I relied on a system to prolong my life in ancient times.

Chapter 147 Donating Grain

"Master Mu, Master Ma, are you really going to donate food to the disaster victims?" Xiao Qinian was overjoyed.

"Lord Xiao, of course. Look, these are the grains we donated, and some are medicinal herbs." Master Mu pointed to a pair of carriages rushing back and forth behind him.

Xiao Qinian looked around and saw more than a dozen carriages, each loaded with tall bags.

Suppressing his excitement, Xiao Qinian bowed to Master Mu and clasped his hands in gratitude, saying, "Master Mu, Master Ma, I will always remember your great kindness and righteousness, and the people of Qianyuan County will also remember it forever."

Master Mu quickly reached out to help the man up: "Lord Xiao, you are too kind. As a citizen of Qianyuan County, I am duty-bound to do my utmost to help the people of Qianyuan County overcome this calamity together."

"Yes, Lord Xiao, this is all we should do. We owe our current wealth to the support of our fellow villagers."

Hearing the two wealthy men's righteous words, Xiao Qinian was even more moved. These were truly benevolent merchants from his Qianyuan County. He thought to himself that after this incident, he would definitely report this matter to the imperial court so that the court would know of their great benevolence and righteousness.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony. Right now, the granary only has enough grain to eat, and Bai Xin is so hungry that he has no strength left. The grain you sent can solve the current crisis."

In fact, they had already discovered it when Master Mu arrived.

Master Mu didn't respond, but changed the subject, saying, "Then, sir, we'll help you move the grain inside first."

"Then thank you very much, Master Mu." Xiao Qinian summoned several yamen runners and the people Master Mu brought to carry the grain into the granary.

The disaster victims who had just been rioting stopped shouting as they watched the large amount of food being moved into the granary. They just stared intently, their eyes filled with longing.

After seeing that the grain had been moved inside, Xiao Qinian stood in front of the disaster victims and said, "Fellow villagers, I know you are all starving, but please rest assured, the philanthropists Master Mu and Master Ma from Qianyuan County have just brought you grain. Please wait a little while, and you will have something to eat. Please be patient for a while."

"These two are the two men. Everyone must remember their great kindness and virtue," Xiao Qinian said, introducing Master Ma and Master Mu to everyone.

The group of disaster victims looked at the two men with gratitude in their eyes; they were their saviors.

Many people knelt down before the two men. They had nothing left, and if they ran out of food, they might lose the life they had managed to keep.

"Thank you so much, kind people. We will never forget your great kindness."

Master Mu and Master Ma were startled by this scene. Then, looking at the sincere eyes of the disaster victims, they suddenly felt their eyes redden for some reason.

The two looked at each other and saw themselves reflected in each other's eyes.

They may have initially genuinely felt sorry for the disaster victims and wanted to help them, but they also had their own ulterior motives, such as wanting to gain a good reputation.

But now I am truly moved by the light in the eyes of the disaster victims.

The two quickly stepped forward to help the person kneeling in front to their feet.

"Everyone, get up! Get up! It's my honor to be able to help you all!"

"Yes, everyone, get up quickly. We've only done a little bit. I believe we can all get through this together and the future will be better."

The crowd seemed to have been touched by what had just been said, and they appeared even more determined.

Xiao Qinian was very happy to see this. People are afraid of having a death wish. As long as there is hope, no matter how difficult it is, it can be overcome.

After bidding farewell to Xiao Qi, Master Mu and Master Ma left with their men.

Meanwhile, they ordered their people to immediately start cooking porridge for the disaster victims. Now that they had food, they could hold out for a few more days.

The day before yesterday, Xiao Qinian sent people to the prefectural city again, and also sent people to the capital.

Moreover, after the rain stopped, Xiao Qinian sent people to buy grain elsewhere, just in case.

However, to Xiao Qinian's surprise, on the second day, before they received any relief grain from the imperial court, they received grain donated by other merchants in Qianyuan County.

This surprised Xiao Qinian. Although there were benevolent merchants like Master Mu, there were many more who were greedy for money. He did not expect that this time, almost 80% of the merchants in Qianyuan County donated grain.

What Xiao Qinian didn't know was that this time it was thanks to Master Mu and his companion that they were able to spread the word among the merchants after they returned, and persuaded many of them to donate grain.

After all, the Ma and Mu families are leaders in the business circle of Qianyuan County, and many merchants look up to them and follow their example.

They still wield considerable influence among these people.

However, Xiao Qinian is unaware of these things yet.

For now, they don't have to worry about running out of food at any time.

Now all we have to do is wait for the imperial court's disaster relief personnel to come down and see how to resettle these disaster victims.

After all, their previous home was gone, so it was only natural that they had to rebuild it.

In fact, the most important thing is the disaster relief funds and grain provided by the imperial court.

All the food and silver stored by the disaster victims have been lost. Even if the houses are rebuilt, it will take at least a year before they can plant food again.

Two more days passed, and finally the prefectural city sent someone down.

However, the relief supplies they brought were not much. Xiao Qinian also learned that this time, not only Qianyuan County was affected by the floods, but many places in Yuzhou Prefecture were also flooded.

Currently, there have been many dead and injured, and the grain in Yuzhou's granaries is not enough. However, Yuzhou Prefecture is too far from the capital, and the relief grain from the imperial court will not arrive for a while.

They had no choice; the grain sent to Qianyuan County this time was temporarily transferred from the neighboring prefectural city.

Xiao Qinian heard this, and sure enough, the thing he was most worried about had happened.

After learning about this, Xiao Siyue remained silent for a long time. They were about to have high-yield, high-quality seeds, and the people would soon be living a good life and no longer going hungry.

Everything was moving in a positive direction, so why did this disaster suddenly happen?

After this happened, Xiao Siyue could only grieve in her heart, truly powerless to do anything about it.

He didn't know exactly how many people were affected by the disaster, but from the scattered news he heard, Xiao Siyue roughly knew that the disaster in other places was much more severe than in Qianyuan County.

She now deeply regrets not having built the cement sooner, so that the government's disaster relief supplies could have arrived faster and fewer people could have died.