Although Dr. Qian was with them, he was walking alone, and He Shaoguang whispered at Ren Mingyue in a voice he couldn't hear: "Happy? ”

"Why do you say that I used to stick to him a lot, but he was unmoved, and after a few days of cold, he became abnormal?"

This idea was taught by He Shaoguang who hated iron and pulled at her ears, and after Ren Mingyue did it, Dr. Qian didn't move for a long time, and she was still very worried.

"What's that?" He Shaoguang snorted, "Before you were cold to him, he didn't realize that he was used to you annoying him every day, and he still maintained the initial vigilance, so he couldn't see his heart clearly." When you calm down for a while, you also let him discover the changes he has made. ”

Ren Mingyue listened to this thoughtfully.

The Ren family's carriage stopped on the other side of the Jinshui River, and in the past there was a long Jinshui bridge to cross the opposite side. This is the largest bridge in the capital, on which people come and go, and the sound of cars and horses is endless.

Next to a candy man stall, a beggar in tattered clothes, with his yellow hair scattered, stared at the sugar man in the vendor's hand and drooled.

"Go, go, little beggar, get out of the way, don't get in the way of the master's business!" The young stall owner was also just starting out in business, and there were not many people coming to patronize it, and seeing that the stalls around him had more or less business to do, he threw his anger on the little beggar, thinking that she was blocking his way of wealth.

"Huh?" The little beggar who was caught off guard and pushed away by him bumped into Ren Mingyue and almost tripped over, but fortunately, Ren Mingyue reached out in time to support the other party.

Although the corner of his skirt was rubbed with a dirt, seeing that the little beggar was bullied by him like this without doing anything, shrinking at his feet with a confused look, Ren Mingyue's sense of justice came up again.

"Everyone can walk on this bridge, how can you push people out of thin air? What's more, this water is very deep, if she falls, who will save her? ”

There was a little impatience in his tone, and the stall owner was not happy: "She is blocking my business!" I can't get her to walk away a little bit? Go and go, don't stand here if you don't buy it. ”

"Who says I don't buy it?" Ren Mingyue gritted her teeth, walked up to him and stood still, the stall owner looked up at what she was wearing, and immediately smiled: "What do you want to buy?" ”

"Get out of the way, you're blocking the old man's business." She didn't look at this person's stall, but bought all the river fresh food sold by an old man next to her.

The old man suddenly took over a big business, smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, and happily packed them for them and offered them with both hands. Humming a little song, I packed up and went home.

Embarrassed and frustrated, the young vendor returned to his place and continued to look forward to the next customer.

After taking a few steps, He Shaoguang turned around and found that the little beggar just now had been following them, just five or six steps away, not daring to get too close, and not planning to walk away.

She turned back, squatted down and asked her gently, "Are you hungry?" ”

took out a bunch of copper plates from his arms and handed them to her: "I'm afraid you won't be able to protect the gold and silver, you can take these copper plates and buy a few buns." ”

That's enough for her to eat for a few days.

The little beggar held the pile of rattling copper plates in both hands, and was so grateful that he was about to kneel down and kowtow to her, He Shaoguang gently pressed against her forehead: "If you really want to thank you, try to do some odd jobs." I hope to see you next time, and you won't have to be bullied like you are today. ”

There are many people in the world who do not have enough food and clothing, although some can help some, but it is not always a long-term solution.

The little beggar has sound hands and feet, and she has a chance to change.

After the little beggars left, Dr. Qian didn't know when he had stopped and waited not far in front of him, so he silently watched their movements, and only when they approached did he speak: "The number of beggars in the city has doubled this year compared to previous years. ”

He Shaoguang said: "Why? ”

"Last year, the Xiao family and Yan Wang rebelled against each other, and many innocent people were injured by arson, and there may be only one or two disabled people left in the family, who have no ability to rebuild their houses and can only be displaced."

"Last year, this year's summer and autumn were hot and hot, the rainfall was very low, and there were many droughts in neighboring states, and the autumn harvest in the fields could not be harvested, and even the autumn tax could not be paid. Although the sage reduced the autumn tax in the severely affected areas, there are still many households in the less serious villages who cannot eat. Those who can't hold on are forced to leave their homes and become beggars. ”

In just a few sentences, He Shaoguang has seen the grief of countless ordinary people behind this through Dr. Qian's words, but the people in that position can't see this.

The king of Yanzhou died, and the officials in the palace were not spared, and those who were imprisoned were exiled from prison.

The new Zhuo Huanguang is a young high-ranking son, with empty ambitions, knowing that there is very little fertile land in this place, he put pressure on the families in the city to try to make them spit out the land of the people who had been encroached upon, but it is also a drop in the bucket, and this year there is a big drought, and the grain merchants can't stop raising the price, even to one hundred and twenty yuan a bucket of wheat!

Yanzhou Mansion has lost countless people, and Zhuo Huanguang is facing pressure from all sides, and his head is bald.

In the end, with a wave of his hand, he decided to organize everyone to open up the wasteland. It just so happens that most of the fields spit out by the cunning families depend on barren mountains, and if the wasteland at the foot of the mountains is cleared, and some fruit trees that can survive are planted on the mountains, it will be better than the current situation.

This is only Yanzhou Mansion, and the situation in the neighboring Dingzhou Mansion is not optimistic.

He Shaoguang's maternal grandfather's family and Hai's maiden home are in Yanghua County, Dingzhou Prefecture, and the biggest business of the Hai family is cloth and grain.

And the brothers of the Hai family have gotten together several times to discuss whether to raise the price or not.

The president of the Chamber of Commerce has already hinted to Brother Hai that if they don't rise, the other grain chambers of commerce will have very big opinions, and even unite to exclude them, although the Hai family is powerful, he can't "shield" the Hai family.

The implication is clear.

If the price rises in accordance with the situation, I am sorry for the conscience of the Haijia merchants for so many years.

At present, the price of grain in Dingzhou City is more than 100 wen and one bucket, and the perennial price is 30 to 40 wen and 1 bucket, and the Haijia family is now only between 60 or 70 wen and 1 bucket, and in order to prevent other grain merchants from pretending to be ordinary people to buy at a low price and change hands at a high price, or the residents in the city panic and rush to rob, the Haijia grain store has also formulated a method of one-day limited purchase by a household, and can only be purchased with the identity of the household registration certificate.

This method allows the Hai family to take a breath temporarily, but the current problem is the pressure of the Chamber of Commerce, no matter how big their Hai family's business is, they can't completely detach themselves from the help of the Chamber of Commerce.

The president did not want to offend other grain merchants, and the three brothers of the Hai family urgently convened a family meeting.

Since the second elder of the Hai family, they still haven't separated, and the three rooms are living in the old house of the Hai family, and the relationship between the concubines is also very good, helping each other with their husbands' business affairs.

So in addition to the three brothers of the Hai family, there are also their respective daughters-in-law, who are already adults, Hai Yuli and Hai Yuwu also participated.

(End of chapter)