Enter the Room

The dense forest has deep vegetation, and it’s a bit difficult to tell the difference between east, west and north when walking.

But Song Jiuyun brought a guide, and everyone walked quietly through the forest trails.

Half an hour passed, and Yuan Yunzhong couldn't help but secretly regret it.

It's okay for him to travel such a long distance, but Song Jiyun comes in and out either in a sedan or a car, so he can't stand such a rush.

He grabbed Song Jiyun and whispered, "I'll carry you."

Song Jiuyun was surprised.

Song Jiuyun has indeed never traveled such a long distance. It's just that she didn't know about Yuan Yunzhong's situation before, so she had a lot of guesses and prepared for the worst. Now that Yuan Yunzhong can stand in front of her unscathed, she has nothing to ask for. Naturally, I didn’t take this section of the road seriously.

She lifted the hem of her skirt and showed her her leggings: "I had already planned it! You see, it will be much better to walk with your legs tied like this."

But in the end it is no better than taking a sedan or a car.

Yuan Yunzhong thought of her carefree life in Jingdezhen and insisted: "I will carry you!"

As he spoke, he knelt down in front of her.

Song Jiyun somewhat doubted whether Yuan Yunzhong could carry her on his back, but Yuan Yunzhong had already carried her on his back forcefully and walked forward briskly.

With that posture, he seemed to be carrying not a person but a baggage.

Song Jiyun felt relieved and no longer refused. He suddenly felt much lighter. He hugged Yuan Yunzhong's neck, swung his calves, and whispered to him in a leisurely mood: "I have been worried about you. If there is any accident... just ask Xu Guangzeng to report to me if anything happens... Don't tell me, Xu Guangzeng is not good at doing serious things, but he goes astray but is more ill-intentioned than others. He took Mr. Shi back to Beijing and did not When your paper was sent to the general envoy, it was not sent to the cabinet. Instead, it was handed over to his brother, who asked him to send it to the palace... Unexpectedly, Duke Dingguo waited in the palace for a long time and did not see the emperor. When Duke Dingguo saw something was wrong, he sent people to find Mr. Jinghu."

Yuan Yunzhong frowned, but did not interrupt Song Jiyun's words.

"But his letter could not be delivered out of the palace. Xu Guangzeng waited outside for several hours but did not receive any news from Duke Ding, so he immediately ran to find me."

Yuan Yunzhong said in a deep voice: "So, you found a way to get me food?"

"Yeah!" Song Jiyun chuckled. In the night, the laughter was like a breathy sound, which made his ears itch. He finally controlled himself and did not touch his ears.

"Speaking of which, you have to thank yourself for this." Song Jiyun smiled, "Didn't you leave me a lot of posts? I took out all the posts you left me and thought about it. I found that one of them was From the Wucheng Army and Horse Department. Doesn’t the Wucheng Army and Horse Department manage the market? I asked Wang Hua to inquire about the food prices in the city and news about several granaries in Tongzhou. I heard that yesterday the Ministry of War invited the palace to After a decree was issued, the imperial court and Goryeo started fighting. The Liaodong side was retreating steadily, and might want to conquer Goryeo. The Ministry of Household Affairs was ordered to inspect the granaries in various places, but found that several granaries in Tongzhou had a shortage of new rice and old rice. Jin Shaoliang’s matter. The emperor was furious and sent the censor of Youdu to inspect the granaries of the world. The elders of the Liubu Pavilion, the Ministry of War, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are all busy with this matter now!"

Yuan Yunzhong sneered a few times and said: "It's hard for them. In order to deal with me, they took off the fig leaf of Hu Bu. Is Hu Bu hating the Ministry of War to death at this time?"

"It doesn't matter whether it's lifted or not." Song Jiyun said, "It's just a pain for you. How can 50,000 refugees be as important as the Eastern Expedition to Korea? Who dares to lend you food at this opportunity? What's more, they also withheld your discount. "

Yuan Yunzhong asked curiously: "Then where did you get the food? How much food did you get in total?"

