Li Hao's authority has been completely broken, and the entire Hui County has fallen into real chaos. People don't have the energy to think too much about it, and they almost go bankrupt to buy the Cui family's grain. They have only one thought in their hearts, and that is to buy more food if they can.

The security team led by Liu Mao went to mediate several times, hoping that the Cui family would reduce the price of food, but it had no effect, and each time they were beaten away by the crazy people, and over time, the security team also disappeared. In addition to Liu Mao, other members of the security team also joined the team to buy grain.

On the evening of the second day, Liu Mao and others gathered in the Thorn Mansion, and several people sat around the fire, eating wild vegetable gruel, with a depressed expression on their faces.

Now that Huixian County is completely finished, everyone is only thinking about grabbing food, not to mention rebuilding their homes, and even the original stability is gone.

There is no trust in people's hearts, and everyone is afraid that their food will be snatched away by others, and they are even more afraid that they will not have enough money to buy more food.

The results that Liu Mao and Li Hao had worked so hard for so long were gone in a few days.

"Lord Wang, we have done so much before, is it really worth it?" Liu Mao's tone was bitter and aggrieved.

Li Hao glanced at him.

"What, even you Liu Mao are confused? In the officialdom, confusion is the only way to change from a clean official to a corrupt official! ”

Liu Mao was taken aback, and hurriedly cheered up: "What nonsense are you talking about, prince!" Even if I, Liu Mao, die, I will never do anything to be sorry for the people, but ......"

He paused.

"It's just that I think they're just going too far! Lord Wang, you used to do your best for the people, and it was common for you to be disobedient for a few days and nights, and they saw it in their eyes, how could they do this to you now? Have they all let the dogs eat their conscience? ”

Li Hao took a sip of gruel and looked indifferent: "People have bad roots, there is no doubt about this." I like a saying very much: those who are not self-interested and are dedicated to others are saints, but after all, saints are only a minority, and the vast majority of them are mediocre people. ”

Liu Mao smiled bitterly: "Yes, if everyone in the world is a saint, there is no need for us to work hard to maintain stability." ”

Li Hao pressed Liu Mao's shoulder, his eyes were full of cunning: "It's good that you can understand this sentence, because I am also a mediocre person, although I don't recommend helping others, but if anyone repays virtue with resentment, I will never spare it, and I will make those people pay!" ”

"Lord Wang, what do you want to do?" Seeing Li Hao's smile, Liu Mao couldn't help but shiver.

Li Haozhi is so close to a demon, if he really wants to take revenge on an ordinary person, I'm afraid that something terrible will happen to that person.

"Don't worry, my way of revenge is not what you think. Didn't I teach you? If you want to defeat the bad guy, you have to be worse than him. Hurry up and eat, go to bed early after eating, go out with me tomorrow morning, and I'll teach you how to be a qualified bad guy!" ”

In the early morning of the next day, Li Hao took Liu Mao to dress up in disguise and walked to Liu's sister-in-law's house.

Nowadays, the law and order in the city is chaotic, and if you are not careful, you may encounter people who grab food.

Sister-in-law Liu did not open the door until she heard Li Hao's voice, so she opened the door with confidence.

"Lord Wang, are you here?" Sister-in-law Liu said excitedly.

Li Hao nodded, took out a bag of rice from behind his back and handed it to her. Sister-in-law Liu took the rice and put it into the dark compartment of the sink, and it seemed that Li Hao often came to visit her with food.

Sister-in-law Liu chuckled: "We orphans and widows, where do we have the money to go to Cui's house to buy food." If it weren't for the prince during this time, our mother and I might have starved to death. ”

"Sister-in-law Liu, you are serious, so many people said that I was a waste, but you have always trusted me, and you have helped me do eyeliner for so long, it is my duty to take care of you two!"

Sister-in-law Liu was no longer polite and invited the two to the second floor.

Through the window on the second floor, Liu Mao found that behind Liu's sister-in-law's house, it was just opposite Cui Ji's rice shop, and this angle was just enough to have a full view of Cui Ji's movements.

Li Hao sat down and pointed to Cui Ji below.

"According to Sister-in-law Liu's observation in the past few days, Cui Ji Rice Shop has sold almost 5,000 catties of rice!"

"This shows that the savings of their rice warehouse should be about 50,000 catties."

Liu Mao followed Li Hao's train of thought and reasoned and came to a conclusion.

Li Hao raised his eyebrows: "It's okay, I can stay calm now, it's not bad." 50,000 catties of rice, if you save a little to eat, it should be enough for the whole city to eat for about ten days. ”

"The Cui family now has food, and now we are responding to it in the city, and we can't get food at all. Does the prince want to spend money to buy all the grain and supply it to the people of the city? ”

"In your eyes, am I the kind of rotten good person?" Li Hao glanced at Liu Mao: "Today's predicament is made by the people in the city themselves, and they should bear the consequences. ”

Although Liu Mao couldn't bear it in his heart, he couldn't speak, after all, Li Hao was the one who was hurt the most by these people.

"But even if someone buys the Cui family's granary short, it won't help to hold on for ten more days. Didn't General Qin send a message last time that it would take at least another month to send supplies in?"

Li Hao smiled: "I've already thought of a way, the gap can't be blocked, then build a bridge, but a twenty-meter-wide flood, put the bridge on it, won't the moat become a thoroughfare?" ”

"General Qin has already used the trick of building a bridge, and the temporary wooden bridge can't support the weight of the grain."

"What if you don't use wood? Don't think of my Li Jiazhuang as too simple! Li Hao waved his hand: "Let's not talk about this first, I asked you to come over today to invite you to watch the play." ”

Liu Mao was helpless, and he could only look down patiently.

Cui Ji Rice Shop opened a store to sell grain as usual, but in just three days, the price of grain has risen sixfold, and now one or two pieces of silver can't buy a pound of rice.

The people of Huixian County have been affected by the disaster for so long, where is the extra money to buy food? When they see today's prices, ninety percent of people are desperate.

Many people even began to kneel, begging the rice shop to be cheaper and let them buy some food to go back to the emergency. But where will these profiteers in Cui Ji care about the lives and deaths of the people? Without money, not a single grain was given, and the form suddenly became anxious.

Suddenly, I don't know who suddenly shouted in the crowd: "This Cui family is trying to force us to death, my children are starving to death!" I'm going to die anyway, I'm fighting with you, even if I rob it today, I'm going to bring the food back! ”

was reminded by him like this, and the people around him suddenly realized as if they had been enlightened. What time of year is it? With no food to eat, and seeing that his family is about to starve to death, what kind of courtesy, righteousness and shame can he take care of? The sage can only think of the sage if he has clouds to keep warm, and his stomach can't be full, so he can manage a lot?

A group of people rushed up with a hula and grabbed it with a raised hand.

Although Cui Ji had many thugs, he could not stop the tide of ordinary people, and he was immediately knocked to the ground, and the food was also snatched up.

The owner of the grain shop was so frightened by the scene in front of him that he hurriedly shouted: "There is no royal law anymore!" You people dare to grab food in broad daylight, I will go to the government to sue you! ”

"Go and sue! King Zhen'an doesn't care about Hui County anymore, who else cares if you are robbed! ”

The people were not afraid at all and shouted loudly.

The boss of the rice shop was stunned in place, because Li Hao and the patrol team were instigated by him to drive away, and now he himself was robbed, and there was no way to report to the official, so he simply lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot.