The daily life of the husband who crossed the field

Today is the winter solstice, every family is eating dumplings at home, Zhang Zhen's delicious shop is also much less crowded, most of the people are packing to take away, or leave after eating in a hurry.

Another reason why people are in such a hurry is that the collapse of the dam cannot be concealed at last. People on the street are talking about how much rice and noodles they have at home, whether it is enough for next year, and the price of grain shops and rice shops. It went up again.Although there is no definite news, the speed of the rumors is astonishing, as if someone talked about it yesterday, and everyone in the streets and alleys knows about it today.

The four families bought houses next to each other, and they wanted to take care of each other at the beginning. Because Zhang Zhen and the others knew the news in advance, they bought a lot of rice, noodles, vegetables and meat to prepare for that day.

Zhang Zhen's house and Xiao Miao's house are between the two houses, and there are two small rooms on the left and right that secretly dug holes, so that the four houses can actually pass through each other to the other three houses secretly, but this is blocked with wooden boards and some sundries. Usually not used, just in case of emergency.

"It is estimated that there will be a famine year outside. Once the flood breaks the embankment, many people will become refugees in a short time. If something happens in the city, everyone will notify in time and gather in one place." Although It's a bit exaggerated to say that, the law and order in Jijiang Prefecture is still very good, but Zhang Zhen thinks it's important to be prepared.

Shunzi nodded and said, "I see. I've been looking for news these few days. I mean, is our shop temporarily closed?" Anyway, there are not many customers, and the shop is open back and forth. In case something happens, It can't be blocked.

Zhang Zhen nodded: "Brother Shunzi is right, money can be earned later, but safety is the most important thing, and what's more, we have to go to the rice shop to grab some things these days, otherwise it will attract too much attention. But don’t grab too much, it’s also important to leave things to those who need them more.”

Xiao Miao's father is a person who has experienced the famine years. He knows that once people are violent, they can do anything. What's more, they live far away from the government office. , has been buried in the cellar, and there are two cellars.” It seemed right that Dasong asked them to build one more, even if one was found, there was still a hidden one, which was not easy to be found.

"Well, everyone has informed relatives. Hurry up these few days, or it may be too late." Many people on the street have hurried out of the city these days just to tell relatives. Who knows if there will be floods in this season? ?However, the martial law at the gates of the city is getting stricter, and the investigation is more stringent. It is easy to leave the city and difficult to enter the city.

"Hey!" After a reply, everyone went back to their homes. The village is no bigger than Jijiang Prefecture. The news must not be known so quickly. Who knows?Now I regret not telling my relatives in advance.

Zhang Zhen didn't intend to take such a big risk to tell them about the group of Zhang's family, and the river not far from Zhang's village is a tributary of the main river, even if the water overflows the water, it's not that big, Aunt Liu and the others If the family lived in the town, it would be even less of a disaster, not to mention that if Shunzi wanted to notify relatives in the village, everyone would take precautions early, so the villagers didn't have to worry so much.

Liu Ping didn't have any relatives to notify, so he followed Zhang Zhen to pack up the things that should be packed in the shop in the past few days, and locked the big lock.

Five or six days later, when it was almost the twelfth lunar month, the news finally came that the dam had completely collapsed. Because it was impossible to hide it later, the Zhizhou sent officials to various places to spread the news, so that everyone could prepare early and try to make it as easy as possible. Every household knew, and relatives had notified them, that before the flood, many foreigners had already entered the city.

Now that the news has come out, there are those who are happy that they have the foresight, and those who are sad are more sad. Being forced to leave their hometown is not a happy thing, and there have been many thefts recently, because many people who came or they did not The money or wealth was exposed, and the government was too busy with floods to manage it.

"No one from outside is allowed in!" Shunzi leaned against the warm fireplace, lamenting the news she had heard. Although her body was warm, her heart was still shivering.

Xiao Miao also knew that Jijiang Prefecture couldn't accommodate so many people, so she asked lately, "What happened?" wrong.

"I heard that many people couldn't eat, and many people fought for the territory because of the warmth of the wall." Shunzi was concerned about how many children were still in the house, so he didn't dare to say more. The actual situation was more serious than these. many.

Liu Ping asked, "Didn't the government provide porridge?" Not long ago, he heard from everyone that this kind of thing usually happened, and the government must help the victims.

Shunzi sighed: "Of course there is porridge, but more and more victims are coming here, it is not enough. Now I heard that Master Zhizhou is visiting several big merchants in Jijiang Prefecture to see if he can ask them to borrow food or give porridge .”

"Although I haven't experienced this before, it can be seen that Master Zhizhou is a good official! Before the accident, he spread all the news, and immediately opened the warehouse to release food after the accident. A businessman." Little Miao's father lamented that in the past, he heard that some places had disasters, but there was no place where the parents and officials did as well as the current prefect of Jijiang Prefecture.

