Chapter 260 Refugees (Part 1) (Guarantee 2)
"Xia Zhu." Huo Gang called Xia Zhu in.
"leader."
"I'll write you something, and you'll give it to the people in the Industrial City and let them do it." Huo Gang said.
"Yes!" Xia Zhu nodded.
What Huo Gang asked them to do was naturally a gift to Li Shimin, but in fact it could not be said to be a gift. To be precise, it was something that had friendly and friendly exchanges with Li Er. These things were originally needed by Huo Gang himself, but they did not need them in the Industrial City because some knowledge was introduced in the physics and chemistry books they gave them.
Li Ji came to meet Huo Gang as soon as possible after returning to Suoyang City. However, what he and Huo Gang didn't know was that Li Shimin had already left Chang'an on the day he met with Huo Gang. Of course, Li Shimin announced the world that he was naturally to inspect the victims of the world and personally apologize to the victims of the world.
Anyway, there are many statements, so people naturally do such propaganda. There are no need to worry about Li Shimin. There are not many people who know that Li Shimin's real purpose for the time being, and none of the families of the five surnames and seven hopes know about it.
Even if there are some people who know it, it is probably limited to the head of the family. As for Li Shimin's thoughts, even if these heads of the five surnames and seven hopes know, they will not object. The reason is very simple. Li Shimin gave enough "sincerity" and other rewards such as some titles. This is the most important thing for various aristocratic families.
Of course, they didn't know that Li Shimin had already figured out a strategy to cut off the fire, so he was not afraid of giving some promises to these aristocratic families.
Just when Li Shimin left Chang'an, some "rumors" gradually began to spread in Guazhou.
The drought in Guazhou is very serious this year, and many places have no harvest. The number of people in Guazhou is actually not small, at least hundreds of thousands of people still have it. As the autumn harvest is approaching this year, the fields in many villages are almost the entire village have no harvest. Some villagers originally rely on the grain stored in previous years to barely support it.
More people try to borrow grain from large and wealthy families in nearby townships. Unfortunately, if it were in previous years, they might be able to borrow it. After all, many farmers are tenants like these gentry.
They also have to consider this point. They must borrow food. Not all gentry are bad people. Most people dare not say how good it is, but at least in such a disaster, they will not put a detriment and force people to death. They will also take out some food for rescue.
But this year it is not possible. Most of their grain has been sold this year. These gentry have a lot of grain stored in them. However, because of the transaction between Li and Huo Gang in Longxi, almost all of these grains have been put into Huo Gang's hands.
Although these gentry had a slight surplus in food, they could not get much, and they had to leave enough food for themselves.
Liujiazhuang, Liu Sanhu walked slowly to the house with a dejected head. He was holding a cloth bag in his hand. He went out to borrow food. Even if the remaining food in his house was saved, it would only take two or three days of food.
If they can't borrow food, their family will be completely out of food. The adults can tolerate it, but he still wants a son who is hungry. But his wife is so thin that she has no milk left.
Every day when they watch their children crying hungry, they can only feed the children some water... Liu Sanhu's heart is as if he is cut by a knife.
But what should he do? Liujiazhuang is near Longle River, and he has eaten all the wild vegetables he can eat this year. Due to the drought, the water level of Longle River has dropped a lot, and many tributaries have dried up directly. These water levels can only carry water to irrigate the land, but this is useless. The little food they have this year... can't eat in winter at all.
"Has his father borrowed food?" Liu Sanhu's voice came back, so hungry that he could hardly stand up, immediately asked with anticipation.
"No...no, no, no food." Liu Sanhu was a little afraid to look at his wife.
"Oh my God... what should I do! I can't live anymore, my father... Let's go to Dunhuang County! Already half of the people in the village have gone to Dunhuang County, so we can't ignore us!" Liu wiped his tears, then raised his head and looked at his husband and spoke.
"I asked, the county town is not allowed to enter the city at present. The places where people can find work have been crowded. And even if they work, they can only give them a bite of food, but I have to support your mother!" Liu Sanhu smiled bitterly and said.
"Bang" "Bang" There were two sounds of crutches at the door. Liu Sanhu was stunned for a moment and hurriedly opened the door. Outside the door, an old woman with crutches walked in. She was holding a rag pocket in her hand. This was Liu Sanhu's mother.
"Son, this is the little food left over from my mother. I'll make porridge for your wife. If this adult doesn't eat it, the child will not have milk!" The old woman said with a smile on her wrinkled face.
