I travel back and forth between ancient and modern times, hoarding goods to raise my grandchildren a

Before figuring out how to upgrade, she allocated some resources.

It was divided into two portions.

One serving contains thirty bags of rice, sixty barrels of bottled water, one hundred and twenty jin of pork, sixty jin of vegetables, six barrels of oil, six bags of salt, and six bags of sugar.

One serving is a little less, containing only five bags of rice, five barrels of bottled water, twenty pounds of pork, ten pounds of beef, ten pounds of mutton, two chickens, two fish, ten pounds of vegetables, about ten pounds of fruit, two bags of salt, two bags of white sugar, one barrel of oil, and two bags of flour.

"Zhou Nan, take your men and divide this large portion into sixty pieces, then send them to the slums."

"Steward Zhou, take some men and deliver this small amount to the Ministry of Revenue's residence."

Previously, supplies were limited, and what they were given was only enough to keep them from starving.

Now that there's more food, I'll give them more so they can eat well, as a way of repaying them for providing her with so many points over this period.

Tao Xinran looked at Yu Wanwan with shining eyes, then at all the food Yu Wanwan had prepared for their family.

She thought for only a moment, then immediately raised her hand and said, "Grandmother, I would like to go home with Butler Tao."

Yu Wanwan thought that she was homesick after being away from home for a few days and wanted to go back to visit, so she agreed.

Although it seems like a lot was given away, even more was left over.

Yu Wanwan looked at the remaining food and then divided it into another portion.

This one is slightly larger than the one given to the Ministry of Revenue's office.

Five bags of regular rice weighing 50 jin each, and five bags of fragrant rice weighing 10 jin each.

Five 10-pound bags of flour and five bags of dried noodles.

Twenty buckets of water.

Fifty catties of pork, twenty catties of mutton, twenty catties of beef, five chickens, five fish, two barrels of oil, three bags of salt, and three bags of white sugar.

Twenty catties of vegetables, twenty catties of fruits and vegetables.

Butler Zhou watched from the side, a knowing look on his face.

This must have been prepared by their matriarch for the Yu family.

Their matriarch is so kind; the Yu family treated her so well, yet she remained so kind to them in return.

He was worried that his wife would be bullied by the Yu family if she went there, so he offered, "Madam, this old servant will personally deliver these foods to the Ministry of Rites' residence and make sure no one takes them away."

Yu Wanwan?

"Who said I was going to send it to the Minister of Rites' residence? I was clearly going to send it to the Imperial Palace."

Now that she is in ancient times, she must adapt to local customs and act as an ordinary citizen who respects imperial authority.

She has so much food, it's pointless not to take it out, but as soon as she does, the Emperor will find out eventually, so she might as well take the initiative and get on the Emperor's good side first.

"Send it to the palace?"

"Of course, our general is so supportive of the emperor, and as his wife, I certainly can't hold him back. Since we have surplus food at home, we must feed the emperor first."

She spoke with righteous indignation.

In fact, the current emperor is a wise ruler. At the beginning of the famine, he sent princes and ministers to various places to supervise the opening of granaries and distribution of grain to relieve the disaster victims.

After the government grain supplies in various places were running out, he implemented a series of measures, such as rewarding those who donated grain to a certain extent with official promotions and encouraging wealthy merchants and prominent families with surplus grain to donate.

It can be said that the three-year drought has passed and the Great Sheng Kingdom has not yet been destroyed, thanks in no small part to the emperor.

She was perfectly willing to cling to the coattails of such a virtuous emperor.

Butler Zhou looked at the mountain of food piled up in the yard, then at the portion that had been set aside.

He boldly suggested, "If it is to be sent to the palace, this old servant thinks we can send more. After all, the number of people in the palace is far greater than that of a Minister of Revenue. These things will not last long after they are sent there. Moreover, if the Emperor finds out that the food you sent to the palace is not much different from the food sent to the Minister of Revenue's residence, he will probably be unhappy."

Even the most enlightened ruler is still an emperor, and emperors all believe that they are the most powerful and respected person in the world.

They all like to be suspicious of this and that.

If the Emperor were to find out that he was not much better than the Minister of Revenue in the old lady's eyes, the delivery of the grain might backfire.

Yu Wanwan had already had her servants pack the things for her, and smiled calmly: "It's alright, the food I sent to the palace is enough for them to eat for two days. I will go to the palace to deliver food every two days from now on."

He would make his presence known to the emperor every two days, which made him truly memorable.

Besides, if she goes there every day, even if the emperor is reluctant to accept it, he would still have to give her a reward every time he takes something from her.

The rewards given by the emperor would be worth much more in modern times; one item could be worth dozens of other items.

She could become incredibly wealthy simply by receiving the emperor's rewards.

In this way, the pressure of exchanging leftover food for money will be much less, and she can do whatever she wants.

Everything is organized.

Yu Wanwan waved her hand.

"Come on, children, come with me to the palace."

She brought along a large group of her grandchildren, Yu Chengcheng, and Xu Huai'an.

"Once you get to the palace, be a little sweeter with your words and greet everyone you see."

The children have all pleased the nobles in the palace, and when the nobles are happy, they must reward them.

Even if each child is only given one hairpin, these eight children will have eight hairpins.

"Come and line up, I'll give you some lollipops and White Rabbit milk candies. If I see any kids around your age, I'll share some candy with them."

You must take the rewards, and you must also earn the points.

Butler Zhou and Zhou Nan had also finished packing their things, and they had hidden them in their baskets.

Cover the basket with a cloth, and finally cover it with a thick layer of kaolin clay.

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To outsiders, it would appear as if the general's mansion was truly starving, digging up so much clay.

Yu Wanwan's situation was much simpler; she could just hide the items in her spatial storage.

However, he still frowned as he looked at Butler Zhou and the others.

Once you've secured a powerful patron, you'll need to ask the Emperor for a few more men.

Even at times like this, there would still be many guards in a palace.

Inside the palace.

The ministers are now starving, and the morning court sessions, which were originally held daily, have been changed to once every seven days.

Today happens to be the day for the morning court session.

The ministers stood in the court for an hour, their steps unsteady as they prepared to leave. Suddenly, they looked at the Minister of Revenue with some doubt.

"Lord Tao, you look even better than you did seven days ago! And you've even gained a little weight?"

Anyone who has ever tried to lose weight knows how difficult it is.

But gaining weight is very easy.

You can gain a lot of weight by overeating for just one or two days.

The Minister of Revenue's residence has been able to eat white rice these past few days.

The Minister of Revenue was indeed noticeably overweight among the group of thin men.

Hearing the ministers' words, Minister Yu of the Ministry of Rites also looked over in confusion.

He heard from his wife that a few days ago, Madam Tao brought a bowl of rice to their residence for Yu Chengcheng to eat. Could it be true?