In a small room in the state capital, all the wealthy businessmen and magnates in Luzhou gathered.

Nangong Ling sat in the first place and looked around the audience. "You are all people with heads and faces in Luzhou, natural disasters in Luzhou, people are displaced, and there is no food, it is time for you to contribute to the country."

At this point, Nangong Ling's words were so far, there was a burst of restlessness underneath, and there were many voices of disdain, so it was not easy to pluck these iron roosters.

"Your Highness, we are all from Luzhou, and we should do our best to help our hometown when it is affected by the disaster; What's more, if you come forward in person, we should not shirk it. But you also know that Luzhou has been in drought for a long time, and there is no harvest, so we really have no grain in stock. ”

"Yes, yes," "Please ask Your Highness to be considerate of me." ”

The refusal was obvious, Nangong Ling was not flustered, and said calmly, "You are all businessmen, the word is the head, this king naturally understands, you might as well take a look at this." ”

Nangong Ling gestured, and the entourage behind him immediately distributed the paper-like objects to the hands of the wealthy businessmen.

"W-what is this?"

Nangong Ling leaned forward slightly against the chair, "Ladies and gentlemen, Luzhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with developed agriculture and is known as the granary of the world. If it's a disaster year, you're naturally not worried about food sales, but if it's a good year, your food will also be unsalable, right? ”

This..... Seeing that they frequently looked sideways at each other, Nangong Ling knew that he was right, it was true.

He continued, "As you know, Liguo has military camps in various places to protect the peace of the place. Do you know how many soldiers there were in Liguo? How much food do these soldiers need each year? ”

They are all smart people, Nangong Ling's words have come to this point, these businessmen probably already understand what they mean, this is a big deal, if they can be won, they don't have to worry about sales anymore.

Cautiously probing, "Your Highness, what do you mean?" ”

"As you think, this piece of paper is the proof for the military to buy grain from you. As long as you can join hands with the imperial court today to help the people of Luzhou tide over the difficulties, the imperial court will remember your contribution to Liguo, and you can take this certificate away. If you do not want to, this king will not force you. ”

"Of course, this king is not an unreasonable person, and the imperial court buys the grain stored in your house at the market price."

These businessmen are very shrewd, and the little abacus in their stomachs is doubly loud. The small piece of paper in front of me is full of temptation. Although there will be some losses this time, it will be a profitable business after that.

"Your Highness, the grass people are willing to give three points of profit to solve the urgent need of Luzhou."

"Your Highness, the grass people are also willing."

"I do, too!" "The grass people are willing, too."

Nangong Ling smiled with satisfaction, he had already expected the situation in front of him. These businessmen will not be unable to distinguish the pros and cons.

The next day, the wealthy businessmen took out the grain stored in the house one after another to help the victims.

Ruoxi's mission on this trip is to protect Nangong Ling's safety. The intention of the saint can be understood by Ruoxi. It is not only to establish the people's hearts of Nangong Ling, but also to examine its ability. As a last resort, Ruoxi did not intend to interfere with Nangong Ling's decision. What I didn't expect was that this Nangong Ling could think of using military rations as a temptation to force the gentry to take out money and grain for disaster relief. I have to say, this trick is really smart.

However, this can only solve the problem for a while, but cannot fundamentally solve the problem. If you want to see how Nangong Ling wants to solve it.

Temporarily alleviating the disaster, Nangong Ling went down to inspect again without stopping. "General, Your Highness has gone out again, and your subordinates have ordered someone to accompany you to protect you."

Out again? For two days, Nangong Ling went out almost every day, walking east and west, and it didn't stop much.

Aside from anything else, Nangong Ling really wants to do something practical for the people of Luzhou. Nangong Ling read the state chronicles of Luzhou and studied them carefully. Although Luzhou is known as the granary of the world, it is actually completely dependent on the sky for food. The severe drought in the past two years has greatly reduced Luzhou's grain output, and this year's floods have caused no harvest.

Nangong Ling gradually had an idea in his heart, maybe he could make Luzhou a real country of abundance.

"Chen Taishou, is there anyone in Luzhou who is proficient in water conservancy?"

Chen Youqing, think about it, Luzhou does have such a talent.

"Bring someone here."

Chen Youqing watched the two of them write and draw a few cases in front of him for some reason, and he tossed for most of the day.

Chen Youqing pondered and spoke, "Your Highness, the construction of water conservancy can indeed ensure the drought and flood of Luzhou, but now that the people have just been affected by the disaster, and they are building water conservancy on a large scale, I am afraid that they will not be able to do so." ”

Nangong Ling's confident appearance made Chen Youqing unable to figure out what medicine he was selling in his gourd.

"Chen Taishou, inform the people of Luzhou: the state treasury allocated funds for the construction of water conservancy in Luzhou, and the people of Luzhou voluntarily participated in the construction.

Nangong Ling's policy made Chen Youqing, who was still skeptical, completely convinced, high, it was too high!

Allowing people to participate in labor can not only increase their income, but also ensure their vitality; It can also absorb the social labor force and avoid too many disaster victims from becoming a factor of social instability. It can also make a long-term plan for Luzhou and fundamentally solve the problem!

Such a strategy that kills multiple birds with one stone is really hard for ordinary people to think of! is really worthy of the prince of my dynasty, His Royal Highness King Ling, is really powerful!