"Mom! You gave us the food, what did you eat!" Liu Sanhu was shocked.
"My mother is old and has enough life. I decided to go to the city to find all the men in the city to ask for some food. If you can't get it, you don't need to find me. I'm not talking about my old bones, and I have to eat every day." The old woman forced a smile on her face.
"Mom! This is not possible! If you leave, your daughter-in-law will not have the honor to see the ancestors of the Liu family!" Liu rushed over and knelt on the ground, hugged Liu Sanhu's mother's legs, and cried out loudly!
"My good daughter, but... if my mother doesn't leave, what should you do? What should I do? Uncle Liu San, at the village head, has been hanged. Mom can't hang herself in the house, and it will cause you bad luck. You just gave birth to a child at home, so you can let your mother go." Liu Sanhu's mother squatted down and hugged her daughter-in-law, and said in tears.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Liu Sanhu was completely tragic. What could he do? His family had no food anymore, and now he had no food anywhere. There were two old men in the village who were hanging at home. In order to save a bit of food, he could not watch his mother leave this home.
The child who was sleeping next to him was suddenly awakened by the crying of the two people, and then started crying with a "wow".
The two older children also started crying "whimper" at this moment.
Liu Sanhu suddenly remembered something, he touched tears directly, and then said, "Mom, don't cry, boy! I have a way!"
Liu Sanhu's words made Liu and Liu Sanhu's mother stop crying for the time being. The two of them looked over and Liu Sanhu's mother asked, "Son, what are you going to do?"
"Yue'e, get up, take your mother's food, and cook all the food at home. I'll take our horses out and feed them, and then you pack up and let's go." Liu Sanhu gritted his teeth and spoke seriously.
"Let's go? Where to go?" Both women were stunned.
"Go to the big man. I heard that the big man accepts all the poor people, and they will also divide the houses and fields. The most important thing is that they will take care of the food! Mother, Yue'e, you must have seen it. It doesn't rain here, but it keeps raining."
"It is said that the leader Huo of the great man came to earth because of the gods in the sky, so there must be food in his territory." Liu Sanhu spoke seriously.
"But... what if this is fake?" Liu Sanhu's mother said hesitantly.
"Mom, how many days are your food enough for us to eat? That's two or three days, but there is still autumn and a winter is coming. We don't know when the city will start disaster relief, but we can't survive if we stay in the village. Let's go, otherwise there will be people who are hungry after a while, and I'm afraid that the only horse in our family will not be able to be saved." Liu Sanhu said.
"Instead of staying and waiting for death, we might as well go and have a chance to have a life. If the man doesn't accept us, there will be death everywhere, and there is no difference." Liu Sanhu was a little angry.
Anyway, he couldn't survive anymore, so he had to take his wife, children and mother out.
"That's the decision. Yue'e, you make everything, and you make dry food. I'll feed some grass to the horse, and we'll set off immediately." Liu Sanhu said and went out directly.
The two women in the room looked at each other, and finally Liu helped Liu Sanhu's mother get up from the ground and said directly: "Mom, you have heard Sanlang's words. We will not leave you behind. You can follow us. At worst, our family will set out together!"
"Oh... I'll go pack up." Liu Sanhu's mother sighed at last, nodded and said.
Liu stretched out his hand and grabbed his mother's hand and said, "Mom, don't be too lazy. If you have a few things, your wife will chase you." Her expression was very serious, but her face was not beautiful, but she had a rare seriousness.
Liu Sanhu's mother looked at her daughter-in-law. After a long time, she stretched out her old hand and patted her daughter-in-law's palm: "Don't worry, I won't be overwhelmed, I will follow you!"
"Yeah! My daughter-in-law is going to cook."
About half an hour later, the gate of the Liu family's dilapidated yard opened and a carriage drove out from inside. Liu Sanhu's mother, her wife, and three children went out directly.
In addition, there were some shabby bedding, a pot, a kitchen knife and other limited iron tools on the car, so there was nothing left. This was almost all the valuable property that their family could bring. As for the broken house, Liu Sanhu no longer cared about it.
Almost all of Liujiazhuang's surname is Liu, and they even had a relationship with each other. Liu Sanhu's actions naturally alarmed many people. Faced with the inquiries of these people, Liu Sanhu did not hide it and just told the truth.
Chapter completed!