Signing in to Datang: Rebellion at the beginning

Chapter 212 No Food
For the ruling party, Li Ke already has good experience.

When Cheng Yaojin brought the large troops into the territory of Tianzhu Kingdom, Li Ke quickly replaced the original Tianzhu Kingdom troops on all sides with the Dragon Kingdom army, and began to quickly guard the Quartet.

And took over the management of various places, including other small countries that were captured by Tianzhu.

Of course, this also takes time.

These small countries are very happy to be governed by the Dragon Kingdom, and even after receiving the news that they will be managed by the Dragon Kingdom, these people are very happy.

Because becoming a citizen of the Dragon Kingdom means having no worries about food and clothing.

Some people in Tianzhu naturally understand this truth, and at the same time they understand that it is useless to resist.

So far, almost all of the East has been in the hands of Li Ke.

Li Ke knows that the world is still very big, and there are many countries outside the ocean.

But in any case, now he has almost ruled all of Asia.

The next thing he has to do is to use the hybrid rice, and connect the whole of Asia to the railway track, and put it on the train, so that people on this land can have a good economic circulation.

I stayed in Tianzhu for about half a month.

After Li Ke was sure that there would be no accidents, he asked Cheng Yaojin to take charge of the next follow-up.

Xuanzang translated a large number of scriptures every day, traveled to many temples in Tianzhu, and learned the exquisite Buddhism.

Vow to spread these useful Dharma to the world.

Li Ke was in no mood to stay with Tianzhu.

He was eager to return to Longguo and asked the Ministry of Household to cultivate a large number of hybrid rice seeds.

So he set off alone, ready to return to Dragon Country.

After traveling for two days, he left the territory of the original Tianzhu country and arrived in a small country.

This small country was originally ruled by the Tianzhu Kingdom. The war left the country dilapidated. Even if it has been taken over by the Dragon Kingdom at this moment, it is impossible to manage it here immediately. It will take a certain amount of time, so this place is still chaotic.

Li Ke walked in the territory of this small country and saw many scenes that made him uncomfortable.

For example, at this moment, when he entered this city, he wanted to buy some dry food, but found that there were very few people in this small city who could afford food, and no one sold him dry food and other food.

He has passed by several restaurants and restaurants, but he has not bought the food he wants.

Not even some steamed buns or dry biscuits!

It made him feel bad.

This country was not rich in the first place, and after being affected by the army of Tianzhu Kingdom, it became even more chaotic.

Ordinary people can't keep food, so they have nothing to eat.

Li Ke spent a lot of money, but he couldn't buy anything to eat.

It is hard to imagine what the poor in these places live on.

At this moment, he was standing in a restaurant that looked relatively good. Although the restaurant outside was closed, Li Ke felt that even if such a large restaurant had experienced wars, there should still be food.

So he went up and knocked on the door. When the door opened, a man in his 30s cautiously poked his head out and asked Li Ke:

"Is there a problem??"

Li Ke said as politely as possible:

"Walking here, I want to use some money to buy some dry food, I don't know..."

Before he finished speaking, the man hurriedly shook his head and said:
"Sorry, there is no food!"

Li Ke hurriedly said, "I have money, a lot of money, please help me!"

As he spoke, he took out a five taels of silver in his hand.

The middle-aged man looked at Yin Zi, although he wanted it very much, but he showed helplessness and said:

"Today's food is more expensive than gold, not to mention the silver, I really don't have enough to sell it to you. If we give it to you, we won't have anything to eat. We can't eat silver, right?"

Li Ke asked:

"Is it serious enough?"

The man nodded and said:
"We used to be just a small country, but after being ruled by Tianzhu, it became even more chaotic. Food is the most important thing for the people here, and nothing is important, food is the most important thing.

It turned out that the common people were living a tight life, and many people died in a war?A lot of food was also snatched by those troops.

In troubled times, bandits and thieves are rampant everywhere. Where can the common people have food to eat after passing by them? "

Li Ke took a deep breath and said:
"Then do you know where there is food?"

The man looked around and saw no one, so he carefully said to Li Ke:

"Food, the government has it, this government is worse than robbers and bandits. I'm also afraid of starvation. After the war, since Tianzhu didn't take much care of it, the original government continued to exist.

They sent officers and soldiers to collect grain from door to door, which was even more ruthless than those bandits.So there must be food in the county government, but do you dare to go to the county government and ask them to buy it? "

Hearing this, Li Ke frowned.

It will take time for the officials of the Dragon Kingdom to manage the problems here.

But before the officials of the Dragon Kingdom came here, these places would still continue to be chaotic, and it was unknown how many people would continue to suffer from hunger.

Thinking of this, Li Ke nodded and said:

"Forget it, I'll go to the county government office to have a look. If there's really enough food, I'll do something like robbing the rich and helping the poor!"

With that said, Li Ke was about to turn around and leave.

But was stopped by the middle-aged man and said: "Wait a minute, are you really going? If you go, you will never return!

How about this, I see, you are really hungry, I will show you a bright way, which can solve your problem of hunger. "

Hearing this, Li Ke immediately became interested, and quickly said:

"Since there is a way to solve the hunger, why didn't you say it earlier? Tell me, what way?"

The middle-aged man first sighed, then pointed to an alley not far away, and said:

"In that alley, there are many people doing business there. If you have the heart, take some silver, maybe you can exchange it for two taels of meat."

Li Ke was taken aback when he heard this.

Can't help but smile and say:

"I asked you for a cake and a steamed bun, but you were not willing to sell it to me. But tell me, can you buy meat in the alley?

Are you sure you're not kidding me?Could it be that this meat is cheaper than that steamed bun? "

The man also laughed and said:

"That's not what I said. You have to understand that it's not that food is more expensive than meat, but that there is really no food.

But as long as there is food, it is impossible for him to be more expensive than meat.You, even if you have money now, you can’t buy food.

But there is meat in that alley, and if you have money, you have to buy something that exists.Food doesn't exist, meat exists, so go for it. "

Hearing what he said, Li Ke also felt that it made sense.

However, I was also curious in my heart, the food was gone, but the meat was still there?

Those bandits and officials in the Yamen, don't they just rob the food, can't they not rob the meat?

With doubts, he followed the man's instructions and went to an alley.

There are still many people in this alley, but these people are sitting on both sides of the alley.

Beside them, there are some boys and girls, big and small.

Li Ke didn't think anything at first, he just looked around, but he didn't see anyone selling meat.

So he said to a man in his 40s and [-]s:

"Uncle, I heard that there is meat for sale here, where is it? I have a lot of silver, can I buy some?"

The man looked up at Li Ke, then said helplessly:
"Yes... yes... look, is her meat okay?"

As he spoke, the man pointed to a four or five-year-old girl in his arms.

Hearing this, Li Ke was taken aback for a moment, then his face changed drastically, and four words popped out of his mind:
"Changing children and eating!"

(End of this chapter)