Feng Xing - Chapter 130

Before King Wei arrived, someone had come to deal with this matter, and it was Zhao Tianfang. His official hat was askew, his official robe was torn and twisted, and while wiping his sweat, he stepped forward and explained the matter roughly.

It turns out that today is the day to distribute relief food. In order to save manpower, relief food is not distributed every day, but once every three days.

Fortunately, the weather is cold now, so there is no fear that the relief food distributed will be damaged.

This relief food was not distributed for the first time. The people in the east of the city also knew the rules. When the time came, they lined up under the supervision of the yamen servants and distributed according to the temporary household registration yellow book.

That is to say, those who are registered have food, but those who are registered have no food.

This is also one of the famine regulations temporarily set by the king of Wei under the advice of those masters, in order to prevent refugees from migrating and traitors taking the opportunity to cause chaos.

It is also because King Wei has caused too many disturbances since he came to Taiyuan, so it can be regarded as a precautionary measure.

The victims received the relief food, some hid it in their arms and left in a hurry, and some couldn’t wait to eat it on the spot when they were not tired from home. Unexpectedly, there was a sudden commotion among the crowd. It was actually a few victims who fell to the ground and foamed at the mouth after eating the relief food.

Because there were too many people, someone in the crowd took the opportunity to instigate, saying that the imperial envoy had corrupted the food provided by the imperial court for disaster relief, and distributed these inedible corn buns to make up for it, which caused some victims to be poisoned to death.

There had been rumors in the city recently, but this confirmed the rumors even more.

The victims were precarious, and everyone was in danger. This time, the crowd became even more angry, impacting the distribution point of relief food and injuring the government servants in charge of distribution.

It seemed that the king of Wei was found to be unusual, and the crowd blocked by the soldiers started to commotion. Someone faintly shouted ‘this is the imperial envoy’, and the commotion in the crowd became even bigger. More and more, converging into a huge sound wave.

The soldiers responsible for blocking the victims were pushed back by the flow of people. Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, footsteps sounded outside the crowd.

These footsteps are rhythmic, tom tom.

The crowd was separated, and a group of soldiers wearing scarves and shoulder scarves, short armor, and holding Yanling swords trotted in. The leader was a soldier in mountain armor.

It was Wang Baihu who brought the people here.

As soon as these people stood still, they half-drawn the knives in their hands and put themselves on the defensive.

With the sound of the long knife being unsheathed, the crowd suddenly fell silent.

King Wei turned around and looked around the crowd.

He was dressed in a black robe, his figure was tall and straight, his face was full of frost, and his gaze was like a sharp sword, so that everyone who was seen by him couldn’t help but lower their heads.

Without saying a word, he took a few steps to one side, bent down and picked up a relief nest on the ground.

Because of the chaos that happened just now, the distribution point was smashed to pieces, and the relief pits were scattered all over the ground. Some nests were snatched by people, and more were trampled on. This was probably the only clean and complete relief nest on the scene.

King Wei picked up Wowo, took it in his hand and patted the ashes.

Seeming to understand what he was going to do, Zhao Tianfang hesitated to speak, and Wang Baihu also wanted to obstruct him, but he was not as quick as Wei Wang.

Everyone watched Wei Wang’s actions—

The small buns were broken off piece by piece by him and fed into his mouth until he finished eating one by one slowly.

After eating, he looked around the crowd again: “If there is another unreasonable chaos next time, it will all be based on conspiracy.”

After leaving these words, he took the people away.

The crowd was still so quiet that a needle could be heard.

If corn bread can poison people to death, why would imperial envoys eat it? This must be someone deliberately causing trouble, intending to stir up civil unrest.

Needless to say these words, the victims can understand that many people bowed their heads in shame as they saw the mess on the ground and the life-saving relief food being trampled to pieces by people going back and forth.

King Wei left, but Zhao Tianfang could not leave. He wiped his face, stepped forward to appease the victims and deal with the aftermath, and he did not forget to explain for the imperial envoy.

Not to stand in line, but to prevent chaos under his rule.

He is a local parent official, and when the rule is in chaos, he can’t escape in the first place.

The chaos passed like this, but everyone knew that this was not the end.

The origin of the chaos is that some people have misguided ideas, and everything is not over until the goal is not achieved.

Everyone is worried, but Wei Wang is still at ease.

Even Shu Yongtai couldn’t sit still, and couldn’t help but go to see King Wei.

“Your Highness, the Guangfeng Warehouse is working day and night for relief. As of now, there is not much food left in the warehouse. There are only sorghum and wheat left… There are still a lot of rice bran and wheat bran… Now the weather is getting colder every day. Those insects are afraid. It is almost extinct, and fewer and fewer people come to trade insects for food…”

The king of Wei interrupted him: “How long can we last?”

Shu Yongtai thought for a while, and said: “If the current ratio is maintained, it can last for about 20 days. If the content of rice bran and wheat bran is increased, it can last for about one and a half months.”

King Wei tapped his jade-like knuckles on the table: “According to one month’s amount.”

Just this one word, nothing more to say.

Shu Yongtai sighed when he heard the words, and he couldn’t ask any more questions, so he could only try his best to think about the good, maybe new relief food would be delivered within a month.

What will be delivered?

Maybe others understand that Shu Yongtai and his like who helped King Wei figure out this kind of disaster relief, but they know very well that it may be difficult to borrow food. Now that there are internal and external troubles, those adults who are watching from the sidelines may make big moves next.

After all, the previous performance was just to force the imperial envoy to ask how much surplus food he had. If the current situation of Guangfeng warehouse was known, His Highness would have fallen short.

In fact, before coming here, Shu Yongtai didn’t come here to report his allegiance to King Wei, or to die for his confidant.

