Hu Ye felt that he was very unlucky, he was worried about Ruan An, the eunuch, when he was down the mountain, and he was remembered by the monk Juehui when he went up the mountain. The most important thing is that now he is remembered by the people of the whole rivers and lakes, which is equivalent to running around with 300,000 taels of silver at any time.

However, Hu Ye is not worried, he fell from such a high cliff and did not die, will it be solved by a few people in the ancient rivers and lakes. Since God sent himself to the Ming Dynasty, he would not let himself be hastily hung up before he did something, which is inconsistent with the plots of various novels. Of course, if God is a terrible novelist, it's a different story.

Now that Zhu Gaoxi's surgery has been completed, there is naturally no need for everyone to stay in Xiangshan Temple. So after thanking Monk Juehui for his hospitality, Zhu Di led a group of people down the mountain.

Now the drought is getting more and more serious, and the fields should be green in April, but on the way down the mountain, the whole of Beiping looks dead and dusty. The sprouted millet only provides a little green, and the vegetables in the vegetable field are basically dying.

In these years, the peasants' families basically have no grain in stock, and if there is no harvest in a year, they will go hungry. This year's Beiping will not be able to collect agricultural taxes, and Zhu Di will have to reserve the grain collected a few days ago to cope with the next drought.

Fortunately in Beiping, the two dams are already storing water, and it will not be long before there will be water to irrigate the farmland, at least to ensure that the millet can be harvested. Although the harvest of millet cannot guarantee food and clothing, it can still solve the urgent need, plus the hundreds of thousands of stones of grain stored in Zhu Di's mansion, it should be able to let the people of Beiping survive this dry year.

But the surrounding area is in trouble, they didn't change the millet at all, let alone build that kind of large dam. In a year of such a great drought, the wheat is not harvested, and the vegetables are not harvested, and the hunger is about to begin.

When a person is hungry, he is prone to do bad things, and in order to fill his stomach, he can do anything. Therefore, Hu Ye can imagine that it will not be long before a large number of refugees will pour into Beiping City, and the population of Beiping will definitely increase dramatically.

At that time, it was a bit of a matter of expecting the imperial court to send grain to relieve the disaster, and I didn't know how much of the grain sent by Nanjing would be left in various places. Therefore, the main force of disaster relief is still Zhu Di, who has stored food, but it seems that Zhu Di doesn't care about this matter now, he is teasing his son.

Hu Ye looked at Zhu Gaoxi, who was laughing in Zhu Di's arms, and felt that he was a little salty and eating radishes, and those who were in high positions were not worried, they were worried about something.

It was very tiring to go up the mountain, but it was very light to go down the mountain, and the day before yesterday I climbed the mountain for two hours, and today I walked down in one hour. It's exactly like this history, it's easy to break in, but it's hard to jump out.

Xiangshan is still some distance from Beiping City, and the group walked for more than an hour after going down the mountain. could have walked directly to Xizhi Gate to enter Beiping City, but Zhu Di took everyone around in a circle, and had to enter through Zhengyang Gate.

Hu Ye felt that the ancient people were strange, they didn't take a shortcut, they had to take the wrong road, but when they inquired, they found out that Xizhimen was used to take the waterwheel, and Zhu Di would lower his status when he took Xizhimen. And Zhengyang Gate is the emperor's special use, and now Beiping is not the capital, so it has naturally become Zhu Di's special gate.

Hu Ye listened to the explanation, his eyes were black, the thinking of the ancients was really strange, could it be that if you walk through Xizhimen once, you will become a chauffeur who pulls the water? Didn't you see that Young Master Ben's legs and stomach were already shaking?

However, in view of Zhu Di's domineering, Hu Ye still endured it, so he should treat it as a workout.

To tell the truth, Hu Ye has been in Beiping for more than a month, and he has been staying in the city all the time, but he has never been outside the city gate. Although it is not as prosperous as in Beiping City, it also has a unique flavor.

So when he came to the front of Zhengyang Gate, Hu Ye broke away from the big team with Lao Qian and prepared to take a look at the shijie outside. Zhang Fu and the others all noticed this, and even Zhu Di saw it, but they all pursed their lips and smiled, did not greet Hu Ye, and entered Zhengyangmen by themselves.

Hu Ye didn't know that they were laughing like this, couldn't he just go out and hang out alone?

