The cannon fodder female supporting role is busy in the book, and she gets mad when she disagrees wi

After Shi Lidie returned to her village chief's mansion, the first thing she did was to continue brewing wine.

After all, the amount of wine delivered to the palace was limited. When the emperor finished drinking it and wanted more, she had to make sure she could deliver it to the emperor as quickly as possible.

Since she didn't go out, Chen Shuting could only come to the village chief's house to find her every day.

When Chen Shuting arrived that day, she said excitedly:

"Mr. Qiu, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was reprimanded by His Majesty for not raising his son well. His son, Qiu Junhao, was demoted three levels. Is this related to you? You are really amazing. You did such a big thing without making any noise!"

Shi Lidie was stunned when she heard this:

"Who? Who are you talking about?"

"I've only been in the capital for a short time, and I can't even tell the difference between the two. How can I be so capable?"

"I have found out everything. When you went to the palace to deliver wine to the emperor, were you harassed at Xuande Gate?" Chen Shuting asked. "The captain of the imperial guards on duty at Xuande Gate that day was Lord Qiu's son."

After hearing this, Shi Lidie understood everything.

That day at the gate of the palace, she was alone and weak, and it was not convenient for her to go crazy, but she used her "money power" and gold to open the way and directly open up Eunuch Huang's Ren and Du meridians.

I guess it was Eunuch Huang who was trying to put on an act of contempt in front of His Majesty.

How wonderful!

That Mr. Qiu is so arrogant! Now that he has been demoted and his father has been reprimanded, let's see how he can still be so arrogant!

Seeing that Shi Lidie remembered, Chen Shuting said again:

"That Mr. Qiu and my cousin were both assistant ministers in the Ministry of Revenue. My cousin Chen Zhao was the left assistant minister, but because my cousin was young, he was able to sit on equal footing with him. I don't know how much overt and covert bullying Mr. Qiu had done to him."

"That's good. My cousin didn't want to tear his face off because we were colleagues, so he let you pick on him. This is the only happy thing for my cousin recently."

Shi Lidie didn't expect that she would have such an effect by accident. She smiled and said:

"Speaking of your cousin, I saw him in the Imperial Study that day. From what His Majesty said, they seemed to be discussing something about Fengping County. That's my hometown. Do you know what happened?"

When this matter was mentioned, Chen Shuting frowned slightly:

"You are alone in the capital, and you don't have much information. It's normal that you don't know much. I only learned from my father's conversation that the disaster in Fengping County this year was very serious."

Shi Lidie remembered that the original owner had fled with her parents and settled in Tongan Village because Fengping County was hit by a disaster.

I didn’t expect that after a few years, there would be another disaster?

I only heard Chen Shuting explain:

"Fengping County is in the south, at the junction of Qinghe River and Chenghe River. I remember that it was hit by a disaster many years ago."

"It rained heavily for more than half a month. The rivers swelled and floods came, destroying several surrounding areas."

"At that time, many people died in the area. The elders of the Chen family were ordered to provide disaster relief, but it was just a drop in the bucket. Many residents fled together and left their hometown."

"You and your parents must have traveled thousands of miles to Luoyun Town at that time, right?"

Shi Lidie recalled the original owner's experience and nodded: "Yes, after we left, we didn't know what happened to Fengping County. Why is there a disaster again now?"

Chen Shuting remembered what her father and brother had said, and said:

“This time the disaster is famine.”

"After the flood in Fengping County, those who survived but failed to escape were relocated to nearby places for resettlement. The imperial court redistributed land for them to cultivate according to the population."

"But the new land needs to be reclaimed, and the soil fertility is not up to par. Therefore, the yield of crops is getting lower and lower every year. By last year, it was said that it had reached the point where it was barely enough to make a living."

"This year is even worse. There has been less rain, and many crops have died, making the already small harvest even worse. A large area around Fengping County has been affected."

"My father said that even with the imperial government's funding, it can only provide relief for such a large area of ​​disaster. It is too difficult for the people to survive this year and wait until the next year when they can start farming again."

"Right now, the princess is organizing the women of the capital to collect donations and transport the collected funds to the disaster area, hoping to help reduce the emperor's burden and allow the people to have more money to buy supplies."

"It's just that these are just a drop in the bucket. No matter how much money you have, it won't last that long."

Shi Lidie was a little confused after hearing these words and asked:

"I see you keep emphasizing time. Does the imperial court have to provide disaster relief and take care of the victims until the next spring plowing season? It's only September now, and there's still about half a year until the next spring plowing season, right?"

"Yeah, what's the problem?" Chen Shuting said.

Although she didn't know much about farming, she knew that rice was basically harvested twice a year in the south.

But the crops died, the harvest was poor, and the people had difficulty even filling their stomachs, so how could they save seeds? Moreover, even if they planted a second crop now, the results would not be any better.

After all, soil and water are the fundamental issues.

Shi Lidie frowned and asked:

"Has the imperial court ever considered allowing the people to grow other crops?"

"Nothing can survive in this kind of condition!" Chen Shuting was shocked. "I don't mean to belittle you, but I think you should know more about this than I do."

"Even potatoes can't survive?" Shi Lidie was even more shocked than her. "This is a sacred item for disaster years!"

Potatoes are the least picky about growing conditions, and they have huge yields. A potato can be cut into dozens or even hundreds of pieces and planted, and each piece can grow into a nest.

If they are well taken care of, each litter can weigh dozens of kilograms. Wouldn't that solve the famine?

Who knew that after hearing this, Chen Shuting immediately spoke:

"What are potatoes? Why are they said to be a sacred object in times of disaster? Why have I never heard of them?"

Shi Lidie: ...

It's over, Barbie Q! She seems to have exposed something that is not in this world again.

But that's not right! There are potatoes in this world!

When she first came here, she lived in a cowshed in Tongan Village. She had nothing to eat, so she went everywhere in the mountains to dig wild vegetables. She had actually seen wild potatoes!

Moreover, she even dug it out and roasted it to eat!

How come this thing is really not popular in the world of books?

Shi Lidie thought of the disaster in Fengping County and how the original owner and her parents had lived there for many years. She felt that she should do something, so she came up with an idea:

"Wait a minute, I'll show it to you."

After saying this, she ran to the backyard, pretending to get potatoes, but in fact she used her points to exchange a bag of potatoes from the system, and brought them to Chen Shuting:

"How is it? Have you seen it? I dug it up from the hill behind Tong'an Village and brought it here."

Just put everything in the back mountain of Tongan Village. No one will really come to investigate anyway.

What's more, even if someone really investigated, she would not be considered to have lied, because there were indeed wild potatoes, or potatoes, in the back mountain.