He wasted half his life and was in a state of desperation, otherwise he wouldn’t have been reduced to a place like Jinjiang Academy after sitting around for five years. Of course, it doesn’t mean that Jinjiang Academy is not good, but that there are people of his age who are sociable and have great luck. Who is not a guest of the feudal official, or has already established his own family and made a living.

He is the only one who boasts that even though he is not a genius, he still has his own advantages. Unfortunately, his luck is not as good as others, and he often fails to meet his talents. In the end, he even doubted whether he was really talented.

I went to Jinjiang Academy just to make a living. I planned to teach and educate people, so I just wanted to teach others my skills. It was not a waste of time. I didn’t expect that when Wei Wang came to the court to run a mission and ordered Shanxi to provide disaster relief, Princess Wei would send her He was picked out to be the follower of King Wei.

Shu Yongtai didn’t know when he fell into Princess Wei’s eyes, but he had admired some of Princess Wei’s insights and actions for a long time, but if he came, he would be at ease.

The advice he gave when he entered Shanxi was to avoid eating his monthly salary in vain. He thought to himself that he might not be able to listen to the advice of people like them because of his superior background as the king of Wei.

After all, it is inevitable for ordinary people to be self-righteous, especially these noble men, I am afraid that they have never seen the cruelty of the famine in their entire lives.

But he never expected that King Wei was right and gave him a certain degree of autonomy. Even after he said all kinds of incredible things, King Wei didn’t question them, but let him operate them with complete trust.

It is important to know that trust is the hardest thing to get.

Perhaps this is the most important opportunity in his life, but whether it is an opportunity or not, it is still too early to tell. If King Wei can’t take advantage of the danger this time, the better end for them is to go their separate ways. The fate may be fatal.

Under the threat of his life, Shu Yongtai couldn’t help but want to say a few more words even though Shu Yongtai was always reticent.

“His Royal Highness King Wei…”

King Wei looked over, his eyes flashed with doubts.

Normally at this kind of time, Shu Yongtai should go down, no need for people to talk too much, why—

“What do you want to say?”

Shu Yongtai bowed in salute: “Your Highness, in fact, we can still sing an empty city plan now…”

King Wei has always been a very patient person.

He is, and so is Concubine Li Huang.

Most likely it was the forbearance of Imperial Concubine Li who passed it on to him, otherwise he wouldn’t have had a gap in his chest, and he would have been able to forbear until he was nearly 30 years old before showing his head.

So he gave Shu Yongtai a chance to speak.

It’s just that he didn’t expect this person to coincide with what he thought.

Originally King Wei admired Shu Yongtai very much, and since then he felt that he has won his heart even more, but he has always kept his emotions secret, so Shu Yongtai couldn’t figure out whether King Wei would listen to his advice.

“This method can only solve the temporary crisis. The once-and-for-all solution still needs…food.”

This is a problem that everyone knows, but it is something that no one can avoid mentioning.

There were two more taps, and King Wei said, “Master Shu’s method is good, and it’s worth a try. Dewang, go and call Decai and Huo Wu over.”

Soon, Decai and Huo Wu came over.

Huo Wu stayed and didn’t go back during the previous trip to transport food. As for Decai, he followed Wei Wang all the time to do some things that he was unable to do.

This time he came to Shanxi, King Wei did not bring his staff with him. Originally, the staff was just for him to help fill in the gaps. Shu Yongtai was also aware of this matter. At this time, seeing King Wei’s confidants came, but King Wei didn’t let him go, a gust of fresh air involuntarily flowed up from the abdomen and rushed to the forehead, which made him feel excited.

King Wei has always been strong, especially when it comes to things he had planned.

Calling Decai and Huo Wulai was just to order them to go down to do business, to arrange everything that should be arranged, and to make up for what should be made up by the three of them, and then let them go down.

That’s all for Huo Wu, he was originally a martial artist, in terms of ingenuity, he is not as good as others, but in terms of loyalty, there is absolutely no doubt. Whatever the king of Wei ordered, he could always complete it meticulously.

It was always King Wei who ordered him to go down to do it, so Huo Wu didn’t think about other things too much.

But Decai and Shu Yongtai are different, this plan is good, but it is also very dangerous, if the lack of food is found out, everything will be ruined.

This is also why Shu Yongtai just said that it was a one-and-done solution just now. Never expected that King Wei was more of a gambler than he imagined, and he just gambled like this.

At this time, Shu Yongtai couldn’t help regretting why he said such an extra sentence in order to show himself. He didn’t know that King Wei had already made up his mind, and it was just a coincidence to bring it up at this time.

“Your Highness…”

Shu Yongtai lingered and didn’t want to leave, Decai pulled him out of the study, and said: “Your Highness has his own opinion, don’t worry about it needlessly.”

Concise and concise.

Because of this sentence, Shu Yongtai couldn’t help thinking too much. Could it be that His Royal Highness King Wei brought food again, so he was so confident?

It’s a pity that Decai won’t answer him.

He has followed King Wei for many years, and he knows exactly what to say and what not to say.

Everything is done step by step. After all, Shu Yongtai has only just been appreciated by King Wei, so he can’t explain everything thoroughly.

As for King Wei, he was in a bad mood right now, of course he understood what Shu Yongtai was worried about, but at the same time he also rang about the things in Jiangsu.

That Fan Jinchuan, there is no one more cunning than him.

When others go to borrow food and ask for food, they always hide when they can, and refuse when they can. But when Feng Sheng left, he readily borrowed the food.

Although the number is not many, it is also the limit of his ability.

It is said that it is still left in advance.

What the **** is he trying to do? Courtesy?

When is it his turn to be courteous!

So even though he had received a letter from Jiangsu, saying that a batch of grain would arrive soon, King Wei was not happy at this time, but it was a pity that he could not reach it.