"You prepare your horse and don't ask anything else." Joan waved her hand.

The young man obeyed her, and never asked a word less than what he didn't need to know, and in a few moments, a thousand miles of horses had been delivered.

Qiao An took the reins of the horse, "Tell Childe that I will come back later today, I will go to Xicheng, let him pay attention to rest, and don't come to me." ”

"Yes."

Qiao An rode his horse and galloped, and after a short while, he had arrived in Xicheng, General Cheng looked around, saw that Shen Qiaoan had returned, and was overjoyed, and asked the soldiers to take the bamboo basket while smiling: "I thought you were gone, I wouldn't be able to cure the disease and save people, it really scared me." ”

"The general will be scared too?" Shen Qiaoan laughed while telling everyone how to use the antidote pill.

Everyone took a certain dose of pills from the guards, and after eating, they sat down in place to rest, Qiao An was also tired of running, and saw that someone had sent a small pestle over, and he was not polite, and the big lama sat under a tree.

Those people quickly ate the antidote pill, and the people were already enthusiastic, and they came over one by one to thank them, but they waved their hands, signaling them not to do this.

waited for everyone to leave, but General Cheng was at a loss.

"To get back to business, let's talk about the locust plague." General Cheng has always been concerned about the people, and he is also anxious about this locust plague.

"How long has it been?"

"It's only been three days," General Cheng said, "but the six million acres of corn in Xicheng have been destroyed, the treasury is empty, and the people are starving, what will we do in the future?" ”

"Why is the treasury empty?" In recent years, although taxes have been lightly levied, the common people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, and now a major disaster like a locust plague has not occurred for many years, and Li Zhongxuan has streamlined his administration with a streamlined army, and the state treasury is empty.

Seeing that Shen Qiaoan was thinking, General Cheng next to him said: "Liang Chaoxiong is recruiting troops and horses, spending a lot of money, and the amount of grain and grass is large, and the treasury that comes and goes is beyond its means, what can I do now?" ”

"Let's save the people first." Joan said, "Let's figure it out." ”

On the same day, after Shen Qiaoan went back, he found that Qing Gongzi was in a daze.

"How can you be in a daze?" Joan smiled.

Seeing that Qiao An was back, Qing Gongzi was overjoyed and pushed away the japonica rice porridge in front of him, "I met the housekeeper who was in charge of my ranch today, we haven't seen each other for more than three years, and now he is also rich and a good businessman." ”

Qiao An already knew this, but he had to pretend to be ignorant, and at the same time he had to match it with an inquiring look of "willing to hear it in detail", Naqing Gongzi saw that Qiao An was listening, and said: "It can be seen that in the thirty years of Hedong and thirty years of Hexi, no one will always be the same." ”

"When the heart changes, everything changes." Qiao An smiled, and seemed to have tasted the loss of Qing Gongzi, "Shen Qingnian, you haven't wasted your time, your business is much more prosperous than your friend's." ”

Hearing Qiao An say this, Qing Gongzi smiled faintly.

"I don't have any ambitions." He looked at Joan.

"There are so many businesses in Taoyuan County, and life here is also smooth, what do you do with arrogance? According to me, it is important to cure your illness first. Joan smiled.

In fact, she is very eager to talk to Qing Gongzi now.

Qing Gongzi stared at Qiao An, and from his expression he had peeked into his heart, and sighed lightly, "I know what you want to say, Xuanwu said that you went to Xicheng, and now that Xicheng is seriously affected, you can't look past it, and you are going to discuss with me to send some rice grain to the people, yes or no?" ”

Shen Qiaoan couldn't imagine that Qing Gongzi would be so smart and draw inferences from each other.

"I," Qiao An was a little distressed, after being with herself, Qing Gongzi was always sacrificing, she was very guilty, but there were still things to do, Zhengse said: "I'm not talking to you, I'm pleading, I hope you can help me." ”

"I don't want to help you." Qing Gongzi stretched out his hand, and scraped the bridge of Qiao An's nose with his cold index finger, "I want to help the people, and now I don't have a lot, just five hundred stones, how about it?" ”

"Five hundred stones?"

This result far exceeded Qiao An's expectations, one stone is two hundred catties, five hundred stones, that is an unusually large amount, so that Shen Qiao An is in awe of Qing Gongzi.

"I, I thank you on behalf of the people, you can rest assured, I will pay you back sooner or later." A pound of wheat is five cents, but five hundred is not a thousand taels of gold?

"I'm helping them prove that I'm not a wicked person." Qing Gongzi smiled and got up, "Maybe I did too many bad things before, so donate some now, and be at ease, you still have to prepare for this matter." ”

When Joan heard this, she was very excited.

On the second day, Qiao An went to General Cheng and told him about the donation of 500 stones, General Cheng couldn't imagine that at this critical juncture, Qing Gongzi would be so impassioned, he was very excited, "I almost can't wait to run to tell the emperor about it immediately." ”

"Shen Qingnian is most afraid of causing trouble, you don't need to tell the emperor about this, everyone is fine, I transferred rice and grain, and you can settle down at that time."

General Cheng nodded again and again.

Qiao An didn't want Li Zhongxuan to know that he had come to Zhongjing, even if it was such a generous gift from Yo Puppet, Qiao An didn't want to leave his name.

"It looks like a lot, but it's actually a drop in the bucket." Qiao An said: "You still have to think of a way." ”

"Me?" General Cheng scratched his ears and cheeks, "What do I have to do?" ”

"Come closer, and I'll tell you the best way to do it." Qiao An hooked his fingers, General Cheng immediately approached, Qiao An said three words, and General Cheng suddenly looked bitter: "How is this good?" ”

"In a crisis, give it a try."

