Before the winter, another major event happened in the court, the three southern provinces suffered from locust plagues in the early autumn, and most areas were almost no harvest, and the court did not receive news for a long time, resulting in the discouragement of the people, and many people who could not bear the hunger rose up one after another, and the thieves were scheduled.

The locust plague was known to be over, but the hunger riot became known to everyone in just half a month.

So the ministers wrote one after another, asking the emperor to send troops to quell the chaos, Dong Tianji of course knew in his heart that the people were innocent, as long as the people's food problems were solved, the riot would naturally calm down, but as a mediocre monarch, he could not have the ability to distinguish between right and wrong.

had to promise to send troops, and then retreated early, returned to the Rising Sun Palace, and Dongtianji summoned Lou Yuyu over for headaches.

Lou Yuyu, as in the past, stepped forward to explore the pulse of the East Heavenly Pole.

"How?" Dongtian asked weakly, what he asked about his body, what he asked about this whole thing.

"It's the same as the previous time, it looks like I'm going to take heavy medicine," Lou Yuyu took the pen and paper and said half-jokingly.

"I provoked you to provoke you! Don't you see that I'm upset!" Dongtian didn't know that Lou Yuyu was joking, and suddenly became angry.

"You still dare to resist! It seems that I can't spare you," Lou Yuyu said as he put down the pen and paper and rummaged through the needle bag in the medicine box.

"What are you going to do!" Dong Tianji immediately panicked when he saw Lou Yuyu take out the needle bag.

"Let you be quiet," Lou Yuyu looked unsurprised, and calmly selected the silver needle.

"Zhu Ming, someone is going to assassinate me!" Dong Tianji struggled to jump up from the recliner.

"Sit down! How can you look like an emperor now, does Cheng Huan know that you are so incompetent!" Lou Yuyu put away the needle bag and continued to pick up the pen to write the prescription.

"Are you looking for death? you dare to tell her this, I won't let you go back to Fenglan!" Dongtian felt embarrassed, so he had to threaten Lou Yuyu.

"Even if I don't tell her, she will know one day," Lou Yuyu wrote the prescription, turned his head and shouted: "Gonggong Zhu, the prescription is written," Lou Yuyu's voice was not high, but Zhu Ming could hear it, and pushed the door and slowly recommended to enter the inner hall.

"Alas, Zhu Ming, are you his person, or mine?" Dongtianji found that this Zhu Ming was obviously biased towards Lou Yuyu, and he was unhappy in his heart.

"Your Majesty, just listen to Doctor Lou's advice!" Although Zhu Ming didn't know what was going on inside just now, Lou Yuyu was the reincarnation of the god of medicine, and it must be some excellent words for Dongtian, so of course he had to help Lou Yuyu a little.

"Alas, you are going to rebel! Don't take my words as holy decrees, right?" Before Dongtianji finished speaking, Zhu Ming hurriedly fled with the prescription written by Lou Yuyu.

"Even Gonggong Zhu said, I heard a word of persuasion, pay attention to your body, otherwise the country will not be calmed, and he will die young," Lou Yuyu didn't regard himself as a courtier of Dongtianji at all, so there was naturally no taboo in speaking.

"You say how can I rest assured, these corrupt officials and bullies in the three southern provinces, relying on the emperor to do things so lawlessly, even dare to hide such a catastrophe as the locust plague, the people have no food, I don't know how much more they will suffer, and now they are fighting against them and saying that they are mob reactionary? It really annoys me!" Dong Tianji thought that he was in Yanjing, and the people of the three southern provinces were indeed hungry and famous, and they didn't know how to eat, and they couldn't sleep at night.

"Everything will be fine, aren't we fighting for a better tomorrow for them, and the first thing to solve now is how to quell the riots without causing great harm to the people," they have to do is to minimize the harm to the people.

"My idea is to let He Chong go over, I believe that Prime Minister Xue Cheng also has this plan, He Chong is upright in nature, and wise, has the heroism of a soldier, and has the mind of a literati, so it is more appropriate for him to go over, but although He Chong is benevolent and righteous, but when he encounters hungry and red-eyed victims, I am afraid that he will also use the army......" Dongtianji is really worried about other problems.

