In the carriage, Liu Rong and Dou Ying sat opposite each other.

Dou Ying was the first to speak: "I don't know what His Highness has to teach?" ”

Obviously, Dou Ying was very dissatisfied with Liu Rong's behavior of forcibly leaving him behind.

Facing Dou Ying's not very polite tone, Liu Rong didn't pay attention to it at all.

He knew that the disaster during this period of time was really tormenting enough for Dou Ying to choke.

"Dou Neishi, I've been working hard lately."

Liu Rong teased first, and then said:

"Today, I personally inspected the porridge field on Zhangtai Street, and it was very good, so that many people who were waiting to be fed had a full meal, which is a good thing."

"But I don't know, how many days will the porridge farm last with this kind of supply?"

"As far as I know, Taicang can't allocate much stock, once the grain is exhausted, what will happen to the internal history?"

Hearing this, Dou Ying shook her head helplessly.

That's what worries him the most at the moment.

Although there is a lot of food in Taicang, it is not enough for the people in Chang'an City.

The grain allocated by the emperor is only enough for five days, and after five days, the many porridge fields will run out of food.

What's more, the victims are still using it, and if the number of victims continues to increase, it won't last even five days.

After that, it will be difficult to ask Emperor Han Jing for food.

It would be a blessing to be able to get two or three days more food, after all, you can't make the civil and military officials hungry because of the relief of the victims.

Although Zhidu has begun to borrow grain from large households, the progress is very slow.

If it weren't for the fact that there was no way to force it, no one would be willing to lend grain to the court - everyone knows that this is a meat bun and a dog business.

Zhidu had no choice but to find their fault and persecute them in this way.

The number of prisoners in the cells is increasing day by day, but there is not much food, and the effect of the "food borrowing operation" is very bad.

Dou Ying estimated that Zhidu had offended all the magnates in Chang'an, and it was already the limit to be able to raise food for fifteen days.

But what about fifteen days later?

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"The food in the porridge field can only last for five days."

Hearing Liu Rong ask about food, Dou Ying answered truthfully.

It's no secret that he has nothing to hide.

He also wanted to know that Liu Rong deliberately stopped himself, what was the purpose, it couldn't just be idle chat.

"Is there a way to solve the food problem?" Liu Rong asked.

Dou Ying shook his head, this is too difficult, he doesn't have any magical powers, he can conjure food out of thin air.

Seeing this, Liu Rong smiled and said, "I have a way." ”

When Dou Ying heard this, his eyes lit up, and sure enough.

He bowed down and said sincerely, "Please teach me Your Highness!" ”

Liu Rong nodded and began to speak:

"Although the treasury of the imperial court is full, trying to survive the famine with the official grain stocks of Chang'an is tantamount to a fool's dream."

"Let me tell you the truth, Taicang's grain reserves are already in an emergency, and the grain that was allocated to you before is already the limit, and there will be no new food for you, otherwise, the food in the palace will not be enough to eat."

"What the imperial court wants is to drop grain from other places. Although food from the Kanto region is being delivered in a steady stream, the distant water is difficult to quench the thirst of the near, and by the time the food arrives, the victims are expected to starve to death. ”

Dou Ying nodded, he knew all this, which is why he was so embarrassed.

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Just listen to Liu Rong continue:

"In fact, there is still a lot of local food in Chang'an, and if it can all be concentrated, it will not be a problem to survive this famine."

"Although there is not enough grain in the Taicang of the imperial court, there is still a lot of grain in other places, such as large granaries near the military camps outside the city, such as various palaces, marquis' mansions, and high-ranking officials, who are rich merchants, and there are a lot of grain in stock."

"The question is how to get them to pull it out willingly."

"Zhidu's method will definitely not work, letting them voluntarily donate food is tantamount to cutting their flesh with a knife, they just burn the grain, and they don't want to give it to the court in vain."

"It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and if everyone can get benefits, I believe their enthusiasm will be greatly improved."

"You have to find a way to turn disaster relief into a business so that everyone can benefit from disaster relief so that they are willing to help." This is the only way to save the people. ”

"For example, if you enter the Lord, you will be able to benefit them. Nowadays, the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system and implemented the knighthood standard, dividing all subjects into twenty classes according to the title, all of which enjoyed certain privileges. Everyone wants a higher title, but there is no way. ”

"If the people donate the amount of food to give them the corresponding title, the more they donate, the higher the title, I believe they will actively donate food."

