Daxia Wensheng

Chapter 184 Eat!Give me all to eat!Why don't you eat it?Ding Jiangzhong County's disaster!

Outside the prefectural city of Jiangzhong County.

The officers and men of the Great Xia were gathering outside, cooking like in the past.

It was supposed to start cooking at Mao, but because of the food made yesterday, these people were overwhelmed.

So it was delayed by a few hours today.

In the army camp.

Fang Jingcheng reported something.

"Master Hou, there's news from Zhou Junshou that the granary has been burned, and less than [-]% of the grain and grass are left."

"Thirty percent of the food and grass is enough for the people of Jiangzhong County to survive for half a month. At present, Jiangzhong County is also raising funds to buy food from outside."

"Great summer long rice is given to the people of Jiangzhong County, and basically consumes about one or two a day. At present, the food in each prefecture is enough to last for several days."

"The spies have come to report that a group of soldiers are rushing to Jiangzhong County. It has been found out that they are the people of King Ning. Please give instructions to Lord Hou."

Fang Jingcheng told Gu Jinnian one by one.

In the army camp.

When they heard King Ning's men appeared, Gu Ningya and Li Ji couldn't help frowning slightly.

"What are King Ning's people doing here?"

"At this juncture, why did King Ning send someone here?"

The two were very curious, wondering why King Ning came to visit suddenly?
"Return to the grandson, and return to the Commander."

"According to the report from the spies, King Ning sent his military adviser, Hou Jun, to Jiangzhong County in person. There are a total of 10 people and horses, and these 10 people bring a lot of food, grass, cattle and sheep."

"If there is no accident, it should be King Ning who came to donate food. It is very likely that King Ning misjudged that the people of Jiangzhong County are living a life that is worse than death, and wants to use this to gain the people's opinion."

Fang Jingcheng didn't say it directly, but said it in a guessing tone.

He doesn't have any official position now, and he hasn't even entered the curtain, so naturally he doesn't dare to slander King Ning, even in front of Gu Jinnian.

"Getting public opinion? That's really something to watch."

"This King Ning is really smart enough. Seeing Jiangzhong County like this, he immediately sent someone over to donate food and grass. Fortunately, Uncle Jinnian was able to secure his hand. Otherwise, if he really only gave two or two meters, I think King Ning can really get it. public opinion."

Everyone was not stupid, even Li Ji knew what King Ning was up to.

"Jinnian, what do you think?"

Gu Ningya opened his mouth and asked what Gu Jinnian said.

"Let their men and horses come in. Our army doesn't have much food and grass, and it happens that King Ning sent two meals. How can we refuse King Ning's kindness?"

"However, let them also hold a banquet, and let the people choose by themselves."

Gu Jinnian was very happy to see King Ning come to deliver things. Although the things he sent would definitely not affect King Ning, at least it was a waste of time. It would be beneficial to Da Xia after all to waste the food.

Let's also look at what the people think about Daxia Longmi. Counting the people in the Fucheng of Jiangzhong County, they have eaten Daxialongmi twice. Would they get bored?It is also a test result.

I just asked King Ning's people to give it a try.

"Tell Zhou Man to put all the food in the square in the city and send heavy troops to guard it."

"After today's banquet is over, select 1000 people from the nineteen mansions of Jiangzhong County and rush to the city of Jiangzhong County."

"Among the 1000 people, there must be [-] elderly people. From each pavilion and county, some highly respected elderly people have been invited to pick them up in horse-drawn carriages. They must not be neglected."

"Also, ask Zhou Man to contact the three great families of Jiangzhong County. This time Jiangzhong County is in great trouble, and this Marquis will not let them donate money, grain and grass. These three great families should have a lot of cattle and farm tools, so take them all out. , even if it is a little thought from the three great families."

"When the drought in Jiangzhong County is over, I will return them one by one."

Gu Jinnian opened his mouth and issued these three orders.

"Respectfully obey the order of Lord Hou."

The latter didn't hesitate, and agreed directly, then turned and left here.

After Zhou Man left, Gu Jinnian also got up to stretch his muscles, looked at Li Ji and Gu Ningya and said.

"Come on, let's watch the fun."

After saying this, the two immediately got up and followed Gu Jinnian to watch the excitement.

at this time.

In the Fucheng, all the people have already lined up like a long queue.

Each of them took their own bowls and chopsticks, waiting for the distribution of food.

Moreover, when the people lined up, they were also talking about the benefits of the Daxia Longmi.

"I didn't expect that one day, we could also eat the rice that the emperor ate. Tsk tsk, this is really lucky."

"Yes, yes, thanks to Master Hou, if Master Hou didn't put us people first, would we be able to eat such good rice to be honest?"

"It's definitely not edible. To be honest, I've heard that this rice was rewarded to Lord Hou by the emperor himself. For this disaster relief, Lord Hou directly gave us such good rice. It's a saint."

"It's not just a saint, you don't know, this rice has a lot of background, this rice seems to be called some kind of dragon rice, anyway, all major dynasties need this kind of rice, ordinary people eat it, prolong life, big people like Lord Hou eat it In the future, you can break through the cultivation of martial arts, and I heard that Hou Ye only eats about two taels on weekdays, and now we eat all of them."

