What else can be done?

They were suffering from the cold, lacking food and clothing, and medicinal materials were even more scarce. Only by burning and burying these victims could the remaining people survive.

But no one wanted to say the word "burning and killing".

"Guard the city gates, throw some food and medicine down from time to time, and see what happens to them."

Xu Siyu wanted to save people, and the relief supplies were easy to come by, but she didn't have enough manpower.

There are more than 200 city guards and Qinglong guards in Lezhou in total, and there are at least 2,000 people outside the city. She really can't handle such a large number of people.

She must first be responsible for the more than 10,000 people in Lezhou and cannot let the danger sneak into the city and cause greater casualties.

She thought of some disaster relief methods that did not require leaving the city, but whether they would succeed depended mainly on those disaster victims outside the city who wanted to save themselves.

The next day, Xu Siyu climbed up the city gate tower, hung a white cloth with partitions marked on it from the city wall, and then took out a loudspeaker to give instructions to the victims outside the city.

Most people listened to Xu Siyu's instructions, but they just looked at each other blankly, and didn't say anything.

At this time, some people saw the situation and started to make trouble: "Let us enter the city. If we don't enter the city, why should we listen to you?"

"You can refuse to listen, then you can just freeze and starve!"

Xu Siyu didn't say anything nonsense. She held up a bowl of freshly cooked bone porridge and showed it to the victims. "Those who behave well will have porridge!"

Now, most of the people started to move.

Although it was still messy and people were even pulling carts against each other, they finally cleared the area around the city gate as Xu Siyu's first step required.

Xu Siyu’s second step was to mobilize them to start self-organization.

"Each group of ten people will be divided into groups. Each group leader will lead the group to gather at the foot of the city... to receive relief cards and hot porridge."

Each city tower has a small window, which was often used for surprise attacks in the past. Now Xu Siyu uses it as a dining hall window.

People eat for food.

As long as they can eat hot porridge, most people will queue up consciously.

By dealing cards, people can be simply assigned to numbers, which makes counting easier and facilitates later management.

Some people just don't want to listen. They don't queue up and squeeze to the porridge window to demand that the city gate be opened. Xu Siyu coldly signals to the archer on the wall to send him to hell.

When the arrow slowly broke through the cold air and hit the troublemaker who was preventing everyone from queuing, the victims were frightened for a moment, but the order was restored more steadily.

"Two people come and drag the person to the incineration area." Xu Siyu said to the people who had finished drinking the porridge with a loudspeaker.

Xu Siyu's white cloth marked the camping area, isolation area and incineration area, and all the dead people had to be burned.

No one moved this time.

Ordinary people don't dare to burn people, even corpses.

"You bastard..." Perhaps Xu Siyu's cruelty stimulated the family of the troublemaker. An old woman and another young man ran out from behind the crowd and cursed Xu Siyu.

"How dare you! A mere commoner should curse the current Earl of Anle." Old Du was waiting for an opportunity to teach the ungrateful mother and son a lesson. After receiving a signal from Xu Siyu, he gave the order to shoot them.

This was the final result of the discussion among the officials yesterday after Xu Siyu decided to give the case another treatment.

Lezhou will not burn them all down, but it will not tolerate any possibility of rebellion either.

Lezhou did not destroy their way of life, but they disobeyed Lezhou's arrangements and destroyed themselves, so they cannot be blamed.

One, two, three bodies were lying in the snow. The already numb victims saw this and were alerted.

Xu Siyu picked up the loudspeaker and called out, "Bring in a group of people who are capable of committing the crime. Drag the people to the incineration area. Dig a pit and burn them. Each person will receive a steamed bun!"

"I, I, I..."

As expected, food is attractive. Many people rushed to the corpse. They were willing to dismember the body even if they were asked to do so with just a steamed bun.

It’s not that these disaster victims can’t be cruel. After all, they are in rags and have done bad things along the way.

Everything is just for living.

What's more, this mother and her two children were not good people. When they were crowded under the city gate, they took out their dissatisfaction and anger on people who were weaker than them, just like the little girl in the tent next to them yesterday. She secretly hid the last piece of black cake for her brother, but before she could feed it into her brother's mouth, it was snatched away by the deceased Liu Da.

The little boy didn't survive in the end. If it weren't for today's porridge, the little girl might not have survived either.

Therefore, they are blocking everyone's way of survival, and their death is not a pity!

Xu Siyu pointed at the person who moved the fastest. "What's your license plate number?"

The man quickly pulled out the rescue card he had just received, "Nine horizontal and one".

"Group Nine, come back and get your steamed buns after you finish your work!"

"Yes!" The city guards responded to the nine groups' answers in unison. In the coldness, their full masculinity boosted Xu Siyu's momentum.

Once the start is made, things will be much easier.

It takes some time to prepare porridge and deal out cards for two thousand people.

Some people who finished drinking the porridge did not return to the tent to rest, but moved towards the corner of the city facing Xu Siyu.

They noticed Xu Siyu's gaze, and someone boldly asked, "Uncle, my father can't get up, so he can't queue up for porridge..."

"You too?" Xu Siyu did not answer him directly, but asked the person behind him.

"My elder sister..."

"My little brother..."

……

"Do you see this area? Wait a minute, I'll send some tents. You can take them with your number tags and set up your tents in the isolation area. Once they're set up, you can move your patients there. I'll send a doctor to check on them. But I must tell you, if the doctor determines that the patient cannot be saved, he won't save them. If the patient is dead, you must burn him immediately..."

"Burned?"

"Yes, if we don't burn them, we will burn you. You decide for yourselves." Xu Siyu said to them in an unquestionable tone.

Xu Siyu pointed the loudspeaker at the wider area and said, "Your lives are in your own hands. You need to supervise each other. If you get infected by others, you may lose your life..."

After saying that, Xu Siyu didn't care whether the victims were troubled or not.

She had discussed it with the government so many times, but there was no best solution, so she could only leave it to the parties involved to resolve.

Her people also made efforts. Xu Siyu offered a reward to those who went to the front line with her, but she still admired their courage.

Xu Siyu planned to stay in the city gate tower, observe the reactions of the victims for a few days, and then see if her countermeasures needed to be adjusted.

The officials naturally followed her and coordinated from inside the city to outside the city.

Fortunately, the victims at this time were very obedient. Although they made a few troubles along the way, one moment they ran to the city gate to beg Xu Siyu not to burn his someone, and the next moment their relatives grabbed the doctor and wouldn't let him leave. Xu Siyu subdued them with the most decisive means.

Finally everyone behaved themselves.

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