After binding the tens of billions of material systems, he became rich in ancient times

Chapter 139 no food
After tonight, Bai Susu packed up all the things she needed, sent Bai Jingyun to Master Lu on the second day, then got into the carriage out of the city and headed to the northwest.

This time the carriage was much more stable than the one she sat in last time, and she didn't feel too bumpy when she sat on it.She picked up a crock and scooped some cheese out of it.

"This trip, I only brought a crock pot of cheese and pancakes." Bai Susu looked down at the food in her hands, and said in a low voice, "I don't know what's going on in the northwest."

"This morning, an urgent report was sent from the Northwest, and thousands of people died of starvation." Zhou Ximing handed a document in his hand to Bai Susu, "Someone handed it over, the description of the land in the Northwest, you Take a look first."

"Okay." Bai Susu took it and looked at it carefully.

The northwest is very dry, and many large openings have been listed in the dry land, and the widest ones are about half a meter wide.The surface of the land exposed to the sun is dry, and the cultivation is in vain.

In such a place, it is very difficult to grow wheat or soybeans.The best way is to plant some very easy to feed.

That's potatoes and sweet potatoes!

Bai Susu read the document word by word, she lowered her eyes to think for a while, and then she looked at Zhou Ximing, "Do you know about dirt bumps?"

She also doesn't know if there are potatoes and sweet potatoes at this time, if not, she still needs to come and introduce the seedlings by herself, if there are, it will be much more difficult.

"Soil lump?" Zhou Ximing had never heard of this name before, "What do you mean by soil lump?"

"Potatoes, something you can eat." Bai Susu explained, "It's a kind of food that looks like a lump of soil. I don't know if it has been planted here?"

"No." Zhou Ximing handed a book about crops to Bai Susu, "I don't know much about farming, take a look to see if there is something you are looking for in this book."

"Okay." Bai Susu took the book from Zhou Ximing's hand and flipped through it page by page, but she didn't find the crop she wanted.

It seems that these things have not been introduced at this time, so she needs to introduce seedlings by herself and teach the local people to plant them.

It's just that in Bai Susu's last life, she mostly studied things like rice and wheat. She really didn't know much about sweet potatoes and potatoes. If she wanted to do it, she really needed to think about it.

When she was trying to recall the relevant knowledge, the carriage stopped unexpectedly, pulling her out of her thoughts.She opened the curtain on the side, looked outside, and found that it was parked in the wilderness.

"A Ying, why did you stop suddenly?" Zhou Ximing looked at A Ying outside.

"Master, a woman holding a child came suddenly in front of the carriage, and she was kneeling on the ground, wanting to ask for a bite to eat." A Ying looked at Zhou Ximing with a look of embarrassment, and didn't know what to do for a while.

Bai Susu took a step forward, sat on the side of the carriage, opened the front curtain, and saw a woman in dusty clothes kneeling on the ground, her voice was hoarse and weak, "Please, give me something to eat." .”

The child in her arms was also yellow and thin, with a pair of eyes full of ignorance and helplessness, looking at the surrounding environment, he couldn't help hiding in his mother's arms.

Seeing such a situation, Bai Susu couldn't help feeling a little softer in her heart. She sat back in the carriage again, took out a pancake and handed it to Aying, "Tell her that we don't have much food, so I will give this pancake to her." gone."

"Yes." Ah Ying took it over, handed the pancake in his hand to the woman, and let the woman get out of the way before continuing to let the carriage drive.

Even if it was just a small episode, it made Bai Susu feel uneasy for a long time.The carriage has only been driving for two days now, and there are still three days' drive from the northwest, when it encounters the victims, it can be seen that the victims are far away.

In the following period of time, Bai Susu saw many people staggering towards them from the opposite direction, each with their hungry cheeks tucked in, holding a stick in their hand, and reluctantly walked forward.

Bai Susu put down the curtain in her hand and chose not to look at it. She looked back at Zhou Ximing and took a deep breath, "Let's speed up the drive and go to the northwest as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, we will take care of this famine." Zhou Ximing raised his hand and patted her on the shoulder, knowing that she had never seen such a scene.

"Hmm." No matter how many famine movies Bai Susu had seen before, none of them shocked her as much as the scene of these two days.

When the carriage was about to enter the northwest city, Bai Susu lifted the curtain of the carriage again, and saw many people squatting on both sides of the road, shoveling wildly at a piece of sand.

In those people's baskets, there are grass roots, bark, and even some small stones.Bai Susu looked back at Zhou Ximing, "It stands to reason that the relief food should arrive earlier than us, why are these people still eating these things?"

"I'm afraid this relief food was not given to these common people." Zhou Ximing's eyes showed a cold and sharp light, and when he looked at the Northwest City, he was a bit cold.

The carriage stopped firmly in front of the local government office in the northwest, and those officials had stood there waiting early.Seeing Zhou Ximing get off the carriage, he hurriedly saluted, "I have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"En." Zhou Ximing responded lightly, "Go in and talk."

Bai Susu followed Zhou Ximing, followed by a group of officials.Entering from the official mansion, Bai Susu saw that the yamen servants guarding the gate closed the gate tightly again, and by the way, they also closed the gate tightly with a piece of wood with a thick waist.

When he arrived at the main hall, Zhou Ximing looked at the standing officials, frowned fiercely, and said in a low voice, "The imperial court has released relief food, why did those people still eat grass roots and bark when I came here today?"

The headed official showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and he bowed his hands, "Your Highness, I don't know, the court only gave twenty buckets of grain. If the grain is released, it will not last for three days. If it is not released later, it will cause criticism again." , that’s why there’s been no food for a long time.”

Zhou Ximing had expected that the food provided by the court would not be much, but he did not expect it to be so little, "Only twenty dou?"

"Yes." The official also looked embarrassed, "This food is really not enough, please His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to check it out."

"What about that place? Is there any surplus food in the local granary?" Zhou Ximing continued to ask, looking sharply at the officials in front of him who bent down and dared not look at him.

(End of this chapter)