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When disaster strikes, the most stable thing is food.
No matter what kind of house or wealth, as long as there is something to eat, people will have hope.
So on the ninth day of July, Liu Mingqi asked Miaoweilou to start selling rice porridge and steamed buns for two cents at any time for twelve hours every day.
As a result, on the afternoon of the tenth day of the lunar month, Tian Rong came to see Liu Mingqi with a serious look on his face.
"Your Highness, we only have enough food for two days. If no new food arrives, we may not be able to survive!"
The young man was stunned, "Don't we have ten thousand stones?"
"Ten thousand stones was in June, and now it's the tenth day of July." Tian Rong said with a bitter smile, "I used to consume eight hundred stones every day, but now I only have two thousand stones left, and you still ask for twelve hours. Fire, that¡¯s even more urgent.¡±
¡°There¡¯s no news from my brother-in-law yet?¡± Liu Mingqi asked with a frown.
"No." Tian Rong said, "Master Dongsheng goes to the dock every day to inquire about the news, but there is no reply."
"If Xu Dongping hadn't been well-connected and had friends all over the Grand Canal, and he was a noble person himself, Tian Rong would have doubted whether he had been kidnapped or even ripped off by the water bandits.
Liu Mingqi said: "My uncle is a person who knows how to measure things. He knows the importance of things. If he can't buy food, he will come back earlier to report to us."
"But what if Master Dongping can't come back on time? You have to think of something, right?" Tian Rong said.
"I understand." Liu Mingqi said, "If my uncle can't come back tomorrow, I will go to Brother Mingguan first and ask him to bring me a batch of food."
"That's all we can do." Tian Rong said helplessly.
King Li¡¯s family is engaged in grain business.
Originally, King Li said that he would provide all the food for the brothers¡¯ families.
But after the latest batch of 50,000 shi of grain arrived in the capital, Emperor Jinghe saw that Prince Yu's palace was in the limelight and donated 50,000 shi of grain directly to the court, which was regarded as a literate and popular prince. This made Emperor Jinghe praise him and express his gratitude.
¡°Everyone inside and outside the capital knew about this. He immediately surpassed King Yu and became the most generous prince.
But in this case, the expenses he promised to all the brothers will not be realized for the time being.
Fortunately, there is a lot of food in Prince Li's Mansion. The housekeeper gave each prince's palace one hundred shi of food two days ago, which is regarded as an emergency. It will be ready when the next batch of food arrives in the capital.
However, on the first day of the disaster relief work, Liu Mingguan came to Prince Yu's Mansion. While praising Liu Mingqi's good deeds, he also quietly told him that he still had 20,000 shi of food left at home. If the disaster relief food was not enough, he could Find him and he will try his best to get 10,000 stones.
Liu Mingguan is worthy of being a gentleman. He can make promises at this time. People who don¡¯t have any feelings for their family and country will never be able to make them.
This is also Liu Mingqi¡¯s confidence.
"If my uncle can't buy the food back in time, then go find Liu Mingguan."
What Prince Yu's Mansion promised is that after the disaster is over, the locusts will move to the two lakes area in at most two or three days, and they can survive no matter what.
????????????????????????? If my uncle buys enough food before this, then it is completely possible to persist for another ten days and a half.
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Unknown to the two people who were discussing, the Xu Dongping they were talking about happened to be at the Bianhe River Pier outside Kaifeng Mansion.
??Bianhe River Wharf is actually not a wharf as the common name means, but hundreds of large and small berths along the entire ten miles along the coast.
There are thousands of officials responsible for the operation of the "Shipping Department" of the imperial court. During the flood season, it is the busiest and does not stop all day long.
When Xu Dongping's five large ships arrived, the ships in front were already so densely packed that it was impossible to even turn, let alone move forward.
In fact, as long as we proceed 5 miles further, disembark the boat and load the truck at the pier on the east coast, we can safely enter the city in two hours at most.
Once you enter the city, things will be much easier to handle. With the Imperial Palace Yamen patrolling, you don¡¯t have to worry about the food in the car being robbed.
If we approach the nearest shore and take the land route at this time, we will have to go around for at least dozens of miles, and we may not be able to find so many carriages.
Even if so many carriages were found and news of the arrival of so much food spread, Xu Dongping himself didn't know if any accidents would happen.
Seeing it coming soonHome! "
Xu Dongping was very happy.
But he also had some doubts. These were obviously low-level officials. Can they help their fleet squeeze into the front in such a chaotic environment?
It turns out that these little people are more powerful than imagined.
Within a moment of burning incense after the four people left, three small boats carrying the flags of the Patrol Office and the Shipping Department came over, directing Xu Dongping's fleet to move forward.
At the same time, there were more than a dozen similar boats swimming around in front, and the people on them were constantly shouting and directing other boats to move closer and move away.
Just like that, the five boats moved forward, and it only took half an hour to reach the Dongshui Gate near the capital. The city wall of Nuo Da was only two miles away.
¡°Then they also helped hire the horses and carriages from the carriage shop, and the patrol officers from the patrol yamen also rode on horseback to escort us. Everything went smoothly without any surprises.
Xu Dongping felt incredible until he followed the carriages and horses into the city.
He also suddenly felt a power coming from the ordinary people at the bottom.
This made him understand a little bit why his nephew was willing to spend such a high price to provide disaster relief and rescue them.
It feels so good to be respected from the bottom of my heart like this!
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Note: The names of ancient months are complicated. Apart from the winter month and the twelfth lunar month, I believe most brothers don¡¯t understand it. Therefore, the names of February, March, April, etc. are still used to make it easier to understand. Hope everyone Brother Zhou knows.
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