Lady Wan Guan

Chapter 115: Encountering food robbery
Jiang Wanning was so excited that he couldn't sleep that night. Finally, the three of them could do things together again.

Just like before.

Ji Yunchen couldn't sleep either. He resisted Jiang Wanning's joining in his heart. In his mind, Nan Zhi, him, and Gu Zhouding were the best partners. Even though Nan Zhi was gone, only he and Gu Zhouding were left. But Nan Zhi is still in their hearts. When they encounter problems, they will always think, what would Nan Zhi do if Nan Zhi was here?
But now another woman has filled Nan Zhi's position, which he cannot accept.

Gu Zhouting couldn't sleep either, but it wasn't because of the birth of a new trio. What he had to consider now was how to calm down the chaos in the north.

If the chaos continues to ferment, Duye Khan might actually launch a war.Just imagine, if Duye Khan knew that the people of Daqi were so afraid of him, and just suspected that Dayuan would attack Daqi, and the chaos became like this, what would he have to worry about?
If he were Duye Khan, even if he suspected that Daqi was connected with Shu, he wouldn't want the whole of Daqi, so he could take over the whole of Daqi and the whole of the north, right?

Five days later, after several days of quarrels among the courtiers over who to send to the north, they finally decided on Gu Zhouting, who volunteered.

Gu Zhouting brought the [-] tons of grain allocated by the imperial court, and Ji Yunchen led the troops from the Beida Camp to personally escort him.

The mighty team set off from the North City Gate and headed north.

Gu Zhouting, who was sitting in the carriage, couldn't help but smile bitterly when he thought about it. Before leaving, he asked Xing Feng to send a letter to Jiang Wanning. It was nothing more than a reminder to her not to make any move until he came back. Everything would wait. We will discuss it after he comes back.But she had her own ideas and was afraid she wouldn't listen to him.

The carriage stopped suddenly.

"My lord, Mrs. Jiang." Mo Yu said.

Gu Zhou paused for a moment, then opened the car window and looked back, but there was no one there.Looking forward, he saw a carriage parked in front of him. Jiang Wanning was standing beside the carriage, looking at him with a smile.

Gu Zhou stopped and got out of the car.

"How did you come?"

Ji Yunchen, who was holding the battle from behind, also came forward on horseback.

"I have nearly 30 dans of grain in Yunzhou. I am worried and want to go and see for myself."

Gu Zhouting and Ji Yunchen looked at each other. This reason was so good that they seemed unable to refuse.

A merchant transported 30 dans of grain, while he represented the court with only [-] dans of grain. By comparison, the court felt a bit shabby.

"Then let's go together." Gu Zhou stopped.

"Thank you, sir." Jiang Wanning bowed and did not forget to say thank you to Ji Yunchen: "I want to trouble His Highness the County Prince."

Ji Yunchen snorted coldly, did not object, and returned to his seat.

The team traveled day and night, encountering many refugees along the way, dragging their families and families south. Wherever they passed, they frequently saw people dying of cold and starvation, and their bodies were dumped on the roadside without anyone picking them up.

Gu Zhouting's expression was extremely solemn. It had only been half a month since the incident, and the north was like this?
Jiang Wan Ning seems to be used to it. In fact, even if there is no unrest, the life of the people in the north is still difficult. Many people freeze to death and starve to death every year, but this year the situation is more serious.

"I can't imagine what the situation will be like over there in Dengzhou and Yunzhou." Ji Yunchen sighed.

These two cities are now the two gates of Northern Xinjiang against the Great Abyss.

Gu Zhou ordered people to bury the people who died on the roadside and continued northward.

I arrived in Dengzhou not long ago. As soon as I entered the city, I was shocked by the chaos in Dengzhou. There was vandalism, smashing and looting everywhere.

Gu Zhou stopped and asked Ji Yunchen to protect the food.

But it was too late. When the hungry people saw such a large amount of food, their eyes were red and they came in droves.

"There is food here, let's grab it..."

They only have food that can keep them alive, and there are no swords for the defenders.

Ji Yunchen's team has been compressed by the attacking people and can no longer retreat, but he does not want to hurt the people.I ran out of ideas for a while.

Gu Zhouting had never seen such a scene before, but he made a prompt decision.He said coldly: "General Ji, whoever dares to steal food will be killed without mercy."

Ji Yunchen was shocked, with chills in his eyes, and ordered his soldiers: "Listen up, everyone, anyone who dares to steal food will be killed without mercy."

The people, regardless of life and death, rushed over.

The soldiers from the Beida Camp raised their knives.

At this moment, a woman's cold voice shouted: "Stop."

Ji Yunchen raised his eyes and saw that Jiang Wanning had climbed onto the grain truck at some point, stood on the grain truck, and said loudly: "Folks, if you want to get food, just listen to me."

The words "get food" have extremely magical power on the hungry people.

Suddenly many people stopped.

"As you can see, this is the first batch of relief grain distributed by the imperial court, 20 dans, and there will be 30 dans and [-] dans later, which is enough to solve everyone's food and clothing problem. The local officials don't care whether you live or die, but the emperor does not Forgetting that his people are starving and freezing.”

"Your Majesty..." When many people heard these words, they shed tears of excitement and knelt down to kowtow.

As the woman said, the local officials didn't care about their lives and refused to open warehouses to release grain. They said they wanted to ensure the food for the defenders. The big local households only knew how to raise the price of grain, which was so high that they couldn't even afford it. .

In the past, there were grain merchants from other places who wanted to sell grain at a fair price, but they were blocked by the government.

How many people are starving to death and freezing to death in Dengzhou City? The common people have no way to survive!
But now that they know that the emperor who is far away in the capital is concerned about them, how can they not be moved and grateful?

The out-of-control situation was immediately stabilized.

Ji Yunchen was stunned: Is this okay?
Isn't this a lie?The imperial court allocated a total of [-] dans of grain, so where would the follow-up come from?

Just listen to Jiang Wan Ning say again: "Don't worry, everyone, this time it's Mr. Gu, the minister of Dali Temple, and the king of Bohai County. They are here to solve everyone's livelihood problems on the order of the emperor. If everyone robs this batch of food now, , what will the Emperor think when it is passed to the Emperor? Will he think that you are a group of unruly people, not worthy of his efforts to save you? "

"Everyone, please be patient and patient. I believe Mr. Gu will soon have a solution to the problem."

"But we really can't hold on any longer. There are only three of my family of seven left..."

"Yeah, we can't hold on anymore."

Crying.

Seeing this, Gu Zhou stopped and climbed onto the grain truck.

He glanced at everyone with majestic and compassionate eyes: "I am Gu Zhouting, Minister of Dali Temple. I am here to make a promise to everyone. This batch of food will be gradually distributed tomorrow. I will solve the problems you are worried about one by one. If you believe me , and everyone dispersed."

"Please believe in Mr. Gu, he is famous as Gu Qingtian in the capital, otherwise the emperor would not have sent Mr. Gu here." Jiang Wanning added.

Gu Zhouting glanced sideways, when did he get the name Gu Qingtian?

Aren’t they all Gu Xiuluo and Gu Yama?
Jiang Wanning whispered: "What the common people look forward to most is Master Qingtian, not to mention you."

Gu Zhouting didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The tall hat was a bit piercing his forehead.

"We believe Mr. Gu..."

Xiao Pan, who was mixed in the crowd, raised his arms and shouted.

Immediately stirred up a crowd.

"We believe in Mr. Gu." The common people shouted. The cold and majestic Mr. Gu standing on the grain truck at this moment is their savior.

(End of this chapter)