Rebirth of the King of the World

Walking back along the meandering queue, Jun Lu heard someone in the crowd complaining in a low voice: "The porridge that is handed out every day is getting thinner and thinner. If this continues, it will not be enough to fill your stomach. Is it true that there is not enough food in our county?"

Before that person finished speaking, two or three people around him retorted in unison: "How is it possible? Mr. Zhang said that as long as we make it through this month, the imperial court will send imperial envoys to distribute food. When the time comes, everyone You can open your stomach and eat to your fullest!"

There are also some people who are skeptical about this statement. The neighboring Yunshan County and Shinan County will be in trouble. Their Jinyun County is usually the poorest of the three counties. Can they really survive until the court releases food?Could it be that someone deliberately said it to coax them?

The person who had the loudest voice before immediately raised his voice: "This is impossible! My uncle's nephew's cousin's brother-in-law is working in the county government office. He told me these words himself, and there is no way they are false. Just rest assured and wait." That's it, we won't go hungry."

About the past half month has been in a state of being able to fill their stomachs. Most people are still convinced of this statement. They did not raise any doubts, but whispered in twos and threes, and slowly moved forward with the long line.

Jun Lu and Jiang Yuan were shocked when they heard this, they looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

The imperial court did indeed send imperial envoys, and they followed the imperial envoys, but where did we start talking about releasing food.

After all, Yizhou should not be short of food, even if it is really short, it cannot be shipped from other places in a short time.What the hell is Master Zhang from Jinyun County doing? Is he saying this to appease the common people, or is there another mystery behind it.

"Isn't uncle's nephew his cousin? His cousin's cousin is also his cousin. That person talks too much in circles, I don't think it's credible." Jiang Yuan frowned slightly and lowered his voice. To the extent that only Junryu can hear it.

"That's not necessarily true, maybe one side is my aunt's cousin, and the other side is my aunt's cousin." Jiang Yuan looked at the problem from such a strange angle that Jun Lv was accidentally led astray by him, and he turned around and said, "That's still true. Look, should we stay and check?"

Jiang Yuan thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "No need, let's go to Yunshan County, and I'll ask someone to investigate." Regardless of what Master Zhang is thinking, the situation in Jinyun County is relatively stable, and Jiang Yuan is even more concerned. What worries me is Yunshan County and Shinan County, where the situation is said to be even worse.

"That's okay, let's go quickly." Jun Lu agreed with Jiang Yuan's approach. The situation in Jinyun County is not bad, so let the people below check it out.Anyway, Jiang Yuan was traveling by order, and he still brought a lot of powerful and capable officials under his command, making people feel at ease in doing things.

Seeing Jun Lu and Jiang Yuan coming out of the city smoothly, the guards waiting outside were relieved.These people are the personal guards of Yong'an Prince's Mansion and Zhaoyang Prince's Mansion, and their main purpose is to protect the two of them. The two little masters don't let them follow at any time, which makes them a little depressed.

Of course, the guards of the two palaces said they were waiting for someone outside the city, but they didn't just sit still. Apart from keeping the two of them as contacts, the others split up and went to nearby villages to learn about the earthquake. All aspects of the situation in the future.

It was almost noon at this time, Jiang Yuan touched his hungry stomach and sighed: "I was born and grew up, this is the first time I have tasted what it is like to be hungry. It seems that I should not be picky eaters in the future. This will I don’t have to pick if I want to.”

Jun Lu glanced at Jiang Yuan puzzledly, but he thought in his heart, since when have you been too picky, every time we go out to eat together, I hear you say how delicious this is, how delicious that is, I haven't heard you say that there is anything that is not delicious or that you don't want to eat.

Jun Lu's words just turned around in his head, but he didn't say it out. He smiled helplessly: "Now you know the weight of those two biscuits." Compared with Jiang Yuan, Jun Lu really endured Hungry people know how uncomfortable that taste is.

Jiang Yuan took the dry food handed over by his subordinates and gnawed on it, and asked at the same time: "What should we do with the food next? I feel that in Yizhou today, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy food."

"What else can I do? Naturally, it's time to increase income and reduce expenditure. Save the dry food on hand, and don't miss the prey you encounter on the road..." God knows where so much food in Yizhou has gone. Jun Lu would never have thought of it beforehand, they When you arrive in Yizhou, you will worry about food.

Before Jun Lu finished speaking, someone immediately continued: "Mr. Jun's words are wrong. Almost all the plants, trees, animals and animals in the nearby mountains have been eaten by people. The remaining ferocious birds and beasts are very likely to be eaten. Starved to death for lack of food, so..."

His implication couldn't be more obvious, that is, what Jun Lu said, "do it yourself to get enough food and clothing" probably won't work.

Jun Lu was ashamed when he heard the words, he and Jiang Yuan looked at each other, and their expressions became even uglier.