"This is more than a saint?"

The common people praised Gu Jinnian, as if they didn't want money, they praised him crazily.

It's just that while talking, some people are full of emotion.

"To be honest, if we hadn't encountered this kind of thing, we might not have had the chance to eat such high-quality rice."

"It will be difficult for us in the future."

Some people feel that this Daxia long rice is extremely delicious, and they can't help but feel uncomfortable when they think that they will not have a chance to eat it in the future.

"Yeah, I'm also inexplicably sad when you say that."

"This kind of rice can only be eaten by the real rich and powerful. It is enough for us to eat it once. It is not in vain."

"Although that's what I said, but after eating such delicious rice, let me eat those rice in the future. To be honest, it's really hard to swallow."

"Don't talk about it, don't I have some surplus food at home? Yesterday I cooked a little bit, nothing else, just want to taste the taste, I didn't feel anything when I ate it before, but now I eat it, it's like eating dross."

"Hey, you said that if we don't have to eat in the future, don't you think about it every day and every night?"

The common people discussed that eating good food is actually not a good thing. At least they didn’t feel that the food and rice at home were bad before.

After eating it, I feel full of energy, prolonging life and preventing all diseases are trivial things, the most important thing is that this feeling is gone.

After all, it was still a little uncomfortable.

But think about it again, when is this? There is a disaster, and it is already a very good thing to survive. Do you still want to eat this kind of rice every day?
It doesn't make any sense at all.

There are ten teams lined up in a long queue, while the other place is empty.

At this moment.

Hou Jun came with an army of one hundred thousand, he did not act rashly, after all, Gu Jinnian's men were here, if he didn't say hello in advance, it might cause some disputes and troubles.

But he didn't go directly to Gu Jinnian, but waited for some news.

Soon, several figures appeared.

"I've seen adults."

"My lord, it has been found out that the Tianminghou soldiers are still cooking rice, and have not killed pigs or sheep."

"My lord, there are two rivers nearby, and there is an open space outside the city, which can be used for banquets."

After several voices sounded, Hou Jun was extremely satisfied, especially when he heard that Gu Jinnian's soldiers were still cooking rice, he was even more delighted.

"The whole army listened to the order, immediately set up a pot to boil water, slaughtered cattle and sheep, and prepared to hold a banquet."

Hou Jun opened his mouth, and after saying this, he looked at the two generals beside him and said.

"You two come with me."

He was going to see Gu Jinnian and explain why he came. Although he knew that Gu Jinnian would not like it, he had already prepared his speech. After all, he was here to help the disaster. If Gu Jinnian refused, the people would suffer.

Thinking about it, Gu Jinnian wouldn't attract such infamy.

So he asked the soldiers to start boiling water in advance.

In this way, about half an hour later, Hou Jun came to Gu Jinnian.

"My Lord Hou is the steward of Prince Ning's residence, and I have met Lord Hou."

When he came in front of Gu Jinnian, Hou Jun was not arrogant and domineering, but respected instead. He is a subordinate of King Ning, and he can be regarded as a close friend of King Ning.

To put it mildly, he is actually just a subordinate.

Gu Jinnian is the destiny, to put it bluntly, if Gu Jinnian turns against him now and says he wants to help King Ning conquer the world, Gu Jinnian's status will directly surpass him.

Furthermore, he is well aware of Gu Jinnian's methods. If you fight against Gu Jinnian, Gu Jinnian will dare to do something that you can't think of.

If you are subdued, Gu Jinnian is willing to make false claims with you.

Therefore, he did not have the slightest arrogance, but was very respectful.

"Mr. Hou?"

"I have heard of the great name, the number one counselor under King Ning."

"Why did you bring a hundred thousand troops here?"

Gu Jinnian said with a half-smile.

He didn't smile at Hou Jun, nor was he too indifferent, which was a reasonable emotion.

"Lord Hou, my lord heard that Jiangzhong County was hit by a severe drought, and that countless people were suffering from the drought, so he took out the little food left in the mansion, and wanted to come to rescue the people, and please agree with him."

Hou Jun opened his mouth and expressed his intention.

After saying this, Gu Jinnian stood with his hands behind his back, and instead of looking at Hou Jun, he spoke calmly.

"It's really good that King Ning has this intention. If all the princes in Daxia can learn from King Ning, what is the difficulty of Jiangzhong County?"

"Okay, leave the food and tell King Ning on my behalf, thank you."

Gu Jinnian followed Hou Jun's wishes.

This kind of performance is normal in Hou Jun's eyes, so after hearing this, Hou Jun has long been prepared.

"Master Hou."

"King Ning has an order. There are a lot of people in Jiangzhong County. I am afraid that someone will enrich their own pockets and pervert the law. Therefore, the order is that the soldiers must prepare these meals themselves so that the people can enjoy them."

"I also ask Lord Hou to forgive me."

Hou Jun made a sound.

Gu Jinnian didn't answer after hearing this, he had already guessed what Hou Jun's purpose was here.

