"Then everything will be up to Grandpa Cao and Shelang", after Mu Bingyue heard it, she suddenly felt that this person was the best choice.

She Langzhong smiled: "I'll go back to develop it." ”

Cao Shu waved his hand, "Girl, just wait for our good news!" ”

And when Mu Bingyue was waiting for Cao Shu's news, Heiyi, who had a bad harvest due to the snow disaster for many years, took the lead in provoking disputes and mobilized troops and horses to attack Chiyan.

Chiyan's situation is grim, recruiting soldiers all over the country, and this time, in addition to Mu Chengjie in the conscription roster, Xiao Shunzi and Xiao Liuzi are on the roster, in fact, this time in various places, except for those who do not meet the requirements, most of the men are on the list.

And this time, the imperial court's restrictions on conscription were relaxed, and officials used to operate in private secrets, but this time the imperial court issued a clear document that a person can be exempted from military service as long as he pays 1,000 taels of silver and 100 deniers of grain, which shows that the battle of Chiyan is really not optimistic.

However, this time it was surprising that the sky and Xuanyuan were uncharacteristically immobile at the same time this time.

Chiyan Young Emperor Nangong Chen has sent three envoys to negotiate with the Three Kingdoms, and Heiyi has taken the lead in choosing to make a move without scruples, so there is little hope for peace talks, and the sky, which has little impact on the sky, they have not reported much hope, and Xuanyuan and the firmament's abnormal behavior made Nangong Chen even more worried, and Xuanyuan's plan is not small.

The storm is coming, and the big war is imminent.

"Miss Mu...... I ...... "Xiao Shunzi and the tea stall owner's son were in the same conscription, and the tea stall owner's plan failed, and even if he drove them out, he had to bring his mother to find them."

"Don't say anything, don't worry, everything has me." Mu Bingyue walked over and held the eldest lady up, "Grandpa Cao's little boy, Xiao Liuzi also go, you can take care of each other together, these two carrier pigeons are for you, it can help you pass the message back." ”

Xiao Shunzi took the carrier pigeon and a bag of clothes from Li'er's hand, looked at Mu Bingyue in a daze, and said for a long time: "Thank you!" ”

After kowtowing to Aunt Zhou three times, Xiao Shunzi resolutely turned around and left.

After a few days, as Mu Bingyue and the others expected, the Flame Emperor only rewarded this meritorious county commander with a big official, even two orders higher than the original position, and Mu Bingyue also received 100,000 taels of silver, this time Cao Shu's ability to do things was really beyond Mu Bingyue's expectations.

The imperial court recruited soldiers extensively, and the protracted natural and man-made disasters had already made Chiyan impoverished, and it was difficult to collect the rations of tens of thousands of soldiers.

War, disease, hunger have made this barren country even more chaotic.

Some hungry people rushed to the capital, and even Huai County was full of victims, and Chiyan's internal and external troubles were panicked.

Mu Bingyue has bought all the 100,000 taels of silver, but the unscrupulous grain merchants have no choice but to sit on the ground and raise the price, and the price of grain has risen, more than several times in one day, her 100,000 taels of silver is just a drop in the bucket, and the temporary aid station she built is even more overcrowded.

Because the prison had no food to feed the prisoners, those who committed capital crimes were executed on the spot, and the rest were forcibly sent to the battlefield regardless of the crime committed.

The laissez-faire and inaction of the imperial court led to bandits everywhere, and the already uncontrollable situation became even more chaotic.

Imperial City Flame Capital

Chiyan Young Emperor Nangong Chen, frowning and listening to the courtier's report without saying a word.

"Your Majesty, the disaster is raging in various places, so that the taxes have been sharply reduced, and the food for the soldiers is also in short supply, and the treasury is really unable to spend the disaster money needed this time. Zuo Qiuxian, the head of the household, stepped forward to play.

"Then according to the meaning of Lord Zuo, is it that you want to pay compensation to the black country?" Xia Chuan, the secretary of the military department, snorted coldly.

"When the Three Kingdoms besieged our country, because the three countries had their own ghosts, grabbed territory, and attacked each other, our country had abundant grain and grass, so we were lucky to escape. But our country is now short of food and grass, and the national strength is difficult, if Xuanyuan and the sky join forces, I am afraid that our country will not escape the disaster of destroying the country. The Imperial Envoy stepped forward.

When Xia Chuan heard this, he sneered coldly, "Lord Linghu is too alarmist, according to what Lord Linghu said, my country still has to pay compensation to Xuanyuan Firmament." ”

Ling Hu Lang ignored Xia Chuan's sneer, and arched his hand, "Your Majesty, if my country wants to avoid this disaster now, there is another way." ”

When all the ministers heard this, they all looked at him, and Ling Hu Lang looked at Nangong Chen, "Your Majesty, although Princess Ziman is young, she is only three years younger than Prince Xuanyuan. ”

The ministers were in turmoil, looking at each other, who didn't know that this was the most time-saving and labor-saving, but the princess Ziman was the emperor's compatriot and sister, and the queen mother was very fond of her, and she was like a pearl, how could she be willing to let the princess become a victim of politics, I didn't expect this imperial envoy who had never been upright and didn't know how to observe words and feelings, and said it so bluntly on such an occasion today.

Nangong Chen's face was already unhappy, and when he heard this, his face turned even colder, and the ministers were suddenly silent when they saw it, and the hall became silent for a moment.

