On the river dam in Yingling County, there are many people moving.

Cheng Chucun looked at the rushing river and felt worried.

Tens of thousands of people were unable to perform on the embankment. They were divided into four batches and took turns day and night, throwing off their arms and doing it in full swing.

Baskets of stone and soil were transported to the embankment to repair the embankment damaged by the river water.

A heavy rain made the water flow more turbulent, and some low embankments were overflowed by the river water and became muddy.

"We are short of food at Chucun. We can barely survive for three days. It's time to think of a solution."

Li Hui also looked worried, "Nearly ten thousand people are working day and night. How can we have the strength to work if we don't have enough to eat?"

"Isn't there any explanation about the grain?" Cheng Chucun looked at Li Hui strangely.

"No." Li Hui sighed heavily, "It seems there wasn't enough blood splattered."

"Take a few people with you and go over there tonight to check out the situation. I suspect that the Yingling official warehouse... may have run out of food."

"No way?" Li Hui looked at Cheng Chucun suspiciously, "In the year of great disaster, if the official granary runs out of food, he will lose his head. Kong Liren is still a member of the Kong family. If the granary is empty at this time, wouldn't it mean that if the granary is empty at this time?

Punch Kong's face?"

"Remember the lesson we had when we were in college? Businessmen are chasing profits. When the profits reach 10%, they will be ready to take action; when the profits reach 50%, they will take risks; when the profits reach 100%, they will take risks.

They dare to trample all laws in the world; when the profit reaches 300%, they dare to risk the death penalty. Therefore, my worry is not unnecessary." Cheng Chucun lowered his voice, "Find a few of your own people and quietly

Go and check it out, whether there is food in the granary or not, don't make any noise about it yet."

"That's all we can do. If it is revealed that the granary is out of food at this time, I'm afraid it will cause a mutiny." Li Hui paused, "In this case, I will arrange for people to go to large households to raise donations first to see if I can get food. I will

Take people to the granary."

At this moment, I remembered a burst of cheers from the people.

"The army is coming, the army is coming!"

"They are here to help us protect the dike!"

A cry made everyone see the light.

Cheng Chucun and Li Hui looked around and saw a dark area with four to five thousand people, all wearing the uniforms of the Youwu Guards.

Wearing raincoats, it was Qin Changqing and Li Chongxuan who walked in the front.

Youwuwei did not enter Yingling County, but came directly to the diba.

Di Huaigu, the Prime Minister of Yingling County, was wearing a coarse cloth and loading rocks and soil into a frame. When he saw You Wuwei, his eyes turned red.

Li Hui shouted, and Di Huaigu ignored his clothes and followed him, "Di Huaigu, the Prime Minister of Yingling County, has met the Marquis of Qin!"

"Di Huaigu, do you know me?"

"Master Hou, Xiaguan graduated from Tsinghua Academy. I have listened to Master Hou's lectures several times and gained a lot from it."

Di Huaigu paused and said, "During the flood crisis, the county magistrate refused to come to the scene in person, so I had to lower my officials and lead the people to cooperate with General Li and others to defend the embankment."

"Di Huaigu, I just want to ask you one question now: Can this embankment be defended?"

"Don't worry, Lord Marquis, we can hold it!" Di Huaigu paused, "Xiaguan was responsible for supervising the construction of this section of the dike the year before last. All the materials used are high-quality materials. Every year when the water level rises, they will inspect it. Xiaguan used it.

The head on the item is a guarantee, so even if the flood overflows the dam, it can survive for three days without being washed away."

"good!"

Qin Changqing looked at the people around him, "Everyone, I have been ordered to lead four thousand armed guards to assist in disaster relief. I am very respectful and moved by your spirit of defending the dam to the death. Now, please evacuate to the rear in an orderly manner and recharge your batteries.

Rui. From now on, Youwuwei will take over the defense. I promise everyone that if the dike is destroyed, everyone will die if the dike is destroyed!"

Di Huaigu took three steps back and said, "Bless your Majesty, and the soldiers of the Youwu Guard!"

The people behind him also bowed deeply to everyone in the Youwu Guard.

"Chu Cun, Li Hui, please stop and coordinate and evacuate in an orderly manner."

Qin Changqing handed his belt card to Cheng Chucun's hand, "Take my belt card and open the warehouse to stock up on food. I just passed by the camp and dared to do physical work. Why do I only have porridge to drink? If I don't eat enough, how can I have food?"

Strength to provide disaster relief?”

At this moment, Li Hui and Cheng Chuliang's eyes lit up, and Di Huaigu sighed heavily.

"Master Marquis, the current food can only last for three days. But it is unknown whether there is food in the official warehouse. The county magistrate Kong Liren has been reluctant to release the food. Now the people and soldiers who have worked on the embankment need to pay for their food every day.

It’s only two meals.”

Qin Changqing was stunned for a moment, then anger appeared on his face.

"Li Hui, lead a group of people to the county government... I will go there myself." Qin Changqing looked at Li Chongxuan, "Chongxuan, you and Chu Cun stay here and lead people to reinforce the dam. Di Huaigu, you lead the way, let's go to Yicang.

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Chang'an was also covered with dark clouds and the air seemed very dull.

The original plan was for Li Chongxuan to go to Qingzhou alone, but in the end Li Shimin was worried. Qin Changqing would definitely go to Qingzhou for the first time to mobilize troops for disaster relief, so he arranged for Qin Changqing to go to Qingzhou as well.

In the harem, Li Shimin's concubine Yang Jieyu is lying lazily on the couch. Although she is already a mature woman, she still retains her charm.

As a woman, at an age where she is like a wolf and a tiger, she seems to have forgotten that feeling. She can't even remember the last time Li Shimin favored her.

She felt that a certain part of her body had been silted up like the Yellow River. If it was not dredged, it would burst. In fact, she felt as if her whole body was rusty.

"Your Majesty, do you know where you will stay tonight?"

"Empress, Your Majesty is staying in the Zichen Palace today."

"Alas!" Yang Jieyu sighed, intending to have someone boil some ginseng soup to deliver to Li Shimin, but finally gave up.

Just when I was feeling uncomfortable, I heard someone coming in, "Mother, Yang Saifei, please see me."

"Why is he here?"

Yang Jieyu looked stunned. Yang Saifei was his nephew and currently a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

The incident of her nephew Yang Yuzhi is still fresh in her mind, and Yang Jieyu really doesn’t want to see Yang Saifei.

But the maid said that Yang Saifei was very anxious and wanted to see her, so she could only agree with embarrassment.

Yang Saifei entered the palace. Yang Jieyu dismissed everyone and frowned at Yang Saifei, "You are in such a hurry, what happened?"

"Aunt, save me!" Yang Saifei knelt on the ground with a thud.

"What big trouble did you get into?" Yang Jieyu was shocked.

"Aunt, nephew...nephew...nephew, together with Kong Liren, the magistrate of Yingling County, sold all the grain in the official warehouse, social warehouse, and charity warehouse in Yingling."

Yang Jieyu didn't seem to understand the seriousness of the matter. It was normal for counties to resell official grain. As long as they didn't sell all of it, it would be fine. The general idea was to sell it when the price was high and take it back when the price was low, and make a profit.

Take the middle price difference.
Chapter completed!