The sun was shining, Wang Ling was lying on the tattered wooden bed, looking at the fluttering clouds in the sky, and his heart was envious.

Just as he was drowsy in the sun, he suddenly felt the tip of his nose itching, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a round and pretty little face looking at him with a smile, and a straw pole in his hand teased his nose.

"Sister Cherry, I'm a little tired just after the lawsuit, why are you here? Do you want to come up and lie down with me, the sun is shining today, and it's a good time to sunbathe. Wang Ling exhaled, blew away the straw that the little maid was playing with him, and quipped.

Cherry's face was as red as blood, and he lowered his head and said shyly: "Brother Ling is dead, who wants to lie down with you, it was Miss who called me." ”

I know that Cao Shuangxu's girl is nosy, but obviously Cao Yong is at home, she doesn't ask her father, why bother sending someone to me?

Wang Ling pretended not to understand her intentions, and said curiously: "Cao Yatou called you here, is there anything wrong?" ”

"The young lady said that she already knew what had happened, but I don't know how you called that Li... Cherry..."Cherry couldn't remember the name for a while, and looked a little anxious.

"Li Zhong?" Wang Ling reminded.

Cherry clapped her little hand and said, "Yes, Li Zhong!" Miss asked me to ask you, what did you say to that Li Zhong in the end? Why did he compromise after you spoke to him? ”

It turned out that Cao Shuangxu had already asked Lao Cao, but Cao Yong didn't know about this detail, so she wanted to come to me, Wang Ling thought for a while and asked, "Why didn't Cao Yatou come by herself?" ”

"Miss just went to Nancheng to give porridge to the people, I was going to go with Miss, but Miss told me to come and ask you first, and then go to her." Cherry Xiaozui said that she could have gone out in the car with the young lady, but now she can only walk over by herself, and she has a little grievance in her heart.

The carriage was the bus of the government office, because Cao Shuangxu was going to give porridge to the refugees, Cao Yong was worried that a daughter's home was inconvenient, so he arranged a carriage for her.

Wang Lingruo asked casually: "Why does your young lady go out to give porridge when she is fine, doesn't the imperial court have disaster relief food?" ”

"I remember that Miss told me about this question, saying that before the autumn harvest, and the north has been fighting, ......" The finger tapped her lower lip, and the little maid frowned again, and the rosy on her face increased a little.

Wang Ling was speechless for a while, why didn't he find out that this little girl's head was so unreminiscent? He waved his hand and said, "Don't think about it if you can't think of it, I already know what's going on." ”

"Huh? Brother Ling, you already know! Cherry exclaimed.

The most important thing in fighting a war is not the number of soldiers and generals, but the consumption of money and grain, people eat horses and chew, the consumption is huge, the transportation of grain and grass often becomes the key to the victory or defeat of the war, once there is an accident during the transportation, the consequences are unimaginable, and the autumn harvest has not yet arrived, the food is already in short supply, if it is only daily consumption, it can survive until the grain is mature, but there are hundreds of thousands of less laborers, and hundreds of thousands of empty mouths, both to supply the army and appease the refugees, there is no obstacle in a short time, but this war has been fought for more than four months, I am afraid that the treasury can hardly support such a large consumption.

You don't need to ask him to guess, Cao Shuangxu must be using her father's savings to help the victims, I'm afraid that even the valuable items at home have been sold a lot, think about Lao Cao is miserable enough, a few days ago just allocated 50 taels of silver to himself, I heard Dawu say that although the lord didn't say it, but his face was painful, according to the price of this world, a stone of rice is 800 Wen, and a tael of silver is 1,000 Wen, this Miss Cao took people out to give porridge every once in a while, and the little silver that Cao worked hard to save was afraid that she would be cleaned up, No matter what I say, I have been taken care of by Cao Yong a lot, and I have to think of a way for him.

