several times, it is not normal, Wu County has not controlled this." ” Xie Xian Ling said with a difficult face: "Guogong, the will of the imperial court has been posted, and the three classes of officials patrol the streets, and once the behavior of raising prices is discovered, it will also be severely punished, and it is indeed extremely difficult to enforce it."
First, the county treasury has limited grain storage, and even if all of it is taken out and sold at a reasonable price, throwing it out is like throwing a stone into a flood, and it can't even splash a bubble, and it is difficult to stabilize prices accordingly.
Needless to say, even if there are some wealthy local merchants, others don't know how much grain they have in their homes, and if you order them to sell at a low price, they will say that there is no grain to sell.
Only the people themselves know how much grain they have stored, and they have not broken the law, and the lower officials can't listen to the rumors, so they search from house to house, and take stock of people's granaries, this matter is really tricky, because in order to avoid starving to death of the people, even if the grain they sell is more expensive, the lower officials have to turn a blind eye."
This Xie County Commander said with a bitter face, but he is generally an official, and he rarely admits that he is forced to compromise in front of Shangguan, so his honesty has won Xia Xun's favor.
And Xia Yuanji and others are familiar with officialdom, and they understand this better, and they are county officials in the local area, saying that they are the parents of a county, but in fact, it is absolutely impossible to be arrogant and arbitrary in the local area, unless you have a very hard backer in the court, and you don't plan to work here for long at all, otherwise the strong county orders can be described as rare.
The reason for this is that the ancient population flow surname is not strong, and the family members have settled in one place for hundreds of years, multiplied, and have power in all walks of life in the local area, so a county order must seek the support of these local clans, not to mention what officials are putting on.
Because such a family has lived in the place for a long time, they are generally very responsible for the locality, building bridges and roads, establishing righteous schools, and helping the township in the event of a famine, all of which they consider to be their own business, so it is a useful supplement to the rule of the government, but once some of them are consumed by profit and want to make a fortune, the magistrate also has many scruples and does not dare to do too much.
On the one hand, they have limited power, and it is best to have a lose-lose situation against the local clans.
On the other hand, they still have to be officials here, and once they tear their faces, they will lose the support of the local gentry in the future, and the issuance of government decrees and the collection of grain will become big problems, so it is difficult to make overly resolute decisions.
And these are of course not a problem for Xia Xun, what he wants is the efficiency of disaster relief, the higher the efficiency, the fewer people will die, and the gentle and elegant means will not work now.
Xia Xun sneered and said: "This matter, the national government also knows a little, you still have to be an official here, the national government will not let you be embarrassed, this wicked person, I will do it" He turned to Yu Shiji and instructed: "Xia Shilang, immediately start the disaster relief matter, tell the locality, the imperial court will provide grain relief immediately, and sell the grain brought in part at a fair price, and set up porridge sheds for the people whose homes are all flooded; Imperial envoy Yu, strictly investigate those who hoard and raise prices, because of the famine, there are robbers, robbers, frauds and thieves, and they will be severely punished."
Yu Shiji is not stupid, he heard Xia Xun's extraneous voice clearly, and immediately bowed down and said: "The lower official obeys the order" With this sentence, if a big household hoards Juqi and can't catch him for a while, just find a witness and identify a villain who has fled into the house, and then he can enter the house and search in a grand manner.
The disaster situation in Wu County is not very serious, at least the rescued victims can be resettled to a certain extent, although the price hike is hateful, it is just to let the families who have no food at home exchange their savings for many years for food, so that some businessmen can make a lot of money, at least the people who escaped the flood will not be reborn and starved to death, which makes Xia Xun feel a lot more relieved.
He personally walked the streets, so that the people of the city knew that the Qin mission had arrived, the food relief was in place immediately, and the people's hearts were able to settle down, so he settled down in the Yamen of Zhixian County, and prepared to stay here for a day, listen to the report of disaster relief measures, and leave some personnel to supervise the disaster relief matters, and then rush to Suzhou Prefecture, where is the big city, perhaps the disaster is lighter than Wu County, but due to the influx of a large number of affected people, I am afraid that the disaster relief matters are more complicated.
At the same time, the matter of dredging the river should also be started by Suzhou Prefecture, and a small Wu County does not have that power.
When Xia Xun made a short stay in Wu County, and quickly rushed to Suzhou Prefecture, actively deployed disaster relief matters, waited for the arrival of relief grain, and launched a series of disaster relief operations, Qingzhou City, Shandong Prefecture, was also lively.
In the past few days, many foreigners have poured into Qingzhou Mansion one after another, and there are more and more of them.
These people are all going to the funeral of the Peng family, Pengjiazhuang can't live so many friends, and in addition to the closest relatives and best friends, it is not suitable to live in Pengjiazhuang, so they all live in inns large and small in Qingzhou City, the inn can't live, and even the Peng family's martial arts hall, car dealership and other places are full of people.
The Peng family has too many friends, they have been operating in Qingzhou for decades, not to mention the other places, that is, there are friends from all walks of life in the local area, and the old lady of the Peng family has to do funerals, so they naturally have to be interesting.
There are also many friends from other places, such as business partners and friends in the rivers and lakes who drive horses, open martial arts halls, and engage in transportation; In Huaixi, it is an important disciple of the incense hall and branch altar of the Pengzi Mountain Gate; Friends in the rivers and lakes who have been helped and covered by the Peng family over the years; There are also such guests as partners in the business field after the Peng family began to get involved in shipping and inland trafficking, not only the three religions and nine streams, but also the thousands, Ximen Qing of Yanggu County came, and even Xie Chuanzhong of Yanjing sent people to participate with generous gifts, which shows the breadth of the Peng family's travel.
The old lady of the Peng family had to stop for 7749 days before going out of the funeral, so enough time left enough time for the arrival of the guests, and because of this, Peng Ziqi took his daughter all the way north, although it was inconvenient to travel due to the flooding of the river, but it was not in a hurry to catch up.
Chen Yunan, a hundred households in brocade clothes, pretended to be a businessman, led Li Renhu, Liu Lintao, Shan Ting, and Li Leming several henchmen, and quietly followed Peng Ziqi to Qingzhou, Peng Ziqi arrived in Qingzhou for a while and went to Pengjiazhuang, Chen Yunan and his party naturally couldn't chase Pengjiazhuang recklessly, so they had to find a place to live in Qingzhou City first.
But I don't want most of the inns in Qingzhou City to be full, a few people wandered around for a long time, but they didn't find a place to stay, and finally found an inn, it seems that there are still two empty rooms, Chen Yunan is happy, and there is a sudden humane next to him: "There are still two rooms we want" Chen Yunan couldn't help but be angry when he heard this It was Lin Yuqi from Putai County who spoke, in addition to the two henchmen who came with him, there were also Su Xinchen, the little girl in Hun Tang, Dezhou, and Tang Sai'er, the little girl now, who had been helped by the Peng family in the past, and now that the old lady Peng has passed away, how can they come to the door to kowtow and incense.
Su Xinchen is now an adult, more and more beautiful, dressed as a young woman, and that Tang Sai'er has grown from a baby in swaddling clothes to a little girl with white lips and red teeth, picturesque eyebrows, pink cheeks and smiles, and everyone loves her.
To be continued: