Chapter 158 Relief to Disaster Victims

After Xiao Lan finished speaking, everyone at the scene became quiet and their bodies were a little swaying. After all, they had been waiting here for a long time and had not eaten from morning to afternoon.

County Magistrate Cao was a little surprised when he saw Xiao Lan stopping these people's behavior. In the face of hunger, his words as a magistrate were useless.

Magistrate Cao was surprised when Shopkeeper Gu appeared behind Xiao Lan. He had arranged for Shopkeeper Gu to be carried home just now, but now that Shopkeeper Gu appeared here, it seemed a little strange.

Are all shopkeeper Gu’s injuries healed?

"Shopkeeper Gu, how is your injury?" He couldn't help but ask.

"I lied down for a while, and now I'm fine." There were many people talking. Even if he wanted to tell Cao Xianling this question, he couldn't say it in public.

"Oh, okay, I just saw that the injury was quite serious. It's fine. It's okay." Magistrate Cao showed the number reported by the kitchen to Shopkeeper Gu.

Shopkeeper Gu saw that the restaurant he had been running for many years was looted. Fortunately, he temporarily hid the banknotes. What was lost was 500 taels of cash, vegetables and meat, and all edible things were taken away.

The helpers in my store must have hidden some food, but not much.

He gave these numbers to Xiao Lan, who took them over and looked at them. Most of them were lost and had more food, up to a thousand taels of silver.

Magistrate Cao doesn't have many people in the yamen now. Most of them are in charge of the prisoners in the prison. There have been too many people committing crimes recently, and the supplies in the county yamen have been almost exhausted. It is estimated that in the prison in a day or two

People also want breakfast.

At that time, Magistrate Cao will attack from both inside and outside, and the county government will soon fall.

Magistrate Cao originally wanted to borrow supplies from Furong Town restaurants, but these were good. All the food in Furong Town was looted. It was even more uncomfortable to have no food, and the house collapsed.

"Here, Shopkeeper Gu, can you still get food? Furong Town is in a tight situation. I'm being clamored for food all day long. Where can I, a county magistrate, get food?" Magistrate Cao looked at Shopkeeper Gu and asked worriedly.

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"Every place is now affected by the snowstorm, and the same situation is happening everywhere. It is difficult to get food. Even if you get food, you can't reach Furong Town. There are many victims and bandits on the road." Shopkeeper Gu said

Magistrate Cao was silenced. Yes, the granaries in the Yamen were also bottomed out. Of course he knew that those people deliberately committed crimes and came to the prison to make a living.

"But it's freezing cold. We can't let all these people go out to beg for food. Where can they get food?" Magistrate Cao has been working hard in Furong Town. He has known Shopkeeper Gu for many years and knows each other well. Magistrate Cao

He is a good official and has never oppressed the people.

"Aren't there still some wealthy households?" Shopkeeper Gu knows of a few wealthy households, many of whom own hundreds of acres of fertile land.

"Forget it, most of the wealthy households have been robbed by those bandits. Even if there is a fish that slipped through the net, how could it lend us food? The bandits have not been found, so it must be hidden in some secret place.

It would be a fantasy to ask them to lend it to me," Magistrate Cao said.

Shopkeeper Gu looked at Xiao Lan. Xiao Lan knew that Shopkeeper Gu would ask her, so she took the initiative to bring up the matter before Shopkeeper Gu could speak.

"I still have some food stored at home, but it can only meet temporary needs. The most fundamental solution is to find those bandits and take back the food they stole from them." Xiao Lan thought of this.

A way to control violence with violence.

Even if people from several villages spent all their food reserves, she could survive for a few days. There were not a few people in the five villages, but the number of people in Furong Town excluding the five villages was even greater.

"But our people are like a pile of scattered sand. Otherwise, how could we be defeated by these bandits one by one?" Magistrate Cao sighed.

"Then we need some young adults. I will select the people. Of course, those who want to contribute can get a share of food first." Xiao Lan said.

"Then I will ask the county government's police officers to go with you. If there are not enough people left, you can choose from the crowd outside the restaurant." Magistrate Cao was the first to support it. If the police officers are not allowed to have a good meal, I am afraid they will rebel.

Get up, then he should not be the county magistrate.

"Then all the people from my restaurant will also participate, and they will all be led by you." Shopkeeper Gu said decisively.

"Okay, then we will go out to select people and let everyone have a full meal first. Shopkeeper Gu, ask the coachman to follow me to pull food later," Xiao Lan said.

"But the carriage driver is alone, and the carriage has been commandeered by the gangsters." Shopkeeper Gu thought that the horses in his hotel had their reins cut off and were taken away by those people.

"The younger brother who went to my house to inform me before and I have a horse each. I have another horse at home. You can just hitch a carriage here." Xiao Lan's words made Shopkeeper Gu's eyes light up.

He clapped his hands excitedly, "Haha, Xiao Lan, I knew nothing would be difficult for you. I'll make arrangements right away, and I'll go find the groom."

Xiao Lan walked to the second floor and said to the crowd below, "Do you trust me, Xiao Lan? I can make everyone eat well and survive this snowstorm safely."

"Trust it."

"Okay, then listen to me carefully. I need manpower. Follow me to retrieve the stolen food." Xiao Lan told everyone.

"Xiao Lan, I'll go with you." Someone shouted loudly.

"I'll go with you too. My food was robbed by those goddamn gangsters."

"Okay, let's count it as one. I'll go home later and bring all the food from my family. Then everyone will have a full meal. The person who came with me to find food will eat first. After we leave, we will continue to cook for the rest.

.What do you think?" Xiao Lan shouted.

"No problem, we listen to you. As long as there is food to eat, we will listen to you." Some people burst into tears and touched their children's foreheads, finally having food to eat.

Others thought about the bandits who robbed their food, and they were itching with hatred and wanted to cut them into pieces.

Xiao Lan did not bring many people back to haul food, but only two cart drivers.

Only the driving manpower is needed. For other things, a few people from Lijia Village can be selected to carry the food.

This time Xiao Lan returned to the village and placed Zaizai next to Mrs. Li, and then selected a few good people, such as Da Zhuang, Xiao Qian, Ling'er, and several men from Tiezhu's family to move food to her house.

When entering the cellar, Xiao Lan entered the cellar first and took the bows and arrows as well as the prepared bacon and fruits into his own space, leaving only grain and vegetables.

The people in Lijia Village entered Xiao Lan's cellar and were shocked by the grain Xiao Lan had harvested. Is this a cellar?

This is a warehouse, right?

There is a dazzling array of things inside. Bags of rice and noodles are pressed against the wall. There are hundreds of bags at a time!

How did Xiao Lan accumulate so much food?

I don’t see Xiao Lan hunting many wild animals in normal times?

The amount of this hoard was quite large. Da Zhuang, Xiao Qian, Ling'er and the men from Tiezhu's family were all so surprised that they couldn't open their mouths from ear to ear when they saw it.
Chapter completed!