Wang Ling immediately got out of bed, and while walking towards the door, he said to Lin Lin, who was squatting on the ground and watching the ants: "Xiaolinzi, I'll go out, after your mother and Uncle Dawu come back, tell Uncle Dawu and ask him to go to the porridge shed outside Nancheng to find me." ”

Lin Lin nodded obediently, and then continued to look at the ants on the ground, Cherry followed Wang Ling in small steps, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Ling, are you going to the porridge shed too?" ”

Wang Ling snorted, stepped out of the courtyard door, he first turned around and went to Cao's Mansion, ready to ask Cao's subordinates to lead his beloved little black donkey out, and happened to meet Cao Yong who was about to go out, and the two were stunned when they met.

"Brother Wang, are you here to find me?" Cao Yong asked.

Wang Ling replied casually: "I'm here to find a donkey." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, both of them were a little confused, Cao Yong's brain turned quickly, although he already understood the meaning of his words, he still felt that he was being scolded.

"Uh... Don't blame Lord Cao, I'm not talking about you, I'm really here to find a donkey. Wang Ling hurriedly explained, but instead gave people a feeling of wanting to cover up, making Cao Yong speechless for a while, while Cao Yong was stunned, Wang Ling hurriedly changed the topic: "Lord Cao, where are you going?" ”

Cao Yong coughed dryly and said: "That girl ran to the Nancheng porridge shed, I can't rest assured, go over and take a look." ”

"Huh? What a coincidence, I'm also going to Nancheng, why don't we go together? Wang Lingdao.

After a while, three people and a donkey appeared on the streets of Nancheng, a young man in black and a middle-aged man in a Confucian shirt walked side by side, holding a black donkey with a divine horse in his hand, and a pretty little maid on the back of the donkey.

"By the way, where did that young man named Fu Yang go? Just now in Dongchengwa City, wasn't he clamoring to come back with you? Cao Yong said suddenly.

As soon as Wang Ling mentioned this, he had a headache, and said angrily: "The small courtyard you gave me is almost overwhelmed, I asked him to find a place to live by himself, but he refused, not to say that the marshal told him not to leave my side an inch, I was really annoyed by him, so I asked him to run fifty laps around Qingzhou City, and he was willing to agree to his request after running." ”

The corners of Cao Yong's mouth twitched twice and said, "That young man helped you talk at noon, but you are playing tricks on others like this, isn't it?" ”

"He follows me like a ghost, and he has to guard the door when he goes to the toilet, and I can't help it, he said it himself, as long as I am willing to promise him to follow me, he is willing to agree to anything, and he will carve the picture clean, so that's it." Wang Ling sighed: "By the way, that general surnamed Lei, why did you put such a person by my side?" ”

Cao Yong pondered for a moment and said: "General Lei and Mr. Jiu'an are close friends, they met when they were young, and they have gone through most of their lives together, he can know your existence, which means that Mr. Jiu'an has mentioned you to him, although I don't know what the old general's arrangement is, but I am sure that he has absolutely no ill will towards you." ”

It's really that old ghost, and I don't know what happened to him now······ When Fu Yang lied in public, Wang Ling's first thought was that old guy, he knew his own affairs, and he couldn't have a blood relationship with anyone in this world, how could he be a distant relative of the famous general?

Walking and walking, there are more beggars on the side of the road, and the homeless people can go into the city to beg or work during the day, but they must go out of the city before the curfew, looking at these homeless poor people, Wang Ling suddenly remembered something, and asked Cao Yong: "Lord Cao, since I entered Qingzhou, all I have seen is the daily soup porridge and grain, hundreds of thousands of mouths, just dry and raise?" ”

Cao Yong sighed bitterly and said: "No way, if so many people are left alone, this Qingzhou will be really chaotic, now Dingzhou has fallen, I can't say that tomorrow Qingzhou will be broken by the Jin State Iron Cavalry, the mountain bandits outside are raging, I don't know how to deal with it for a while, not to mention that the mission is still in Qingzhou now, they are really handling the case of you and Dongchuan Hou in name, but they are actually here to investigate me, but this kind of thing, everyone knows it, and they are all pretending to be confused, and now I am stared at by that Li Zhong, I can't get out, Brother Wang, Do you have any ideas about the resettlement of displaced people? ”

Wang Ling wanted to say, why don't you let these people go to farm? Isn't it more reliable to feed yourself than to point to the little relief food from the imperial court? But this idea was extinguished by him in just a moment, farming? To put it lightly, although it is a good time to plant grain in spring, but when the crops are ripe, I don't know where to go, and besides, there is no extra arable land to distribute to these people at the moment, which is really a headache, the more he thinks about it, the bigger his head becomes, and finally he can only shake his head helplessly.

