Chapter 564: Escapism
"Not bad, not bad!" After the three Liu Bei brothers left, a voice more mature than Zhuge Jun came from inside the house.
According to the prestige, who is this person who is not Zhuge Liang?
"Second brother, I'm okay, right?" Zhuge Dan is still a child's heart, and he said to Zhuge Liang in general.
"What are you going to do? Hurry up and go to the book! Zhuge Liang said impatiently.
"Oh!" Zhuge Dan pouted, he dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak, who made Zhuge Liang his brother!
Zhuge Liang stared at the sky outside the grassland, and secretly thought in his heart: Shiyuan, Shiyuan, see how I can defeat you!
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"Big brother! Why didn't you let me slam the door and pull that kid out? Coming to the post, Shamoko complained.
"You're so grumpy! If you really beat Zhuge up violently, how can Zhuge Liang be submissive to me? Liu Bei shook his head.
"Humph! If you don't submit, you will beat him until he submits, and if you don't submit, you will be arrested directly! Shamoko said indignantly.
"Reckless, in that case, even if Zhuge Liang surrenders, how can he do things for our army?" Liu Bei glared at Shamoke.
"If you don't mean it, it's not sincere, it's just a scribe, what's the big deal!" Shamoko was still not convinced.
"Just a scribe?" Liu Bei was really angry at this moment, "Why don't you go and do the work of Mr. Gongtai?" Only this once, not for example! If you say this again, I Liu Bei will not have your younger brother! ”
Seeing that Liu Bei was really angry, Shamoke was also honest, shrunk his neck, and didn't dare to speak.
"Alright, let's go back first, and come back in two months!" In fact, Liu Bei's heart is also angry, it has been twice, and he hasn't even seen Zhuge Liang's face, is this God or Zhuge Liang playing with him?
After going back, I waited patiently for a long time, and a month later, the drought came, and although there was only one county under Liu Bei's rule, it was also anxious! How can I have time to invite Zhuge Liang again?
"Lord, it hasn't rained for more than a month!" Chen Gong said to Liu Bei, "If this continues, the crops under our Xinye rule may be harvested!" ”
"Hey!" Liu Bei sighed, but secretly regretted in his heart, why did he have such a deep opinion of Zhao Feng? Why didn't you leave a hand to prepare? Although Zhao Feng's "prediction" is not reliable in his opinion, what if it comes true? Like now, isn't that a pockclaw?
In fact, Chen Gong also felt a little remorse in his heart, after all, it was he who told Liu Bei that Zhao Fengde's remarks were unreliable! If he had kept an eye on it at that time and didn't say it so deadly, wouldn't it have been like this!
"By the way, the people under my Xinye rule should have surplus food in their homes, right?" Liu Bei asked.
"I don't know about this palace!" Success shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.
"Hurry up and send someone to ask, if you remember correctly, the surplus food of the family should be able to cope with this winter!" Liu Bei hurriedly ordered.
"Yes!" Chen Gong nodded, "Gong will do it!" With that, Chen Gong turned around and left Liu Bei's mansion.
Liu Bei was in a hurry in the room, waiting for news from Chen Palace.
After a long time, Chen Gong ran in in a panic.
"What's wrong? How can you be so flustered!? Seeing Chen Gong like this, Liu Bei suddenly had a premonition - this matter is not good!
"Big ...... It's a big deal, my lord! Chen Gong said loudly.
"What's wrong?" Liu Bei frowned.
"There is no surplus grain in the people's homes now, as early as a year ago, the surplus grain in the family has been sold at a high price, and all that is left in their hands is the rations until this autumn's harvest!" Chen Gongdao.
"Sold? How did I not know this? Sold to whom? Liu Bei was puzzled.
"I don't know this palace, it seems that a few merchants came at that time to buy grain and grass, and at that time, the palace didn't pay much attention to it, so ......" Chen Gong lowered his head a little ashamedly.
The fact is also true, a businessman comes to rule and do business, that's a good thing, who cares what he trades? Anyway, it's good to pay taxes to the government!
"Hey! Forget it, what about the grain and grass in our treasury? Liu Bei sighed, he knew that Chen Gong was no wonder about this.
"The food in our treasury is not enough, after all, there are so many people in Xinye, it must be not enough!" Chen Gong shook his head, and he had no idea in his heart for a while.
Liu Bei's already tightly knit brows furrowed even more, what should he do now? What to do? If this drought continues, let alone another two months, even if it lasts for another month, the crops will be lost!
"Do you know where the merchants who buy this grain come from?" Liu Bei asked coldly.
"I don't know, but nine times out of ten it's from Liaodong!" Chen Gong's tone was extremely determined.
"Liaodong? Why is that? Liu Bei was puzzled.
"Because before the drought, Zhao Feng was the only one who 'predicted' that the drought was going to happen, my lord, let's take an analogy, if Zhao Feng really knew that the drought was going to happen, then he bought grain at a high price at the beginning of the year, and at the end of the drought, when we couldn't get food to relieve the disaster, he used this to extort us again! Of course, not only us, but even all the princes of the Han Dynasty, and the people of the entire Han Dynasty should have fallen into Zhao Feng's calculations! Chen Gong analyzed.
Indeed, Chen Gong's analysis is reasonable and well-founded, so it also confirms from the side that Chen Gong's hypothesis, that assumption as an analogy! It's true! Wouldn't that be terrible?
"We ...... What should we do now? Liu Bei didn't dare to think about it anymore, instead of thinking about it, it was better to escape, he would rather believe that Zhao Feng had the ability to predict the future, rather than believe that Zhao Feng was the real chosen one!
"There is no other way but to hope that this drought will pass soon, and that when the drought is over, we will be able to save some crops!" Chen Gong shook his head.
It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice, if it doesn't rain, what can he do?
"Hey! Forget it! Liu Bei shook his head dejectedly.
Chen Gong sighed in the same way, very helpless and very powerless, in the face of natural disasters, the power of human beings is still too small!
Looking at Liu Bei, who looked depressed, Chen Gong sighed and withdrew from Liu Bei's mansion.
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"Second brother, what should I do this year? There was a great drought, and all the crops on our fields died! On Wollongong, Zhuge said to Zhuge Liang with a sad face.
Zhuge Liang shook his head with a bitter face, he didn't know what to do! In fact, he was more shocked in his heart, at the beginning, when he heard Zhao Feng assert that there would be a big drought this year, Zhuge Liang was also very disdainful, but now it seems that Zhuge Liang's face was beaten by God!
(End of chapter)