Without saying a word all the way, the horses traveled day and night, and arrived in Shangzhou nine days later.

Shangzhou in Xishu and Daqianluo Prefecture are only separated by a river, and the torrential rain and flooding are raging for several days, and the border between the two states can be seen everywhere in rags, and the five city gates of Shangjiang County have also built simple porridge sheds.

Walking into the county town, perhaps because of the gloomy weather, the streets were sparsely populated, and only the chivalrous men of the rivers and lakes hurried away with swords and swords.

"Your Highness is waiting for you."

In a remote and quiet alley, the middle-aged man left quickly after dropping this sentence.

There was a narrow wooden building at the end of the alley, Gu Ping'an walked to the eaves step by step, and bowed solemnly:

"Thank you, Your Highness, for saving your life."

The ray of light in the darkness of the desperate situation not only saved his life, but also gave him a chance to take revenge, and words could not describe the gratitude in his heart at all.

Incense and zither are burned in the building, and the sound of the piano and the drizzle of "dong dong dong" are scattered.

After a long time, a cold voice came out:

"The reason why this palace saved you is only because this palace sympathizes with your experience, you have been displaced all the way, and the ending should not be unjustly killed under the butcher's knife of Emperor Qian."

"You can go now, and find a place where no one knows about it for the rest of your life."

Gu Ping'an remained motionless and said earnestly:

"My reputation and future are ruined, but I can still comfort myself that the will of heaven is difficult and my destiny is like this, but my dignity has been trampled on until it collapses, and I will live in torment for the rest of my life."

"I am willing to die for His Royal Highness and ask for a Qingyun Avenue."

Lengthy silence.

"Prove yourself to this first." The people in the building were indifferent.

Then, a soft-skinned egg-faced woman jumped down from the window, dusted off the corners of her skirt, raised her head and said with a smile:

"My name is Siqin, Your Highness's maid."

Then she looked at Gu Ping'an for a moment and said softly:

"Childe, there is a test right now, if you can't do it, I'll pestering you and taking people away."

Gu Ping'an bowed.

The latter said unhurriedly:

"There was a famine in the county town, but the grain reserves in the government treasury were completely insufficient, and the major grain merchants and wealthy families raised the price of grain, and the people could not afford to buy it, and the people were very dissatisfied."

"The government is already in a hurry, but there is nothing they can do with those greedy grain merchants."

"The border is important, and the means must not be excessive, if the rich gentry and wealthy families are threatened by force, it is very easy to lose control and cause chaos."

"What you need to do is to make sure that people can buy food at a low price and survive the famine."

Si Qin actually didn't have hope in his heart.

The prefect of Qi, who is known for governing the government and securing the people, is helpless, what can a gentleman who has never been in contact with government affairs do?

"And," she added, adding:

"There are thousands of displaced people on the border, most of them are ordinary people, you need to resettle them......"

It's almost a stack of difficulties!

The money in the treasury to buy grain is far from enough, so there is no spare money.

The rich gentry and wealthy families have even blocked the price reduction of grain in every way, how can they be kind enough to help the displaced people?

His Highness's test is inevitably too arduous.

But as Her Royal Highness said, the princess's mansion does not want to recruit nerds who talk about righteousness and morality, and they have to put it into practice after all.

What can be reused!

Gu Ping'an just said "um" and asked:

"Will the government cooperate with me?"

"Yes."

I don't know when, Jiang Jinshuang, the princess of Changning of Shu Kingdom, stood in front of the window, the green silk was like a waterfall dancing lightly in the wind, her facial features were exquisite, and she was so beautiful that she was suffocating, but her temperament was cold.

"The government has full authority to obey you, you only have ten days, and after ten days, the palace will return to Chaoge City."

Gu Ping'an looked at the peerless woman and said respectfully:

"Okay."

Si Qin was stunned for a moment, and agreed so decisively?

Princess Changning stared at him deeply and said coldly:

"Everyone in the world is watching you."

"This palace needs a perfect answer."

……

The carriage was fragrant, and Gu Ping'an put his hand on the window lattice on the right side, and his fingers tapped lightly.

Seeing that his expression was calm and not anxious, Si Qin wondered:

"Hey, don't you realize the difficulty of the mission?"

"It's not hard." Gu Ping'an replied casually, his attention was on the grain shop on the street, and the people were rushing and squeezing.

Siqin is getting more and more confused, is this one holding the chance to win or is he out of his power?

She was a little more serious, and said with a straight face:

"The shameless behavior of Ji Fuyao and the gate lord clan, Xishu Quan should be a joke, it was His Royal Highness who suddenly proposed an exchange, which was refuted by the government and the opposition, and His Royal Highness reluctantly said that he would move the saint."

"We know the truth of the scientific expedition, but in the eyes of the people of the world, you are still a fraudster, and Your Highness has gambled on your reputation!"

"If you are mediocre and incompetent, those people will ridicule Your Highness for not knowing anyone."

Gu Ping'an was silent for a long time, and said firmly:

"I will be a retainer of the Princess's Mansion and only be loyal to Your Highness."

"You ......" Si Qin rolled his eyes and said angrily:

"Don't stress your loyalty, show your means!"

The carriage slowly stopped at the government office, and she lifted the curtain and instructed:

"It's up to you to show your face or show your eyes."

……

The officials were busy with their work, burying their heads in the countless scrolls, and all they could hear was the sound of the scrolls being unfolded.

"Qi Fuzun, last year's drought and poor grain harvest, if we hadn't generously helped the grain, we would have starved everywhere a long time ago."

"This year's rain and floods, the old decay is really powerless, but if there is still a stone of grain, not to mention the free donation."

"Yes, yes, there are hundreds of people in the family, and they can't open the pot."

In the main hall, several wealthy businessmen in gorgeous brocade robes complained bitterly.

Qi Fuzun also wanted to persuade, but the staff came to whisper.

For a moment, Qi Renliang walked into the side yaya alone.

"I've seen Fuzun." Gu Ping'an smiled and saluted.

Qi Renliang looked aggrieved and haggard, and he didn't mean to say hello, and after nodding, he asked bluntly:

"Your Highness has a word, the government has full authority to obey you, dare to ask the prince what is the best plan?"

Gu Ping'an made an unexpected request:

"Close the granary."

Si Qin thought that he would talk a lot, but he didn't expect it to be just four words.

Qi Renliang frowned, as a fourth-grade official, there was no need to be polite to the other party, and immediately retorted:

"It's useless to talk about it in books, although Childe is knowledgeable, but it's not practical to practice it!"

"When the warehouse is opened, the price of grain rises like this, and once it is closed, the price of grain will become even worse, and it will be difficult to curb it!"

Gu Ping'an was indifferent and insisted on his own opinion:

"The government treasury does not have enough grain reserves, and sooner or later it will be exhausted, so it will be closed immediately."

"Nonsense!" Qi Renliang was so angry that his face turned black.

was already in an embarrassing situation, and now a hairy boy has to talk about it.

"Yes, you are very good at reading sage books, and this official is not as good as you, but dealing with people's livelihood is not a matter of mouth!"

"If the people's grievances boil, this official will not be held responsible."

He put down the sentence and looked directly at Siqin.

If you can, you can delegate power.

No, go aside!

Si Qin thought for a moment, remembered His Highness's explanation, and had to pout:

"Please rest assured, the situation is out of control, and His Highness will show up to take it."

"Good!" Qi Renliang shook his sleeves and left.