Meng Hun listened carefully, but still didn't understand what she meant.
Jiang Pengji continued to speak.
"I'm afraid you don't know, because the surrounding counties and counties have been suffering from drought and food shortages for years, many people have to fall for the grass and become bandits, hiding in the mountains near Hejian County. In recent days, bandits and bandits have robbed their homes more and more frequently. Certainly apprehensive.”
Meng Hun vaguely understood, and asked, "Xiao Langjun is worried that the people will be in chaos, the people will be afraid, and the bandits will take the opportunity to cause chaos?"
She nodded, but shook her head slowly again, "You're only half right, and the most important part of the other half was missed."
Meng Hun was puzzled. He was just a rough person. Even if he was thoughtful, his brain couldn't compare to those black-hearted black belly.
"If people's hearts are in chaos, how do you think they will react?"
Jiang Pengji induced her to continue until Meng Hun's face showed a sudden realization.
"Food is the most important thing for the people. No matter when and where, food and food are the top priority for the people. However, now that the spring ploughing has just ended in January, it is estimated that when the matter is completely spread, I am afraid that we will have to wait for the summer planting, which is far from here. Autumn harvest. The farmhouse spent most of the previous year's harvest, and if someone deliberately spread rumors at this time, such as the spread of soldiers to Hejian County, what do you think?"
Meng Hun's tongue was dry, as if a fire was burning in his throat, and he said somewhat uncertainly, "If this is the case, the people will definitely rush to buy rice grain to prevent the war from spreading, and then there will be no hunger... And rice merchants will naturally also Take advantage of the situation to raise food prices and make a fortune.”
When he left in Meng County, the price of rice and grain had soared five or six times the usual price, and the supply was still in short supply.
It is conceivable how businessmen who only know profit will take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune.
The price of food may soar from five or six times the original to more than ten times, or even dozens of times, under the hype of those who are interested!
"More than that, you seem to have forgotten how many gangsters are robbers near Hejian... They have no food and rely on looting to make a living. When disaster strikes, how will they live? It is impossible to buy from rice merchants, only Can double the plunder of the people…”
After Meng Hun heard this, he was completely stunned.
He was also born in poverty, and he had tasted hunger. He even saw some people who were so hungry that they dug grass roots and tree roots to eat.
If you can't even dig the roots of grass roots and trees, you will eat something called Guanyin soil, which will cause your belly to be as big as a bucket, and you will be forced to death.
Even more tragic, they will steal other people's children. If someone starves to death, the body will be eaten by others, instead of being buried in the ground.
Hejian County looks prosperous on weekdays, but there are also great hidden dangers.
Meng Hun and the others chased Meng Ye to Hejian, where they hid in the mountains and forests.
It's just that he didn't want to scare the snakes, and he didn't want to increase the losses, so he deliberately avoided them.
Thinking about it now, he felt a little shudder.
Because they are unfamiliar with the land, they do not dare to go deep into the jungle, and only move or hunt within a certain range.
But in just such a place, Meng Hun discovered the whereabouts of more than one wave of bandits. What does this mean
It means that the seemingly peaceful Hejian County is now surrounded by bandits!
On weekdays, those desperadoes would be more restrained, and even if they robbed their homes, they would not dare to go too far and cause fatalities.
But what would these bandits do if the people of Mengjun County in Cangzhou were in chaos
They need to survive, they need food, and they need to take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune. Whenever there is chaos, the government can't control them.
In this case, will they still be as quiet as usual
Meng Hun didn't know what the butterfly effect was, but he knew that if Hejian County became like that, it would have an inseparable relationship with him.
For a time, he seemed to be speechless, unable to say anything.
The other subordinates also fell silent one by one. They all came from poor families and suffered hardships. How could they not understand
Jiang Pengji sighed, "However, I have a way to force down the price of food, perhaps to ease the situation a little."
Meng Hun raised his head abruptly, a pair of tiger eyes stared at him, and it took a long time before he could say a word.
"What is Xiao Langjun going to do? Is there anything that needs Meng?"
She raised her hand and pinched her eyebrows slightly tiredly, as if she was very troubled by this.
"I originally wanted to collect some food from Hu County. You all know that my father is the county governor of Hu County, and he has managed the place in good order. With the use of underground water, the drought has been greatly relieved. There is a surplus every year.”
Meng Hun nodded longingly and agreed, "I often listen to it, and the merchants mentioned this. They said that the former Hu County had ten rooms and nine empty rooms and died of starvation everywhere, but after Liu County took office, the situation has improved year by year. , and now it is a place that people yearn for.”
Having said this, he paused for a moment, and said with some embarrassment, "Xiaolangjun tried to alleviate the food shortage in Hejian County with rice grains in Hu County, which is indeed a good thing, but Xiaolangjun has not reached the weak crown, and the money around him is not enough. Rich, even if Governor Liu approves of you doing this... the money and energy spent before and after are probably innumerable, and... maybe it will also arouse the envy of others... "
Philanthropists are not easy to do either. Hejian County Governor may not want to see something like this that is beneficial to win the hearts of the people.
Jiang Pengji said helplessly, "What you said is right, but if you don't do this, why don't you just stand by?"
Meng Hun was stopped by her question and was speechless.
She added, "If there is a better source of rice grain, why would I not want to do it... But, who would be so generous? Whose rice warehouse has so much grain? Are you willing to distribute rice and grain to help ordinary people?"
After several consecutive questions, the men in the whole room were asked, and they... they couldn't think of it.
At this time, the boy who Jiang Pengji thought was a little cute suddenly glanced at him with an expression of "I figured it out".
He pointed to Meng Ye, who was still struggling and was still struggling, and stammered, "He, he, he can do it!"
Everyone was stunned, with a "you're teasing me" expression.
If Meng Ye had such a good heart, would the commander be forced to this desperate situation
They didn't react, Jiang Pengji understood instantly, but still hesitated.
Seeing her expression like this, Meng Hun knew that she might have thought of a way, but she was too embarrassed to say it.
"If Xiao Lang has any good plan, he can say it. If it can be used in Meng's place, he will definitely not refuse."
Jiang Pengji still didn't speak, but the young man stammered and said in a hurry, "Captain, isn't this kid's house full of insects? I heard you say before that the guards guarding the rice warehouse complained that rats were bitten by rats. Got a lot of food…”