The imperial concubine became a pampered girl by relying on food

Chapter 290 Are You Feeding Pigs?are you a pig?

Yun Chujiu took a mouthful of the steamed stuffed bun, nodded after swallowing it, "Don't worry, I will wake up if there is a dangerous smell."

"I've already eaten, and these are all yours." Si Jiuheng hummed, and pushed all the breakfast in front of Yunchujiu.

Yun Chujiu's eyes widened, "Are you feeding the pigs?"

Si Jiuheng asked back, "Are you a pig?"

Yun Chujiu: "..."

Yun Chu was dissatisfied with the wine, "I asked you, but you haven't answered yet."

Si Jiuheng said loudly: "If you are a pig, then what I feed is a pig; if you are not a pig, then what I feed is not a pig."

Yun Chujiu opened his mouth and took a big bite, "Then I'm definitely not."

Si Jiuheng smiled, "Then what I feed is not."

Yun Chujiu raised his eyes and glanced at him, stopped talking, and ate the hot buns mouthful after mouthful.

"Eat slowly, don't choke." Si Jiuheng put the soy milk in Yunchujiu's hand.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door.

The maid of the county magistrate's wife sent a post, inviting Yun Chujiu to dinner tomorrow, and Yunchu Jiu accepted.

The next day, Yun Chujiu took Si Jiuheng to the county government office.

The county magistrate's wife personally received Yun Chujiu, she glanced at Si Jiuheng, and asked with a smile, "Who is this young master?"

Yun Chujiu noticed the teasing eyes of the county magistrate's wife, pretended not to see it, and said openly, "My fiancé, Si Jiuheng."

The county magistrate's wife learned from her husband the day before yesterday that Yun Chujiu had returned to Nan County with a strange man.

Now that she heard Yun Chujiu's confession, she smiled even wider, "I thought you would end up with me after leaving Nan County for a year and a half."

"How could it be?" Yun Chujiu stepped forward and took the county magistrate's wife's hand, "We are friends who have forgotten the years, no matter where I go, no matter how long we are apart, as long as you don't change your mind, I will never have a relationship with you. "

The county magistrate's wife is older than Yunchu, but this does not affect their friendship.

At that time, the life of the county magistrate's wife was saved by Yun Chujiu. Yunchujiu often came to the county government office to treat the county magistrate's wife.

The county magistrate's wife said with a smile: "I cooked a table of your favorite delicacies with my own hands, come and taste it, I think my craftsmanship has improved a lot."

Yun Chujiu smiled and said, "Okay, it's a blessing I have cultivated for many years to have the honor to eat the dishes cooked by the county magistrate's wife."

"Don't be poor." The county magistrate's wife chuckled, then turned to look at Si Jiuheng, "Please, Mr. Si."

A group of people went to the main hall, and there was a table of food, half of which used chili and half did not.

Yun Chujiu's eyes lit up, "Good food."

The three of them sat down, and the county magistrate arrived after a while, and they ate and chatted.

Yun Chujiu: "Is the magistrate busy?"

The county magistrate nodded, "Recently there is a famine, there are many things, but there is still time to have a meal with the wine girl."

Si Jiuheng looked at the county magistrate, "I saw a lot of refugees went to Chang County, and a small number came to Nan County. I wonder if the magistrate has any solutions?"

Because there is a royal son here, the county magistrate was trembling in his heart, Si Jiuheng suddenly spoke to him, he was flattered, thought about it carefully, and replied, "There is not much grain in the granary, barely enough for the people in the county to eat for two months."

"I can't take care of people in other counties, so I ordered the city gates to be closed and only opened for an hour a day. Occasionally refugees came to join their relatives in Nan County, and I let them in. I can't do anything more. , can only wait for the disaster relief funds from the imperial court to come down."

He heard that many refugees were starved to death, and his heart ached, but he couldn't serve gruel outside the city gate.

I don't know when the government's disaster relief money will come down. If it doesn't come down, if he gives porridge at the city gate, all the refugees will flock to Nan County.

At that time, what will the people in the city do?
What if the food is gone, and the refugees outside the city start a turmoil and insist on breaking into the city?
He dared not gamble with the lives of the people in the city.

The only thing he can do is to protect the people in the city before the government's disaster relief funds come down.

Yun Chujiu: "Can I go to other prefectures to borrow food?"

The county magistrate shook his head, "I can't borrow food, and everyone is unwilling to borrow food."

"The situation in these counties of Wucheng Prefecture is not very good. There was a flood last year, and the people had almost no harvest. After paying the tax, there is not much food left."

"Everyone gritted their teeth and managed to survive that winter, but the rice planted this year was eaten up by locusts that suddenly appeared. Everyone was desperate and didn't know how to survive this cold winter this year."

"I wrote a few papers, but nothing came of it. I don't know if the imperial court has received the news."

As a small county magistrate, he wanted to deliver the news to the emperor, but it was as difficult as reaching the blue sky.

Si Jiuheng: "The imperial court has received the news. If there are no accidents, the food will arrive in half a month."

Yun Chujiu frowned, "Chang County is the only one in these counties that gives out porridge outside the city gate?"

The county magistrate hummed: "I heard that the county magistrate of Chang County is a young son. After hearing the news, almost all the refugees rushed to Chang County."

"Not good." Yun Chujiu was startled, "Chang County is dangerous. There are so many refugees. After eating the food, it's easy to gather crowds to make trouble. It can't be stopped."

Her eldest sister is still there.

Yun Chujiu turned his head to look at the county magistrate, "Magistrate, you can use work as relief, so that people will do the work, and everyone can fill their stomachs."

The county magistrate thought for a while. There were not many refugees coming to Nan County. This proposal was acceptable and he nodded.

Si Jiuheng didn't expect that things were more serious than he imagined.

After finishing Yunchu's wine, he bid farewell to the county magistrate and his wife, "I'm leaving Nanxian soon, take care."

The county magistrate's wife was stunned for a moment, "Are you going back to the capital so soon? I'll prepare some dry food for you, and you can take it with you on the way."

Yun Chujiu: "I won't be returning to the capital for now, I'll go to the provincial capital."

The situation in Wucheng Mansion is critical, so she will try to find the governor's wife.

Before the food from the capital arrived, she had to borrow some food, otherwise Chang County would be very dangerous.

The county magistrate's wife prepared some food for Yunchu and Jiu to bring.

Si Jiuheng wrote a memorial, explaining the situation here, and hoped that the emperor would reduce taxes, otherwise the people would not be able to survive.

In the end, the two left Nan County on horseback and went to the provincial capital.

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Chang County.

A large group of refugees gathered outside the city gate, and many more were on their way.

County government.

Yuan Qingyao's eyes were black and blue, and he was exhausted.

A yamen servant hurried in, "My lord, it's not good, more and more refugees are coming here."

Yuan Qingyao raised his head suddenly, "How long can the food in the city last?"

The yamen servant said solemnly: "Originally, it could last ten days, but there are more and more refugees, and five days is barely enough."

Yuan Qingyao leaned back heavily, his face full of remorse.

(End of this chapter)