Chapter 968: Powder Keg
Jiang Shuhua ate this meal very slowly, very slowly.
Fortunately, she ordered that big table, which can really be regarded as a big customer of the restaurant today, so no one dared to knock on the door to urge.
Jiang Shuhua has been sitting so quietly, eating two bites from time to time, as if it was some kind of ritual.
She waited until the three people next to her were full of wine and food and left, and then she put down her chopsticks.
"Let people settle the bill!"
Daylilies bowed her head in response, and then silently retreated.
Jiang Shuhua was alone in the box, as if she remembered something, she got up quietly, walked to the bamboo curtain in the middle of the two boxes, and stretched out her hand to open a corner.
The cup and plate were already in disarray, and only some scraps fell coldly on the table, and there was no trace left by the guests.
Jiang Shuhua watched quietly for a while before lowering the curtain, and the daylily had already walked in, holding her power fence in her hand.
went downstairs all the way, but I didn't expect that the three of them hadn't gone far.
Gao Ying seemed to be going to do something, and was waving goodbye to the mother and daughter.
Jiang Shuhua glanced at them twice before getting into the carriage.
Lin Ruoxi just came to see her back, but she couldn't help but stop looking.
"What's wrong?" Xie Wenyuan saw that her daughter did not enter the carriage immediately, so she couldn't help asking.
Lin Ruoxi came back to her senses at this time, and hurriedly followed in, "It's nothing, I just saw a woman getting into the carriage over there, and I don't know why, I feel that the figure of that person seems to be a little familiar, but I can't remember who it is."
"It's normal to be familiar," Xie Wenyuan disagreed, "In the past, I often took you to appear on various occasions in this capital, and in this circle of nobles in the capital, you may not know much, but you must have seen a lot, and I can't say who I have seen before."
Mother made sense, Lin Ruoxi didn't care, and said in a low voice: "Ah Ying said that she has nothing to do with that Lord Chen anymore, although I think it is credible, but after all, they used to be husband and wife, even if they have no relationship, it is inevitable that there are still some feelings in their hearts.
So I didn't dare to ask directly, mother, you went back to your uncle's house, did you ask about the situation in Datong? The third sister didn't know if everything was okay there, and there were some refugees from Datong who came to the capital, didn't they say that they had won several games? Why are there more and more refugees?"
At the mention of the war on the border, Xie Wenyuan also frowned, and the expression on his face was a little difficult to look at, "How can we know this? But this refugee is indispensable.
Even if the war is won, for those who are at war, war is the destruction of the land, and in such a place, who dares to grow crops? Who would dare to buy a property?
In such a situation, everyone can only wait silently, and those who have no land are the first to be defeated, they lose everything at the beginning, and have to become displaced people or refugees, and run inside.
And if there is still some surplus food at home, the family can tighten their belts and live tightly at the beginning.
For such people, the only hope is that the war will end soon and they will be able to return to their normal lives.
But as the war continues, where can the surplus food at home last? What's more, when such a thing happens, local prices will definitely rise rapidly, even two or three times is not unusual.
In this way, those who used to have small assets will lose everything faster, and this trend is spreading further to the next level."
Listening to her mother's words, Lin Ruoxi couldn't help but fall silent when she thought of her daily life.
For those people who have lost everything, is her life a little too luxurious now?
"......Well," she thought, "if the war goes on like this, won't there be more and more refugees, and that ......
Xie Wenyuan nodded lightly, "You're right, my Daqi will become more and more chaotic, this is the internal attrition of the war, the reception and guidance of refugees and displaced people, and it has become an important issue for the imperial court, and now you
That's what they're busy with day and night, uncle.
And these people who have lost all their land, food, homes, and even relatives are emotionally excited, and at the same time, they are dangerous, just like a hot oil pot, maybe when it will burst, and the oil stars will gradually change, and what kind of disaster will be brought by that time, no one can say."
"It's like this rebellion in southern Yunnan."
Xie Wenyuan nodded and shook his head, "Yes and no, southern Yunnan is not at that point, it's just that some forces that were not very peaceful in the past deliberately stirred up trouble when the imperial court couldn't spare their hands at this time!"
However, the hidden danger of displaced people and refugees is not here, in a sense, they represent the people at the bottom of the Great Apocalypse, and their demands also represent the demands of the people at the bottom, that is, a stable life.
But now because of the war, such a stable life is becoming more and more difficult, and the court has to start to deal with the lawless elements who are running around, those small gangs that take advantage of the opportunity to rise, and those robbers who occupy the mountains and fall into the water.
It is also necessary to guard against those displaced people who have lost their homes in the land of the Great Apocalypse, and it will be more difficult to divide their minds and govern the places that are still safe, and it will be difficult for the local finances to go up.
The local finances are not going up, and the lives of the common people are also sad, not to mention that now that the two fronts are fighting, both sides need the support of grain and grass, and this tax issue is a huge problem."
Lin Ruoxi didn't know so much about the affairs of the court, but just hearing her mother say this, she felt terrified.
It feels like the whole Great Apocalypse has become a powder keg, and it may be detonated by a small spark at any time.
"Mother...... Your Majesty's body is no longer good now, if this is the time......
She didn't dare to go on.
And Xie Wenyuan is in a place where there are only two mothers and daughters, but he does not shy away from it.
"If His Majesty dies at this time, as soon as the news comes out, the whole world will be shaken, and the first to react is Da Rong.
Even though King Chen was guarding the border and could stand still, this was a very high morale boost for Daei's country, and it was really hard to say whether the situation of the war would change because of this.
This is one of them, and the second is whether those small groups and factions that have been brewing in various parts of the Great Apocalypse will give it a go and make waves when the dynasties change.
Now that the imperial court is in a state of weakness, it really can't withstand a little turmoil."
After she said this, she subconsciously glanced at the streets of the capital, which were still bustling and lively, "Only in a place like the capital, people are still so carefree."
As Xie Wenyuan said, in fact, at this time, all forces everywhere, like her, are thinking about the current situation of Daqi.