"You said, with the pitiful balance of these three people, it is already good that you can guarantee that you will not starve to death, how can you help Xiao Yunyun upgrade and earn interstellar coins?"

She never expected that the system level of these three people was lower than the other, and the highest Mu Yuze was one level less than Lu Ruyun.

It's outrageous.

"If you have a plug-in, why don't you hurry up and work hard to make money and marry Bai Fumei, what do you think about all day long?"

「......」

Shen Xingluo twitched the corner of his mouth, and suddenly stopped.

An orc is busy surviving, a martial idiot is busy improving himself, and as for the rest of the one, it is estimated that he doesn't even know what Bai Fumei is, what can he expect them to do?

Cheng Xi sighed, "So, it's up to us women to engage in a career!"

"You can recommend Mu Yuze to Miss Lu, the ancient martial arts plane has fighting and sect training from time to time, presumably the fabric of the plant plane can save her life at a critical moment."

[The app that has been running stably for many years is comparable to the old version of the book-chasing artifact, which is used by old bookworms.]

Shen Xingluo hesitated for a moment, and suddenly felt that his inspiration was bursting, and his eyes became brighter and brighter.

"I'll go."

"Take a break, don't be in a hurry."

"Got it!"

Cheng Xi didn't stop her when she saw that her inspiration was coming, and just wanted to go to see how the master's old man's medicinal plant research was doing, when he saw Shen Xingluo and Su Zhan coming in front and back, their faces seemed to be a little dignified.

"What's going on?"

"There's been some restlessness outside the city these days."

Not only is the suburbs of Beijing restless, but the entire north of the Great Yan Dynasty is not very restless.

At the end of September, it was the day after the autumn harvest, and in April this year, due to the cold snap that swept through most of the swallows, all wheat and other crops froze to death, and the people had no food in their hands.

The refugees affected by the snowstorm have just been appeased, and they are afraid that they will cause trouble again.

"Is something wrong with our Zhuangzi outside the city?"

"Mrs. Hui, there have been homeless people in Zhuangzi since a few days ago, and many people in the vicinity have also been robbed."

"Nothing serious, right?"

「......」

Su Zhan looked strange, "Ahem, madam, the red fruit tree behind Zhuangzi is bald."

「......」

Cheng Xi blinked, extremely puzzled, "What does it mean to be bald, what is the bald method?"

"I don't know where the refugees heard that the red fruit was worth a lot of money, so they picked the rest of the small fruits that were not picked and ate them as food, and some of the hungry people even picked the leaves and boiled them."

「......」

Venus is very sour, can you eat it?

Besides, hawthorn is an appetizer, and the more you eat, the hungrier you get!

Even if you eat leaves, you can't pick them and eat them.

When Cheng Xi was speechless, he realized the seriousness of the matter, if even the refugees outside the capital were so unscrupulous to pick hawthorn to eat, then the situation in other places would only be more serious.

"Is there any measure in the Imperial Court?"

"Not yet. These refugees have only gathered in the last month, because the autumn harvest is not good everywhere, and they are afraid that they will be hungry again and gather together, and even the imperial court has not reacted."

It may be okay to be pressed down once when you are hungry, but I am afraid that it will be worse than the last time.

Shen Xingluo said, "Pay more attention to the news on the outskirts of Beijing these days."

"Yes."

Su Zhan quickly left the small courtyard, and the two went directly into the study.

A letter was sent from Shenjia Village, which was written by Shen Manchu.

The second season of potatoes planted in Shenjia Village has been harvested a few days ago, totaling nearly 700,000 catties, which can be described as a bumper harvest.

The five princes had already led their troops out of Shenjia Village, and bought and pulled them all except for the seeds reserved for them, and now every household had more than one hundred taels of surplus silver in their hands.

In addition, the Governor of Xie bought half of the potatoes in the name of Lin'an Mansion and kept them as seeds for next year, and the rest were escorted to the capital in the future.

"No?"

