He had barely picked up his wine glass when the portly tycoon said:

"How could Your Highness allow you to eat such things? Come with me to my residence, where all kinds of wine and dishes are readily available to satisfy you."

Zhu Yongtong stood up, somewhat embarrassed, and said:

"Oh dear, how could I possibly accept that? I'm asking you to provide food and money, and now I'm expected to eat from your food? I just can't bear to do that!"

Everyone burst into laughter, thinking Zhu Yuntong was joking. Little did they know that Zhu Yuntong's words were utterly sincere, spoken from the bottom of his heart.

In the end, he couldn't resist and was invited by the fat tycoon to go to the fat tycoon's mansion with everyone.

However, Magistrate Li declined, saying he was too busy with official duties.

Zhu Yunwen knew that he had misunderstood him, but he did not explain further.

If this were explained, and word got out, the plan would fail.

After watching Zhu Yunwen and his entourage leave, Magistrate Li snorted, then abruptly waved his sleeve and roared:

"How hateful, how hateful! What imperial grandson, what prince? A villain, a treacherous villain!"

Lord Li was heartbroken and turned to Zhu Yunwen, telling him everything that had happened.

This wouldn't have seemed strange to Zhu Yunwen, after all, he wasn't exactly a saint either.

However, since it was Zhu Yunwen who did this, it was a weakness. Zhu Yunwen immediately took the moral high ground and gave Zhu Yunwen a reprimand behind his back.

He said to Magistrate Li, "Magistrate Li, have you seen clearly? My third brother is no good."

In such a dire situation, he's still only thinking about profiting from human suffering? His despicable nature is evident!

Magistrate Li sighed and said, "If I had known he was this kind of person, I would never have invited these gentry and wealthy people to come and harm the people for him."

Seeing them profiting from the suffering of others fills me with deep remorse. I implore Your Highness, Second Prince, to find a way to truly alleviate the suffering of the victims.

As for these three grandsons of the emperor, I will certainly write a memorial to His Majesty and impeach them severely.

Zhu Yunwen immediately laughed and said, "Good, good, Zhu Yunwen, you're really courting death."

That evening, Zhu Yunwen and Zhao Qingzhu had a proper meal.

He was in a good mood because, in his view, the problems of the disaster victims in Hukou County had been resolved in a good way during this period.

As for why he did this, it was because after arriving at the fat tycoon's house, he discovered that the tycoon had over a hundred servants, including his own family members.

Despite having over a hundred family members and servants in this luxurious mansion, they still managed to eat and drink well without any concern about the impact of the drought.

Therefore, it can be seen that either he is very rich, or she is very wealthy, or he has both.

So, once this fat sheep is slaughtered, it might be able to give many of the disaster victims in Hukou County a good meal.

During the meal, Zhu Yunwen subtly inquired of the portly tycoon:

"You have quite a few people living in your household. The cost of food, clothing and other necessities for so many people must be enormous. With the disaster spreading, your extravagant spending probably won't last more than a few days."

Upon hearing this, the portly tycoon burst into laughter and said:

"To be honest, my household's grain reserves, just considering rice, flour, and other food items, are enough to feed the people in my household for more than half a year."

Even if we run out of food, I can use the money to buy food from farther places, so I won't have to worry about food and drink at all.

The wealth accumulated by our ancestors over generations cannot be destroyed by a mere drought. It has virtually no impact whatsoever.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunwen smiled sincerely and said:

"That's good...that's good..."

It's really good; enough to feed hundreds of people for more than half a year.

Half a year, or nearly two hundred days, is enough to feed one hundred people for two days. If all of it is donated, it can solve the food problem for many disaster victims.

Most importantly, the other four gentry and wealthy men were not surprised at all when they heard what the fat tycoon said.

What does this mean? It means that compared to this fat tycoon, their reserves of food and money are no less, if not greater.

These few fat sheep in front of us could probably feed hundreds of thousands of disaster victims for several days.

Zhu Yunwen was in a very good mood; it seemed that a solution had been found for the time being regarding the disaster.

So he ate without any guilt, and occasionally put some food on Zhao Qingzhu's plate.

As a person from a later era, Zhu Yunwen felt that serving food to girls was not a strange thing.

Especially since the other party is his fiancée, he should show even more concern.

Although they are not married yet, it is clear from this period of time that Zhao Qingzhu has feelings for him.

Zhu Yunwen was also somewhat attracted to this straightforward, highly skilled, and sometimes quite cute girl.

So in his view, it wasn't strange to serve food to his fiancée.

However, Zhao Qingzhu kept imagining things.

I think Zhu Yuntong is a warm man, considerate, and a rare good man.

As a woman in ancient times, facing such a kind man, even though they were not yet married, it did not prevent her from developing more feelings for him.

A more proactive person from later generations, who was willing to swallow his pride.

He was facing a relatively traditional and shy ancient woman.

It was inevitable that sparks would fly between them.

Because they both possess qualities that can move each other.

Perhaps this is what they mean by mutual effort and joint commitment.