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However, Wang Tiezhu on the side seemed a little dissatisfied.

He asked Song Yi sarcastically, "May I ask, Your Excellency, how should we accommodate those who have no relatives in Lingyao City, or whose relatives do not accept them?"

Song Yi was helpless and whispered, "Then we can only place them in the relief hall first."

In the Great Yong Dynasty, every city had numerous charity halls, relief stations, etc.

These places either take in orphans or people who are homeless for various reasons.

But most of these places can only accommodate these people for a certain period of time.

It's like an orphan who has to leave when he is about thirteen or fourteen years old.

Or if there are homeless people, we can only take them in for about two to three years, and they must leave when the period is up.

Even the imperial court or great philanthropists have no obligation to support these people for their entire lives.

Obviously, Wang Tiezhu was not satisfied with Song Yi's method.

"Can we just send it to Jishengtang?"

"Don't you government distribute disaster relief funds?"

Wang Tiezhu's words left Song Yi at a loss as to how to respond.

He looked up at Xiao Jingyan, who seemed to be completely indifferent and didn't want to care about anything, and didn't know how much money he should give.

"I wonder how much money the general thinks we should give to the people?"

Song Yi directly asked Wang Tiezhu for his opinion.

"In my opinion, at least ten taels per person."

Wang Tiezhu pouted and spoke nonchalantly.

He spoke too quickly, but Song Yi was completely shocked when he heard it.

Even Xiao Jingyan's mouth twitched.

"Ten taels per person, so these more than 1,500 refugees would need more than 15,000 taels of silver."

"That's a lot of money. Even if I empty the entire government office or sell all my property, I still can't come up with it!"

Song Yi was an honest official, so naturally he couldn't come up with that much money.

"Old Wang, stop making fun of Prefect Song."

Xiao Jingyan couldn't bear to watch it any longer and pretended to blame Wang Tiezhu.

Wang Tiezhu stepped aside and said nothing more.

"How much silver is left in the government treasury?"

Xiao Jingyan asked Song Yi.

"In reply to your Highness, Lingyao City has been experiencing heavy snowfall recently, and the entire prefecture is experiencing a food shortage. Even the officials and soldiers in our government office are running out of food."

"The money in the treasury is for me to use in selling grain to Wuyue City in a few days."

Most of the food that the people of Lingyao City eat is grown by themselves.

However, the government's food was supplied by the imperial court. Since the emperor stopped supplying food to the Xiao family army, not much food was supplied to the Lingyao City government office.

If Song Yi and other officials were not native to Lingyao City and their families had not had their own farms to produce grain, they might have starved to death long ago.

However, Lingyao City, which has been experiencing heavy snow since autumn, has not produced much grain this year.

In a food-scarce place like Lingyao City, you can't buy food even if you have money.

He thought of buying some food from other cities so that he could provide relief to the people when they had no food to eat at home.

After listening for a long time, Xiao Jingyan finally understood it half-heartedly.

"You mean to say that all the people in Lingyao City will soon have nothing to eat?"

Xiao Jingyan frowned slightly and asked back.

"Yes, the people originally relied on the imperial court for their food supplies, but the capital hasn't provided any food for nearly a month."

"It's okay for the wealthy in the city; they can go out and buy it at a high price. But it's hard for the poor people; they'll probably have to live on snow and wind!"

When mentioning this, Song Yi's face was filled with sorrow and he looked heartbroken.

The emperor stopped supplying food to the Xiao family army, stopped supplying food to the Lingyao City prefect, and now he has stopped supplying food to the people as well.

There had been no food delivered for nearly a month. Counting the days, Xiao Jingyan felt that it was the time when the emperor and the people in the capital learned that he had divine help.

The emperor made a very good move. He knew that Xiao Jingyan had food and wanted him to feed the people in the city directly!

In other words, the entire Lingyao City has become his chess piece!

"Old Wang, do you know that there is no food in the city?"

Xiao Jingyan glanced at Wang Tiezhu beside him and asked suspiciously.

Wang Tiezhu shook his head. The Xiao family army only stayed in the barracks and had no contact with the people. How would he know?

Xiao Jingyan glanced at Song Yi coldly again and questioned:

"Everyone in the city is like this, why are you just now explaining this to me?"

Song Yi's face was filled with injustice.

He knelt timidly in front of Xiao Jingyan and said with a folded hand:

"Your Majesty, I did not mean to hide this from you."

"I have heard that the prince and the Xiao family army are in a bad situation, so I dare not cause you any more trouble."

"I thought I could handle this myself so I didn't disturb you. After all, the Xiao family army's food and fodder hasn't arrived yet, right?"

Xiao Jingyan didn't say anything else and asked Song Yi to stand up.

He knew that he was not a local official, and many times Song Yi and others were embarrassed to come to him.

However, they called him the prince, so they were his people, and he would never let them starve or freeze to death.

He silently took note of this matter and planned to ask Zhi Ren, Zhi Mo and others to find out the situation of the people after returning to the military camp.

Since the resettlement of the disaster victims has been determined, Xiao Jingyan plans to leave with the Xiao family army.

Before leaving, several village chiefs from the affected villages gathered together and insisted on kowtow to Xiao Jingyan to express their gratitude.

"If the prince hadn't discovered and rescued them in time, everyone in our village would have frozen to death in the snow."

An old village chief who was about ninety years old spoke.

"But I really can't understand why an avalanche suddenly happened when our villages have lived at the foot of Lingyao Mountain for hundreds of years?"

The oldest village chief took the lead and asked.

When he said this, everyone found it very strange.

Logically speaking, the village has existed for hundreds of years and has never experienced an avalanche. Although the snow is heavier this year, it shouldn't be enough to cause an avalanche, right?

A middle-aged village chief who lived in a village on the mountainside said uncertainly:

"When the avalanche came last night, we heard a rumbling sound like thunder on the top of the mountain."

"Our village is the closest to the mountaintop of all the villages. There is no way we could have misheard it. Everyone in the village can testify to this."

His confident tone also aroused Xiao Jingyan's suspicion.

"None of you need to worry about this matter. I will send someone to investigate."

Xiao Jingyan also realized that this avalanche was probably man-made and it was not that simple.

He immediately ordered Wang Tiezhu:

"Take your men and conduct a thorough search throughout Lingyao City. Report anything suspicious you find to this king."

Wang Tiezhu accepted the order and said, "Yes."

He brought a thousand soldiers of the Xiao family army present and asked everyone to take weapons and go into the mountains to search.

As for the remaining people, Xiao Jingyan allocated another 500 to assist Song Yi in sending the refugees to Jishengtang and settling them down.

The last ones left could drive his five hundred sheep back to the barracks with him.

Song Yi and the refugees watched Xiao Jingyan leave.

His eyes never left the five hundred sheep from beginning to end.

Although he had little interaction with Xiao Jingyan, he guessed the origin of Xiao Jingyan's five hundred sheep.

He was a little worried that Xiao Jingyan was really going to rebel in their Lingyao City!