Adviser should be self-improvement

After the beginning of spring, there is rain, and it is still a good time for farmers to sow seeds. Due to the land, the people in Border City are more concerned about trade, and they don't pay much attention to farming. Spotted in Buds - Seems like it hasn't rained in ages.

Inside Qin Ce's house.

There was a huge map on the couch, which marked almost all the prefectures and counties in Shengqian. Maps in ancient times were precious. A map like this covering the entire country was generally unavailable to kings. Of course, what is precious is not the blueprint, but the implication. Owning this thing only symbolizes one thing.

Just like what Chu Huaiqing and the others are doing.

The slender and strong fingers dropped the last chess piece, which was especially shocking when matched with the chess pieces all over the map, because all the chess pieces were engraved with the word 'random'.

Chu Huaiqing withdrew his hand, picked up the brush again, and roughly hooked several cities together: "These places were appointed as state herdsmen by Emperor Qianning." He also drew some cities with another line, "These, Only a few soldiers and horses were dispatched."

The rest of the two had gotten used to being constantly surprised, at least they didn't ask Chu Huaiqing why he knew so much.Xie Fu picked up a stack of wooden signs next to him, took a rough look, took out a few and put them on the map, and handed the rest to Chu Huaiqing with a cute look asking for advice. Chu Huaiqing laughed and took it. wooden sign.

The wooden signs are marked with disasters, Xie Fu put them down are well-known locations, Chu Huaiqing improved them more, and marked what will happen in the near future. After Chu Huaiqing put them away, the entire situation in Shengqian Immediately glance at everything.

Chu Huaiqing began to explain to the two of them.

"The flood in Henghe, the storm in Nieyang and Dongdu, and the severe drought in Youdu. These places have become serious disasters, but they are far away from the border city, so don't worry about it. Although the snow is over in Qingzhou near us, it is still full of vitality. It will take some time to repair the serious injury, and the relatives at home and abroad are arguing with Emperor Qianning, I am afraid that Emperor Qianning will not be able to spare the energy to allocate funds for relief, and Qingzhou will not be able to bear it, so he must ask the surrounding counties for help."

Qin Ce: "Sir, you mean that the Qingzhou pastoral society asked us for help?"

"It can only be said that he went to the doctor in a hurry." Chu Huaiqing said.

Thinking about it carefully, Qingzhou is half the size of Changzhou, and it has a complete range of supplies. Besides, Qin Ce only has real power in the border city, which is what Xu Zhen knows. If you want to ask for help, it should be Qin Ce who asks Xu Zhencai for help. .

"Then according to Mister, should we help or not?"

Chu Huaiqing held a wooden sign in his hand, and the side with words was pressed in his palm: "Your Highness, what do you think of the current situation of Border City?"

Qin Ce said: "The barbarians do not commit crimes, the people are diligent and rich, but..."

Xie Fu continued, "It's just that it hasn't rained for fifteen days."

"Exactly." Chu Huaiqing placed the wooden sign near the border city, and the bright word "drought" caught the eyes of the three of them, "If I expected it right, the drought in Changzhou this time may be It will last for a long time." It is so long that they need to be careful everywhere, and they cannot make a wrong step.

Qin Ce would not doubt Chu Huaiqing's words. Seeing that word, his expression became solemn. Seeing this, Chu Huaiqing comforted him and said, "Bianguan City exists by the lake, and the water is enough for the people in the city to survive the drought. Your Highness doesn't need to Worry."

The frowning brows were slightly relaxed, purely for Chu Huaiqing's relief, Qin Ce pondered and said: "Although the people in the city don't have to worry about water, Changzhou affected by the drought not only has the border city, but also Huai'an, and the border city is not good. In the past, grain was purchased from Huai’an for farming, but if the drought really lasts longer, Huai’an will be overwhelmed, and will have to buy grain from distant counties, and I’m afraid the people will not be able to wait.”

Xie Fu laughed back and said, "Your Highness, have you forgotten the existence of Huai Qing?"

As if he suddenly thought of something, Qin Ce quickly turned his head to look at Chu Huaiqing. If he remembered correctly, how many grain stores are there in the property contracted by Mr.?

Chu Huaiqing smiled and said: "The subordinates have already prepared properly. There is a total of 30 shi of grain, which is enough for the people in the border city to eat and drink for a year and a half."

"However, these grains can't be made public yet. If it gets out, I'm afraid someone will tell His Highness that he has ulterior motives." Chu Huaiqing said again, "I asked someone to prepare a kind of northern plant. Although it tastes bitter, it is not bitter. It needs too much water, and as long as there is land, it can survive. Your Highness can call on the people in the city to plant together, and use this planting as a cover on the surface, and distribute food in secret."

At this moment, Qin Ce really wanted to hug Chu Huaiqing and kiss him fiercely.

"Since we have enough food, Qingzhou's request must be answered." Xie Fu said, "It's just that we can't answer too much, we can only answer less."

Qin Ce realized: "The few carts of grain and grass sent by Zhou Huaimin should be enough to distribute one cart at will. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, we also have to eat."

