Chapter 404: Hoarding Grain

Not long after, Chen's mother was led to Liu Zhong's house by Sango.

Liu Zhongshi saw that Liu Rong had a serious face, and at first glance, he looked like he was going to talk about business, so he asked the nurse to take the starling away.

Starling is staying comfortable in Liu Rong's arms, where is he willing to let the nurse take it away. The nurse struggled and cried as soon as she got started, if it was usual, Liu Rong would definitely take the sticky brother back and coax her for a while, but this time she also wanted to deal with what she wanted to do to ask Chen's mother to do immediately.

The most important thing is that I want everyone in the house to disperse, so this time the starling cried and didn't take over.

The starling cried for a while, and when he saw that it was useless, he let the nurse take him away, but before the starling was taken away, Liu Rong still comforted her.

promised to play with the starling after finishing the work, and the starling's demeanor was better.

Don't look at the starlings small, they will only say one word every time they speak, but when adults speak, they can understand everything, and the aura is amazing.

After sending the starling away, she sent the people in the house again, leaving only Liu Zhong and Sango, and Liu Rong looked at Chen's mother who was sitting in front of her.

Mother Chen looked at Liu Rong obviously a little nervous, if it was three years ago, who would have thought that the thin and weak little girl could become the princess she is today, even now, Mother Chen still feels a little dizzy.

A fallen Houmen concubine, but became a high-ranking princess, you must know that even if Lu Dao becomes a unique imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital, it is already a great honor in her opinion, not to mention her current status.

Even though Chen's mother used to follow the old lady, she was a person who had seen the world. Facing today's Liu Rong, I still can't help but be nervous.

O princess, the only princess of Great Xia.

It stands to reason that she shouldn't be so nervous in the face of Liu Rong, after all, she has been following Liu Rong's side since the old lady's death, and she is Liu Rong's person.

But because Liu Rong was not in the mansion, and Liu Zhong's management of the Wending Marquis Mansion needed people, so after she followed Liu Rong, she was assigned by Liu Rong to the Liu Zhong Clan, and then she was responsible for the property in the hands of the Liu Zhong Clan, which was not the Wending Marquis Mansion. Therefore, I have never had any more dealings with Liu Rong after that.

This will be called out of nowhere. The coral screamed quickly, and he didn't say anything for it, so he was naturally drumming in his heart. I can't help but think carefully about whether there has been a mistake in the past two years that she didn't find out herself, but asked the third lady to discover.

I thought about it countless times. I can't think of it anywhere. Chen's mother couldn't help but be even more nervous. The temper of the third lady. When the old lady was there, she had seen it, and when she didn't provoke it. That's a big good guy, but once you touch the bottom line, it's terrible.

If there is really something serious wrong that she doesn't know about herself, the third lady is afraid that she will be replaced immediately, and maybe she will be driven out of the Wending Marquis Mansion, then everything she makes everyone envy now will be gone.

The more she thought about it, the more nervous Chen's mother became, and she almost didn't know where to put it.

Seeing that Chen's mother was so nervous, Liu Rong couldn't help but wonder, and after thinking about it carefully, she didn't do anything to scare people, why did she make Chen's mother so scared, if she hadn't checked the property managed by Chen's mother before, she knew that there was no problem, and when she saw Chen's mother like this, I am afraid that she would have to wonder if Chen's mother had done something excessive.

Thinking of this, Liu Rong couldn't help but speak to comfort: "Mother Chen doesn't have to be so nervous, you can be regarded as an old man on my side, I called you this time, mainly to hand over one thing to you, and there is nothing else."

Hearing Liu Rong say this, Chen's mother let out a sigh of relief, knowing that Liu Rong didn't find anything wrong with her, nor did she want to replace her, so she put her mind at ease and hurriedly responded to Liu Rong: "The third miss just commands, and if she can do things for the third miss, that is the blessing of the old slave." ”

Seeing Chen's mother relaxed, Liu Rong said to Chen's mother: "This matter is not big or small, but it needs to be kept secret. “

Liu Rong's words, Liu Zhong's family couldn't help but get nervous, what is this, to be so secret.

Liu Rong didn't sell it either, and after Chen's mother responded to this matter, she spoke directly to Chen's mother: "From now on, I want to buy grain from the major grain merchants in the capital separately, don't let these people find out that it's just the Wending Marquis family who is buying these things." ”

Liu Rong said slightly: "In addition, I also want you to collect food from all the places where you can receive food, the fastest harvest, as long as you can feed your stomach, you can collect anything." How much silver do you need, you go directly to Steward Yao of Rongfu to get it, and I will say hello. You just have to collect as much food as you can. ”

Liu Rong's words, the three people in the house were all shocked, Coral didn't have much knowledge, Liu Zhong's and Chen's mother's faces turned white in an instant, collecting rice like this, but it was forbidden by the imperial court, could it be that Liu Rong was going to help the general collect food, could it be that the general wanted to rebel?

