Outside the capital, it is not said that there are many hungry people at this time, but there are not a few people who are starving and cold.

But none of this has affected the singing and dancing in the capital. As the best city in the world where the capital of Great Chu is located, there are actually few things that can interfere with the normal order of Xijing City.

Not to mention any absurd incidents such as the price increase of grain stores, even the business in Huimenglou has not been affected in any way.

Zhao Yunqing, the head of the household, got up early in the morning today, the reason is that he got a nest of high-grade bird's nest from the Southern Tang Dynasty, bird's nest is not unusual, and families with a little money can afford it, but the white-throated pintail swiftlet is a unique and rare product of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the bird's nest it produces is the top grade among many varieties of bird's nest, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is worth a thousand gold.

He asked the chef at home to study how to cook the dish for three whole days, and today was the time for him to get up and enjoy it.

As the head of the family who takes care of Da Chu's money bag, Zhao Yunqing has never lacked silver to spend, and crying poor in front of the emperor can only be regarded as one of his daily tasks.

If he hadn't known how to get along with the emperor for decades, he would have returned to his hometown and worked hard in the fields.

"It is said that the bird's nest produced by this white-throated pintail swiftlet is a must in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but now it tastes just like that, it is not as tender as the sashimi of the floating restaurant, and the taste is not as good as the tofu loach of the floating restaurant, to say that it is worth a thousand gold is really a bit unworthy of the name. ”

Zhao Yunqing drank it and scooped it with a spoon and put it in his mouth, closing his eyes and tasting it, while telling his feelings, but when he swallowed a mouthful and scooped up a spoonful again and put it in his mouth, he couldn't help but continue.

"However, this bird's nest is not bad for breakfast. ”

After breakfast, leisurely Youzai got into the carriage, Zhao Yunqing, as the head of the Great Chu Dynasty, is still the pistachio of the emperor Chu Zheng, so he is naturally qualified to live in Lin'an Street.

Therefore, he didn't have to get up early and rush to the imperial city in the dark like those officials on the outskirts of the capital, and he could even take a nap for a while in a comfortable carriage with an ordinary appearance but actually a lot of money inside.

"Go to court!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live. ”

I don't know if it's because he got up too early today to taste the precious bird's nest, Zhao Yunqing still didn't wake up at this time, and he yawned slightly while standing in the court, looking a little absent-minded.

"This is the report that came from all over the country in the last month to ask me for disaster relief food, and I suppressed it, just to see what those big Chu moths will do, but I heard the news from the six doors, saying that only 20% of those corrupt officials voluntarily spit out the silver to give the disaster victims comprador food. ”

Chu Zheng first pointed to the mountain of folds on the table, and then continued after seeing that the ministers below did not actually react.

"Now outside the capital, there has been a large number of victims starving to death, even if the six doors do their best to help those victims under the hint of the widow, it is only a drop in the bucket, I can actually look at it coldly, but after all, those victims are also the people of my Dachu, I am standing here today to ask the world on behalf of the people who are about to starve to death: You really can't take out a grain of food!"

The ministers below finally reacted, and they didn't know what they were talking about, but Chu Zheng didn't stop it, he seemed to have made up his mind to watch from the sidelines today.

Just when the ministers were still looking left and right, Su Ruyu, the head of the household department, had a serious face and walked out of the crowd step by step, and as his footsteps moved, the eyes of the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty were focused on him alone.

"Chen Su Ruyu, there is a book to play!"

Holding the wat board with both hands and saluting respectfully, this will be Su Ruyu's first speech in the court.

Su Aiqing said to listen to it. ”

Chu Zheng, who had always been cold-eyed, finally regained some interest after seeing Su Ruyu come out, he straightened up from his seat and looked at Su Ruyu with interest.

"Your Majesty, as far as Wei Chen knows, in fact, before this year's drought, Da Chu had three years that could be regarded as a bumper harvest, and the harvest of the ministers in Beijing and the estates of the gentry in the suburbs of Beijing and all over the world is by no means a few, and Wei Chen does not believe that the grain of those years will be eaten up this year. ”

This is quite vibrant, but the young man who is somewhat contaminated with the atmosphere of officialdom bows again. But the object of his visit this time was not Chu Zheng.

"The minister is willing to pay this salute to the princes of the court on behalf of the people of the world, and I only hope that everyone in the palace can take pity on the Li people who pity my great Chu, and the Su family is willing to donate 800,000 quintals of grain, in order to save the people of the world from the dire situation. ”

Not to mention that Cheng Yijie is the second-ranked old fox in the DPRK besides Su Wang, as soon as Su Ruyu's voice fell, this old guy who was still pretending to sleep a second ago immediately opened his eyes.