When they were in the city before, they felt that the situation in Jinyun County was not bad, but they didn't expect that the situation outside the city had already reached such a situation.

Jiang Yuan thought for a while, and ordered two capable subordinates to check the county magistrate of Jinyun County, and hurried to Yunshan County with Jun Lu.

What they saw and heard along the way completely broke the previous cognition of Jun Lu and Jiang Yuan.

They first met a child who was chased and beaten by several people. The boy was about seven or eight years old. Undershirt, shivering with cold.

The little boy ran fast, like a nimble little rabbit, but the people who chased him were all in their teens and twenties, and soon caught up with him.

Jiang Yuan couldn't figure out the cause and effect of the incident. It can be seen that those people caught the little boy and began to beat him to death, so they hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

No matter what the reason is, if the child is beaten with such force, the child will definitely die, and they can't ignore it.

However, after asking about the cause and effect of the matter, Jun Lu and Jiang Yuan didn't know what to say.

It turned out that there was a reason why those people chased and beat the little boy. Yunshan County was no better than Jinyun County. The porridge distributed in the county was very thin, and there were only a handful of rice grains. Most people couldn't get enough to take them home.

But no matter how hungry they are, people will line up to get it. A few mouthfuls of rice soup is better than nothing. Adults can’t eat enough and children can make do.

Those few people went to make porridge together, but who knew that just after finishing the fight, they were about to go back, and a few children of different sizes rushed out from the slanting stab, and rushed forward to grab the porridge bucket without saying a word. They were not prepared enough, and they really was robbed.

The gang of children grabbed the porridge and didn't run away at all. They poured it into their stomachs while holding the small bucket, drinking as much as they could.

The person who was robbed must not be reconciled. After being caught, he was beaten up one by one. The little boy was small and flexible, so he ran away while he was chaotic. Only now was he caught up, and luckily he was caught by Jiang Yuan. Saved.

If it was in the past, Jiang Yuan would have said directly, what is this little porridge, I will just pay for it for him.

But now he understands that this is not a matter of porridge, but a matter of life and death fighting for resources.

only……

The back of the little boy kneeling on the ground was thin and emaciated. It looked like he hadn't had enough to eat for many days. If those indignant people beat him up without restraint, he would die.

Jiang Yuan didn't think that the boy was right, but he was not guilty of death, so he couldn't just ignore his death and refuse to save him.

The few people who were robbed of porridge for no reason were even more innocent. If the whole family’s rations had not been secured, Jiang Yuan believed that they might not be so cruel, but the family’s wives and children were still waiting for this porridge. No wonder...

It was obviously just a trivial matter, Jiang Yuan hesitated very rarely, he turned his head to look at Jun Lv.

Jun Lu said slowly, "Even if you beat him to death, the porridge will be gone, why not..."

"If we don't beat him, the porridge is gone, so it's better to give him a good blow." The young man who hit him hardest interrupted Jun Lu.

Jun Lu didn't mind at all, and continued: "Let's make a deal, please spare his life, and I'll give you something to eat."

Jun Lu's words hit the weakness of these people, they looked at me and you, and no one said anything.

After a long time, the same person from before asked, "What can you give us?"

Jun Lu paused, and said calmly: "Tell me first, how much porridge he drank from you. The world is not very good, and we are not rich. If you open your mouth like a lion, we will have to forget it. Anyway, this child is me. I don’t know each other, so you can talk after you think about it.”

Then those few people started to discuss, and the opinions were not very unified, and they argued with each other.

Jiang Yuan patted Jun Lu on the shoulder, and gave him a look of "so you will do this again".

Jun Lu smiled helplessly, he was not joking, they really didn't have much dry food, and it would be impossible not to save money.

Those few people are quite self-aware. They may also feel that they will not be able to recover their losses if they beat this boy to death. It is better to order some food and have a confession when they go home. It is worse than going back empty-handed and the whole family together. Hungry comes well.

In the end, Jun Lu exchanged the little boy from those people for the price of two sesame seed cakes.

"I only drank a few mouthfuls of porridge, so it's worth two biscuits." The boy muttered in a low voice, as if he felt that Junlu's asking price was too high.

"Are you still reasonable? What do you mean you only drank a few mouthfuls of porridge, and you don't know that it is someone else's life-saving food? Well, it's just your luck today, and you met us, otherwise you would have been beaten to death, and you didn't know what to do. People say they played it wrong." Jiang Yuan glared at the little boy angrily, waved his hands angrily, and said, "Okay, where did you come from, and where did you go back, we will save you this time, and you will be more active in the future. Use your brain."

The boy was frightened by Jiang Yuan's words, he fell to his knees, kowtowed and said, "Young masters, I know I was wrong, I will starve to death in the future, and I will not steal or rob other people's food. Can you please take me in?" Well, I have nowhere to go, please!"

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Kavinka got □□, I always feel that the writing is a bit different from what I imagined, /(ㄒoㄒ)/~~