Chapter 108: A Big Pit

And Zhao Yu has almost dealt with the matter of redemption here. "Three thousand redemptions, although it is a little less, but you have not made less money on Nian Nu over the years!"

Facing Zhao Yu's cold voice, the old bustard felt aggrieved, but he didn't dare to say a word. Instead, he had to pretend to be happy and say, "It's too much!" Too much! ”

In fact, there are many more out there! Cui Niannu, as the head of Bianliang City, usually said that when he met once, he had to pay twenty or thirty times, and if he sold it, someone had already shouted a high price of 10,000 yuan!

This price is enough to buy a top-level mansion in Bianliang City, that is, the scale of the high-ranking officials of the third grade. You can imagine how high the price is!

Right now...... The old bustard didn't dare to think about it anymore, and his heart was dripping blood! She was afraid that she would not be able to help it, so she gave Zhao Yu a hard time.

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Zhao Yu has been smooth sailing here during this time, but as the so-called thirty years of Hedong and thirty years of Hexi, Zhao Yu has encountered a big problem!

Just ransomed Cui Niannu for a day, Zhao Yu was still thinking about how he treated Cui Niannu.

Song Renzong had already sent someone to summon Zhao Yu into the palace to face the saint, and he came to the Wende Hall with familiarity. As soon as you enter the imperial study, you can see Prime Minister Zhang Shixun, Deputy Prime Minister Li Di, Governor Wang Sui, Third Envoy, Deputy Privy Envoy Li Shi, and Privy Council Secretary Wang Deyong all sitting. At present, these five people are the powerful prime ministers in the court of Song Renzong. Although it is not as many as the nine prime ministers in Liu E's time, in another aspect, the power they hold is also more concentrated.

"Brother Brother, Brother Emperor! I've seen all of you! Zhao Yu saluted everyone in the imperial study.

Zhang Shixun and Li Di both stood up and returned the salute. However, his expression was indifferent, and it was obvious that the love of the past was long gone.

I don't know when it started, but what used to be a close ally has become an enemy today. It can even be said that it is a sworn enemy among enemies.

Zhao Yu also keenly felt that the atmosphere in this imperial study was a little ...... Wrong!

Sure enough, Song Renzong's face was a little embarrassed when he looked at Zhao Yu, and there was some guilt. "Ah, how are you doing?"

Zhao Yu's mind flowed, his heart moved, sighed, and said compassionately: "It's not good! I am worried about the suffering of four million people on Jingdong East Road, I can't sleep peacefully at night, and the tea and food are tasteless! The younger brother just wanted to plead with the imperial brother today to quickly dispatch the relief food and the soldiers and horses to escort the food! ”

Song Renzong was even more stunned when he heard it, but Zhang Shixun and the others snorted coldly in their hearts.

This kid seems to have discovered something! But even so, so what?

I saw that the third envoy Li Zhi stood up at this time and said with a smile: "The prince has such a heart of patriotism and love for the people, which is really the blessing of the Great Song Dynasty, and the luck of the four million people on Jingdong East Road!" It's just that...... Alas! ”

According to the development of the script, Zhao Yu should ask with concern, counting! What the hell is going on? Alas, sighing?

But who is Zhao Yu? As soon as he saw Li Shi's expression, he knew that he had dug a pit, and he was waiting for himself to jump down, but Zhao Yu just didn't speak. His eyes widened blankly, as if he was at a loss.

Li Shi secretly scolded the little slippery head in his heart, will Zhao Yu be at a loss? This matter is still a little credible, look at how many turmoil Zhao Yu has caused over the years, such a character looks down on him, and he doesn't know how he died.

And Zhao Yu didn't speak, Li Zhi's mind flowed, and Song Renzong felt guilty and embarrassed to speak. For a while, the atmosphere in the imperial study room was unexpectedly cold.

Li Di is loyal and honest in the end, of course, just a little! Stand up and save the day. "Lord! In fact, here's the thing, do you know that Li Yuanhao has a rebellious heart? This requires the strengthening of border guards. In addition, last year's Jianghuai disaster, I don't know how much money and food was spent, and it was really difficult for the imperial court to come up with enough money and food for a while! ”

Zhao Yu's heart sank, but his face did not show anything. With a look of surprise, he asked, "How can this be?" What about the people of Jingdong Road? ”

This time, it was no longer Li Di who spoke, but the third envoy Li Shi. I only heard him sigh and said, "We can't do anything about this!" Now the three envoys have poured everything out, but they are only squeezing out 550,000 stone grains, and there are only 150,000 yuan in addition! ”

Zhao Yu heard this, but his brows furrowed. Although Zhao Yu is young, his knowledge is not bad at all. Is 550,000 grains enough? If you calculate it, it's really barely enough. In the Song Dynasty, one stone was roughly equivalent to ninety-seven kilograms, and if five people ate it, each person could get an average of thirty-eight points and eight catties. In other words, this is enough to distribute 38.8 catties of grain to 2.75 million people.

It's just that if there are no other nutritious dishes, a person has to eat enough a day, and he has to be about two catties. However, in times of famine, what people need is not to be fed, but to hang their lives. Digging up some wild vegetables or something, the government came forward to persuade large households to donate grain, a small amount of grain stored by the victims themselves, and so on, and the added up food was barely enough for one person to survive for two months.

And how many people are affected by the disaster on Jingdong East Road now? 1,230,000 people. As soon as you see this, everyone must think that this matter is simple, and with so much food, there is no problem at all!

In fact, this is not the case, first of all, it is lost on the road. It was already April, and June was the time when the grain in Jiangnan was ripe, and it was impossible for the boats to really set off for Jiangnan in June, so they began to assemble in Jiangnan from all over the country in May.

The short period of time shows that the Cao ship can help Zhao Yu transport about twenty days of grain, including returning to himself. The rest of Zhao Yu had to find people and horses to transport it by himself, and land transportation was the most food-consuming.

As far as a porter is concerned, it is enough to leave people speechless. A porter carries a weight of sixty pounds of grain. Eat two catties a day, walk sixty miles a day, how hard is this? And from Bianliang City to Qingzhou, by land, it is a thousand miles! Theoretically, you have to go for sixteen days and six, rounded up to seventeen days, which will cost thirty-four catties. More than half of the food was gone before the destination arrived, and the food needed to return the porter was not counted.

And listening to the tone of the third envoy Li Shi, these hired porters, boats and so on, Zhao Yu solved the problem by himself.

Zhao Yu couldn't have imagined that these civil officials would not hesitate to make such a bunch of problems at the expense of the disaster on Jingdong East Road and ruin their reputation. Nima's!

If he could, Zhao Yu really wanted to pull out the sword at his waist and give a sword to Li Shi, who was known for his straight name in the court.