"Lao Chen is also willing to donate 700,000 quintals of grain to make a modest contribution to the common people in the world. ”

In addition to Cheng Yijie, the old fox, Zhao Yunqing, who was originally drowsy and yawning, also woke up, and what Su Ruyu said should have been raised by him.

Zhao Yunqing, who was shocked into a cold sweat, could no longer care about the lips and teeth of the fat bird's nest in his mouth, he hurriedly stood up from his position and said in a panic.

"The old minister is willing to donate one million quintals of grain to save the people!"

At this time, he didn't care whether the figures he said would offend Prime Minister Su Wang, and the most important thing was to protect his status in the emperor's heart.

And after these three people finished speaking, the rest of the ministers also followed one by one and opened their mouths, now standing up and speaking may not be able to get Chu Zheng's favor, but if they don't stand up, they will definitely be hated by Chu Zheng.

"The minister is willing to donate 200,000 quintals of grain..."

"The minister is willing to donate 100,000 loads of grain..."

"The minister is willing to donate 30,000 quintals of grain..."

“......”

As a result, the middle of the Jinluan Palace, which was deserted in the past, was now full of people, and even those minor officials who stood at the end of the main hall shouted out with the tide of three thousand or five thousand quintals.

After dozens of breaths, Chu Zheng raised his eyes and looked around, no one stood on either side of the main hall, all gathered in the middle, he stood up from the dragon chair and took a distance of nine steps to look at His Highness's ministers.

"Tomorrow we will start raising grain, and we will release the grain all over the world in three days!"

......

Qingyun County, Lingzhou, although its county town Qingyun City is not the state city of Lingzhou, its prosperity is a few points better than that of Zhizhou City, for no other reason, just because the headquarters of Shenglong Chamber of Commerce, one of the four major chambers of commerce in Dachu, is located here.

Unlike the other three chambers of commerce, most of the headquarters of other chambers of commerce were built in the capital, and only this Shenglong Chamber of Commerce somehow stayed away from the Xiongcheng, which was the political and economic center of Dachu.

"Everyone in the world says that he has a good political world, but why is he still living in the capital and doing nothing now that tens of thousands of people are starving to death in these eight states?

At this time, in the large garden of the headquarters of the Shenglong Chamber of Commerce, Dai Maolin, as the president of the Shenglong Chamber of Commerce, obediently followed behind a woman. He was half-bent over that, as if it was a sin for him to stand side by side with the woman in front of him.

"Sect Master, that Chu Zheng is just doing some work to buy people's hearts, in the past, when it was peaceful, he could still collude with those so-called important ministers of the court to do some things to fool the people, but now as soon as the disaster comes, his incompetence is completely manifested!"

Dai Maolin was talking, but on the other hand, his eyes were staring at the woman's buttocks in front of him without blinking, but at this time, it was unclear whether he was half-bowing to show respect or have ulterior motives.

Suddenly, the woman walking in front suddenly turned around, and Dai Maolin hurriedly lowered his eyes and stared at the ground instead.

"But if that's the case, then tell me, why did his Chu family take the country from my Demon Sect?"

Dai Maolin, who was staring down at the woman's toes, was speechless for a while, and some sweat oozed from his palms because of nervousness.

Standing in front of him was not a good-looking character, he was more willing to deal with those cunning old foxes in the court than to face this Demon Sect Sect Sect Master Gu Qingcheng.

But who would have thought that the Shenglong Chamber of Commerce, one of the four major chambers of commerce, would be the owner behind it would be the Demon Sect! And even if he knew, whether it could be uprooted was another matter.

Seeing that some cold sweat had already appeared on Dai Maolin's forehead, Gu Qingcheng turned around and walked forward.

"Starting tomorrow, all the shops in our Shenglong Chamber of Commerce will open sheds and give porridge, since he Chu Zheng can't manage this country well, then my Demon Sect is naturally duty-bound. If the disaster is not eliminated for a day, the porridge shed will not fall down for a day!"

"It's... Sect Master, according to such a way of eating, there is no 1.5 million quintals of grain that can't be delivered!"

Gu Qingcheng's steps forward did not pause, but the words in her mouth made Dai Maolin sweat like rain.

"Are you the Sect Master or am I the Sect Master? If you think you have what it takes my place, I can abdicate and give way to Xian. ”

"Toto!"

