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    Early the next morning, Kunshan County officials posted notices at Shenming Pavilion and in various densely populated places in the city.

    The people gathered in the rain to watch, and the literate people read loudly:

    "The newly appointed magistrate of Kunshan County, Zhao, urgently warns all the elders in the county - since the beginning of the plum season in May, it has rained continuously for months, Taihu Lake has surged, and flood conditions have not been seen for years. North Kunshan has become a Zeguo, and the Wusong River embankment is in danger.

    Once the river embankment is lost, the entire county will suffer disaster. Houses will collapse, no crops will be harvested, and many people will starve to death and drown!

    "I and my colleagues cannot bear to see the people suffer this disaster, and we vow to defend the embankment for Kunshan to the end. The flood will not recede for a day, and we will not go down the river embankment for a day!"

    "Woohoo, Kunshan is the Kunshan of the people. Everyone has the responsibility to protect the land. We are united and the floods cannot invade!"

    Starting from 10 o'clock today, this county has entered a state of emergency. In order to work together as a unit to fight the floods, nine special prohibitions have been issued. Please be informed:

    It is forbidden to drive up prices and hoard goods!  The second prohibition is to spread rumors to cause trouble and confuse people's hearts!  Fights are prohibited among the three, and litigation is common!

    The four prohibitions are theft, fraud, and looting of supplies!  The five forbidden people knew about it but did not report it, and they were complicit!  Liuban leaves his post without permission and is careless!

    Seven forbidden pushing the skin, perfunctory responsibility!  Eight prohibitions include extortion, corruption and bribery!  Jiujin disobeys orders and escapes from battle!

    Those who violate these nine prohibitions, regardless of whether they are severely punished by the state law or not, will be fettered for ten days, and a monument of shame will be erected in Chaoyang Gate, and they will be despised for generations to come!

    Kunshan County Magistrate Zhao Shouzheng; County Magistrate He Wenwei; Chief Secretary Bai Shouli; Dianshi Xiong Xiasheng jointly signed.  "

    This stern and decisive notice immediately caused panic in Kunshan County.

    The people in the county town were finally awakened from their paralysis and began to discuss in panic.

    "So cruel? How can I behave like a human being now?"

    "Yes, it's both a shackles and a monument of shame. Don't show your face in Kunshan."

    "Are the floods this year so serious?"

    "For sure, people from the south fled into the city so early."

    "Didn't you see that all four gentlemen signed their names? What if they are serious?"

    "Yesterday, on the first day that the county magistrate took office, he took Mr. Gu and Mr. Zheng to inspect the embankment. Today, he took the victims and country people to repair the embankment."

    "We're almost there. Our lial chief has issued a notice to go up the embankment tomorrow."

    "What can we do now" Many people can't help but think of the flood ten years ago.

    Although people did not drown due to the protection of the county seat, they were trapped in the island-like city for two months in a row, and an unknown number of people starved to death.

    There are even apocalyptic scenes of people cannibalizing people

    Fear surged from the bottom of my heart and was out of control.  Some people ran home, picked up hoes and dustpans, and went to help build embankments.

    Some people went home to pack their things and prepare to flee to Suzhou City for refuge.

    Some people also rushed to the shops on the street to buy grain, firewood, tea, salt, etc., preparing to hoard them in case of famine

    ??~~

    "But Mr. Zhao can no longer see the chaotic scene all over the city.

    Under the protection of Gao Wu and twenty men from Caijiaxiang, he quietly left Kunshan County by boat early in the morning, followed the Lou River down the river, and embarked on the road to alms.

    Zhao Shouzheng and his miscellaneous officials actually lived on the embankment last night and started intensive flood control work this morning. Naturally, they can neither see nor control the county.

    ¡°Now, the final say in Kunshan County is actually two supervised release officers¡ªXu Wei and Wu Chengen.

    Standing inside the gate with an umbrella, looking at the chaos on Yaqian Street, the mature and prudent writer felt very headache.

