Obviously, an old man shouting next to him also noticed Ouyang Huaiyu and the old man, and he waved his hand at the old man, "Old man Zhang, have you forgotten?" Liu Yuanwai has no sons, and his only daughter is already a family. ”

The guard in the old man's eyes slowly let go. "Young man, you don't know, we have a locust plague, we haven't eaten a bite for two days, and I'm a little unsteady now."

Ouyang Huaiyu hurriedly helped the old man, he was very distressed. Even Ouyang Huaiyu, who lived in the deep palace, had tried the taste of starvation. It's not because of famine or anything, but in the days when the first king was still there and his mother was not favored, those snobbery in the palace were more snarky than the other, he had suffered those white eyes and unfair treatment since he was a child, even as a prince, he was not immune to the fact that when the monthly payment was not enough, his mother gave all the food to Laiyang and himself.

But at that time, I was obedient enough, and I always said that I was full. Such a small body can't eat that much. He couldn't imagine how he had survived those difficult years. But he vowed that as long as he was in the day, he would not let Laiyang and his mother starve.

Although he is currently the commander of this disaster relief, one more day of delay will make the people hungry for one more day. You can only apply for money from the imperial court first.

"But why are you here knocking?" Ouyang Huaiyu was still full of doubts, could it be that there was food here?

"You don't know, lad. This Liu Yuanwai is our local landlord. The peasants in our townships and towns work as domestic servants in their homes. Their family had enough food to survive the famine in our entire town. But they just won't open the door. My wife had secretly hit the wall two days ago because of her family's embarrassment......" In the end, the old man had become a tearful person.

Ouyang Huaiyu's eyes were also a little moist. What is the origin of this Liu Yuanwai? The people have been forced to be like this, why are they still unwilling to open a position to save the people?

Ouyang Huaiyu silently left the crowd, turned to a squire beside him and said, "Go and find out what is going on outside this Liu Yuan." Report back to me before lunch. ”

After speaking, he turned his head to Liu Yuanwai's mansion. The gate was fiercely pressed against by more than a dozen strong men. For those who are helpless, it is impossible to push them away.

Compared with ordinary rich people, there is not much difference. Ouyang Huaiyu turned around and left without gaining anything.

Before noon, the attendant brought news about Liu Yuanwai. Liu Yuanwai is a local rich party, and it is really easy to inquire about him. Liu Yuanwai has only one daughter, married to a scholar from other places. And Liu Yuanwai has a wife, a concubine, a few years ago, the concubine had a son, and the married son could live to be three years old and died. Locals have been talking about it. said that all the bad things Liu Yuanwai did before were begged for his son.

Ouyang Huaiyu inquired about whether Liu Yuanwai had any intersection with the government. The answer, of course, is yes. This Liu Yuanwai often used money and those corrupt officials to raise taxes for the people, and secretly made a lot of oil and water. That's why the locust plague has been plagued for so long, and local officials have not come up with any favorable policies.

But what Ouyang Huaiyu never understood was that if the people starved to death, who would be a coolie for Liu Yuanwai? In the end, it didn't end up hurting others and hurting yourself, and your reputation in the future was all gone. Wonderful book

"Lord, what should we do?" Hua Cheng suddenly came to Ouyang Huaiyu's face.

"Of course, I'm going to meet this Liu Yuanwai. Let's see how many brushes he has? Before he had time for lunch, Ouyang Huaiyu moved outside the Liu Mansion. Outside, there was still a group of victims in the dark.

Ouyang Huaiyu frowned, but decided to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people first. So he asked Hua Cheng Feige to pass a letter to the capital, and called for some grain from the treasury to appease the people first.

When it was almost dusk, the carriage from the capital was loaded with grain and walked towards this direction. The emperor's efficiency is really fast enough. Ouyang Huaiyu quickly set up a tent at the door of his mansion and made a porridge shed. All the people in the house were used to make porridge and deliver porridge to the victims.

The victims also quickly moved from Liu Yuanwai's door to Ouyang Huaiyu's mansion, and one by one they kept shouting, "Savior Bodhisattva!" ”

Isn't that the savior? The dusk illuminates the clean bowl that the victims were drunk, and also illuminates the bright image of Ouyang Huaiyu in the hearts of the victims. They may have received a very low education, and they only know how to farm every day so that they can survive and support their families. But now in their hearts, the one who can let them live is Ouyang Huaiyu.

The imperial court sent a lot of grain, and after Ouyang Huaiyu gave them porridge to satisfy their hunger, he also sent a bag of rice to each of them. There are not many people in the town, and there are only a few dozen of them going door-to-door. After distributing the grain, Ouyang Huaiyu took the rest to the warehouse of his mansion, so as not to have urgent needs in some families.

Seeing that the victims were gradually calmed down, Ouyang Huaiyu knocked on Liu Yuanwai's door. "Bang bang~" A short and powerful rhythmic sound, Liu Yuanwai instructed the big men who arrived at the door, if someone knocked on the door like this, the door could be opened.

With a "squeak", the door was slowly opened by several big men. Unlike the last time he sneaked in, this time there was no movement of refugees at the door, and Ouyang Huaiyu walked in from the main gate openly.

Soon, someone led Ouyang Huaiyu into the living room, the furnishings in the living room were very tasteful, and there was no ordinary copper smell of the landlord's house at all. The decoration style can be compared with his own palace.

Soon a maid brought Ouyang Huaiyu a cup of good Longjing, and the maid told Ouyang Huaiyu with a proud face, "This tea is still last year's ice and snow has been stored in the master's warehouse, and it was just taken out!" ”

Ouyang Huaiyu knew that the maid represented Liu Yuanwai's words, which was obviously a precursor to Liu Yuanwai's self-shutting down. However, he didn't appreciate this feeling, "So even if there are so many reserves in the granary, don't you care about the life and death of the people outside?" ”

The maidservant has never heard that the new nineteenth prince is a temperless man, and he is still unmarried. So it took a lot of silver taels in private to get the opportunity to serve Ouyang Huaiyu a cup of tea, but he didn't expect that this master was not a good person! The maidservant retreated with a stupid face, but was stopped by Ouyang Huaiyu, "Tell you master, within a quarter of an hour, if I don't show up again, I will leave." ”

"Nineteen princes, what is this hurry, this is the contemptible mansion, how can there be a reason to go first?" A curtain was lifted in the living room, and the person who came walked out slowly, all the flesh on his face piled up together and smiled at Ouyang Huaiyu. "You say, don't you? Nineteen princes? ”