All the members are in love with the group, and the cub is causing trouble in the Tang Dynasty.

At night, the motorcade entered the inn.

Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the construction of post roads and post stations has received great attention.

In the Tang Dynasty, a post station would be set up thirty miles away. The post station will adopt corresponding delivery speed according to the emergency situation of the document.

The delivery speed of ordinary reports is three hundred miles a day. When reporting on major military situations or disasters, the delivery speed will be increased to six to eight hundred miles.

Post stations across the country are under the control of the Ministry of War, and each station has a post house equipped with post horses, post donkeys, post boats and post fields.

The daily tasks of the post station are very heavy. In addition to delivering documents, they also have to clean the post courtyard and receive official officials who come and stay.

Yuan Yuanqi entered the inn on Yuchi Jingde's neck. The inn had been notified in advance and cleared the place, preparing a table of hot food and waiting for everyone to arrive.

Yuchi Jingde put the little brother down and patted her on the back: "Didn't you say you were hungry? Let's have a bowl of broth first."

Yuan Yuan ran to the table and was about to pick up the soup bowl when he looked at the others.

"Prince, please drink the soup first!!!"

Li Tai pinched her chubby face and said, "It's really strange that you, a little kid, actually started observing etiquette today?"

"Is it because the soup doesn't taste good?"

Yuan Yuan snorted: "I can keep the rules!!!"

While looking at the prince eagerly.

The prince smiled and knelt down on the throne. As soon as his hand touched the soup bowl, a black shadow suddenly rushed over.

The soup bowl rolled to the floor, and the hot soup was spread all over the floor.

The guard beside him was not on guard against Xiao Hei, so he let him take advantage of it.

Xiao Hei yelled "ooooooo" at the soup bowl.

Yuan Yuan quickly ran over and hugged it: "Xiao Hei, what's wrong with you? You can't bully the prince!"

The system quickly issued a warning: "Host, I made it jump. This soup is not poisonous, but the ingredients are a little wrong. If you drink it, you will be afraid of these human beings' diaphragms."

Yuan Yuan dragged Xiao Hei's neck and took a step back: "Brother Prince, you can't drink this soup!!!"

Yuchi Jingde and Hou Junji took control of the hall at the first opportunity, and all the postmen and postmasters were also controlled.

Yuan Dalang was originally going to settle Bai Bai first, but at this time he was called over for a poison test while holding a little bear.

While Yuchi Jingde went to the cubicle to interrogate Yi Cheng, Hou Junji took people to the restaurant.

The system said to Yuan Yuan: "Host, let go of Xiao Hei, I will let him help Hou Junji."

"Don't worry, it'll be alright."

Yuan Yuan let go of Xiao Hei, and he immediately ran out.

The hall was quiet. Everyone watched Yuan Dalang test every food for poison while reflecting in their hearts.

The first stop of the trip was probably too relaxed, and everyone was a little less alert.

Although the specific cause has not been found out, if it hadn't been for Xiao Hei's sudden attack, the prince would have drank the soup.

Yuan Yuan was held in the arms of her eldest brother Yuan Fang. The system refused to tell her why she couldn't drink the soup. She could only watch her uncle's actions like everyone else.

Looking at it, I didn't know what was going on, so I fell asleep.

Her consciousness was sucked into the system, and her old father picked her up.

The food was indeed non-toxic. After a while, Hou Junji came back.

The imperial army took over the entire inn, and the guest rooms were also inspected. He asked people to take the women back to the guest rooms to rest.

Although Princess Changle and Yuan Qing were curious, they took the sleeping little girl upstairs together.

After people entered the room, Hou Junji said to the prince and others: "There was a severe drought in the pass, and the people exchanged their children for food and broke their bones for cooking. In this place, 'vegetarians' have become the norm."

"There were corpses hidden in the cellar. They didn't give the officials meat to eat, they just made soup. Since it smelled like meat, you couldn't tell if you pulled out the broken bones."

The expressions of several young men changed drastically. The youngest Li Tai couldn't help but ran to the back and vomited.

Who among the children of princes who grew up in Kyoto has really been exposed to these things?

Previously, I had only heard about the tragic plight of the people in the disaster areas after natural and man-made disasters.

This is the first lesson of their travels.

The prince asked: "I heard that the imperial court allocates about 150 million guan to the post station every year, and each inn can get about [-] guan per year. Isn't this money enough to buy food?"

King Zhao also asked: "The imperial court has provided disaster relief several times, but has it failed to improve the situation?"

Hou Junji looked serious: "We have to see what Yi Cheng and others have to say."

Seeing that the teenagers were still calm, he felt a little relieved and said a few more words.

"The drought caused the people to miss spring sowing. Even if the court opened warehouses to release grain, it would not solve the big problem."

Several people waited in the hall for a while, and Yuchi Jingde came back.

He came over with a gloomy expression, and without any delay, he first clarified everyone's doubts.

"It's the most unbearable situation. Bad people are not bad, but bad things have their own reasons. This thing is stuck in the throat. It's hard to scold, and it's uncomfortable not to scold."

"They misappropriated all the money of the post station, used the post station's carriages and horses to buy grain from Chang'an, and opened warehouses to distribute grain to the people."

"If the state government does not take the lead in this matter, if it is reported to all levels, it will not be approved for more than a month, and the people will not be able to wait, so they will make their own decisions."

"Unexpectedly, the prince suddenly decided to stay here for the night. He had no money left to buy a banquet, so he used human soup to make up for it."

"That human flesh... was sent here by the common people out of gratitude to Yi Cheng's benevolence."

"A corpse is frozen in the cellar, and the bones are boiled repeatedly in soup and eaten for several months. The money saved to buy food can save more people."

Li Tai, who had just returned from vomiting, heard this and returned to the back to vomit.

He never wants to eat meat again in his life.

The prince didn't look too good either: "How long will it take for the situation here to ease?"

Yuchi Jingde: "The surrounding prefectures and counties do not accept refugees. The farmland here is as hard as iron and stone. I am afraid it will not be possible to farm this year."

"This matter needs to be reported to the saint first. Your Highness will write a memorial now. I will send people to the palace at high speed overnight. I will get a reply tomorrow as soon as possible."

Hou Junji nodded: "Detain those people first. This matter is not trivial. There will be many people involved. Your Majesty will definitely send someone to deal with it."

This kind of thing is mostly caused by the inaction of superior officials, and only by lower officials taking desperate measures.

Yuchi Jingde saw that the atmosphere was almost gone and cleared his throat: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry too much. I have a way to solve the recent difficulties here. I will leave the rest to your Majesty."

Seeing that the children were all looking at him, and even the guards were glancing over at him, Yuchi Jingde's face was dark.

"I live with the Duke, General Qin, and my sworn brother. We built a granary and stored a lot of grain. Of course there are granaries on the Guannai Road."

"Before, I didn't know that someone here concealed the disaster situation. I thought that the government's disaster relief would solve the problem, so we didn't take action."

"I'll write a letter and ask Brother Qin to transfer all the grain from Guannei Road."

After saying that, he saw everyone looking at him in astonishment. Then the prince gave him a junior salute first, and Yuchi Jingde turned slightly to avoid it.

Others also saluted him, and Yuchi Jingde felt a little embarrassed.

He coughed and looked at Hou Junji, who was standing upright.

Hou Junji didn't want to offend him, but after all, the atmosphere was so strong that this thief had a righteous heart.

He reluctantly bowed.

Yuchi Jingde smiled and patted his shoulder.