When I first came to Jiangzhong County, I directly blocked the entire Fucheng passage. No matter whether it is a commoner or a businessman, no one can leave Jiangzhong County.

In this way, even if some people with evil intentions know some news, they will not be able to pass it on.

And the people on the outside don't know what's going on inside.

Of course, with the ability of [-] soldiers, it is naturally impossible to accurately strike these malicious people.

But Zhou Man is the sheriff of Jiangzhong County, there are many things that Gu Jinnian doesn't know, but the sheriff of Jiangzhong County can't be troubled.

These spies seemed to have no problems, but in fact they were strictly guarded by Zhou Man.

In other words, people outside got false news. As for some fringe officials, they left Jiangzhong County early, but found that they couldn't come in, so they watched outside.

It is a good thing that false news is spread, at least at this juncture, it is clear who wants to cause trouble and who does not want to cause trouble.

"Okay, you can do whatever you want."

Thinking of this, Gu Jinnian spoke lightly and agreed to Hou Jun.

As soon as this remark came out, Hou Jun was a little surprised. He was full of words and wanted to say it, but he finally held back.

I thought Gu Jinnian would say some words, after all, if he boils water and cooks here, he will undoubtedly slap Gu Jinnian in the face, so he has prepared a lot of words, such as for the sake of the people.

I didn't expect it to be unnecessary.

After being stunned for a while, Hou Jun immediately came back to his senses and bowed to Gu Jinnian.

"Master Hou is really dedicated to serving the people. If there are two more Lord Hou in Daxia, the people will not suffer."

That statement is half true.

"Everyone is for the people, and everyone is Gu Mou."

"Mr. Hou, I have always heard that you have a peerless talent. I want to get to know you a little bit. This is my order. If Mr. Hou has any ideas in the future, you can talk to me in detail."

When Gu Jinnian spoke, he took out his Hou Ling and handed it to Hou Jun.

Faced with such a situation, many people were slightly surprised. This Hou Jun was the number one counselor under King Ning, and he was loyal to King Ning. Unexpectedly, Gu Jinnian would throw an olive branch to him.

This Hou Jun is really extraordinary, it's really impressive to make Gu Jinnian look at him differently.

Looking at this Hou Ling, Hou Jun was a little surprised, but he quickly accepted it. There was no other reason. He really believed that he was a talent from heaven, and what Gu Jinnian said was right, he was the number one adviser under King Ning.

So this piece of Hou Ling is nothing to him, let alone Hou Ling, even if it is Wang Ling, he doesn't think much of it.

Of course, Gu Jinnian is not ordinary after all, he is the most popular person in the Great Xia Dynasty, and he is also the sage of later generations of Confucianism and Taoism. To be recognized by such a person, Hou Jun is still full of vanity.

"Master Hou is over-reputed, it's just a false name."

Hou Jun showed a little bit of the Versailles track.

Gu Jinnian smiled slightly and looked at Fang Jingcheng.

"Mr. Fang, send Mr. Hou off."

After saying this, Gu Jinnian didn't say anything, and turned around to watch the soldiers cooking and steaming rice.

And got the promise.

Hou Jun just bowed to Gu Jinnian and left immediately, while Fang Jingcheng followed.

Fang Jingcheng saw him off, perhaps because of Gu Jinnian's appreciation, Hou Jun was obviously very happy in his heart, he took the initiative to open the chatterbox, and chatted with Fang Jingcheng casually.

It's just that it's okay if we don't talk about it. After talking about it, he found that Fang Jingcheng's knowledge is very good and he is a talent.

The two chatted back and forth for nearly an hour, about the situation of the imperial court, some Confucianism and Taoism, the family of the Shi family, etc., and found that Fang Jingcheng could talk about it.

All of a sudden, he had the idea of ​​loving talents. Since Gu Jinnian had wooed himself just now, Hou Jun should also woo Fang Jingcheng by the way, otherwise it would not be good to arouse King Ning's suspicion.

Hearing Hou Jun's solicitation, Fang Jingcheng didn't agree, but he didn't refuse immediately. Instead, he said with a smile that if he had a chance, he would like to visit Hou Jun, but he didn't know the place well, and he was afraid Junfei Huang Tengda didn't want to pay attention to him.

So I want Hou Jun to have something with me.

After saying this, Hou Jun seemed very casual, Gu Jinnian gave himself a piece of the Hou Ling, so naturally he would not be stingy in wooing Fang Jingcheng.

"This jade pendant was given to Brother Yu by King Ning at the beginning. If Brother Yu changes his mind in the future, he can come to Prince Ning's mansion to find me with this piece."

Hou Jun looked very free and easy.

At the moment, Fang Jingcheng was overwhelmed by flattery. After receiving the token, he said something more. He wanted a copy of Hou Jun's calligraphy. Firstly, he wanted to look up to him. Second, he could take the calligraphy to find Hou Jun in the future, and talk about it to build it. I feel that I am afraid that after Hou Junfei Huang Tengda, he will ignore people.

Knowing what Fang Jingcheng wanted, Hou Jun said it several times, but he couldn't stand Fang Jingcheng's flattery. In the end, he was in a good mood and wrote a poem.

After getting the calligraphy, Fang Jingcheng hid it carefully, and then left.