Seeing this, Xia Chuan's face was even more mocking, "In this way, the sky is not more suitable for marriage with Xuanyuan." The two countries of Xuanyuan Firmament are unusually calm at this time, I don't know what their plans are? ”

Xia Chuan's words caused an uproar in the court, and the courtiers discussed a lot.

Nangong Chen looked at the chaotic group of courtiers, his expression became even more irritable, and his eyebrows were deep, "In addition to marriage, land cutting, and compensation, don't you ministers who eat the court have any other strategy?" ”

The ministers were dumbfounded, and they all became silent in the face of the obviously irritable emperor.

Nangong Chen sat back on the dragon chair depressedly, "The envoy sent to Xuanyuan Firmament has not heard from him for so long, I am afraid that the negotiations will fail." So we have to be prepared for the war, now that there is a shortage of food for the soldiers, I don't know if you have a good plan? ”

Ling Hulang stepped forward again, "Your Majesty, now there are only five princes' grain reserves, which can solve the current crisis." ”

The ministers were silent, silent and silent, no one knew up and down Chiyan, and now Chiyan only had these five brothers of the emperor who had a large amount of grain. However, the five princes deceived the lord when they were young and had ill intentions, and the current high price of grain was also the result of their manipulation. It is a matter of the royal family dispute, everyone is silent, unexpectedly, this imperial envoy who loves to give the emperor problems, today in front of the civil and military ministers, his policy of harmony, but just been reprimanded by the emperor!

Hearing this, Nangong Chen's expression became more and more cold, pressed the swollen forehead, and waved his hand, "Let's talk about it again!" ”

After Ling Hu Lang heard this, he had no choice but to swallow the words full of words and retreat.

Xia Chuan looked at Ling Hulang, who had retreated silently, sighed secretly, and stepped forward, "Your Majesty, Long Yufeng, the nephew of the Dust Dai, please go to the border to guard the frontier." ”

Long Yufeng was originally the child of Xia Chuan's sister, his mother died early, his father died on the battlefield, Long Yufeng was later taken to the house by Xia Chuan to raise, and the Empress Dowager took pity on him to study with the emperor who was still the prince at the time.

Long Yufeng has the demeanor of his father, he is quite obsessed with martial arts, and he begged Nangong Chen to go to the frontier to lead the troops three or four times, but Nangong Chen refused, what Nangong Chen didn't expect was that Long Yufeng was so resolute this time that his uncle openly asked for his life in the court.

This expedition, many princes and ministers in the court were sent to the frontier by him, Long Yufeng made such a fuss, Nangong Chen could not stop it, so he had to retreat, "Quasi-play." ”

Where to be sent, any position is busy Nangong Chen did not say anything in the court.

After that, Nangong Chen saw that he and the ministers could not discuss any good policies, so they had to retreat from the court.

The wax moon is in the middle

Mu Bingyue received the news that the negotiations had not been successful, and seeing that Xuanyuan and the sky were still delayed, she knew that the situation was serious, so she immediately packed up and dragged her parents and her grandfather's family and the dozen or so children who were at home to forcibly send away.

And Shen Xue and the three resolutely stayed despite Mu Bingyue's strong opposition.

Mu Bingyue also knew that she would stay for no other purpose than to worry her parents. But in that life, it was the love of countless unknown people from all walks of life that allowed her and her sister to survive, and now how can she give up someone who was in the same situation as them at that time?

Although in this troubled world, her strength is almost insignificant, but if she is allowed to let it go, it is really difficult to feel at ease, but it is a pity that no matter how hard she racks her brains, she can't think of any way to make money.

She only hated the unscrupulous rice merchants, and the five princes behind them who only cared about their own selfish interests, regardless of the lives of the people, and the safety of the country.

She knew that the court would not do anything to the five princes, and if there was civil strife, it would be no different from digging her own grave.

And like Mu Bingyue, who has not given up, there are also the teachers and wives in the nunnery, the nunnery has long been crowded with people who have fled, because the imperial court has issued a ban on the city, these people are all dry roads over the mountains and mountains, and they eat wild vegetables and wild fruits along the way, so they have supported until now, one by one, skinny skin and bones.

Mu Bingyue has also borrowed rice and grain from Cao Shu's family several times and sent it to the nunnery, and she also knows that this bit of rice and grain can only solve a temporary emergency, but she can't wait for the relief of the imperial court.

Yan Chai Pharmacy

In the pharmacy, it was overcrowded, and the people who saw the doctor were all blue and yellow, and their bodies were swollen, and she looked at a room of people who saw a doctor with a sad face, and wrote it on paper weakly, ten catties of noodles, one or two oils, and handed it over to the woman who was holding the child to see a doctor.

I saw the child in the woman's arms, without a single or two flesh, but the belly was bizarrely big, and she was crying incessantly, the woman took it and said, "Lang Zhong...... How can this be cured? ”

Sherlang shook his head and sighed, patting the child's back, "The child is not sick, and crying day and night is also caused by hunger. "Actually, who is not here! As for xanthoma, it is self-evident.

When the woman heard this, tears fell down her eyes, and she didn't want to, but how could she have the money to buy rice, if she didn't have money to see a doctor here, she wouldn't be able to get in.

"Outside the Mujia Embroidery Village, a good shed has been added, and everyone can go there to receive rice now."

When the people in the room heard this, they all looked at the door with a sound, and when they saw a teenage girl coming in, they couldn't help but hesitate.