When I came to a baked cake stall, I spent eight copper plates to buy two baked cakes. Hu Ye remembered that it was only one of the two copper plates before, why did it double the price. When I asked, I learned that the price of raw materials had risen, and everyone knew that the drought was coming, wheat was in short supply, and the price of flour had doubled. The price of pork has also risen, the price of vegetables has also risen, and four copper plates and one baked cake are already cheap.

As soon as prices rise, money is worthless, and Hu Ye suddenly feels like a poor ghost. The last time he spent money on big-character posters to attack the Zhou family, coupled with the expenses of more than a month, Zhang Fu's one hundred taels of silver was left very little. That damn Zhu Di, with millions of taels of silver in his hand, was reluctant to let it out, so he saved his son anyway.

One bite on the baked cake, there are green onions, there is very little minced meat, the taste is not bad, it is better than eating vegetarian food for two days in Xiangshan Temple. The other one gave the old money, and I saw the old money eat it in two bites, and it seems that this product is not light in the temple.

As I walked, I saw a beggar squatting in a corner in front of me, with a yellow face and thin muscles, looking very sloppy, and it seemed that he hadn't eaten for a long time.

In his previous life, Hu Ye had seen many beggars, some of them were pretending, and some of them were really unable to support themselves. The person in front of him is so thin, if he is pretending, it can only mean that this person is pretending to be too devoted, so Hu Ye would rather believe that he really can't support himself.

So Hu Ye put half of the baked cake he had eaten on the beggar, and then took out four copper plates and threw them in front of him.

When the beggar smelled the aroma of the baked cakes, he immediately opened his eyes, grabbed the baked cakes in his hand and gnawed them, eating faster than the old money. Hu Ye just blinked twice, and the half of the baked cake was gone.

After the beggar finished nibbling on the baked cake, his two eyes finally had a hint of brilliance, and then he picked up the four copper coins on the ground, glanced at Hu Ye, and then burst out two words with difficulty, "xiexie." ”

This is the first time Hu Ye has heard a beggar say xiexie to himself, he feels quite haode, at least much better than Zhu Di, he has helped him so much, and he has never said a word of xiexie.

The beggar walked towards the stall, and it was evident that half a piece of bread was not enough to satisfy his hungry stomach, and that he needed a piece of bread.

"I wonder how long a piece of baked cake can help him?" Hu Ye looked at the beggar's original intention, muttered a word, and then turned around and continued shopping.

Walking around, Hu Ye was on a building and found a familiar word, "Meritorious Family".

Isn't that written by Zhu Di, if you can have this character, it must be rich and noble, and it is indispensable to collude with officials to squeeze and oppress the people. Except, of course, the old man who sells buns, who counts as a special case.

Glancing at the name again, Qingfeng Lou sounded like the name of a restaurant. Hu Ye didn't have a good impression of this kind of profiteering profiteer, so he planned to make a detour.

But before he could take a step, he saw two beautiful girls walking over with a smile, one holding Hu Ye's hand and the other holding Lao Qian's hand.

"Ouch, which pretty boy is this, do you want to go to Qingfeng Building for a drink?" The girl took Hu Ye's hand and said very squeamishly.

Hu Ye was stunned for a moment, the welcome lady in this restaurant was too enthusiastic, but the welcome lady couldn't dress so charmingly.

After turning his head to look at the old money, he found that the goods were laughing with another girl. Hu Ye immediately felt that he had the feeling of being on a thief ship.

"Old money, let's go."

Hu Ye seemed to sense that something was wrong, picked up the girl with one hand, and then yelled loudly at Lao Qian.

Lao Qian was very dissatisfied and kept up with Hu Ye's pace, and muttered vigorously.

"Old Qian, what was that place just now?" Although Hu Ye already had doubts in his heart, he still asked Lao Qian.

"Qinglou, there are only two things outside the city gate, the dart bureau and the Qinglou, doesn't the young master want to go in and have a look here?" Anyway, I haven't been in for a long time. Lao Qian replied, as if asking Hu Ye to turn around and go back.

"Get out!"

Hu Ye kicked Lao Qian vigorously, and then looked up to the sky and sighed, "It's bad, I'm embarrassed today." ”

At this moment, Hu Ye finally knew what Zhang Fu's smile meant, and he knew that he would enter Zhengyangmen directly, what kind of effort would he have to go out for, this is really a tragedy, and he can't wash it when he jumps into the Yellow River.