Qu Yutang took a closer look and confirmed that what he saw was lush green grass. His eyes suddenly widened and he looked incredulous.
How can there be green grass?
It is also obviously green grass with plenty of water.
All he saw along the way was dead grass. He had forgotten how long it had been since he had seen such green grass.
Qu Yutang frowned in confusion.
Logically speaking, the drought in Fire Extinguishing City should be the most serious, so how come there is such green grass growing on the ground?
Moreover, the people were not excited at all when they saw such green grass, nor did they stuff the green grass into their mouths and eat it like a treasure.
Is it raining in Fire Extinguishing City?!
How could that be? If it rained in Fire Extinguishing City, the drought in White Dragon City shouldn’t be so severe.
The two cities are so close to each other, if it rains in Fire Extinguishing City, it will definitely benefit White Dragon City.
But he had never seen such green grass in Bailong City.
Just as Qu Yutang was staring at the lush grass on the ground in a daze, a shout caught his attention.
"It's time to stop working and continue tomorrow."
"Hurry up and get your food. One meat bun, two vegetable buns, and three tablespoons of rice porridge per person. Grab your rice porridge and line up..."
A group of women carrying food, holding large iron spoons bigger than fists, shouted at the busy crowd.
Those baskets of steamed buns seemed to be emitting tempting hot steam, as if they had just come out of the pot.
Qu Yutang sniffed, and the aroma of meat buns rushed into his nose.
"Gurgle gurgle~"
Smelling the aroma of rice, his stomach growled uncontrollably.
Qu Yutang swallowed and looked in disbelief at the women distributing white and tender buns to the working people.
Spoonfuls of thick rice porridge were poured into the bowls and basins brought by the people.
How could...
These scenes made Qu Yutang dumbfounded.
Fire Extinguishing City actually has so much food and grass!?
How is this possible? Even if Magistrate Deng had planned for many years, it would be impossible for all the people to have fine grains.
He saw very clearly that the buns and rice porridge were all made of fine grains. Even the buns made in the imperial kitchen might not be so white and tender.
Even the servants of many wealthy families in the capital may not be able to eat such good food every day.
Looking at the endless line of people waiting to get food, Qu Yutang felt that the scene before him was more and more fake.
With a "rustle", Qu Yutang lowered the curtains with a hint of anger and sat in the carriage with a frown.
The carriage was filled with the tempting aroma of meat buns.
He suspected that this was a deliberate show put on by Governor Deng for him.
As for what exactly Magistrate Deng's intentions were, he couldn't figure it out for a moment.
All this can only be known after meeting Magistrate Deng and General Zhong.
All he could do now was close his eyes, look at nothing, and not be frightened by these appearances.
His task was to ask Magistrate Deng why he privately expanded the city wall. As for other matters, it had nothing to do with him.
At this time, the officials following Qu Yutang's carriage could not control the sound of swallowing their saliva.
If they were well fed and well-drinking, they wouldn't be so uncontrollable when they smelled the meat buns.
But they have been hungry for two or three days and really can't bear it anymore.
If it weren't for the little bit of rationality that was left suppressing them, they would have rushed forward to ask for meat buns.
The officers were in great distress and could only speed up their pace and leave the place as soon as possible.
As the officials were walking, they suddenly stopped hearing the squeaking sound of the carriage.
When I turned around, I found that the horse had stopped, buried its head in the grass by the roadside, and was munching on the grass with a "cuckoo cuckoo" sound.
The carriage suddenly stopped. Qu Yutang, who was sitting in the carriage, panicked and asked hurriedly,
“What’s going on!?”
I didn't hear anyone stopping the carriage.
The officer looked helplessly at the horse that was eating voraciously with its mouth wide open, "My lord, the horse is eating grass."
They can control their mouths, but animals can't.
These horses did not pull the carriage to where there was more grass, which was considered very restrained.
Qu Yutang frowned and said, "Hurry up."
Why are you eating grass on the official road? You are just waiting to be laughed at.
While others were eating meat buns and drinking rice porridge, they could only watch and swallow their saliva, which made them feel depressed just thinking about it.
"Yes." The officer responded and turned to drive the horse.
Dead horse, go away!!!
But no matter how the officers beat the horse, the horse seemed to have its four hooves nailed to the ground and did not move at all.
The foaming mouth was buried in the grass by the roadside and he ate with a gurgling sound.
The food tasted so delicious that the officials wanted to pounce on it and take a few bites.
They hadn't had any water for two or three days, and their throats were so dry they felt like they were smoking.
The lush wild grass in front of me looks so tempting at this moment.
If there weren't so many working people around, the officials would have squatted down long ago and pulled out some wild grass to stuff into their mouths to quench their thirst.
There is something special about Qianhuang City.
Looking at the people's rosy faces, they don't look like victims from drought-stricken areas at all.
The people of Bailong City seemed to have been suffering from a long drought.
The officers pursed their cracked lips, slapped the horses to drive them, and looked around in confusion.
Qu Yutang smelled the increasingly strong smell of meat buns, frowned irritably, and shouted in a hoarse voice,
"Why aren't you leaving yet?!"
Before, he thought that those people were just pretending to distribute the meat buns and rice porridge, and they would take them away after they left.
But now the smell of meat suddenly became so strong, it was obvious that these people had already started eating, which was why there was such an enticing smell of meat.
He really couldn't understand how Magistrate Deng could be so generous.
He just took a quick look and saw that there were at least thousands of people there.
These are only the people on one side. If the people on both sides of the official road were added together, there would be at least tens of thousands of people.
So many people were eating big meat buns and thick rice porridge. Even the workers who were building the emperor's palace in the capital couldn't have such good food.
What on earth does Governor Deng want to do?!
Qu Yutang felt like he was being scratched by a cat and was extremely curious.
He now finds it increasingly difficult to understand Magistrate Deng's outrageous actions.
If Magistrate Deng wanted to rebel, he should not have wasted food like this.
Rebellion inevitably requires the support of soldiers and an army, which is bound to be a bottomless pit and requires countless food and fodder.
How can such extravagance and waste be possible at this time?
But if Magistrate Deng hadn't rebelled, why would he suddenly expand the city wall, secretly recruit soldiers, and commit such capital crimes?!
Is it just for the benefit of the people?!
He couldn't be trusted at all when he said that.
If Emperor Tianwu knew about this, he would be sentenced to death.
Would Magistrate Deng only care about his head and not his butt?
Qu Yutang took a deep breath in frustration and urged again.
"Hurry up and pull the horses away. Can't you control a beast?"
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