Thinking of this possibility, Liu Zhong's opened his mouth and wanted to say something, after all, her mother's Zhong family, was dragged into the rebellion by the prince in the first place, and it was only she who was left alone.

But Liu Zhong's last choice was to be silent, just looking at Liu Rong's gaze was extremely firm.

In any case, Liu Rong is her daughter, and no matter what her daughter wants to do, she supports it!

After the initial shock and fright, Mother Chen gritted her teeth at Liu Rong and responded to this matter: "Okay, Third Miss, I'll deal with this matter right now." ”

Mother Chen stood up as she spoke, saluted the people in the room, and walked out quickly.

Liu Rong didn't know that these two people thought she was going to rebel, and they continued to think after doing all this.

In ancient times, there was no economic macro-control, which means one thing, that is, once the catastrophe broke out, the price of food will rise soaringly, and now it has only rained for three days in the capital, and I am afraid that it will start in a few days, which will increase the living burden of the people in the capital, and maybe countless people will starve to death.

So she has to collect a batch of food before that, so that she can curb the price of food a little bit, even if she doesn't do this, and help some refugees.

"Rong'er." Just as Liu Rong was thinking about what else the West Hospital could prepare first, whether to collect some more medicines and let the county lord of Yongcheng also give some silver, she heard Liu Zhong's voice sound.

As soon as Liu Rong looked up, she found that Liu Zhong had taken out a wooden box out of nowhere, opened the wooden box, and in addition to some delicate small jewelry, there were also some silver tickets.

"What is this?" Liu Rong looked puzzled.

"Since you want to do such a thing, you must need a lot of silver, and your mother doesn't have much on her, this is the silver you have saved from the property you have purchased in the past two years, and you take it." Liu Zhongshi said as he closed the wooden box and stuffed it into Liu Rong's hand.

Liu Rong wondered, could it be that Liu Zhong's family had already seen that she was going to help the people in the capital?

She also wanted to do her part to make these people more comfortable because the people in the capital had helped her a lot, but she didn't expect Liu Zhong's to see this just by looking at her buying food.

But this is the silver that Liu Zhong's family has saved with great difficulty, she can't take it, where is there anything she wants to do something good and let her mother pay for it.

Besides, she still has a lot of savings, which should be enough, even if it is not enough, it is estimated that the county lord of Yongcheng will like to participate in the rescue of the victims, after all, she was forced by the county lord of Yongcheng to find a way to earn money for the relief of the victims.

So in any case, the silver should be enough, if it is really not enough, Liu Zhong's silver can't do anything, it is better to let Liu Zhong's continue to save, so that he can help the starling in the future.

Liu Zhongshi saw that Liu Rong didn't want it, so he forced the silver into Liu Rong's hand: "You are my daughter, my silver is not your silver, but buying food is a big deal after all, and the court is not allowed to collect it like this, so you have to keep an eye on Chen's mother carefully, don't let Chen's mother show her feet and let people find out about this matter." ”

"Then what you want to do will be exposed, and the Marquis of Wending's Mansion and Prince Guo's Mansion will be finished." Liu Zhong looked at Liu Rong and said seriously: "You are different from the situation of the Zhong family this time, you are personally involved in such a thing, you must be careful." ”

Liu Rong looked at Liu Zhong's solemn expression, and couldn't help but wonder, she just wanted to help the refugees, why was Liu Zhong's serious like this. It's like parting with life and death.

Even if the matter of saving people is exposed, it won't be so serious, right? At most, those grain merchants raised prices earlier than they imagined, right?

Although Liu Rong is smart, she may not have imagined this, in order not to let those grain merchants realize that she collects grain, hoards grain, and then raises prices rapidly, she asks Chen's mother to keep it secret, but it makes Liu Zhong's and Chen's mother think that she wants to help Shangguan Yu rebel.

But because of this, something happened later.

It's a pity that Liu Rong didn't notice that something was wrong with Liu Zhong's words, because in addition to the problem of food, there are other things that need to be dealt with in the catastrophe, such as when the people are sick, they will go to the Western Hospital for treatment and need medicinal materials.

For example, if there is a disaster in other places, and there is really a plague in the future, maybe she will be asked to go for treatment.

So this will encounter a situation that I don't understand, Liu Rong doesn't want to think about it for the time being, she just wants to plan what she is doing first, and think carefully about how to make the next life as easy as possible for these affected people.

Speaking of which, if the court could give early warning, maybe it would be better, but unfortunately she really didn't want to deal with the emperor.

However, if grain hoarding is forbidden by the imperial court, it is really not good not to hand it over to the emperor.

Liu Rong gritted her teeth and decided to go to the palace, not to come back to do a good thing, but to turn it into a bad thing and harm herself.

It's just that before that, she has to go to Prince Guo's Mansion to find the county lord of Yongcheng. (To be continued......)