Qin Yining led people to stand behind him, and heard this tragic situation clearly, feeling as sad as being cut by a knife.

Last winter, the troops of those vassals left the old capital in several groups and went to the capital of the Great Zhou, leaving the people with such a starving and devastated city after the famine.

Although she tried her best to take in many people, and there was her land everywhere in the surrounding counties, and she could buy food by taking in those people to help her work, no matter how rich she was, she could not save everyone in the end.

What's more, when encountering such a thing as the earth dragon turning over, whether it is the storefronts on the street or the fields in the countryside near and far, it is impossible not to be harmed at all.

And so they suffered. The harm suffered by ordinary people is even more unpredictable.

I am afraid that like the sister-in-law Liu they saw when they first entered the city, many people would rather end their suffering in such a decisive way and choose to reunite with their deceased family members.

In the heaviness of the house, Gong You said again: "Lord, the court did not send rice down, last year's famine had already hollowed out this old capital, although most of the people died, but the rest of the people also had to eat every day."

"The location here is special, because it was the capital of the Great Yan Dynasty, and many high-ranking families living in it were all high-ranking officials of the Yan Dynasty. Some of those officials are unwilling to go to our Great Zhou court to be officials, and some are really old and are at home.

"Lord Wang, I can be responsible for saying that there are more than ten of these big households in the old capital and the surrounding counties, and the grain hoarded in their hands accounts for seventy percent of the grain in the entire old capital!"

Gong You pinched his fingers and said indignantly: "These big families, one by one, occupy so much rice and grain, I went to buy it from them, they actually sat on the ground and raised the price, the brown rice that was originally nine dollars of silver and one stone, they are now selling it for eight taels of silver and one stone!" You say they, isn't this a country that is difficult to make money! ”

When Xiao Xiao heard this, his face became gloomy: "Have you searched for those big family Gong people?" ”

"It's all gone." Gong You shook his head with a bitter face: "They seem to have colluded, if they want to sell rice, it will be eight taels of silver and one stone, and the common people will not buy it at all." You said that the earth dragon turned over, how can the unlucky people be the people, although those big families have also been affected, but they have manpower, and they will soon clean up a house as solid as gold, I don't think I can climb over the wall! ”

Everyone's faces couldn't look better.

It turned out that the capital did not have no food at all, but that this grain was hoarded in the hands of the big households, and the big families joined forces and refused to let go.

"Have you ever thought about going to other areas around to transport grain?"

"Lord Wang." Gong You's face became even more ugly, "This time the earth dragon turned over, the big one was twice, the small one was countless, there were more than 20 towns affected, and there were few good roads left to the south, that is, I went to the surrounding counties to discuss buying food, and I was afraid of walking and climbing with a pair of feet and a pair of hands." Even if you buy food, it will be a real problem to transport it. ”

Xiao Xiao completely understood, "Lord Gong." It's hard for you. ”

The big hand patted the short weak scholar on the shoulder, "The saint is concerned about this, but he has a person like the king of Yanjun, and presumably this king doesn't say it, Lord Gong can also know that the war has been in turmoil for many years, the treasury is empty, and the saint is also a clever woman who is difficult to cook without rice!" ”

"The officials who said what the prince said understand everything." Gong You sighed, then stood up, and said in high spirits: "It is such a difficult time for the national dynasty that we really need to work hard as courtiers, there is no need to say it at best, and I don't mention anything for the saints, and the poor officials are the people!" ”

Turning around suddenly, Gong You looked at Xiao Xiao and said with a wry smile: "The prince didn't see it, the people in this city are too bitter!" The group of bastards of the Chi family, the captain of the stall, have been in power for so many years, there has been drought and famine, and it has just gotten better, and the ground dragon has turned over, tell me...... The subordinate officials saw it with their own eyes, and the subordinate officials couldn't stand those miserable situations!

"It's just that the lower officials don't have the ability yet, at this juncture, the lower officials have neither silver nor food, and they don't have the ability...... To put it mildly, even if you have money now, you may not be able to buy food. ”

Speaking of this, Gong You's face was already full of tears, and he lay on the table sadly and cried, causing the surrounding officials to wipe their tears, and even the men who brought the Long Xiang Army also hung their heads sadly.

Qin Yining pursed her lips, saw all this in her eyes, and secretly made some decisions.

Xiao Xiao cried for a while with Gong You, and then sighed: "Lord Gong doesn't have to be sad. For the sake of today, we just have to look forward, we can no longer do anything about the people who have died, and what we need to do next is to let those people who survive be able to live. ”

"Lord Wang." When Gong You heard this, he looked at Xiao Xiao with emotion, "Okay! With the words of the prince, the lower officials are willing to follow the prince and follow the work of dogs and horses! ”

"We are all for the people, what do we talk about following or not? I believe that if you and I work together, we will always see a turnaround! Xiao Xiao smiled.

Only then did Gong You realize that he had made great achievements, and his sentence of "following" and "the work of dogs and horses" just now was easy to be misinterpreted.

But he didn't regret saying this, because this god of war prince looked like a reliable person, and he was not like those who sold his reputation and reputation. His heart is truly pretending that the people are alive and dead.

When the business came to an end, Xiao Xiao called Qin Yining over and introduced Gong You: "Master Gong, this is clumsy. ”

Gong You had already seen Qin Yining, after all, such a big beauty, as long as she didn't have a problem with her eyes, she could see it at first sight, at first when she followed Xiao Xiao in, Gong You still had some slander in her heart, and thought that she was the concubine brought by Xiao Xiao.

Who knew that this was actually the princess!

"It turned out to be a princess, disrespectful and disrespectful." Gong You saluted.

Qin Yining returned the salute with a curtsiness on his knees.

Gong You hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it, "Princess, this can't be helped." ”

"Yes. Lord Gong stuck to the old capital, and it seemed that although the situation of the victims was bleak, all the aftermath matters were carried out in an orderly manner. We are late, and it is all up to Lord Gong to support us, so that the people who survived can not be infected with the plague, and the plague will not spread, Lord Gong has worked hard! The concubine is a woman, and she is helpless in the right matter, Lord Gong is a hero, and she can't stand the concubine's courtesy. ”

Qin Yining said and bent his knees again.

Gong You avoided it again at a loss, but his heart was warm.

It seems that the rumors are really unbelievable, and the Prince and Princess Zhongshun are not the unreliable people in the rumors. The Prince of Zhongshun is not cruel, and the princess is not bewitching, they are all people who are extremely considerate of the people.

"Lord, let's settle in the back office these days. Let this be done to arrange accommodation. ”

"I'm tired." Bow over.