"Brother Jiang Fan, it's so boring in the yamen, and nothing interesting happens. When everyone sees you, they all smile respectfully, as if they are afraid that you will eat them alive. The government of Dazhou is all like this
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In the evening, after a long day of duty, Jiang Fan led Lin Wanqing and Tieniu just out of the Yamen when he heard Lin Wanqing pouting and complaining.
"That's because I hold a high position. Except for the city guard, there is no one greater than me in the entire yamen. In addition, everyone thinks that there is such a giant as Prince Wu's Mansion standing behind me. Of course, they dare not have any
No mistake. If I had just entered the yamen as an ordinary yamen servant, I think you would have seen a completely different face throughout the whole day."
Jiang Fan shook his head and continued: "This officialdom is like a monkey climbing a tree. If you look down, all the faces are smiling faces, but if you look up, all the faces are butts. That's why power is irresistible.
Charm, as long as you enter it, you can't help but work hard to climb up."
This is a classic description of officialdom in another world. Naturally, people in this world have never heard of it.
So after Lin Wanqing tilted her head and thought for a while, she felt more and more that Jiang Fan's description was so accurate, and what he said was so profound.
"Forget it, I'll just let Tieniu follow you from now on. I don't want to come here anymore. It's a waste of time. It's better to stay at home and practice sparring with my sister. Maybe I've already broken through by now."
Lin Wanqing still pouted and said.
"Who told you to follow me? There are official rules in officialdom. Although I don't understand them, I at least know that the relationship on the surface must be maintained. Even if you want the other person to die in your heart, you can't do it unless it is absolutely necessary.
You always have to live up to your reputation, they say officialdom is an art, but in the final analysis, it’s just about who has a thick heart and a ruthless means."
Jiang Fan said casually.
He actually has no interest in officialdom.
Just being pushed to this point, he couldn't help but refuse or shrink back.
This is the case with many things. When you reach a certain stage, you will find that you have actually run out of options. You must either become stronger and stay strong forever, or face death.
Wanting to stay where you are and live a stable life will never exist.
Lin Wanqing nodded in understanding.
On the way back to the house, the three of them picked a few shops and browsed them. Lin Wanqing was mainly interested in various novel gadgets, and also bought a lot of small things, which were specially carried by Tieniu.
Jiang Fan wanted to observe changes in prices, especially the increase in food prices.
The result...is not very optimistic!
Compared with the price of food purchased by me before to solve the Lin family's food problem, the current price of food has actually increased by almost a quarter.
How many days in total?
Such a rapid increase means that Heyang City itself is beginning to experience a shortage of food supply.
In other words, the impact of long-term drought is gradually expanding.
Therefore, the price of grain shipped to Heyang from other areas has also been steadily increasing. This has resulted in the price of grain in Heyang City changing almost every day.
If things continue like this... I'm afraid it won't be too long before there will be a big mess...
On the way back to the house, Jiang Fan frowned and thought.
Lin Wanqing didn't realize what would happen in the near future. She was excited because of the novel gadgets she bought.
Tieniu also remained silent as usual, his attention always focused on Jiang Fan's surroundings.
No matter there is any abnormal movement near Jiang Fan, Tieniu can guarantee that he can stop Jiang Fan from danger as soon as possible.
This absolute sense of security made Jiang Fan very relaxed physically and mentally, so his brain was all used to think about the food crisis.
When he first came to the other world, he was only thinking about how to help the Lin family solve the food problem.
After all, there were only a few hundred people, so the problem was not that big, so it took only a few days to earn enough money to buy food.
But the trouble now is that if this drought continues and is no longer a regional drought, but develops into a nationwide drought in the Zhou Dynasty, then the consequences will probably be that even if you have money, you will not be able to buy food.
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The current price of food has risen to a critical point that is about to become unbearable for ordinary people.
Calculated based on this growth rate, it may not take more than a month for ordinary people in Heyang City to face the risk of running out of food.
And even if food prices can be stabilized at such a high level, ordinary people in Heyang City will not be able to sustain it for too long.
According to Jiang Fan's own understanding, if all income and property are used to buy food, then obviously for a normal family, the ability to resist risks will drop to freezing point!
Once any slight accident occurs, the originally stable family may collapse directly.
The limitations of farming society also make the overall ability of society to withstand stress extremely low.
Jiang Fan doubted that if this drought continued and many people could not even eat, the Zhou Dynasty might usher in a peasant uprising that is common in farming societies.
By that time, the description of rich families being stinky with wine and meat, and being frozen to death on the road will become a real reality.
But... facing a severe drought, a farming society that depends on the weather for food has no artificial way to change it.
What makes Jiang Fan feel that the problem is most serious is that he spent the whole day in the yamen to familiarize himself with the procedures and departments. After simple exchanges with the officials and scribes in the yamen, Jiang Fan discovered that in the entire government of Heyang City, it seemed that
No one really cares about the trouble caused by the food crisis.
At first, Jiang Fan thought that he was thinking too much. Perhaps the food shortage caused by the drought was not as exaggerated as imagined.
But after leaving his job, the changes in food prices he saw on the way back to his house made Jiang Fan realize that he had gone astray before.
The reason why the officials and scribes in the government didn't really take it to heart was because no matter how short the food was, it wouldn't affect them at all!
As for whether the people live or die...what does it have to do with them?
After thinking about this, Jiang Fan felt quite heavy when he returned to the house.
But as soon as he entered the house, his sight was suddenly filled with Su Xiaonuan's shiny bald head.
"Master! You're back! Come back with me quickly and have a look. It's different from what you said."
Seeing Jiang Fan return to the house, Su Xiaonuan jumped up and shouted anxiously.
"What are you going to see when you go back? What's different from what I told you?"
Jiang Fan asked in shock.
"Wine! The wine you wanted to ferment before is all ready!"