A Different Life as a Demon

"This... The old slave has been in the palace. I really don't know this." He Taigao said in embarrassment.

"I probably know that those children should be from the countryside, and the conditions in the countryside are harder. However, many families in the capital have had a hard time these years, mainly because the weather in recent years is relatively abnormal, and everyone's harvest in Chengdu is not good." Zhao Luan said nearby.

"Well." Wang Zhong nodded silently, saying secretly that he had to find a way to improve everyone's land crop production.

In the final analysis, dayangchao is still in an agricultural society, and the harvest of crops is very important to farmers.

"Go and eat something first."

Wang Chong stepped into a seemingly large inn.

"My guest, how many?"

The waiter eagerly ran over, but before he approached Wang Zhong, he Taigao stopped in front of the waiter: "stay away from my master."

"Yes, yes!"

The waiter knew at a glance that Wang Chong was not an ordinary person. Such a person had a lot of silver. If he met a good person and served him comfortably, he could reward himself a few small silver at will, which was also a lot of income.

"Just us, give me a better place downstairs." Wang Zhong said.

"OK, let's go to the East. That place is by the window."

"All right."

After sitting down, Wang Zhong ordered a few dishes casually, and the waiter smiled and went down to prepare.

Wang Chong and Zhao Luan sat on the table, while he Taigao sat at the next two tables.

A group of people stopped Wang Chong and Zhao Luan at the table to prevent unauthorized people from approaching.

This makes Wang Zhong a little funny. It's not too high. Everything is good, but he is too careful.

At this time, I heard the storyteller in the inn say.

Listen carefully, the storyteller seems to say something about his interrogation of Lu Pingying's scribe.

The audience nearby heard cheers and cheers.

"Ming Jun is alive. Since Lu Pingying's death, those people in the Lu party have been terrified at the news..."

What the storyteller said is also mysterious enough. Many things are wrong, that is, he knows a general idea.

But Zhao Luan listened with interest, and let Ning'er around him reward him with a silver.

"Luan'er, this man is nonsense. What do you reward him for?" Wang Zhong laughed.

"Of course he deserves a reward for making you so imposing."

Soon, the food is on the table.

The food here tastes OK, but it's much worse than those in the palace.

It's no wonder that the palace doesn't say that the chef is carefully selected, but that the ingredients are not ordinary things. If they are not delicious, it's strange.

"My husband, where are we going after eating?" Zhao Luan asked.

"Take a carriage and go out of the city to the countryside."

After seeing the life of the people in the city, I naturally want to go to the countryside.

Wang Zhong has always had an idea, that is, how to improve land production.

In this society, no one is lazy, and everyone works hard.

However, due to the weather, the crop yield is not high.

Is this really the reason?

Wang Chong can remember that the production of his royal farmland is still good, and there must be something fishy in it.

The biggest problem is probably the uneven distribution of land.

There are too many landlords, and the grain produced is too much in the hands of a few people.

And those who rent land can only work for people, and they can't save any money at all after a year.

In this way, in case of bad weather and disasters, there will be victims.

So Wang Chong thought: fight against local tyrants and divide the land.

However, this involves too much and needs to be done step by step.

"Waiter, this is for you."

After eating, Wang Zhong handed the waiter three pieces of silver.

The waiter was very happy: "thank you, sir."

"I want to ask you something. How is your business here recently?"

"If you go back to childe, the weather is cold recently, and fewer people come to drink." The waiter didn't know why Wang Zhong asked, but he answered truthfully.

"Uncle, please be kind and give me a bite to eat."

"My child hasn't eaten for several days. Please give him a steamed bun."

At this time, several beggars came to the door, looking very miserable.

"Go, go, where's the beggar? Get out." The waiter used to drive away.

Wang Zhong stopped him and said, "Hey, it's all poor people. What do you want to do with them? How many steamed buns do you have here? I'll buy them and send them."

"Childe Zhai is kind-hearted. I know it."

The waiter didn't dare to neglect and hurried to clean up.

The diners at the nearby tables shook their heads after looking at the beggars. "Hey, what's the use of copying so many corrupt officials? I don't know how many people have frozen to death this winter."

"Isn't it? It's better not to copy. At least those corrupt officials sometimes pretend to be benevolent and kind-hearted, eh......"

"I heard that the Liuhe river on the other side of Liucheng is frozen. Many people can't live and come out to beg. If this goes on, the world will be in chaos."

"The border is not peaceful these days, and many people have come to escape. It is said that thieves rob and kill from time to time. The key is that the guards don't take care of it, hey..."

"The emperor is still too confused."

"Keep your voice down. Now the emperor has put east hall again, and the people in East Hall heard it. They can't afford to go away..."

Listening to these people's words, he Taigao walked to Wang Zhong and whispered, "my Lord, let's give them a lecture."

