After half an hour, Sun Chuanting led more than a dozen people to drive a few carts back to the rice shop.

Seeing that there were other people, Zhu Youzhen hurriedly caught up with him and asked in a low voice, "Sir, there is no leakage of news, right?" ”

Sun Chuanting also replied in a low voice: "Your Highness, rest assured, except for the princess, no one knows." These guys were randomly found by the ministers from the street, and they didn't know His Highness at all. The minister only asked them to drive the car, and they didn't know about the rest. ”

Zhu Youzhen saw that Sun Chuanting was thoughtful, and he couldn't help but praise it in his heart.

The shopkeeper saw Sun Chuanting coming back in a car, but he said with a wicked smile: "This gentleman, I'm sorry, just a moment after you left, the price of rice has risen again, and the current market is brown rice for four or five dollars of silver." ”

"What?" This time, Zhu Youzhen was also furious, "Didn't you sit on the ground and start the price?" Besides, we have already negotiated the price just now, even if the price increases, it can't be increased for us! ”

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "Who told you that you didn't pay the deposit just now?" Who can believe empty words! Anyway, it's the price now, if not, you can go to another house! ”

Sun Chuanting was so angry that his face turned red, and he had to argue with the shopkeeper. Zhu Youzhen gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, it's at this price!" Sir, let the guys bring in the silver; Shopkeeper, hurry up and load the car! ”

Sun Chuanting was still unconvinced: "Palace... You can't just let them get away with it! This shop is so treacherous, let's take him to the official! ”

The shopkeeper glared and said, "I'm still afraid that you won't be able to!" Tell you, the deputy head of Shuntianfu is my brother-in-law, and you are still an official! If you really want to see the official, I have to reward you with a board! ”

Zhu Youzhen saw that Sun Chuanting was still entangled with the shopkeeper, and said angrily: "Sir, I said it, just at this price!" ”

Sun Chuanting saw that Zhu Youzhen was angry, but he didn't dare to insist anymore. The shopkeeper said with a smile: "I can't see it, this little brother is the one who is in charge." Or are you smart, you want to change this gentleman, and the villain won't do this business anymore! …”

Zhu Youzhen didn't have time to listen to his chatter, so he hurriedly asked the guys to move the silver over. If you look closely, it's a full 10,000 taels.

After the delivery of the silver, the people began to load the carts. Only then did Zhu Youjian find out that one stone at this time was about equivalent to a hundred catties in the previous life, and this thousand stones of grain weighed dozens of tons, and no matter how many carts there were, it couldn't be loaded in one trip.

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen didn't know what to do, Sun Chuanting hurriedly whispered: "Your Highness, you can go buy dry food first, and after filling a big cart, you can go to meet Lord Lin, so that the hungry people can eat for a while." The ministers stayed here, one to supervise the transportation of grain, and the other to arrange the details of opening a porridge factory tomorrow. ”

Zhu Youzhen secretly sighed that he was fortunate to have such a person as Sun Chuanting, otherwise he would really be black-eyed and would not be able to do anything. immediately thanked him: "So there is Mr. Lao!" ”

When Zhu Youzhen returned to Desheng Gate with a cart full of dry food, the hungry people saw it, and no longer ignored Lin Youkun's shouts, they rushed up and began to rob. Zhu Youzhen and the guy who drove the car just wanted to stop it, but they were already thrown out of the car by the hungry people and fell into disgrace.

Lin Youkun was furious when he saw this, and rushed into the crowd with a loud shout. In just an instant, more than 20 hungry people who rushed to climb into the car were all thrown out by him. The rest of the people still wanted to rush up, but when they saw Lin Youkun drawing his sword in his hand, like a fierce god, no one dared to step forward for a while.

Only then did Zhu Youzhen get up from the ground. Seeing that the hungry people were still ready to move, he had to shout hoarsely at the top of his throat: "Don't mess around, everyone has a share of dry food!" You line up and come to the car in turn, and each person is limited to one! If you rob it again, there will be no one! ”

The hungry people made trouble for a long time, and because of Lin Youkun's force, they reluctantly began to line up. Since there was no one to maintain order, everyone wanted to be at the front of the queue and receive dry food as soon as possible.

Order is like that, and if everyone follows order, that's okay; As long as one person does not obey the order and is not punished, the order will end sooner or later.

The same goes for this queue. At the beginning, some people relied on their physical strength to squeeze to the front, and successfully received dry food from Zhu Youzhen. The people in the back saw who could squeeze whomever they were naked, and they couldn't help but move forward, first cutting in the queue and plugging, then you pushing and shoving, and in the end it was a complete chaos.

There are some clever ones among them, who have already received dry food once, and then squeezed to the front to ask for it. What's more, they even snatched the dry food received by the old and infirm, and if they resisted, they immediately added fists and kicks.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Youzhen had to ask Lin Youkun to step forward to stop it. Lin Youkun scolded and beat him repeatedly, although he temporarily scared these people, but he took care of one thing and the other, and more dry food was picked up from the car by the hungry people.

Zhu Youzhen and Lin Youkun were busy from noon to dusk, full of a cart full of thousands of dry food, and they were robbed by the hungry, until the last one was left. There were only one or two hundred hungry people here, but by this time thousands had gathered on the news. Among them, only a few received or grabbed dry food, and many more received nothing, and they couldn't help but get anxious.