The law and order in Jijiang Prefecture has always been good. Zhang Zhen doesn't know about other places, but Zhang Zhen feels that he has done a good job.However, if you say that you are dedicated to the people, it is a bit exaggerated. If you tell this matter early, will it spread more widely?How about better disaster prevention?I have to wait until the news is released a few days ago when I can't hold it anymore.

However, Zhang Zhen didn't understand the current politics, and maybe Zhizhou also had concerns. It was released too early and no one would believe it. If the dam could be prevented by then, there would be a lot of resentment among the people, and he himself would be implicated.People are not sages, if this is the reason, Zhang Zhen can also understand.However, he felt that Zhizhou was playing a show for the royal censor who came to the court to see a lot of it. Just because the censor was here, the court had to pay attention to it. The event was well-received.

Zhang Zhen felt that he might be judging the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but he always had a feeling that things would not be that simple.

It happened to be a rainy night when the house leaked. After entering the twelfth lunar month, there was actually a lot of light snow in the sky. Compared with previous years, this snowflake was not considered snowflakes. It was more snow seeds one by one. It's cold to the bone, and it can't freeze the river surface. It's difficult and frustrating.

Two days later, Lord Zhizhou went to various merchants to raise a lot of quilts, clothes and food, and even built a simple house outside the city, so that everyone could have a place to live. For a while, many people outside the city The people knelt down and kowtowed with tears in their eyes, shouting to Master Qingtian, Lord Fang saved their lives!

Li Yiyun came to visit Zhang Zhen on his own initiative, with a few jugs of wine in his hands, and said with a slumped expression, "Brother Zhang, I'm here to find you a drink!"

Zhang Zhen was startled when he saw him like this, and hurriedly welcomed him into the door: "What's the matter?" He thought Li Yiyun would be happy to see him again. It's Xiaoxue, but it's too cold, and there are always rich people in Jijiang Prefecture, so they have to make a lot of money no matter what.Li Qin also woke up, and the family can be happy no matter what, but he didn't expect that his face was full of exhaustion.

The wine was warming on the small stove and made a sound. Li Yiyun leaned on the big rocking chair and stared at the pot of wine. After a while, he said: "Fang Tang took all those leathers, and there are still grains in stock and cloth from the cloth shop. "In fact, the cloth is of course secondary, but the food was taken away in the disaster year, and half of the Li family's leather savings now made him feel overwhelmed.

Fang Tang is now the magistrate of Jijiang Prefecture. Zhang Zhen doesn't know how to persuade him. People don't fight with officials. Even though the businessman's status is high now, the other party is the biggest official in Jijiang Prefecture after all, let alone petitioning for the people. If you don't want to come, you can't refuse, "Did he distribute all those skins to the victims?"

Li Yiyun sneered: "Can he have such a good intention? But he also said that it would be a pity if these are used like this, and he is going to sell the leather in other places, exchange it for cloth, and distribute it to the victims. The leather of ten boats Good guy, didn’t you see that he used a carriage to pull from morning to night, and he didn’t finish until the big guy’s lights were off.” Li Yiyun felt uncomfortable when he thought of those leathers being pulled away from his eyes.

His voice sounded weak, and Li Yiyun continued: "What happened in the past years? Didn't our family give porridge and charity? Of course we have to do good deeds, but we emptied my Li family. Giving him a good name, thinking about it, makes me feel uncomfortable. You haven’t heard what the outside world says about us people, we are rich and unkind! With so much money, we only set up a porridge stall. How do you know that our whole family is drinking now? It's porridge."

This kind of thing is really frustrating, Zhang Zhen poured the wine for him, and asked: "Didn't Master Zhizhou tell you any rewards?" It's hard not to arouse resentment if you blindly ask for money from businessmen, or even hollow out others. And there are bound to be people who disagree.

"Of course there is, but at that time, Lord Yushi was present, and he was given the great grace of the emperor. Who would dare not obey? I rewarded some gold, silver, jewelry and ginseng, and those may have been put together improvised, and they were not even from the palace. We still have to offer, we can’t spend it, we can only look at it. In the future, the younger generation will tell others that they will not recognize it if they don’t come from the palace!” Li Yiyun felt that he was about to be laughed out of anger, “Who would sell those skins? Do you know when it will be time to get the money back? It’s not Fang Tang’s decision to appear before and after the disaster!"

This is really unlucky, he has no reputation, and the rewards are not real. He can only see that he can't spend it or show it off. The family's money and food are gone. Zhang Zhen feels that the Zhizhou of Jijiang Prefecture is really an old fox.

No one can intervene in this matter, even if a magistrate can say it, who dares to refute the greatness of the emperor, Li Yiyun didn't intend to say anything to Zhang Zhen, and laughed at himself: "But there are benefits, you don't know, a while ago because of that Pizi's family property and Li's family were so noisy, now it's all over, everything is gone, everyone has stopped, hiding at home every day and scolding Fangtang, haha!" The smile is not even obvious on the face.