In the years of famine, I was well versed in history and pampered the Northern Army

Lu Yan looked up at the desolate scene in front of Xixiang. Only half of the houses were left.

Now these villagers looked relatively well off, but the clothes they wore were even worse than those of the beggars in the capital, not to mention the patches, they were even naked. So when they saw Lu Yan, they smiled as if he were a savior.

"You are the one who saved the whole country!"

The faces of the people below were all black, and they were afraid that they had stained Lu Yan. They retreated embarrassedly, but they also wanted to get closer to him.

The children next to them were all pale and skinny, with thin arms and legs, looking as if they had never had a full meal. Lu Yan couldn't bear it.

Lu Wei next to him laughed:

"Why, my royal brother, you've lost all patience so quickly? I estimate that 70% of the people in Yunjin don't live as well as he does. The prosperity of Shangjing is truly dazzling!"

Lu Zhou wasn't as sharp as Lu Wei, but he also smiled faintly:

"Royal brother, the wealth and luxury we live in the capital is due to our bloodline. If they had been born into a good family, they wouldn't have ended up like this. Why are you so worried?"

Lu Yan ignored him. He knew that some people in this world were born noble, while others were born humble. However, the people before him looked so much like the scene when he first encountered the Zhenbei Army.

At that time, the Zhenbei Army was also a group of orphans, each of them looking pitiful, searching for food in the snowy winter nights, which really made him feel sorry for them.

Now the people in Xixiang also live such a life. He feels really sorry when he sees them living alone.

"You two royal brothers are right. I was inconsiderate. There are many things going on in Xixiang right now, and you two brothers are exhausted from the journey. If you need anything, please tell me first. I will go and take a look at the relevant situation."

Of course, etiquette was essential. After he performed the ceremony, his words were perfect and the two of them had nothing to refute, so he began to wander around Xixiang.

He saw that the children on the roadside were living like beggars, but in Xixiang, miraculously, there was not a single beggar.

After thinking about it, he understood. These people were already living like beggars. Even if some more beggars appeared here, what could they get?

In the evening, he walked to a family's house. Although he was dressed in expensive clothes, he did not reveal his identity at the time. The family was very hospitable.

"Sir, you look so imposing and impressive, how come you're here? Look, we're so poor here, we don't have anything to offer you."

Lu Yan waved his hand:

"No need to treat me, I'm just passing through and wanted to see if I could have a meal."

The most important thing here is to look at the diet.

Seeing that the woman was a little embarrassed, she didn't want to drive Lu Yan away, but it seemed that she really couldn't come up with it. However, she seemed to have made up her mind:

"Okay, if you want to eat it, we can provide it. But I'm afraid it won't be palatable to you."

"No need, just show me what you eat every day. I'm not as precious as you think."

So the woman just carefully went to the kitchen to prepare meals for Lu Yan. Lu Yan also walked around in this shabby thatched house, and the more she walked, the colder she felt.

On weekdays, he is devoted to defending his country. Therefore, although Yunjin has not been enterprising for such a long time, there have been very few border troubles and it has always lived in peace.

He had always thought that as long as he protected the country, the people here would be able to live well. But today when he came to Xixiang, he realized that this was not the case at all. Xixiang was originally a rich country, but it became like this because of the drought. However, now Xixiang has more than 70% of the imported people living there, so what about the rest of the people?

Now, the man in this rich family seems to have died outside. I heard that there was no food at home, so he went out to sea with others, but was drowned by the waves. His son also died, leaving only the mother and daughter to depend on each other here.

It was not until tonight that Lu Yan found out what the food he was talking about that he could never eat was.

The noodles were leftovers from other people and he had secretly picked them up from other places. There were even teeth marks on them from other people's eating. The leaves were truly rotten leaves picked up from the vegetable market, and there was no room to eat them at all.

When the dish was served on the table, Lu Yan remained silent for a long time, not knowing what to say.

He sighed and put a silver ingot on the table, and suddenly thought that in Xixiang, this silver ingot could not even be exchanged, so he put some small change and some copper coins on it. He did not eat the food on the table.

The woman saw Lu Yan doing this and quickly waved her hands, looking extremely frightened.

"You're really putting us down. I've made you such an ordinary meal, and you've given me so much. This is more than I can ever repay you."

Lu Yan didn't say anything and didn't seem to have any intention of accepting it. The woman didn't dare to say anything more to him and just kept silent.

The woman was a little embarrassed. Seeing that Lu Yan really couldn't eat it, she could only smile and explain to him:

"Sir, I'm not trying to be hard on you. This has been our food rations for a long time. Don't you know that food prices in Xixiang have skyrocketed. It's simply out of reach for ordinary people like us. That's why many people from Xixiang have been forced to leave. But other towns are unwilling to accept us, so we can only go elsewhere and pick up rotten vegetable leaves to eat."

Lu Yan had heard of these things, but when they were actually unfolded before him, he was still deeply shocked.

"I've heard all this."

He really didn't say that, this was not even as good as what the servants in Prince Jing's Mansion ate, and it was not even as good as the food the servants gave to beggars.

The thatched cottage of this woman's home was relatively intact, which was why Lu Yan chose to move in. He couldn't imagine what kind of life other people lived.

Do I have to go to the temple and eat Guanyin soil every day?

Lu Yan didn't eat a single bite. Now he returned to his residence, but thought about his experience today and how he had no one to share it with, so he wrote a letter:

"Witch, Lu Yan has worked so hard to guard the border, but the people of Yunjin are living in this kind of environment. Lu Yan feels really bad for it."

He told Chu Qingyin in detail what he saw and heard today.

Chu Qingyin was bored studying these days. When she received Lu Yan's letter, she quickly opened it and saw these things. She frowned and sighed.