"Heh, you said that you are so smart, what can't you think of, you should be a corrupt official who doesn't care about the lives of the people." The demon girl Ruonan glared at Zhu Ping'an, and said angrily, "Don't say that I'm not trustworthy, you have a fart to release quickly, I'll only give you a cup of tea time, too much, the dagger in my hand doesn't agree." ”

"Yes, I'm so smart, how can I be a corrupt official who doesn't care about the lives of the people."

Zhu Ping'an nodded and said.

"Less poverty! I hate you as a self-righteous reader the most, anyway, I only give you tea time, if you like poor mouth, then poor mouth, you waste your time, don't blame the dagger in my hand to drink blood. The demon girl Ruonan sneered, and shook the sharp dagger in front of Zhu Ping'an as she spoke.

"The reason why I raised the price of grain is indeed for the sake of 100,000 people in Jingnan. Don't stare, time is precious, and you can listen to me. ”

Zhu Ping'an didn't waste any time, opened his mouth to explain, and only then did he say a word Seeing the demon girl Ruonan glaring and sneering, he looked like he was about to ridicule himself, so he stretched out a finger and shook it lightly in front of the demon girl Ruonan, and said to her.

"If there's a fart, let it go." The demon girl Ruonan sneered.

"Raising food prices at this juncture is a last resort, and there are two aspects that cannot be used. The first one was unacceptable, and the imperial court was powerless to rescue the Jingnan flood for a while. In my study, there are copies of the official documents that I have asked the Taizhou capital for rescue and disaster relief since the flood, a total of 12 letters, and the Taizhou capital issued a reply two days ago, stating that the imperial court was unable to relieve the flood for a while, so that the counties and counties actively helped themselves. If the girl doesn't believe me, go to my study and take a look. ”

Zhu Ping'an explained slowly, with a clear conscience.

"Hmph, Taizhou Mansion ordered you to help yourself, so you raised the price of grain? Where is your relief, it is clear that you are taking advantage of the fire to rob, fall into the well, and add fuel to the fire! I know that other counties and counties have followed the example of the Taizhou government to arrest profiteers, kill their heads and send them to prison, distribute and replenish the army, and use thunderous means to lower the price of grain, and the price of grain in other places can be reduced to 500 wen per stone. Only you, a little dog official, acted perversely, issued a document in the name of the government, and forcibly raised the price of grain to 2,500 wen per stone, you are trying to force the people to death! ”

The demon girl Ruonan gritted her teeth and glared at Zhu Ping'an, the more she spoke, the more angry she became, the slender jade hand holding the dagger, the green tendons on the back of her hand were exposed, and she almost couldn't control her heart of poking Zhu Ping'an's several transparent holes.

Hate iron does not make steel!

I was quite optimistic about this puppy officer at the beginning, but I didn't expect that I was blind with dog eyes, it is difficult to draw skin and tigers, and I don't know people and faces, but I don't know my heart, this puppy official turned out to be a maggot with a black heart in human skin!

"This is the second inadmissible." Regarding the gritting of teeth of the demon girl Ruonan, Zhu Ping'an said calmly.

"I see how you turn black and white upside down." The demon girl Ruonan watched coldly, pulled the corners of her mouth disdainfully, and looked like she had seen through Zhu Ping'an, quite like Teacher Fan Wei's flickering and flickering expression.

"The second is not to help oneself from the lack of food. Jiangnan was originally the granary of the Ming Dynasty, and more than half of the world's grain came out of Jiangnan. However, most of the south of the Yangtze River was affected by the disaster this time, the grain was destroyed in one fell swoop, and the granary became a grain shortage. The remaining grain in Jiangnan could not last for ten days and half a month. Only by transporting grain from Shandong, Sichuan and Shu and other places where grain is still rich can we rescue millions of people in Jiangnan. The imperial court was unable to provide relief for a while, and only private grain merchants transported grain. Grain merchants need to transport grain at a cost, the journey is thousands of miles, the consumption of people and horses all the way, plus the employment of work, nursing homes, each of which is a large expenditure, and the road also faces the risk of bandits, bandits and even disaster victims, and the grain in Shandong and other places has also risen to 500 Wen. If the price of grain is forcibly reduced to 500 wen per stone, or even 400 wen, then which grain will lose money and risk transporting grain?! If this is the case, when the grain stock in Jiangnan is exhausted, millions of people will have to starve to death! Therefore, I raised the price of grain to 2,500 wen per stone, and induced grain merchants to transport grain to my Jingnan with heavy profits, so that the 100,000 people in Jingnan who were waiting to be fed could have a way to live. ”

