Pei Yuanhao put the teacup on the table and said in a deep voice, "How is the situation outside?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, the situation is temporarily under control, and all the hungry people have been arranged in the south of the city."

"Where's the food?"

"The lower officials have ordered someone to open a porridge factory immediately, and first stabilize those hungry people."

Although the situation is stable, everyone knows that these are just expedient measures, those hungry people want to really eat enough, but the porridge factory can only provide a full stomach, and this time it is snowing in Yangzhou, the weather is much colder than before, and the victims also need a lot of winter clothes and heating things.

It seems that this matter is really trickier than any time.

Pei Yuanhao said: "You just said that the hoarding of grain is not enough to deal with these hungry people, how much is there still in Yangzhou City, and how long can it be supported?" ”

"This-" Hong Wenquan hesitated for a moment, did not answer immediately, Pei Yuanhao looked at him sharply, Hong Wenquan wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said, "No, less than three days." ”

What? I stood aside and was amazed.

Less than three days! How is it possible, Jiangnan is known as the land of fish and rice, is the granary of the entire Central Plains, and Yangzhou is the richest city in the south, how can it be that the grain hoarding here is less than three days, how is this possible!

Pei Yuanhao laughed angrily, sat at the table and slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said leisurely: "Lord Hong, are you embarrassed by this palace, or are you joking with this palace?" ”

"Wei, Weichen doesn't dare."

"Then you tell the palace, where did the grain hoarding in Yangzhou City go?"

"This—"

Hong Wenquan knelt on the ground and kept trembling, unable to say a word for a long time, Pei Yuanhao's slender eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a cold murderous aura, at this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside, and I saw Yang Yunhui running in hurriedly with someone: "Third brother!" ”

"What's wrong?"

Yang Yunhui glanced at Hong Wenquan, who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "I just received the news that all the rice shops in Yangzhou were closed last night. ”

When Pei Yuanhao heard this, he immediately understood something, looked down at Hong Wenquan, and anger erupted in his eyes.

At this time, Hong Wenquan also knew that the matter was exposed, and kowtowed again and again: "Your Highness, Your Highness, the criminal is guilty!" ”

He kowtowed desperately on the ground, and after a while, a blood mark was knocked out of his forehead, crying tears, especially wolf, but looking at his appearance, I didn't have the slightest sympathy in my heart - I thought that he was because the city's food hoarding was not enough to keep the victims out of the city, although he was ruthless, but in the end he was still thinking about the overall situation, but now I know that he is actually colluding with grain merchants behind his back to prepare to hoard grain, taking advantage of the disaster to raise the price of rice, and make black money!

It's no wonder that he turned away the victims ten miles out of the city, not because he was afraid that the victims would break into the city, but because he was afraid that Pei Yuanhao would know about it and his wishful thinking would fail!

Pei Yuanhao Huo Ran got up and said, "Arrest and put it in prison!" ”

"Yes!"

The people around didn't dare to slack off, and immediately came up and arrested Hong Wenquan, who was already frightened and begging for mercy, Pei Yuanhao said coldly: "When this matter is over, this palace will pick your skin again!" ”

After speaking, he walked outside, and said to Yang Yunhui as he walked: "Mobilize people immediately, we must stabilize the situation in Yangzhou, and we can't let the victims join them to make trouble!" ”

Yang Yunhui immediately nodded and followed, they walked out quickly, and when they reached the gate of the inner courtyard, Pei Yuanhao seemed to feel something, and when he looked back, I was following him, because they were walking so fast, I almost had to trot to keep up, he stopped and said to me, "You don't have to follow." ”