When things don't go your way, not to mention 10,000 years, even a breath is a long time.

Ying Zheng dropped a piece of gold cake in his hand.

"If you can't get food, this money is useless!" He said angrily.

Xiong Dang sat down silently, picked up the golden cake, put it on the table in front of Ying Zheng, and then stood beside Ying Zheng without saying a word.

A discerning eunuch will not persuade his master to "calm his anger" at this time.

After running around for eight days in a row, Ying Zheng was not able to buy any grain at a low price.

The corn that was forced to be priced by the Qin law disappeared overnight, and the inns, restaurants, and even some slightly more elaborate female lugs no longer appeared.

In its place are those grains that have risen in price.

Yingzheng is unwilling to be exploited as a fat sheep.

But reality told him that he had to accept exploitation.

Most of the people's homes have been rebuilt, and the civilian land outside the palace has been demolished.

But the work is still going on — Ying Zheng is directing the victims to dig a four-foot-wide tunnel at each end of the field to store water.

The daily meals for the victims of the disaster have changed from three meals that exceed the standard to two meals for the normal middle peasants and rich peasants.

The reduction of one meal is ostensibly because the most important relief work has been completed, and there is no need to win the hearts of the victims with over-the-top meals.

But in reality, it is because the food shortage cannot be solved.

Wang Jian sent 500 able-bodied husbands to work for training, which meant that there were fewer fishermen, and there were fewer dried fish and shrimp that could be harvested.

And these 500 people who are training, after they start practicing, their appetite will only increase, not decrease.

Inputs are not growing, but consumption is increasing, and the decrease in food day by day makes Yingzheng extremely anxious.

He wanted to ask Ju Zizhou for help more than once.

But thinking of Ju Zizhou's words, he couldn't resist the thought of asking for help and chose to find a way by himself.

But the result is obvious – no way.

In other words, there is no other way but to accept the exploitation of profiteers.

Ying Zheng felt very aggrieved.

He is the grandson of the dignified King of Qin, and he is the person who holds the righteousness that the ancestors of the Qin State could not grasp.

But he was handled by a group of stupid people on such a trivial matter as food.

even obediently accept the exploitation.

Why?

Every time Ying Zheng thought about this, he was furious.

It's the end of September!

In previous years, the crops should have been ready to be harvested by this time.

After harvesting the crops, you can prepare for the cat winter.

In a few days, it will be October, and we will enter the next year!

"In a few days, after the new grain is harvested, will the price of grain really be reduced?" Ying Zheng asked.

Xiong beside him was relieved when he saw Yingzheng regain his composure, and replied: "In previous years, this was the case. ”

Ying Zheng sighed: "How long is the food in our hands enough to eat now?" ”

"If you save some money, it's no problem to last for another ten days." Xiong Dang replied.

Ying Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, but he felt that something was not right: "You go and ask Mr. to come, just say that I want to ask him for advice." ”

"No." Xiong Dang received the order and soon invited the inquiry.

After Xun and Yingzheng met each other, they asked, "Is Wang Sunzheng still worried about food?" ”

"What the teacher said is very true." Ying Zheng said: "Zheng is indeed still working on food matters. ”

"Now it's time to harvest grain, and the surplus grain in the hands of the government is only enough for the victims to eat for more than ten days, Xiong Dang told me that after harvesting the grain in a few days, the price of grain will drop, as the teacher sees, right?"

Asked the beard and frowned: "If you look at the usual situation, the surrounding areas of Xianyang are often dry after August, and occasionally one or two heavy rains cannot solve the problem of water use in farmland. ”

"After the first month, the new grain in Shu County will come down, whether it is operated by the merchants, or whether it is to pay taxes to Xianyang, there will be new grain coming in, and the price of old grain will be cheap, which is a sure thing."

"But this year is different." Xun shook his head: "This year, the surrounding areas of Xianyang have been hit by rain, and many people's fields have no harvest, but they can't afford to skip food. ”

"Therefore, even if the new grain comes down, according to the old man's estimate, the price of grain will not drop too much before February next year!"

Ying Zheng's face showed worry: "Really? ”

"It's just the old man's family's words." Xun shook his head: "If Wang Sunzheng still has doubts, you can ask Mr. Ju to see if he has any other ideas." ”

Test?

Ying Zheng glanced at the inquiry.

This old man has always wanted to test Ju Zizhou, and Yingzheng knows it.

But at this time......

Ying Zheng gritted his teeth: It's a big deal to admit defeat, and let the senior brother take the "lead" for the time being!

He nodded, bowed again, and said, "Thank you Juzi for solving your doubts." ”

Xun nodded: "Since Wang Sunzheng already has a plan, then the old man will go to repair the crossbow stored in the warehouse first." ”

"Zheng Gong sent the teacher."

Ying Zheng sent the inquiry away, made up his mind, and said to Xiong Dang: "Prepare the car, go see my senior brother." ”

"No."