After Fang Jingcheng left.

Hou Jun had to sigh with emotion.

"This Gu Jinnian is really lucky. There is such a talent by his side. When we return to the palace tomorrow, we must recommend this person to the prince."

"However, let's look at the situation first. If he can become my subordinate, it will be even more powerful for me."

Hou Jun praised Fang Jingcheng.

At this time, several figures came.

"My lord, the banquet has been set, but the meal will have to wait at least an hour. Do you want to let the people sit down first?"

A voice sounded, informing Hou Jun of the situation here.

"Okay, let the people in the city take their seats quickly, but don't tell them what to eat, let them feel for themselves after the food is served."

"Keep quiet and give them a surprise."

Hou Jun said with a smile.

And at the same time, another place.

After getting Hou Jun's calligraphy, Fang Jingcheng also came to Gu Jinnian.

"Master Hou, the things are already in hand."

Fang Jingcheng made a sound, and took out Hou Jun's personal jade pendant and calligraphy.

"it is good."

"Mr. Trouble, copy Hou Jun's handwriting and write a letter asking for food, saying that the people in Jiangzhong County are excited and ecstatic at the great kindness of the prince. They are all grateful and grateful. They can't wait to serve the prince. Gu Jinnian was so angry that he became angry."

"Please King Ning allocate another 20 shi of grain, [-] cattle, and a million taels of gold for disaster relief and the kindness of tens of millions of people in Jiangzhong County."

"Remember, go to the people and cut off a piece of broken clothes, invite a few women to sew them into clothes, and send them to King Ning."

Gu Jinnian said that the first time he saw Hou Jun, he thought of such a plan, so just now he specially asked Fang Jingcheng to send Hou Jun, just to get Hou Jun's token, plus Hou Jun's pen and ink.

In order to defraud King Ning of supplies.

Although it will not affect the fundamentals of King Ning, for Jiangzhong County, as long as it can produce more things, there is less than [-]% of the granary left, which is only enough for the people of the county to eat for fifteen days.

Fortunately, after these two days, I found that the dragon rice eaten by the common people is far less than expected, and the energy contained in the dragon rice is too much.

The daily consumption is about 100 shilong rice and [-] million shi of grain, enough to consume for fifteen days.

This is the food that is currently available. Gu Jinnian has replanted the dragon rice in the beautiful map of mountains and rivers, and used spirit crystals to speed it up. When he left Kyoto, he asked Emperor Yongsheng to take some of the spirit crystals away.

According to the current progress, it is enough to guarantee that there will be no shortage of Daxia Longmi in Jiangzhong County within one and a half months.

In addition to the remaining [-]% of the grain transported by the imperial court, as well as donations from all parties, Jiangzhong County will not be short of food for two months.

For the people of the world, what Gu Jinnian should consider now is disaster relief, but in fact Gu Jinnian is not thinking about disaster relief now.

But how to restore agricultural production.

Tomorrow is the most critical moment.

If the people can support him tomorrow, the disaster in Jiangzhong County will be completely settled.

"Master Hou is really smart."

"Just a few words of praise made Hou Jun feel elated, unknowingly caught in the trap."

"Please rest assured, Lord Hou, Fang will definitely handle this matter properly."

Fang Jingcheng praised Gu Jinnian, and then went to copy Hou Jun's ink.

And this moment.

In Fucheng.

All of a sudden, tables were placed one by one, densely packed, occupying the original open space. At the same time, under the order of Hou Jun, several doors were opened at the gate of the city.

At this moment, all the people in Wuyang Wuyang ran out, and the people who were originally queuing squeezed in one by one, thinking that a new queuing entrance had been opened.

The first batch of people who grabbed the seats were all elated, smiling from ear to ear.

And the people who didn't grab the seats didn't feel uncomfortable, at least they were much better than this long queue.

It has to be said that Hou Jun's operation relieved the pressure of queuing a lot in an instant.

"Everyone, King Ning has an order to make everyone eat well. Please don't worry, don't be crowded."

"Everyone must remember that King Ning cares about the people and does not want everyone to suffer. He specially asked me to come here to hold a banquet to help the people."

One after another voices sounded, and the soldiers crazily praised King Ning.

The common people didn't know what was going on, but they were still happy from the bottom of their hearts when they heard that there was food to eat, so praises rang out one after another, and such praises made Hou Jun extremely happy.

As he thought, if it works well this time, it will definitely earn King Ning a lot of fame and endless popular support.

So, about half an hour later.

Gu Jinnian has prepared the Daxia Longmi for the people, but this is the territory of the Daxia soldiers after all, and Hou Jun can't get too close, and he can't send anyone close.

Can only stand and watch from a distance.

There is no accident, there are only three or four taels of rice in each common people's bowl, which may be less than four taels, a little more than three taels, and if calculated, it is at best a little more than one or two rice.

To be honest, hearing and seeing are completely two concepts. After seeing this scene, Hou Jun couldn't help but feel emotional.

"It seems that what the spies said is true."

"Gu Jinnian, what you're doing is indeed right. There's not enough food, one mouthful per person, as long as you don't starve to death."

