The once-in-a-decade flood in Yi'an Prefecture destroyed not only Jiang Zhiyuan's achievements, but also the entire Yi'an Prefecture's county and county under the jurisdiction of Yi'an Prefecture are without exception.

The heavy rain lasted for three days and three nights, and the losses were so miserable.

"The houses along the street have been washed away, with more than 120 households in total, and there are as many as 300 dead and missing people..." Jiang Zhilu took people in the rain to rescue disasters in the past three days, and he didn't even lose weight, but even his voice became hoarse.

"You take a break first." Ma Ruyue quickly called Qiuju to bring a large bowl of brown sugar ginger soup and said: "Drink, I'm preparing it for Zhiyuan. Every time he goes out, he's soaked all over. I'm really afraid that you'll catch a cold."

It’s not just a joke to catch a cold.

The floods destroyed the bridge, and rice, grain, meat and vegetables rose slowly.

There is also medicinal materials, which are scarce items that truly save people.

If you have money, you may not be able to buy it to help you.

Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is the best measures to prevent and protect your life.

Jiang Zhiyuan is a parent official, and he has to rush to the front if there is a disaster now.

If the official who just passes by is just sitting in the county government to command, he just wants to perform.

Moreover, Ma Ruyue often said his words: It is better to go home to sell sweet potatoes than to be an official and not to make decisions for the people.

The magistrate is the parent official of one party, and he must set a good example.

Wearing a straw raincoat, a straw hat, and a pair of cloth shoes, then going out.

Ma Ruyue was very drunk when she saw his outfit.

There are no rain boots in this era.

Ordinary people are reluctant to wear cloth shoes to step on them in the rain, so the cloth shoes will rot quickly.

Just like Jiang Zhilu is also a person who has suffered, he just rolled up his pants and went back and forth naked on the street.

Jiang Zhiyuan's cloth shoes were also what Ma Ruyue told him to wear.

It doesn't seem so unique.

The most important thing is that he is afraid that something sharp is scratched by his feet and it will be troublesome.

When I go out wearing cloth shoes, I will come back with water and mud at most.

Just prepare a few more pairs.

And every time I come back, Ma Ruyue lets her drink brown sugar ginger soup to keep the cold.

"It's really delicious." Jiang Zhilu drank a full bowl of water in one sip: "It's sweet."

Haha, like a child.

"Qiuju, give Zhilu another bowl." Ma Ruyue frowned after hearing his report: "The county town has suffered a lot of losses. What do you think of the countryside?"

"It's not much better." Jiang Zhilu shook his head and said, "Most of the houses in the countryside are surrounded by mountains and rivers, and some are still by the ravine. If the flood cannot be defeated, it will flood, which is likely to flood the fields, crops and houses."

"Send people to investigate one by one." Ma Ruyue also had this idea. The houses in the countryside are even more fake than those in the county town.

After all, there are a few families who can live in dirt walls, and most of them are fence walls. The dilapidated old houses passed down from ancestors or they are directly dangerous houses. When it rains heavily for three days and three nights, there is a risk of collapse in every way.

Thinking of these disasters, Ma Ruyue sighed.

"The same emergency plan for the countryside is like that of the county." Ma Ruyue said: "If you have no distinction between high and low life, you can get some food and clothes if you have poor family conditions. You must overcome this level no matter what."

"Yes, sister-in-law." Jiang Zhilu always obeyed Ma Ruyue's arrangements.

"By the way, I'll send someone to see Majia Village and Jiangjia Dam." Ma Ruyue was still worried about these two places, after all, there were relatives living there.

"I have sent someone, so I guess there is no big problem." The conditions of these two villages are relatively better: "When there will be information coming back."

正说着话,江智远回来了.

"It's really unlucky." Jiang Zhiyuan took off his straw raincoat and said, "I got the news that more than 2,000 chickens on the chicken farm were all sprouted to death. Fortunately, the situation in the duck farm was fine."

鸡棚倒了,无一幸灾.

这可是将老本都收了.

"If you die, you will die. By the way, the dead chicken is just for disaster relief." The chicken died from being in the rain, not from medicine or plague, it is completely edible.

Ma Ruyue asked Jiang Zhilu to send someone to pull the chickens in a carriage to the shed in the county town for porridge.

"Arranging those women to do something, don't just eat ready-made ones." What Ma Ruyue despises most is that someone is born lazy and makes things difficult for him and does not know how to save himself.

遇上灾难就怨天尤人坐着等死.

完事了时候还怪菩萨不保佑.

When trucks of chickens were pulled into the porridge shed in the county town, everyone's eyes lit up.

