When the people heard this, some of their young and strong minds came alive. Rebuilding your home after a disaster is a long process, but if you stay at home, when will you be able to return to your former self-sufficiency days?

They are all men of the right age, in today's famine, it is simply "one person to eat the whole family starving", they can't remember how long they haven't eaten a full meal, follow the prince to fight tartars, can eat, maybe they can also make contributions, give the family a chance to turn over, why not?

Those who lost their relatives due to the famine, and "one person feeds the whole family and is not hungry", they hope to follow the owl, stay here, and farm for a lifetime is considered to be stable, but natural disasters and man-made disasters do not know when they will come, so it is better to follow the prince to go on a journey. The prince is a kind person, he will not use their lives to make his own contributions, and he has a good chance of winning with such a person, and his safety is guaranteed.

Many men immediately signed up with the gangsters, hoping to join the army.

There are also some people who still have families, and they also go back to discuss with their families with a lot of worries.

Qin Yining couldn't help but smile when he heard the conversation outside clearly through a layer of tent. It seems that there are still benefits to doing good deeds for others, and I don't know when good deeds done in the past will have a good impact.

If someone can join the army now, then they will all follow the sincerely, and such a person is better than those who are reluctant to come. Moreover, when the armament, food and grass are scarce, and the war is tense, it is the number of people who fight.

Just when Xiao Xiao and Qin Yining were taking people to rest outside the city, in addition to many people in Jiuhe County who wanted to follow Xiao Xiao, there was also a rumor that spread far and wide.

"What? The Holy One wants to punish us? ”

In the main hall of the Xie family's room, Mrs. Xie gathered together with the elders and the prime of life of the clan and announced the "inside information" that he had just gotten.

Several people were already frightened. Some of the more anxious ones have already said loudly: "Why, why should we be punished? What did we do wrong! ”

Old Lady Xie frowned, shook his head and said, "What did you do wrong?" The Holy One wants to be reckoned, who can question it? Can anyone ask why? The Holy Lord's previous requisition for grain, we did not respond, but instead sold the grain to Prince Zhongshun, and now Prince Zhongshun's disaster relief is going well, but the Holy Lord is unable to feed the army, so the Tatar long drive is almost complete. You say, as long as the Holy One takes this breath, can he not settle accounts with all those who sell grain to the loyal prince at a high price? ”

The crowd fell silent for a moment.

Don't look at their solid family background, but in the end, they are ordinary people, where can they guess what they want? But if you stand in that angle, when the foreign enemy invades, the imperial court wants to feed the fighting tiger army and "collect" grain and grass, but it can't be collected, because these merchants sell grain to a person they have always feared.

If they were, I am afraid they would have been unable to wait to pluck off these people's heads!

"What a good thing this is!"

"yes, how good are we! Since these words have reached our ears, it must be that the Holy One is really angry, and he must have punished some people nearby, and we can't afford the wrath of the Son of Heaven! ”

The crowd was gloomy.

Some people even stood up and complained: "At the beginning, I said not to sell food, just give it to the army and it's over." With such a big famine, the people starved to death so much, but we are holding on to the grain and selling it at a high price, isn't it difficult to make a fortune in the country! Look at what you say, just follow what I said, and the aftermath will come! ”

"What's the use of you talking about that now! How can you escape the wrath of the saint right now! We have already sold the grain to Prince Zhongshun, so we can't get it back!" ”

There is a more active brain, and immediately thought of a solution: "It is impossible to get the grain back, the grain has already been eaten." But we can get the money back!" ”

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Old lady Xie said: "This is reasonable, if we are not selling grain, but funding Prince Zhongshun for disaster relief, we are a family of benevolence and righteousness, and no matter how angry the saint is, he can't deal with us like this." This silver is hot, we can't keep it. ”

They sold so much grain that they got a lot of silver. At this time, the son asked to take out the silver, and everyone was a little resistant, but when they thought that under the wrath of the Son of Heaven, their entire clan might be destroyed, and the silver was nothing.

Thinking of this, everyone got together to discuss, and finally decided that Old Lady Xie would personally go outside the city to meet the owl with food and silver.

After hearing about the situation in the city, Hu Zi and the others who had gone to the city to spread the news had already returned, and after hearing about the situation in the city, Xiao Xiao ordered Huzi to arrange people to continue to arrange according to the addresses of the big households that had sold their grain in the account books.

Early the next morning, Qin Yining woke up in the arms of the owl, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he heard footsteps outside the tent.

