Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

After Liu Dong made some inquiries, everyone learned the situation. It turned out that the officials of Qitian Town had placed special emphasis on agriculture and the repair of ditches as soon as they took office ten years ago. The government paid money to let people from various villages reclaim the surrounding wasteland and planted crops on it.

Afterwards, large granaries were built in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest of the town. A certain amount of grain was stored in the granaries every year. Over the past ten years, 500,000 kilograms of grain had been stored.

It is said that the official's hometown often suffered from disasters, which cultivated his preventive character. In the past, Qitian Town was also a rich place. When the official made these decisions, many people did not understand and thought he was being willful and acted as a joke.

Now the entire Dali Dynasty is facing an extremely hot and dry season. Hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain have not only saved the lives of the entire town and its surrounding villages, but even the neighboring town has come to borrow a lot of grain. No one looks down on the officials of Qitian Town.

When the drought first occurred, the town mayor, together with the county magistrate, dug many deep wells in the county and the town. Not only did the town mayor take the drought seriously, but the county magistrate also did not underestimate the power of natural disasters. As a result, Qitian Town now has no shortage of food or water.

Liu Dong got the news by asking the officers and soldiers with the silver given by Huang Changyuan. It was the silver that paved the way for others to reveal the news.

After learning about these circumstances, Huang Changyuan finally smiled, and the others were even more delighted.

If Song Shiwei had not been certain that Shen Qianxue was the only one who was reborn in this world, he would have doubted whether the mayor was also reborn after hearing these situations. Such a capable person who planned ahead and acted decisively was actually just the mayor of a small town?

However, the situation in Qitian Town is so good, which is also a good thing for the group. At least they can buy enough food and water.

After the people who came into the town to shop left, Song Shiwei silently calculated how long it would take for the extreme heat to end.

Perhaps except Shen Qianxue and himself, no one knew how unpredictable this natural disaster was. Everyone thought it was just a drought, which would last for a few years like in the past. But when the extreme cold, flood and plague came, they felt so desperate.

Seeing more and more disaster victims coming to Qitian Town, the people in the team couldn't help but feel a little anxious, especially the open and covert glances of the disaster victims passing by, which made people feel a little chilly.

While waiting for the people who had gone into the town to shop to come back, Huang Changyuan noticed that many refugees were approaching his team, and there were women holding children trying to talk to the villagers. Huang Changyuan gave Liu Dong a look, then strode over and drove them away.

Ge Li also felt that the situation was not good, so he called out ten officers with drawn swords to stand on the periphery, surrounding the elderly, the weak, women and children in the middle, and preventing anyone else from approaching.

Song Shiwei had been paying attention to the situation of the disaster victims, so he was the first to see someone of them approaching. However, Song Shiwei did not open his mouth to remind them. When fleeing, no one can be safe from harm. One must learn to be more careful.

However, Huang Changyuan and Ge Li reacted quickly. It would be fine for Ge Li, as they had been escorting exiles outside all year round and were very wary of strangers. But Huang Changyuan reacted just as quickly, and Song Shiwei couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

Liu Dong, who was signaled by Huang Changyuan, walked to the periphery with a bow and arrow in his hand, and whispered a few words to the young and middle-aged villager who was also on guard. He saw that all the strong laborers guarding the periphery of the crowd held long knives or kitchen knives in their hands, and they would wave their machetes at anyone who approached, with ferocious expressions, which indeed scared away many people.

Shen Qianxue was protected in the crowd, frowning as she watched more and more disaster victims. In her previous life, she took the official road and had never been to Qitian Town. She met many disaster victims and caused many troubles along the way. She only heard of the name of Qitian Town after she arrived in the north. At that time, she was still impressed by the mayor of Qitian Town's preparations for a rainy day.

Now, those who fled to the capital knew that their superiors did not care about them, so most of them fled to the north. In addition, they were taking the main road, which was not slower than traveling into the mountains. The people they met in Qitian Town today should only be a small part of them. I am afraid that many troubles will arise when they travel in the future.

The more he thought about Shen Qianxue, the more troubled he felt. Looking at the relatives around him, he felt a little worried.

"Village chief, more and more people are coming to Qitian Town. I'm worried something might happen when Daming and the others come back. Do you want to arrange a few people to pick them up at the town gate?" Liu Dong came back after arranging things with a worried look on his face.

Huang Changyuan nodded: "I think so too. You see people are coming over here on the road, and more and more people are watching us. We can't stay here for long. So, you take ten people to meet Daming and the others, and I will go find Xiao Song and Lord Ge to ask them what they think."

Liu Dong nodded repeatedly and turned quickly to arrange for the pick-up personnel.

When Song Shiwei and Huang Changyuan found Ge Li, Xie An and Shen Yan were pressing on Ge Li. They all came for the same thing.

Huang Changyuan didn't bother to exchange pleasantries and looked directly at Ge Li: "Master Ge, I have just arranged for someone to go to the town entrance to meet us, but there are many people who are targeting us, so should we make some arrangements on our side as well?"

"To be honest with you, Village Chief Huang, we are also worried about this. Just now, Master Xie and Master Shen came to me for this matter. How about we discuss it and find a safe solution?"

Huang Changyuan nodded hurriedly, sat down on the ground, and motioned Song Shiwei to sit down as well. Then he spoke: "Apart from the people who are doing the shopping and reception, there are still a dozen strong laborers in the village. They are all outside guarding against strangers."

Xie An: "My father and I are willing to help. As for my second and third uncles, they are all cowards and can be ignored."

Shen Yan: "My cousin and I can also contribute. The village chief and Lord Ge can make the arrangements."

Ge Li nodded in satisfaction: "In that case, I'll trouble you guys. I have ten brothers guarding outside, but it's not easy for only twenty people to protect more than two hundred of us. It's best to gather the old, weak, women and children in the team together, and have more people in charge of the family guard them nearby. As for the rest of us, we just have to guard against the disaster victims to prevent them from causing trouble."

Several people nodded at the same time, and they all felt that Ge Li's arrangement was the most reasonable.

Xie An turned his head to look at the disaster victims, frowned and said: "There are more and more disaster victims now, and most of them can't even afford the money to enter the town. Sooner or later, something bad will happen. It's best to let the mayor of Qitian Town know about this matter, just in case."

"When these disaster victims arrived, I think the mayor already knew about the situation. We can all think of this, he must have anticipated it. We should worry more about ourselves."

Xie An's original intention was to join forces with the mayor of Qitian Town to put pressure on the disaster victims outside to prevent them from being treated as fat sheep. However, he forgot that in the eyes of others, he was also one of the victims. He immediately smiled bitterly and shook his head.