Shen Qiaoan needs to do two things next, and the two things are parallel, they need to be properly arranged, and the time is urgent. For the first thing, Qiao An needs to allocate rice and grain, and the second thing is that the imperial court needs to find a way to deal with the locusts.

Recently, she has been busy with the front and back, but she has abandoned the inn's business.

Since that day, when Gongzi Qing reunited with Guan Qiushan again, Guan Qiushan came to drink every three or five days, and almost every time he came, he had to persuade two words of "Dongshan Comeback".

Gradually, Guan Qiushan also knew that Qing Gongzi donated 500 stone of grain to the imperial court, and when he heard this, he also said impassionedly: "I am also doing business in Zhongjing now, and the so-called taking from the people should also be used by the people, and I will also donate 100 stones." ”

That Guan Qiushan is actually a very capable businessman, and as soon as he donates here, many people also donate, but after all, this is a thankless task, and the amount of rice and grain donated is limited.

On this day, Liang Chaoxiong was also anxious, and talked to the officials in the court about this matter, but people knew that the treasury was empty, and they couldn't talk about being ugly after chatting.

In the end, Li Zhongxuan was smart and said: "Regent, I see, these businessmen have money, and if they want to save the people, they have to be tied up with them." ”

"You're light!" That Liang Chaoxiong thought that this "Li Zhongxuan" was the actor "Li Zhongxuan" he was looking for in the Chunhe Sheng Opera Team, so he didn't take it very seriously.

But Li Zhongxuan said: "The so-called observation of a thousand swords and recognition of weapons, although I am a small student in the troupe, but you don't insult me, I now have a way, I can get the remaining rice and grain within a day." ”

That Liang Chaoxiong sneered: "It's a big word again, you are such an ignorant person, what can you do?" ”

Li Zhongxuan smiled, "I have a way at this moment, just look at it, regent." ”

Liang Chaoxiong waited and waited, in the afternoon, Li Zhongxuan had already found a way to find General Cheng, "You go to the Shanggong Bureau and let them make some plaques, they want to be long and big." ”

Hearing Li Zhongxuan say this, General Cheng was immediately confused, "Your Majesty, when is it, what are you doing with a plaque?" ”

Li Zhongxuan stopped General Cheng's question with his eyes.

In the end, the country has the ability to move mountains and reclaim the sea, only a short time, a lot of plaques have been done, the treasury of rosewood, wenge, boxwood and arhat wood abound, every year is eaten by insects, at this moment after polishing and carving, it is a very good plaque special material.

Li Zhongxuan held the brush and began to inscribe the plaque, "Dehou Liufang", what "Hou Liufang", "Hou Virtue" and what "deserve the name", and wrote a lot.

"You send these out, and along the way find the people from the Ministry of Rites to blow and blow, and it will be lively and lively, and the food will arrive in the afternoon."

When Li Zhongxuan and Qiao An were together, they also often did business, and he knew the mind of a businessman best, when a person had a lot of money to count, that person began to seek fame.

Especially the businessman, a businessman who cherishes feathers and is exquisite, eats very well in the imperial capital, and some people do not hesitate to spend nine hundred taels of silver to have a meal with a certain Belle Ye.

And today, Li Zhongxuan effortlessly wrote a plaque of praise to them, and sent it out in such a lively and lively manner, those rich people were naturally happy, and according to the number of donations, the plaque will also become larger.

In this way, everyone is happy.

In the afternoon, the donated food really arrived, and Liang Chaoxiong was dumbfounded.

However, despite the continuous donation of grain, this year there was a drought and a locust plague, and the locusts were still unscrupulous, and these rice grains only lasted for three days and five days.

Qiao An really couldn't get it out, so Qiao An wrote to contact Luo Huaiyi, and Luo Huaiyi also donated 200 stones.

He was originally a businessman who had returned after his money had been scattered, so 200 stone was an astronomical amount for him, and Qiao An couldn't raise donations, so he could only stop fighting.

On the other side, Guan Qiushan was upset for Qing Gongzi, because he said: "My emperor over there also gave a piece of Dehou Liufang, Gongzi, you were the first to donate, and the amount is so huge, don't you have a name at all?" ”

"I don't want to be famous, Qiu Shan, I can get through this period safely, I'm very happy."

How did Guan Qiushan know that the reason why he didn't send the plaque over was because General Cheng was afraid of exposing the information of Qing Gongzi and Qiao An, and there was another meaning here.

As for where the rest of the rice grain came from, General Cheng could only do it according to Qiao An's arrangement, and he met Liang Hongyu today.

Hongyu hadn't met with General Cheng alone for a long time, and this time she was overjoyed when she saw General Cheng coming, "I see you leading Yu Linlang to patrol everywhere every day, and I want to say hello to you, but I have also retreated, and now you have time to find me?" ”

"Hongyu, I'm asking for help."

When Liang Hongyu heard this, her eyes flashed, and she said angrily: "I know that you are not at ease, and now you must be looking for me for rice grain, where do I have rice grain?" ”

"You can't die without help."

General Cheng grinds hard and bubbles, entangled day by day, that Liang Hongyu admires General Cheng after all, and then advises Liang Chaoxiong twice, that Liang Chaoxiong is an iron rooster who is a hairless, and he is reluctant to donate anything.

At this moment, Hongyu said: "Daddy, you and I are Turkic, and now that you are the regent, it is not good to be in the right name, how can the mouth of the world be eliminated?" Isn't this your best opportunity and time? Why do you have to do that? ”

Liang Chaoxiong did not allocate funds, Hongyu pestered Liang Chaoxiong, Hongyu had no results, General Cheng pestered Hongyu, so after three days, Liang Chaoxiong finally couldn't hold on, and put down 500 stone of grain, and the people barely survived.