The fire is rising in July, and the weather is getting colder, but there is a lot of rain, one after another, the first half of the year was drought and rainy, and in the second half of the year, the rain continued. Bao Zheng and the people started planting a crop of sweet sorghum starting from June, and sufficient rain urged the sorghum to grow up quickly.

It is said that when the sorghum festival is drawn, there will be crackling sounds. Da Su and Xiao Su, the two brothers are really stupid and squatted in the sorghum field all night.

The next day, Su Shi told everyone that when sorghum grew up, it really had a sound, crisp and rapid, and it sounded better than any musical instrument. He also wrote ten poems in one breath to commemorate his wonderful experience.

As for Xiao Su, he took two days off and asked his sister to buy some ointment. On the third day, the mosquito bags were covered in his face. From then on, Xiao Su swore that he would never go crazy with his elder brother again.

Bao Zheng was very happy. The rain in the second half of the year was enough to make sweet sorghum grow and would not delay the squeezing of sugar. According to his estimate, even if the Wang family took away 20%, the remaining profit would be twice as high as that of planting wheat. Bao Zheng was also thinking about letting the Wang family leave the seeds of sweet sorghum.

The seeds are not used to squeeze sugar, and the seeds are not grown enough and they are not mature. It is better to leave them to the victims, boil some sorghum rice porridge to cook, fill their stomachs, which is better than Guanyin soil.

In the year of the disaster, many people hold money in their hands but cannot exchange for food. These days, the grain prices in Yingzhou have been rising, and the same is true in Hebei, which is even more fierce than Yingzhou.

I don’t know when it will be a leader, but I hope that the food in the southeast can be transported through the canal as soon as possible to reach Hebei, otherwise the days when people are hungry will not be far away.

...

Some people are worried, but some are happy. For example, a carriage appears outside the Wang family’s door, pokes a head out of the car, with black eyes dripping, keeps looking at the Wang family’s door, rubbing, and then rubbing. The black painted door is tall and majestic, and two stone lions with fangs and claws are full of evil spirits.

The most amazing thing is the eight guards standing at the door, tall, straight back, standing there, like a straight pine tree, loyal and solemn, with an iron fan-like chest, wide and thick. Standing there, motionless, without even blinking his eyelids, is really amazing.

"OK!"

The curtain of the car was lifted up, and a woman of seventeen or eighteen jumped out of the car, ran to the guard in three steps, and walked around for several times, stretched out her hand and shook it in front of the other person, but the other party did not respond.

The woman was even more surprised and wanted to test it out, but suddenly an old man coughed twice.

"They are only responsible for safety. They will not do anything to you when they look at you. If you dare to touch your hands, be careful not to die!"

The woman was startled and quickly withdrew her hand and turned her head to see that the person who came out was an old man with white hair and beard. He looked like he was in his seventies or eighties, but his legs were flexible and his voice was loud, which showed that he was in good health.

"Who are you?"

"I didn't ask you, ask me first." The old man smiled, "I am a servant of the Wang family, and my name is Wang Zhong, who are you?"

"So it's Grandpa Zhong!"

The woman jumped up excitedly, hurried over, grabbed Wang Zhong's sleeve, not to mention how close it was.

"I heard from my aunt that you have never left you for decades and take care of the Wang family. You are a loyal servant. Both your aunt and your uncle respect you very much."

Wang Zhong smiled and grabbed his beard, which was very helpful...

"Stop praising the old man, who is your aunt?"

"My surname is Bai, and my aunt is your fourth grandmother."

"Oh, it turns out that the cousin is here, come in with the old man."

Wang Zhong led the way in front and hurriedly took the woman to the east yard, all the way to Bai's study.

That's right, since the Bai family took over the Wang family's property, she also has a study room, which has no Confucian classics, all of which are piles of account books.

Especially when we started to build a new city, there were many things. Wang Ning'an coordinated the overall situation, Wang Liangjing was responsible for training and protecting safety. The block planning and how to allocate various stores were many of them from Bai's hands, but I didn't want people to know and put everything in my son's name.