"Are you worried that the people won't buy it if they don't have food?" This is not difficult to guess, as long as anyone with a little brain will think that no matter how kind the people are, they are hungry and yellow, hungry and bitter, I am afraid that they will also get angry, and the rabbit will bite when they are anxious.

"That's right, now the court is concluding that these poor people are mobs, and they should be suppressed by coercive means, I am used to being an incompetent emperor who listens to the wind and rain, and if he proposes to open a warehouse for disaster relief at this time, it will inevitably arouse suspicion, so we must secretly appease the people, but now there is no food, who wants to listen to you? But to relieve so many disaster victims, there is no national granary, where can so much food come from?"

"Can't open a position, but still have to appease the people?" Lou Yuyu also felt a headache when he heard it.

"Since you can't use it yourself, let's borrow it," Lou Yuyu thought about it and felt that there was a way in his stomach to give it a try.

"Who to borrow?" Dongtianji didn't think about it, but who to borrow so much grain?

"The southern part of Canglei is the closest to Zhuzhou in Fenglan, and Zhuzhou is a major grain-producing province, so it is not a big problem to transport this batch of grain from Zhuzhou," Lou Yuyu thought about it, and this Zhuzhou is the jurisdiction of Xiangyanfeng, and it should not be difficult to ask him for help.

"Feng Lan? Such a large batch of grain, how can it be said that it can be borrowed? What's more, the current Canglei is already at the end of the strong crossbow, and now he asks King Fenglan for help, I am afraid that when the time comes, he will take the opportunity to put pressure on Canglei, and that Canglei will be in Fenglan's bag," Dongtianji also knows that this Zhuzhou is a major grain-producing province, but how can this Fenglan's grain be easily borrowed, you must know that there is no free lunch in this world.

"We can't borrow to buy it," food is a big problem, but money is still easy to solve.

"Where does the money come from to buy grain?" "It is not easy to get such a large sum of money without knowing it."

"Prime Minister Xuan Xue enters the palace, I have a way to solve it," money is not a big problem for Lou Yuyu, but if you want to get the money, it can't be too abrupt, so you have to think about it in the long run.

"Zhu Ming!" Dongtianji saw that Lou Yuyu was in his chest, and he knew that Lou Yuyu had a solution, and immediately did what Lou Yuyu said.

"The slave is here!" Zhu Ming was waiting outside the hall, and Dongtianji's loud call could naturally be heard.

"Go, then Xue Shizhang will call me into the palace!" Dongtianji said with a sad face.

"Yes," Zhu Ming saw that Dongtian was extremely upright, so he knew that the situation was urgent, and as soon as he received the order, he retreated without saying anything.

Half an hour later, Xue Shizhang entered the palace, and generally speaking, the courtiers were summoned in the council hall, but this Dongtianji has never paid attention to the rules, and directly asked Zhu Ming to lead Xue Shizhang to the dormitory of Dongtianji.

"Prime Minister Xue Cheng is here, Zhu Ming, you let them all go down!" Dongtianji asked Zhu Ming to blast people out first before he could rest assured that he could discuss politics.

Zhu Ming naturally complied and did not dare to delay.

"Today's affairs in the court, you are also in distress," Although Xue Shizhang was very calm in the court, it was difficult not to worry about him with his concern for the country and the people.

"The emperor has a countermeasure," this matter is very important, if Dongtian Ji does not have a good solution, he will not dare to rashly invite him to the palace.

"We are going to buy food from Feng Lan, "Everyone is their own people, there is no need to spare those useless circles."

"Where does the money come from to buy grain?" Buying grain from Feng Lan is a solution, although there is something wrong, but in their eyes, they have no other choice.

"Don't be afraid, as long as you do what I say, the problem of money will be solved," Lou Yuyu walked out of an inconspicuous corner and said eloquently.

"The old man has seen Lou Gongzi," Xue Shizhang was not optimistic about Lou Yuyu at first, but after listening to He Chong talk about Lou Yuyu's method of using Sima Yi's hand to clear Xue Shizhang's eyeliner, he found out why Dongtianji insisted on pulling Lou Yuyu into the game, Lou Yuyu was scheming, and they were indeed better than thousands of troops with his help.

