Xiaoqiu ran to open the door, and suddenly exclaimed: "Ah, the prince......" Zhiying was about to lie down and sleep, and when he heard the sound, he hurriedly brought his clothes and put them on.

It was Cui Yi who came, Xiaoqiu let people into the house, Cui Yi sniffled, and asked unhappily, "What does it smell like in this house?" ”

"Back to the prince, the house will smell musty if it is old and not sunny." Lang Yue replied.

Cui Yi frowned and walked into the room: "How do you live in this kind of place, Xie Xiao arranged it for you?" ”

At noon, I didn't see Dao Zhiying coming with him in the main compartment, Cui Yi asked Xie Xiao, saying that he had arranged another place to live, Cui Yi thought that everyone was very tired all the way, and the Xie family arranged for someone to serve them, and just let the two maids rest and rest, so they didn't say anything, and fell asleep after eating a hearty lunch.

Waiting until the evening reception banquet still did not see Zhiying, Cui Yi even if he was sluggish, he also smelled out that something was wrong, and the Xie Xiao brothers kept persuading him to drink, but he didn't want to ask, so he had to eat something casually, saying that he was too tired, and ended the banquet early to find Zhiying.

Holding Ying got out of bed: "Why did the prince come over, how much wine did you drink?" ”

Cui Yi couldn't see the drunkenness on his face: "It's not much, just drank a pot, how do you live in such a place?" Did you eat dinner and what did you eat? ”

Zhiying was about to say a few words to whitewash the peace, but Xiaoqiu couldn't hold it back first, and crackled like beans poured into the bamboo tube: "The prince doesn't know, this Xie family is really snobbish, don't talk about arranging Mrs. to live in a house like us, and the food is also short of catties and two, Mr. Baili also evens a nest for us, or he will be hungry faster." ”

Cui Yi's eyes narrowed suddenly: "What? What do you have for dinner? ”

Zhiying couldn't hide it, so she had to tell the truth: "Braised eggplant, garlic gourd and green vegetable soup." ”

Cui Yi said in disbelief: "Just three vegetarian dishes? ”

Xiaoqiu interjected: "Forget about vegetarian dishes, it doesn't add up enough for two people to eat, and it's okay if we maids can't eat enough, Madame is hungry, what will Miss eat?" The slave maid went to eat and beg for food just now, and was thrown away with rotten vegetables. ”

"It just doesn't make sense!" Cui Yi suddenly had the urge to flip the table, and said angrily, "What do you mean by Xie Xiao?" You are the princess of this king, and he even let you live in someone's room and not let you have enough? I don't take this king in my eyes! As he spoke, he turned around and was about to rush to find Xie Xiao's trouble.

"Don't be impulsive!" Zhiying hurriedly dragged the person down, and the robe on her body slipped off in a hurry, and the October chill provoked her to sneeze fiercely.

Cui Yi said loudly: "Don't bring the mink fur yet!" Lang Yue came out with a mink fur in her hand, Cui Yi put it on Zhiying with her own hands, and a burst of warmth swelled up in Zhiying's heart, rubbing her itchy nose and laughing: "I don't matter, has the prince forgotten what I said before?" Now you must not offend the Xie family, it will only be a few days to eat and live, and it will be over after a while, and the days will be long in the future, so you don't have to worry too much. ”

Cui Yi's face was extremely ugly: "Wouldn't it be a waste without the king of the Xie family?" ”

Zhiying sat side by side with him at the table outside, and persuaded in a good voice: "Lord Wang, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, even if the prince is the god of war, he can't go to the battlefield on an empty stomach, right?" This time happened, even my father helped outsiders to fall into the well, the Xie family is still willing to support the prince, it is very commendable, let's not care what Xie Xiao is thinking, is it that people are about to drown, and they are still unwilling to grasp the only life-saving straw? ”

Cui Yi snorted heavily, still unwilling: "As long as you hold on to Ganzhou and take over the local taxes, why worry about having no food, this king has made up his mind, and he will set off early tomorrow morning." ”

"Hey!" Zhiying wanted to stop again, Cui Yi got rid of her and left.

Xiao Qiu said worriedly: "Madam...... What the prince said is right, why do we have to be next to the Xie family, at most, it is not as good as the past brocade clothes and food, and it is not a problem to eat and dress warmly, right? ”

Zhiying smiled bitterly: "Eat and dress warmly? Eat the northwest wind and wear a thatched skirt? Do you think the emperor will really bet us on enough grain to eat in Ganzhou? If the prince doesn't loot along the road, how can the prince be charged with stepping on it again? ”

The truth was told by Zhiying again, and the next morning, Cui Yi went to the army camp outside the city to find Cao Qian, and asked about the remaining grain and grass, Cao Qian said hesitantly: "Don't hide it from the prince, the remaining grain, I'm afraid it's only enough to eat for less than three days." ”

Cui Yi was suddenly hit by five thunders: "How can you eat so fast!" ”

Cao Qian complained bitterly: "The weather is cold, and the soldiers have been on the road, and the soldiers also need physical strength. ”

Cui Yi's eyes flashed with Venus, and he was stunned for a long time and couldn't answer.

"The consumption of food is actually about the same as when I went out on the previous expeditions, which is really ......."

"What is it?" Cui Yi asked coldly.

Cao Qian buried his head very low, and said helplessly: "The grain and grass allocated by the Ministry of War is only less than seventy percent of the return, General Dai almost quarreled with them, and the final approval of the documents is still only that." ”

Cui Yi gasped, turned his head and left, Cao Qian was shocked: "Where is the prince!" "Go find food!"

