Out of the teahouse, Li Zhou walked in the streets of Chang'an with a happy mood, and gradually walked towards the city gate, the scene he saw along the way, gradually changed, the rich people became fewer and fewer, the common people increased more and more, and then walked forward, there were gradually more people in the people who dragged their families with their mouths, looking anxious, looking around, constantly looking around, very strange.

Going further, Li Zhou found more such people, among them there were a few emaciated people, their faces were dark and yellow, they looked very weak, as if they had not eaten for many days, hunger made them unbearable, salivating, and did not dare to move, because they were surrounded by some mighty soldiers, and once they did something, these soldiers would not hesitate to arrest them, and the prison was ready to meet them.

However, they looked anxious at the old and young behind them, flashing their eyes, wanting to move but not daring to move, but they couldn't move, they had no money, so they could only do this, otherwise, the family would suffer.

There are a lot of people like this, and they are coming one after another, Li Zhou keeps walking to the back, and when he walks to the back, he is even more shocked by the scene he sees, there are many people who come, there are merchants, there are poor people, there are people, there are beggars, and there are some children, who are blocked outside the city gate and not given in, what kind of eyes are they, longing? Despair? Disappointed? Or death?

"What happened?"

"How so?"

Li Zhou couldn't stand it anymore, and hurried back to the palace, as soon as he returned to the palace, he ordered Xiao Wu to investigate the news, Xiao Wu saw his young master's panicked look, and was very shocked in his heart, what made the young master so anxious, he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately went to investigate, and in less than an hour, there was news.

"Young master, I found it, the news you want to know has been found." Xiao Wu walked in from outside, his shout brought a group of people in, Ke'er found an excuse to send tea to Li Zhou, slowly stood behind Li Zhou, pretending to pour tea, Zhao Wanshuang hurriedly came in and pinched Li Zhou's shoulder, without the intention of pushing it out, even Ximen Bei, who had never shown up, stood there as a matter of course, the long sword on his waist still flickered.

One by one, they couldn't wait to come in, Li Zhou didn't let them out, they wouldn't go out, Li Zhou didn't pay attention to them, and ordered: "Hurry up, what's going on?" Why did so many victims come to Chang'an? ”

The people who came to Chang'an are like this, so what will happen to those who didn't come, or who are still on the way? It is unimaginable, Li Zhou can't think of that scene in his heart, he is not an indifferent person, nor is he a ruthless person, let alone a person who is indifferent when he sees such a look.

"Young master, according to the news I got from Xiao, it was a big drought in Guanzhong, and the people had no harvest, so they couldn't support it, come to Chang'an to see if there is a way out, the officials in Chang'an have already started the resettlement of those victims, but ......."

"But what? When has this been, if you have something to say, don't you want to do it? ”

Li Zhou pointed at Xiao Wu angrily, without the slightest appearance of being calm, Zhao Wanshuang shook her hand, and quickly returned to her original state, she saw Li Zhou angry for the first time, Ke'er handed over a cup of tea and put it to Li Zhou's mouth, Li Zhou opened his mouth and drank it, and then calmed down: "Say it." ”

"Yes." Xiao Wu was a little scared and trembling, under Ke'er's warning eyes, Xiao Wu knew that he shouldn't sell Guanzi, and hurriedly said: "However, the imperial court doesn't seem to have enough money to relieve these disaster victims, and the officials in the imperial court are not very familiar with the situation in Guanzhong, so they don't know what to do?" ”

"According to the news from our people, few officials on the Guanzhong side paid attention to the lives of those people and left them to fend for themselves, and they seem to have a connection with the adults in the court, and the relationship is very complicated.

After Xiao Wu finished speaking, he stood there, saying so much in one breath, he still felt flustered, and he didn't dare to raise his head, Li Zhou's expression was completely angry, his eyes became red, his palms kept trembling, and he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.

"I don't know who the prince sent?" Li Zhou tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart and asked in a deep voice.

Xiao Wu didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly replied: "Back to the young master, His Royal Highness sent Master Di to go, as well as Lord Li Yuanfang, as well as Dai Zhide, Zhang Wenquan and other officials, as for His Royal Highness the Prince, because he was unwell, he couldn't go, but this time there is not a lot of silver that can be taken out of the treasury, only a hundred thousand taels, I'm afraid it will be ......." ”

Xiao Wu couldn't help but worry, even if he sent Di Renjie to go, it was useless without silver, Li Zhou's hand kept knocking on the table, once or twice, there were a little ripples in the teacup, constantly rippling, the voice gradually became louder, more and more urgent, I couldn't count how many times I had beaten it, suddenly, the voice stopped abruptly, Xiao Wu and the others looked at Li Zhou, waiting for orders.

