Kick out the general as soon as you are reborn

Liu Yanyan glanced at the dark room out of the corner of her eye, and when she thought of the IOU safely placed there, her heart settled back into her stomach.

Yuzhu was beside Liu Yanyan, boiling the snow water from the wintersweets to make wintersweets flower tea. The refreshing aroma floated in the air.

Liu Yanyan couldn't help but nodded and smiled, "Yuzhu, your tea-making skills are getting better and better."

Yuzhu lowered her eyes and smiled, "It's all thanks to Madam's good teaching." Madam was in a good mood today, so she relaxed a little.

At this time, housekeeper Liu brought Yuzhen and several maids and brought delicious dishes, including blood swallows, snow-white rice, golden rolls, antique pots, sliced ​​beef, fresh Chinese cabbage, bean sprouts, and tender tofu.

After the dishes were served, Butler Liu bowed his head and said respectfully, "Miss, please enjoy your meal. You didn't tell me in advance, so the kitchen prepared it in a hurry. Please forgive me, Miss."

Liu Yanyan remained calm, touched her stomach and said, "It's good. I came back suddenly and my father is not at home. These are good enough." I'm so hungry! I haven't eaten well all day.

Yuzhu was blanching some vegetables for Liu Yanyan, then she put them into a bowl and let them cool.

Liu Yanyan ate elegantly and quickly. When she came to her senses, she had already finished the dish in front of her. It was the first time she had eaten so much after getting married. She was very satisfied and wanted to touch her stomach, but thinking it was not good, she forced herself to endure it.

Seeing this, Butler Liu couldn't help but ask distressedly, "Miss, I'll ask the kitchen to bring you some dishes."

Liu Yanyan chuckled and shook her head, "Uncle Liu, no, I'm very full."

Only then did Butler Liu wave his hand and signal the maid next to him to take away the dishes and chopsticks on the table.

Liu Yanyan watched Butler Liu leave and sat in her room for a long time. Thinking of the time when her father used to play with her at home and spin around with her, she couldn't help crying and murmured to herself, "Daddy, after Nannan Heli came back, she stayed with you all the time. I wonder how your disaster relief work is going now?"

Jinyang

Duke Liu, along with the commander of the Imperial Guards, Ao Han, and a large group of people transported the grain to Jinyang.

What caught the eye were collapsed houses and ragged people shivering in the cold. It was the first time that Duke Liu saw this and he felt extremely sad. He couldn't imagine how they managed to survive.

The people nearby saw the carriages coming one after another and were ready to rush forward to snatch the food, but when they saw the cold swords in the hands of the royal guards, they retreated.

The convoy moved towards Jinyang City little by little. They were covered in snow and arrived at the Jinyang County Government Office.

When the county magistrate Li Guangzhong heard that disaster relief was coming from the imperial court, he lost all his shoes. When he saw the carts of food, he rushed over. When he opened the carts and saw the white food, he burst into tears, "There's salvation, the people of Jinyang are saved, wuwuwuwuwuwuwu, there's salvation! They're alive, they're alive!"

When Duke Liu saw this, his eyes were filled with tears, but he held them back. "Don't cry, don't cry. The emperor is kind and has sent me to deliver relief grain. Take out the disaster records so that I can distribute the grain and winter clothes."

Magistrate Li wiped his tears with his hand, took out the booklet in his arms and said, "Sir, this must be distributed as soon as possible, otherwise many people will not be able to hold on."

Duke Liu nodded and took a look. There were many disaster-stricken areas. In two villages, all the houses collapsed and only a few people survived. The county town was slightly better, but half of the houses collapsed and more than half of the people were killed or injured.

Duke Liu walked in and called all the yamen runners together. Seeing their thin clothes, he frowned, took out the silver notes, and gave each of them 50 taels of silver, saying, "This is the advance payment of your monthly salary. If you work for me, I will not treat you unfairly. Settle your family well and distribute all the food outside to the people affected by the disaster."

When the yamen runners received the silver notes, their original depression disappeared, and they were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling, and they shouted back, "Yes, sir."

Liu Guogong said, "I'll give you a quarter of an hour to deal with your family affairs." Seeing the bailiff running away like the wind, he did not stop him.

He ordered Ao Han, the commander of the Imperial Guards, to cook porridge.

Seeing that even the little yamen runners were getting paid, the Imperial Guards who had worked so hard for so long were not very happy. Duke Liu took out a stack of silver bills and handed them to Ao Han, saying loudly, "You guys work hard, your reward is here with the commander, if you do a good job, you will get paid."

The previously slow Imperial Guards happily started setting up porridge shops and cooking porridge.

County Magistrate Li was dissatisfied and said, "Sir, it is wrong for you to use the disaster relief money like this. This money can help many people survive. It is reasonable for us officials to work harder."

Duke Liu shook his head and said, "I didn't touch the relief money. This is my own money. How dare I touch the relief money? Not a penny of this money can be touched. They work for me, so I give them silver. It's only right." After saying that, he took out a silver note of 100 taels and stuffed it into Magistrate Li's hand. "Clean silver, go back and take a look. I saw a little girl in the county government office whose eyes were sunken from hunger."

Magistrate Li turned around and saw his daughter. He felt very sad. He took the banknote and held his daughter in his arms, walked to the backyard, and handed the banknote to his wife. "Madam, this is a reward from the new disaster relief lord. I'll leave it to you at home. I'm going to go and get busy."

The skinny wife of the county magistrate said, "This is not money for disaster relief. We can't take it."

Magistrate Li shook his head and said, "No, no, it's yours, I'll just treat it as a loan. When things get better, I'll pay it back, even if I have to sell my land."

The county magistrate's wife wiped away her tears and said, "It's good that it's not disaster relief money. We will pay it back slowly in the future." She hugged her daughter and said, "Nannan, you can eat your fill now."

Nannan nodded obediently in his arms and watched the county magistrate leave in a hurry. Then the county magistrate's wife took the maid to the grain store to buy food.

At the porridge shop in front of the county government office, after the porridge was ready, Ao Han planned to distribute it directly. Duke Liu looked at the long queue of people, frowned fiercely, picked up the weeds next to him that were used as a starter and threw them into the pot.

Ao Han was furious. "We finally cooked it, why did you throw this dirty grass in? What are you doing? They are pitiful enough, but you still treat them badly like this. Are you a human being? Have you had enough of the luxurious life? Do you want to go to jail?"

Duke Liu turned his face and asked him to look at the people queuing. Ao Han then discovered that some people walked away with a look of disgust on their faces.

Ao Han asked in confusion, "Why? Why did you leave? Aren't you starving to death?"

Duke Liu sighed helplessly, "These are not disaster victims. They should have food to eat. They only came here because they saw the free porridge. If it were in the capital, I would not care. It wouldn't cost much. The problem is that in Jinyang, every bowl of porridge is life-saving."

Ao Han lowered his head in shame at this time. No wonder His Majesty kept him even though Duke Liu didn't care about things. It turns out he is capable! "Duke Liu is right."