All Hail Cousin Brother

Song Mingzhao thought it was a bit strange, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that the situation was reasonable. The area of ​​Liao Province in the north was close to the sea, and the sea route was very convenient. Fujian commerce was also prosperous, and it made sense to go to Fujian to buy.

The ship left the dock.

Yu Youyao thought of the scene he saw on the pier just now, and asked, "How is the situation in Jin County?"

Yin San's expression was very solemn: "There are refugees everywhere on the street. When they see old and weak women and children, they rush to loot them like crazy. I heard that many people have been killed during this period of time, and the yamen can't take care of themselves."

Yu Youyao frowned.

Yin Sandao: "Some are in remote areas in the north, because of drought and famine, some were looted by Japanese pirates, and they couldn't survive, so they all rushed to Jingzhao, but Jingzhao closed the city gate and did not allow refugees. When they entered the city, the refugees had no choice, so they rushed to the towns around Jingzhao, and when the nearby yamen responded, a large number of refugees had already poured into the town, and riots often occurred, and the government could not suppress it.”

No wonder there were homeless people on the pier openly looting, officers and soldiers wielding knives without hesitation, and the order in Jin County was already on the verge of collapse.

Yu Youyao's face was not very good: "Isn't the court helping disaster relief? Why are there so many refugees?"

Yin San shook his head: "The imperial court's disaster relief is also selective and targeted. Some areas with relatively prosperous agriculture and commerce belong to the primary relief areas, and most remote areas basically go through the motions and only distribute a small amount of money. Some just let it fend for itself.”

Yu Youyao took a tight breath: "Actually, most people have not received relief from the imperial court."

Yin San nodded: "The scope of the drought is still too large. Seven or eight prefectures and provinces, including Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, all have disasters of varying degrees. Among them, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei are the most serious, but Shanxi and Shaanxi are in Under the prince's rule, because of the promotion of the cultivation of sweet potatoes, the situation is better, but the situation in other areas is very serious. I heard that so far, more than 400,000 people have died because of the famine."

Tens of millions of people are waiting to eat. The treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty is empty. The two years have not been good. The production of grain has dropped sharply, and it cannot support so many people.

Yu Youyao knew that this was not the hardest time yet.

After this winter, I don't know how many people died because of hunger and cold.

By the spring of next year, if the drought continues, the famine will continue to spread, and the entire northern region will be filled with starving corpses and will become a purgatory.

Yu Youyao only found it ironic and ridiculous.

The emperor was busy indulging in alchemy, the courtiers were busy fighting for power and profits, the vassal kings were busy plotting rebellion, the aristocratic family was fascinated by the prosperous illusion of prosperity and peace, and they were busy with extravagant pleasures.

Who would really care about the lives of the people?

Song Mingzhao waited for a while, but instead of waiting for the passenger ship to Quanzhou, he sent Kong Qing to inquire about the news.

Kong Qing only left for a moment, then came back: "It was news from the prefectural government office in Quanzhou that a group of bandits murdered and set fire to Quanzhou, and all the docks near Quanzhou were subject to martial law, and martial law investigations began immediately, and the official ship to Quanzhou , it will be a little later, young master wait patiently."

Song Mingzhao had a strong sense of disobedience in his heart: "Go check it out again and ask what happened in Quanzhou? Especially about the Xie Mansion, you must be careful."

He felt it was not that simple.

I also thought of the recent events related to Quanzhou, and everything was closely related to Yu Youyao and Xie's residence, and a bad premonition almost came out.

Time is waiting, and it is extremely tormenting.

I don't know how long it took, Kong Qing came back again: "Except for the thieves who murdered and set fire in Quanzhou City, I didn't know any news from the side, nor about the Xie Mansion."

Quanzhou has changed!

Song Mingzhao's face was not very good-looking, so Kong Qing prepared a pen and ink, wrote a letter to his family, and asked Zhenguohoufu to pay close attention to Quanzhou's movements.

After writing the letter, he carefully sealed the sealant and handed it to one of the accompanying guards: "Hurry up and send it to the old lady."

After waiting until it was dark, Song Mingzhao finally got on the official ship to Quanzhou.

That night, Song Mingzhao had a nightmare.

In the nightmare, he sat in a carriage, opened the carriage window, and looked at Caishikou not far away, Yu Youyao fell down on the dirty ground, crying with a **** head in his arms.

While crying, she cursed loudly: "Song Mingzhao, you have to die..."

Song Mingzhao suddenly woke up from the dream, as if his heart was blocked, he coughed hard, and the dark red blood was spit on the snow-white silk handkerchief.

He stared blankly at the shocking mass of blood, and his body gradually became cold.

In the past few years, he has had many nightmares on and off. At first, it was only vague and fragmented fragments. Only the voice of the girl crying and cursing was clear.

Later, he could gradually see the appearance of the girl in the fragmented dream.

It is Yu Youyao.

Not Yu Youyao.

In the nightmare, Yu Xiyao was bony and thin, as if he had caused it.

Later, there were more and more fragments of dreams.

Song Mingzhao was very awake, the person in the dream was not him, but those nightmares were too real, as if everything had happened, and every time he was in pain.

how can that be possible?

Even if Yu Youyao did something wrong to him, at least he would see that Yu Youyao once saved his life in Baoning Temple and let Yu Youyao go.

That's not him!

It can't be him!

...

The merchant ship left the Jinxian dock, Yu Youyao's body became more and more energetic day by day, and everyone in the Xie residence finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The old lady Xie said distressedly: "The next pier will be Liancheng, Liao Province, and enter the northern boundary. We will disembark and turn to the land. Although the carriage is a little bumpier than the merchant ship, the road can be stopped at any time, which is better than floating on the boat. Look at how hard you managed to raise some meat, and after this toss, you lost weight again."

Yu Youyao shook his head: "Liancheng is a relatively rich area in the northern border. It is estimated that many refugees have poured in. The land route is more difficult than the sea route."

Although the disaster situation in the north is slightly better, the capital in the north is not rich, and no matter how good it is, it will not be really good.

At most, there is a riot in the place next to it.

The old lady Xie sighed softly: "Sooner or later this world will be in chaos."

The merchant ships passed through many states and provinces along the way, and when they arrived at the wharf, they had to purchase supplies and go through customs clearance documents.

The north suffered from drought, and there were refugees everywhere. The most prosperous area along the southeast coast was burned, killed and looted by Japanese pirates, and there were also many refugees.

Once there are more refugees, there will be frequent riots in various places, and the government can barely suppress it.

However, if the government cannot accommodate the refugees, there will be more and more refugees, and by then it will be nothing more than officials forcing the people to rebel.