Chapter 183 Disaster Relief Food
After hearing the inner voice, Pei Jingchuan's eyes darkened involuntarily, and he became extremely cold towards the enthusiastic attitude of the governor's family.
Although the King of Qin could not hear it, he knew that even if it was an official family, if the family conditions were not good, the people in the mansion would certainly look bad. Especially when Yuzhou was hit by a drought and the people were hungry, the governor's family members all had rosy faces, and it seemed that they usually ate and drank well.
They dress like this to appear simple and frugal, but it can only deceive those who only look at the surface, such as Pei Jingyuan.
"Your Highness, you have come from afar and must have been exhausted by the journey! I have prepared a small banquet in the mansion. Your Highness and Young Master, please move to the main hall." The Governor continued to smile and stretched out his wide sleeves to make a gesture of invitation.
The King of Qin and Pei Jingchuan had the relief grain they brought placed in the government storehouse before entering the governor's mansion. There were several tables in the mansion, and Pei Jingchuan and Xu Qingyan sat at the same table with the King of Qin and the governor's family. Now, the governor of Yuzhou is the prince's uncle, and the prince's grandfather had retired from the position of Taifu a long time ago and is now living in Yuzhou. At this moment, they are sitting at the same table with Pei Jingchuan and others.
Although the food on the table was not as exquisite as that in the palace, it was still some fine wine and food that could be shown off.
"It is said that the drought in Yuzhou is severe and the people are suffering, but the life of the governor's family seems to be unaffected." The King of Qin glanced at the food on the table indifferently and could not help but sneered.
On the way, they saw that the people of Yuzhou were miserable, all of them were pale and thin, while the governor's mansion was enjoying abundant fish and meat. How could he not be angry?
The governor sensed the displeasure of the King of Qin and hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty, I saw that you were here today and I dared not treat you badly, so I emptied my mansion to prepare such a delicious meal. To be honest, the drought in Yuzhou is indeed very serious. My family and I usually stay at home, eating porridge and vegetables, because the extra rice and money have to be used to support the people.
However, this drought has lasted for a year, and my mansion has been almost emptied out. Today is the only good meal we have. I am afraid that next time, Your Majesty will have to drink porridge with us."
Humph! Originally, he wanted to please the King of Qin with good wine and delicious food, but who knew that the King of Qin would be so disrespectful, so he would just let him drink porridge from now on!
"Okay, from now on the king will drink porridge with you every day." The King of Qin said calmly. The governor did not notice that the King of Qin had a slightly different tone when he said the word "with you".
Xu Qingyan and Pei Jingchuan understood the meaning of King Qin's words and secretly thought that King Qi was cruel. If the governor's family were to be forced to eat porridge in the future, they would collapse into pieces.
After all, it was easy for them to go from frugality to luxury, but it was difficult to go from luxury to frugality. During the banquet, the governor briefly told the King of Qin and the others about the situation in Yuzhou. What he said was different from what Xu Qingyan and the others saw.
According to the governor, they, the officials, tried their best and emptied their savings to help the people, but it was still not enough. The implicit meaning of his words was that they hoped the court could allocate more funds. He also hinted, intentionally or unintentionally, that the king of Qin should give all the relief grain to him, as he was familiar with the area and would arrange people to help every victim.
"Okay! I will ask the young master to hand over the disaster relief grain to the governor for safekeeping. I hope the governor will live up to my expectations. As for the rest, I will write a letter to report to my father. I believe that after my father learns about the situation in Yuzhou, he will definitely ask people to find a way to help the people of Yuzhou." The King of Qin nodded and agreed. This was a strategy he had discussed with Pei Jingchuan before.
The governor was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly thanked the King of Qin. After the meal, the governor clapped his hands and called out several women, all of whom were charming and beautiful.
"Your Highness, young master, life in Yuzhou is hard and boring. I'm afraid you won't get used to it here, so I have specially prepared some caring maids to take care of you. You can pick a few you like and take them back to serve you. They are all gentle and considerate. If there is anything they don't serve well, just tell me." The governor smiled flatteringly.
He thought, there is no man in this world who doesn't like beautiful women. Especially men like the King of Qin who are full of vigor and vitality. They brought all men with them this time. How can they survive without women for a long time?
This time, when she was halfway out, Xu Qingyan had already changed into men's clothes for convenience, so the governor did not see that she was a woman and only thought she was a young man.
"No need! I don't like having women serving me closely!" The King of Qin's face changed and he said coldly.
Besides, he could still flirt with the governor, but he couldn't do that to women. He couldn't let Jin Yu down, and he also hated rouge and powder.
Pei Jingchuan also refused with a look of sarcasm on his face: "Thank you for your trouble, Governor! I don't need it."
Even Pei Jingyuan couldn't help but lecture the governor, "The people of Yuzhou are suffering from disasters. How can you be in such a mood to want a woman?"
Only Xu Qingyan was complaining crazily in her heart: [Oh... Don't refuse! These women are not ordinary women, they are the skinny horses carefully trained by the governor! They grew up in the governor's mansion since they were young and are very familiar with it, especially the woman in green, she knows where the governor hides the stolen money! You guys should get one soon! Get one and turn her over, then it will be very useful for us to clean up the governor's mansion! ]
Pei Jingchuan was shocked when he heard this. The woman in green actually knew where the governor hid the stolen money! At this moment, he even regretted that he had refused too early. He should have pretended to accept it and then persuaded him to rebel.
Fortunately, the governor was thick-skinned enough. He did not give up because of the rejection of the King of Qin and his men. Instead, he smiled and said, "Women are more careful than men. I gave them to you, Your Majesty, because I was afraid that the men would not serve them carefully. After all, when they were in the capital, the adults were all served by maids."
Of course he couldn't give up easily, as his goal was to let these beauties monitor the King of Qin and his men!
But the King of Qin and Pei Jingyuan still refused with cold faces. It was Pei Jingchuan who, after hearing Xu Qingyan's voice, gave the governor a way out and said softly, "What the governor said makes some sense. In this case, let's choose one, the one in green clothes."
The governor was secretly delighted and hurriedly called the girl over and said, "Yuyao, you must serve the young master well these days. It is an honor for you to be favored by the young master."
The woman lowered her eyes gently, bowed and said, "I understand. I will definitely serve and take good care of the young master."
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