Cao Yong saw it, but also sighed slightly, they walked out of the south city gatehouse, and saw a long queue from a distance, like a winding long snake, that is the people waiting to receive the porridge, even though Wang Ling had seen it once on the way back to the city last time, but it was still very shocked, densely packed with human heads, although there were officials of the government to maintain the order of the porridge shed, but Wang Ling and Cao Yong stood far away, and saw it really, the rear of the team, in the places where the officials could not take care of it, were almost all old people and children, and they were squeezed to the back by the people who cut the line.

Cao Yong frowned, and was about to say something, but Wang Ling had already thrown the reins in his hand to Cao Yong, his move made Cao Yong and Cherry a little at a loss, the old man opened the way for the maid to lead the rope, Cao Yong was confused, Cherry was frightened, and the two looked at each other.

And Wang Ling himself had already walked briskly towards the rear of the line, where three men and one woman were cutting into the line, and their bowls still had uneaten porridge, apparently they had already received it once.

This situation is not uncommon, although it is stipulated that no one can only receive a bowl of porridge, but there are so many people, and the officials who serve as helpers are busy distributing porridge, who can remember everyone? As a result, there were cases where a few people received porridge many times, but the queue was so long that they didn't know when they were going to go from the last row, so they simply bullied the elderly and children, and cutting the queue was their best choice.

At this time, Cao Shuangxu, who was dressed in a peasant woman's cloth clothes, was making porridge, and out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly caught a glimpse of Wang Lingzheng rushing towards the end of the team violently, she was stunned for a moment, I don't know how this person suddenly appeared, and why his expression was fierce, thinking of Wang Ling's impulsive character, Cao Shuangxu vaguely felt that something was going to happen, and hurriedly took off her apron, casually called someone to replace her position, and then hurriedly left the porridge shed and rushed in the direction of Wang Ling.

"Master, I saw that Miss came out, I'll go find her first." Cherry saw the figure of her own lady and hurriedly said.

Cao Yong also saw Cao Shuangxu, he hummed, but he didn't see the figure of the cherry, and looked behind him with some doubts, but saw the cherry sitting on the back of the donkey with a red face and couldn't speak, Cao Yong saw that she tried a few times and didn't dare to come down, and was speechless for a while, and then sighed and helped the little girl down with his own hands.

As soon as her feet hit the ground, Cherry didn't seem to want to stay longer for a moment, and ran away with an embarrassed face.

Looking at the figure of the cherry running away, Cao Yong stretched out a hand and wanted to tell her to slow down, but the person had already run away, leaving only himself, standing at the gate of the city, like a lonely old man, the cold wind blew, rolling up a puff of dust and smoke, but it couldn't calm Lord Cao's heart.

Why are today's children frizzy and frizzy······ Cao Yong sighed helplessly in his heart, he glanced at the little black donkey he was holding in his hand, and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go over and have a look." After saying that, a man and a donkey walked over without hurrying.

At the back of the long line, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy with a stone in his hand, and a little sister behind him, looking twelve or thirteen years old, the boy's facial features were twisted together, like an angry tiger cub, he raised the stone in his hand and waved it in the air, yelling: "Get out!" Yesterday it was you, and my sister didn't eat for a day, and today I will never allow you to cut the line! Get out of here! Don't come close! ”

He was facing four adults, three men and one woman, one of the men was like black charcoal, tall, and his beard was like a steel needle from the left ear to the right ear, looking extremely fierce, and the other two followed behind the man, and at a glance he knew that it was his little brother, as for the woman, although she was not good-looking, she had a plump body and material on her chest, and she didn't know how she got into the ranks of the homeless, the same woman, the same homeless, Cheng Yufang was so hungry that she lost her appearance before she met Wang Ling, and she only raised some recently, but this woman, At first glance, she was not very hungry, and when she looked at the commotion in her gestures, she knew why, in troubled times, the best way for a woman to survive is to rely on a powerful man, although it is shameful, but it can live.