Chu Huaiqing smiled: "This subordinate thinks the same as His Highness."

Qin Ce immediately began to be distracted again, thinking about it.

"There are riots and disasters, and the person above is probably going to sit on pins and needles." Xie Fu happily played with the chess pieces, "I don't know how long he can sit."

"Not for long."

Chu Huaiqing picked up a small banner again, which was not marked with Shengqian's country name, but a brand new and unknown name.

Xie Fu saw the words on it clearly, and couldn't help being surprised: "Is it also violence?"

"The people in other places haven't been driven to a desperate situation, so we can only say it's a riot. Once soldiers and horses are sent to suppress it, it will be nothing more than a few months." Looking at a certain place on the map, Chu Huai's green eyes The color is getting darker, "In this place, severe drought, corruption, wanton bandits, officers and soldiers bullying men and women, too many people who can't survive, they will all turn into wolves, tigers and leopards."

"—this will be a real uprising."

After the words were finished, the flag was inserted straight into the center of Pingzhou.

The whip fell repeatedly, leaving several bloody mouths on a man's body. The man was very thin, almost skinny, and he couldn't stand such a severe beating. He wanted to dodge, but was beaten by the officers and soldiers. The foot was hit, and then the whip fell even harder, the man couldn't help howling in pain, the officers and soldiers laughed and kicked him away: "Hide, hide for me again!"

The people carrying things around were startled, but they all lowered their heads and continued to work, not daring to stand up and reprimand the atrocities committed by the officers and soldiers. Like the men on the ground, most of them were dressed in rags and rags, their bodies were emaciated, and their eyes were even brighter. Endless emaciation and insensitivity.

The man was on the verge of dying, and he could only breathe out and not breathe in. The officers and soldiers couldn't hear the man's wailing, so they naturally felt bored. They retracted the whip, and while waving the whip, shouted at those people: "Listen to me clearly!" , Mr. Ji can take in you untouchables and give you a bite to eat. This is all your blessing, if I catch someone trying to be lazy again, hold on to your skin!"

The whip brushed another man's back, and that man staggered, almost unable to resist the sack on his shoulder. The officer and soldier snorted lightly, and whipped up again: "Can you work? You can't even do such a small thing. Well, what do you want!"

The man hurriedly responded, walking forward with a sack on his shoulders, he glanced at the person on the ground inadvertently, and the other person's lax and clean pupils stared at him silently, reflecting his eyes full of hatred and sinisterness.

During lunch time, a group of handymen gathered in the shed that was barely able to block the wind, filling the small space to the brim, and those who wanted to squeeze in almost had to walk on tiptoe.

"Oh, who will squeeze me!"

"Give way, make way, please make way."

"I have a place inside, Rang Rang...not a newcomer! My brothers are over there!"

Zeng Ping, who is a bit fleshy, is probably the strongest person in this group of hard labor. With brute force and hard work, he finally squeezed into the man's side. Next to the man sat a thin and sinister man, carefully licking the wall of the bowl. Bian asked, "How is Zhang Laosan?"

Zhang Laosan was the man who was whipped by the officers and soldiers earlier. Zeng Ping sighed and sat down on the small stool: "It's not good, it looks like he won't survive tonight."

The thin muscles and bones licked the bowl for a while.

Zeng Ping sighed again, sat down, and when he saw what was in the bowl, his anger finally shot up: "It's porridge again!?"

"Aren't you used to it?" The thin muscles put down the bowl.

"But this is too little!" Zeng Ping tried his best to suppress his voice, "I have to do hard work for five or six hours a day, and I only serve gruel with half a steamed bun every day. Is this trying to starve us to death! "

"Do you think those people will care about our life and death?" Slim and grinning, but the hands under the table are squeezing the chopsticks, and the tone is drawn out strangely, "After all, we only have as much as we want. the untouchables~”

Zeng Ping was discouraged, picked up the bowl, and suddenly noticed the untouched porridge in the man's bowl: "Zeng Liang, why don't you eat it?"

Zeng Liang looked away and asked, "How many people have we died in these few months?"

"I don't know, maybe twenty or so." Seeing that Zeng Liang's expression was not right, he asked in confusion, "What's the matter?"

"What do you think is the possibility that we will starve to death if this continues?" Zeng Liang stirred the porridge with chopsticks, and only a dozen or so grains of rice surfaced in three or four circles.

"..."

The two glanced at each other, and after a long silence, they said in a thin and muscular voice, "Then what should we do? I've seen it secretly. They have several thousand shi of grain, but they just won't let us eat it."

"But I'm hungry, very hungry, and I want to eat some meat before I die." Zeng Liang raised his eyes and looked at the officers and soldiers who were talking and laughing at the chicken legs not far away, the viciousness almost spilled out of the eyes——

"Even if it's human flesh."

The author has something to say: I accidentally fell asleep last night, and I woke up this morning to code, and I came out with [-] in five hours. I am very sorry..._(:зゝ∠)_Yuncheng goes to take a bath first Laundry, there will be another update later, it will probably be a little later, I hope everyone will not dislike the handicapped Yuncheng