There was a hint of pride in Song Jiyun's tone as he said, "Didn't they predict that you won't be able to borrow food? Then I'll buy the food!"

"Buying food?" Yuan Yunzhong was very surprised.

"Buy grain!" Song Jiyun whispered, "Everyone knows that the refugee siege of the city has been resolved, and grain prices have returned to normal. It is already June again, and new grain will be shipped into the city soon. Several major grain merchants in the capital have There is a lot of grain in the store. I had money in my hands, so I simply sent Zhou Zheng to buy grain with real money. Those big grain merchants were reluctant at first, but with so much money there, it was better than what was available on the market. At a 10% higher price, they immediately opened a grain depot. Zhou Zheng quietly bought more than 40 shi of grain."

The refugees can be fed for five or six days.

Yuan Yunzhong breathed a sigh of relief.

They tried their best to drag Duke Dingguo into the palace, which was not a long-term solution. At most, Duke Dingguo will be able to escape tomorrow. I'm afraid that the Ministry of War will have trouble with the emperor under the pretext of recruiting troops from Goryeo. If the emperor intends to provide him with food immediately, the Ministry of War can find a way to delay it for a few days.

He asked: "Where did you borrow the soldiers?"

Those people were all wearing chainmail, which was armor only available in regular guards.

Song Jiyun smiled and told him in a low voice: "It's a water transport person."

Yuan Yunzhong was stunned and paused.

Song Jiyun smiled and said, "I know someone is making things difficult for you, so you have to take the wrong approach?" They disregarded the safety of the world and set up such a big situation for their own selfish desires just to prevent you from recruiting refugees. I definitely can't swallow this. Tone, how they plot against you, I am prepared to plot against them. "

Her tone gradually became serious: "Whether it is true or not, the Ministry of Household Affairs has something to do with the shortage of pounds in the Tongzhou granary, and the water transport people may not be able to tell clearly. I simply found someone from the Tongzhou Inspection Department and contacted them. I contacted the people in the Water Transport Governor's Mansion and promised them that if the shortage of grain in the granary was found on them, I would be willing to make up for the shortfall. But they needed to help me deliver the grain in my hands to Shijingshan.

"I didn't expect that the person in charge of water transportation actually claimed to be a close friend of your Yuan family. He was the fourth son of the Gusu Wang family. He was an official in Yin En and once worked as an errand under your cousin. For Mr. Jinghu's sake For my sake, he agreed without saying a word.”

She also specifically told Mr. Jinghu about it.

I just don’t know if Mr. Jinghu will feel like he shot himself in the foot and get furious after he finds out that she used his relationship.

but. It was useless even if he got angry, she just wanted to make him angry.

Of course, there is no need to tell him about the fight with Mr. Jinghu.

When he found out that Yuan Yunzhong was almost killed because of his inaction, he would probably be even more angry at that time.

Song Jiyun was in a happy mood and continued: "Because of this relationship, we have gained something new."

Yuan Yunzhong felt her joy, and his heavy heart seemed to be washed by a warm current, and his heart became a little lighter.

He thought for a moment and said, "Did he help you get more food?"

"You are so smart!" Song Jiyun was in a good mood and did not hesitate to praise him. "According to him, their watercraft travel all over the country, and they don't have to pay taxes when passing through the inspection department. They often bring something to others. Sometimes it's tea. Sometimes it's silk, sometimes it's porcelain. Coincidentally, this time they brought a batch of old grain to several big merchants. Didn't the Ministry of Household Affairs want to check all the official warehouses immediately? They were worried about this batch of old grain and didn't know what to do. What if I don’t mind it, he is willing to sell it to me at a low price.”

Yuan Yunzhong couldn't help laughing and said, "How much grain did they sell to you?"

"One million and two hundred thousand stones." Song Jiuyun said slyly, "And we also agreed not to trade in cash, but to exchange for porcelain."