The carriage was sparkling, and Xun stood in the dark to see Ying Zheng get into the car, rushed to the south of the city, and said to the disciples behind him: "What has Ju Zizhou been doing these days? ”

"He didn't do anything, he looked very interesting, and he was probably scared by us." A disciple replied, "Juzi, this Ju Zizhou, is he really from our Mo family?" ”

The old man showed disdain on his face: "Definitely not!" ”

"Then why does Juzi still pretend to believe in Wang Sunzheng?"

"Because we don't have a choice." The inquiry gaze was cold: "After the Mo family was divided into three points, my generation entered Qin, and it gradually declined, discarding the insistence on "righteousness". ”

"Do you know why?"

"I don't know."

"Because...... The monarch doesn't want to see my generation like it was a hundred and fifty years ago, when Zi Mozi was still there. ”

Once the Mo people form an association, they will not obey the laws of any country, but insist on their own "righteousness" and "law", which no one can stop. ”

"For the Qin State, this kind of thing is shaking the "Qin Law"! There was a transparent wisdom in the cloudy eyes of the inquiry: "This is what no Qin Jun wants to see." ”

What they want to see is that the ink man gives up "righteousness" and "law", and does the work of ordinary craftsmen with peace of mind, creating siege equipment and killing weapons for them. ”

"So I can only do the work of craftsmen!" The voice of hatred said: "And you can't do the things of the inkman!" ”

"So I can only trust Wang Sunzheng." "Even if it is his clumsy lie, I will believe it together!" ”

"Then why are we still staring at that Ju Zizhou?"

"Because he's different!" There was a hint of confusion in his tone: he had "told" me something different. ”

"Hasn't Juzi never seen Ju Zizhou?"

Ju Zizhou told Wang Sunzheng, and Wang Sunzheng used these things in the process of helping the victims, and I saw that this was his "dialogue" with me. ”

"And what did he say?"

……

"Senior brother, will the price of food rise or fall in a few days?" Ying Zheng asked impatiently.

"It should go up." Ju Zizhou said.

"Is there really no way you can get me some food?"

"Probably not." Ju Zizhou sighed: "Didn't I tell you a long time ago?" ”

"I don't believe you!" Ying Zheng was angry: "Don't you just want to grasp the "dominant power"? I'll give it to you! ”

"Hurry up and help me buy food!" Ying Zheng shouted.

"Calm down!" Ju Zizhou looked at Ying Zheng's angry appearance, frowned and said, "Why do you think I have a way?" ”

"You must have a way!" Ying Zheng stared at Ju Zizhou deadly: "There must be!" ”

"I'm not omnipotent!" Ju Zizhou sighed: "Ah Zheng, you seem to have some fallacies - the knowledge of our school is very powerful, it goes straight to the root, it can be used to guide our reality, it can help you master the "production relations", it can help you unify Kyushu, and it can help you destroy the Six Kingdoms. ”

"But our knowledge is not omnipotent!" Ju Zizhou looked at Ying Zheng with a serious expression: "I told you a long time ago: we have countless ways to explain the world, but the important thing is always to transform the world!" ”

"No matter how smart I am, I can't conjure food out of thin air!"

"There is no one in this world who can ignore the constraints of "productivity" and do such a thing! ”

"The food you want must be grown by someone else!"

"Once the harvest of the person who grows the grain fails, the food you want will not be possible!"

"It's a rule, it's an iron law, it's an iron law that water flows down, fire makes people feel hot, and people who don't eat will be hungry!"

Ying Zheng pursed his mouth, very aggrieved.

"So what?"

"Buy." Ju Zizhou said succinctly: "If you don't buy it now, in a few days there will be more people buying grain, and the price of grain will rise again!" ”

Ying Zheng was very unwilling: "Is there only one way?" ”

"There's only one way!" Ju Zizhou nodded.

"Okay then......" Ying Zheng gritted his teeth and turned to leave.

"Xiongdang, you go...... Go and take out all the money in my hand, and only leave fifty catties of gold for emergency, and the rest ...... All of them were used to buy food. Ying Zheng said tiredly.

ran around a lot, and finally returned to the original point, Yingzheng was a little disheartened.

"No." Xiong Dang sighed.

He watched this child run around for several days, and of course he could understand his mood now.

"Wang Sun." Wang Qian's voice is very recognizable, and Ying Zheng can hear his joy from afar: "Wang Sun, Jian has something important to see!" ”

"Call him in." Ying Zheng waved his hand impatiently.

When he is unhappy, someone is happy in front of him, and the only thing Ying Zheng wants to do is to beat this guy out of anger.

"If you have something, just say it." Ying Zheng said.

"Jian Su knows the heart of the king and grandson to ask for food, and wishes to ......"

This is not Wang Qian's own words.

Ying Zheng frowned: "If you have something, just talk about it!" ”

"I have five thousand stones of corn, two thousand stones of bran, and five hundred stones of rice, and I am willing to serve them to the king's grandson."

It's quite balanced, with both high-priced, low-priced, and medium-priced grains.

Ying Zheng opened his mouth and asked, "What did you say?" ”