my lord, please eat

Leaving Lucheng County, this time the three of them chose the official road to move on.With the description of Li Datou and his group and seeing the behavior of people like Zhong Baoqin with their own eyes, they felt that it was necessary to understand the situation around Longyu.

In fact, as long as they travel day and night, they can reach Longyu in six days, but Xing Yihong doesn't want to go so soon.It has been nearly three days faster for them to take the small road than to come here by the official road, and he has already sent someone to contact the person who secretly delivered the food.Let them first use the name of the wealthy family to open a porridge field to help the victims who have no food to eat, and let them recruit local doctors, so there is still some time for them to do secret investigations.

An Qi is relatively busy. Every day after finding a foothold, he will go out to inquire about news.These places occasionally have Xing Yihong's business, although they are not as big as Shunxinlou, but it is very convenient to inquire about gossip.

And Xing Yihong took Gong Xiaoyong for a walk around the market.Let's take a look at how many refugees have poured in here, and what kind of life those refugees are living now.Secondly, you can also see which rich people can knock out money and use it for the people.

The prince appreciates the words "robbing the rich and helping the poor".In fact, although 10 taels of silver is a lot, it is slightly less used to rebuild the disaster area and appease the people.Although the imperial court didn't necessarily want to help those disaster victims rebuild their houses, the two of them saw a lot of photos of post-disaster reconstruction in modern society in the space these few days.He felt that although the houses built by the state would cost a lot of money, it would allow the people to start over better.And if the house is built in a suitable place and the building is solid, although it cannot be done once and for all, it can save decades of trouble.

Therefore, taking money from some rich and unkind people is definitely a good thing to reduce the burden on the national treasury and win people's hearts.Just like Xiaoyong said, although these people are reluctant to part with money, they are willing to ask for a plaque from the prince or even the emperor to guard the house, even if it is ten thousand gold.It's just that when they know that these things have no use and privileges, it's too late to regret.

The closer they got to Longyu, the more worried they were about the situation along the way.Not only are refugees sleeping on the streets in towns, but even in small villages there are some people nesting in corners or under trees.Because it is not far from Longyu, although there is no flood here, the continuous rainy days have also made the fields have no harvest, so no one pays any attention to the refugees who are huddled outside their homes.But these people are also unwilling.They worry that once these people go crazy with hunger, they may come to snatch their things.So in some villages, some young people will gather together to drive away those refugees who are already homeless.

It's a vicious circle, there is nothing wrong with defending your homeland, and those disaster victims might indeed do that.But people who are looking for something to live on are even more worthy of pity.

Gong Xiaoyong had no appetite at all these two days, whenever he thought of those refugees, he felt sad. "Yihong, otherwise I'll pretend to be the empress dowager's nephew, and then let those people open warehouses to release food? It's really easy to change the people! It's always played like this in TV dramas!"

Xing Yihong shook his head: "Persist for a few days, we will arrive at Longyu the day after tomorrow at the latest. I will ask An Qi to go there first with the seal, and let the people in the imperial camp detain Qian Zhaozong and others immediately. We will start at that time." Storing food in the warehouse. Now I’m afraid of scaring the snake. After all, it’s too close.”

Gong Xiaoyong frowned: "What are they afraid of? What is there to worry about?"

Xing Yihong replied: "It's not that I'm afraid of them, but that even if we have to deal with it, it's better to get the stolen goods. What's more, it's not appropriate for the people to know about this kind of thing, otherwise it's not a riot forced by hunger."

Gong Xiaoyong was discouraged: "Then let's leave now. It doesn't matter if you don't sleep for two days."

Looking at his little princess who is concerned about the country and the people, Xing Yihong nodded with a smile: "Okay. I'll make arrangements with An Qi. Go back to the villa and get something to eat on the road. Prepare a meal for An Qi too. share."

The easiest thing to bring and the most satisfying thing for men must be the flatbread meat.Influenced by various martial arts novels and TV dramas, Gong Xiaoyong is still very envious of the rough and crazy style of picking up two big cakes, eating two catties of beef directly, and drinking in a big jar.It's a pity that their prince and senior guards are all gentlemen, so he restrained this kind of fantasy.

He and Xing Yihong's things are easy to handle. You can cook anything for two or three hours, and it won't spoil or cool down in the kitchen, so it's not a big problem. Basically, you can eat whatever you want.But it will not work for An Qi.That is not afraid of the cold and can control the fullness.So he finally chose bread and meat.

Beef was not easy to obtain in ancient times, especially killing farm cattle was illegal.He didn't have the chance to bring so many when he came out this time, so he could only make a pork shop for An Qi.

Of course, his pork jerky is quite simple to make.Directly use a cooking machine to beat the meat into a puree, then mix with diced green onion, ginger juice, pepper, pepper powder, season with oyster sauce and salt, and finally flatten it and bake it directly in the oven.Pause when it is almost baked, then take it out and brush with honey, and then continue to bake until the jerky is slightly hard but not burnt.After working for an hour or so, and borrowing modern tools, he only managed to bake three catties of jerky.Finally, I cut up the pickled cucumbers, pickled radish, and sour bamboo shoots and put them in an oilcloth bag.The staple food is pretzels.