"Wouldn't it be beautiful to raise food without spending any resources from the imperial court, just through some false names!"

When Dou Ying heard this, he was overjoyed, this is indeed a solution.

But the disadvantages are also obvious, which will cause the proliferation of knighthoods.

Titles are an important symbol to distinguish between the noble and the low, and once you can obtain a title in this way, I am afraid that the original title system will collapse.

The original high-ranking people must also be dissatisfied.

However, for disaster relief, you may want to give it a try.

"Since Your Highness has this plan, why don't you sacrifice it to Your Majesty, but come to me instead?" Dou Ying asked suspiciously.

Liu Rong glanced at Dou Ying meaningfully, "Don't you still understand the internal history?" ”

The implication is that Liu Rong just wants to include Dou Ying in his camp, so he spares no effort to help him.

Dou Ying was silent for a long time and did not respond.

He doesn't want to get involved in the battle for the prince now, and he doesn't want to side with any prince.

However, since that night when he confiscated the position of King Liang's crown prince, everyone thought that he was already an insider.

In addition, Liu Rong frequently patronizes Dou Ying's mansion and has a close relationship with Dou Ying's daughter Dou Wan, and everyone has already tacitly accepted that Dou Ying is Liu Rong's person.

Only the two knew that they had not had that kind of relationship.

It's not that Liu Rong doesn't want to, but Dou Ying doesn't want to.

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"Thank you, Your Highness, I will enter the palace and ask Your Majesty for advice. Let's talk about everything when the disaster is over. ”

Hearing Dou Ying say this, Liu Rong was very satisfied.

In his opinion, Dou Ying is already half of his person.

When the time comes, marry Dou Wan, are you afraid that Dou Ying will not do her best to help herself?

There is no hurry.

He grabbed Dou Ying and continued:

"Don't worry, that's not enough."

"Although there is food, if we continue to follow this method and use polished rice to make porridge and rice for disaster relief, it will definitely not be enough."

"After the grain is in place, ask the merchants to exchange some inferior rice and bran, it doesn't matter if it is moldy, and then mix it together, so that more people can be saved."

"In addition, you can add some soil and stones to the porridge to make it difficult to swallow, so that people who are not affected by the disaster will not come to grab food to eat, and the food can be accurately delivered to the mouths of the victims."

Some of these tips were learned by Liu Rong from TV series.

Just like affordable housing does not provide toilets, only in this way can those who want to take advantage of it be excluded.

"My uncle King Liang is bent on seizing the throne of the prince, you can send someone to find him, know the benefits, I believe that he will spare no effort to relieve the disaster in order to win the hearts of the people. He's a rich man. ”

"If you still can't survive the disaster, you will go to the barracks to borrow food at a high price, they have a lot of food, and there is the most corruption and shady scenes, you can definitely get a lot of food, but it is a problem to repay it later."

Liu Rong gave Dou Ying two more ideas.

In this way, the two talked for a long time in the carriage.

Liu Rong told Du Douying about the five thousand years of disaster relief skills.

From political theory to nutrition, from people's hearts to social affairs, Dou Ying was confused.

He looked at Liu Rong incredulously, the latter's small body actually contained so much wisdom.

It wasn't until the two of them had said that Dou Ying got out of the car.

He bowed to Liu Rongshen, and then hurried away.

Looking at Dou Ying's distant figure, Liu Rong nodded with satisfaction.

After carrying this hurdle, Dou Ying's position will be further consolidated.

He is different from Cao Shou, a rich and noble marquis, he is a person who is really in power, and he is also a relative of the Queen Mother's own family, and it is very beneficial to win him over.

He was the first person Liu Rong tried to woo.

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After seeing Dou Ying, Liu Rong went to see Aragaki Ji again.

Since Guo Xie left Chang'an, she began to work alone, handling some secret things for Liu Rong, which was very effective.

The news that Liu Rong asked her to marry Wang Huan's ex-husband was already a little eyebrow-raising.

However, now is not the time, Liu Rong wants to wait until the right time to announce the news.

I believe that Wang Wan will definitely be hit hard.

Nowadays, Chang'an City is a mixed bag, which is a great opportunity to develop its forces.

Liu Rong hoped that Aragaki Ji would receive Guo Jie's connections as soon as possible and recruit a group of loyal and available people.

