20demayo Chapter 227 Refugees
Chapter 227 Refugees
It’s really easy to do things with money.
Shen Qianning found a craftsman who was good at building houses in the county to be responsible for the construction of her yard, and she went to the fields to take a look when she had nothing to do.
Occasionally go and see how the yard is being built.
Building a house doesn't happen overnight.
In particular, many of the bluestones used in Shen Qianning's yard need to be transported from other places.
Those Jiang soldiers have appeared twice.
Magistrate Sun was afraid that Shen Qianning would get into trouble again, so he arranged for people to patrol near the village. Whenever suspicious persons were found, they would come forward for questioning.
The women in Qingtian Village knew that Shen Qianning was repairing the house and sent some vegetables from time to time.
In a blink of an eye, winter has arrived.
It started to snow.
Shen Qianning has not received a letter from Xiao Feiye for a month.
Xiao Nanchuan and Xiao Xiyue were sent to the academy a long time ago, and they will have a complete holiday when it really snows heavily.
Shen Qianning was worried about the safety of the two of them, so she asked Wang Mazi to find a more capable bodyguard to accompany the two children in the academy.
Calculating the time, it’s time to go to Qucheng.
By the way, ask Magistrate Sun about the border.
There really was nothing for her to worry about at home, so she could just arrange it.
He drove the carriage to Qucheng.
But along the way, Shen Qianning discovered that there were many more refugees.
It's just winter. Where do these refugees come from?
And I didn’t hear anything happened!
With doubts, Shen Qianning arrived in Qucheng.
As a result, once we arrived in Qucheng, we found that the situation was more serious than what we saw on the road.
Refugees gathered everywhere under the city walls.
There are also more official errands at the city gate.
And prevent refugees from entering the city.
She hurried into the city, stopped the carriage and called Xiao Dongsheng.
Xiao Dongsheng was happy when he saw Shen Qianning.
Come out quickly and get rid of the horse's reins.
"Sister Shen, you are finally back. If you don't come back, our store will have no goods to sell."
Shen Qianning had doubts in her heart. She glanced at the nearby streets and found that there were no refugees. She asked, "Do you know what happened to those refugees outside the city?"
Xiao Dongsheng quickly tied the horse.
Ask Shen Qianning to quickly enter the store.
Look at Xiaodong's mysterious appearance.
Shen Qianning did not continue talking about this matter on the street.
I guess this matter shouldn't be talked about outside.
He followed Xiao Dongsheng into the store.
The two brothers Zhang Qing also joined in.
It just so happened that there were no customers in the store.
Xiao Dongsheng glanced at the door warily before saying: "This matter cannot be mentioned in the city, but I heard from the official at the Yamen that those refugees came from the border."
frontier fortress?
Beiliang is adjacent to Jiang State to the south and the sea to the east. Their location is south of the Imperial City of Beiliang.
The closest country to them is a place called Yun Country.
Yun State and Beiliang are diplomatic states, and their relationship with each other is harmonious.
Xiao Dongsheng continued: "I heard that there have been many rogue bandits in the frontier fortress recently. These bandits commit crimes by burning, killing, robbing, and robbing people. In addition, the people in the frontier fortress have also suffered from drought before. The days have not eased yet. If this kind of thing happens again, no one dares to continue. Those who stayed at the frontier fortress all escaped."
"Then why come to Qucheng?"
Shen Qianning didn't understand.
Xiao Dongsheng lowered his voice: "It is said that the three cities closest to the border fortress were unwilling to accept these refugees, so they drove these refugees away. Prefect Sun is probably worried now."
There are not many refugees outside the city now.
If all the refugees Shen Qianning saw along the way arrived in Qucheng, there would probably be chaos.
And now that it’s snowing, it’s inevitable that I won’t be able to move forward even if I want to.
Originally she didn't like to be nosy.
But along the way she saw many families with their families, some of whose children were so young.
She admitted that there were times when she was soft-hearted.
He told Xiao Dongsheng: "Keep an eye on the store. I'll go to the government office."
When she came to the Yamen, the Yamen official let her into the back Yamen without stopping her.
Magistrate Sun was asking Master Qu Cheng how much food was left in his granary.
The master was confused: "Sir, I know you are kind-hearted, but you have to help depending on the situation. We have handed over all the taxes from the autumn harvest to the court, and there is not much food left."
The reason why Magistrate Sun did not expel the refugees outside the city was because he was soft-hearted.
"But the first three cities don't accept them. If we don't accept them, many people will die after the heavy snowfall."
When Shen Qianning heard this, she felt it was necessary to appear.
Knocked on the door.
Then he opened the door and went directly into the house.
Magistrate Sun's eyes lit up when he saw Shen Qianning.
"Boss Shen, when did you come back?"
Shen Qianning directly chose a chair and sat down, and then said: "I just came back. I saw many refugees along the way. I guessed that the prefect must have encountered a problem, so I came to ask prefect Sun if he needed help."
Magistrate Sun and Master both looked at Shen Qianning in surprise.
There were so many merchants in the city, and when they inevitably appeared, some of them found Magistrate Sun, but they always asked Magistrate Sun not to let refugees into the city.
Shen Qianning was the one who came to ask if he needed help.
Magistrate Sun was very excited: "Boss Shen, are you willing to help me?"
Shen Qianning shook his head and said, "I'm not helping you. I'm just helping the refugees. What's the biggest trouble the government is encountering now?"
Magistrate Sun said without hesitation: "There is no food. All the food in the granary has been handed over to the court. Now there is less than [-] catties of food left in the official warehouse."
Shen Qianning knew that in the past two years of war, the whole country was really supplying the border.
Xiao Feiye was still talking about this matter when he came back last time.
It is said that the emperor only eats one dish and one bowl of rice for every meal in the imperial city, and the officials even tighten their belts.
But the soldiers at the border never lacked food.
Just because the emperor understands justice so well.
Shen Qianning felt that he should help the emperor.
"If I spend money, can I buy food from other places? I know that many places had a good harvest last year."
The master frowned at this time and said: "You can definitely buy food, but the government office doesn't have much money!"
This is the most embarrassing thing.
Shen Qianning took out a few silver notes from his sleeves and put them on the table and said: "Here are 3000 taels of silver notes. Thank you, Magistrate Sun, for going around to buy food. In addition, Magistrate Sun should resettle the refugees outside the city first! Even if they are You can also temporarily designate a place for them to build shacks.”
Magistrate Sun looked at the 3000 taels of silver notes on the table.
Even speaking became choked.
"I accepted the money on behalf of the refugees."
Shen Qianning said: "I only carry 3000 taels of silver notes with me. I will send you a few thousand taels of silver later. Let's open a porridge shed at the gate of the city first!"
It's easy to do things if you have money.
Naturally, Magistrate Sun would not let Shen Qianning's good deeds remain unknown.
After Shen Qianning went back and delivered another 5000 taels of silver notes, he immediately wrote several notices and posted them at the city gate.
Many refugees saw the notice and came forward. Next to the notice was an official explaining to them.
"Boss Shen from Baibao Pavilion in the city feels sorry for everyone and has donated 8000 taels of silver. You can collect porridge and steamed buns at the city gate later."