Really, it is common for wealthy families in the county to set up porridge sheds when encountering disasters, but this is the first time for eating chicken.

"Everyone didn't watch it anymore, they all came to take the lead." Ma Ruyue took action personally this time. She was the magistrate's wife. She had to set up a shed to prepare porridge, otherwise it would fall behind: "Come on, the men will use knives to put the chickens in blood, and the women will boil water to take care of the chickens."

"Don't throw away the chicken in the water. Clean it up, it's meat after all."

开什么玩笑,非常艰苦时期得节约.

More than two thousand chickens were taken out and hung under the porridge shed, which looked very spectacular.

Ma Ruyue asked a few big pots to stew chicken soup, which was so strong that she didn't want to eat meat, and the bones felt like they were stewed.

然后,这一晚喝粥改成了吃鸡汤.

香喷喷的鸡汤让过往的行人都侧目.

"No matter how I look at it, I feel like the New Year." Someone said, "Is this really a disaster victim in our county?"

"Mrs. Jiang invited them to eat chicken. You didn't see many chickens hanging by the shed."

"Not only, the temple also sent one or two hundred chickens over, saying that the temple was not allowed to be mixed with oil and meat. So I set up a shed at the foot of the mountain to stew it, and each person was a bowl. Even the monks who practiced in the temple couldn't help but run out to see..."

It's almost like breaking the precepts.

"There are also in the countryside. Those families who have suffered disasters gave one chicken, and the number of people is two. The disciples of Jiang's martial arts hall are like Bodhisattvas, giving one by one."

"In this way, I hope my house collapses."

"Bao, you can really tell me how much you pour a house for a chicken!"

Ma Ruyue just didn't want to waste it, and she gave all more than 2,000 chickens to the victims.

This unintentional act has spread from all directions.

"Yichang County is so rich?"

"Yes, we are also Mrs. Official, but ours are not that good!"

"Can you compare it? Look at how powerful Yichang County has developed in the past three years."

“是啊,他们的学子还能得猪肉呢.”

"Yes, one person is awesome to study, and the whole family has meat to eat."

"Good official, good official." They all admired Jiang Zhiyuan.

Good officials also encounter difficulties in doing things.

"There are 981 damaged houses in the county, and the number of deaths and missing persons is 498." Fewer deaths in rural areas than in county towns are scattered. This is the greatest comfort.

"The fertile fields destroyed more than 700 acres, and the crops were lost countless times." Seeing that the grains that were about to be harvested would not be harvested, many old farmers sat in the fields and cried.

The problem of food and clothing was not solved, but after paying taxes, the income was reduced by half. Now, even if there is no harvest, the tax is indispensable.

"When encountering such a big disaster, is it possible that the court cannot reduce the exemption?" Ma Ruyue asked Jiang Zhiyuan.

"It's probably unlucky." Jiang Zhiyuan smiled bitterly and said, "The court's tax reduction will only happen if it meets the royal happy event."

"Or why don't you write a letter and try it." Normally, Lord Zhao of Yi'an Prefecture should have written a memorial.

But this guy is a self-protection guy, so don't mention anything about petitioning for the people.

"Anyone who is promoted quickly will flatter you." Ma Ruyue smiled and said, "You can't pay this note. I'm sorry to the public, I'm sorry to myself."

估计着会挨批斗.

"I'll try it." Jiang Zhiyuan said: "It's so severe that the tax is used to make money, and it's probably not enough to sell children and girls."

The key is that if you owe this year, you will pay it back next year, and if you owe it next year, it will be useless to do it. When will this go on?

"Okay, you can just submit a memorial. At worst, you can go home and grow sweet potatoes when the time comes." It would be fine if the emperor was unhappy and dismissed him directly, so as not to have any ambitious plans.

If you want to be a good official, you must first meet a wise king to be worthy of your efforts.

In addition to submitting a note to ask for tax exemption, Ma Ruyue gave Jiang Zhiyuan the idea of ​​saving himself.

It’s not possible to grow millet, but you can grow winter beans for a season.

粗粮什么的好歹能填填肚子.

"Your small treasury invests in purchasing seeds and distribute them to the affected households, so that they can reduce their economic burden." In the era of shortage of food, seeds can save lives. Ma Ruyue remembered Jiang Zhilu and their mother. Therefore, it is best to let the county come forward and manage this matter in the form of political tasks.

小小老百姓都民官.

"There is also the matter of building a house and building it on the agenda." Ma Ruyue said: "Is living in a shed a long-term solution? Can you carry forward the spirit of mutual assistance? The villagers can help you with work."
To be continued...