Zhenfubao waved his hand and the warehouse was full of grain, and the whole family regretted it

Chapter 701 How can you be greedy? You are just a beast

These twenty or so little girls have been studying medicine for four or five years and are all around thirteen or fourteen years old.

Bai Wanwan brought them out this time to prevent possible epidemics after the disaster, so that they could practice in practice.

Not only the girls, but also more than 30 young men followed. However, it was not their turn to deliver the baby, as Bai Wanwan had sent them to the deck to help take care of the victims.

The little girls handed out towels and boiled hot water as Bai Wanwan instructed, without stopping their work.

Bai Wanwan half-knelt there, occasionally instructing the woman in a low voice: "Yes, that's the strength, use a little more strength..."

About half an hour later, a loud cry suddenly broke through the cabin.

"Wow—" The baby was finally born! The little girls breathed a sigh of relief, and smiles appeared on their faces.

Bai Wanwan took the sterilized scissors and cut the umbilical cord neatly. She said to the girl next to her, "Wash the baby first."

On the other side, the woman who had just given birth fell asleep due to exhaustion. Although her face was still pale, her breathing was much more regular.

Bai Wanwan asked someone to bring a clean mattress and put it on.

"Clean up the dirt here and use mugwort to boil water and fumigate the cabin.

Go to the kitchen and bring a bowl of brown sugar millet porridge, and warm it up for her when she wakes up."

The little girls responded and hurried away. The panic in the cabin gradually disappeared, leaving only the clear cry of the baby.

Bai Wanwan wiped the sweat from her forehead and breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at the baby being carefully held in the girl's arms.

Bai Wanwan was so tired that she fell asleep immediately.

When I woke up the next day, the deck was already crowded with people. Zhiwei came over and said, "Miss, there are too many victims. Should we find a way to move some of them?"

An old boatman said:

"Miss, we can go to the mountain over there from here. The mountain is not flooded now, so we can take shelter there.

But there is nothing to eat in the mountains."

Bai Wanwan looked at him and said, "We'll take you to the mountain first. There will be some food in the mountain at this time of year.

Let's chop some more wood and build a few simple boats to continue rescuing people."

"Okay, then I'll lead the way." The old man was directing in front and soon they saw a mountain road.

Bai Wanwan directly ordered the boat to approach the mountain, sent the villagers up the mountain, and placed more than ten bags of food on it. He instructed his men, "You guys cut wood here and build the boat. We will continue to look for it."

The subordinates quickly nodded and organized the villagers to build a boat.

In fact, shipbuilding is very simple for them. For them, building such a simple wooden boat is not a difficult task.

Find some sturdy logs, chop them down, lay them side by side, and tie the gaps between the logs tightly with thick hemp ropes soaked in tung oil.

Find a thick wooden board to use as an oar, and you will have a wooden boat that can seat ten people.

When the first boat was just tied up, some villagers were standing on the shore hesitating. But when they saw that the wooden boat was floating steadily on the water and was easy to row, some men immediately rolled up their sleeves and joined in.

Some were carrying wood, some were twisting hemp ropes, and even a few women with nimble hands and feet came to help pass tools and tie knots.

In just one day, ten wooden boats were lined up by the water.

Bai Wanwan divided the people into teams, with each boat equipped with two men who were familiar with water to row, and headed towards the deeper waters.

Broken beams and rubble floated on the water, and occasionally a roof could be seen protruding above the water, crowded with disaster victims. When they saw the boat approaching, they shouted at the top of their lungs, "Over here! There are people here!"

In just a few days, several thousand people were found and everything that could be salvaged in the area was finally salvaged.

Bai Wanwan sighed and said, "This flood is truly horrific. The most important thing is that the houses and fields are probably almost completely destroyed."

Zhiwei poured her a glass of water and said, "We've been here for so many days, and the government hasn't shown up at all. What on earth do they want to do?"

Bai Wanwan sighed and said, "Let's do our best! I wonder how Brother Si Nian is doing."

Gu Sinian sat in the county office, looking at the county magistrate and said, "You really can sleep well, eat well, and sleep well, but you don't do anything to save people!"

The county magistrate looked at Gu Sinian and said, "Who are you, kid? How dare you interfere in my affairs? Go away! Can't you see the court is flooded? What can I do?"

Gu Sinian was shaking with anger: "What a solution."

"Drag him away and give him thirty lashes of the cane. How dare a young boy like him meddle in my affairs?" The county magistrate shouted loudly with his hands behind his back.

Gu Sinian glanced at him indifferently and said, "Do you know who I am?"

"I don't care who you are. Someone, take him away."

Before the guards could make a move, they saw Gu Sinian's men take out their knives. Fifteen held up his badge and shouted, "Did you see who it is? This is the Eighteenth Prince. Why don't you put down your weapons?"

The county magistrate shouted loudly

"Bullshit, where did this Eighteenth Prince come from? Kill him!

Just kill these people directly. They dare to pretend to be the prince and are not afraid of having their property confiscated and their clan exterminated."

The county magistrate was obviously anxious, but his men were no match for Gu Sinian and were soon tied up, including the county magistrate.

Gu Sinian looked at him and said, "You really should be afraid. In the past four years in the Southern Territory, how much have you embezzled? Don't you know it?"

The county magistrate's face turned pale, and he pretended to be calm and tried to argue:

"Eighteenth Prince, you're joking! This humble official has never embezzled a single cent or a single needle or thread.

How could a good official who has always served the people be corrupt?"

"Good officer?" Gu Sinian raised his hand, and the attendant behind him immediately handed over a stack of account books and said:

"Do you think I was completely in the dark before I came here?

These account books show that you colluded with salt merchants to withhold salt taxes, falsely reported disasters to embezzle relief funds, and forcibly seized land from the people and resold it...

Remember every detail clearly!"

His eyes suddenly became sharp:

"Cao Xiu! How dare you! The court pays you for your livelihood, yet you dare to pocket the people's livelihoods? And you still dare to make excuses?

Do you really think this southern border is your world, where you can dominate everything?"

The county magistrate stared at the records in the account book, his face turning from pale to blue, and then to pale. His legs went weak and he almost collapsed to the ground.

He suddenly said loudly, "I know I am wrong. I am willing to hand over all my property and beg the Eighteenth Prince to show me mercy."

Gu Sinian sneered:

"In just four years, you embezzled a full three million taels of silver!

Squeeze all the blood and sweat of the people in the southern border!

Your son took advantage of your power to abduct decent women and forced more than ten people to death.

Now the victims are displaced, and you are holding on to the disaster relief funds but hoarding food and refusing to distribute it, watching helplessly as the people soak in the water and starve.

How can you be greedy? You are just a beast."

He paused, his eyes glancing at the two pale-faced accountants standing beside him. "And you two, you helped him falsify the accounts and hide the stolen money. You're complicit in this crime, so don't even think about getting away with it!"

Gu Sinian shouted loudly:

"Isolate him first! Once the disaster in Southern Border Prefecture is over, I'll take him to the capital along with all this evidence and hand him over to the Emperor.

Whether to torture someone to death or execute them, the imperial court will decide!"