"Unfortunately, you don't even know what Jiangzhong County means. If Jiangzhong County is in chaos, Great Xia will also be in chaos. King Ning is not the only one who wants Jiangzhong County to be in chaos."

"This time, I seized the opportunity to harvest public opinion, which can be regarded as helping you. Live a good life for a few days. After a few days, you will know what terror is."

Hou Jun made a sound, thinking so in his heart.

However, the soldiers on the side found some clues.

"My lord, there seems to be something wrong."

"Look, my lord, after eating this meal, all these people are very happy, without any dissatisfaction, and they don't seem to be disgusted?"

Some soldiers have excellent eyesight, even if they are separated by four or five hundred meters, they can still see clearly what is happening in the distance.

Hearing this, Hou Jun said disapprovingly.

"That's what you don't understand. Are the disaster victims still civilians? They are all hungry and crazy people. Although Gu Jinnian only feeds them, it is military food anyway, and the quality is much better than ordinary food."

"These victims starved to death yesterday, but today they can eat a mouthful of steaming rice. How can they complain?"

"Plus, with an army of [-] here, do the people dare to say anything? Who dares to make trouble?"

Hou Jun opened his mouth and said so.

When all the soldiers heard it, they really thought it made sense.

"My lord, since the people don't have much resentment, aren't we here a little early?"

Some soldiers continued to ask.

But Hou Jun couldn't help laughing.

"Wrong, the reason why the common people don't complain is because they haven't eaten good food. Look, what kind of stuff does Gu Jinnian prepare?"

"I'm willing to eat if I don't have to eat it. Our food is delicious, with both meat and vegetables, which makes people's index fingers move. These people have eaten good food, so they know how bad the food Gu Jinnian prepared for them is."

"Besides, after the banquet, there must be many people who can't eat, and there will be a riot at that time. If there is a disturbance, send people to spread some rumors among them, saying that the court actually donated a large amount of food and supplies, but they were all given away by someone. Some people got greedy."

"You don't need to spread rumors about Gu Jinnian, just say his sixth uncle, Gu Ningya. It's true that Gu Jinnian is a saint, but his uncle is not, understand?"

Hou Jun said confidently.

"Understood, I'm still taller than an adult."

All the generals smiled.

"How long is our banquet?"

Hou Jun didn't feel complacent, but just asked why his banquet wasn't served yet?
"My lord, it will be ready within half an hour. The main thing is that we hide it and make it. It's a little troublesome. You said that you want to serve it to the people in one go, so it was delayed for some time."

The latter said.

"Well, it's interesting to give it to the people in one breath. What you want is to shock and shock these people."

"By the way, send another [-] cavalry to go to Xiangyang official road to wait for the prime minister. The imperial court also heard about this matter. It would be more appropriate to send Li Shan to investigate and send some people to protect the prime minister."

Hou Jun spoke up and mentioned Li Shan's matter.

in this way.

Time passed little by little.

Originally, there were ten teams at the gate of Fucheng, but because of the arrival of King Ning's people, the team expanded to twenty, and after waiting for half an hour, it expanded to twenty-five.

At the banquet, I don't know how many people were extremely lively, and they were all looking forward to the arrival of Daxia Longmi.

But after waiting for a while, these people were still a little anxious, but after thinking about it, they were lucky to avoid the long queue.

I didn't say anything.

Finally, at this moment, the sound of gongs and drums sounded.

Dangdang Dangdang!
Dangdang Dangdang!
As the sound of gongs and drums sounded in the camp, rows of soldiers came quickly, carrying trays of steaming dishes.

All the soldiers of King Ning showed smiles and walked neatly, placing these delicacies on the table.

Knuckles dipped in vinegar, braised fish, a big bowl of fragrant meat, deep-fried lamb chops, stir-fried in season, there are many delicacies and a dazzling array.

Seeing these dishes, the common people were fine. Although it wasn't what they were looking forward to, this dish could be considered a wish.

In the end, there were twelve dishes on each table, including meat and vegetables, and two soups. To be honest, this table was placed in a restaurant, at least ten taels of silver.

Especially the delicious food exudes a strong fragrance, and these soldiers are all hungry.

Soon, another bucket of rice was brought over. When the people saw the rice bucket coming, they couldn't sit still and were so excited.

Surrounded directly.

"Fathers and elders, don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, King Ning has prepared for all the folks and elders, don't worry, everyone will definitely have enough, eat as much as you can, as long as you don't waste it, eat as many bowls as you want."

sounded.

The common people don't care so much, but they don't hold too much, about three or four taels are enough, and they are afraid that they will be too full.

However, after the rice is served, many people feel that there is a problem before they start eating.

"No, why is this rice different?"

"Yeah, this rice is different, it doesn't matter if it's not full, and it doesn't have any fragrance."

"What kind of rice is this?"

"This is not the rice of Lord Hou."

"Hey, what kind of rice is this, why does it taste so tasteless?"

Everyone is looking forward to the arrival of rice.

But I didn't expect that after serving it, I found that the appearance was different, and the taste was not fragrant. The most important thing was that it had no taste at all when it was eaten in the mouth.

