Zhu Yunwen was somewhat puzzled, after all, there were quite a few residents on the Goryeo side.

However, based on the previous budget, the reserved grain was sufficient to set up soup kitchens and provide porridge to the starving people for a period of time.

It's absolutely impossible to eat all the food in just two or three days.

There must be something fishy going on here, and hearing Fu Youde say that the number of disaster victims seemed to be more than the statistics showed, which aroused Zhu Yunwen's suspicion even more.

It should be noted that Goryeo was, after all, a newly established kingdom, and many problems had not yet been resolved, unlike other parts of the Ming Dynasty, which enjoyed a period of peace and prosperity.

Therefore, since there are many problems with Goryeo, they need to be resolved.

Zhu Yunwen had not encountered this problem before, so he naturally needed to do more research.

As the grandson of the crown prince, destined to become emperor, no matter how trivial the affairs of the world were in his eyes.

He now has the opportunity to learn more, see more, and accumulate experience, which is a great thing for him.

Otherwise, if one were to actually become emperor, there would be virtually no opportunity to personally learn about things, do things, and accumulate experience.

Throughout history, there have been many emperors who, from birth to death, never left the palace, even after becoming emperor.

They knew nothing about the outside world; all their knowledge of it came from their ministers.

The emperor could only believe whatever his ministers said. In some cases, he not only lost the ability to judge, but also the ability to solve and control problems.

In many situations like this, it's easy for officials to lead them by the nose. As a result, many emperors were unaware of the situation among the common people and could only be exploited by their ministers.

Emperors like Kangxi and Qianlong deeply understood this issue.

That's why he often went on incognito visits to truly understand the hardships of ordinary people.

Zhu Yunwen understood this principle even better. He knew that once he became emperor, it wouldn't be so easy for him to leave the palace and go to the common people at will.

Now that he is the grandson of the crown prince and still has this opportunity, he naturally cannot give it up.

The more you know about something, the more you see and experience it, the less likely it is that others will try to deceive or mislead you.

The saying "reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles" roughly conveys the same idea.

That day, Zhu Yunwen, Fu Youde, and Zhao Qingzhu left the Goryeo Palace and arrived at a very wide street.

On this main street, a large soup kitchen was set up by order of Zhu Yunwen. There were many soldiers and officers distributing soup to the starving people who had no food.

When Zhu Yunwen arrived, the soldiers were cooking porridge. Although the food supply exceeded their budget, the remaining amount was enough to last them the day.

The imperial court has been continuing to transport grain here. After Zhu Yunwen arrived, he took a look around the streets.

There were many starving people on the streets, many of whom looked malnourished and dressed in tattered clothes.

In the past, when the King of Goryeo was in power, they did not care about these starving disaster victims because they had limited ability and no intention of caring about them, so they just let them fend for themselves.

Now that Goryeo has been taken over by the Ming Dynasty, it is natural that they cannot ignore these starving people. So they immediately set up soup kitchens to fill the stomachs of these people who have no food.

However, looking at the scene, there were far more than 10,000 starving people standing on this huge street, probably 20,000 to 30,000.

This made Zhu Yunwen's expression somewhat unpleasant, even though he had clearly ordered his soldiers to investigate.

Leaving aside other places, within the royal city alone, there should indeed be only about ten thousand starving people.

Even if there are some extra, the difference shouldn't be too big, and it certainly won't be two or three times more than it is now.

The original 10,000 starving people have multiplied to 20,000 or 30,000.

This is absolutely abnormal.

So Zhu Yunwen continued to watch the starving people holding bowls, waiting to eat.

If he hadn't looked at it, he would have been fine, but after observing it carefully for a while, Zhu Yunwen finally discovered the clue.

His brows slowly relaxed, a smile appearing on his face, tinged with a hint of mockery, as he said to Fu Youde beside him:

"The problem has been found."

Fu Youde immediately asked:

"Your Highness, what exactly happened? Could it be that there was an error in the previous count of starving people?"

Zhu Yunwen shook his head and said, "No, this problem is actually quite simple, and the solution is even simpler. Just watch, and I guarantee that today, the number of disaster victims will be reduced by more than half."

Fu Youde looked at Zhu Yunwen with expectant eyes.

He knew that Zhu Yunwen was very capable, and that Zhu Yunwen's words were never wrong. Since Zhu Yunwen said so, Fu Youde naturally had no doubts.

He looked at Zhu Yunwen with anticipation, wondering how he would solve the current problem.

Zhu Yunwen walked calmly to the large pot of porridge that was being cooked.

These large pots were used locally to cook porridge during times of famine.

This pot of porridge is usually enough to feed several hundred people, and there are twenty or thirty such large pots here.

Zhu Yunwen looked at the dozens of large pots of porridge cooking in front of him, then took a deep breath, made a clicking sound, and spat a mouthful of phlegm directly into the pot in front of him.

When he spat into the pot, the soldiers around him and the disaster victims queuing for porridge were all stunned.

Even Fu Youde couldn't understand what Zhu Yunwen was doing, and Zhu Yunwen didn't explain it to anyone.

He addressed the soldiers who were cooking porridge:

"Listen to my command, all of you spit into the porridge pot in front of you."

Upon hearing Zhu Yunwen's words, the soldiers present and the disaster victims waiting for porridge were even more bewildered.

Fu Youde also felt his mind go blank and hurriedly reminded him:

"Your Highness, the grain we reserved is only enough to cook one batch of porridge. If the porridge gets dirty, then we won't have anything to eat for the time being."

Zhu Yunwen smiled slightly and said:

"It's just spitting, why can't I eat it? Listen to my command, spit right now."

Seeing Zhu Yunwen's extremely serious expression, the soldiers who were cooking porridge naturally dared not disobey, so they all spat into the porridge.

In each pot of porridge, one or two people had spat out phlegm.

This action disgusted many people present. The worst part was that after spitting, the soldiers stirred the porridge in the pot, so that the porridge was more or less covered with that mouthful of phlegm.

Many people in the disaster victims' group started discussing it, and some even showed angry expressions.

However, Zhu Yunwen smiled; his goal had been achieved.