The eldest daughter of the emperor, she began to build a city wildly

Chapter 293 Lucky Star (Part [-])
The way back was completely different from the time when we came here. Many people who fled from the disaster returned to their hometowns.

Even though they were bumpy and wandering all the way, they still couldn't hide their joy for the rest of their lives.

Crossing the river at the dividing line, the smiles on the faces of the entire Shence Army, including Su Tang Yingyue, never stopped.

"This will be our territory from now on, will His Highness hand it over to the imperial court?" Yingyue asked.

"No, this place will belong to Yanyang County in the future. Under our jurisdiction, this piece of land has many uses!" Su Tang laughed.

This place has a subtropical climate, and many things that cannot be grown in Yanyang County can be grown here, such as rice, sugar cane, tropical fruits and the like.

The most important thing is that it is near the sea, and a lot of aquatic seafood can also be cultivated.

At this time, the sound of tick-tock tick-tock fell on the roof of the car, Yingyue opened the curtains and looked out, her voice was trembling with excitement, "Your Highness, it's raining, it's finally raining here after a year of drought, Your Highness is indeed a lucky star !"

Su Tang quickly poked his head out to look, and the big raindrops were falling heavily, as if the rain that hadn't rained for a year was about to fall down in one go.

The heavy rain had already blocked their sight, and they couldn't hurry on their way now. Wu Chong and the others didn't care too much, and rushed to the direction of the village they saw just now based on their memory.

This is a very small village, with only about a dozen families, with earthen walls and thatched roofs, and a small courtyard with fences, giving it a leisurely rural feel.

Wu Chong found a yard that looked a little bigger, and drove the carriage that Su Tang and the others were riding in. After entering the house, there were only some simple wooden tables and chairs inside. The main daily necessities were gone, and some things fell on the ground. .

Looking at it like this, it should be that the host family here took them away when they fled.

Yingyue was busy setting up the tent that Su Tang took out, the room was full of dust, it would be cleaner to live in a tent.

Su Tang sat under the eaves and listened to the sound of the rainstorm hitting the ground and turned on the monitoring screen. The eleven cities here belonged to her territory and were displayed on the map monitoring.

The monitoring screen rotates and zooms in to Fufengzhai, and zooms in on the front of the wooden villa on the island. You can see that there is a small sign on the door at this time, and there are many writings on it.

This was an appointment she made with Liu Zhonglin when she left Fufengzhai. If there is any news from Xiao Che, or some important matters, just write it down and put it in front of the door, so she can see it through the surveillance.

This time it was the same as before, there was still no news of Xiao Che, since he left Su Tang's place last time, it was as if the world had evaporated, no matter how Su Tang asked people to investigate, they couldn't find any clues.

Su Tang knew that Xiao Che was hiding from her on purpose, maybe because what he did was too dangerous or not easy to expose, so he had no choice but to do so.

But the more this happened, the more he didn't know anything, the more worried Su Tang became.

Liu Zhonglin delivered another message to Su Tang this time.

It is said that due to the locust plague last year, two counties in Chenyang Kingdom failed to harvest wheat this year. The grain production in this era is inherently low, and it is simply not enough for such a large population.

This year, the wheat harvest in two counties has also failed, and the grain in the hands of the people has been depleted after this year. The old grain is not enough, and the new grain is not harvested. Therefore, Chenyang Kingdom is in a food crisis.

The merchants hyped up the food prices wildly, and the people were in panic. Coupled with the years of oppression under the heavy taxation of the Chenyang Kingdom, the people were finally forced by life intolerable, and there was a situation of secretly uniting against the imperial court.

After Su Tang knew this, she frowned slightly, she always felt that something was not right.

Leng'an Kingdom experienced drought before, and faced a food crisis when it was thousands of miles away. It survived safely with the help of the emperor.

Chenyang country is also considered a powerful country, how could things develop to such a degree because of a small locust plague?
"When I was in the capital, I heard people say that the lord of Chenyang Kingdom likes to enforce tyranny and take money by force. People are not allowed to question the decrees issued by the court, let alone discuss in private. If they find out, they will be killed on the spot. , the people dare not speak out, they have long been dissatisfied with the imperial court, I am afraid that the food shortage caused by the locust plague is just the last straw that broke the camel's back, the people finally can't bear it anymore and are ready to resist." Yingyue replied. .

"If you say that, it's very possible!"

When the country is in disaster, it needs the whole country to overcome the difficulties with one mind. The people of Chenyang Kingdom have not been united with the court for a long time, and the life of the people who are already short of food and clothing is even more difficult.

Because the price of food is getting higher and higher, people at the lowest level can no longer afford food, and are struggling with food and clothing and life and death every day.

Under such circumstances, the common people decided that they would die sooner or later anyway, so they might as well go all out and fight with the imperial court, maybe they could still grab food and have a chance of survival.

But, does this matter really have nothing to do with Xiao Che?If so, who would his father be, a senior court official, or a certain marquis who needed him to set up such a big situation to deal with?
Amid Su Tang's preoccupation, the rain fell non-stop for more than ten days. The dry and cracked land was filled with water again and gathered into a stream to flow.

For more than ten days, they have been trapped here and cannot go out, and all the dry food they brought with them has been eaten.

Generally, when they go out in this situation, they hunt wherever they go, and use local materials. They only bring enough dry food for a few days, and they only need to deal with emergencies when they can’t find food.

Such a situation where the sky seems to be falling and it rains continuously for more than ten days is really rare. Even if they want to go hunting, people can't even go out in this weather, let alone animals.

Without prey, they can only eat dry food, but after these days of consumption, their dry food is almost bottomed out.

Wu Chong scratched his head and thought hard about where to get some food. It doesn't matter if they are hungry for a few days, but His Highness cannot be starved.

They searched all the houses here, but they couldn't find a bite to eat. I'm afraid that if the mice came, they would starve to death here.

It is even more unrealistic to go out to find food. When they came, they only saw such a small village.

In the end, there was nothing he could do. Wu Chong could only gather together the dry food that the Shence Army had brought with them. They kept the hard cakes and buns for themselves to eat.

Some jerky was saved and ready to be sent to Su Tang. Although the hard jerky was hard to bite and the taste was mediocre, it was the best he could find so far.

Wu Chong put the small bag of dried meat he had collected into a clean bag with great care, and wrapped it with a thick layer to prevent it from getting wet. Finally, he found a coir raincoat and put it on, holding the dried meat tightly in his arms. , trot all the way to Su Tang's small courtyard to send it.

However, when he ran to the eaves, put away his coir raincoat, and prepared to enter the house for Su Tang to eat, as if he was offering dried meat.

When he saw the situation in the room clearly, Wu Chong stopped abruptly, the corners of his mouth almost twitched to the back of his head, and his expression was extremely exciting.

(End of this chapter)