In July, the weather became cooler, but there was a lot of rain, one after another, the first half of the year was dry and not rainy, and in the second half of the year, the rain continued. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoBao Zheng led the people to plant a crop of sweet sorghum since June, and the abundant rain urged the sorghum to grow up quickly.

It is said that when sorghum is pumped, it makes a crackling sound. Da Su took Xiao Su with him, and the brothers were really stupid and squatted in the sorghum field for a night.

The next day, Su Shi met people and said that when sorghum grew up, it really had a sound, crisp and rapid, and it sounded better than any musical instrument. He also wrote ten poems in one sitting to commemorate the wonderful experience.

As for Xiao Su, he took two days off, and asked his sister to buy some ointment, and on the third day, the mosquito bag all over his face was good, and from then on, Xiao Su swore that he would never go crazy with his eldest brother again.

Bao Zheng is very happy, the rain in the second half of the year is enough to make sweet sorghum grow, and it will not delay the sugar extraction, according to his estimate, even if the Wang family takes 20%, the remaining profit is twice as high as planting wheat. Bao Zheng also pondered asking the Wang family to leave the seeds of sweet sorghum.

Seeds are not needed for sugar extraction, and the seeds are not mature because of the growth time. It is better to leave it to the victims, boil some sorghum rice porridge for cooking, fill the stomach, it is better than Guanyin soil.

In the year of the catastrophe, how many people held money in their hands, but could not exchange for food, these days, the price of grain in Yingzhou continues to rise, and the same is true in all parts of Hebei, which is more fierce than Yingzhou.

I don't know when it will be a leader, but I hope that the grain from the southeast can be transported to Hebei as soon as possible, otherwise the day of starvation is not far away.

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Some people are worried, but some people are happy, for example, a carriage appeared outside the door of the Wang family, poked out a head from the car, dripping black eyes, kept looking at the gate of the Wang family, rubbed, rubbed again, the black lacquered gate, tall and majestic, two stone lions with teeth and claws, exuding evil spirits.

The most amazing thing is the eight guards standing at the door, tall, with a straight back, standing there, like a straight pine, loyal and solemn, with a chest like an iron fan, wide and thick, standing there, motionless, without even blinking an eyelid, which is really powerful.

"Okay!"

The curtain of the car was raised, and a seventeen or eighteen-year-old woman jumped out of the car, took three steps and two steps, ran to the doorman's side, circled several times, and stretched out her hand to shake it in front of others, but the other party did not react.

The woman was even more surprised, and wanted to test it, when suddenly an old man coughed twice.

"They are only responsible for safety, they won't do anything to you if you look at them, if you dare to do something, be careful and die!"

The woman was taken aback, quickly withdrew her hand, turned her head to look, and came out of an old man with a white beard, who looked to be seventy or eighty years old, but his legs and feet were dexterous, and his voice was loud, showing that his body was very good.

"You are?"

"I didn't ask you, I asked first." The old man smiled, "I am a servant of the Wang family, my name is Wang Zhong, who are you?" ”

"It turned out to be Grandpa Zhong!"

The woman jumped up excitedly, hurriedly came over, and grabbed Wang Zhong's sleeve, not to mention how intimate.

"I heard my aunt say that your old man has never left the family for decades, taking care of the Wang family, and is a loyal servant, and my aunt and uncle respect you very much."

Wang Zhong smiled and grabbed his beard, which was very useful.

"Don't praise the old man, who is your aunt?"

"My surname is Bai, and my aunt is the fourth grandmother of your family."

"Oh, dare to love the cousin girl is here, come in with the old man."

Wang Zhong led the way in front and hurriedly led the woman to the east courtyard, all the way to Bai's study.

That's right, since the Bai family took charge of the Wang family's estate, she also had a study, in which there were no Confucian classics, all stacks of ledgers.

Especially when the new city began to be built, there were a lot of things, Wang Ningan coordinated the overall situation, Wang Liangjing was responsible for training and protecting safety, the neighborhood planning inside, how to distribute various shops, many of them were from the hands of the Bai family, but the old lady didn't want people to know and put everything in her son's name.

