Snap!

Xu Chong clapped his hands twice.

The two government officials who had been waiting at the entrance looked at each other, suppressed their panic and jumped down.

One of them carried a charcoal stove, oil pan and other items on his back, and the other held a small swaddling bag.

When the two came to Xu Chong's back, they lit a fire and burned oil without saying anything.

Jiang Zhihong looked at it coldly, puzzled.

"I don't know what you think of the four words "Yi Zi Er Shi", but I guess you haven't seen it with your own eyes."

Xu Chong stood up and took the swaddling clothes, making a slight effort in his arms.

A loud 'baby' cry suddenly started.

Uaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah-

"What...what are you going to do?"

Jiang Zhihong's already pale face turned a little pale again.

"do what?"

Xu Chong glanced at Jiang Zhihong in surprise, "You don't eat anything edible. I suspect you like to eat those inedible things. Well, won't I punish you?"

"you!"

Jiang Zhihong's eyes showed fear.

Xu Chong ignored him and frowned at the yamen servant who was lighting the fire. "If the fire gets bigger, Mr. Jiang will be impatient with waiting."

"You're scaring me, aren't you?"

Jiang Zhihong composed himself and sneered: "Cooking and eating human flesh, whether it is a dead body or a living person, is a serious crime that will lead to the punishment of being torn apart in a car. I don't believe you dare!"

"Yes, this is indeed a serious crime, but..."

Xu Chong paused and looked around, "Who can know?"

At this time, the oil pan has begun to emit bursts of smoke, which is a sign that the temperature is sufficient.

"Well, it's time."

Xu Chong turned to face the frying pan and saw that he was untying the swaddling clothes.

"……don't want!!!"

Jiang Zhihong threw himself on the railing.

But it's too late.

--laugh!

This is the sound of cooking pot being cooked.

"No--!!!"

Jiang Zhihong waved his arms like crazy, trying to pull Xu Chong or the oil pan.

Unfortunately, Xu Chongka's distance was just right, and he couldn't reach even a corner of his clothes.

"Beast! Beast!!"

Jiang Zhihong finally collapsed and kept shouting.

"It seems that you also know that eating children is wrong."

Xu Chong turned sideways.

Jiang Zhihong's shouting stopped suddenly, and he was stunned.

The baby in the oil pan is not a real baby. It has scales and a tail. It is just an ordinary catfish.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Xu Chong patted a captain on the shoulder.

"It's just some little tricks, as long as they can help adults."

The captain bowed respectfully, then winked at his colleagues, raised the frying pan and left.

Jiang Zhihong had already reacted now.

The baby's cry just now was clearly pretended by the government servant. He was so distracted that he couldn't identify the source of the sound.

"...Why do you do this?"

Jiang Zhihong asked, his tone full of exhaustion.

"Don't worry, I'll ask you a few questions first."

Xu Chong sat down again, "In the 42nd year of Wenchang, do you know what the population of Bingzhou Province was and how much food it consumed in a month?"

"this……"

Jiang Zhihong choked.

"You don't know, you were born in Fucheng, your family is well-off, and you haven't experienced real hardship. How can you pay attention to these things? Let me tell you."

Xu Chong chuckled, "To stay alive, a person only needs fifteen kilograms of food a month."

"...Fifteen pounds?"

Jiang Zhihong was a little stunned and a little sad.

It turns out that just eating such a small amount is enough to survive...

"In the 42nd year of Wenchang, there were 19 prefectures and 201 counties in Bingzhou Province, with a total population of more than 16 million."

"Let's do the math. Five and a half million stones of bran mixed with sand and soil. If 16 million people eat the same food, it will only be enough for three months."

Xu Chong chuckled and said, "Well, don't you think it's a coincidence, because the disaster lasted for six months, and only half of the people in Bingzhou survived."

Jiang Zhihong was completely silent.

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Uh... I'm sorry I forgot to write the chapter name, I won't be able to add it later.

At the same time, the third day is reached, the author is awesome!
Chapter completed!