Chen Youqing, who was extremely excited, immediately drafted an article and announced it to the public, and for a while, the people flocked to the government to sign up.

This strategy, even Ling Ruoxi couldn't help but admire! That's smart!

Nangong Ling rushed 800 miles to report the situation in Luzhou to Nangong Chen, and Nangong Chen quickly launched a plan to promote it in the disaster-stricken states in the south of the Yangtze River.

This imperial nephew really didn't disappoint him!

Just when everyone was full of enthusiasm and preparing to rebuild Luzhou, the accident happened again.

At the construction site, people fell ill one after another.

At first, there was a small-scale stomach trouble, and later, there were almost no safe and sound people, and many people lost their lives.

"What's going on? Is it the plague? Nangong Ling asked.

"Not really. Since coming to Luzhou, medicines have been put into all parts of the city, including water sources, and a large number of preventive medicines have been boiled for the victims to take, so it stands to reason that there will be no more plagues, and even if they do, they will not be so large in scale and so fast. Lu Wan has been taking the doctor in Luzhou to prevent the epidemic, and when something like this suddenly happened, she was also caught off guard and at a loss.

"Where's the latest one to get sick?" In the face of the sudden incident, Nangong Ling did not have any panic, was absolutely calm, and thought of the crux of the problem at the first time.

Lu Wan brought everyone to the first person who fell ill, and simply because he was an adult man, his physical fitness was relatively good, and he was still alive.

"Can you get him to speak? Or can he find his loved ones? "This man is alive, but he hangs in one breath, and he can't ask questions.

"Bachelor, no family." Lu Wan said she was helpless.

Ruoxi looked around, and the accompanying doctor took the silver needle in his hand, "In half a moment, if you want to ask something, hurry up and ask." ”

"No way!" Lu Wan, a soft and weak woman, didn't know where the courage burst out, and she directly reached out to stop Ruoxi's hand that was about to get a needle, "If you go down with this needle, he won't be saved!" "It's killing! As a healer, Lu Wan couldn't watch Ruoxi do this no matter what.

"Kill one, save everyone!"

"No! He's not dead, he's still alive! Lu Wan didn't let Ruoxi get a needle no matter what.

"Mo Ze, take Miss Luwan out."

Mo Ze dragged the person out, and Mo Ze's whispered voice of comfort could be faintly heard.

If the silver needle enters the acupoint, mobilizes his body's own functions, and is supplemented by internal support, it makes this dying person speak.

What a strong internal force! Nangong Ling sighed in her heart!

"Do you remember what you ate before you got sick? What have you drunk? ”

"No, I didn't eat anything, so I drank porridge."

"I had a stomachache after drinking porridge."

The man didn't say a few words before he died.

"Your Highness, General!" Chen Taishou ran over panting, "The minister went to ask the other sick people, and they all said that they had not eaten anything except the porridge in the porridge shed before the onset of the disease. ”

As with the result they asked, is it a problem with porridge?

"Blocking the news, absolutely not letting the people know." Nangong Ling's first reaction was that someone was going to attack him. If he puts porridge and makes the people eat problems, then it will not only affect himself, but even the court he represents will lose trust with the people.

Nangong Ling and Ruoxi ignored everyone's dissuasion and tasted the porridge themselves, "It seems to be poison." ”

In terms of drug recognition, Nangong Ling is naturally inferior to this national disciple. Since Ruoxi says so, then nine times out of ten it is poison.

"Is there a solution?" In Nangong Ling's voice, the worry was clear and palpable.

Ruoxi shook his head, "I'm ashamed to say it, it's okay to know poison, but if you talk about detoxification, I'm afraid..."

"General, no! A large number of people flocked to him. As if to verify the soldier's words, a noisy shout was immediately heard behind the crowd.

It seems that the news of the poisonous porridge has spread, and these people have come to ask for explanations.

"Midori!" Moze's exclamation exploded behind him.

I don't know when Lu Wan, who came over, took advantage of everyone's experience to be attracted away, and actually picked up a bowl of poisonous porridge and drank it all.

"You, what are you doing here?" Moze said.

"Detoxify!" She is a healer, proficient in pharmacology, and can only feel the effect of the drug by testing the poison herself, and can configure the antidote in the shortest possible time.

"Help me, catalytic properties!" The firmness in Lu Wan's eyes made Mo Ze unable to refuse, but he couldn't do it either.

"Help me!" Lu Wan asked again.

No matter!

Mo Ze picked up the person by the waist and carried him into the house.

"Your Highness, please also excuse yourself for the time being, and leave it to the ministers here." Ruoxidao.

"No, if I avoid it, I won't be able to tell it clearly!" Nangong Ling is also a stubborn temper.

Seeing crowds of people surrounding several people. The guards were guarding Nangong Ling and Ling Ruoxi as if they were facing a great enemy.

"The court put the porridge and was poisoned! You have to give us an explanation! ”

"Yes, our relatives died after drinking porridge, and you are responsible!"

"Explain! Interpretation! The angry questioning of the people threw at several people.

"Stand down!" Nangong Ling retreated from the guards and sent herself to the people without reservation.

"Everyone! Something is wrong, please believe that this matter is definitely not the work of this king or the court! Give me some time, I will find out the truth, and give everyone an explanation! ”

"Hmph, what King Ling, you are for your own merits to disregard the life and death of our people!"