In mid-July, good news came from Shandong and Hebei, saying that the most cultivated artichokes had a yield of more than 1,000 kilograms per mu and at least seven or eight hundred kilograms.

Meng Nian said with joy: "If it is promoted, we will not have to worry about food."

Yan Wushuang is not so optimistic: "Han Yuxi stipulates that the northwestern people are only allowed to plant the artichokes on the sloping land and the land that has just been abandoned. It is not allowed to grow with good fields." This year, the area of ​​the artichokes in the northwest is very wide, estimated to be 100,000, but not occupied. Half a field of fertile land. It is intriguing.

Meng Nian instantly understood: "Wang Ye, I will send people to inquire." Planting this artichoke, I am afraid there are any shortcomings.

Not long after, Meng Nian handed a superstition to Yan Wushuang: "Wang Ye, the secret agent of Jiangnan was sent back in a hurry."

"What did you say?"

"Our people found that some people secretly bought large quantities of food. It was only discovered some time ago that these foods were transported from various sources to the northwest." After that, Meng Nian’s face was dignified: "Wang Ye, northwest this year is a bumper harvest, cloud Why did Chun and Han Yuxi buy so much food?” Northwestern this year, Guangyangyu received hundreds of millions of kilograms, as well as wheat and other foods, which are enough for the Northwest people to eat next year. Therefore, the unusual behavior of the couple made him uneasy.

Yan has no double-sided color change and said: "There are rumors that Han Yuxi has the ability to predict. You said that she will know that there is a big natural disaster, so she will only pay a lot of food this year." If it is only a dozen or so thousand stones, Not to be discovered by him. Obviously, the number of them purchased is far more than that.

"Wang Ye, if Han Yuxi really has the ability to predict, the day will not be almost a dead body and two lives." Anyway, killing him, do not believe that Han Yuxi has the ability to predict.

Yan Wushuang actually doesn't believe it, but he really thinks that Yuxi sometimes is very surprised to act: "Whether it is true or not, she can't let her buy food in large quantities like this. Mengnian, immediately send someone to ask the grandfather of the family. "The Governor of Jiangnan, Bao Jia, has long been the wind of the court." However, he and his grandfather are brothers and brothers, and they rely on this governor. Letting the grandfather come forward to say this is more useful than he ordered.

Master Yu Jiada knew that this matter was written to Yu Baojia, so that he would stop the food in Jiangnan from flowing to the northwest.

As a result, it was not long before the letter was sent out. The court actually received an official letter from the northwest. The official letter says that several old farmers have indicated that there may be a major drought in the northwest, so they will plant high-yield artichokes on a large scale this year.

Meng Nian said with some doubts: "Wang Ye, we just know that she bought a lot of food, she said that there may be a drought in the northwest next year. Wang Ye, are you saying that it is too clever?"

Yan Wushuang said: "This kind of thing is more credible than it is, and it is not credible."

Meng Nian said: "Han’s just said that there may be a major drought in the northwest, and did not say that there will be a major drought in other places."

Wen Yan, Yan Wushuang shook his head and said: "If it is only a drought in the northwest, why should you send such a letter to the court with great fanfare. Don't say more, take the news and spread it to buy food, the more you go Ok." When the news came, the food was afraid to rise.

Meng Nian is very suspicious to say: "Wang Ye, you said that Han's release of this news, do you want our food prices to rise and cause fear?" With Han's mentality, this possibility is not without.

Yan Wu nodded and said: "You have not said that it is impossible." So the food must be bought, the news can not be leaked.

I think very well, but the treasury can't get out of the money. In the end, Yan Wushuang himself took out the silver and let Mengnian buy food.

The news of drought next year, it was not long before it leaked out. Some are like the Governor of Jiangnan in Baojia, and Da Yu Yuxi and Yun Qing are fascinating and causing social panic. Some people would rather believe that they did not believe in it and secretly squandered food. However, because this year is a bumper year, even this rumored food price is only 10% higher than usual.

Yuchen knows that this is a bit worried, and Yan Wushuang said: "Wang Ye, I believe that Yuxi will not be targeted. Wang Ye, we also have more food!" Once the drought, it means that the particles are not collected, the people live. Go on. At that time, it must cause social shocks.

Yan Wushuang said: "I also want to buy more food, but the national treasury has no money."

Although Yu Baojia said that he does not believe that there will be a drought next year, he has also begun to restrict food outflows to Jiangnan. However, he agreed to sell Yan Wushuang 1.2 million stone food at market price.

Yuchen heard the words and said without hesitation: "I still have more than 100,000 yuan of silver on hand. Wang Ye, take it to buy food!" Once the wilderness is encountered, the money is dead.

Yan Wushuang shook his head and said: "This money is a lot of money." Moreover, he will not use women money.

The Minister of the DPRK knows that Yan Wushuang’s private house has bought so much food, and many people think that his courage is too small. Han and Yunqing, it is clear that they do not deliberately scare them. Unexpectedly, Yan Wusou turned out to be true.

For some private officials who have private opinions, Yan Wushuang knows that he is not taking it seriously.