Zhu Ping'an sighed and re-explained what he had explained to the county officials.

After Zhu Ping'an finished speaking, the demon girl Ruonan suddenly quieted down, and the ridicule in her eyes slowly subsided.

"That ......" Soon, the demon girl Ruonan seemed to think of something and was not convinced.

"Then I don't need to raise the price of food so high, do I?" Zhu Ping'an knew at a glance what the demon girl Ruonan wanted to say, so he interrupted the words of the demon girl Ruonan and directly said it for her.

"Hmph." The demon girl Ruonan snorted, which was considered a tacit acquiescence.

"In this case, the price is not high. In extraordinary times, only by emphasizing profits can we drive the vast number of grain merchants to continuously transport grain for our Jingnan. Is this price expensive compared to the lives of 100,000 people?! The land south of the Yangtze River is relatively rich, not a poor and weak place such as Shaanxi and Gansu, and ordinary people have a small amount of savings over the decades, especially in Jingnan, because I warned in advance, and the people had time to react, and they all carried gold, silver, fine and soft assets when they fled. In the year of famine, what they needed was food, and although the price of grain was high at 2,500 wen per stone, they could bear it for a while. ”

Zhu Ping'an waved his hand and explained slowly.

"It is precisely because of the above two things that I can't do it, and because of the actual situation in Jingnan, that I have raised the price of grain. The above three are indispensable. If the imperial court had been effective in disaster relief, and if there was no shortage of grain in Jiangnan, I, Zhu Ping'an, would have been the first to cut off the heads of those grain merchants who raised grain prices, and forcibly controlled and stabilized grain prices; If it weren't for the fact that Jingnan has always been relatively rich and can afford it, I, Zhu Ping'an, would not have raised the price of grain. ”

Zhu Ping'an sighed helplessly.

The demon girl Ruonan was quiet again, this time for a long time, and only after a long time did she snort coldly, "Although what you said, it sounds very reasonable. But how do I know if it's your sophistry?! ”

"It's not sophistry, it's true! If you don't believe it, and wait for a month, within a month, the grain in other counties, especially the capital city of Taizhou, will be exhausted, and there will be no grain to sell in the market, and the price of grain on the black market will soar and soar, and it is not surprising that there will be no price in the market, and there will often be no price in the market...... Even if you have gold, you can't buy food, hunger will come, death will come unexpectedly, and the picturesque Jiangnan will become a hell on earth......"

Zhu Ping'an closed his eyes and said weakly, and when he said the end, there were tears in the corners of his eyes......

"You...... A big man is still crying, is he ashamed. "The demon girl Ruonan is a little at a loss.

"Sorry for making you laugh...... It's just that I thought of hundreds of people starving to death, and I couldn't do anything, I couldn't control myself for a while, and I couldn't ...... the people were innocent" Zhu Ping'an took a breath, opened his eyes, looked at the demon girl Ruonan calmly, and said lightly, "I'm done, you can do it." ”

After that, Zhu Ping'an closed his eyes.

In my heart, count 1...... 2......3......

Sure enough, when Zhu Ping'an counted to three, he heard the demon girl Ruonan speak, "Hmph, forget it, let's lend my head to your neck for a month, and I'll see if it's what you say, if you find out that you lied to me, hmph, don't blame this girl's subordinates for being ruthless, I will definitely cut off your head with my own hands." ”