Rebirth of the Noble Concubine

Chapter 502 Donating food

"We want a lot more this time. Not only the Min family, but all the merchants in Jinling City will have to organize themselves and donate money and food if they have the money."

When she heard this, Feng Jinyao was a little surprised.

Since the Water Transport Department was purged, both the national treasury and the two Zhejiang provinces are full of grain and money.

Today, the second brother of the labor union came to "beg" in person. It seems that something has happened, and it is not a small matter.

Then King Ding asked, "Is it a locust plague in Zhongzhou?"

"Although the prince is not in the court, the news is still so good."

"How is it going?"

When it came to the court affairs, Feng Jinlin changed his playful smile before and answered seriously.

"Most of the food in Zhongzhou has been eaten, and those locusts are still heading south. I'm afraid they won't be able to save much of the food in Zhejiang and Zhejiang, so we prepare food in advance and distribute it to every household first, and then send the rest to Zhongzhou."

The drought has been going on for so long, not only humans can't stand it, but animals can't stand it either.

Therefore, it is not uncommon for locust plagues to occur.

Facing the "army" of locusts that roared like a tsunami, no one could stop them from coming and going, and could only let them destroy the few remaining grains.

After hearing this, everyone started to worry.

The Min family and the Chi family have become the only merchants in the city who are still standing strong since the turmoil three years ago.

Both the Zhu family and the Cao family have become dust of the past, and the Yin family has the idea of ​​replacing them, but the gap in strength is too big.

Therefore, instead of trying to convince everyone, Feng Jinlin might as well ask the two families to donate first.

They have all donated, and naturally it is difficult to refuse others.

Although it smells like kidnapping, in the face of a catastrophe, he also wants the people to have a way to survive, and there is no other way to use ugly methods.

"Well, you can go find your uncle later and ask him to allocate three million stones to you. First, send them to Zhongzhou to relieve the siege. We will plan the rest in detail."

"He is really wealthy."

Feng Jinlin originally thought that raising a total of five million stones would be good, but he didn't expect that King Ding would give away three million stones as soon as he opened his mouth. It was really infuriating that people were more popular than others.

In fact, Feng Jinlin is also lucky, and the Min family likes to keep a secret when doing business.

Since the flood three years ago, they have deliberately harvested more grain and stored it every year, just to be afraid of accidents.

Although old rice is not delicious, it is better than starving to death.

Especially in the past two years when there has not been much rice and grain, it is already very good to have these.

"What did the Chi family say?"

"I haven't had time to go yet, why don't you want to start with someone you know?"

After getting the food, Feng Jinlin felt much safer, so he joked again. Xiao Tingyi thought for a while, the Min family was easy to talk to, but the Chi family was not necessarily so, so it was better to make arrangements in advance.

So he spoke.

"Ayao, sit here while I take your second brother to the Chi family."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, my second sister-in-law is here."

"good."

After saying that, he glanced at Xu Mingyue and saw that she also had a determined look on her face. She felt relieved and took Feng Jinlin away first.

Xu Mingyue and Feng Jinyao knew that they had something to do, so they sat here and talked.

"Your body's bones are in good shape. It's not like when I gave birth to Brother Mi, but I suffered so much that I was about to give birth and still vomited."

Speaking of this, Xu Mingyue couldn't help but shake her head.

I don’t know which deity reincarnated that little thing, and why it’s so troublesome.

Feng Jinyao couldn't help but chuckle when she mentioned Brother Mi.

Of her two good sisters, Bai Siruo's son seems to be born to General Xiao Ji and sticks to him all day long; Xu Mingyue's son seems to be born to Mr. Xu Ge and Mrs. Xu.

Since he was born, he has become the treasure of the two old people. They have grown up with him day and night. Now that he is almost one year old, the first thing he calls out is: Grandpa.

I was so happy that Mr. Xu Ge was at least twenty years younger. He kept saying that he would not close his eyes until he could see his great-grandson get married and have children.

"Second sister-in-law, just have fun secretly. Look at Brother Mi's intelligence. Who wouldn't like it? If my child could be as lovable as him, I would be satisfied."

"Hey, are you still afraid of this? Don't worry, you just gave birth to a stone, and that is the most dazzling stone in the eyes of our Prince Ding."

Xu Mingyue teased her a few words, and the laughter made Feng Jinyao forget about what happened just now.

"By the way, this time, besides your second brother's affairs, I also have something to ask you about."

"What?"

"I remember I saw a book called "Arabian Nights" at your place last time. Is it still there?"

Feng Jinyao was a little curious, "The things written in it are all things that have not been verified. I just read them for fun on weekdays. Why is my second sister-in-law suddenly interested?"

"This locust plague is not caused by this. I remember it said that in the wild land of the southwest, there are barbarians who will explode and eat insects in fire. Is this true?"

"There is such a record, but I don't know whether it is true or not. Why do you ask this so suddenly?"

"I was thinking, if bugs can be eaten by explosions, then do these locusts count as bugs?"

Feng Jinyao's eyes widened immediately, "You mean to net the locusts and blow them up? And distribute them to the victims?"

This idea is indeed a bit bold.

People have always been able to hide from insects. So in the case of someone eating insects, if the locusts are eaten and the person gets sick, what should he do? What should he do if he gets an epidemic? If the insects are cooked and thoroughly fried, they will be eaten again from the stomach.

What should I do if it grows out?

There are no answers to many of these questions, so Xu Mingyue just mentioned them casually.

"It's still early. I want to see if there is any specific way to eat it. If so, then I will find someone to catch some other insects to have a look. Even if they don't eat them, they explode or die.

We can always do less damage to food."

Not only that, Xu Mingyue has the same temperament as Mr. Ge Lao.

She is worthy of being a well-known lady of Wenjin Academy who worries about the country and the people all day long.

"Yun Xu, go find the book and show it to your second sister-in-law."

"yes."

While talking, Yun Xu went to search on the small desk next to her, and soon found the "Arabian Nights".

This book was sent to her by Bai Shanwei. He had finally settled his affairs in the southwest some time ago and was about to return to the capital to study at Yunqi Academy for a few months to prepare for next year's imperial examination.

When passing through Jinling City, I came to see her specially and left a box of miscellaneous books for her to read.

Otherwise, they would not know these anecdotes.

Xu Mingyue took "Arabian Nights" and rummaged through it carefully, and soon found the article she just mentioned.

As expected, the barbarians not only know how to fry insects, but also eat them.

It seems that Xu Mingyue's idea may really be possible.

(End of chapter)