Seeing the big bag of things that Gong Xiaoyong handed over, An Qi felt warm in his heart.He could feel that Gong Xiaoyong treated them all as relatives.In the past, he was only grateful to Gong Xiaoyong for making Wen You more cheerful, but now he deeply felt that the princess the prince was looking for was really outstanding. "I'll go on horseback, soon."

Xing Yihong nodded: "As soon as we arrive, let someone do it."

An Qi agreed and immediately left the inn where they were staying.And Xing Yihong and Gong Xiaoyong also picked up the small baggage they carried with them, settled the bill at the front cabinet, and drove the carriage on the road again.

Starry night and journey, but the road is really difficult to walk.It's okay to be alone, and things like carriages are prone to accidents.

Due to the flood, Longyu and the surrounding villages were severely flooded, and the official road was not spared.And the traffic problem that should have been solved first, of course, cannot enter the consideration of those corrupt officials.So unfortunately, when the prince was driving the car vigorously and talking to Gong Xiaoyong, when he arrived at Longyu County, the wheel on the left happened to hit a sharp rock, and then a sad thing happened, not only the car that was sitting Xing Yihong, who was driving the car outside, fell down, and Gong Xiaoyong, who was chatting with his head spread out in the car, also got hit.

As a result, the young couple were lying in the mud pit.

Xing Yihong had never been so embarrassed in his life.But when Gong Xiaoyong sat up, the first thing he did was to see if he was injured, and he felt that it didn't matter if he was embarrassed at all.Look, my little princess knows how to care about people.There are a few mud marks on this little face, which is quite playful. "I'm fine. What's the plan of a rough man practicing martial arts? But you, did you hurt from the fall?"

Gong Xiaoyong shook her head: "Most of my body is on top of you, why did I fall! It's really unlucky, I don't know how to repair this broken way. They are greedy for money, so they can still float away!"

After the two stood up, they couldn't help laughing at each other's muddy appearance.Xing Yihong tapped the tip of Gong Xiaoyong's nose with his clay hand: "Heartless. You still laugh so happily."

Gong Xiaoyong picked up her muddy palm and wiped it on Xing Yihong's face: "You have no lungs and no heart, don't you laugh very happily!"

Therefore, these two faces are enough to look at now.

It's not a problem if you want to wash and change clothes, and then get in the car again.Although they are not far away from Longyu, the sun has actually started to set.There were not many people passing by on the road at all, as long as they pulled the carriage into the woods on the side, they could do whatever they wanted in the space.

But Xing Yihong felt that it was rare for them to harm him into such a dirty virtue, and it would be a waste if he didn't take advantage of it.So I decided to use this style to enter the city, and then try the warmth and warmth of this refugee.

Gong Xiaoyong thought it would be very useful to do so.It's just that he is really reluctant to throw away the carriage, but the family villa can't fit such a big guy.Xing Yihong saw his little concubine's entanglement, and immediately cut off the horse's reins and everything.Then he slapped his ass and let him go on his own.There was nothing in the carriage at first, after An Qi left first, Gong Xiaoyong had already put everything in the space, so he just abandoned it on the side of the road.Although Gong Xiaoyong was also very reluctant to part with this carriage, it would be good to think that maybe the ordinary people who have no place to live could pick it up and use it as a house.No matter how bad it is, it's a pity to use it as firewood, but it can also be used to keep warm.

Of course, what Gong Xiaoyong didn't know was that although this carriage wasn't the best, it could sell for four or five silver at least.Whoever picks it up will not be so stupid as to burn it as firewood.

When the two of them walked to the city gate of Longyu County, they thought they could see the soldiers guarding the city, but they didn't expect that the city gate was open. Apart from a few civilians who were leeward, there was no guard guard at the gate at all. .Seeing this, Xing Yihong frowned, it seems that the yamen here are really scattered around the city!

Holding hands, the two of them walked into Longyu City with their waists slightly bowed. The ground condition was very bad. Although there was only mud in the corners and low-lying places, there were still a lot of broken bricks, tiles, plates and bowls.What's more is the dust turned from the dried mud, as long as someone walks by, they will pick up a little bit, and if they walk with their heads down, they will feel choked and panicked.

It can be seen that the streets that are closed now were once quite prosperous.There are plenty of solid houses and plaques that have not been affected by the flood and it's not hard to tell what it was like.It's just that none of them are open for business now.However, there are quite a few disaster-stricken people living in the streets and alleys.Originally, when they saw strangers coming and going, they would raise their heads to look vigilantly and longingly, but when they saw two people walking by, just like them, covered in mud, they all lowered their heads in disappointment.

Gong Xiaoyong was already uncomfortable in her heart, but after entering the city, she felt even more distressed.It's not that he is full of love, nor is he a Madonna complex.With so many people suffering, people with a slightly normal mentality will have these unbearable feelings.What's more, these people could have lived a little better.

Xing Yihong kept furrowing his brows. From outsiders, he seemed to be worried about food, drink and shelter, but Gong Xiaoyong knew what his prince was doing. "What do we do now?"

Xing Yihong asked: "Do you still remember what Li Datou said was the name of the richest grain merchant in Longyu?"

Gong Xiaoyong nodded: "It seems to be called Ma... Ma What is it?... Uh... Ma Fuchun, yes! It's called Ma Fuchun! There is a Majia grain shop."

Xing Yihong nodded: "Okay. Let's go to this Ma's grain shop and ask for some rice!"