bookcurios Chapter 118 She Wants to Make Her Family Well-fed and Warm
Chapter 118 She Wants to Make Her Family Well-fed and Warm
Chu Zhao shook his head and said:
"No, he is an orphan. The emperor chose him and gave him the surname An because of his contribution in saving the emperor."
The dog emperor's confidant? He's probably not a good person! Gu Xi remembered this name.
Then he said to Old Man Zheng:
"Uncle Zheng, you should go home first. If your son has any news, he will definitely send a letter home. If no one is home, you will miss it. I have some food here, enough for your family to eat until the autumn harvest. I will send it home first, and I will send someone to give you some grain seeds tomorrow."
When she returns to modern times tonight, she will research which grains are high-yielding and drought-resistant and buy a batch.
After Gu Xi finished speaking, he walked to the back of the army. After marching for half a month, they had used up several carts of food and fodder, so the last few carts were empty.
Using the cover of the drape, she took out a few bags of rice and flour from the space. After thinking for a while, she added more than ten kilograms of dry noodles and a box of eggs.
Then he called Liu Erdan and Zhu Dadan out and ordered:
"Use a cart to take the food and Old Man Zheng's family back. Remember his address and make another trip tomorrow to deliver the food and seeds. It's still twenty miles to Yanzhao County. We will set up camp five miles outside the city."
The two men took the order, took two horses, pulled the cart, and carried Old Man Zheng and his family back.
Their village is about thirty miles away from here. It is estimated that Liu Erdan and Zhu Dadan will be able to catch up with the main force before dark.
The cavalry battalion continued to move forward, and in the evening they arrived five miles outside Yanzhao County.
During the half-month march, they basically camped in the wild. Firstly, it was for safety reasons, after all, there were 300 Turkic royals in the army, and secondly, the Northwest Army has always had strict military discipline and would never disturb the people.
Along the way, they met many disaster victims who were heading to the county town with their families. Gu Xi decided to go to Yanzhao County to see the situation.
Chu Zhao entrusted matters such as setting up camp and patrolling to Wu Dajiang, and followed Gu Xi to Yanzhao County.
The two men changed into casual clothes and did not ride horses. Instead, they used their lightness skills to gallop towards Yanzhao County.
Their horses are all war horses. Now they are escorting the Turkic royal family and cannot afford to make any mistakes on the road. Gu Xi does not intend to reveal his identity when going to the county town.
As soon as the two arrived outside the city, Gu Xi saw a flash of golden light in front of him, and the system task was triggered again.
【Mission: Rescue disaster victims in Yanzhao County.】
[Reward: Upgrade any skill by one level.]
She looked forward and saw many ragged people trying to enter the city, but the guards at the gate would not let them in.
On the open space outside the city, there were many people lying or sitting. At a glance, it was densely packed, at least tens of thousands of people, all staring eagerly in the direction of the city. It was obvious that they all wanted to enter the city, but were stopped outside.
"Fellow villagers, please tell me where you are from? Why are you not allowed to enter Yanzhao County?" Gu Xi asked a middle-aged man with a cane.
The man's face was pale from hunger, his eyes were dull, and his head was tilted to one side. It was obvious that he didn't have the strength to lift his head.
The man glanced at Gu Xi and said weakly:
"I'm from Wangzhuang Village, which is 20 miles away. The people here are all villagers from nearby. The guards at the city gate said that it would cost ten copper coins per person to enter the city. Where can we get ten copper coins?"
After the man finished speaking, he felt dizzy from hunger and sat down on the ground.
There was almost no green on the ground as all the grass had been eaten by the victims.
The nearby trees were also bare, apparently having been eaten by the victims.
It was the first time that Gu Xi had seen such a tragic situation. The people were suffering so much.
This time, even if there is no mission, she has to save these people.
She was about to take out some food for the man, but was stopped by Chu Zhao.
Chu Zhao lowered his voice and said:
"There are tens of thousands of disaster victims here. If you save one, more people will come asking for food, and we won't have time to go into the city."
Although there was a lot of food in Gu Xi's space, it was not convenient for her to take it out in public. Moreover, if she wanted to save them, she certainly couldn't just give them one meal.
Gu Xi looked at the sea of refugees with mixed feelings.
"Brother Chu, a drought can starve countless people to death. Can the government and the imperial court just watch and do nothing? Don't the national treasury have any grain left?"
"A Xi, I have seen similar situations before. When disaster strikes, there are starving people everywhere. It's not that the imperial court doesn't care, it's that they can't do anything about it."
Since their engagement, Chu Zhao always liked to call her A Xi in private.
Gu Xi disagreed with his point of view.
"Letting the people starve to death is the incompetence of those in power! What do you mean by unable to manage? How can they manage when they are levying heavy taxes?"
When Chu Zhao heard this, he thought it made sense!
When those in power collect taxes, they can collect them from every household, but when the people are in trouble, they are powerless to do anything?
"Axi, tell me, what should we do?" Chu Zhao's eyes were burning.
He already had experience. As long as Gu Xi was angry, he would definitely cause trouble. These people should be saved.
Chu Zhao certainly wanted to save these people, but the only way he could think of was to report to the court and have the court provide disaster relief. However, he was not sure whether the current court was willing to take care of these disaster victims.
Gu Xi said:
"Now that I'm here, I have to do something for the people. I want to change everything and find a way out for the people. I want them to have enough food and clothes!"
Even if it cannot be as developed as modern society, at least no one will starve to death.
Chu Zhao thought that Gu Xi was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see these refugees suffer, so he wanted to find a way to save these refugees. The corrupt officials here would definitely be in trouble.
But Gu Xi was thinking further.
When she said she had come, she didn't mean she had come to Yanzhao County, but that she had traveled to this world.
It is difficult for young people who were born in New China and grew up under the red flag to accept the situation of starvation happening before their eyes.
This is not a saintly heart, but a human conscience.
The people affected by the disaster could not be limited to this county. There may be more refugees in other places, and it is not just one county magistrate or one prefect who caused all this.
If we want to completely change the fate of the people, we need to solve the problem from the root.
The real person in power in this world is the one sitting in the throne room!
If he doesn't have the people in his heart, then he doesn't deserve to sit in that position!