Although Xu Jing had a bad look on his face, he still agreed.
Meng Yushi walked like wind, coming in a hurry and leaving even faster. The food carried on the carriage was limited after all. Even if he gave the refugees a bowl of rice, several carriages would soon be exhausted.
Xu Jing had no choice but to send Xu San to the nearest town to buy food.
In the past, it was Meng Yushi who felt bad when he saw Xu Jing, but now it is Xu Jing who gets a headache when he sees Meng Yushi. Every time Meng Yushi comes, Xu Jing avoids him and does not meet Meng Yushi.
Meng Yushi used to be very concerned about appearance, but now he doesn't care about it anymore. When he couldn't see Xu Jing, he held up his hands and thanked Miss Zhao Liu.
Zhao Xiyan looked at Meng Yushi: "Meng Yushi has always hated the vassal king. But now, has he changed his mind?"
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Meng Yushi's face, and he sighed in a low voice: "I used to be too self-righteous. The suffering of the people of the Jin Dynasty actually had little to do with the vassal king. The Crown Prince of Beihai seemed arrogant and domineering, but in fact he had a warm-blooded heart.
Kind heart."
He paused and then said: "However, I still think that the court should vigorously reduce the vassal status. There were seven vassal kings in the Jin Dynasty, and most of these seven counties were rich places, especially Beihai County. If the taxes of these seven counties are collected,
Returning to the imperial court will at least fill the national treasury."
With such stubbornness, Meng Xizhi would rather die than bow his head.
Zhao Xiyan never thought that she could completely impress him with just a few words, and she was not upset when she heard this: "We have different positions, and naturally we have different ideas."
Meng Yushi's eyes were a little complicated, and he sighed after a while: "The sixth girl is so smart and open-minded that I have only seen her in my life. What a pity!"
It's a pity that I got married to Xu Jing, and now I'm looking at the flowers blooming, and maybe I'll have to taste the burning oil soon.
Zhao Xiyan heard the implication of Meng Yushi's words, smiled slightly, and reminded softly: "It's okay for Meng Yushi to tell me these words in private, but it's best not to mention them in front of the prince. Otherwise, with his temper, he will beat him
Meng Yushi also had a meal."
Meng Yushi snorted from his nose: "I'm just telling the truth. Apart from the title of a prince, how can he be worthy of the Sixth Lady?"
Scholars are all arrogant. Meng Yushi, who was born in Tanhua, obviously did not look down upon Xu Jing, who was an average scholar and had no knowledge at all.
Zhao Xiyan frowned slightly and glanced at Meng Yushi: "I think that reading is to enlighten people and make them wiser. It is not just to rely on a few talents to be arrogant and point fingers at others."
Meng Yushi: "..."
The girl Zhao Liu in front of her had sharp words. Even if she didn't open her mouth, she would definitely hit his heart and lungs.
Meng Yushi coughed and was about to soften his words when a burst of crying suddenly came from behind the motorcade.
Meng Yushi frowned, and immediately strode over without even bothering to talk to Zhao Xiyan.
Zhao Xiyan listened to the girl's cry floating in the wind, and vaguely guessed something in her heart, and her expression was not good. She got off the carriage: "I'll go over and have a look too."
Hosta and Begonia immediately followed behind her master.
Xu Erwu followed closely behind with a dozen soldiers.
From the day he set out on the journey, the prince gave him strict orders to accompany him all the way to protect Zhao Xiyan's master and servants.
…
These were hungry people from two villages. Because the villages were close to each other, they fled together. Following the convoy these days, they were able to eat some preserved fruit.
For some reason, two girls suddenly started crying and fussing.
Meng Yushi glanced at him and asked one of the sallow-looking men: "Why are the children crying like this?"
The man's eyes flinched and hesitantly replied: "To tell you the truth, we are starving to death ourselves and the children cannot feed us, so we replaced the children."
What should I do to change my child?
Just as Yushi Meng was about to ask a question, a girl's voice suddenly came from behind him: "I will give you a liter of rice and sell these two girls to me!"
It's Zhao Xiyan here.
Meng Yushi turned around to look. Along the way, the girls he saw were either dignified and elegant, or witty. At this time, Miss Zhao Liu had a pretty face and looked coldly at the two hugging girls.
A man crying for a girl.
One liter of rice!
The two men were overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed. The two weeping six or seven-year-old girls were each led over by Jade Hosta and Begonia.
Zhao Xiyan glanced at her and asked, "Whose family has a new girl? Bring them all over and I will also pay a liter of rice to buy them."
Immediately, another happy man rushed out and couldn't wait to push the several-year-old girl forward.
There were six girls in total, the oldest was about ten years old and the youngest was only three years old. Each one was as skinny as a stick. The younger ones didn’t know what was going on, but the oldest one was already sensible and knelt down and kowtowed heavily several times.
, recognized the master.
Meng Yushi also understood at this time, and his complexion suddenly became livid.
"Sister Yue Ya'er," Xu Jing had been hiding nearby to watch the fun, and finally couldn't help but come over: "Why did you suddenly buy so many little girls?"
At such a small age, they can't do anything and don't understand the rules. They just waste food to feed them.
Zhao Xiyan looked at Xu Jing: "Brother Chunsheng, I won't buy them today. In a few days, they will become food for the hungry people."
Xu Jing: "..."
Xu Jing was in disbelief, and his eyes quickly passed over the hungry people who were ecstatic about the rice: "These are their own flesh and blood, how could they do it!"
"You can't do anything to your own children, so you trade each other's children." Zhao Xiyan's eyes showed deep sadness: "In the years of famine, on the way to escape famine, the first to suffer are the ignorant girls."
Girls in their teens can still be sold for a good price. Girls of several years old can't do anything and no one is willing to buy them. When people are extremely hungry, they are slaughtered like cattle and sheep and become the food of everyone.
The hairs on Xu Jing's back stood up.
Famine spreads for thousands of miles, and people die of hunger all over the land, eating people.
The tragic scenes of the last years of the previous dynasty that these masters had told about suddenly appeared vividly before his eyes. He didn't know where the raging anger in his heart came from.
"Get out of here!" Xu Jing heard his angry shouts: "Drive these people away. I will feed the dogs with my prince's food and won't give it to them. Let them get out!"
…
This group of hungry people were driven away. They received a few days of food and took away a few liters of rice, which would keep them satisfied for at least a few days. Before leaving, they did not forget to kneel down and kowtow a few times.
Xu Jing's eyes flashed with fire and he said to Zhao Xiyan: "I'll go and see if there are little girls like this. I'll buy you a few more."
Zhao Xiyan said softly: "I'll go with you."
Xu Jing is impulsive and irritable, so she has to keep an eye on him.
Xu Jing said "yes" and went to another refugee gathering place with Zhao Xiyan. After asking, he bought three more little girls.
Xu Jing barely held back his anger; "Let's go over there and see."
Meng Yushi didn't say anything, and just followed the two of them silently. He watched Xu Jing buy young girls one after another with rice grains.