Bai was busy, and suddenly heard Wang Zhong's voice and hurriedly opened the door. As soon as she opened the door, the woman suddenly threw herself into her arms and cried bitterly.

"Aunt, I've seen you."

Bai Shi was stunned for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief, gave Wang Zhong a look, and asked him to go down first. Bai Shi patted the woman's back with care.

"Why did you come alone? Where is your father?"

It would be fine if he didn't say it, but the woman cried even louder after saying that. Bai had no choice but to take her to the study room first. After sitting down, he comforted her for a long time before he found out the reason... The woman's name is Bai Xiu'e, and she is the daughter of the eldest brother of Bai. The little girl is nineteen years old. She is carefree and lively, and doesn't look like a girl at all.

Uncle Bai is a wealthy businessman after all. Ordinary families look down on him, but he looks down on Bai Xiu'e, who is a good match, so his marriage has been dragged on, almost twenty years.

Fortunately, Miss Bai didn't care about these things, she was happy every day and had no worries.

But not long ago, the imperial court suddenly ordered wealthy businessmen to come forward to buy land.

The Song Dynasty did not suppress the merger and bought land into the wind. The Bai family had tens of thousands of acres of fertile land under the name of the Bai family, but this time the fields were a bit special, all under a vast ocean.

In order to raise food for disaster relief, Xia Su forcibly sold the newly washed out of the Yellow River to merchants. Local officials said it very well. These places were originally fertile land. As long as the Shanghukou was blocked, the Yellow River water returned to the old road, these places could be cultivated. Moreover, the river water flooded, and the silt caused by the silt of the silt makes the river the best fertile land.

In the past, the silted fields were a top-notch and good land, and they could be sold for at least three cents of money. Xia Xianggong was kind to everyone and knew the difficulties, so he only paid two cents of money.

Of course, it is very difficult, and everyone should understand it. Therefore, these two chunks of money must be paid with grain. The price of grain is calculated at 400 min per stone, and one acre of land is equivalent to 5 s of grain. Xia Xianggong also knew that it was not easy for everyone, and he could not raise so much grain at the moment, so he paid 2 s of stone for each acre first, and after the autumn harvest, he would pay another 3 s.

Mr. Xia gave up so many things, and the merchants could not help but be polite. Whoever dared to object was a profiteering businessman. He was deliberately watching the victims starved to death and was unforgivable. Next, let’s wait for the court’s means!

Xia Su and Zheng Xiang calculated that after deducting the victims responsible for Bao Zheng and Wang Ning'an, there were still 400,000 people left. Calculated by one stone per person, it was 400,000 stone, and the transportation consumed at least 30%. Therefore, 600,000 stones of grain were needed. The new river rushing out of the Yellow River, plus the surrounding mudflats, was at least 2 million acres, which was more than enough, and even allowed the merchants in Hebei to take advantage of it. Xia Su thought that a fool would refuse.

If someone really wants to be fools, most of the people behind Qingli are the Lords and Jia Changchao. They are causing trouble, fearing that the world will not be in chaos and want to force themselves to step down.

Who is Xia Xianggong?

Make fake letters, spread rumors, and make up scandals, and nothing can be done.

Your Taoist skills are so brave that you dare to play in front of me. You are simply selling calligraphy and paintings in front of the saints. You are ungrateful. Xia Xianggong instructed Zheng Xiang to tell the officials who are doing things to not be ruthless and to do things well. Within a month, you will see food! Whether it is disaster relief or river construction, Xia Shu will not let the two unknown soldiers beat him.

Xia Xianggong's plan is smart, and his methods are ruthless. But some things are not that simple... Bai Xiu'e sat in front of her aunt in a regular manner and told her uncle Bai's worries.

"The new river channel is low-lying. Even if the Shanghukou is blocked, water will still pour in. In less than two or three years, don't think about farming normally. Moreover, after flooding, the land's saline and alkaline production will drop... Not only these, but even the standards set by the court are not suitable. Now the grain prices have risen to the sky, 400 min per stone. Isn't this a fool? The grain stored in each family is gone, and they have to buy it from the south and transport it to Hebei. I am afraid that 4,000 min will be more than 4,000 min! My father is unwilling to hand over the grain to buy land, but he and his second uncle are locked up." Bai Xiu'e cried in anxiety.