"Xiao Wu, you go and let Master Di come to my mansion, remember, be more secretive."

"Yes, young master."

Xiao Wu quickly retreated, and hurriedly sent someone to Di Renjie's mansion, after the order, Ke'er handed over a cup of tea intimately, Li Zhou took a sip, and asked: "Ke'er, how much silver is there in our house now?" How much grain? ”

"Back to Your Highness, Busan does not count other treasures, there are 500,000 taels of silver alone, some time ago, Miss Cao sent someone to send silver, Luoyang, and the Cui family, there are a lot of silver that has not yet been received, there are one million taels of silver, grain, not a lot, but if His Highness wants food, you can tell the Cui family, I think they will have a way."

Ke'er reported truthfully, every time she said a number, Zhao Wanshuang beside her was shocked, there was so much silver in my house? When was there one? I don't think that's the number, huh? Isn't it only a hundred thousand taels?

What she didn't know was that Miss Cao sent more than this amount of silver every month, the scale was getting bigger and bigger, with a certain reputation, good quality, and the entire soap market was occupied by Chunmanlou brand soap, whether it was a high-grade, medium-grade, or low-grade market, all of them were monopolized by Chunmanlou.

With the Cui family's team and the merchant line, they can earn more silver, and the Cui family's new tea has been made and put into the market, monopolizing the entire market at once, and the silver earned is even more innumerable.

"Well, you instructed the Cui family to exchange for food as much as possible and transport it to Guanzhong, leave a part of the excess grain in our house, and we will go out to Chang'an City to give porridge outside the city in the future, as for the silver, I will take more than half of it this time and hand it over directly to Di Renjie, Ke'er, you can register it."

Li Zhou ordered one sentence at a time, Ke'er nodded, did not refute Li Zhou, and did not cry, she knew that this time the matter was not simple, she also knew the taste of hunger, His Royal Highness did this, which was the most suitable for her mind.

"Young master, I'll go and arrange it for you."

"Go, madam, you can go too, Ke'er can't be busy alone."

"Yes, husband."

Zhao Wanshuang followed Ke'er forward, she didn't ask so much, and she didn't want to entangle Li Zhou, this kind of thing, she was never tired of it, Li Zhou sat there, waiting for the people to come, and soon, two figures came, Xiao Wu came with Master Di, after coming up, Xiao Wu obediently went down, and Li Zhou and Di Renjie were left here.

Di Renjie looked at Li Zhou, I don't know why, why did Li Zhou call himself here at this time, what did he want to do?

"I don't know what His Highness ordered the lower officials to come to?"

is neither humble nor arrogant, and his words do not have much respect, he uses his set of officialdom etiquette to deal with Li Zhou, Li Zhou doesn't want to talk so much nonsense with him, and says directly: "Your Highness heard that Lord Di will go to Guanzhong in the near future, I don't know what Lord Di thinks?" ”

Di Renjie was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that His Highness already knew, and said with a normal expression: "Back to Your Highness, it's really the case, the lower officials don't dare to have any ideas, just do what needs to be done." ”

"Oh, Lord Di has this ability, His Royal Highness believes it, but does Lord Di have this resource?"

Li Zhou asked angrily, sneering, Di Renjie smiled and said nothing, he couldn't find the words to refute Li Zhou's words, it was true, he didn't have that resource, he wanted silver, silver didn't have it, he wanted food, food was not enough, those officials even chirped and said something righteous, it seemed that he was very noble, very remarkable, and didn't care about the life or death of the people below.

"Master Di, I think you are also curious about what His Highness is looking for you? His Royal Highness will not hide it from you, this time, His Royal Highness is to send you silver, food, you should not be in a hurry to refuse, this time His Highness is for the sake of those suffering soldiers and people, this money, this food, but His Highness has a request. ”

"What does Your Highness command?" Di Renjie was extremely excited in his heart, it would be great if His Highness was willing to make a move, but what did he want?

"You don't need to worry, Your Highness only needs you to catch the damn moths in the Guanzhong who don't eat and do things, kill all the ones who should be killed, and catch all the ones who should be caught, don't estimate what there is to say, His Highness has resisted for you, how?"

Di Renjie's eyes lit up, he stared at Li Zhou carefully for a long time, and then nodded seriously, with the words of this His Royal Highness, he did it, it was a big deal to be demoted, as an official, what he had to do was to do things for the people.