Cui Yi rode back to the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion on a golden crow, went straight to the small courtyard where Zhiying was, and asked when he entered the door: "How many silver tickets did you bring out?" ”

Zhiying was eating breakfast, and was so frightened by him that he almost choked, and covered his mouth with a handkerchief: "I brought everything I could bring, the holy decree came too suddenly, and most of the money in the house was cash, and I couldn't send it to exchange ...... immediately."

"How many are there?!" Cui Yi is almost crazy.

“…… Less than 100,000. ”

What is the concept of 100,000 taels of silver? A bucket of rice in the first year of the Great Chu Dynasty was about 40 Wen, which was enough for 8,000 people to eat for five years, but the problem is that this is all the family property of the Wuwang Mansion, how can it be converted into rice? Recruit troops, don't you need money to order knives and arrows? Food, clothing, shelter and transportation, food is only one of them, and after removing other expenses, the remaining silver is enough to eat for less than half a year.

Take 10,000 steps back, take it all to buy rice, who will sell it to you? Ganzhou is desolate, the people themselves can't eat enough, how can the surplus grain be sold to the army, Xuanzhou is the land of fish and rice, but Xuanzhou's commerce and trade are all in the hands of the Xie family, and the Xie family turned their faces, who still sells you grain? Even if you sell it, why don't you take the opportunity to raise the price and knock you hard?

Cui Yi finally realized what it means to be a hero's shortness of breath, how to fight if he can't eat enough? If you don't have money, what can you buy rice with?

"Then why don't you put more cash?!" Cui Yi wanted to cry without tears.

Zhiying sighed and said: "Lord Wang, we have been raided, even if we collect more, we will not be stopped when we go out of the city?" ”

Cui Yi was blocked in his chest in one breath, he couldn't spit it out or swallow, he choked for a long time, and barely held back a sentence: "You are only allowed to take three cars, why don't you take the one with more money?" ”

Zhiying explained: "The three carts I brought out of the city were the most important things, the prince's clothes and armor, gold, silver and medicinal herbs, as well as books and grain seeds for the coming year......

"I can't eat enough now, and you're still thinking about the coming year!" Cui Yi suddenly became furious as if he had been lit with explosives, "Now that the whole army is going to be hungry, can the seeds you bring turn into food immediately?" ”

Zhiying silently closed her mouth and lowered her head to let him scold.

Cui Yi was furious, and threw all the fire on her: "What else to do?" Can gold be found in a book, or can food be turned out? When everyone has nothing to eat, do you want me to feed them with a book? ”

Since they met, Cui Yi has not lost his temper, but he has lost his temper with others and unreservedly like this, and it is the first time that the two maids in the house are so frightened that they dare not come out, let alone persuade her, Zhiying's face is calm, neither crying nor refutating, as if she had expected this day for a long time.

A slap didn't make a sound, Cui Yi roared for a long time without seeing her respond, and he was even more angry, and swept the porridge bowl on the table with a wave of his hand, and fell all over the ground with a bang.

Zhiying silently put down the chopsticks, and Cui Yi kicked the door away with a stomach.

"Madame......" Xiaoqiu called her tremblingly.

Not long after Cui Yi left last night, a maid from the Xie family sent a supper, and the meal was really rich, but everyone could see that it was just a mixture of the leftovers from the reception banquet, although Cui Yi had the intention to let them eat their stomachs, but they couldn't stare at the kitchen and send it to them.

But it was just one night's work, and the considerate husband turned into a rampaging beast, blaming her alone for everyone's lack of food, and Zhiying actually wanted to tell him that even if he had money, he couldn't buy food, but in the end he dispelled this idea.

Lang Yue bent down to pick up the debris on the ground: "I'll go to the kitchen to get another bowl." ”

Zhiying got up indifferently: "No need, I'm not hungry." Turning around and walking towards the back room, "I'm still a little sleepy, don't make any noise about me." ”

The two maids tacitly agreed not to say more, swept away the debris on the ground, and Lang Yue went to the kitchen to ask for a bowl of white rice porridge again, and was about to send it into the inner room to give Zhiying, but heard a suppressed and faint cry from inside.

Zhiying was lying on the bed, the quilt was pulled very high, if she wasn't careful, she would really think she was sleeping.

Lang Yue sighed silently, dispelled the idea of going in, put the porridge bowl on the table outside, and waited for her to get up and eat in a while.

No matter how strong and indomitable she is, she is just a sixteen-year-old girl, abandoned by her parents, not to mention the white eyes and humiliation, and even her husband, the only support, has to use her as a punching bag, and everyone has to cry.

Lunch is still something that can't be eaten, but Cui Yi didn't come to take care of it again, after Zhiying cried in the morning, the pressure seemed to be released a little, but the spirit was still very poor, and when he didn't do anything, he hugged his daughter Cui Xian in a daze.

Xie Yong came once before dinner, shh ”

Zhiying nodded: "Got it." ”

Xie Yong's expression was strange: "Madam...... Nothing else to say? ”

Zhiying tilted her head and thought for a while, and asked: "I asked myself if I didn't treat Gongzi Xie badly when I was in the capital, why is it that I can't even eat enough when I am a guest in your mansion now?" ”

Xie Yong's expression was instantly extremely embarrassed, and he hurriedly apologized, promising to solve the problem, and Zhiying did not embarrass him for anything else, so the dinner that night finally looked like a little crowded.