For a moment, the people who were originally carnival were all silent.

"what's up?"

"Not really."

"Is there no rice specially provided by the royal family?"

"Why is this so?"

Soon, the discussion became louder and louder. From the previous crowd, all the people put down their bowls and chopsticks, discussing something.

"It's over, we're fooled."

"I just said that I'm always queuing here. It turns out that I eat this stuff here. It's no good. I'd better go back and line up."

"Damn it, you really can't play tricks as a human being. It will take at least an hour to re-queue this time, right?"

"An hour? At least an hour and a half."

"Then what should we do? Or just settle down here?"

"Okay, you can just let it go. I won't let it go. Ever since I ate this rice, I can't eat other rice. It's not just the taste. Think about it yourself. Although it's a big fish and big meat , but can big fish and big meat strengthen yang? Can big fish and big meat live a long life?"

"If you want to say that, then I will line up again."

"Walk, walk, don't eat, don't eat."

In less than half a quarter, the originally bustling venue suddenly became a little empty, and the people came in a swarm, and left in a swarm.

This made the soldiers maintaining order dumbfounded.

Especially, after listening to what they said, they were even more stunned.

My good fellow, although these are not delicacies from mountains and seas, they can still be considered hearty delicacies, right?

As the soldiers of King Ning, they can only say that they eat every now and then, and it is unrealistic to think of such a big fish and meat every day on weekdays.

It stands to reason that these people should be so excited to see these delicacies, right?

But I didn't expect to show disgusted eyes one by one?
Brother, you are refugees.

No, you are disaster victims.

There is a meal for you to eat, you already have to burn incense, and give you a whole table of such meals, you actually despise it?
"What happened? Why did the people leave? Who is talking nonsense? Annoyed these people?"

"Everyone, what happened? Tell me, I will give you justice."

At this moment, Hou Jun, who was in the distance, had already rushed over. At first, he saw the people crowded together, and he was very excited.

But before being happy for a quarter of an hour, all the people got up, except for moving the bowls and chopsticks at the beginning, the rest just didn't move for a while?
This made Hou Jun realize that something was wrong, and hurried over, thinking that some soldiers had a bad attitude, which made the people angry.

Hou Jun came and blocked the way of the people.

Seeing someone blocking the way, the people in Jiangzhong County were a little depressed.

But the other party is an official after all, and has done a lot for everyone, so it's hard to say anything.

"My lord, we are all ordinary people, we can't eat such good food, we should just eat some rice."

"That's right, my lord, for us untouchables, it's good to have some rice. If we can't eat such a good food, we can just give these to the military master."

The people's speech is still relatively tactful. They have worked hard for a long time, but it is hard to say anything.

Upon hearing this, Hou Jun breathed a sigh of relief, and then spoke out.

"Fathers and elders, it doesn't matter. The prince just wants to make everyone well fed. Don't be afraid, with me waiting, no one will trouble you."

"You can eat as much as you want, go ahead and eat, we are not like other people who only give two or three taels of food, everyone go and eat."

Hou Jun smiled all over his face, thinking that the people were afraid.

But it’s okay if you don’t say this, but when you say it, many people frown, everyone is just being polite to you, but you are really not polite at all, just mocking Gu Jinnian?

Gu Jinnian gave everyone the rice specially provided by the royal family. Although you have big fish and meat here, who could afford these things before?
Even if you can't eat it every day, you can still eat it once in half a month, right?

Can the rice specially provided by the royal family be eaten in half a month?

Not to mention half a month, I can't eat it once a year.

Is it comparable?

I didn't say it out to save face, good guy, it's fine if you push your nose and face, are you still weird?

Who are you pissed off about?

All of a sudden, the people snorted coldly, and then left directly, preferring to queue up rather than staying here any longer.

The main reason is that this guy is an official. If it weren't for an official, the common people would have already started doing it.

The people leave.

Hou Jun was completely dumbfounded.

eat.

Give me all of you.

Why don't you eat it?

Hou Jun really didn't know what to say.

But soon, a large number of people came again, not knowing the truth.

I saw people coming.

Hou Jun still calmed down a little.

But not long after, the same thing happened a second time.

Still a lot of people came to loot, and the goal at the beginning was the rice in the rice bucket.

Immediately afterwards, they left one by one, all with unsightly faces.

There are not many who curse, after all, King Ning's iron cavalry is here, and he dare not scold.

After this situation happened three times, there were no people behind, and they ran to line up one by one, preferring to eat ordinary rice than the delicacies they had prepared.

"What's going on?"

Why don't you eat my food?

Hou Jun is in a hurry this time.

What is the purpose of running over to deliver food?
Isn't it just to gain public opinion?

But if the common people don't receive it, what kind of public opinion will they get?

"My lord, what should I do?"

Someone spoke and asked Hou Jun.

"Go and get a group of people to come over and give money. The common people may not dare to eat it. After all, there are so many soldiers, it is very possible."

"Tell these people that with King Ning's protection, no one will trouble them."

Hou Jun thought about it, and finally thought that these people were still afraid, so he asked his men to spend money to attract people.

"As ordered."

The latter didn't talk too much, and hurried to pull people.

