Daily life in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 95 Transformation
"How's the situation?"

Mo Jun waited for a while, and only after the drug ghost had finished treating the little girl's injuries did he step forward and ask.

The drug ghost's complexion was not very good-looking, which was normal, because no doctor could feel better after seeing the torture and injuries suffered by these children.

Seeing that it was Mo Jun who came, the medicine ghost spit out a cloud of haze, but his eyes were still a little gloomy, and said: "This year, three plants of [Growing Muscle and Bone Grass] have matured, so the trauma and bone injuries on these children can basically be guaranteed to be free from injuries. Obstacles, but the missing parts..."

Although Yao Gui hadn't finished speaking, Mo Jun already understood what the other party meant.

Both internal and external injuries.

Relying on Mo Jun's [Life Crystallization] and various elixir cultivated by the medicine ghost, they can all find ways to heal them.

But some of these children had their tongues and limbs cut off directly. Faced with such a situation, neither Mo Jun nor Yao Gui could do anything.

"And the physical injuries are okay. Some children have been tortured for too long and their hearts have collapsed. In the current situation, most of the children who can cry are no longer serious. The key is that those children who cannot even cry are the big trouble. "

Said, Yaogui added another sentence.

Mo Jun nodded with a gloomy face. Although he doesn't know much about medical skills, he still understands some basic common sense. Those who know how to cry at least show that they still have emotions in their hearts.

But those children who can't even cry have been forcibly 'eliminated' even the most basic human nature.

This is not only a spiritual problem, but also a spiritual destruction.

Mo Jun also secretly fed some [Adventurer's Soul] to these children, but the effect was minimal. Only a small number of children's conditions were relieved, and some serious cases had no effect at all.

"Black Feather!"

Mo Jun suddenly yelled, and in the next second, with a few black feathers falling, the black feather figure appeared beside Mo Jun soundlessly.

"Sir, what are your orders?"

"Go and tell the prison in the dungeon to give the group of 'nobles' an extra meal today."

"Yes!"

Hei Yu responded, and then his figure flashed and disappeared without a trace.

After a little bit of anger, Mo Jun said again: "Zhanqin, have the parents of these children been found?"

"Some of the parents of the children have come to claim them, but..."

"but what?"

"But most of the people who came to claim it were boys. So far, only one girl's parents have been found. After the parents of the other two children came, they sneaked away after seeing their children's legs and feet cut off."

When it came to this, Zhanqin's tone was both helpless and annoying.

Mo Jun was also silent after listening.

Son preference is an unsolvable problem in the era of small-scale peasant economy. Giving birth to a boy is an extra labor force for the family, and giving birth to a girl is a burden.

The only function of a girl is to raise her up. At best, she is marrying, but at worst, she is selling her daughter.

But in the current environment, even if it is "selling daughters", only clean ones can be sold. Unclean girls are completely a burden to the family, so naturally not many people are willing to adopt them back.

Not only girls, but boys will also be abandoned once they lose the value of labor force, just like the two parents who came and saw their children's legs and feet cut off, and then sneaked away.

"Since that's the case, then send a sum of money to those families who are determined to give up their children, and then let them sign a contract of sale, and we will raise all the children."

"As for those children who have been unable to find their parents, if someone comes to adopt them in the future, let them pay the 'support fee' first, and then take them away."

Mo Jun said lightly.

Mo Jun can understand the current difficulties of these families, and he can also raise all these children with kindness, but this does not mean that he is willing to be taken advantage of.

The role of "deed of sale" is equivalent to "deprivation of guardianship" in this era.

If Mr. Mo didn't take precautions, in case he worked hard in the future to raise these children, his biological parents would come to 'pick peaches' immediately.

That would make Mo Jun so disgusted that he couldn't eat for several days.

As for the word that after signing the 'deed of sale', there will still be people who want to kidnap morally and play rogues in the future.

Ah!
Now is not the era after 2000, when extortion by touching porcelain is not illegal.

Is it true that Mo Jun's current position of power is just a display?
"Yes, I understand!"

Zhan Qin calmly wrote down the matter, he didn't think there was any problem with Mo Jun's handling method, to be precise, Mo Jun's behavior at the moment can be regarded as showing great kindness.

After all, to raise hundreds of worthless children, even if you count the Seven Kingdoms, few people are willing to do such a thing.

After visiting the children here.

Only then did Mo Jun turn around and walk out, ready to meet the 'purple-haired woman' in the lobby.

But just when the two of them showed up at the main entrance, Mo Jun suddenly heard a sound of grievances from outside the door.

"Injustice!"

"There is no reason for heaven, the county guard's mansion carelessly kills innocent people."

"Is it possible to be an official and do whatever you want?"

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Hearing the movement from outside the main gate, Mo Jun frowned and asked, "What's going on? Hasn't the disaster situation in Nanjun gradually recovered?"

"My lord, this is not a disaster victim, it is the ghost of those nobles."

Zhanqin explained in a low voice: "According to your lord's previous instructions, we have not officially announced the crimes of exterminating the four major clans this time."

"Originally, I planned to take this opportunity to see if I could catch a few more fish hidden in the bottom of the water. But now this group of nobles seems to have learned their skills, and so far no one has personally taken action, only stirring up public grievances secretly , Let some ignorant civilians come forward to cry for injustice."

Mo Jun thought for a while, it seemed that he had indeed given such an order before.

The main thing is to do it smoothly, anyway, now that things have become such a big mess, they simply add more fire to burn down the hidden pest scourge in Nanjun.

