"Qing'er." When Ye Mu saw it, she was shocked, and looked at her in a daze for a while before asking, "Qing'er, did you break this mallet?" How much strength do you have? ”

"Yes, mother, my daughter has a lot of strength now, even if there is a tiger in front of me, I can beat it down lightly." Ye Tianqing said proudly.

In front of other people, she didn't dare to say that she was capable, but at this time, in order to persuade her mother to let her go, of course, the more powerful she said, the better.

"Mother originally thought that you would only be able to embroider your legs with a little fist, but she didn't expect to be so powerful, but as the saying goes, there are people outside the sky, even if your martial arts are good now, you can't be arrogant and take it lightly." Her daughter is so powerful, Ye Mu's heart is very happy in addition to shock, but she just praised it and warned again.

"Knowing my mother, I will be cautious, and my daughter will not expose the details of martial arts until the last resort." Under Ye Tianqing's repeated assurances, Ye Mu reluctantly agreed.

It's not that Ye Tianqing is unfilial, and he doesn't want to be filial to his mother's side, so he really has a reason to do it.

After saying goodbye to his mother, Ye Tianqing rejected the mention that Lin Huwei and Peng Huwei wanted to accompany in person, and after taking care of them and doing their best to protect their mother and the villagers of Yejiazhuang, he took Ma Laifu and Ding Zhongping into the mountain.

It is said that before Ding Zhongping joined the army, he was an excellent hunter, he lived next to Daqing Mountain, often went up the mountain to hunt, and was an expert hunter.

Ma Laifu has been coming to Yejiazhuang with Ye's mother for a few months, and he also likes to go into the mountains to hunt in his free time, and he is very familiar with the mountains near Yejiazhuang.

*****

Meanwhile. In Lingfeng City, Ye Houde was discussing countermeasures with the officials, but everyone was at a loss when you looked at me and I looked at you.

Except for asking the emperor to send someone to relieve the disaster, he couldn't think of any good way.

However, countless copies of the request for disaster relief have been written, but no reply has been received from the emperor.

"Lord Ye, the emperor does not send Lord Qincha to come to relieve the disaster. We have no money or food. I couldn't discuss any good way, so I had to wait. ”

It was Meng Fuchen who spoke, that is, Meng Jieyu's father, for him. There was no disaster in the northwest. There is nothing for the common people to eat. It has nothing to do with him.

He just needs to stare at the capital and pay attention to whether his daughter is favored, as long as his daughter is favored. Then their Meng family will have a good life.

"Yes, Lord Ye, if the imperial court doesn't come to provide disaster relief, we can't discuss anything here, it's just a waste of time, it's better to do our own things, if the things in hand can't be completed, it will affect the evaluation." Another official who was very close to Meng Fucheng chimed in.

"Yes, yes, there is no food and no money, and there is nothing we can do." There were a few more excuses.

Ye Houde knew that while these people were counting on the emperor to send people to provide disaster relief, they themselves did not take the people's suffering seriously at all, and they were only worried about whether this disaster would affect their promotion.

"You are waiting for the imperial court to come forward for disaster relief, but what this official wants to tell you is that this morning this morning this official received an official letter from above, saying that last year's Jiangnan flood, the grain depot was empty, and there was no food available, so let us find our own way to relieve the disaster."

If he hadn't received this official letter that made his heart burn, Ye Houde wouldn't have wanted to urgently gather these people together to discuss disaster relief.

"What, there's a reply up there?"

"The emperor doesn't send someone to relieve the disaster?"

"No food available?"

"What can I do?"

……

Hearing the news, all the officials present, whether sincere or fake, asked in panic.

"That's true, the official letter is here, you can circulate it." Ye Houde brought an official letter on the table to Meng Fucheng, who was sitting under him, sighed, looked at everyone worriedly, and said.

"It's true! What can I do? The imperial court does not send people to relieve the disaster, so many people in the northwest have no food to eat, and there may be chaos at that time. ”

"Yes, starving to death is a trivial matter, if someone gathers a crowd to make trouble, it is a great big thing."

"Yes, yes, since ancient times, once the disaster is severe and the imperial court is not effective in disaster relief, those Diao people will make trouble, not only will they rob the rich households, but they will also occupy the mountains as kings and gather people to revolt, if this kind of thing happens in our northwest, how can it be good?"

……

For a while, there were different opinions, and no matter what the purpose, they were all worried about the food problem of the people in the northwest.

"You're right to have these concerns, but if we can figure out a way to keep people from starving, then what you're worried about won't happen." Ye Tianqing patted the table gently, glanced around with his majestic eyes, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then continued: "Therefore, the most important thing in front of me is how to solve the problem of eating for so many people, I hope everyone can speak freely and try to come up with a practical solution." ”

It's just that after he finished speaking, those people either lowered their heads in contemplation, or said with bitter faces that they couldn't think of any way.

For a moment, there was silence in the chamber.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Ye Houde coughed lightly and said: "Everyone doesn't say it, the official will tell me what I think, this disaster relief, just a few of us will definitely not work, only by calling on the people of the whole northwest to take action together, those who have money to pay, those who have food to give food, and those who have strong efforts, can we minimize losses and achieve the purpose of disaster relief." The official wanted to first mobilize the wealthy merchants in the city to donate food and money, raise some grain and silver, first shelter those who were penniless and on the verge of starvation, and then set up a few soup kitchens so that they could live. ”

"Let people donate money and materials? In such a disaster year, in fact, the biggest losses are those big landlords, as well as those wealthy businessmen, their own lives are sad, and they want them to donate money and food, how can they be willing? As soon as Ye Houde's voice fell, Meng Fucheng jumped out.

If you want to talk about the rich man, among the officials sitting here, he has the most money, but now in his words, he is the one who has the most losses, who makes him the person who has the most land in the entire Lingfeng City.

"I think, as long as we know the reason, most people are willing to lend a hand, after all, just like everyone was worried just now, if there are more hungry people, it is inevitable that there will be a robbery of houses, rather than being killed and robbed of money, it is better to take some out and do some good deeds, besides, when the disaster has passed, when they want to resume production, where will those rich families go to find people to work for them, do they let those landlords work in the fields themselves, and the merchants themselves pull goods and sell goods?" Ye Houde refuted sternly.

(To be continued.) )