Although many high-ranking officials in the Han Dynasty have doormen at home, Liu Rong's identity is special, and it is not convenient for him to come forward to solicit them, so as not to arouse the suspicion of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty.

But he has a lot of shady things to deal with, and these things are not suitable for Cao Shou, Wei Qing and others to do, so they can only find people on the road.

They are very convenient to use, and it is also very convenient to discard, so there is no need to worry about getting into trouble and implicating Liu Rong.

With the development of the progress of seizing the reserve, Liu Rong will need to do more and more secret things, and I believe they will definitely be able to come in handy.

After all, politics not only has righteous and bright schemes, but also many despicable and dirty tricks.

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This time, the two of them talked secretly for a long time.

When Liu Rong was about to leave, Aragaki Ji was a little reluctant.

After all, she is not like Wei Zifu, who can accompany Liu Rong for a long time.

She told Liu Rong about something, she recently took in two teenage girls without permission, and asked Liu Rong what to do.

It turned out that both of them were sold to a brothel by their parents and secretly escaped by themselves.

Hearing this, Liu Rong was furious, there are such parents in the world, it is simply inferior to beasts.

In this era, it was legal to buy and sell human beings, and you could buy a strong labor or beautiful girl for tens of thousands of dollars.

Now, Chang'an has been hit by disasters, and in order to survive, the people are naturally selling their children and daughters.

But it makes sense to sell her to a rich family as a slave, and it is really a bit too much to buy her daughter to a brothel in order to sell it for a few more money.

Fortunately, the two girls were smart and had bad knowledge, and they secretly escaped from the brothel, so they did not encounter a tragic experience.

After they came out, they accidentally bumped into Aragaki Hime, and Aragaki kindly took them in.

This time, Liu Rong arrived, and she naturally wanted to tell her about it.

Liu Rong listened to Aragaki and went to see the two girls.

They were about twelve or thirteen years old, twins, and they looked like the same and very young.

When they saw Liu Rong, they were still very shy and hung their heads very low.

Liu Rong nodded, he saw people very accurately, these two girls are good, they are talentable.

In addition, Aragaki Ji is really lonely alone, so it's good to find two helpers for her.

So he agreed to Aragaki Hime's request to take in the two of them, and gave them a new name: Twins, meaning twins.

One is called Big Shuang'er and the other is called Little Shuang'er.

As for their original surnames and first names, it would be nice to forget them all.

Such a despicable father and mother are not worthy of nostalgia.

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After this incident, Li Rong was ready to return to the palace.

This time after a day of running outside, he was also a little tired.

The carriage passed by Zhuo's Iron Shop, and Liu Rong glanced at it yearningly.

I saw a table at the door of the store, on which a lot of food was placed, and Zhuo Wenjun was distributing them to everyone.

This was bought by Zhuo Wenjun with his own money, in order to help the poor.

Looking at Zhuo Wenjun's busy figure, Liu Rong nodded secretly, he is beautiful, kind-hearted and talented, this Zhuo Wenjun is simply amazing.

As if there was a providence in the dark, Zhuo Wenjun was busy, and when he looked up, he happened to see Liu Rong.

The two looked at each other, their eyes as if they were tied together, and they never separated for a long time.

Zhuo Wenjun lowered his head shyly, handed over the work to the people around him, and ran back to the store.

Liu Rong recalled the feeling just now and smiled from the bottom of his heart.

Not long after, Zhuo Wenjun ran out again.

He walked to Liu Rong's carriage, his little face flushed, and asked, "Childe, you said last time that you wanted to see Master Ding, I have already made an appointment for you, will it be convenient for you tomorrow?" ”

Liu Rong nodded, "It's convenient, thank you very much." ”

"Childe is polite, then we will see you tomorrow."

After saying that, Zhuo Wenjun threw a Jinpa in the carriage, turned around and fled back to the room.

Liu Rong opened it and saw a trivial poem written on it, two of which were "I wish to have one heart, and the white head will not be separated!" ”

Zhuo Wenjun actually confessed to himself.

is worthy of being a cultural person, and he has to write a poem for every confession.

It is said that Zhuo Wenjun is a model of bold pursuit of love, and when I saw it today, it was indeed so.

Even if you have a marriage contract and see true love, you will be brave enough to pursue it.

Although this era has not yet been poisoned by science, women are still very open, but it is rare to take the initiative like Zhuo Wenjun.

Liu Rong combed his hair with his hands, and said shamelessly, "I'm so damn charming." ”