Chapter 888 All the people gather together(2/2)
There are only three people left in this family, one mother, one child, and one little aunt. All three people in this family are already here.
More and more people arrived, and more and more people found their families. Under more than 130 rural flags, more and more people gathered together, and it became more and more lively.
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Family reunion is a major event celebrated by everyone, and the Julu government will not show any sign of it.
Now, although there has been a harvest and the people in the territory have barely survived, supplies are still expensive and scarce.
On this great day when all the people gather together, there are only two things that the Julu government can offer, one is fine millet porridge and the other is meatballs.
The city had started preparing for this large-scale reunion a month ago. After a month of hard work, the fishing team was busy day and night, and finally collected enough meatballs to feed 520,000 people.
On average, one person gets only five meatballs.
On the first day, at noon, the cook team pulled the dining cart and rushed to the gathering place of each township with the cooked porridge and meatball soup, and distributed the porridge and meatballs to the arriving people.
When the people ate the fragrant and delicious meatballs, the already joyous reunion atmosphere became even more joyful.
While the porridge was being divided, Li Mengxi and Lu Zhi were patrolling around.
Lu Zhi was very impressed when he saw the people gathering happily and the soldiers and civilians harmonious.
Li Mengxi went around in a circle, from noon to afternoon, and found that porridge was still being distributed and people were still receiving meatballs.
Li Mengxi realized his negligence. The people arrived at different times, first and last. Those who arrived first could eat a few more meals, while those who arrived later had a lot less.
There are not many meatballs prepared. If they are divided too early, the people behind will not be able to eat them. As the saying goes, it is not a problem of scarcity but of inequality. Unfair distribution is a big problem.
Li Mengxi looked around. He wanted to go over and stop. He wanted to give an order and ask the cook to look at the people to see who had received the porridge and not give it to him. Or, he wanted to stop giving porridge until everyone arrived.
It’s never too late to send it again.
But when I think about it again, this is inappropriate.
In terms of etiquette, when people come to Julu, they either feel like they are going home or they are coming as a guest. It doesn’t matter whether they are going home or coming as a guest. Due to emotions and reasons, when a person comes, they have to take care of the food. There is no saying that the person has arrived.
It is said that you should wait two more days before taking care of the food.
Furthermore, if someone is still waiting for someone, and they wait for two more days, then the government will say, "You are the only one left. You can go, and I won't care about your food anymore."
Although this makes sense and the people who are hesitant to leave can also understand it, after all, it is unreasonable to take the initiative to drive people away.
The best way to entertain people from all over the world is, no matter how many people come, as long as they arrive at the meal time, you should take care of the food. No matter how many people are left at the end, as long as the people have not left, you should also take care of others' food.
The flow of people is uneven and it is difficult to be fair.
The way to make the uneven flow of people fair is to issue food stamps.
Next time, before the common people come to Julu, tickets will be issued to the common people. Assume that it will take about five days for the common people to basically complete the gathering.
So, in five days, there are fifteen meals, fifteen porridge tickets, and fifteen meatball tickets.
After the tickets are issued, the people come to the gathering again. Regardless of whether they come first or later, they will receive meals based on the tickets. In this way, those who come first can eat fifteen meals, and those who come later can also eat fifteen meals.
This perfectly solves the distribution problem.
For those who stayed for a long time, they ran out of food stamps, so needless to say, they knew how to leave.
Food stamps need to be issued.
There was insufficient preparation this time. It was a happy event for the people to gather together, but it was not easy to spoil everyone's interest. Li Mengxi could only ask the cooks to temporarily stop serving meatballs for the next meal, but there was no limit to the millet porridge.
Wait two days later, when the crowd is about the same, and then distribute the meatballs together.
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In the next two days, more people arrived at Julu. The grand gathering of all people made Lu Zhi sigh with emotion.
After patrolling for several days, Lu Zhi observed that when the people saw Liu Xuande, many people brought rabbits, fish, two bunches of wild vegetables, and a few fruits. The people brought their thoughts to Liu Bei.
The giant deer was in chaos, and the people didn't have anything good, so all they had were wild rabbits, fish, and wild vegetables.
Liu Bei was deeply moved, but he also knew that the countryside was difficult and Liu Bei would not accept the things that the people saved through their teeth.
At that time, Liu Bei was surrounded by the people and was in a stalemate. At that time, Li Mengxi and Lu Zhi were watching from the side.
Lu Zhi couldn't stand it any longer, so he went over and said to Liu Bei, "Xuande, just accept what the people give you."
Liu Bei turned around and saw that it was his teacher. He couldn't refuse it anymore, so he had to accept the gifts from the people.
Because of Lu Zhi's interruption, many people looked towards Lu Zhi and saw Li Mengxi next to Li Mengxi. Then, good guy, Li Mengxi was immediately surrounded.
The people who sent fish and fruits to Liu Bei felt that they could not get rid of them, but Li Mengxi was a child, and the people did not have such a big burden on their hearts, so they stuffed all kinds of fruits into Li Mengxi's arms.
After a while, Li Mengxi couldn't hold him anymore, so he had to ask Lu Zhi for help.
Lu Zhi smiled and came over to help.
In the end, Lu Zhi couldn't hold her anymore.
Lu Zhiben was very opposed to being treated differently. On weekdays, he would eat whatever others ate and would never eat another bite of meat.
However, after being given a lot of fruits by the people, Lu Zhi no longer cared about eating more or less. He and Li Mengxi carried the fruits to the top of the city and placed them on the battlements. They looked at the lively crowd outside the city.
Watch and eat the fruit.
At the end of the day, Lu Zhi ate countless fruits. In the end, Lu Zhi snatched away all the fruits from Li Mengxi and prepared to take them back to eat.
The strength of Julu lies in people's hearts. Lu Zhi saw Julu's people's hearts.
When Lu Zhi saw the people giving gifts to Liu Bei, Lu Zhi already understood why his student could achieve such great feats in less than a year.
Not all of Julu's people's hearts are with Li Mengxi, and Liu Bei is not all influenced by Li Mengxi to love the people like his own son.
Benevolence and righteousness are Liu Bei's nature.
Even without Li Mengxi, in the original trajectory, Liu Bei served as the magistrate of Pingyuan County, and Liu Bei governed Pingyuan County for two years. When he whipped Du You and resigned, the people were reluctant to leave Liu Bei and tried their best to persuade him to stay.
In the area of Julu, there are no dangerous mountains and rivers, and there are no strong cities or passes to defend. However, Julu is already impregnable.
Chapter completed!