"Prime Minister doesn't have to be polite," Xue Shizhang is arrogant, and it is already a great honor for him to be willing to pay a fair courtesy to a junior, so he naturally treats him with courtesy.

"How can Childe get such a large sum of money?"

"Prime Minister has heard of Xintong?" Lou Yuyu has a lot of hole cards in his hand, and it is not difficult to get money, but he is afraid that taking out these huge sums of money directly will attract people's eyes, so he can't go out in person in the process, which will add a lot of trouble.

"Who in these four countries does not know the name of Xintong," the world's first money bank, the first commercial house, as long as you see the flag of Xintong on the road, robbers and bandits have to make way for it far away, money banks all over every corner of the world, business is to open up the four countries, in the history of the achievement of a business road that has never been seen before or after the ancients.

"Lou Gongzi is talking about looking for Xintong to borrow this money? How can Xintong easily lend us money, "The money to buy grain is indeed a drop in the bucket for Xintong, but Xintong is not a good man and a woman, how can he lend money to them for no reason, you must know that lending money to them will not get any benefits, Xintong is a businessman, how can they do unprofitable things."

"I traveled in various countries in my early years, and I helped the principal of Xintong, he owes me a favor, this little thing is nothing, just to hide people's eyes, the prime minister is afraid that he will have to agree to them a condition," Lou Yuyu said half-truth, the reason why he was unwilling to tell the truth was because it was too big, and he was afraid that it would cause unnecessary trouble.

"What conditions?" Xue Shizhang treated Lou Yuyu solemnly, in his heart, Lou Yuyu could say such a thing, it should have been in contact with Xintong, and now it was not a simple Lou Yuyu standing in front of him, but a messenger sent by Xintong to negotiate, but all this was a plan that Lou Yuyu thought of temporarily.

"Open the official road on the water and let Xintong's merchant ships pass freely on the water for a period of five years," Lou Yuyu's condition was not excessive.

"This ......" Xue Shizhang glanced at Dong Tianji and continued: "This, it's not a difficult thing, it's just that we can promise to open the official road, and Xintong is really willing to lend us money?" Xue Shizhang couldn't believe it.

"Prime Minister, please remove the borrowed word. Lou Yuyu said lightly.

"Are you saying that Xintong can give us this money directly?!" This kind of pie-in-the-sky good thing even Dongtianji was shocked.

"That's right, not only that, but I can also guarantee that this batch of purchased grain will also be escorted by Xintong's caravan in person," Xintong has its own system for transporting goods, not only has a sophisticated escort team, but also has its own post station, I don't know how they operate, the speed of transportation can always be several times faster than the general dart game, but the price of natural transportation is also much higher.

"What!" This sudden good thing made Xue Shizhang a little dizzy.

"This will ensure that the food and the army will reach the south at the same time," Dongtianji knew that Lou Yuyu had the ability, although he was a little curious in his heart, but it was not easy to ask, after all, Lou Yuyu did not say it.

"But will Fenglan be willing to sell us so much grain? The closest to the south of our country is Zhuzhou, a large grain-producing region of Fenglan, and this Zhuzhou is the fief of Prince Fenglan Yao, and this Prince Yao has never been involved in government affairs, I don't know what he thinks of us Canglei, will he be willing to help us?" This kind of thing involves the friendship between the two countries, and the details must not be sloppy.

"Don't worry, Prime Minister, I have been friends with Prince Yao for many years, and if I speak, he will not refuse," Speaking of friends, he and Xiang Yanfeng are just sympathetic to each other, but the friendship is excellent, after all, they have both worked hard for the same woman.

"In this way, our problem will be solved!" Xue Shizhang was overjoyed, eager to rush up and give Lou Yuyu a big hug.

"Then when will we start preparing?" Xue Shizhang couldn't wait to execute this plan immediately.

"I will go out of the palace to the prime minister's mansion in two days to explain the details in person, but I also asked the prime minister to invite He Chong to the mansion," Lou Yuyu still has a lot of things to explain one by one, so he naturally has to discuss it with Xue Shizhang.

"Then I will issue an order now, ordering He Chong to be the Qin Mission, and go to the south to quell the riots," Dongtian must fight quickly to avoid recurring branches.