    "Hey, so are you." The writer glared at the painter and said, "Instead of admonishing the young master with me, I supported him in posting notices. Is it necessary to let the common people know the truth?"

    ¡°More than hundreds of thousands of victims have entered the city, and tens of thousands of people are working on the embankment today. How can they not understand the truth?¡± the painter asked rhetorically.

    "Perhaps many people don't want to know." Wu Chengen sighed: "Ignorance is also a kind of happiness."

    "It's shameless to pretend to be ignorant!" Xu Wei sneered: "I can't bear to see those people who pretend to be ignorant and are extremely selfish and shameless! Of course, they can't pretend at all. This notice is  The demon-looking mirror of King Tota will reveal all kinds of monsters and monsters when you look at it."

    "Hey, this will cause trouble." The writer sighed again.  "If this gets serious, someone will probably use our identities to attack our boss."

    "What are you afraid of? If something happens, we'll get rid of it." The bohemian Gudan painter said calmly:?Before the real flood arrives, kill all the monsters and ghosts that pop up, so that we can work together to fight the flood.  "

    "What if it can't be flattened?" Wu Chengen asked in a muffled voice.

    ¡°It¡¯s a small county town, what can¡¯t be fixed?¡± Xu Wei chuckled and turned around and entered the county government office.

    "Hey, this guy." Wu Chengen shook his head helplessly.

    The scene that happened when entering the city the day before yesterday, and the reminder from Feng Zhixian before leaving, made Wu Chengen deeply worried.

    Those lackeys of the Xu family will probably not miss this great opportunity

    ??~~

    Although Yaqian Street is prosperous, it is somewhat deformed because the entire street is attached to the county government office.  They are all service industries such as teahouses, restaurants, hotels, hospitals, pharmacies, and bathhouses.

    If you want to do serious shopping, you still have to go to the Banshanqiao area.

    Dongtang Street and Xitang Street on both sides of the bridge are lined with shops and bustling markets.

    It¡¯s raining today, but the flow of people on Dongtang Street is much more than usual.

    Especially at the entrance of grain stores, people crowded together and rushed to buy rice. Long queues stretched all the way to the bridge.

    "I want a stone!"

    ¡°Ala Badou!¡±

    "One stone five!"

    The customers shouted loudly, slapped the counter, and urged the busy shopkeeper and waiters.

    The unscrupulous shop owner naturally took the opportunity to keep raising prices.

    It is the lean season, and last year¡¯s old rice can be sold for one, two, seven, eighty, one stone.

    We didn¡¯t buy rice yesterday, but as soon as they opened this morning, several rice stores invariably increased their prices to two taels and one stone.

    After seeing the notice, I erased today¡¯s quotation and instantly changed it to 225.

    At this time, there was a rush to buy, so they simply added a horizontal line on top of the two, making it three, two, five, and one stone!

    But the more prices keep rising, the more customers want to buy.  I'm afraid that if it goes back to five liang and one stone, I will really starve to death.

    " Seeing the common people looting like crazy, the rice merchants who made a fortune were so happy that they couldn't open their mouths from ear to ear.

    In fact, there is no need for ordinary people to rush to buy rice. These rice merchants have already expected that Kunnan will be flooded when the plum season begins this year.

    Therefore, everyone is trying their best to replenish goods. The cargo ships delivering rice under the overpass are connected end to end, blocking the traffic to Hetang.

    Although we didn¡¯t get any rice yesterday, the store is well stocked, so people, please go ahead and buy it.

    ??~~

    On Dongtang Street, there is a restaurant called "Xinghuahong" on the second floor.

    In the private seats facing the street, several men in brocade robes were drinking wine while watching the messy rice grabbing scene downstairs.

    "You people in Kunshan are not strong enough." An old man with a gray goatee took a piece of duck and tasted it carefully.  "They are robbing each other, and all they do is give money to the rice sellers."

    "Didn't a notice just be posted?" The middle-aged man with a big pimple on his cheek said with a smile, "Maybe he was a little scared."

    "How is that going to happen?" Goatee spit out the duck bones out of the window and ordered: "Go and light a fire for them."

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