The next morning, Yue Su went to the household department to receive 50,000 taels of silver, bid farewell to Zhu Youxiao, and embarked on the road to Henan.

Because it was the minister who received the title of governor, and he was ordered to provide disaster relief, and he also had to escort 50,000 taels of disaster relief official silver, so there were few soldiers and horses to escort him. The imperial court allocated 1,000 soldiers and horses for Yue Su's command, and Yue Su drew 200 soldiers from Shuntian Mansion, had lunch, and set off.

Where the governor's guard of honor passed, it was naturally rare for local officials to welcome and send them there, but Yue Su had an order, everything was simple, and there was no need to disturb the place. It can be said that it is strange that the officials who greeted him could not see Yue Su, and even the officers and soldiers of the headquarters never saw Yue Su get off the carriage. If it weren't for the occasional Madame Yue poking her head out of the carriage, everyone would really suspect that the governor was missing.

Before the guard of honor, dozens of miles away, there was a dart car moving forward mightily. The banner of the dart car is called the Changfeng Dart Game, and it is said to be a dart game that has just opened. There were fifty or sixty sturdy men guarding the dart car, led by two people, who looked like people in the green forest eating this bowl of rice, and they were the darts heads of the dart line. Behind the two, followed by more than a dozen dart masters, although one of the young dart masters was inconspicuous, but the two dart heads were always respectful when talking to him.

Yes, this young dart master is Yue Su, and the two dart heads are Li Zhong and Kong Blade. Yue Su did not set off with the guard of honor, but quietly took Yang Yishan, Jin Chan, Yin Zhu, Tie Qiu, and Li Haoquan to the team of the Changfeng Dart Bureau.

His purpose is actually very simple, nothing more than to enter the territory of Henan one step first to see what the local disaster situation is, so as to make a decision calmly. He knows that the local situation can only be seen most clearly by looking at Weifu.

Along the way, Yue Su saw many people fleeing, all of whom were helping the old and the young, and when they came to Henan, they were starving everywhere. Although not all of Henan was affected, but only a few counties along the river, there were hundreds of thousands of people. The common people have nowhere to eat, and it is inevitable that they will flee.

Yue Su inquired about the people, Huaiqing Mansion was the hardest hit place, and Wen County, Meng County, and Wuzhi County under its jurisdiction were all irrigated by floods. So, Yue Su decided to rush to Huaiqing to have a look. After a few days, finally came to Huaiqing, Huaiqing City because it was far away from the Yellow River, and was not affected, Yue Su thought that there would be people everywhere here, but when he arrived, he found that this place was very different from what he imagined, and there were no shadows of the victims.

Seeing that there were so few victims, Yue Su couldn't help but wonder, "All counties in Huaiqing have been affected by the disaster, and the displaced people should all flee here, why haven't there been as many refugees here as I saw along the way." Could it be that the prefect of Huaiqing built a reed shed and kept the victims in the city? ”

With curiosity, Yue Su asked the dart line to speed up and enter the city before dusk.

After entering the city, he didn't see the shadows of a few victims, and this time, Yue Su was even more puzzled. First ordered to find an inn to stay, and then inquire about the situation. Everyone found an inn called Cao's old shop to settle down, settled down in the carriage and horses, and asked the shopkeeper to arrange meals.

When the wine and food were served, Yue Su said to the guy: "Xiao Er, we are the dart bureau of the capital, I heard that you Henan was hit by a disaster, and you have encountered a lot of victims along the way, why did you enter Huaiqing City, but you can't see a few disaster victims?" It can't be that Huaiqing Mansion will properly resettle the victims, right? ”

"Settle a fart." Xiao Er said: "This guest master, you came two days late, and you didn't see it, Huaiqing City was originally full of disaster victims outside the city, so pitiful, don't mention it." Just yesterday, someone said that Xiao Yuanwai in Xiaojiatun outside the city was giving porridge for disaster relief, and the victims heard the news and rushed over, so you didn't see it. ”

"What I said, it turned out that the local wealthy households gave porridge for disaster relief, so I wonder if Huaiqing Mansion has opened a porridge factory and built a reed shed to help the people?" Yue Su asked again.

"How can there be such a good thing? Counting on the official to help the people, isn't that a dream in vain? Now the price of rice in the city has risen several times compared with usual, and it is estimated that in a few days, the people in our city will also become refugees. Xiao Er said helplessly.

"The price of rice in the city has increased several times!" When Yue Su heard this, he couldn't help but say angrily: "Who is so bold and dares to take the opportunity to make a fortune in a national disaster? ”

Seeing Yue Su's voice suddenly raised, Xiao Er was startled, but fortunately, Yang Yishan reacted quickly, and hurriedly explained: "We Jianghu people, it is inevitable that we will be rash and scare the little brother, I hope you will forgive me." ”

Seeing that the other party was polite, Xiao Er hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, it's normal for the guest officer to be angry, which means that the guest officer is a man with a blood surname." To tell the truth, there are many people who dare to take this opportunity to make a fortune, except for some small merchants, there are three rice shops in our city, and these three have great backgrounds, and the rice in their store is a price a day, and now it is more than eight times the usual price. ”

"What?" When Yue Su heard this, he almost died of anger, you must know that the price of rice at that time was only one or two silver and one stone, and a liter of rice was only a dozen Wen, but it could rise to seven or eight times, so that the people would not be allowed to live. He suppressed his anger, endured it, and said: "Does the government know about the increase in grain and rice prices? ”

"Why don't you know." Xiao Er replied directly.

"You know why it doesn't matter?" Yue Su asked again.