"That Weichen will retire first, Lou Gongzi, the old man is waiting for your arrival in the mansion!" Xue Shizhang was infinitely grateful to Lou Yuyu, and he couldn't tell him with a thousand words, so he could only show with courtesy.

Xue Shizhang's waist did not bend over anyone, but today he bowed deeply to Lou Yuyu with respect for the first time.

"Prime Minister don't be tormented," Lou Yuyu was frightened in his hand, and hurriedly helped Xue Shizhang up.

"Lou Yuyu has done us a great favor, helped Canglei a great favor and saved countless suffering people, and deserves to be worshiped by the old man," Xue Shizhang said is not an exaggeration at all, if there is no Lou Yuyu to help in this matter, Canglei is afraid that the south of Canglei will be ruined, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Lou Yuyu saved the common people.

Lou Yuyu couldn't bear to see so many Li people starving to death, the reason why he helped was to solve problems for Dongtianji, but to accumulate virtue and do good deeds for himself.

"Prime Minister, don't embarrass Yuyu, he has helped us a lot, but your restraint makes him feel embarrassed," Dongtianji saw Lou Yuyu's overwhelmed appearance, knowing that he couldn't resist Xue Shizhang's courtesy, and hurriedly relieved Lou Yuyu.

"It's the old man who is abrupt, forgive Lou Gongzi!" Xue Shizhang listened to Dong Tianji's words, hurriedly reacted, and asked Lou Yuyu for his understanding.

"Don't be a useless courtesy with me, you can't be treated politely in the next nature, you just treat me as a junior and call me by my name," As far as Lou Yuyu is concerned, as long as you are willing to treat him sincerely, it is better than any big gift.

"This ......" Xue Shizhang has been doing things for many years, and has seen a lot of amazing talents, they are not arrogant but arrogant, if you are less polite to them, they will immediately be able to turn their faces with you, which is like Lou Yuyu, that is, amazingly talented, capable, and friendly and warm.

"If you continue to cling to his superficial efforts, he will be displeased. Dong Tianji also helped Lou Yuyu say good things.

"Okay, the old man will no longer stick to this etiquette with you, but it is impossible for the old man to call the son's name directly!" After several persuasions, Xue Shizhang finally made a concession.

"That's fine, but it's just a title, I won't mind it," Lou Yuyu accepted it when he saw it.

On the same day, Dongtianji issued an order to order He Chong to be the general of the rebellion, and set off for the three southern provinces ten days later.

Two days later, Lou Yuyu applied to leave the palace, and went straight to Xue's mansion after leaving Jinbi City, and at this time Xue Shizhang had already invited He Chong to the mansion.

The three of them were in a secluded garden, closed the door, and discussed carefully.

"Presumably, the prime minister has already told Master He about the general plan, and I am here today to tell you the details:"

"First of all, Lord He first secretly summoned what you could, contacted the capable people you could contact, and those rich and noble sons who had some family backgrounds, what Lord He had to do was to persuade them to raise some charity, not much, how many counted, the prime minister had better arrange it together, this matter should not be noticed by others too early, it is best to hide it for a little more time, until Lord He is out of Yanjing. ”

"Also, this party must be in Xianhua Building, when the time comes, whether you recognize it or not, don't be surprised, you just do your best, in addition, when the party comes, you give this letter to the money shopkeeper of Huibaoju, he will also be there, Lord He only needs to treat him as an ordinary friend, it is best to contact him more in the future, the money shopkeeper is good to make friends, I believe you are also like-minded. ”

He Chong nodded.

"Then, the prime minister handed over this letter to the shopkeeper Luo of Xintong Qianzhuang, and he will settle the matter of money," said Lou Yuyu and handed another letter to Xue Shizhang.

"When Lord He goes out of Yanjing, he must take the Xintong cargo road, and when you arrive at the post house in Qingcheng County, someone will contact you, how much grain and grass you need at that time, when it will be transported to the south, and you will decide which city to go to first. ”

"But how can this Xintong's cargo road be free for us to walk? I'm afraid that Xintong's people will forcibly obstruct it," Xintong has its own cargo road, which they opened themselves, but that only belongs to Xintong itself, if others leave, I'm afraid they will be forcibly driven away.

