Mind reading, the emperor saw my fist hard

The back hall of the banquet hall was now completely silent, and no one dared to speak, for fear that the girl behind the pillar would say something else.

Zi Shuyan smiled brightly: "Wei Dazhi, Master Wei, you said you only donated 300 kilograms of coarse grains, right?"

Xu Jinyu: [Wei Dazhi, let me see if he really has no food or is just unwilling to give it out.]

[Wow! Why is he unwilling to give out so much grain at home? Didn’t the prince say that he would convert it into silver? ]

[Oh! So he wanted to wait until the drought was at its worst and sell the stored grain at a sky-high price. This stored grain would be enough to multiply his net worth several times.]

"Plop!"

Wei Dazhi knelt down, cold sweat pouring down his face.

Before Wei Dazhi could open his mouth, Xu Jinyu's inexperienced voice came again,

[This Wei Dazhi is a playboy, even more so than that Rou Niang. He even uses his concubines together with his own sons.]

[He doesn't even worry about his concubine getting pregnant. This child is either his son or his grandson.]

People have always loved to hear gossips, and everyone present showed an interested look.

[Let me see if there are any children whose identities are unknown. Wow! There really are some…………]

"Your Highness, I am willing to donate 50,000 kilograms of grain!"

Wei Dazhi raised his voice and shouted, trying to drown out Xu Jinyu's voice.

We can’t let this girl continue talking like this. If she continues, the children in her family will have trouble living their normal lives.

[Hate it, why are you shouting so loudly!]

"cough!"

Zi Shuyan coughed again. He had to cough because he was about to laugh.

"'Liu Wanjin, Master Liu, you ..."

Before Zi Shuyan could open his mouth again, Liu Wanjin also knelt down.

"I am willing to donate 10,000 kilograms of grain!"

These wealthy families all have some dirty deeds, the smaller ones are romantic scandals, and the bigger ones are things that can cost lives.

It is better to donate grain directly, so as to avoid being like Lord Li, whose secrets were exposed and he even lost his life.

"Plop!"

"Plop!"

"Plop!"

.........

The people in the back hall should not kneel too straightforwardly, as everyone has discovered that as long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mentions someone's name, that person's family affairs will be dug out.

"I am willing to donate 30,000 kilograms of grain!"

"I am willing to donate 20,000 kilograms of grain!"

"The common people are willing to donate..."

…………

The voices became louder and louder, trying to interrupt the girl's thoughts.

really,

[Hey! Why are they suddenly willing to donate? I was thinking of exchanging some good stuff for food with them, but now it seems unnecessary.]

good stuff?

Those kneeling on the ground shed sad tears. They were sick in their brains. Why did they go against the prince?

Now, the food is gone, the money is gone, and the good things that could have been obtained are gone.

These people returned home in tears, and that evening each of them received a handwritten letter from the prince.

This letter only means one thing: if anyone dares to reveal what happened today about the girl at the banquet, he doesn't mind replacing a group of wealthy businessmen and big families in Zhengyang County.

Wei Dazhi pouted quietly, he was crazy, revealing the girl's affairs and letting everyone know that he couldn't tell his son and grandson apart.

Early the next morning, all the donated food arrived.

A large porridge pot was set up outside the city, and some people who had no food to eat brought their own bowls to eat.

It's not just those who can't afford to eat. There are also some people who deliberately wear tattered clothes but are strong and healthy, and it's obvious that they are here to take advantage.

In fact, the grains used for the porridge distribution this time are all good grains. Although they are coarse grains, they are all clean and not moldy or rotten.

Zi Shuyan stood on the city wall and looked gloomily at those who were mixed in with the starving people.

The donated food seems to be a lot, but when distributed to the entire county, it is not much. If people who have food at home mix in, it will be consumed even faster.

He turned around and asked the chief clerk: "How was this problem solved before?"

The chief clerk looked embarrassed and said carefully: "The food provided to the disaster victims before was not good food. Those people simply didn't bother to eat it."

"The people who use good grain to distribute porridge are all wealthy people in the city. Unless they don't want to stay in Zhengyang County anymore, no one will come to grab this bowl of porridge."

At this time Xu Jinyu stuck his head out and whispered,

"Sprinkle some dirt into the porridge in front of those people, and those who don't need a bite of rice will naturally not grab it."

In his heart, he was feeling proud: [This is a method that we Chinese have proven to be effective, and it works every time. ]

"No one would eat this bowl of porridge unless they were starving to death."

Zi Shuyan was stunned when he heard this. It was indeed a good idea to combine it with Miss Xu's thoughts.

Then he nodded to the chief clerk.

The chief clerk quickly climbed down the city wall, grabbed some dirt from the ground and threw it into the pot.

Seeing the chief clerk's actions, someone immediately cursed: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has pity on us and specially provides porridge, what are you doing!"

The chief clerk clapped his hands and said slowly, "Who is cursing? Come to me and tell me if you have the guts."

He then raised his voice and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been so kind to bring in rice to help those who cannot afford to eat. What are you doing here with food stored at home?"

The chief clerk's cold eyes patrolled the faces of the people in line.

Some people who had something to hide immediately lowered their heads, fearing that they would be seen by the chief clerk, while others covered their faces and quietly slipped out of the team.

"I would like to ask if a hungry person would eat this porridge mixed with dirt?"

"Eat, eat! These are all good food. Your Highness is kind-hearted."

The person at the front of the porridge-distributing line agreed repeatedly with what the chief clerk said.

"Yes, who would not eat sand on a normal day? Life-saving food is good food."

The chief clerk then turned to the officers and soldiers in charge of distributing porridge and said, "Watch out, if anyone tries to take advantage of you again, just add some toppings to the porridge."

The officers and soldiers bowed and nodded to see the chief clerk off.

When the chief clerk returned to the city wall and faced Xu Jinyu, he was in a different state.

"Miss Xu is very talented. She can even think of such a solution. She is worthy of being someone close to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Xu Jinyu's malnourished face flushed from the praise, "It's nothing, I'm just repeating what others say."

"I wonder which genius came up with this idea?" the chief clerk asked carefully.

Xu Jinyu grinned: "I don't remember this very clearly, I just saw it accidentally in a book."

"It's terrible. How can I explain this? I said that this was a plan thought up by Heshen, a famous corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty. But there is no Qing Dynasty here."

Zi Shuyan, who was standing next to him, held his forehead with his hand again. This Miss Xu couldn't even make up a decent story.

She doesn't look like she has ever been educated.

【I go! 】

Suddenly Xu Jinyu caught a glimpse of a familiar figure under the city wall, and she was so scared that she quickly squatted down.

By the way, pull Zi Shuyan and ask him to squat down as well.

[Ah!!! Why did the heroine come to the county town? Shouldn't it be waiting at home for the prince, the tool man, to show up? ]