Mo Yu couldn't help but frowned as he looked at the scene in front of him: "Go get some dry food and water for the mother and daughter."
Goro nodded and did as Mo Yu said.
Mo Yu slowly got out of the sedan chair. Goro handed dry food and water to the mother and daughter. Looking at the man in front of him who was dressed rich or noble, the woman was a little scared, but the strong hunger and the eagerness to save her daughter made her unable to care about so much.
The stronger the water source, the more sips it was fed to the little girl whose mouth had been dry for a long time. With the nourishment of the water source, the little girl coughed lightly and recovered.
He opened his eyes and called out "Mom". When others saw that the mother and daughter were not driven away, the situation got out of control for a while. Mo Yu frowned and left after the mother and daughter finished eating. He ignored the rest of the people who were begging for food.
Since they also had to hurry and did not have much food with them, the most important thing now was to control the disaster.
However, seeing this scene aroused doubts in Mo Yu's heart. According to the rule, if such a disaster occurred, the government would open the granaries and release grain. Even if it would cause people to become impoverished, the number of victims would not be so large, or even terrifying.
Mo Yu called Ge Luo in and asked him his questions.
Goro had also inquired a little bit just now, and said: "Sir, they said that they didn't see a single grain of food from the court."
Mo Yu understood it when he heard it. There were corrupt officials in every dynasty. Now it was just a repetition of the past. He snorted coldly. Those superiors still didn't treat ordinary people as human beings. The expression on his face was not very good. He said, "It's still a few days away from Chuzhou."
Goro: “About three days left.
Mo Yu nodded: "Give the order and work day and night."
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The group traveled day and night and were only one step away from Chuzhou, so they decided to rest in this small town. Even a strong man would not be able to endure a day and a night without rest.
The town was still as ruined as ever. Apart from some starving people, there were a few people begging on the streets, and they were kicked to the ground by those who had jobs.
“It’s so abominable!”
No matter how cold-tempered Goro was, he couldn't help but curse now.
Hearing the presence of a stranger, the beggars around them instantly quieted down, and even the casual chat suddenly became silent.
Mo Yu did not leave the sight of these people. He turned to Goro and said, "Go and find out why it is so miserable here." He paused and said, "It is simply hell on earth."
Everyone had an expressionless face and despair in their eyes. They held broken bowls in their hands and moved them mechanically. It had only been two short months, and the court had already sent people to provide disaster relief. How could the disaster still be so serious
After receiving the order, Goro entered the county town easily. Due to the current flood situation, most of the people had left the city, and the defense was very lax. There were even only one or two people guarding the city wall, and they were dozing off.
"They are really nothing. The people inside and outside have become like that, and they still have the leisure to sleep here. They must have embezzled a lot of money!"
Goro cursed inwardly.
As soon as he entered the center of the county, Goro was stunned by the scene before him. He thought the situation outside was terrible enough, but what he didn't expect was that inside the county was more like hell on earth!
No, it should be said that hell on earth is just like this!
The streets were full of people who had no food to eat due to the flood. There were corpses everywhere, and no one was collecting them. The guards on duty were gnawing on chicken legs, not caring about the victims at all.
Children crying loudly as they waited to be captured lay on top of their starved mothers. Some people were even so hungry that they wanted to operate on the corpses.
He walked deeper into the county town, and saw more and more people begging on the streets. The active soldiers in the county town did not take these people's lives seriously at all. They not only beat them up, but also threw crushed chicken bones to these people to snatch.
When I arrived at the rice shop, I found out that it was the only rice shop in the county. The others had closed down due to floods or some unknown reasons, and the owner was nowhere to be found.
The owner of this dominant rice shop turned out to be the county magistrate's nephew. Goro probably guessed the reason why this rice shop was the only one in the market.
When it was time for the rice shop to open, some ordinary people who still had money and some rich people had already lined up outside the door, waiting to buy rice.
"This money is only enough to buy half a bowl of rice!"
"Half a bowl! Boss, please take a closer look. This is one tael of silver!"
The rice shop owner pinched his moustache and weighed the silver in his hand with contempt.
"It's only one ounce of silver. Don't you know that a bushel of rice costs three ounces of silver now?"
"Three or two!"
This sentence almost scared the people at the scene to death, and they were talking about it.
Isn't this obviously a case of robbing people in plain sight
But there is no way, there is only this one rice shop in this county town.
When he heard that the price was three taels of silver for a dou of rice and that the price was one tael of silver, the man fell to his knees, hugged the boss's thighs, and begged him to give him a cheaper price.
"Boss, this is all my belongings. There are five people in my family! Please ask for a little more! My children are almost starving to death. Please give me a chance to live. Please ask for a little rice!"
The boss didn't take the money and kicked the man away.
"You have no money, and you dare to buy rice from me here? What can you buy with your one tael of silver? Now you are raising the price, I won't even give you a bowl! Are you going to buy it or not? If not, don't stop others from buying it!"
So he said, and the servants carried the man away. The man left in frustration without buying any rice. He met a tree on the way and started crying in grief and anger, and even fell headfirst into the tree.
"What kind of world is this? Why is rice so expensive when it costs only three taels of silver for a bushel of rice?"
Goro thought to himself, so he moved closer to take a look. What millimeters are there? They are just some mixed fine grains. If you don't look carefully, some of the rice has already gone bad. I don't know how long it has been there.
"What a disgusting black-hearted businessman!"
Going further ahead, some people even sold their children on the street because they had no money to buy rice.
The child who was separated from his mother cried loudly, but his parents didn't seem to feel heartbroken at all. They took the money and hurriedly went to buy food.
Some even exchanged their children with each other and killed them in the street.
Seeing this scene completely overturned Gro's cognition.
He left the county town angrily and reported everything to Mo Yu.
When Mo Yu heard this, he slammed the table and stood up. In his previous life, he and his sister had been bullied by the powerful man. Now, the county magistrate of this town had touched his bottom line.