After the signing of the grain purchase agreement, Yan Wushuang let his people directly transport this one hundred and twenty thousand stone grain to Tongcheng. Even if there is a drought in the next year, there will be 1.2 million foods, and the soldiers in the border town will not be hungry.

For Yan Wushuang, no one can lose the soldiers in the border town. This is the same idea as Yunqing. This is also because both of them are from the door and know the hardships and difficulties of the soldiers.

This year, Jiangnan’s autumn harvest also received a lot of food. At this point, everyone is more and more sure that Yunqing and Yuxi said that the next year's drought is a fascination. These people completely ignored the official letter and said that there may be a major drought in the northwest next year, and did not say the national drought.

Meng Nian and Yan Wushuang said: "Wang Ye, Han Yuxi and Yun Qing sent people to Jiangnan to buy food. Yu Baojia did not stop after knowing, but only increased the price of food by 30%. But did not expect that Han Yuxi and Yunqing still bought two Million stone food."

This is still on the bright side. In private, Yuxi let Tian Yang purchase a large amount of food to hide.

Yan Wushuang said with a calm face: "Han is the most savvy, and others are less than a point from her. On average, she is willing to buy more than 30% of the price. It seems that she is sure that there will be a major drought in the northwest next year."

Meng Nian also had some concerns, but he still said this: "Wang Ye, the northwest was originally short of water, and it is not unusual to have a major drought next year."

"I am afraid that this drought will not only be in the northwest." To spread to places like Shanxi and Hebei, when the court can't fight the disaster, it will definitely be chaotic. It’s just that he only thinks about it in his heart and doesn’t say it.

Meng Nian hesitated and said: "Wang Ye, or we will buy two million more stone food." If there is a drought, at least we must ensure the stability of the capital. With these foods, the capital will not be chaotic.

Yan Wushuang said with a voice: "This time, you personally went to Jiangnan to find Baojia." Save other people to go, this guy has a big lion. He is not willing to be slaughtered by Bao Jia as a Han Yuxi.

However, Yu Baojia is only willing to sell them one million stone food at the market price, and then they have to buy them at the price of Yunqing. Meng Nian didn't have that much money at hand, only bought a million stones.

The shipping of this batch of food has already snowed when it was shipped to Tianjin. Yan Wushuang considered it and left the grain in Tianjin.

After the Spring Festival, Meng Nian and Yan Wushuang said this: "Wang Ye, will this grain be returned to Beijing?"

Yan Wushuang shook his head and said: "This food is left there and don't move." When the battles were dry, then the grain was brought in again, which stabilized the hearts of the people and the military.

In April, not only the northwest, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong and other places did not rain.

All localities sought the imperial controversy of the imperial court, flying to Beijing like snowflakes. The minister of the DPRK, this is panic.

Yan Wushuang thinks about disaster relief, but the court has no money, no food, what to do to fight the disaster. Therefore, he can only watch how many people are starving and dying every day.

It didn't rain for more than a month, and the seedlings had already withered, and the land had dried up and cracked. Many ordinary people couldn’t see it and began to flee. Some went to the south of the Yangtze River, and some came to the capital.

The original court sent his mind to Jiangnan, preparing to let the grandfather of the family go to Jiangnan to persuade Baojia to take out the food to fight the disaster. As a result, Jiangnan was flooded with countless days due to heavy rain for several days. This situation lasted for more than half a month, although there will be no grain, but the production is definitely affirmative. Under this circumstance, how can Yu Baojia take out food again to fight the disaster.

The tidal tides generally flooded outside the capital, bringing tremendous pressure and great security risks to the capital.

Some of the ministers of the DPRK knew that Yan had no choice but to smash a large batch of grain and asked him to help the victims. Unfortunately, Yan Wushou refused ruthlessly: "I have sent these foods to the border town. Whoever is hungry, can't be hungry in the border town to sacrifice blood." Although Liaodong was not affected, but because of the special nature of the region, Liaodong even Without encountering natural disasters, the food produced each year is barely enough to eat. Therefore, it is difficult to get food from Liaodong.

The singer Shang Shurong Jianwen said with sorrow: "Wang Ye, if the court is allowed to leave the people regardless of these people, it will bring out chaos." Once the people are extremely hungry, everything is done.

Yan Wushuang said: "What good way do you have?"

The rites Shangshu Xin said: "Wang Ye, Pingxi Wang Hao a lot of food, we can find him to borrow food." Northwest last year, the big harvest did not say, they also purchased millions of food from Jiangnan.

Yan Wu did not bother to laugh: "Do you think Yunqing will give us food?" This matter does not need to be asked, and it is impossible.

Xin Daren said with a hard scalp: "Don't try to know if they will borrow it?" Maybe they are kind and willing to give them food!

The official of the Ministry of Housing Shang Shu said: "Wang Ye, give it a try!" Although it is known that the couples of Pingxi Wang may have little chance, there is no better way. Don't say that the court has no money, that is, if there is money, the situation will not be able to buy food.

Seeing that many ministers agree with this proposal, Yan Wushuang sent a letter in the name of the court.

Yunqing and Yuxi quickly replied, and did not say that they did not borrow food. They only said that the northwest suffered from a severe drought, and now they are starving and dying of many people. In the official letter, the husband and wife also expressed the hope that the court can rescue the people in the northwest.