One Hundred and Seventy-Five: How to Gracefully Kill Meng Yi (12)

Meng Hun listened carefully, but still didn't understand what she meant.

Jiang Pengji continued to talk.

"I'm afraid you don't know, because the surrounding counties have been suffering from drought for many years and food shortages, many people have to become bandits and hide in the mountains near Hejian County. Bandits and bandits have become more and more frequent in recent days. If there is civil disturbance at this time, people will Definitely apprehensive."

Meng Hun vaguely understood, and asked, "Mr. Xiao Lang is worried that the people's hearts will be in chaos, the people will be terrified, and the bandits will take the opportunity to cause chaos?"

She nodded, but shook her head slowly, "You're only half right, and the other half is the most important thing you missed."

Meng Hun was puzzled, he was just a rough man, even if he was careful, his brains were not as good as those black-hearted people.

"If people's hearts are in chaos, how do you think they will react?"

Jiang Pengji lured her until Meng Hun's face showed a sudden realization, and she continued to narrate.

"Food is the most important thing for the people. No matter when and where, food and clothing are the top priority of the people. However, now that the spring plowing has just ended in January, it is estimated that when the news spreads completely, I am afraid that it will have to wait for the summer planting, which is far away. Autumn harvest. Most of the previous year’s harvest has been spent by the farm family, if someone deliberately spread rumors at this time, for example, the war will spread to Hejian County, what do you think will happen?”

Meng Hun's tongue was dry, as if there was a fire in his throat. He said with some uncertainty, "If this is the case, the people will definitely rush to buy rice, so as not to spread the war, and then they will not be able to eat...and the rice merchants will naturally They will take advantage of the situation to raise food prices and make a fortune."

When he left Meng County, the price of rice had soared to five or six times the normal price, and the supply was still in short supply.

It is conceivable how the profit-seeking businessman will take advantage of this opportunity and make a fortune.

The price of food may soar from five or six times to ten times or even dozens of times under the hype of those who want to!

"More than that, you seem to have forgotten how many bandits have fallen into bandits near Hejian... They have no food in the first place, and they rely on looting houses to make a living. How will they survive when the army is in trouble? It is impossible to buy from rice merchants. It can only double the plunder of the people..."

After Meng Hun heard this, he was completely stunned.

He was also born in poverty, and he had also tasted the taste of hunger. He even saw some people who were extremely hungry, digging grass roots and tree roots to eat.

If you can't even dig the roots of the grass and trees, you will eat something called Guanyin soil, which will cause your belly to be as big as a bucket, and you will be strangled to death.

Even worse, they would steal other people's children. If someone died of starvation, the corpse would be eaten by others instead of being buried in the ground.

Hejian County looks prosperous on weekdays, but there are also hidden dangers hidden in the dark.

Meng Hun and the others followed Meng Bing to Hejian, where they hid in deep mountains and dense forests. During this period, they also encountered traces of several bandits' activities.

It's just that he didn't want to scare the snake, and he didn't want to increase the loss, so he deliberately avoided them.

Thinking about it now, he felt a little shuddering.

Because they are not familiar with the place, they dare not go deep into the dense forest, and only move or hunt within a certain range.

But in such a place, Meng Hun found more than one wave of bandits. What does this mean?

It shows that the seemingly peaceful Hejian County is now surrounded by bandits!

On weekdays,

Those desperadoes would restrain themselves a bit, even if they robbed their houses, they would not dare to go too far and cause death.

But what would these bandits do if the people of Meng County in Cangzhou were in chaos?

They need to survive, they need food, and they need to take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune. Whenever there is chaos, the government can't control them.

In this way, will they still keep themselves safe as usual?

Meng Hun doesn't know what the butterfly effect is, but he knows that if Hejian County becomes like that, it has an inseparable relationship with him.

For a moment, he seemed to be speechless, unable to say anything.

The other subordinates fell silent one by one after hearing this. They were all from poor families and had suffered hardships. How could they not understand?

Jiang Pengji sighed, "However, I do have a way to forcefully lower the food price, and perhaps ease the situation a bit."

Meng Hun raised his head abruptly, staring at him with a pair of tiger eyes.

It took a long time to hold back a word.

"What does Mr. Xiao Lang plan to do? Is there a place where Meng is needed?"

She raised her hand a little tiredly and pinched the center of her brows, as if she was quite troubled by it.

"I originally wanted to collect some grain from Hujun County. You also know that my father is the governor of Hujun County. He has managed the place in an orderly manner. Using underground water, the drought has been greatly alleviated. Today, Hujun County is fertile and wild. There is a surplus every year."

Meng Hun nodded longingly, and agreed, "I often hear that merchants mentioned this matter. They said that Hu County used to be empty and hungry, but after Liu Jun took office, the situation got better every year. , and now it is a place that people yearn for.”

Having said that, he paused for a moment, and said in a somewhat embarrassed voice, "Xiao Langjun is trying to alleviate the food shortage in Hejian County with the rice grain of Hu County. Wealthy, even if Governor Liu agrees with you to do this...the amount of money and energy you have spent before and after is probably incalculable, and...maybe it will arouse the envy of others..."

It's not easy to be a philanthropist, and the prefect of Hejian may not want to see such a good thing that is conducive to winning the hearts of the people.

Jiang Pengji said helplessly, "You're right, but if you don't do it, why don't you just stand by?"

Meng Hun was stopped by her question, and was immediately speechless.

She also said, "If there is a better source of rice grain, why don't I want to do it... But, who is willing to be so generous? Who has so much grain in the rice warehouse? In today's world, if people don't kill themselves, who Are you willing to distribute rice grains to help ordinary people?"

A few questions in succession caught all the men in the room, they... they couldn't figure it out either.

At this moment, the young man whom Jiang Pengji thought was a little cute suddenly gave a glance, with an expression of "I figured it out".

He pointed at Meng Ting, who was still stubbornly resisting and trying to struggle, and stammered, "He, he, he can do it!"

Everyone was dumbfounded, with an expression of "you're kidding me".

If Meng Ting had such a kind heart, would the captain be forced to this desperate situation?

They didn't react, but Jiang Pengji understood instantly, but still hesitated.

Seeing her expression like this, Meng Hun knew that she might have thought of a way, but he was too embarrassed to say it.

"If Mr. Xiao Lang has any good plans, he can tell them. If Meng can use them, he will definitely not refuse."

Jiang Pengji still didn't speak, but the young man stammered impatiently, "Captain, isn't the rice warehouse in this kid's house full of bugs? I heard you say that the guards guarding the rice warehouse complained that the rats had bitten the rice warehouse." A lot of food..." (To be continued.)