Chapter 374: The Minister of Disaster Relief Arrives
This is impossible!
Although I always feel miserable when I look in the mirror, I am more handsome than Song Yu and Pan An.
But really speaking, it is only hundreds of times better than ordinary people!
How could this great beauty fall in love with me?
Looking at the clothes in Wu Xinyi's hands, Zhao Kang was not only scared but also a little excited.
This is the first time a woman has given me clothes, and she made them herself!
"Zhao, Mr. Zhao doesn't like it?"
Zhao Kang was still in his reverie, and Wu Xinyi spoke cautiously.
"No, no!"
Zhao Kang said subconsciously.
Wu Xinyi: "Then, why don't you try it?"
"Ah...this is not good."
It has always been difficult for a man to refuse the kindness of a woman, especially the beauty of a beautiful woman.
Zhao Kang was caught in a struggle at this moment, and suddenly three faces flashed in his mind.
In an instant, his heart immediately calmed down. Yufeng would definitely not say anything. Hongxue was far away in Jingguo, and she couldn't defeat him now.
But if Her Majesty the Empress knew that she was wearing clothes made by a woman, she might beat herself up!
Immediately, Zhao Kang, who activated the emergency evacuation, shook his head and refused: "I appreciate the kindness of the owner of the family, but this is absolutely impossible. I am a family man, and I will only wear my wife's clothes for me in this life.
clothes."
"My wife is very beautiful and virtuous. I can't be sorry to her!"
Luo Li said something rudely, and Zhao Kang sighed. He didn't expect that his brother would break the heart of another woman by going out.
What a sin.
He looked at Wu Xinyi and was stunned. Huh? Why didn't this guy shed tears? Instead, he had an expression that didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Mr. Zhao, what are you talking about!" Wu Xinyi laughed so hard that her branches trembled.
Zhao Kang was confused when he heard this: "Don't you like me?"
"what are you thinking!"
Wu Xinyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I saw that you and Tiedan only had two or three outfits, so I asked someone to get fabric and make one outfit for each of you. The clothes Qingluan and Longli wear on weekdays are all made by me myself.
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"I don't like anything made by outside tailor shops!"
"So that's it, I'm convinced." Zhao Kang was so embarrassed that he just wanted to find a place to get in.
Wu Xinyi smiled half-heartedly: "Pu Xin?"
"Just ordinary and confident." Zhao Kang sneered.
Wu Xinyi: "Mr. Zhao is not ordinary. Come and try it."
"If that's the case, then I would be disrespectful."
Grabbing the clothes and gesturing for a moment, Zhao Kang nodded with satisfaction: "Don't tell me it looks like a good fit."
"Neither black nor white suits you well, Mr. Zhao, so I pulled off a piece of navy blue fabric. I hope Mr. Zhao will like it." Wu Xinyi smiled.
Zhao Kang folded the clothes: "Thank you very much, head of the family. I'll go outside to see if there are any grain merchants from other places during this period. It's been almost a month, and there's been no movement from those guys."
"Okay." Wu Xinyi nodded.
After Zhao Kang left, she got up and went back to the room, picking up a handful of water with both hands.
The water lines gradually calmed down, reflecting a beautiful face. Suddenly, the water lines rippled again, and they could no longer be peaceful.
After wandering around the city, Zhao Kang was a little disappointed that he did not find out any news about grain merchants from other places.
The same people are selling grain in Qingzhou City. At the same time, these people also transport the grain to other places, and the prices are higher than the previous ones.
If it weren't for the Wu family transporting a large amount of grain to other places during this period.
I'm afraid the victims have already been overrun.
When we arrived at the porridge shed, His Royal Highness was maintaining order in the queue and asking people to line up properly.
When Wu Longli saw Zhao Kang coming, he rushed over: "Mr. Zhao."
"Is everything okay?" Zhao Kang asked.
Wu Longli nodded: "There is nothing wrong. The victims are also very cooperative. It's just Mr. Zhao."
Seeing Wu Longli hesitate to speak, Zhao Kang smiled and said: "If you have anything to say, just say it."
After hearing Wu Longli, he nodded and said: "Then let me tell you straight, our Wu family is about to run out of food. Yesterday we counted the existing stocks in the granaries of our Wu family, and they only have less than 20,000 dan."
"This is really troublesome." Zhao Kang couldn't help but frown after hearing this.
One stone is sixty kilograms, and twenty thousand stones is a full 1.2 million kilograms. It sounds like a lot, but don't forget that the Wu family now supports millions of people in Qingzhou.
Even if not all of these people are disaster victims, there are only one tenth.
Twenty thousand shi of grain is not enough for half a month, and the Wu family has been supporting themselves for ten days since the grain was released.
This shows that the four major grain merchants in Qingzhou are really not just bragging.
If the four companies join forces and call on some small grain merchants to follow, they can survive this grain shortage.
But unfortunately not everyone is from the Wu family.
"How long do you think you can last?" Zhao Kang asked.
Wu Longli: "Ten days! According to the current rate of food distribution, our Wu family will have to buy food for ten days at most."
Zhao Kang was thinking deeply, and at this moment, countless officers and soldiers suddenly appeared at the south city gate.
Mr. Zhou, the magistrate of Qingzhou, and his people hurriedly ran to the city gate, as if they were waiting to meet some important person.
Such a battle immediately attracted Zhao Kang's attention. It was no small matter for that fat pig to be so grand.
Could it be!
Zhao Kang's eyelids twitched, and the victims who were receiving porridge were all driven to the corner and huddled in the corner.
Suddenly, a tall horse poked out from the city gate, and a man wearing a third-grade court dress rode in.
Fatty Zhou immediately knelt down on his knees and said, "I respectfully welcome you, Minister of Disaster Relief!"
All the officials knelt down together, and many victims knelt down in fright. Wu Longli quickly led others to kneel down to greet them.
In an instant, everyone knelt down, and only two people stood out, Zhao Kang and Xiao Xuance.
Seeing that the two of them were still standing stupidly, Mr. Zhou immediately jumped up and down in anger: "How outrageous, you two haven't knelt down to greet me!"
Xiao Xuance smiled: "I kneel down to him? Can he bear it?"
Fatty Zhou was still about to say something when he saw the disaster relief minister, who was wearing a third-grade court uniform, dismounted from his horse and rushed towards Zhao Kang and the two at a sprint speed of 100 meters.
Eight steps away from Zhao Kang, Qi Yunshan, the newly appointed left servant of the Ministry of Revenue, knelt down with his head pressed against the ground.
"I'm going to Qi Yunshan to visit the country..."
"Cough cough cough!" Zhao Kang coughed quickly, and Qi Yunshan forcefully swallowed the prince who was behind him.
Everyone was dumbfounded, Master Zhou even broke out in a cold sweat, Wu Longli took a breath and looked at Zhao Kang cautiously.
Although I had known for a long time that Zhao Kang's identity was not simple. He was a disaster relief minister from the imperial court, but I never expected that he could actually make a third-rank minister kneel down and salute.
Is it possible that Mr. Zhao is a second-rank official? Which one of the six ministerial books?
But you can't! Who among the six ministers is not an old man in his fifties or sixties who is half buried in the earth?