"Tube? Does the prefect dare to take care of it? Xiao Er said disdainfully: "The owners of these three rice shops are the bosses, how can the prefect manage it." Generally, I heard that after the price increase, I have to pay homage to the eldest lord, but these three families don't even pay attention to our eldest lord. ”

"Oh? But I don't know who the owners of these three rice stores are? Yue Su hurriedly asked.

"The owners of these three rice shops, that is a big background, one is called Yunsheng Rice Shop, I heard that their owner is Zhang Guozhang. The other is called Li Ji Mixing, I heard that the owner is the richest businessman in Huguang, Master Li, this Master Li is very well-connected, it seems that the political envoy has something to do with him. However, these two rice shops are even worse than the last Fu Lai rice store, and the owner of the Fu Lai rice store is the Fu King Chitose in Luoyang City. ”

After listening to Xiao Er's story, Yue Su gasped, he didn't expect that as soon as he entered Henan, he encountered rice merchants raising the price of rice, and the backstage of these rice merchants was still a relative of the emperor. Yue Su knows these three, especially with the first two, not to mention Zhang Guozhang's family, he also beat someone's son's board a few months ago. Huguang Li family, that is the "Li Ying" brother's family, Li Qiongying disguised as a man, he also learned from Ruan Aoyue. It's just that I didn't expect that the righteous "Brother Li" family would be able to do such a thing that makes the country difficult to make money.

Yue Su pondered for a moment and made up his mind, as long as he arrived, he would definitely teach these guys who were making a fortune a good lesson. But now, he still decided to go and see the Xiao Yuanwai who was squandering money and helping the people.

"Little second brother, I don't know where the Xiao Jiatun you just talked about is, I have always admired such heroes who fight for righteousness and squander money, and when I have time, I want to visit."

"Xiaojiatun is fifty miles southeast of the city." Xiao Er said.

"Xiao Yuanwai's honorific name, do you know." Yue Su asked again.

"I don't know about this, I haven't heard of it before, and I think it should be a benevolent elder." Xiao Er said.

"Thank you so much."

Sending Xiao Er away, everyone began to eat, had dinner, stayed in the city for the night, and the next morning, Yue Su decided to rush to Xiaojiatun to see this benevolent elder. In these days, such a good person is really rare.

He didn't bring many people, but just let Yang Yishan, Jin Chan, Yin Zhu, Tie Qiu, Li Haoquan, and Li Zhong follow, and the seven of them rode out of the city and galloped in the southeast direction.

Fifty miles is not too far, and it doesn't take an hour to travel quickly, but along the way, Yue Su can always meet refugees who rush to Xiaojiatun from other places. Because the road is sometimes crowded, it is inevitable to delay the effort, and when I arrived at Xiaojiatun, it was almost noon.

Outside Xiaojiatun, Yue Su saw that there was a sea of people in the tunzi, and there were ragged refugees everywhere, and a rough estimate of the number was at least not less than 20,000.

Seeing this formation, Yue Su sighed with emotion: "Fortunately, there is such a good person here, otherwise, I don't know how many victims would have starved to death." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Yang Yishan on the side whisper: "Teacher, I think something is wrong. ”

"Oh? What's wrong? Yue Su saw that his voice was small, and he also suppressed his voice.

"Look at the number of victims here, it should be no less than 20,000, just ask the world, which rich family in the countryside can have such a hand and feed so many people. If you just give porridge, it will cost a lot of silver at the end of the day, especially now that rice is expensive and the cost is even greater. Even if this person is kind-hearted, he is afraid that in a few days, he will go bankrupt. It's elusive that he's doing that. Yang Yishan whispered the doubts in his heart.

When Yue Su heard this, his heart jumped, and he said secretly: "Not bad." "If you take a closer look at the people in the tunzi, there are too many, if that Xiao member has other plans, it will be terrible.

"Let's go." Yue Su beckoned, turned the horse's head and walked back.

The crowd didn't know what was going on, but when they saw the adults leaving, they could only follow. On the way here, he once passed by a small forest, and Yue Su rode into the forest on horseback, which made everyone even more incomprehensible.

When he went to find a secluded place in the forest, and seeing that there was no one around, Yue Su jumped off his horse and said, "You all come here, I have something to say." ”

Jin Chan and Yang Yishan hurriedly dismounted and gathered around Yue Su. I only heard a whisper: "What Chongyue just said is right, how can an ordinary rich family have so much silver to help so many people, and there is a good chance that there is another plan." I can't say for sure right now, so I'm going to have two people disguised as refugees and go in and have a look. ”

"My lord, I'll take care of this." Li Zhong was the first to pat his chest and said.

"I'll go too." "I'll go too." …… Everyone under his command enthusiastically signed up.

Yue Su waved his hand and said, "This matter is not suitable for many people, it is enough for the two of them to take care of it." As he spoke, he glanced around, and said, "Jin Chan, you give the burden to Tie Qiu, and then disguise yourself, and you and Li Zhong will go together." ”

"Subordinates obey." Jin Cicada agreed, took off the burden on his body, and handed it to Tie Qiu. In this burden is Yue Su's governor Yin Xin, and this time when he went out, Yue Su brought the Yin Xin monk Fang sword in case of emergency. The seal letter was carried by the golden cicada, and Shang Fang's sword was also wrapped, on the iron sword. After all, the two of them have been with him for the longest time.

Jin Chan and Li Zhong are now dressed as dart masters, took off their clothes, ** their upper bodies, and deliberately rolled on the ground twice, stained their pants, deliberately made them unkempt, and finally took off their boots.

Yue Su nodded with satisfaction and said, "I'll leave this matter to the two of you, be careful." ”

"Don't worry, sir."

The two of them hugged their fists and walked quickly to the outside of the forest.

(To be continued)