When Xiang Yan came down from the city wall, it was already the end of dusk.

Torches were lit everywhere in the garrison around Jinling City.

Where torches can't be illuminated, it's hard to see with natural light.

To Xiang Yan's surprise, Cui Yongdao was not seen in the city.

He didn't even wait here, waiting for Xiang Yan to come from the city wall to observe the situation, and then ask for instructions.

I found out after asking the people around me.

Cui Yongdao said that it was getting late and he went to eat.

And the reason why he didn't wait for Xiang Yan was because Xiang Yan expressed between his words that he didn't want Cui Tingshi to set up a banquet to entertain him.

So just trouble Lord Qincha, and the big pot of rice in the army will be ready.

At night, I think I can find a place to stay with my skills.

Cui Yongdao will not arrange it.

If you can't find it, you can also take a look at the Chase in the army tent.

Xiang Yanden was so angry that he immediately led the way to Cui Yongdao.

In the tents set up outside the city, I walked around and around for about a stick of incense.

found Cui Yongdao in a relatively large tent.

There was nothing special about this tent from the outside.

But as soon as you walk in, good fellow, it's so decorated with a golden splendor!

The floor is covered with carpets, the surrounding area is decorated with precious materials, and the interior of the house is decorated with luxurious furniture of various colors.

End of a people's fat people's ointment.

At this moment, under the innermost screen, there is a large round table large enough to seat more than a dozen people, full of all kinds of precious delicacies.

There are all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas.

Cui Tingshi and several key officials of Jinling are now dining at the table.

Xiang Yanden couldn't help but sneer:

"The people in Jinling City are bleak, but Cui Tingshi's tent is full of all kinds of enjoyment!"

Cui Yongdao was knocked through this scene, but his face remained unchanged at all.

It seems that in his opinion, there is nothing wrong with the configuration he is enjoying now.

He didn't pretend to be polite to invite Xiang Yan to take a seat, but asked indifferently on official business:

"What's the matter with Lord Chincha? Is it that urgent? Can't even wait for a little time for this meal? ”

Xiang Yan continued to sneer:

"You're eating, let me ask you, have the people in Jinling City eaten?"

"But I think with Cui Tingshi's high position, the life and death of this kind of fart people will not be taken to heart by a big man like you."

"But I'm a messenger sent by the imperial court, and these trivial things in the eyes of Master Cui are just within the scope of my duties."

"Since Master Cui doesn't care, then I can only directly exercise my authority in a business-like manner."

"Cui Tingshi, in the name of Qincha, I ordered the Jinling government to immediately go to Yuhang to buy grain with official money!"

"Then issue an announcement to the entire Jiangnan Province, within three days, no matter where the grain dealers are, as long as they can transport the grain to Jinling, we will buy all of them at double the price!"

"Within seven days, no matter where the grain dealers come from, as long as they can transport the grain to Jinling, we will buy it all at a price fifty percent higher than the market price!"

Cui Yongdao was disturbed, and he was a little unhappy when eating.

After Xiang Yan finished speaking, he began to compose the score:

"This ...... The orders of Lord Chincha are a little difficult to do......"

"Difficult?"

Xiang Yan stepped forward with an unkind face.

Going to flip his table.

But after a few days of sleeping on the ship, and I haven't eaten dinner today, I'm a little hungry.

I suddenly felt that the food on the table was so fragrant, and it would be too wasteful to lift it.

So he instructed Liu Yan and Old Butler Yang:

"Pack everything on the table, let's take it and eat."

Then he turned his head to Cui Yongdao and said:

"It's difficult, then don't do it, don't be a thorn in your history, hurry up and write to the court so that they can arrange someone who can replace you!"

Liu Yan and Old Butler Yang listened to Xiang Yan's instructions, picked up the food box on the side and began to pack it.

Cui Yongdao felt that his face was very unbearable.

So there are other difficulties:

"There is no money left in the accounts of the Jinling government, and we can't afford to buy food."

"No money?"

Xiang Yan suddenly glared:

"No money? You told me I didn't have any money! ”

"Jinling, as one of the major cities in the south of the Yangtze River, is still the capital, you tell me that there is no money?"

"You're not going to tell me you're staying in the city and it's too late to move out, are you? You've got a table to eat at home, and you don't look like you're going to drop the money, are you? ”

"Or are you hiding the money from the officials? Do you want me to raid a few people's homes so that I can have money to buy food? ”

"Huh? You say! ”

Cui Yongdao was silenced by Xiang Yan's words.

Xiang Yan didn't want to entangle with him anymore.

Leave a sentence: "If I can't see the food in three days, if you have anything to say, go to Shang Fang Sword!" ”

Then he left with Liu Yan and Old Butler Yang, who had packed a full table.

……

Zhang Wen is an ordinary inn running hall in Jinling after the lockdown.

Fortunately, thanks to the large food reserves in places like the inn, he and his colleagues have not been hungry since the lockdown.

But at dinner today, the cook sighed.

Everyone only found out when they asked.

There is not much food in the inn anymore.

As for the epidemic in the city, the government has not intervened, and more and more people have begun to get sick.

If this development continues, it will definitely not be possible to leave the city for a foreseeable month.

But their food can't last three days!

The atmosphere at the dinner table cooled down for a while.

"What do you say......"

In the gloom of everyone, at this time, a guy who always likes to go out to engage in tandem said,

"What Boss Jin said in the east of the city that the government has given up on us and intends to let us fend for ourselves in the city, is it true?"

As soon as these words came out, coupled with the depressing atmosphere at the dinner table, everyone already believed most of them in their hearts.

"Can't ...... either"

There are also people who are lucky,

"With so many people in the city, it's impossible to give up all of them, right?"

"That's the government, can you really just ignore our life or death?"

The crowd was silent again, and they didn't want to believe that the so-called parents and officials would really leave an entire city alone.

But whether it is the withdrawal of the government from the city, or the fact that the government has not intervened in the epidemic for so many days, and whether there is no food brought in from outside.

All of this is like a thorn in everyone's heart, so that they always think about the worst possibility from time to time.

"Alright, hurry up and eat your meal......"

The shopkeeper's remarks were about to interrupt the atmosphere of the conversation that scared him, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the noise outside.

Everyone looked at each other.

In the end, it was the tandem guy who got up and went out the door, intending to find out what was going on.

Not long after he went out, the fellow hurried back, his face full of nervousness.