Chapter 452 Leaving the City
The four families left Yancheng, and many people also hesitated.
Even if the four families are unwilling to stay here, can ordinary people like them really trust this city lord?
"Child, just wait, let's pack our things and follow."
The unbelieving man gritted his teeth, greeted his mother-in-law, and hurried back to the yard.
"Dad, what are you doing!"
The woman's face was pale and she didn't understand what her man meant.
"Let's go too! Now that the He family is gone, I'm afraid Yancheng won't be able to stay any longer! Go back and pack your things quickly, we'll follow them out of the city in a moment!"
"this……"
"Go back quickly!"
In response, some people raised their heads, and others began to waver, wondering whether they should continue to stay in the city.
When Shen Wenchen came back from outside the city, he only saw many people dragging their families out. When he saw them, he lowered his head and ignored them.
The thick snow was trampled into slush, melted into the mud, and merged with the gray sky. Only the figures carrying thick bags on their backs added something to this gray and lonely painting. angry.
"General."
When the guard guarding the door saw Shen Wenchen coming back, his face turned pale, and he trembled and called someone.
Looking at their frost-covered eyebrows, Shen Wenchen did not reprimand them, but just responded calmly.
"Um."
There are six large villages and seven small villages outside Yancheng.
Each of the six large villages has a hundred households, and the small villages can have as many as thirty households, and the least is only seven households. These days, he led people to divide the people from the small villages into the big villages, and deliberately placed people in each village. Fifty people were left to help them get rid of rats.
Today he went to the nearest village. Many of the older houses had collapsed. The village was full of blood stains left by rats after they were killed. Coupled with the stench emanating from the fields, it looked very scary.
As for those who were bitten by rats, they either had a high fever that persisted, or they foamed at the mouth and had convulsions in their limbs.
"General..."
Liu Jie saw something wrong with Shen Wenchen's face, and knew in his heart that he was upset about the people outside the village, but he asked his brothers to open the city gate, and he had to bear this responsibility alone.
"How is this going."
Shen Wenchen didn't want to say more, but looking at the people still hurriedly walking out of the city, he felt indescribable bitterness in his heart.
The lord of a city is supposed to protect his people, but now...
After leaving Yancheng, it is unknown whether they can survive.
"General, these days we have closed the city, many people have been talking privately, saying that there has been a natural disaster outside the city. We have closed the city just to be afraid that they will know about it. They don't believe us and think that we are covering up the facts and want to trap them in the city. Finally, finally So that the madam can sell those exorbitantly priced grains, and everyone is clamoring to leave the city to find a way to survive.
Today, the leader of the He family came to call the door, and the subordinates were unhappy. Since they don't believe us, why should we protect them like this.
Kyoto is thousands of miles away from us. Since they wanted to go there, their subordinates gave in. "
Liu Jie did not hide what he was thinking. He was truly unworthy of the general and his wife.
It stands to reason that in the case of natural disasters or man-made disasters, the funds for disaster relief are either paid by the local government, or waiting to be sent by the imperial court.
But in a prosperous place like Yancheng, there was only a thousand taels of silver left in the account.
The cheap food that the people in the city bought home was all paid for by the lady herself, but she still had to be questioned like that.
"Liu Jie, as officials, we must protect the people behind us."
Shen Wenchen looked at the backs of those leaving the city and sighed.
"That's all, since they want to leave so much, let them go."
The villages outside the city have not only sent food for the winter, but also sent soldiers to stay behind. As long as there are no other troubles, there should be no problems in a short time.
Nannan had previously sold a lot of grain and dried meat at low prices. In addition, every household would stock up on some grain during the New Year, so the people in the city could survive for a while.
It's a pity that the caravan sent by Nannan has not returned yet.
The old couple of the Lin family were a little restless in the city lord's mansion, just sitting in the lobby waiting for Nanzhi to come back.
My daughter had already left the house an hour ago, but it's been so long, why hasn't anyone come back?
Now that she is pregnant, she must not get into trouble...
The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became. Mother Lin only felt ten thousand regrets in her heart.
Why didn't I go with my daughter just now?
"Old woman, what are you doing? You're spinning around, I'm dizzy." Lin's father muttered, but his eyes were also worried.
They couldn't hope for anything that day, they just didn't know if they were okay or not.
The city was full of people who wanted to run away. Even if he tried to persuade them, he could not persuade them to come back.
Everyone should go out. Anyway, if something happens, you will have to come back.
When the time comes, he will still have to come back to beg his daughter and son-in-law.
Lin Shougui groaned in his heart, somewhat dissatisfied.
"This girl has been out for an hour and she hasn't come back yet. Can I not be worried?"
Mother Lin rolled her eyes at him, only annoyed that the older he got, the more temperamental he became.
"I would say you are just too anxious. Our daughter is a person who has a chance. She will be fine."
Father Lin comforted.
Not only was this a chance, but my daughter's kind deeds would have been kowtowed to in the past.
It happens that those people don't know anything, and they are afraid that when the time comes they will not be able to regret it.
"You damn old man."
Mother Lin stamped her feet, ignored him, and simply turned around to go out.
She was really worried, so she had to go out and have a look.
There's a lot of chaos in the city right now, so don't get rushed.
"Grandma, are you going out?" Nanzhi bumped into his grandma. Seeing her in a hurry, he thought she was going out.
"Why did you come back? I thought something happened."
Seeing that her daughter was safe, Mother Lin felt relieved and just pulled her into the house.
"You are two people now, so you have to be careful about everything, do you understand?"
Mother Lin held her hand, her tone filled with reproach and distress.
"Touch it yourself, your hands are cold and it's not good for your health."
"Aniang, I'm fine." Nanzhi was a little helpless, but her Aniang was kind to her, so she couldn't say anything else.
"There's chaos in the city right now, so don't go out as much, do you understand?"
"Okay. I understand, Auntie."
When Nanzhi nodded in agreement, Mother Lin let go of her hand.
"Come in and warm your hands."
"Mom, let me bring my brother and sister-in-law into the house."
Nanzhi said as soon as he sat down.
She just went to the grain store, and there was indeed some chaos outside. If it went further, she didn't know what would happen. If her brother and sister-in-law brought their nephews into the house, she could rest assured.