Song Yunshu was really uncomfortable in her heart, and she didn't have any clues when she searched for it.

She kept pacing back and forth in the room that the group leader had prepared for them, and her mind was a mess.

Is this city lord a true god or a false ghost?

Soon it was dinner time again, and the food on the table was much more generous than it was at noon today.

This made Song Yunshu's heart even more unhappy, and he felt sorry for the people outside the door.

She quietly pulled Chu Yuchen aside and said to him, "I suspect that the reason why the people don't have food to eat is because the city lord secretly hid the grain. ”

This is an extremely bold speculation, if it is really what Song Yunshu said, the city lord secretly hid the grain, did not distribute the people and did not hand it over to the court, then the city lord was guilty of defrauding the king.

"Don't talk nonsense." Chu Yuchen kept a clear head.

Seeing this, Song Yunshu didn't say anything about the city lord, only said that she was uneasy about eating these two meals today anyway.

Chu Yuchen naturally understood what she meant, and he went out of the city for a walk in the afternoon.

The situation in the city was even more complicated and difficult than he had imagined, with many people begging in ragged clothes.

If you can eat the food on that table with peace of mind, you are really not human.

The two looked at each other and immediately understood that the other person's thoughts were the same as their own.

Back at the dinner table, Chu Yuchen said coldly to the city lord: "All these foods will be taken down for me and sent to the people outside the door." ”

Hearing this, the city lord panicked, thinking that the two of them didn't like the food here.

"But these foods are not to your liking? I immediately ordered the kitchen to cook ...... again" The city lord turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Song Yunshu.

"Stop." Song Yunshu's tone also became stiff.

"What do you command?" The lord of the city trembled.

"You don't have to be nervous, we just want to ask why the people in it are all yellow and thin?" Song Yunshu's tone slowed down.

If the city lord is forced to be in a hurry, it is unknown whether he will continue to lie.

When the city lord heard this, he immediately frowned and made a sad face.

Unexpectedly, the rich picture he carefully created was seen through by the two of them at a glance.

"The food in the city is indeed not enough, and even the rice you eat today is made up by the people who temporarily put together a handful of rice from me." The city lord finally told the truth.

The situation here is far more difficult than they have seen.

"The purpose of our southern tour is to help you develop agriculture, and now you are avoiding the important and trivial, just to let us see your achievements and suffer the people here, can you be guilty?" Chu Yuchen said loudly.

At this moment, the city lord's head was lowered, thinking that he should not lie to Chu Yuchen and Song Yunshu.

In fact, this is not a lie, it is the wish of every host to let the guests eat well.

The people of the city also agreed to donate the grain in their hands.

In order to entertain Chu Yuchen and Song Yu well, let them develop agriculture for themselves willingly.

"You immediately tell us the truth." Song Yunshu was too lazy to talk nonsense with him.

"The reason why we call Daocheng is also because in the past, we had the largest rice production in the country, but for some reason, the production has been greatly reduced in recent decades, and the residents have been implicated because of this.

And no matter how carefully the people planted, the harvest was not satisfactory.

As a result, everyone gave up planting rice fields, and only some people who refused to admit defeat were still trying.

But the rice they grow looks plump, but in fact it is an empty shell, and there are no rice grains at all. ”

The group leader told the situation in Daocheng in one go.

Song Yunshu asked the city lord to take him to see the fields immediately.

But the city lord refused Song Yunshu on the grounds that it was late and the road conditions were difficult to walk.

"If you want the people here to have a good life, take us there now." Song Yunshu was furious.

She really doesn't have a good impression of this city lord, and she can't even tell the priorities, how to be a good city lord.

It's no wonder that the inhabitants have fallen to this point.

Hearing this, the city lord immediately called for people to prepare a carriage and took Chu Yuchen, Song Yunshu and Wang Zhangshi to the rice field.

"Daddy, mother, I'm going to go with me." Xiaobao took Song Yunshu's hand and refused to let go.

"Xiaobao, we're not going to play this time, are you waiting for your father and mother here?" Song Yunshu coaxed him patiently.

Usually Xiaobao rarely sticks to them like this, but this is a new place after all, and Xiaobao is understandably clingy.

"But I want to go with you, I won't make trouble." Xiaobao looked at Song Yunshu aggrievedly, and pulled the corners of Chu Yuchen's clothes.

"Xiaobao." Chu Yuchen shouted.

So Xiaobao could only pout and let them leave.

Wan'er saw that Xiaobao was cute, so she played with Xiaobao.

She is a warm-hearted girl, and she has no resistance to cute children at all, and Xiaobao likes her very much.

Chu Yuchen and his entourage, under the leadership of the reorganization, walked around the rice fields in the city.

It was dark and the road conditions were difficult, and Song Yunshu almost fell.

"Are you alright?" Chu Yuchen pulled him up.

Song Yunshu shook his head, it was just a slight bruise, and there was no big problem.

"Let's hurry up, my injuries don't matter." At this moment, what happened to the people of Daocheng tugged at Song Yunshu's heart.

If she delayed her trip because of these minor injuries, it would be difficult for her to forgive herself.

Chu Yuchen and Song Yunshu insisted so much, so they helped her step by step.

Seeing that the two of them were doing their best to investigate, the city lord looked at the surrounding rice fields, and secretly said in his heart that this was finally the savior.

The rice paddies inside the city are very different from those outside the city.

The rice fields outside the city look golden and full, and you can't see the edge at a glance, but the rice seedlings in the rice fields inside the city are sparse and sparse, and it doesn't look like the people of the city can eat enough at all.

"When did this kind of non-grain situation occur?" Song Yunshu asked

The city lord scratched his ears and cheeks, thought about it carefully, and said, "When I was very young, the rice fields here were bare with hollow grain. ”

If he were to be elaborated, he really couldn't tell.

Because for as long as he can remember, he has never seen a full ear of grain.

Seeing that the situation here was so bleak, the two immediately understood what the city lord had told them today.

Song Yunshu now also understands that it is not the city lord who hides the grain privately, but that there is not much food here.

Originally, the people did not have enough to eat, let alone take it out to entertain them.

She pondered, the situation here was more tricky than ever, and she was afraid they were going to be here for a while.

Although I have been prepared for this kind of preparation for a long time, I still feel very uncomfortable after actually seeing it.

They have a lot of fish and meat in the capital, and those dignitaries and nobles will never lack food and clothing, and then think about these behind-the-scenes contributions from others, I feel really uncomfortable.

This can't help but make Song Yunshu think of that special period in modern times.