"No, let's go."

Wang Chong shook his head. What these diners said was actually true. Arresting a few corrupt officials was a great pleasure, but it didn't help improve people's lives.

After coming out, Zhao Luan sighed, "the prime minister doesn't have to worry. I believe it will get better and better in the future."

"Unfortunately, time waits for no one. As those diners said, I don't know how many people will die in such cold weather."

With that, Wang Chong's eyes flashed cold. There is no way to solve it at present, but to prevent those bandits from robbing, at least the situation can be stabilized.

Secondly, disaster relief.

A few days ago, Wang looked again. There are still a lot of grain and grass in the Treasury, which can be considered to be opened.

In addition, he remembered that according to the previous national system, every big city should have a reserve granary for emergencies.

Thinking in my mind, Wang Chong and his party left the city.

Sure enough, Wang Zhong saw many beggars along the way.

"Uncle, please do me a favor. This is my daughter. She is very smart. Give her a bite to eat and let her be a servant girl."

"This is my son. Who else can't support me?"

Along the way, there are many sellers of children and women.

Zhao Luan, who watched this scene, was also secretly shocked. In this way, Dayan Dynasty was indeed prone to trouble.

Soon, Wang Chong came to a village and was about to enter. Something happened at the entrance of the village, which made Wang Chong's face salad.

In front of him was a young man in royal clothes, with a group of his own lackeys pulling a girl.

"Wang Xiaoni, your parents owe my family a year's land rent. Since there is no money to pay, you can pay the debt."

Childe shouted with laughter. Many people stopped along the way to watch this scene, but no one dared to come forward.

"Young master ye, this year's harvest in the field is bad. Please forgive a lot. Let go of my little Ni, who is only twelve..."

Next to the girl, two middle-aged men, a man and a woman, were crying and shouting.

"Special!"

A dogleg was quick eyed and kicked the man to the ground: "what do you owe the farmland rent for?"

"My young master is lucky to see your daughter. Get out!"

"Sobbing, Dad, mom..."

Wang Xiaoni cried and became a tearful person. Her weak strength was too small to defeat these big men, and she was about to be caught.

And the so-called Ye Gongzi, pointing at the middle-aged man and woman with arrogant expression, shouted, "dare to be horizontal with me? Next year's land won't be rented to you, it depends on what you do!"

Seeing this, Zhao Luan couldn't keep looking, "Xianggong..."

"I know, he Taigao."

"The old slave is here."

"In the name of an imperial envoy, catch this boy and force him to ask whose son it is. Why are you so ignorant?"

"Old slave, yes!"

A trace of poison flashed in he Taigao's eyes.

In the past, the emperor was not considerate of the people, and as a servant of dogs, he also helped the emperor mess around.

But now the emperor is dedicated to the people. As a qualified slave dog, he naturally wants to help the emperor devote himself to the people.

Immediately, he Taigao walked over with two bodyguards.

"Bang!"

He Taigao grabbed the childe's neck and shouted, "the imperial guards handle the case, and other people get away."

"Qin... Qin Cha!"

The restrained Ye childe's face changed: "this adult, is there a misunderstanding? My family is the Ye family, and my father is the famous Ye landlord in the town, and he has a deep relationship with several ministers."

"It's you."

He Taigao didn't care who you knew. He struck him down with one palm and knocked him unconscious.

The other lackeys originally wanted to come to save people, but several bodyguards pulled out their swords on the spot, which scared these people to move.

After that, Wang Zhong asked two bodyguards to take the boy back first, and he took others into the village.

"Wang Xiaoni, you are safe. Don't be afraid."

Zhao Luan comforted Wang Xiaoni.

"Thank you, sister. You are so nice." Wang Xiaoni said with fear.

"The imperial envoy is here, the imperial envoy is here

At that time, many people in the village came to see Wang Zhong.

They didn't know that Wang Chong in front of them was the current emperor, but in their impression, the emperor enjoyed it all day in the palace. How could he come to their remote corner.

If it's an imperial envoy, it's better to say something.

"Cao min is the village head here, wuyouyong. See the imperial envoy." The village head trotted over and knelt down quickly.

"Don't be polite. Now the weather is cold and the emperor is worried about the suffering of the people, so he specially ordered me to come and see if you have any difficulties, just tell me." Wang Zhong said with a smile.

Because Wang Xiaoni's parents had just been saved, they trusted Wang Zhong very much and said to the villagers, "yes, the Ye family's young master wanted to catch my Xiaoni just now, and it was this master who saved us."

Being said like this, everyone's eyes lit up and they repeated their complaints with the king.

"My Lord, the field rent is too expensive, and the harvest this year is not good. The Ye family still forced us to pay the rent."

"My house is leaking. I don't know how to spend this winter."

"My Lord, this is my daughter. Please accept her. She can wash clothes and cook..."