Gu An slapped his thigh, "Okay, then that's all. There are not many people, but the most important thing is the quality. You must carefully look at this part of the people. Madam, please be careful with Yan'er. I'll ask the secret guards to help you see the qualifications of newly selected children. It's best to be ignorant children, so loyal. There are also craftsmen who have to ask, those who can embroider, those who know how to settle accounts, and those who can build houses. It turns out that they are carpenters, even if they are good at farming, remember to pick up a few elderly people in the middle, and I'll talk when I report it. Brother Han, you can buy a few cars to hold people these days, and you can rent them without selling them. If it really doesn't work, tell me, I will discuss with several wealthy families in the city to see if I can borrow a few cars. We will stay here for three days, and we must set off after three days. I will pretend to be sick and not go out in these three days. I don't want to participate in the matter in Yuzhou."

Tang and Gu Zhehan nodded with a smile, while Gu Yan glanced at Gu An with a blank expression.

Her father is really not for nothing, he is very sensible, and he can practice his skills under the noses of his mother and his own father who doesn't like him. Her father's brain is smart enough!

Things settled, and Gu Yan went back to her room and had a good night's sleep.

Early the next morning, Gu Yan and Tang finished their breakfast and set off under the escort of a team of guards. They went to Yashang first and asked clearly that no victims had come to sell themselves inside. The two went to the city gate again.

The city gate was still not opened today, and the victims still couldn't get in. Gu Yan and Tang left the city with documents from the county government. They did not dare to take a carriage, but walked out.

The ten guards who accompanied him took the steamed buns bought from the inn and Tang, and Gu Yan left the city together. As soon as he arrived outside the city, he was surrounded.

Gu Yan and Tang asked ten people to guard the middle to avoid being hit by the crowd. "Don't squeeze, my wife has something to say. These steamed buns are yours sooner or later, one for each one is enough for you to eat."

The guards were loud and skilled, so they squeezed and kicked them away without any mercy. The crowd behind saw that the person was coming was fierce, so they started beating them without saying a word. The crowded crowd slowly calmed down and looked at the ten guards in fear.

When the guards saw that the crowd finally became quiet, they breathed a sigh of relief, nodded at Tang, and looked at the crowd fiercely.

Tang pulled Gu Yan forward, but did not leave the encirclement and said softly: "I know everyone hasn't eaten for a long time, so don't worry, I will ask a few questions and I can queue up to get steamed buns in a while. But our steamed buns are limited, so we can only get one for one person. Everyone supervises each other and doesn't get many. The first question is, are there any orphans who die in both parents and relatives?"

When people heard the question from Tang, someone in the crowd immediately said, "Yes, there are several parents and family members in our village who are all dead."

“There are two in our village.”

“There are three in our village.”

"We don't have that. Eryato's father is gone, and she still has a mother."

"We don't have that either."

...

Everyone talked about it and Tang was probably aware of it. The whole thing was only a dozen children, but not many.

"Okay, the second question is, who do you want to go with me? I have agreed in advance, I don't want to be idle. I must have craftsmanship and sign the contract for sale. There are no relatives at home, and only my own people can consider it. In addition, what I want to go to is the border town. You will tell me after you have thought about it."

After Tang finished speaking, the crowd became quiet again, and obviously not many people wanted to follow him.

Tang didn't care and continued: "The family's children are gone, and there are only one or two widowed elderly people who are left with me. I will not ask you to sign a contract for sale, nor do I have to have the skills to support you for free until you grow old."

As soon as Tang said this, he was immediately infuriated. The crowd was talking, and someone asked loudly, "Are you saying true? Do you want to keep these elderly people until they die?"

Tang smiled slightly, "I said it was true. I was going to open a charity hall in the border town. Unexpectedly, there was a flood here. I felt sorry for these homeless elderly people and children, so I had the idea of ​​taking them away. Of course, if there is a family member, I would not be responsible for raising them. If I want to leave with me, I must have the certificate from the local villagers to prove that the elderly or children have no relatives."

She is not so kind to raise children for others. If she really loses her relatives, she can be a group of people, especially those children.

After saying that, Tang waved his hand at the guards, signaling that they could deliver steamed buns, and then said loudly: "I won't be here for a few days. There must be someone who follows me here. You can wait at the city gate the day after tomorrow. I will come to pick you up. Think about it carefully in the past two days. If there is an orphan, please ask the village chief or elders in the village to take the initiative to send it over."

After saying that, Tang took two steps back, got a little further away from the crowd, and watched the guards send steamed buns.

Today's goal has been achieved. In another ten days and half a month, the court should send people to provide disaster relief. As long as these people can survive until then, they will not starve to death.

Tang and Gu Yan quickly returned to the city. After returning to the inn, Tang talked about the situation outside the city. Gu An thought about it and felt that there were not too many people following them. It seemed that there were three or four more carriages enough.

The flood this time was not big, and the impact was not that far-reaching. The affairs of the officialdom had nothing to do with the common people. Generally speaking, the victims did not want to leave their hometowns and go to other places. They still had to go home when they could go home.

The next day, Tang did not go again, and only sent his slaves to deliver steamed buns. On the third day, Tang took Gu Yan out of the city again.

The appearance of Tang and Gu Yan was so bad that the crowd was surrounded by thanks, some were grateful, some wanted to eat, and some were here to sign up to leave.

There are not many children who become orphans, and there are only thirteen of them. There is another girl who is already twelve and can’t be considered a child. But she can embroider, so Tang accepted her.

There were not many elderly people, most of them wanted to go home and didn't want to follow them at all. A few seriously ill wanted to follow Tang because their bodies were already broken, and it was difficult to go home, not to mention their future life. No one was taking care of them and waiting for them was death.

There were five craftsmen who wanted to follow them, and one of them was Madam Qiao who had retired from the palace, and was also counted in it.

Madam Qiao was originally a concubine serving the palace. The old concubine had no children and had no children. After the death of the last emperor, she was in the palace for retirement. The old concubine disappeared two years ago, Madam Qiao left the palace and returned to her hometown for retirement. Unexpectedly, she encountered this incident within two years. Before entering the palace, her parents and brothers died. Now even her closest uncle's family is in trouble. When she saw that there was a little daughter beside Tang, she thought of becoming a tutor with Gu Yan, which was also to ask Gu Yan to support her.
Chapter completed!