When Shi Yi thinks about Xianyu, someone always comes to disturb her.

King Dongshan ordered Magistrate Tang:

"Tell your people to set up a porridge stall outside the city. Magistrate Tang, you must hold out until food is transferred from outside." Otherwise, you will be in big trouble.

County Magistrate Tang agreed hesitantly but did not leave.

King Dongshan looked up at him impatiently. Magistrate Tang shuddered, but still insisted:

"We can provide porridge, Your Majesty, but the victims cannot...cannot enter the city...so let them stay outside the city...is that feasible?"

The following words were almost spoken with his mouth closed.

He was ready to be scolded by the prince.

Magistrate Tang closed his eyes and waited for the storm to come.

Unexpectedly, King Dongshan just glanced at him and said:

"As long as you give the disaster victims porridge and let them sleep outside the city, they will be grateful to you."

It’s not that the prince is easy to talk to, because he also knows that if a large number of disaster victims are allowed to rush into such a small county like Dan County, then Dan County might really be in trouble.

Don't believe that a hungry person can still be rational.

He cannot stand the test of human nature.

Hearing this, County Magistrate Tang looked up at King Dongshan in disbelief. Seeing that the king really agreed with his proposal, his grateful eyes were filled with tears, but...

King Dongshan looked down upon a county magistrate who was so useless, timid, and prone to tears!

What kind of girl are you?

It's so disgusting to see a grown man crying so much!

King Dongshan made no secret of his disdain and waved his hand to send him away, telling him to get back to his business and stop standing there and getting in the way!

The gratitude that County Magistrate Tang had just felt towards King Dongshan was instantly reduced to its original state.

He went out to work dejectedly with the yamen runners. The prince told him to hold out until the relief food from the court arrived, but he didn't say how long it would take!

He was very worried that the small grain depot in Dan County would not be able to hold out for a few more days.

So he said to the yamen runners: "When we give out porridge, we should put more water and less rice in it, just make sure people don't starve to death!" There's no need to brag.

They don't have much surplus food in Dan County, so don't be so generous.

It's okay to save a little bit.

A yamen runner said worriedly, "Sir, if we do this under the prince's nose, will he blame us?"

County Magistrate Tang said with a hopeless look: "He doesn't think highly of us anyway! It's no use trying to please him. But we have to leave some food for Tan County.

What if… What if the imperial court’s food doesn’t arrive in time, and our small granary runs out of food early, and there are so many mouths outside waiting for food, a single spit from each of them could drown us.”

He is still used to thinking the worst of everything.

If the imperial court could send down the grain immediately, it would be good for you, me and everyone.

But what if something unexpected happens, or the court refuses to send grain?

Ouch! How come this unfortunate job happened to be his?

The yamen runners were all natives of Dan County, so they naturally agreed with their own county magistrate's considerations for Dan County.

So, when the victims were blocked by the soldiers at the city gate and were in despair, they saw a carriage coming out of the city with several sacks piled on it.

The carriage was surrounded by yamen runners and no one was allowed to approach.

It was not until the carriage stopped that people saw several large pots at the back of the carriage.

This is……

Shouldn't it?

The victims stared at the carriage with their eyes fixed, with burning hope surging in their hearts.

Is this official in Dan County a good person?

Was he going to give them something to eat?

The yamen runners simply used a few large stones to prop up a large pot at the foot of the city wall, and then began to pour water into the pot under the red-eyed gaze of the victims, untied the sacks and poured in rice to cook porridge.

The victims cheered, they were really cooking porridge, even though there was more water and less rice, it was really porridge.

The faces of the yamen runners were all livid, and their attitudes were not very good. They could even be said to be very rough, pushing, driving away and shouting at the people who kept trying to get closer.

"What are you doing! What are you doing! Back off!"

"Back off! Everyone, back off!"

"The porridge isn't cooked yet! Why are you coming over here? Get away from me."

"If you keep pushing forward, I'll beat you to death! Back off."

Despite being driven away again and again by the yamen runners, the victims could not take their eyes off the big cooking pot.

They were very hungry and had not had food for many days.

So, they couldn't help but want to get closer, but the sticks in the hands of the yamen runners would not tolerate them and would beat them whenever they wanted.

The person who was beaten retreated as if awakened, but he still came back to take a look after a while.

Therefore, the yamen runners did not dare to relax even for a moment while others were cooking porridge, and they kept on threatening, chasing away, and beating people.

If they were a little weak, the victims would rush over and loot them regardless of their lives.

Fortunately, there were patrolling guards passing by the city gate, otherwise these yamen runners would have been torn to pieces by these hungry victims.

Fortunately, the firewood was dry enough and the porridge was not thick, and soon the aroma of rice wafted out.

The victims could no longer bear it and rushed up again, making the yamen runners' scalps tingle!

Damn it! If I don’t do it right, I won’t be able to distribute the porridge, and I will have to pay the price myself.

The leader of the yamen runners cracked his whip, making a loud bang that frightened everyone present and made them stop in their tracks.

The squad leader took the opportunity to shout: "Everyone who wants to eat should line up in front of me. If anyone crowds and disobeys my orders, I will hang him up and make him watch everyone eat porridge. I will whip him."

The other yamen runners also used the sticks in their hands to forcefully separate the crowd, and formed a crooked line in front of the big pots.

The team leader refused to let us have lunch, and he said angrily:

"The porridge is still too hot to eat! If you line up properly now, you can all get it quickly.

Anyone who makes trouble, doesn't follow instructions or queues up, and makes a mess, no one will get to eat, and everyone will have to wait together!"

County Magistrate Tang stirred the porridge in the pot, then looked at the crowd of people on the open space and began to panic again.

This porridge is not enough. There are too many people, and the number of victims is still growing.

What can we do?

King Dongshan stood on the city wall, looking at the endless stream of starving people on the official road in the distance and felt very worried.

Mu Feng said worriedly: "I'm afraid this cart of food may not be enough."

The King of Dongshan knew it very well!

County Magistrate Tang whispered to the yamen runner who was cooking the porridge:

"Scoat out all the hot porridge and put it into the bucket. Leave half a bucket of cold water in each bucket."

The bailiff looked at the porridge in the pot, gritted his teeth and said nothing.

The adults did the right thing!

The porridge in the pot was too hot. If it wasn't mixed with cold water, the victims would be impatient to eat it, and that would surely scald them to death.

Yes! The adults are all thinking about the victims.

It's not about saving food.

Besides, there are too many victims. It is much better for each person to have a bowl of porridge than for half of the people to have nothing to eat!

The yamen runners resolutely carried out Magistrate Tang's orders.

They brought buckets of water and added the hot porridge in the pot, then stirred it all together.

Hi! It looks good.