Chapter 228 Father Rolls Up (1 update)

Lu Chengtian was quick-witted and quickly snatched the two bags of hot pot base. "Prince, I have something to say to you. How can you take back the things that have been given out? It's so undignified!"

Lu Zexu was so angry. His father was really an old fox. As expected, he shouldn't be happy too early.

But Lu Chengtian got the advantage and still acted ungratefully. He was not satisfied with getting two bags of hot pot base. He stretched his neck to look at the small box in Lu Zexu's hand. The two bags of hot pot base were taken out from here. Such a big wooden box should contain a lot of bags, right?

Lu Zexu seemed to sense the danger, and the sense of crisis of a foodie erupted at this moment, and he immediately hugged the wooden box.

Facts have proved that the old ones are still the wisest.

Lu Chengtian took the lead and snatched the wooden box back directly. When he opened it, he saw that it was really a full box. He wanted to leave with the box in his arms.

"Hey! Hey! Hey!" Lu Zexu jumped up and blocked his way.

"Father, aren't you robbing me?"

Lu Chengtian ignored him and started to hide while holding the wooden box. "You have such a full box, but you only gave me two packs. Aren't you too unfilial? Why don't you give me half of it instead of all of them!"

Lu Zexu was stunned. He thought he was shameless enough, but he didn't expect that his father was even more shameless!

This guy is just robbing!

"Father! There's also room for my eldest brother, fourth brother, fifth brother, my uncle, and my aunt!" Lu Zexu opened his arms to stop a robber.

Lu Chengtian laughed when he heard it.

"Oh, it's rare that your royal grandmother is not here this time? I actually won once!"

Lu Chengtian was a little proud.

Then his eldest son poured a basin of cold water over his head.

"My royal grandmother is old, and it's not suitable for her to eat hot pot. It's not good for her health." Lu Zexu said.

Lu Chengtian: "..."

He brought shame upon himself.

He held the wooden box against the pillar, "Since it was the immortal who gave the food, why did the immortal choose you and not me?"

When Lu Zexu heard it, he hurriedly explained, "The immortal did not choose me, but because I was in charge of disaster relief this time. Since the immortal did not want the people to suffer, he could only give it to me."

Lu Chengtian couldn't help but think deeply, "Since I am grateful to the immortal because I am diligent in government, love the people, appoint talented people, and work hard to govern, then why doesn't the immortal come to see me?"

Lu Zexu began to deceive, "It must be that my father did not do something to satisfy the immortal!"

"Maybe he is not diligent enough, not loving the people enough, not frugal enough, not observant enough, not understanding the people's feelings, not selfless enough, not wise and brave enough..."

He counted them one by one with his fingers, and Lu Chengtian's face became darker and darker. Isn't this just short of saying that he is a tyrant?

Lu Zexu took advantage of his distraction and immediately snatched the wooden box back, "Father, you should go back to the palace to review the memorials, the immortals are watching."

Lu Chengtian was caught like this.

With a flick of his long sleeves, he took the first two packets of hot pot ingredients and went back to the palace to work hard.

He also wanted to see the immortal.

Lu Zexu breathed a sigh of relief and patted the wooden box on his chest. Fortunately, this box of hot pot base was saved.

His thighs are not yet.

Lu Zexu looked in the direction of the palace gate and couldn't help but smile. He thought that his father would not bother him for a while.

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The disaster situation in the four northern prefectures was very serious.

Houses collapsed, people were poorly clothed and hungry, not to mention the starving people everywhere, there were countless casualties.

Even if some officials opened the warehouses to release food, it could only hold out for a while. There were too many people affected by the disaster. Those who had stored food at home could still hold on.

But those who did not have stored food at home could not even beg on the streets in the current situation.

Under the pressure of hunger and cold, getting sick was almost inevitable.

The rising price of food in the city made the situation even worse. The silver that could originally buy a stone of food could not even buy half of it now.

The common people suffered especially hard.

Even the main streets in the city were filled with disaster victims.

All the grain merchants in the city united together, and even the families with a little wealth could not afford to buy grain.

The most infuriating thing was that even if they paid a high price and bought grain, the grain was mixed with gravel, and there was not much to eat.

A disaster enriched the pockets of these big grain merchants.

The city was full of disaster victims, but these big grain merchants were in the restaurant eating delicacies from land and sea, watching singing and dancing, and celebrating their success.

"Boss Hu, thanks to your good advice, we brothers have made a lot of money this time."

"Yes, Boss Hu is really an old man. He has made more money these days than I make in a year!"

"I will definitely follow Brother Hu's lead in the future!"

There were six people in the private room, all led by Boss Hu with a goatee.

On the table were fine wines and delicacies from land and sea.

In my ears were the sounds of silk and bamboo, and luxury was everywhere.

Inside and outside the room, it seemed like two different worlds.

"Boss Hu, I'm still a little worried. I heard that the one who came to provide disaster relief this time was the current second prince. If these royal nobles are not satisfied with the grain prices you and I set, they will directly kill us. What should we do?"

The brave little ones couldn't help but worry.

Boss Hu stroked his goatee and said in an unfathomable manner, "We are waiting for the officials to come to provide disaster relief. When they come, we can make a lot of money! Much more than what we have made in this period of time."

When the others heard this, greed and desire immediately flashed in their eyes.

"Don't panic, it will be more beneficial to you and me if the princes come to provide disaster relief." Boss Hu smiled and was confident.

Everyone's eyes were focused on him.

Boss Hu smiled and said, "What these princes care about most is their reputation. The princes are providing disaster relief because they want to do their job properly. These princes grew up in rich and poor families. They don't care about how much silver they have or how much grain they have."

"They just want a disaster relief result, so we can just make money without worry!"

Boss Hu's words reassured everyone, and they even planned to raise the price of grain by another 10%.

Several grain merchants were looking forward to the arrival of the disaster relief team to make another big profit.

They planned very well, but they didn't know that when the second prince and his party arrived in the city, they directly gathered doctors to treat patients, set up porridge shops, and started to distribute porridge. They had no intention of going to the major rice stores in the city.

In the first three days, these grain merchants were still stable. Since it was disaster relief, they must have brought some food. The government had already released the news of the court's disaster relief. More and more people would flock to the city. The little food they brought was enough to distribute porridge for a few days!

However, on the fourth, fifth, and sixth days, the number of porridge stalls not only did not decrease, but increased.

In addition to the free porridge on the first three days, the rest of the time, people had to obey the government's orders to do things, such as clearing official roads, cutting wood for firewood, or repairing houses.

Anyway, if you want to eat, you have to work.

Eighty percent of the people in this state and county were almost starving to death. Now that they could eat, their eyes turned red. In order to work, they naturally obeyed the government's orders and started working.

As long as they worked, they would have food to eat, and those who worked well would get an extra boiled egg.

These days, for these lower-class people, eggs are precious things, the kind that they usually don't want to eat.

But now, as long as they work hard, they can eat, so what are they waiting for?

Of course they will follow the instructions!

Moreover, repairing houses is also for the people whose roofs have collapsed. How is it different from working for your own family?

Of course you have to work hard.

These people are like this. As long as they are given a way to make a living, no matter how hard or tiring it is, they will stick to it to the end.

The originally lifeless city became lively again because of the porridge stalls.

After seeing this, the grain merchants in the city could no longer sit still after waiting for ten days.