Cheng Xi calculated the distance and time, "This letter was five days ago, if there are soldiers escorting it, it will only take about 8 days to travel from Lin'an Mansion to the capital, which means that these potatoes are about to arrive?"

"If nothing else."

Accidentally......

No, there are a lot of refugees on the way to the capital now.

Thinking about it this way, it may be a good thing that Governor Xie can leave half of the seeds, so that he will not be robbed halfway.

Shen Xingluo saw her contemplative appearance and smiled, "Not really."

"What?"

"The five princes sent Song Zhi to transport potatoes, and the refugees will not succeed, and it is not the people who are really guarded against, but the officials and families in the capital."

「......」

"And not on the road, but into the gate of the capital."

Cheng Xi had an epiphany, "You mean, the Holy One can't keep it?"

「... Ahem, that's fine."

"Then our saint is really pitiful."

I can't even keep what belongs to me, and I can't help but give it when I am remembered, but it's not a little pitiful.

That's a pitiful death.

"An emperor does this—"

Cheng Xi sighed and silently lit a piece of wax for the one on the dragon chair.

Shen Xingluo: "......"

You don't have to be so sympathetic to him.

***

The next day, news of a large number of refugees outside the city spread throughout the capital.

For a while, most of the excitement of the test was gone, and the women on the main street decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye, for fear of being hit by the sudden refugees.

On the contrary, the number of students who stayed in Beijing for the time being and the students of Guozijian increased, and they began to gather and think of countermeasures as if they wanted to ask for the people's lives and think about the imperial court.

Shen Xingluo returned home soon after going out for a morning, locking himself in his study and not going out.

Cheng Xi's TCM course had already entered acupuncture, and when he finished the morning's class, he heard a noise outside.

"Wangshu, go take a look."

"Yes."

Wang Shu's figure returned not long after he went out, "Madam, refugees from outside the city have gathered, many officials and squires are planning to give soup porridge to help, and there are people queuing up in all major grain stores in the capital, and they have already lined up at the mouth of the alley."

"So exaggerated?"

The alley and the main street are separated by two streets.

"Most of the people who go to the grain store to buy food are driving horse-drawn carts, so the queue is longer."

"Do big families need horse-drawn carriages to buy things, and this kind of thing is okay to tell the shopkeeper to deliver it to your door?"

"......" This is her common sense blind spot, Wangshu shook her head and said that she didn't understand either.

Wangshu didn't understand, and Cheng Xi, who thought he knew very well, was also confused, and it wasn't until Qin Zheng came over with the news that they suddenly realized.

"What, because there are too many mansions that want soup kitchen, the little maid is afraid that his house won't be able to grab it, so he simply pulls the carriage and goes?"

The master and servant twitched the corners of their mouths at the same time, have your officials in the capital been so introverted?

That's unreasonable, isn't it?

Qin Zheng spread his hands, "This year is an accident, all the students who can rank top are here, if you don't go to any house, it is estimated that you will be told to death by these righteous people!"

"If I'm not mistaken, you're one of them."

"Can that be the same? I am the Qin family first, and then I am a scholar."

"......" is really right, and I am speechless?

"So your Qin family's shop is making money?"

"That is, who made these people not only rich in money but also famous?"

Qin Zheng snorted twice, and his eyes narrowed into a sheep's horn symbol, "But my grandfather said that the Qin family also needs to give food porridge, not only in the capital, but everywhere there is a Qin family's grain shop."

"Oh no!"

This is to single-handedly suppress other officials and families.

Well done, though.

"Hasn't the court come up with a solution yet?"

"No way is the best way, although the major families are trying to make a good reputation, it does solve the urgent needs of the imperial court."

When it comes to this, Qin Zheng is not sleepy at all.

He crossed his fingers and analyzed, "But I know some inside story, the household department doesn't have too much grain in stock, and the major state capitals have also opened warehouses because of the disaster relief a few days ago, and it is estimated that it will hurt the root cause if it is released, so I guess the emperor may only have tax reduction and exemption."

「......」

Speaking of which, aren't the people left hungry?