Pet wife Imperial Examination Road

Just when people were panicking, the sky suddenly turned from sunny to cloudy, and many of the previous worries were swept away.

Cheng Mu watched the changes of the clouds in the sky at home, and knew in his heart that it would rain in the next two days.

Sure enough, two days later, a torrential rain fell from the sky, and the entire Qingzhou area seemed to be reborn, the fields were full of water again, and the people were not worried.

After the rain, there were continuous cloudy days. After Cheng Mu went to the field to have a look, he came back and told Yun Yun what he thought.

"The water in the ground has risen, but it still doesn't work. To ensure a good harvest of rice, the current situation seems to be a bit difficult. The most feared thing is that there will be a severe drought in a few days. At that time, this year's grain Even white."

Yun Yun also understood this, he looked at the cloudy sky outside, and wrote on Cheng Mu's hand, "It's definitely all right, the sky outside looks like it's going to rain."

I don't know that the wind blew away the clouds. Three days later, the sun came out again, and the water level in the river and sky dropped extremely.Some people thought it was the same as the previous few days, it was sunny first and then it rained heavily, so they didn't think much about it, but Cheng Mu's mind became more and more sinking day by day.

"If there is a severe drought this year, food prices will rise, and the entire Qingzhou will suffer a severe drought, which will affect the national grain production."

"Then shall we go buy rice?"

Fortunately, they bought more than 100 catties of rice last time, enough to feed two people for half a year, but if there is no grain harvest this season, they will have nothing to eat for the whole winter.

"I'll go to town tomorrow to see how the food prices are, and then decide whether to buy it or not."

Yun Yun took out all the money in the cabinet, and after counting it three times, she confirmed that there were more than 700 Wen in total. According to the normal grain price, she could buy more than 200 catties of rice.

"If you see that the price of food is going up, you should quickly buy all your money into rice."

Cheng Mu also thought the same way. Food prices really skyrocketed, and they would be the least able to afford food by then.

Going to the town, it is not as prosperous as it was half a month ago, and many businessmen have gone home to rest due to the continuous heat.

When Cheng Mu rushed to the grain store, there were many more people than last time. Everyone had little rice at home, so hurry up to stock up on some rice.

"Brother, how much is a catty now?"

A person holding a bag of rice said, "It's already increased to ten cents a catty."

It has already tripled, and now the drought has not reached the situation where the rice seedlings withered, and the price of grain stores has already started to increase. If there is a real drought, it will rise to tens of pennies a catty.

When it was Cheng Mu's turn, he bought fifty catties first, and kept the remaining two hundred Wen for the time being.

Everyone went home with the rice they bought, and Cheng Mu also put the rice into the basket.When walking back and passing Nanlin Academy, a group of scholars came out of it, their faces were filled with joy, and they were not affected by the drought at all.

Cheng Mu shook his head, secretly thinking that scholars only care about textbooks, but never think about people's livelihood, they don't have to worry about the harvest of crops, they just study hard every day, and they can become officials after taking part in the imperial examination and winning ranks.

When he got home, Cheng Mu told Yun Yun the price of rice, and his jaw would drop when he heard that the price of rice was almost the same as that of pork.If the drought continues, won't the price of all food go up.

"Let's not think about other things first. This rice has to be prepared. So much rice is enough for the time being, but we must prepare for the worst. If the two acres of land really have no harvest, this year will be really sad."

After more than ten consecutive days of great sun, the people realized that a real severe drought was coming.

The water level of the river has dropped rapidly, and some places have dried up. It is impossible to use the river water to irrigate the world. Li Zheng said that the state government already knows the drought here and will try its best to transfer food.

The people of the imperial court must believe it, but this day has not changed. If the drought continues, the court food will not come quickly, and the price of rice will rise skyrocketing.

For the remaining two hundred coins, Cheng Mu also bought rice when the price of rice rose. When he went, the price of rice had already risen to twenty coins a catty. Just like that, everyone was still queuing up to buy.

The rice seedlings in the field began to wither during the [-] days of drought. The patches of yellow seedlings and the burnt yellow land made people completely lose hope in God.

At this moment, a peddler carrying a burden came to the village, saying that there is no Dragon King Temple in Qingzhou, and the Dragon King used to close his eyes and go directly to rain, but he took a closer look when he stayed in Qingzhou this year.

It doesn't matter at all, but at first glance, it was found that there is no Dragon King Temple in the whole Qingzhou. The Dragon King was directly angry, and he wanted to take revenge on the people of Qingzhou, so there was no rain this year.If it wants to rain, everyone must donate money to build a Dragon King Temple. This Dragon King Temple is built in the most conspicuous position in Qingzhou City.Wait for the Dragon King to inspect again in autumn, and it will rain when you see the Dragon King Temple.

Every time the grocery peddler passed by a house, he said it at the door. At first, no one believed it. It was good to say that there was no Dragon King Temple in the past few decades. This year is just a special case.

Rumors circulated in the village for a while, and another story came from nowhere.It is said that there was a Dragon King Temple in Qingzhou City 30 years ago, but at that time a large family built a house and said that they wanted to build it in the most prominent position in Qingzhou, so they demolished the Dragon King Temple.In the past 30 years, the weather has been smooth and rainy because of the grace of the Dragon King. This year, the Dragon King Temple must be rebuilt.

It was passed on from ten to ten, and everyone believed in these words.At this moment, it is said that the prefect of Qingzhou wants everyone to donate money to build the Dragon King Temple, pray for rain for the people together, and receive ten coins per person.

When the news spread to the village, many people were hesitant. Everyone wanted rain but also wanted no money.Now that there is a food shortage and the family has no money, ten cents per person, including children, is really difficult for those with many families.

Yun Yun didn't believe the rumors at first, but everyone said that he began to waver, and when it was time to collect money, he became a little anxious.

All the money in the family has been used to buy rice, and now it is difficult to get even twenty cents, but Cheng Mu didn't say anything.

"What if we don't have money?" Yun Yun asked worriedly.

Cheng Mu never thought that Ah Yun would believe these rumors because she could read, "It's all fake, but the government wants to use this name to make money."

"But isn't the government doing this to pray for rain for the people? With rain, you don't have to worry about the harvest."

His A Yun is still so simple, Cheng Mu seriously explained, "Since ancient times, droughts and floods have been determined by the heavens to ensure harvest. This is all natural and we can't change it. As for the Dragon King, there must be no such thing, it's just a drama It was fabricated in Li. One person is worth ten pennies, and since Qingzhou is so big, we can build ten Dragon King Temples with so much money.”

Yun Yun understood a little bit, anyway, Cheng Mu must have his reasons for saying this, so he didn't ask for now.

Cheng Mu didn't say the rest, it was just that the official wanted to make a lot of money from this matter.If the court had good intentions, it would quickly allocate food, but if the court was unkind, corrupt officials would blind the emperor's eyes, and the people would bear everything.

"Ayun, in short, let's live a good life."

Yun Yun nodded, he trusted Cheng Mu.