Chapter 76: Food Shortage
"Why are you out again?"
Yun Yu looked at Lu Ming, who was in the dust, and asked with some astonishment.
"Ma, hurry up and get some food, I haven't eaten a good meal since I ate the food you cooked, and I haven't eaten a good meal since I went back."
Since Lu Ming left, what he missed most was not the friendship with Yun Yu, nor the change of Vasher.
But like his father King Qi, he just thought about those few mouthfuls of delicious food.
King Qi is okay, that is, he has eaten two braised dishes made by Lu Ming.
But he, a person who has eaten countless delicacies from Yun Yu's hands, has no idea about the so-called delicacies in the capital.
The taste is the same as chewing wax, and he can't swallow it, which is his biggest feeling during these months.
Seeing this son, who might be the heir of the future empire, Yun Yu took the initiative to order him a bowl of noodles.
In the name of it, I will give you something to eat.
As for what good wine and good food are served, who is willing to do it, I am not used to you.
Serving people is a kind of work, except for the clouds that can be enjoyed, the rest is nothing more than Erer in Yun Yu's eyes.
It's that the emperor came, and he was sent away if he was unwell or in poor condition.
can play a bowl of noodles, or it depends on Lu Ming's friend.
is a simple bowl of scallion oil noodles, covered with an egg, and it also spoils this son who is used to eating in brocade clothes.
When I picked up the bowl, I snorted, and even the soup was drunk cleanly.
The corners of Yun Yu's mouth, who was watching from the side, twitched, how long has he been hungry? That's what the hell it looks like.
"Tell me, what are you doing here? Aren't you afraid of being assassinated by someone who reveals your identity? ”
Yun Yu was very curious, it had only been half a year, and this strange man who might have had the luck of being full of vitality actually ran out of the capital again.
Lu Ming glanced up at him, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and burped.
"Got it all?"
"Well, Xu Danian didn't chase after me and told me, but I didn't take the initiative to inquire."
Yun Yu hurriedly explained that he was not the kind of person who took the initiative to inquire about gossip, just say it if he could, and don't tell me if he can't.
"I was ordered to come to Tongzhou to keep an eye on it, and there will be officials to preside over the disaster relief on the surface, but secretly I am afraid that someone will make a move, and I am here to supervise. Find one by one, and dig out all the rats. ”
Yun Yu nodded, then frowned, and asked in a raised voice:
"Ordered? The Emperor agrees with you to do this? ”
He didn't believe that the Emperor of the Qianchao would be so confused and let Lu Ming do this.
Unless the officials of the imperial court are dead, even if they are dead, sending a eunuch to serve can do this, why does it have to be Lu Ming?
Lu Ming couldn't imagine that Yun Yu would find out about the problem so quickly, and laughed wryly.
"I'm going out of Beijing first, and then I'll let my father go to ask His Majesty for advice."
I'm Nima, isn't this special mother's just cutting first and then playing.
And how does this King Qi feel a little unreliable, playing with his son like this, the emperor must not be angry to death.
Yun Yu looked at him speechlessly, as the only heir, he was capricious.
Even if he did this, the emperor could only wipe his ass and not blame him, otherwise if the matter reached the ears of the ministers, he would not be able to enter the palace with a large number of impeachments.
Even if you ignore it, you have to be annoyed to death.
"You go to check the rats, what are you doing in Qi County, there are no rats here, Xu Danian has already stocked up a warehouse full of grain, even if the court doesn't support here, it can get through it safely."
Lu Ming looked at him curiously and asked:
"Xu Danian has been ready for a long time? How could he plan for a rainy day? ”
Yun Yu smiled and nodded, and didn't say that it was his own reason, if he wanted this credit, it would be better to give it to Xu Danian.
Later, when Xu Danian received a notice to come to Yun Yu's house, Lu Ming asked about it.
Xu Danian pointed at Yun Yu very sincerely and said:
"It's all this kid's idea, and even if there is no drought, he guarantees that he can digest the grain, and with this layer of money, the minister did it."
Yun Yu: "......"
Why the hell are you so sincere? You're a fart officer!
Subsequently, Xu Danian told Lu Ming in detail how Yun Yu found possible problems and how to deal with them.
Yun Yu on the side rolled his eyes angrily, he had never seen this kind of official.
After Lu Ming listened, it suddenly dawned on him that Cao Kexin's guy still had Xu Danian, or Yun Yu's reminder, so he wrote to the court for the first time.
Speaking of which, this credit should fall on Yun Yu or Xu Danian.
Thinking of this, he was a little indignant.
Damn Cao Kexin, he was forced to run away and return to Beijing in advance, but now he is playing presumptuous work again, and he doesn't mention Xu Danian's name in the song.
What an abomination!
He had already thought about it, and when the disaster relief was over, he would participate in this old product after returning to Beijing.
At this time, it was early autumn, and the news that the imperial court would send disaster relief envoys to Tongzhou for relief had spread all over the world.
It should be the harvest season that farmers are most happy about, but at this time it seems somewhat lonely.
The golden waves of wheat of the previous years did not appear in the fields, but the dry land and the withered rice stalks.
Everyone is looking forward to the arrival of relief materials from the imperial court, and many people cannot afford to buy food because of the skyrocketing food prices.
The rice jar at home has bottomed out, and it is about to be unsustainable.
At this moment, the disaster relief team led by Liang Ji arrived in Tongzhou Prefecture.
All those who got the news were all overjoyed, while the grain merchants were scolding, and finally waited for a natural disaster to make a big fortune, but they were stopped by the imperial court.
The price of grain everywhere immediately fell because of the injection of grain and grass from the imperial court, and at the same time, Lu Ming also moved, and the manpower given to him by King Qi immediately turned into spies and settled in various counties and villages.
Constantly observing the situation everywhere, the slightest change will immediately spread the news to Qi County and send it to Lu Ming's hands.
Liang Ji still has some means, and the emperor can choose this household servant as the chief of disaster relief, which can be seen as an affirmation of his ability.
In order to prevent the purchase of grain merchants, each person was required to buy a limited amount per day, and he had to register with the registration office with his household registration.
Once it is found that there are duplicate purchases, or deliberate hoarding, they will be immediately punished for the crime of treason.
As soon as this trick came out, those grain merchants who were originally buying official grain were really frightened and did not dare to act easily.
But can they be stopped by not buying grain from the granary?
When the time came to the early winter, the officials and people of Tongzhou, who were spending the winter with peace of mind, suddenly received a message.
When a batch of grain transported from the capital to Tongzhou crossed the Tongzhou River, the official ship suddenly sank, and more than a dozen official ships sank at the same time, and none of the officers and soldiers on board survived.
And the grain on the ship also sank to the icy bottom of the river with the ship.
This is the grain that the household department has managed to save money from other places and dispatch it.
If you want to gather such a batch of grain, you will definitely not be able to do it before the beginning of spring.
This also means that the people of Tongzhou have no food for the winter.
Food prices have risen wildly again.
In the official warehouse, the remaining grain is only 30%, which will not last much at all.
At this moment, the sky over Tongzhou was surrounded by darkness.