"It's okay, when you go out of the city, there will be a Xintong caravan to accompany you, Shopkeeper Luo will arrange it properly, and the caravan will escort you to Qingcheng County," Lou Yuyu thought carefully for two days, and had already arranged the details.

"In this way, we will be able to succeed immediately!" "The more Xue Shizhang understands this Lou Yuyu, the more he feels that Lou Yuyu is terrible, he said that he is kind to Xintong before, but this plan is not only gracious, this is like Lou Yuyu saved the whole family of Xintong, and he can treat this Xintong as his own family at will.

"That's the case, but ......" Lou Yuyu hesitated again when he said it.

"But what?" Xue Shizhang and He Chong were both startled by Lou Yuyu's "but".

"But I will be wronged by the two of you in the future," Lou Yuyu's expression was a little weird.

"Why is it wronged?" the two asked at the same time.

"In order to cover up my traces this time, I'm afraid the two of you will have to pretend to be familiar with Xintong in the future......" Lou Yuyu said half of it, and the second half was embarrassed to speak.

"What's so difficult about this, I He Chong has always loved making friends, everyone in charge must be capable people, I He Chong can know them is my honor, how can I talk about the word grievance," He Chong has a bold temperament and is naturally willing to make some friends, especially these Xintong members with great powers.

"Uh...... This is not a problem, but ......" Lou Yuyu was speechless for a while, he didn't know how to organize his language.

"If Lou Gongzi has anything to say, you might as well say it directly," Xue Shizhang has never seen Lou Yuyu like this, Lou Yuyu has always had something to say, and this kind of spitting is not like Lou Yuyu's style.

"Do you know the snow girl in Yuxue Building?" Lou Yuyu glanced at Xue Shizhang and He Chong with a somewhat embarrassed face.

Xue Shizhang and He Chong looked at each other, they couldn't quite understand Lou Yuyu's intention to mention a woman in a green building.

The Snow Girl in Yuxue Building, this is famous in Yanjing, it can be said that everyone knows it, even some people who have never been to Qinglou will know her reputation.

Yuxue Lou is the largest brothel in Yanjing, and the top brand of Yuxue Lou is this Drifting Snow Girl, the so-called national color and natural fragrance, talented, all those who have seen Drifting Snow Girl can't help but praise it: Beautiful!

Of course, her appearance alone can't make her name shine in this talent-rich Yanjing, and the reason why she really makes her famous in Yanjing is because she doesn't sell her art, and how many celebrity businessmen spend a lot of money just to talk to the Drifting Snow Girl.

But the Qinglou woman is a Qinglou woman after all, and in the eyes of some celebrities, she is still a woman from Fireworks Willow Lane, who is ninth-rate.

"This Drifting Snow Girl is the head of the Yuxue Building on the surface, but secretly she is actually the principal of the Yanjing Xintong Freight Escort Team, and she is responsible for all the freight in Yanjing. It's just that the Drifting Snow Girl intends to get to know Master He, but I don't know what Lord He thinks of the Drifting Snow Girl, and I am afraid that the adults have a certain prejudice against the Drifting Snow Girl. "He Chong is still a scholarly family in the end, and I am afraid that there will be a certain opinion on a girl like Piaoxue who wanders in the Fengyue place.

"Lou Gongzi rest assured, I am definitely not this kind of person, but in terms of the current situation, I still need to drag it back, but after I come back from the three southern provinces, I will definitely come to the door to thank the Drifting Snow Girl, "Although he is embarrassed, he also has to focus on the overall situation, although the Drifting Snow Girl is from the Qinglou, but she now holds their lifeblood, even if it is for the sake of Canglei, he must also be committed to talking to the Drifting Snow Girl."

"Then Yuyu thanked the adults for the people of the three southern provinces!" Lou Yuyu was still afraid that He Chong would refuse, but he didn't expect He Chong to agree.

"Lord He doesn't have to worry, this Drifting Snow Girl can be in charge of the Xintong Freight Escort Team in the entire Yanjing, she must also be reasonable, she won't be embarrassed for adults, don't worry!" Xue Shizhang saw that he couldn't help much, so he had to step forward to comfort him to show sympathy.

"......" He Chong was depressed and didn't want to say more.

Lou Yuyu could only hold back a laugh and didn't dare to make a sound.