Dressed as a top-notch girl, leading the whole village to become rich

Ye Guo didn't know yet that someone was transporting grain from thousands of miles away.

She is now trying to find ways to buy food. The price of food in Yongzhou Prefecture is changing every day, and the price of food is soaring.

There are two reasons for this. First, it has not rained yet, and the drought has intensified. Second, the grain in the granaries of major merchants is getting less and less, and the grain shipped from other places is also getting less and less.

Even if the grain was priced sky-high, it had to be bought. Ye Guo even sent Liang Yuan out to buy grain.

But in the current situation, the title of county lord is not always useful.

Fortunately, Magistrate Lu soon sent someone to deliver the good news, saying that most of the wealthy families in the city had agreed to donate grain and money, and the family that donated the most donated 5,000 kilograms of grain and 1,200 taels of silver.

The others had less, but together, they had nearly 60,000 kilograms of food.

It can be seen that Changhua is indeed not poor.

This amount of food is enough to alleviate the urgent need. Even if there is no disaster relief food,

Ye Guo then wrote a suggestion to him that he should use the money to send people directly to buy grain through local authorities.

The entire Yongzhou Prefecture was short of food, so they looked for reliable caravans to buy and transport food from other provinces. Although this would require more time and energy, it could effectively ease the pressure within the Yongzhou Prefecture.

After receiving the letter, Magistrate Lu immediately summoned the reliable caravans in the city, gave them a personal letter, sent yamen runners as effective support, selected two caravans, and set off overnight with silver and money.

It was not practical to distribute porridge in the county town, as too many people would cause chaos. So they built a shed and a pot outside the county town, not only to cook porridge, but also to heat up the oil pan.

The locust plague is becoming more and more serious. Instead of letting people starve to death, it is better to let more people eat locusts.

Ye Guo said that the oil squeezed from the locusts and the salt sprinkled on it would be provided unconditionally by Yejia Village until the famine was over.

After doing all this, County Magistrate Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief and rushed to Yejia Village overnight.

Although Ye Guo was busy after returning to the village, she didn't care. Aunt Liu and the others cared about her health much more than she did.

After dinner, Ye Guo took a walk in the yard to digest the food. Because of the drought, mint and wormwood were hard to find this year.

There are many mosquitoes in the summer, and there is no condition to burn wormwood to repel mosquitoes, so Doctor Peng gave her a lot of sachets to repel mosquitoes. Therefore, when she took a walk, her body was covered with sachets, which looked a bit funny.

It was at this time that Magistrate Lu arrived at Yejia Village. After receiving the news from Anshun and the others, Ye Guo first changed into proper clothes for entertaining guests, and then asked Aunt Liu to make some cool tea for them.

Then Magistrate Lu sat down with a dark face, not even caring about the usual etiquette and rules.

Just as Aunt Liu was about to step forward to remind them, Ye Guo stopped her with a look and she stepped back.

"What happened to Brother Lu?" Ye Guo's heart skipped a beat, fearing that something bad had happened.

Hearing Ye Guo's question, Magistrate Lu took out a letter from his bosom and handed it over, "Read it yourself. The tax exemption decree hasn't arrived yet. Now we have to spend money and manpower to prepare for it."

"My memorials are piling up like a mountain, and they don't know that we can't even get food in Changhua?"

Ye Guo quickly finished reading the letter, but his expression didn't look too bad.

"Didn't the Third Prince say that he loves his people like his own children? He can't dismiss you just because you don't have good food and accommodation, right?"

Magistrate Lu looked up and asked, "Did you know that the Third Prince was coming?"

"The Imperial Master mentioned it to me. Don't you also know that he came to Yongzhou Prefecture a long time ago? He just didn't come to Changhua. There's no need to make such a big fuss about it."

Magistrate Lu: ...

Then Ye Guo was given a scientific explanation.

To sum up, there are standards for the princes in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation. The so-called standards are all made up of money. Even if Changhua sold everything it had, it would be impossible to meet the standards.

"Special situations require special treatment. After all, no prince has ever come here before. We can understand and be flexible." Ye Guo said indifferently.

She had never seen a scene where a superior could decide life and death with a single word, nor had she seen a scene where the emperor's palace took three years to build when he traveled. Naturally, she could not understand the tension of County Magistrate Lu.

"Did the Imperial Master say anything else? Why would the Third Prince come here in confusion? The letter also said that the Third Prince plans to stay here for a while." County Magistrate Lu was worried that one day he would be killed for no apparent reason.

Ye Guo only knew about the Third Prince's affairs after he pushed him too hard last time. He never paid attention to the subsequent events, so naturally he knew nothing about them.

So he asked in an understanding manner, "What earth-shaking things has the Third Prince done since his journey from the Imperial City to here?" Ye Guo asked in return.

Magistrate Lu thought about it and his expression became even uglier. "This Third Prince kills one person almost every three days in the three southern provinces."

Ye Guo: ...

Look at what he said. If someone doesn’t know, they might think that a demon who kills people without blinking an eye has come.

"Brother Lu, if you say that, then your trip today has been in vain." Ye Guo said unhappily.

Magistrate Lu touched his nose in embarrassment, regretting inwardly that he had spoken without thinking.

"The Third Prince came all the way south holding the Imperial Sword, saying he was here to check the salt routes and salt permits, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was definitely not just checking this one thing."

"It is said that the corrupt officials whose property he confiscated along the way all had wealthy families, and some even had assets exceeding 100,000 taels of silver."

While listening, Ye Guo carefully observed the expression of Magistrate Lu, and then he really saw that he was just stating his statement.

I had a lot of questions in my mind about the political sensitivity of Daqing officials.

"Before coming to Changhua, he must have passed through Yongzhou Prefecture. He is in Yongzhou Prefecture now? What has he done?" Ye Guo asked in detail.

"He did not show up in Yongzhou Prefecture, but went incognito and headed straight to Changhua. Xiaoguo, do you think this man is coming for you?"

So after saying so much, this is all he wanted from her?

Ye Guo looked him up and down for a long time, and then asked in an ambiguous tone, "Although the Lu family is not a first-rate family, it has some wealth. Tell me the truth, has the Lu family chosen a side?"

What Ye Guo meant by "taking sides" was whether their Lu family was betting on the next emperor.

The words were so straightforward that Magistrate Lu was stunned for a moment.

This is a clear example of what it means to give someone a taste of your own medicine.

Moreover, this arrow came so fast and fiercely that Magistrate Lu did not even have time to react.

"No, no. Ever since I got in touch with the Imperial Master, the family's resources have been leaning towards this side. If the Imperial Master doesn't take sides, how could I be so stupid as to go and die by myself?"

It's not necessary to say it so bluntly.

Ye Guo still trusted his words, and County Magistrate Lu's guess was not groundless.