"Auntie, no one cares about our family anymore. After a while, I thought of my aunt. If you don't care, my father and the others will be helpless..." The little girl cried so much that Bai Shi was so sad.

"Girl, don't be afraid of having an aunt. No one dares to touch your father and the others." Bai was silent for a while. He said that with the Wang family's financial resources, he would get some food and get some food to get it out. If the key is that Xia Shu is involved, Bai thought it should be safe.

She called Wang Zhong and asked him to send Bai Xiu'e to Liuyi Academy, talk to Wang Ning'an, and ask her son to deal with it.

A woman from Bai's family was not easy to run to the school, so Wang Zhong quickly agreed.

In this way, Bai Xiu'e was sent to the school. She met Wang Ning'an. The little guy was so young, at most less than fifteen years old. He was thin and thin, with a tender face and a strong bookish atmosphere.

Bai Xiu'e said the story with twelve doubts.

Wang Ning'an raised his eyebrows, it would be fine if others were not. His two uncles were good people. At least the Wang family relied on the restaurants and teahouses they sent. Now that there is trouble, how can we ignore it?

After thinking for a moment, Wang Ning'an immediately picked up his pen and wrote a short letter, which was less than 200 words. He sealed it and immediately sent it to Zhending.

After finishing it, Wang Ning'an grinned, "Cousin, you are tired, go and rest! I still have some student homework here. After correcting, I will prepare a family dinner to welcome you."

Wang Ning'an said it easily, but Bai Xiu'e became more and more confused.

"That's all right? My dad and the others are fine?"

Wang Ning'an spread his hands, "It's okay, don't worry!"

"How can I rest assured?"

Bai Xiu'e suddenly stood up, her face changed drastically, her brows moved, her mouth twitched constantly, she suddenly squatted on the ground, and she burst into tears. Wang Ning'an was at a loss and didn't have time to help her, so she was stupid there.

After crying for a while, Bai Xiu'e began to scold her, and she became more and more angry as she spoke.

"My father and second uncle were arrested. In the past, relatives were no longer close, friends ran away, and no one helped us. They were all unscrupulous, killed by heaven, killed by thousands of swords. When they went out, they were hit by a car, trampled by horses, drowned in the river..."

Wang Ning'an was sweating, and Bai Xiu'e was angry and said, "I ran from afar and pointed at my aunt. As a result, my aunt sent me to you, so you wrote a letter, only a few words! What's the use? I peeked and didn't even mention my father's name! Buying land and paying food was the order of Xia Xianggong, and no one could disobey. You are so careless, you definitely don't want to help sincerely!"

Bai Xiu'e suddenly stood up, stared at Wang Ning'an, and said angrily: "You little unscrupulous, do you know what my relationship with you?"

Wang Ning'an was so scared by this crazy girl that he took two steps back and said stupidly: "What else can it do? You are my uncle's daughter, me, my cousin."

"Hmph, what else?"

Wang Ning'an shook his head blankly, Bai Xiu'e stomped her feet in anger and cursed: "Auntie has agreed to the baby's kiss. Can you watch your father-in-law and uncle locked up and stand by? Do you have the heart to let your cousin and fiancée lose their father? Are you talking?"

Miss Bai scolded sternly, but Wang Ning'an couldn't hear a word. There were only four words left in her head... Uncle, father-in-law, cousin, fiancée... My mother, you don't cheat your son like this!

Bai Xiu'e is six years older than herself, and she is the older woman, and she is as good as her mother! This guy is simply a tigress! With this fierceness and noisy attitude, whoever married her would not be overturned!

Wang Ning'an was so scared that he ran away and rushed to find me. He must ask clearly what happened to this baby's kiss... History has gone to dust and said that he held a calculator and squatted in the corner for half an hour before he realized that three chapters of three thousand words were less than ten thousand words! It was so embarrassing. The young man rushed to work and had an additional update in the afternoon. He would definitely make up for the missing ones!
Chapter completed!