Zhu Youzhen and Lin Youkun saw that the crowd began to stir again, although they were so anxious that they were sweating profusely, they had nothing to do. When he was worried, the crisp sound of a horsewhip suddenly sounded, and a person said in a loud voice: "All the hungry people dodge, a porridge factory will be opened here immediately, and those who squeeze forward will not be given porridge!" ”

The crowd finally dodged a road, and Zhu Youzhen looked up and saw that it was Sun Chuanting who led more than a dozen carriages and dozens of men to arrive.

Zhu Youzhen seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, hurriedly ran over and grabbed Sun Chuanting's hand, and said excitedly: "Mr. Sun, you are here!" If I don't come again, I'll be eaten by the hungry!" ”

Sun Chuanting said with tears in his eyes: "The minister is incompetent, so His Highness has been wronged!" As he spoke, he was going to kneel down and ask Zhu Youzhen for his guilt.

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly stopped Sun Chuanting and signaled him not to reveal his identity. Fortunately, there was a mess around them, and no one could hear their conversation clearly.

Zhu Youzhen first briefly introduced the situation just now, and then asked eagerly: "The hungry people are in chaos, what should I do?" ”

Sun Chuanting said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, please go to the carriage to rest, Lord Lin is also in charge of guarding His Highness, and I will leave it to the ministers here." He said a few words to the guys next to him.

Dozens of men were ordered to drive the wagons to one place, and then take this place as the center, pick up their whips and drive the hungry people out. Those who wanted to come forward to rob, after eating a few whips, were indeed much more honest and retreated one after another.

After vacating an open space about five feet square, the men unloaded a lot of stakes and ropes from several carts, and began to drive piles and ropes around the clearing, leaving only two small gates, one in and one out, allowing only one person to pass through.

When everyone was puzzled, Sun Chuanting boarded a carriage and shouted: "Everyone, listen! Our son-in-law has been approved by the Shuncheonfu to open a porridge factory here! There is an order in Shuntianfu: Those who want to receive porridge must abide by the rules and enter the factory in turn. If anyone dares to trespass, or deliberately disrupts the order, the first offender will be severely punished with 20 boards, and the second offender will be immediately beheaded! ”

Everyone saw Sun Chuanting's murderous spirit, and there were a few guys next to him who were either carrying big sticks or holding a single knife, and they were all shocked for a while, and no one dared to come forward to stir up trouble.

Seeing that the commotion gradually stopped, Sun Chuanting jumped out of the car with satisfaction. Zhu Youzhen asked, "Mr. Sun, have you really asked for advice from Shuntian Mansion?" Can the government approve you to kill? ”

Sun Chuanting lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, the minister is just bluffing, scaring and scaring these extremely hungry people. In extraordinary times, we must have some extraordinary measures, if we follow the rules, I am afraid that our porridge factory will not be able to open. ”

Lin Youkun shook his head when he heard this, disapproving. Zhu Youzhen felt that Sun Chuanting really had a way to do it, and he had a good appetite for himself.

At this time, the men began to busy setting up the stove again, setting up the big iron pot, and preparing to chop wood. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen cauldrons were ready to start cooking porridge.

Zhu Youzhen looked refreshed and asked happily, "Where did Mr. get so many people?" Just now, Lord Lin and I were busy on all fours, and we only distributed a cart of dry food, and we made a mess. ”

Sun Chuanting said with a smile: "Chuanting just temporarily hired some idlers from the market, and each person was given a penny of silver for a day. Even if these thirty people worked for a month, one hundred taels of silver would be enough. Of course, without His Highness's silver, the court would have the power to reach the heavens, and they would not be able to obey their orders. ”

Seeing that Sun Chuanting arranged the porridge factory in an orderly manner, Zhu Youzhen was relieved. At this time, Lin Youkun said: "Your Highness, it's almost dusk, shouldn't we go back to the palace?" If you don't enter the city again, the gates will be closed. ”

Zhu Youzhen knew that Lin Youkun was really taking a big risk to accompany him out of the house, and he should not be allowed to do it too difficult.

Seeing this, Sun Chuanting also said: "Your Highness, rest assured, it is enough to have Chuanting alone, and you can deal with it for a few days." If there is any difficulty, the minister will return to the palace to report. ”

Zhu Youzhen was protected by Lin Youkun and entered the city. He thought to himself that he had never even been a cadre in his previous life, and now he was presiding over a major event related to the life and death of thousands of people at once, although he was in a hurry, he had made a good start. When I think of this, I feel happy.

It's just that the thought of using ten thousand taels of silver today makes him feel empty in his heart. Who knows how many hungry people there are, and when the porridge factory will be opened? If there are too many hungry people, won't it become a bottomless pit, and you will lose your own family's wealth? How do you explain to Rui'er when you go back?

It happened that the two walked to the door of the Dexingmi again. Zhu Youzhen remembered that he was slaughtered today, and couldn't help but bump into the fire.

Lin Youkun saw that Zhu Youzhen's face was angry, and after asking the reason, he was also furious: "Good profiteer! Your Highness, it's better to let the lowly official go in and kill him cleanly! ”

Zhu Youzhen took it into account, and said with a sinister smile: "Don't kill all day long, can't you do something else?" ”

Lin Youkun was stunned: "Something else... I won't be humble..."

Zhu Youzhen patiently enlightened him: "Haven't you heard that thieves eat thieves, and the more they eat, the fatter they get? ”