And Yang Mu and the Zhuangzi under the name of the Tang family have already begun to collect it.

The heads of the farms suppressed the complaints of the farmers, coaxed and deceived, and grabbed the grain head-on.

Those fruits and vegetables are not in a hurry, and they are put away relatively quickly.

Yang Mu asked Zhuang Tou to raise more poultry and livestock, since she entered the seventh grade, she has a high demand for meat, and if she has no meat to eat, she will cry.

Yang Mu hoarded some bamboo shoots and summer radishes for Qiuqiu.

……

As the people of the capital realized the importance of hoarding grain, when the price of grain began to rise, the explosion of the timber shop on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival was finally investigated.

The announcement posted by the Jingzhao Yin Mansion was an accident.

And Lin Xiao's original words were: "The person in charge of the granary on Suzaku Street is the person of the Empress Dowager Dong." And it was the people of the Queen Mother of the West who detonated the timber shop. ”

In other words, in order to take over the granary in the hands of the Eastern Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager of the West ordered someone to cause the explosion.

Yang Mu's eyes were cold, how cold is this Queen Mother Xi, an explosion, so many people were killed and injured, it was just to pull down the officials of the next granary? !

I'm afraid I'm not crazy!

Such a person is the queen mother, which makes people's backs shiver!

And Lin Xiao's other news made Yang Mu even more shocked.

In the entire capital, there are eight granaries, and none of them are proper!

The grain stored in the eight granaries is all old grain, and that's it, the amount is still very small, and all of them add up to less than the entire capital for three days!

According to the regulations, the eight granaries should be able to supply the entire capital for three months!

The difference in quantity is too much!

In order not to cause panic in the capital, the affairs of the granary were not made public, and only a small number of people in the court knew about it.

The warrant for the transfer of grain from various provinces to Beijing has been issued, and if you are lucky, you will make up part of it within a month.

Yang Mu was helpless in his eyes, if he could really make up for it, Yang Fei would not be so eager to stock up on food.

What Yang Mu was worried about soon happened.

In less than ten days, the entire northern locust transit was placed on the table of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces.

And what made the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces even more chilling was that the entire north couldn't even borrow a single grain!

The local granary was also besieged by locusts, and a lot of grain was eaten, and the rest had to not only supply the local famine, but also ensure military rations.

The southern fold came two days late, and the largest river in Dashun, the Shunjiang River, was suddenly diverted by the impact of big fish, and all the farmland around the river was submerged, and the people's houses collapsed.

Not to mention the food supply, the common people themselves have to gnaw on the bark.

In the court, Empress Dowager Sheng looked at Empress Dowager Tao coldly and said sarcastically: "Queen Mother, even if you kill that Pan Duo 10,000 times now, you can't solve the food crisis in the capital!" ”

Pan Duo is the official in charge of the granary in the camp of the Eastern Empress Dowager.

Empress Dowager Tao had a cold face and said with pity: "Situ Zheng said that the Sheng family sent people to purchase a large amount of grain. Our Lady Queen Mother, does this want her mother's family to be alone? ”

Empress Dowager Sheng pouted, she is the queen mother, even if the entire capital is starved to death, she will not be starved to death, why bother to be alone?

Empress Dowager Tao said: "Prince Su led the household department to level grain prices, dispatch various grain stores, and restrict grain sales. ordered the soldiers and horses of the nine cities to step up their patrols, and there should be no troublemakers. ”

Empress Dowager Sheng was very unhappy when she saw Empress Dowager Tao giving orders, and immediately rushed to speak: "Order the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment to appease the people." Ordered the granary to consolidate the existing grain in case of emergency. ”

All the ministers in the court should come out one by one.

……

The locusts are still coming.

Covering the sky and the sun, the day is like night.

This is the first time that Yang Mu has seen what it means to be called "locusts transit, and no grass grows." ”

After three days and three nights of locusts, the entire Hibiscus Garden and even the entire Protector's Mansion became bare, and even the bark was gnawed away.

The most terrible thing is that the ground is full of eggs left by locusts!

Half a month after these eggs, the next wave of locusts will cross!

The maids in the house covered their faces and cleaned up the eggs.

Piles of eggs were burned.

The flower farmer held a large jar and sprinkled the locust egg killing powder on the branches of the tree as if he didn't want money, jar after jar.

The only thing that was happy was the frogs by the lake and the birds flying in the sky, the locusts couldn't be eaten these days, so I couldn't hold on.

During these three days and nights, almost every house was closed, and all doors and windows were tightly sealed.

Listening to the "thump" of locusts hitting the door panels and windows, people couldn't sleep at night.

Not just because of fear and noise, but also because of food rations.

Some people who do not believe in the rumors of locusts have not harvested the crops of the geography, and now regret that their bowels are green.

And those who robbed the crops were very happy, but those half-ripe grains could also be satisfied!

After the first locusts flew away, people cautiously walked out of their rooms, looking at the bare everywhere, and they couldn't help but feel sad.

It's only the end of summer, and there's still a whole year left until next year's autumn harvest, but how can we survive?

In the panic of the people, the scene that the government most unwilling to see still came.

At first, it was just that someone climbed the wall at night to break into the house and steal, and almost all of the stolen food was food.

After just a few days, the families of those who did not have food in stock were cut off, and some outsiders could not buy food with money.

Gradually, someone dared to rush into a secluded alley during the day to break into a house and rob it.

After that, a mob began to loot in the downtown area, focusing on the major grain stores.

Half a month after the locusts crossed the border, the city defense army also ran out of military rations, and the city became even more chaotic.

The shop under Yang Mu's name had long been closed when the locusts had crossed the border, and the grain in the store had been transferred, leaving only the store guys for a month's supply.

The guys in the shop can go home and live, and come to receive food once every three days, three catties of rice each time.

You can also live in the store, protect the safety of the store, eat and drink the store, and receive a pound of food every day.

Under such conditions, all the guys choose to live in the store.

Occasionally, a thief enters the door and is scared away when he sees so many people. When encountering tough robbers, they can't beat so many people at once.

So the capital was in chaos for more than half a month, and every store under Yang Mu's name was not robbed.

When the robbers were at their worst, Yang Fei felt that the time was almost up, so she made an appointment with Li Che and said that she wanted to surprise him.

There is food in the big gateway at home, and there is no need to worry about not having enough to eat at present. But Li Che still wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to win some fame for himself and Prince Su's Mansion.

But the grain in his hand is only a few hundred stones, and if he opens a warehouse to release grain, it will be a drop in the bucket.

Besides, if all the grain is given to the people to eat, what will he eat?

When I was really anxious, I received a letter from Yang Fei.

It turned out that Yang Fei asked for the 10,000 taels of silver in order to hoard 3,000 stone of grain for him.

Li Che couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking that this daughter-in-law who could predict the future could be regarded as the right choice!

He hurriedly ordered people to spread the news and set up a porridge factory at the gate of the city to relieve the people!

Yang Fei was waiting for Li Che at the mouth of a small alley, and the two entered an unremarkable courtyard together.

Yang Fei stood in the courtyard, pointed to a few houses, and said with a smile: "Lord Shizi, this house is full of food!" How did I get this gift? ”

Li Che looked at the dozen or so houses, imagining the white flowers and grains inside, and his eyes lit up instantly!

(End of chapter)