About two quarters of an hour later, these soldiers came, all of them looked unhappy.

"My lord, these people can't live or die."

"No money will come."

All the soldiers didn't know what was going on, no one wanted food in this disaster year?Isn't this just a joke?
No money?

Hearing this, Hou Jun was completely numb.

It's just that at this moment, more than a dozen figures came over, dressed plainly, they didn't speak after they came up, and just bowed their heads to cook.

Seeing these dozens of people, Hou Jun was overjoyed.

"Fathers and elders, take a quick look, there are people coming to eat, don't worry, it's all right, this dish is a little thought of King Ning, elders and elders, don't be afraid."

Hou Jun is hard at work selling his own food.

"My lord, stop shouting, they won't come."

At the dinner table, the man who was eating spoke in a low voice.

"why?"

"Then why are you here?"

Hou Jun didn't understand at all.

"My lord, I am one of my own."

"This Gu Jinnian, Lord Gu, I don't know where I got some rice specially provided by the royal family, just two or three taels. After eating, not only is I not hungry, but I am also full of energy. The rice alone is very delicious. It’s not much worse than these delicacies.”

"It can also prolong life and live a long life. Now everyone in Jiangzhong County knows who doesn't know? What's more, it can also strengthen yang."

"These people are not afraid to eat your food, but they don't want to eat it."

The man made a sound, trying his best to suppress his voice, for fear of revealing his identity.

"A royal offering?"

"This is impossible."

"The Great Xia imperial family doesn't have such a thing. I've been in Prince Ning's Mansion for decades, but I haven't heard of such a thing."

Hou Jun was a little dumbfounded. He had never heard of any special royal offerings. If you want to say that there is such a thing as a big golden dragon rice.

But Dajinlong rice must not be eaten by the common people, and something will happen if you eat it.

"That's not clear."

"My lord, stop shouting. It's useless. Instead of wasting this meal, it's better for the soldiers to eat together."

The latter seemed to be indifferent to everything, telling Hou Jun not to struggle.

"nonsense."

"Big Xia doesn't have this kind of thing at all. This must be Gu Jinnian's trick. What prolongs life is probably just adding something to the food."

"As for satiety and so on, I'm afraid it's all psychological."

"I didn't expect Gu Jinnian to use this trick. It's really hateful."

"Okay, Gu Jinnian, if you use this trick, don't blame me for making such a bad move."

Hou Jun's face was not very good-looking, and he roughly guessed something, so he looked at the general beside him and said.

"Quickly ask people to tell the people that the food here can also prolong life and strengthen yang."

"Go ahead and spread rumors, say that Gu Jinnian put some medicine in the food that Gu Jinnian made for everyone, and after taking it, although he is full of energy, it's all an illusion."

Hou Jun spoke up and asked people to spread rumors.

So far, that's all he can do.

"Useless sir, this rice really has miraculous effects, you don't know."

The man continued to speak.

But under Hou Jun's cold gaze, he was silent for an instant.

Soon, these soldiers started to work.

Really don't say it.

As these soldiers spread rumors, many people came here again, most of them were deceived. As for the saying that there is something wrong with Daxia Longmi, no one believed it.

Is there any problem, are you still unclear?
It's just that, to cheat this thing, at least you need something real.

Many people were tricked to come here, and after trying a few mouthfuls, they found that it was no different from ordinary meals.

At the moment, one by one got up and left.

No matter how Hou Jun persuaded him, he just refused to eat it.

Not only did he leave, but he also secretly told others, so that everyone should be careful.

to the end.

Gu Jinnian's disaster relief team couldn't stop at all.

And on the banquet table they set up, there were not many common people except some soldiers.

After half an hour, there were quite a few.

But it's because of the line up here.

Hou Jun was really uncomfortable. He asked someone to beg for a bowl of rice to see what it would do.

As a result, they were directly rejected by the soldiers of Daxia, indicating that these things were for the common people.

After being rejected.

Hou Jun had a bit of brain congestion, and in the end he just sat down, picked up a bowl of rice, let all the soldiers sit down, and ate for the common people.

He doesn't believe it anymore.

So many delicacies, but a bowl of rice?
Ever since, an extremely exaggerated scene appeared, the soldiers of King Ning picked up one dish after another, such as braised pork, meatballs, lamb chops, and their actions were exaggerated, and they all babbled.

Take a bite and shout, delicious, delicious, so delicious.

It is an attempt to attract people's attention in this way.

indeed.

Attention is drawn.

But the eyes of most people are a little strange.

It's like... watching a group of idiots.

"This lamb chop, my God, tastes really delicious, the bones are crispy, so fragrant, really delicious."

"Oh, I took a bite and my mouth was full of oil. Why is it so fragrant?"

"It's really delicious."

"Fragrant."

"Do you want to eat? Come and eat if you want to eat."

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."

"Hahahahahaha."

"This fragrant meat is even more fragrant. It is said that if the fragrant meat is rolled, it will be difficult for a god."

"Top, it's really good."

"Hahahaha, it's delicious, hahahaha."

"Eat it."

"Give me all to eat."

"Why don't you eat it?"

"Eat!!!"

