"No need." Si Haochen wanted to see what was going on in this city.
"Then where does the prince want to go? I will show you the way." That Shouzheng was very attentive.
"Let's find an inn first." Si Haochen said.
"The inn has to go to the city. The one near the city gate is cheaper. I'm afraid it will be full." Shouzheng continued, "The best inn in Xunzhou City is the Zhuangyuan Building on Gongyuan Street. It is usually the best inn in the city.
Most of the people are rushing to take exams, and there are many scholars studying abroad, so the room is also more elegant and quiet."
Seeing his master nod, Shi Shi smiled and replied: "Then let Mr. Lao Shouzheng lead the way."
"I don't dare to take it... I don't dare to take it..." Na Shouzheng politely raised his hand to Shiwu Gong, "Your Highness, please come this way."
That song Zheng saw that Prince Yun was not in a hurry to go to the inn, and just let the horse walk slowly. He did not dare to ride the horse anymore, and led the horse away like Shi Fifteen and the others.
"This street looks quite lively. Isn't there any flooding in Fucheng?" Fifteen began to talk.
"The prefect had dug a drainage ditch in the city earlier, leading directly to the moat outside the city. When there was a heavy rain before, the streets were filled with some water, but it was not deep and quickly receded." This Shouzheng was obviously very impressed by the prefect's 'great achievements'
Highly respected.
"Oh~" Fifteen rolled his eyes and continued, "This street is quite clean, and there are no beggars or victims. It's much better than outside the city."
"The prefect said that allowing victims to enter the city rashly can cause trouble. When there is no plague, someone in the city must be a guarantor to enter the city. Now that the epidemic is severe, except for transporting supplies, the city gates will not be opened..."
Fifteen again made some insidious remarks, and Mingruo probably figured it out. The prefect was worried about his own safety and closed the city gate. He didn't care whether the victims outside were dead or alive.
As they spoke, they arrived at the Zhuangyuan Building. When the shopkeeper saw Shouzheng entering, he quickly saluted: "It's Mr. Wang. What gust of wind brought you here?"
Wang Shouzheng was about to move Prince Yun out, but when he saw Shi Shi winking at him, he immediately changed his mind and said, "These are the distinguished guests of the prefect. If they want to stay with you for a few days, do they still have a room?"
"There are only two rooms in the upper room." The shopkeeper also saw that the two rooms were not enough for the living, and said, "No one is living in the West Cross Courtyard yet, but the price is more expensive."
Fifteen asked: "How much does it cost to stay for a day?"
"Thirty taels." The shopkeeper quoted the price directly.
"What?" Fifteen was startled, "Shopkeeper, don't open a shop. It would be faster to rob."
Even in Fucheng, one hundred and eighty taels can buy a small courtyard. Living here costs thirty taels a day, and from Fifteen's point of view, it's no different than robbing money.
"What this little guy doesn't know is that today is different from the past. Now the price of food is one per day. Brown rice that used to cost three cents per pound now costs two hundred cents. If we don't increase the price, we can't even afford porridge...
…”
Seeing the princess nodding, Fifteen said again: "Okay, we will live in the courtyard for thirty-two days."
"Follow me," the shopkeeper said, taking them to the small courtyard.
Wang Shouzheng worked diligently and asked the shopkeeper to prepare a rich dinner.
"Go and send a message to the prefect of Xunzhou and ask him to come to the inn early tomorrow morning. I have something to ask him," Si Haochen said in a deep voice.
"I'll go now." Although Prince Yun came lightly dressed, he was so powerful that Wang Shouzheng couldn't even lift his head.
"Go." Si Haochen waved his hand.
The shopkeeper quickly asked the waiter to bring dinner, including four dishes, one soup and a bowl of rice: "It's really hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. You guys can just take one bite tonight. I'll ask the waiter to buy more tomorrow."
Bring back some meat and eggs."
"Okay." Mingruo looked at the dishes on the table - stir-fried green vegetables, stir-fried cabbage, stir-fried radishes, scrambled eggs, and a basin of ear vegetable soup. This portion was probably enough for them to eat at fifteen.
After the shopkeeper left, Mingruo said to several people: "You guys can eat, the prince and I are going back to the room to rest."
"Master, Madam, would you like to go to the restaurant and pack some food for you?" Fifteen asked.
"No need. After eating, go outside and check out what's going on in the city." Si Haochen ordered.
"Yes." The first, fifteenth and Xunyi nodded one after another.
Ming Ruo saw that Doctor Qin was at a loss and said, "Doctor Qin, please take a rest first. The epidemic here is definitely more serious than that in Lishui County. There will be a tough battle to be fought in the future."
"Yes." Doctor Qin quickly agreed.
Ming Ruo took her husband into the space to start a small stove, and asked her husband to fetch more than a dozen buckets of well water and pour it into jars in case of emergency. The two of them worked in the space for a long time before resting.
Early the next morning, when Mingruo and the others were still having their breakfast, the prefect of Xunzhou arrived: "I am going to the prefect of Xunzhou, Cheng Yian, to pay homage to His Royal Highness Prince Yun and the princess."
"Get up." Si Haochen put down the chopsticks in his hands.
After looking at the steamed buns, porridge, eggs and pickles on the table, he quickly asked someone to put the breakfast they had brought: "I just wanted to bring some special snacks from Xunzhou for the prince to try. So, I came here early.
I'm sorry, please forgive me, His Highness Prince Yun."
Mingruo watched as plates of dim sum were placed on the table, such as crab meat dumplings, thousand-layer oil cakes, crystal meat dishes...the table couldn't even fit on it.
Si Haochen raised his eyebrows slightly. This prefect was quite interesting. He neither complained about his poverty nor talked about his difficulties. Those who didn't understand the situation might have thought that his fiefdom had suffered a disaster and that he had come to Xunzhou to beat the autumn wind.
"How is the disaster situation in Xunzhou?" Si Haochen asked in a deep voice.
"Reporting to His Highness Prince Yun, the floods in Xunzhou this year have been serious. More than 70% of the counties, towns and villages under its jurisdiction have been affected by the disaster..." The prefect of Xunzhou reported one by one, and the order was very clear. Except for the fact that he was not doing anything, there was basically nothing wrong with him.
"As far as I know, the emperor has asked the Xunzhou Prefecture to open warehouses to release grain. Why has the price of brown rice increased to 200 yuan per catty?" Si Haochen banged the table.
"Your Majesty, I don't know. This year's flood season has come early. Before the Emperor issued the order, the lower officials had already started to release grain..." Cheng Taishou said clearly, "More than 400,000 stones have been released from the stored grain in the warehouse, but what about the victims?"
Too much, it’s just a drop in the bucket.”
"How many people do you have in Xunzhou? If you release 400,000 shi of food, you won't be able to hold on for three months?" Si Haochen is in charge of raising military rations. He knows the food and number of people very well. It is impossible to fool him!
"The main reason is that other state capitals have also been affected by disasters. I heard that we in Jiangnan are prosperous, and the victims are also running here. To be honest, I really don't know how many victims our Xunzhou has raised..."
"Where is Mr. Shi who came from the imperial capital to provide relief?" Seeing that Governor Cheng was an old man, Si Haochen decided to call Shi Zhongcheng to ask about the situation.
"Master Shi went to Feilai Temple with the grain allocated by the imperial court, but did not leave a grain of grain for the lower officials..." Cheng Taishou vividly performed the evil person's first complaint.