After finishing speaking, Gu Qingcheng ignored Dai Maolin, and instead shouted out a name to a side room at the end of the garden.

"Disciple Toto, meet Master!"

The door opened automatically, and then a young woman with a cold and glamorous temperament almost identical to Gu Tingcheng, but her appearance was a little more beautiful than Gu Qingcheng.

He was wearing an eye-catching black dress like Gu Qingcheng, and Dai Maolin even lost his mind for a moment when she appeared.

"Smack!"

Just when Dai Maolin was still staring intently at the woman Toto, Gu Tingcheng directly slapped him in the face, and the latter's cheeks were immediately red and swollen, and an incomparably clean slap mark appeared, which showed how hard Gu Tingcheng was.

"Don't think that if you are the distant nephew of the ancestor, I won't dare to kill you, and I will dare to show such a gaze in the future, see if I don't gouge out your dog eyes!"

Stroking his painful face, Dai Maolin stepped aside without saying a word, although there was indeed an ancestor with a high status in the Demon Sect who was related to him, and this identity was indeed enough for him to show off his might in front of many people in the sect.

It is really because of this that there are many female disciples in the Demon Sect and even some female elders of the outer sect who have fallen in love with him, and they were tricked into bed by him and threatened.

But no matter how bold he was, he didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Gu Tingcheng, and the list of things he could show off his might obviously didn't include Gu Tingcheng.

And Gu Tingcheng was not as she herself said that she could kill him without any scruples, the reason why Dai Maolin was able to sit as the president of the Shenglong Chamber of Commerce, which is the main source of income of the Demon Sect, was not only because of the old ancestor, but also because he did have a bit of crooked and evil skills.

"Toto, after I leave, you will be in charge of the Shenglong Chamber of Commerce, before leaving, I will hand over the Demon Cloud Order to you, if this Dai Maolin dares to say something to me, according to the sect's law, you have the right to cut first and then play!"

"Yes, Master. ”

After saying that, she ignored Dai Maolin, who had retreated to the corner and cowered in a ball, and strode out of the garden after snorting coldly, while Toto left with her master.

It's just that neither of them noticed the devouring eyes of Dai Maolin looking at their master and apprentice behind them.

"Someday, I'm going to put both of you and apprentice on bed!"

......

In the territory of Yuzhou, there is a flat official road, but at this time, the originally spacious official road is not spacious, because there are too many hungry people who are already hungry and inhuman-shaped, walking on the official road with blank eyes.

However, among these hungry people, there was a fortune teller with a rag in his hand, who shook in front of everyone, and he said the same thing to everyone.

"Fortune telling! Fortune telling! Look at marriage, calculate the future, determine life and death, from this east to the five miles, there is a small county town called Liucheng, there are dozens of porridge sheds at the city gate, can live people's lives!"

Although he kept repeating it, almost no one listened to him and turned around, perhaps in the eyes of the hungry people, he was nothing more than a hungry charlatan.

But there are also some hungry people who have no hope of continuing to live, and decide to risk their lives to touch whether what this madman Taoist priest said is true or false.

"Alas!"

Seeing that he had been shouting for most of the day but not many people had listened to him and went to the east, the old Taoist priest showed a deep look of disappointment in his eyes.

"These fools, such an ethereal thing, do you really think that I can accurately calculate that there is a porridge shed there?

Sighing again, he continued.

"Taoism talks about cause and effect, so whether it is fortune-telling or saving people, everything must pay attention to a glimmer of chance, I have already put the opportunity in your hands, but you still have to let it slip away wantonly, and I can't help the old way!"

But after saying this, the old man who had not appeared for a long time muttered to himself in less than ten breaths, and then got up and flashed in front of those people one after another to "tell fortunes" for them......

In this way, in July, the most dangerous month of the drought in Great Chu, many Jianghu sects have opened their doors to set up sheds and soup kitchens, and some super sects such as the Sword Sect and the Xingyue Sect have made efforts to protect the people in a place.

Subsequently, the food collected by the ministers in the capital went out of Beijing with the holy decree of Chu Zheng and spread all over the world!

The content of Chu Zheng's decree was neither to appease the people of Li, nor to issue an order to arrest those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but to hope that the gentry and clans in all parts of Great Chu could give a bite to eat to the victims who could not eat in the world at this time of crisis.

As soon as the holy decree came out, no matter what those gentry and big families thought, the emperor's face must be given, so there are more and more porridge sheds in Dachu, and temples and rivers and lakes are all exerting their full strength at this time!