Hou Jun gradually lost his composure, his movements were exaggerated, his voice was loud, he yelled while eating, and in the end he lost his composure directly, yelling, wishing he could rush into the team and catch people to eat.

This action made the surrounding soldiers extremely embarrassed, and they were frantically picking their toes, which was really uncomfortable.

"My lord, my lord."

"Sir, are you alright?"

"Quick, hurry up and help the adults back to the camp."

Seeing this scene, some soldiers immediately stopped Hou Jun and took him away, for fear that Hou Jun would really go crazy.

"I beg you, just take a bite."

"Try it, please."

"Take a bite, and I guarantee that you will feel that this is delicious in the world."

"Don't stop me, I'm not crazy."

"What are you going to do? Are you going to rebel?"

In the end, Hou Jun jumped into a rage and was carried away by three soldiers.

And far away.

In the army camp, Gu Jinnian watched all this with great interest.

But Hou Jun's collapse was just an appetizer.

He was looking forward to what the other group of people would look like then.

At this moment.

Five hundred miles away.

A group of people are walking towards Jiangzhong County.

Twelve Confucian scholars in Yushitai.

Li Shan.

There are also hundreds of scholars sitting in several carriages.

Headed inside the carriage.

Li Shan's voice sounded.

"After arriving in Jiangzhong County, the old man will restrain Gu Jinnian. When the time comes, you will disguise yourself and sneak into Jiangzhong County to visit the people. What Gu Jinnian did."

"Remember, you have to ask some poorer people, and most people probably won't tell the truth for the first time."

"You have to ask more times, and don't just ask one person, you have to ask more people. It is enough to find evidence of Gu Jinnian's crime in Jiangzhong County."

Li Shan opened his mouth, and he told these hundreds of scholars about their mission to Jiangzhong County this time.

"Follow the order."

"But Mr. Xiang, what if no evidence of Gu Jinnian's crime can be found?"

Some scholars spoke and asked Li Shan.

"Since there is no such thing, is it possible to forcefully place a crime?"

"Li Xiang, you asked me to search for Gu Jinnian's criminal evidence, and I will go there later, but if Gu Jinnian did nothing wrong, this Confucianist will seek truth from facts, and you should do the same."

"If it is discovered by this Confucianism, who dares to be biased in this matter, don't blame this Confucianism for turning his face."

A voice sounded, this is a great Confucian, he did not come here this time to seek evidence against Gu Jinnian, he believed in Gu Jinnian, but he came here to reassure the world.

There are doubts that this is a reasonable thing to do.

Just investigate.

Seek truth from facts.

"That's very true."

Li Shan opened his mouth, but didn't say much after that.

He believed that this trip to Jiangzhong County would definitely yield something.

in this way.

After half an hour.

They met with the generals of King Ning.

Someone came directly to Li Shan and told Li Shan about Jiangzhong County.

"Master Xiang."

"This time, I went to Jiangzhong County in person and found that there was no error in what the spies said. Master Hou Jun asked me to wait here for the Prime Minister."

Hearing what the soldiers said, Li Shan's last hanging heart also completely fell to the ground.

"Okay, the whole army speeds up and heads to Jiangzhong County."

The next moment, Li Shan gave an order to speed up and rush to Jiangzhong County.

the same moment.

Outside the prefectural city of Jiangzhong County.

Zhou Man appeared.

He brought three messages.

First, the first batch of donated food from various places was delivered, which was a little more than expected, and could extend the five-day rations of all the people in Jiangzhong County.

Second, the three aristocratic families said that they feel sorry for the people, but they don't have enough cattle, sheep and farm tools, so they pooled 5000 taels of silver as a donation.

Third, officials have been sent to various places, and 1000 people from each government will be called. If there is no accident, they will arrive at Jiangzhong County at noon tomorrow.

Get these three messages.

Gu Jinnian looked calm.

"Notice, tomorrow noon."

"People from the nineteen prefectures, all gather in the prefectural city and let all the people come."

"Let's just say, tomorrow I have three big announcements that will relieve the severe drought in Jiangzhong County."

Gu Jinnian spoke up.

After saying this, he asked Zhou Man to leave.

It's just that after Zhou Man left, Gu Jinnian's eyes showed a chill.

The three great aristocratic families are really enough to give face.

5000 taels of silver?
it is good!
Since you don't cooperate, don't blame yourself for not giving the opportunity.

"Uncle Six."

"Write a memorial."

"Tell Your Majesty, after tomorrow, the disaster in Jiangzhong County will be completely settled."

"But I want to kill a group of people to see what His Majesty means."

Gu Jinnian spoke with a calm tone.

But Gu Ningya was shocked.

Good guy.

How long have you been here?
Just say that the difficulty of Jiangzhong County is settled?
You didn't do anything.

In addition to treating guests to dinner.

Gu Ningya was a little confused, but he still didn't make any fuss, he completely believed in Gu Jinnian.

Just because of my nephew.

Can work miracles.

Inside the camp.

Gu Jinnian quietly looked ahead.

He prepared everything.

Tomorrow, the winner will be decided.

This time to grasp.

ten percent.

(End of this chapter)