Bai Shi was busy, suddenly heard Wang Zhong's voice, hurriedly opened the door and came out, she just opened the door, the woman suddenly threw herself into her arms, howling and crying.

"Auntie, I can see you."

Bai Shi was stunned for a moment, then let out a long breath, gave Wang Zhong a look, and asked him to go down first. Bai patted the woman's back lovingly.

"Why did you come alone? Where's your dad? ”

It's okay not to say it, but the woman cried louder, and Bai had no choice but to take her to the study first, and after sitting down, he comforted her for a long time before he figured out the reason...... This woman's name is Bai Xiu'e, she is the daughter of Bai's eldest brother, Xiao Nizi is nineteen years old, usually big and lively, not like a girl at all.

Uncle Bai is also a big businessman with a lot of money, ordinary people don't look down on him, but he doesn't look down on Bai Xiu'e, and the marriage has been delayed, and it has been delayed for almost twenty.

Fortunately, the white girl doesn't care about this, she is happy every day, and she has nothing to worry about.

But not long ago, the imperial court suddenly issued an order requiring wealthy merchants to come forward to buy land.

The Great Song Dynasty did not suppress the merger, and buying land became a trend, and the Bai family had tens of thousands of acres of fertile land under their names, but this time the fields were a little special, all under a vast ocean.

In order to raise food for disaster relief, Xia Zhu forcibly sold the newly washed out channel of the Yellow River to merchants. The local officials said very well, these places were originally fertile land, as long as the Shanghu mouth is blocked, the Yellow River water returns to its original course, these places can be cultivated, and the river floods, bringing sediment and siltation, making the river the best fertile land.

In the past, the silted field was a first-class good land, and it could be sold for at least three times, Xia Xianggong was sympathetic to everyone, knew the difficulties, and only made two times.

Of course, it is very difficult, and everyone should understand, so these two pieces of money must be paid with grain, and the price of grain is calculated according to 400 wen and one stone, and one mu of land is equivalent to 5 stone of grain. Xia Xianggong also knew that it was not easy for everyone, and he couldn't raise so much grain for a while, so he paid 2 stones per mu first, and after the autumn harvest, he paid another 3 stones.

Xia Xianggong has conceded so much, and businessmen can't ignore it, whoever dares to oppose it is a profiteer, who is deliberately watching the victims starve to death, and he is heinous, so he will wait for the means of the imperial court!

Xia Zhu and Zheng Xiang calculated that after deducting the victims responsible for Bao Zheng and Wang Ning'an, there are still 400,000 people left, calculated according to one person and one stone, that is, 400,000 stones, and the transportation consumption is at least 30%, so they need to get 600,000 stone of grain, and the new river channel rushed out of the Yellow River, plus the surrounding tidal flats, at least two million mu, is more than enough, and it also allows the merchants of Hebei to take a big advantage, Xia Zhu feels that a fool will refuse.

If someone really wants to be a fool, most of them are behind the Qingli Zhugong, as well as Jia Changchao, who are making waves, fearing that the world will not be chaotic, and want to force themselves to step down.

Who is Xia Xianggong?

Fake letters, spread gossip, and fabricate scandals, and nothing can be done.

You still dare to play in front of the old man, you are like selling calligraphy and paintings in front of the saint's door, I don't know what to do. Xia Xianggong instructed Zheng Xiang and asked him to tell the officials who were doing the work not to be soft, they must get the thing done, and within a month, they will see the grain! Whether it is disaster relief or river repair, Xia Zhu will not let two nobodies outperform him.

Xia Xianggong's calculations are not shrewd, and his methods are not ruthless, but some things are not so simple...... Bai Xiu'e sat in front of her aunt in a proper manner and told Uncle Bai's worries.

"The new river is low-lying, even if the Shanghu mouth is blocked, water will still pour in, and without two or three years of effort, don't think about normal farming. Moreover, after flooding, the land is salinity, and the yield decreases...... Not only these, even the standards set by the imperial court are not suitable, and now the price of grain has risen to the sky, 400 Wen and one stone, isn't this a fool's dream? The grain stocks of each family are gone, and they have to buy it from the south and transport it to Hebei, but they are afraid that it will not be more than 4,000 Wen! My father was unwilling to pay grain and buy land, so he and his second uncle were locked up. Bai Xiu'e was so anxious that she cried.

