The end of natural disasters: the daily life of child brides in ancient times

After King Huai returned to his bedroom, he lazily collapsed on the couch.

Looking at Liu Jiaqi who followed him, he remembered the recent disaster victims in various counties who couldn't buy food, and said seriously:

"Jiaqi, the food problem in various counties is severe now. The big grain merchants in the counties are holding on to the grain and not selling it to others.

Simply releasing grain from our granaries is not a long-term solution.

In this way, you let Wang Shimin pick a few clear-headed people to lead the dozen or so special forces teams to the counties and cities within the fiefdom.

Find out those guys in various counties who are hoarding food and trying to profit from the disaster.

No matter what method you use, you have to get the food out for me!

Today, refugees are still coming here in an endless stream.

A large amount of food will inevitably be consumed in the next period of time.

Fortunately, the counties have started the autumn harvest one after another. As long as we can hold on through these days and collect the grain taxes, most of the problems can be solved.

In addition, in about half a month, the ships that went to the north to pick up refugees should return.

At that time, we can sail to Siam and bring back a large amount of food.

By then, the grain that was taken out of the warehouse can be replenished!"

After Liu Jiaqi agreed, he wrote down the matter and began to report on the situation in various counties and cities in recent days, as well as what changes had taken place across the country.

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Gambling house in Yining County.

Brother Fei looked at the boy who was pinned to the ground in front of him and snorted coldly:

"You are the one who dares not pay back the money you owe?

Do you think I, Dafei, have been around for all these years just to eat and do nothing?

Tiger, first give him two fingers to wake him up!

Li Chengye was pinned to the ground, and even though he struggled desperately, his fingers were still pried out.

Seeing the dagger flashing with cold light getting closer and closer to his fingers, Li Chengye completely collapsed.

His whole face was covered with tears and he cried out:

"Brother Fei, Brother Fei, I really have no money!

But I know where there is food, and I can take you there to get it.

Food is so expensive nowadays. If you have food, you have money!

Please forgive me, please forgive me!"

When Fei Ge heard the word food, his eyes lit up.

He has been in Yining County for so many years, but has never had any contact with the grain business.

Before, he was suppressed by Huwei Daxing and did not dare to compete with Huwei Daxing.

Even the gambling house he owns is barely kept alive by paying money to Huwei Daxing.

But things are different now. Hu Wei has fallen and no one can compete with him anymore.

Moreover, with so many refugees pouring into the city now, the county government is unable to handle it.

Now is a great opportunity to make a fortune!

Thinking of this, Fei Ge grabbed Li Chengye with one hand, slashed his face with a dagger, and threatened:

"You better tell the truth, kid. If I find out you're lying, I'll scrape off every bit of your flesh, cook it, and feed it to you!"

Li Chengye saw the dagger was already above his eyeballs, and after hearing such terrifying words, he trembled with fear and said:

“It’s absolutely true, my family lives in Baoshan Town.

The food was almost gone before I left.

It must be the autumn harvest there now!

As long as you go, I guarantee you'll be able to bring back a lot of food!"

When Brother Fei heard this, he pushed Li Chengye away with contempt and began to ponder the feasibility of this matter.

Li Chengye, who was lying on the ground, gasped in fear after being thrown away.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Brother Fei pulling a few men nearby to discuss how to rob food.

He remembered that when he left Baoshan Town, he was determined to make a career for himself, and now he looked at himself, full of debts and beaten all over.

The more he thought about it, the more upset he felt, and he couldn't help but shed tears.

At that time, he drove out in a carriage, determined to make a name for himself.

He disdains to do that kind of physical work.

In his opinion, doing manual labor will never get him ahead in life.

But he really didn't know how to make money.

Before, he had only gone out to play with the young master of the Sun family a few times.

The places where they came into contact were restaurants, brothels and gambling houses.

In the first two places, he felt that he could not make money.

At this time, he remembered that Young Master Sun went to the gambling house for the first time and won more than twenty taels of silver.

Although I lost it back soon after, I still won after all.

He held the silver ingot in his bag and decided to go in and give it a try.

He had made up his mind. As long as he won the twenty taels of silver, he would pack up and leave, and would never gamble again!

But I don’t know what happened. After he won the money, he just wanted to win again and leave.

And just like that, he won one round after another.

Just when he was in high spirits, he started losing money.

First it was one or two taels, then three or five taels.

Soon, all the money he won at the casino was lost.

He was unwilling to give up and continued to gamble.

It was not until he lost ten taels of silver that he came to his senses as he looked at the ten taels of silver left in his hand.

No matter how much the people around him tried to persuade him, he walked out of the door dejectedly with his bag on his back.

After going out, he chose an inn with a decent environment to stay in, thinking of having a good sleep first and then looking for work tomorrow.

But when he got up the next day, he walked around outside and felt that there was no work suitable for him.

Or, you just don’t make enough money.

Otherwise, it's just selling physical labor and there is no future.

In this way, Li Chengye wandered around the city for several days but couldn't find a suitable job.

One day, when he passed by the alley where the gambling house was, he heard people inside saying that someone had made a hundred or so taels of silver in the gambling house.

He hid in the dark and listened for a long time, and only came out from the corner after the two men walked away.

After thinking it over again, he really didn't want to do those dead-end manual jobs, so he decided to try the casino again.

This time, he only brought one or two taels of silver with him, thinking of being cautious and learning from the people around him.

As expected, the two taels of silver were lost again.

But this time he did not feel dejected. Instead, he felt that he had learned some skills and was a little complacent.

In this way, after several days, Li Chengye felt that his level had improved significantly.

This time when he went out again, he brought two taels of silver with him to test the waters.

As a result, he really won money that day.

He brought two taels of silver with him, won some and lost some, and left with five taels of silver.

Now, Li Chengye really felt that he was very talented.

In this way, after going to the casino for several days in a row, his assets had reached fifty taels by winning and losing.

Just when he was most proud of himself, he lost the most important game.

This round directly made him owe one hundred and fifty taels.