After all, before the action this time, Mr. Mo did not expect that the four major clans would dare to "privately build armor" and "privately train five thousand soldiers and horses". It would be a pity if such a good excuse did not come out .

As for the backlash that Mo Jun may suffer in the future, both left and right have already reached this point, and now he has too many lice and doesn't bite.

"Haven't you dealt with these civilians?"

"We have also appeased and advised, but those nobles have taken root in South County for many years, and their influence in this aspect is stronger than that of the county guard's mansion. Our persuasion has basically not had much effect."

Zhanqin hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Master, why don't I just send people to arrest a group and lock them up to make an example to others?"

Mo Jun rolled his eyes and said, "If you do this, then you've really been tricked. These civilians were just fooled, and they didn't make any mistakes. If you catch them, you really took the initiative." Hand it over to those people."

People have a herd mentality, especially when the number of people gathered reaches a certain level, the truth is not important.

Sometimes many officials in ancient times would call the people "foolish people", which is not unreasonable.

Therefore, if you want to appease the emotions of the people, the best way is never to give the truth, but to divert the people's attention.

thought for a while.

Mo Jundao: "How do you do disaster relief now?"

Hearing this, Zhanqin couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly, "Disaster relief, isn't it just porridge?"

Mo Jun shook his head: "Another way is to use work as relief, let the victims use their labor in exchange for food, and at the same time, let some civilians participate, find something for them to do, and divert the attention of those people."

"Will this...will have a bad effect? ​​What if those arouse public grievances? After all, they have just suffered a catastrophe. Shouldn't the victims be allowed to recuperate for a while?"

Zhanqin was a little worried. After all, these victims had just suffered a catastrophe. It would be too cruel to force them to work so soon.

"It is because they have just suffered a catastrophe that they should be busy. Only after they are busy, these people have no time to think about it."

Mo Jun's view is exactly the opposite of Zhan Qin's. Living in this era, Zhan Qin pays more attention to the basic survival problems of people, that is, to eat enough and clothe warm.

But Mo Jun from later generations is very clear that in the face of catastrophe, the stability of mentality is often more important than food.

Then, Mo Jun continued: "As for arousing public grievances, you can send a small team of black armored soldiers to sit in town at that time. In troubled times, heavy codes should be used. Moreover, the victims generally don't have much energy to make troubles. Those who dare to make troubles at this time, probably It’s also the work of those nobles, so you don’t have to be polite when the time comes.”

"You have to remember that disaster relief is disaster relief, and doing good is doing good. These are two different things."

In the few years since he came to this world, Mo Jun's behavior pattern and outlook on life have also changed subtly. The knowledge reserves of people in later generations are far richer than people in this era. After all, the current hardware facilities are limited, and the scope of information dissemination is limited.

Moreover, a lot of knowledge is monopolized by the aristocracy, and ordinary people do not have the qualifications to connect, so naturally it cannot be compared with the Internet era of later generations.

But theory is theory, action is action. There are many truths that Mr. Mo has never noticed before. It was not until he came to this world that he slowly began to understand.

Zhanqin nodded thoughtfully, then saluted Mo Jun, and said, "Thank you for your reminder, sir, Zhanqin understands."

"However, my lord, if it is work for relief, what should these victims be asked to do?"

Relief with work was not created by later generations. In fact, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Yan Ying, a doctor of the State of Qi, had already used a similar method.

There was a record in "Yanzi Chunqiu": "Qi Hungry Yanzi served the people because of the battle on the road."

During the reign of Duke Jing of Qi, there was a famine in the world, and the doctor Yan Ying advised to send Lun millet for relief.But Jinggong did not agree, because Jinggong planned to build a "road bedroom platform" at that time.

So Yan Ying took the initiative to take on this task, and then hired the victims with high salaries, and delayed the completion date, in the name of building a platform with his own hands, in the name of disaster relief.

Finally survived the famine.

So there is actually not that much new under the sun.

However, "relief with work" is not something that can be solved with a touch of lip service. If you want to use this method for disaster relief, you must first meet two basic conditions.

One is if there is enough relief food.

The second is to have jobs that allow so many disaster victims to start working at the same time.

Compared with the first article.

In fact, the second requirement is even more difficult to satisfy at the moment.

Why do most people think of "men farming and women weaving" when most people mention the era of small-scale peasant economy, because at present, apart from farming and weaving, there are really not so many jobs outside that people can choose.

Mo Jun thought for a moment, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he said: "Well, first you lead these victims to dig out a few lakes that can be used to store water in the places that were most prone to floods in the past."

"Then find a few workers who are proficient in construction, check the terrain of South County, and build a few ridges around the grain fields that are usually flooded that can be used to prevent floods."

After listening to Mo Jun's words, Zhanqin's writing brush stopped slightly, looked at Mo Jun in surprise, and said, "Does your lord want to completely solve the flood disaster in Nanjun?"

"But the amount of work in this way is a little too big. Even if there are tens of thousands of victims involved in the construction, it may take several years."

"I'm afraid our food won't last that long!"

Mo Jun left 20 shi of grain before, which seems to be a lot, but if he can supply tens of thousands of victims at the same time, if he can last for a year, he will be regarded as the sky.

Faced with Zhanqin's doubts, Mo Jun waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you can just find someone to do it first, remember a few key cuts to prevent waterlogging, they should be piled with stones, and I will find a way to reinforce them later."

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(End of this chapter)