"Auntie, no one else cares about our family, after a round of closed-door soup, I, I thought of my aunt, if you don't care, my father and they won't be saved......" Xiao Nizi cried so sadly that Bai's heart was sad.

"Girl, don't be afraid of an aunt, no one dares to touch your father." The Bai family was silent for a while, to say that with the financial resources of the Wang family, it is not difficult to get some food, and it is not difficult to get Uncle Bai and Second Uncle Bai out, when the key is to involve Xia Zhu, the Bai family feels that it should be safe.

She called Wang Zhong and asked him to send Bai Xiu'e to the Six Arts Academy, talk to Wang Ningan, and let her son deal with it.

Bai's family is a woman, and it is not easy to run to the school, so Wang Zhong hurriedly agreed.

In this way, Bai Xiu'e was sent to the school, and she met Wang Ning'an, the little guy is really young, less than fifteen years old at most, thin, thin, with a tender little face, and a very bookish atmosphere.

Bai Xiu'e told the story with twelve points of suspicion.

Wang Ning'an's eyebrows raised, forget about other people's families, their two uncles are good people, at least the Wang family relied on the restaurants and teahouses sent by others, and now that there is trouble, how can they not care.

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Ningan immediately picked up his pen and wrote a short letter, which was less than 200 words, sealed it, and immediately sent it to Zhending.

After finishing it, Wang Ningan grinned, "Cousin, you're tired too, go and rest!" I still have a little student homework here, and after grading, I will prepare a family banquet in the evening to pick you up and wash the dust. ”

Wang Ningan said it easily, but Bai Xiu'e became more and more confused.

"That's it? Are they okay with my dad? ”

Wang Ningan spread his hands, "It's okay, don't worry!" ”

"How can I rest assured?"

Bai Xiu'e stood up suddenly, her face changed greatly, her brows moved, the corners of her mouth kept twitching, and she suddenly squatted on the ground, crying. made Wang Ningan at a loss, and it was not easy to help, stupid there.

After crying for a while, Bai Xiu'e began to count, and the more she talked, the more angry she became.

"My father and second uncle were arrested, our former relatives were gone, our friends had run away, and no one helped us. They all have no conscience, they are killed by the heavens, they are stabbed by a thousand knives, they are killed by a car when they go out, they are trampled to death by horses, they fall into the river and drown......"

Wang Ning'an, this sweat, listened to Bai Xiu'e and said angrily: "I came all the way to point at my aunt, but my aunt sent me here, and you wrote a letter, only a few words!" What can it be used for? I peeked and didn't even mention my dad's name! Buy land and pay grain, that is Xia Xianggong's order, no one can disobey it, you are so careless, you must not really want to help! ”

Bai Xiu'e stood up suddenly, stared at Wang Ning'an, and said angrily: "You little conscienceless, do you know what my relationship with you is?" ”

Wang Ningan was so frightened by this crazy girl that she took two steps back, and said stupidly: "What else does it matter, you are my uncle's daughter, me, my cousin." ”

"Huh, what else?"

Wang Ningan shook his head blankly, and Bai Xiu'e stomped her feet angrily and scolded: "Auntie has promised the baby, you, can you watch your father-in-law and uncle being locked up and stand by?" Can you bear to let your cousin and fiancée lose their father? Are you talking? ”

The big girl Bai asked sharply, but Wang Ningan couldn't listen to a word, and there were only four words left in her head...... Uncle, father-in-law, cousin, fiancée...... My mother, you don't bring such a pit to your son!

This Bai Xiu'e is six years older than herself, the old mother of the fifth female competition! This guy is a tigress! With this ferocity, this noisy posture, whoever marries her is not turned upside down!

Wang Ningan was so frightened that he was at a loss, grabbed the road and fled, hurried to find the old lady, and must ask clearly, what is going on with this doll......