Qin Yining was completely awake and looked up at Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Xiao smiled and said, "Are you awake?" ”

"Hmm." Qin Yining nodded, half-propped up, her long soft hair was scattered behind her, and she looked out suspiciously, "Is someone coming outside?" ”

"Xu is from the Xie family." Xiao Xiao sat up and draped the big coat on Qin Yining's shoulder, "They came early in the morning before dawn. ”

"Then why don't you go out and meet?" Qin Yining tightened her neckline, "What if they are impatient?" ”

"No, when they are burning, they really believe that the Holy One will liquidate them. Naturally, the lives of the whole family are more important than money. A big hand stroked Qin Yining's cheek, "You have to have confidence in yourself, when will the plan you come up with not work?" ”

Qin Yining laughed out loud at his amusement, shook his head and said, "You will coax me, I feel that my brain is not bright these days, and when I was a child with Brother Zhao and Brother Han, I didn't think I would become so stupid." Sometimes I'm afraid I'll give you the wrong shot. ”

Xiao Xiao laughed, touched Qin Yining's fair face again, and said with a smile: "If you are willing to be stupid, maybe other women in the world will feel better, at least they will not be inferior." ”

"Rhetoric." Qin Yining reprimanded.

Xiao Xiao smiled and went to call rock candy and Jiyun to serve Qin Yining got up and went outside by himself.

The old lady of the Xie family came with food before dawn, he didn't think that Xiao Xiao would agree to see him immediately, but since it was for the whole family to live, he had to show sincerity, and he must not let the prince feel the slightest displeasure.

Finally, when the sky was dark, the rest of the tent people in the camp were moving around, but when the prince didn't come out, Old Lady Xie was a little anxious.

The prince must have known that he had brought people but avoided them, could it be that the saint had given the prince a holy decree and wanted their lives?

The more Old Lady Xie thought about it, the more terrifying it became.

Just when he was too nervous to be overwhelmed, someone finally came to speak, "Old lady Xie, the prince is invited." ”

Old lady Xie breathed a sigh of relief, straightened her face and went to the tent where Xiao Xiao was, and when she saw her, she didn't take it as big as she did when she came to buy food last time, and saluted respectfully, "The grass people see the prince." ”

"Mr. Xie," Xiao Xiao smiled, "I don't know if the old man has come this time, but what do you have to say?" ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." Old Lady Xie remembered the arrogance in his words last time, and his intestines were full of regret, and his posture became more and more humble and respectful, "I heard that the prince led the army into the king of Jingqin, and the old man specially prepared some food and silver, please make sure that the prince is under his command." ”

"Oh?" Xiao Xiao raised his eyebrows, "What does Mr. Xie mean?" ”

Old lady Xie said solemnly: "As the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the national crisis is at the head, and I should do my best. Please don't dislike it. ”

As he spoke, he took out a stack of silver tickets from his bosom and offered them with both hands, even his fingers were trembling.

Xiao Xiao solemnly took the silver ticket with a solemn face, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Xie is really kind-hearted, worried about the country and the people, this king really admires, the Xie family is really a benevolent family!" ”

Old lady Xie said "don't dare to be" in a loud voice, and said: "The prince is going to the capital for a long time, and please cherish it, you are the god of war of the Great Zhou Dynasty, if you are tired and sick, how can you resist the Tatars?" ”

This kind of compliment is very plain, Xiao Xiao smiled, and chatted with Old Lady Xie for a few words, as if unintentionally: "If Mr. Xie is a great and kind person who cares about the people's family and country, this king will definitely be blessed with the saint, and he will be rewarded in the future." ”

Old lady Xie was happy in his heart, but his face was still as usual, and he didn't dare to let Xiao Xiao see his pride and excitement, so he only said: "This is what the old man should do." ”

Old lady Xie left a few carts of grain and grass, and left with his subordinates.

Xiao Xiao returned to Qin Yining's side, counted the silver ticket, and said with a smile: "I remember what was written in the palm of my hand, these are exactly what he accepted from us at the beginning." Sister Yi'er, you are really a female Zhuge ! It's really as you said, these people have come to 'pay back' for the sake of their families' lives. ”

"But you can spread rumors and make trouble, and it's not bright in the end."

Xiao Xiao smiled and said: "Unscrupulous means to achieve the goal, these people who have made a fortune in the country, I don't know how many people have been harmed before, and now it is a small punishment and a big commandment, not to mention that I think you have figured out the heart of the saint very thoroughly, with my understanding of the saint, his resentful and jealous temperament will definitely liquidate these people who sell the silver to us and refuse to donate it to him in the future. ”

Qin Yining nodded slowly, patted his cheek and said, "You're right, life and death are at stake at this time, and it's not the time for a woman's kindness." ”

Xiao Xiao felt that Qin Yining had become sentimental again since she was pregnant, and her mind was more sensitive, so he hugged the person over and shook it, "Your method is excellent, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't know how to feed 100,000 people, with the treasure they returned, I can buy food, the Pingnan army can fight the Tatars when they are full, and only when the Tatars are driven away, can the people live a stable life." So there's nothing wrong with what you're doing, you're helping most people. ”

Qin Yining leaned into Xiao Xiao's arms and sighed, and nodded lightly.