Elena Wei's Silent Vigil and Shadows Over the Border Chapter 253

When the door was kicked open, Tian Man was hugging his new beauty and drinking and having fun with several clansmen.

Juye, Tonghuai and other places were flooded, farmland and houses were destroyed, and the people were homeless. The governors of Dongjun, Donghai and Jinan went to the river bank in person, and their families and clansmen followed their orders. No one retreated when the flood came.

In counties and prefectures that have experienced disasters, there are wealthy merchants who take the opportunity to cause trouble, but there are also wealthy merchants who donate food and manpower to help them weather the disaster.

On the other hand, the area north of the old river course was not affected by floods, so the fields were fertile and the families were safe. When natural disasters occurred, most powerful people had no mercy on the victims. Instead of helping the victims, they took advantage of the situation and colluded with profiteers to drive up the prices of grain and medicine, and passed inferior grains off as good ones, exchanging old grains mixed with mud and sand for new grains.

Not to mention this, there were several families who had lost their conscience and were so crazy that they colluded with the slave traders, kidnapped the victims, and forced the common people to be slaves. Those who refused to obey or escaped were beaten to death and their bodies were thrown into the river.