Meng Hun listened carefully, but still didn't understand what she meant. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Jiang Pengji continued to tell the story.

"I'm afraid you don't know, because of the drought in the surrounding counties for many years, there is a shortage of food, and many people have to fall into the grass and hide in the mountains near Hejian County. At this time, if there is a civil unrest, the people's hearts will be panicked. ”

Meng Hun faintly understood, and asked, "Xiao Langjun is worried that the people's hearts will be in turmoil, the people will be panicked, and the bandits will take the opportunity to make trouble?"

She nodded, but shook her head slowly, "You're only half right, and the other half is the most important one." ”

Meng Hun was puzzled, he was just a rough man, even if he was thoughtful, but his brain was not as good as those black-hearted belly black.

"If the people's hearts are in turmoil, how do you think they will react?"

Jiang Pengji induced, and she didn't continue to tell until Meng Hun showed a look of sudden realization on her face.

"The people take food as the sky, no matter when and where, food and clothing are the people's top priority. It's just that now that spring ploughing has just ended in January, it is estimated that when the matter is completely spread, I am afraid that we will have to wait for summer planting, and it is far from the autumn harvest. The farmer spent most of the previous year's harvest, and if someone deliberately spread rumors at this time, such as the Bing Ge will spread to Hejian County, what do you think?"

Meng Hun's mouth and tongue were dry, as if there was a fire in his throat, and he said with some uncertainty, "If this is the case, the people will definitely rush to buy rice and grain, so that the war will not spread, and there will be no food at that time...... And rice merchants will naturally take advantage of the situation to raise grain prices and make a lot of money. ”

When he left Mengjun, the price of rice and grain had soared to five or six times that of normal days, and the price was still in short supply.

One can imagine how profit-seeking businessmen will take advantage of this opportunity and make a fortune.

It is possible that the price of grain will soar from five or six times to more than ten times, or even dozens of times, under the speculation of people with good intentions!

"Not only that, but you seem to have forgotten how many bandits there are near the river...... They had no food in the first place, and they lived by raiding and looting homes. When the war and disaster arise, how should they live? It is impossible to buy from the rice merchants, so they can only plunder the people doubly......

After Meng Hun heard this, he was completely stunned.

He was also born in poverty, and he also tasted hunger, and even saw some people who were so hungry that they dug up grass roots and tree roots to eat.

If you can't even dig up the roots of the grass and trees, you will eat something called Guanyin soil, which will cause your belly to be as big as a bucket, and you will be strangled to death.

Even more tragic, they will steal other people's children, and if someone starves to death, the corpse will be eaten instead of being buried in the ground.

Hejian County looks prosperous on weekdays, but there are also big hidden dangers in the dark.

Meng Hun and the others chased Meng Ying to the river and hid in the deep mountains and dense forests, during which they also encountered traces of the activities of several gangs of bandits.

It's just that he didn't want to startle the snakes, and he didn't want to increase his losses in vain, so he deliberately avoided them.

Now that he thought about it, he shuddered.

Because they are unfamiliar with the land, they do not dare to go deep into the dense forest, and only move or hunt in a certain range.

But in just such a place, Meng Hun found more than one wave of bandits, what does this mean?

It shows that the seemingly peaceful Hejian County is now surrounded by bandits!

On weekdays, those outlaws will be more restrained, even if they rob their homes, they don't dare to go too far and cause death.

But if the civil unrest in Meng County, Cangzhou comes, what will these bandits do?

They need to survive, they need food, and they need to take advantage of the chaos to make a windfall.

In this way, will they still be as peaceful as they usually are?

Meng Hun didn't know what the butterfly effect was, but he knew that if Hejian County became like that, it was inseparable from him.

For a moment, he seemed to be speechless, unable to say anything.

The other subordinates also fell silent one by one when they heard this, they were all from poor families and had suffered hardships, how could they not understand?

Jiang Pengji sighed and said, "However, I have a way to barely suppress the price of food, and I hope to ease the situation a little." ”

Meng Hun raised his head suddenly, staring at him with a pair of tiger eyes, and it took a long time to hold back a sentence.

"What is Xiao Langjun going to do?

She raised her hand and pinched her eyebrows a little tiredly, as if she was quite bothered by this.

"I originally wanted to collect some grain from Hu County, and you also know that my father is the county guard of Hu County, and that place has been managed by him in an orderly manner. With the use of underground water, the drought has been greatly alleviated, and now Hu County is fertile for thousands of miles, and there is a surplus of grain every year. ”

Meng Hun nodded yearningly and agreed, "I often hear that businessmen mention this matter. They said that in the past, Hu County was ten rooms and nine empty, and hunger was everywhere, but after Liu County Shou took office, the situation got better and better year by year, and now it is a place that the people yearn for. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and said with some embarrassment, "Xiao Langjun tried to alleviate the food shortage in Hejian County with rice and grain from Hu County, which is indeed a good thing, but Xiao Langjun is not as weak as the crown, and the money around him is not rich, even if Liu Junshou approves of you doing this...... I am afraid that the money and energy spent before and after are incalculable, and ...... Maybe it will cause others to be jealous......"

Philanthropists are not easy to do, and such good deeds that are conducive to winning the hearts of the people may not necessarily want to see them.

Jiang Pengji said helplessly, "What you said is right, but if you don't do it, do you just sit idly by?"

Meng Hun was stopped by her words, and was speechless for a moment.

She added, "If there is a better source of rice, why don't I want to do it...... It's just that who wants to be so generous? Who has so much grain in their rice warehouse? In today's world, if people don't destroy the heavens and the earth for their own sake, who is willing to give out rice and grain to help ordinary people?"

A few questions in quick succession stopped the whole room of men, and they ...... They can't figure it out.

At this time, the young man who was felt a little cute by Jiang Pengji suddenly had a "I figured it out" expression.

He pointed to Meng Ying, who was still resisting and wanted to struggle, and stammered, "He, he, he can!"

Everyone was stunned, with an expression of "you are teasing me".

If Meng Ying had such a good heart, would Du Wei have been forced into this desperate situation?

They didn't react, but Jiang Pengji understood instantly, but she was still a little hesitant.

Seeing her expression, Meng Hun knew that she might have thought of a way, but she was embarrassed to say it.

"If Xiao Langjun has any good plans, he can say it, and if he can use Meng's place, he will definitely not refuse. ”

Jiang Pengji still didn't speak, but the young man stammered in a hurry, "Captain, isn't this kid's rice warehouse full of insects?" I heard from you before that the guards guarding the rice warehouse complained that rats had bitten a lot of grain ......." )