On the third day of the earthquake, the Emperor decreed that the capital would be moved to Chenzhou.
Even though Feng Jin and the others had expected the Emperor to move the capital, they were still silent when the decree was issued.
The people were even more grief-stricken when they heard the news. Their cries shook the heavens. Some old women even cried until they fainted.
After experiencing the earthquake for three days, the viewers in the streaming room had trained their hearts to be strong, but they still felt sad when they saw the scene.
Even though they didn't understand why they felt sad.
Tudou Xiongniu: "Sigh … It's just moving the capital, it's not like the country is going to perish. Why are they crying like this?"
Dadaozao: "Pfft, it's easy for you to say. They're not crying about the capital, they're crying about being abandoned."
Laosiji Lianmeng: "This streaming room isn't under the government's control, so I'll use an inappropriate analogy. Let's say there's such a terrible earthquake in the capital of Hua country. Less than 10% of the people are alive, and the country doesn't do anything for three days. Everyone had doubts in their hearts, but they still trusted the country and waited patiently for reinforcements. Then, the higher-ups said that the capital was too dilapidated and there was no value in rescuing them. They were going to relocate the capital and ignore the people who had suffered from the disaster … Take a guess, how did the people who had been abandoned feel?
How will they feel about being abandoned?
The country will be done for! "
Tudou Xiongniu Gaifan: "No, that's not an appropriate analogy. If our country dares to do that, more than a billion people will curse us to death. Besides, the internet is so advanced now. If there's no rescue for three hours, the whole country will be in chaos, let alone three days. "
Xuanbujiufei: "Whether the analogy is appropriate or not is another matter. Anyway, I understand what Laosiji is trying to say."
Kongbugai Fengming: "Sigh, if I were one of the people, I'd cry too." What's the use of people living in the face of a devastated homeland? If the country doesn't care, it means that the possibility of rebuilding their homeland is almost zero. There's no hope for the future.
In ancient times, the people had blind trust in the emperor because he was the Son of Heaven.
They couldn't see their future if they were abandoned by the Son of Heaven.
In such a sad atmosphere, Jiang Pengji pursed her lips.
"You really have too much energy and nowhere to release it. You still have the mood to cry at a time like this."
Luo Yue was a commoner, so he was also sad. But after hearing Jiang Pengji's heartless words, he almost couldn't breathe.
If not for the Emperor's order, he really did not want to listen to this person's orders.
"Did I say something wrong?" Jiang Pengji glanced at him with disdain.
Luo Yue choked and subconsciously wanted to retort, but those words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them no matter what.
Subconsciously, he felt a little guilty.
Watching Jiang Pengji's figure gradually disappear into the distance, Qiguan Rang elbowed him as he passed by.
"The Son of Heaven has indeed abandoned these people, but why don't you take a look at why they are still alive and not buried in the ruins? Langjun was right. She had too much energy and nothing to do. What was there to cry about? Why aren't you grateful to Langjun when you're so affectionate? "
Qiguan Rang shook his head with an expression that said, "These foolish people are hopeless."
Luo Yue's expression turned solemn as he said righteously, "How can you say that? If not for His Majesty's decree, Liu Langjun would also … "
Qiguan Rang didn't let him finish his sentence and said directly, "That's not right. If it wasn't for my Langjun's kindness and volunteering to take on this difficult task, do you think the Emperor would have sent other people to rescue the people? Ha, even though Langjun pleaded with the Emperor, in the end, only a small thousand imperial guards and 500 dans of food were allocated. Tell me, how many people can this small number of people and this small amount of food save? "
Luo Yue wanted to refute, but in the end, he could only blush in embarrassment. However, his skin was darker, so it wasn't obvious.
Qiguan Rang said sarcastically, "There are 100,000 imperial guards, but in the end, only a thousand were allocated. That's really a lot."
Even during the snowstorm in Shangjing a few years ago, the court had allocated 30,000 taels of silver for disaster relief. Although the amount of silver that fell into the hands of the people was very little, it was still an attitude. Nowadays, the court was completely shameless. They sent people away with a thousand imperial guards and 500 dans of food.
One had to know that the earthquake this time affected Shangyang County and Fengyi County, almost two-thirds of Wanzhou!
The death toll was dozens of times that of the snowstorm that year!
Qiguan Rang sneered. His sinister eyes made Luo Yue's heart go cold.
As more people were rescued, the demand for rice and medicinal herbs increased.
Jiang Pengji exchanged for 20,000 dans of food and a large number of mugwort leaves and reed roots. Every time, she asked Xu Ke to bring people to collect it. Part of it was reserved for the people of Shangjing to eat, and part of it was transported to Fengyi County, where Qiguan Rang had left 2,000 troops for rescue.
Shangjing was the epicenter of the earthquake, so the death toll was especially heavy.
Fengyi County was some distance away. There were many people alive, so the consumption of rice and medicinal herbs was especially large.
Jiang Pengji couldn't always exchange food from the mall. It was fine in the short term, but it was easy to get into trouble in the long run.
If she was surrounded by stupid teammates, it would be fine for her to perform a big change. The key was that each teammate was smarter than the other. That wouldn't work. If it wasn't for the second branch of the Liu family having a lot of money and having a grain store business all over Dongqing, they probably wouldn't be able to fool Xu Ke.
Therefore, it was important to increase income and reduce expenditure.
"There are many dignitaries in Shangjing. There will always be some good things in the warehouses of each family …" Jiang Pengji said expressionlessly, "Anyway, these people are going to move away. The things will rot if they are left behind. Why don't we dig them out and recycle them so that the people can benefit?"
Jiang Pengji said it so clearly. She was just short of telling everyone to go rob them.
Qiguan Rang could accept it because he was not a gentleman.
Xu Ke felt a little awkward. This kind of behavior was no different from stealing and looting. But thinking of the people outside, there was no other way.
Meng Hun had always listened to Jiang Pengji. Not to mention cleaning up the ruins, he felt that there was nothing wrong with directly blocking the road and robbing.
The only person who objected was Feng Jin.
He had received so many years of formal education. If he suddenly ran to collude with Jiang Pengji, he wouldn't be Feng Jin.
Jiang Pengji asked, "Huaiyu, what good ideas do you have?"
Feng Jin was stared at by the others. After a while, he said embarrassedly, "At least … leave an IOU?"
Everyone was speechless.
The people of each family and manor had all left. Who would write the IOU for?
However, if doing so would make Feng Jin feel better, then write it. It wouldn't take much effort anyway.
Jiang Pengji said, "Yes, what Huaiyu said makes sense. If we wait until the earthquake is over and people come back to the old site to see that everything has been moved away, they might curse. Writing an IOU can at least show that we are not robbers and that we are only temporarily 'borrowing'. "
Jiang Pengji said the word 'borrowing' with a profound meaning.
Qiguan Rang smiled but didn't say anything. Borrowing without returning was still "borrowing".
Four days after the earthquake, the number of people rescued had reached 18,000. The number of corpses buried outside the city was as high as 70,000.
There were 120,000 permanent residents in Shangjing. Based on this calculation, there was still a gap of tens of thousands.
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