Zou Qingyuan's words were reasonable and well-founded. Even the people who were full of resentment had to admit at this time that Zou Qingyuan's words were indeed somewhat reasonable.

Seeing that the people's emotions had stabilized, Zou Qingyuan immediately said: "But say a thousand words and ten thousand things, letting all the fellow villagers live in the shacks in this ice and snow, and suffering from the cold wind, it is me, Zou Qingyuan, who is incompetent. Therefore, Zou Qingyuan apologizes to you."

Keeping on one knee, Zou Qingyuan bowed deeply, then said loudly: "The current situation is difficult, and you may have to work hard for a while, but you are relieved. No matter how difficult it is, Zou Qingyuan will always guarantee that you can have a way out. When the border is defeated, I, Zou Qingyuan, will protect you with the cap, and will definitely ask you for a proper resettlement solution from the court. If you can't do it, you can scold me at any time and beat me. I will accept it all!"

Zou Qingyuan was a fourth-rank official who knew him with emotion and reason and said that he had spoken to this point, and the people had no extra complaints to express.

Even if there is still resentment, it is already a very small number of people now, and it cannot be achieved in any climate.

The old man who was pouring porridge at the beginning looked ashamed and said, "Mr. Zou, I was impulsive just now. I only knew that I was not doing anything in the official uniforms and treated the imperial court's laws like waste paper, but I still didn't know that there were so many hidden information in it. Please forgive me."

As he said that, the old man was about to kneel down tremblingly.

Zou Qingyuan hurriedly got up and jumped off the table, helped the old man up, and said emotionally: "What my father-in-law scolded just now is not completely unreasonable. From the standpoint of the people, it is natural for everyone to complain. Now that the government is the ruler of the people, the people are compassionate with the government. If the officials and the people are united, what difficulties can they not overcome?"

As soon as these words were spoken, someone among the people immediately shouted: "Well said!"

"Well said!"

"Mr. Zou is such a good official."

"That's right, for the first time in my life, I saw a fourth-rank prefect kneeling down to the people. It was also a good talk when it was spread."

"Oh, I think so, the front line of the border is fighting, and the logistics pressure is all on these local governments. It is rare that Lord Zou can squeeze out the surplus grain to give us porridge twice a day."

"That's right, I heard that the other gathering sites, although they entered the city, were all in chaos. The government almost ignored the lives of the people. The people had no food to eat and had to rob and steal, causing chaos and murder and robbery. In comparison, although we are a little bit miserable, at least we can't starve to death. As long as we survive this winter, it's good..."

Such discussions quickly calmed down a small-scale civil unrest on the verge of outbreak.

The resentment accumulated by the people over the past few days has also been taken this opportunity to vent most of the resentment. At least in the next period of time, these people will be much easier to manage.

"Xu Wei."

Li Chen's eyes remained unwavering. He looked at Zou Qingyuan who was sending the old man away in the distance, and leaned back slightly to Xu Wei beside him and said, "Find someone smart and follow the old man and see where he will go later."

Xu Wei was a little confused, but he agreed immediately.
Chapter completed!