The next morning,
Tang Qingxi got up early and went to the door to see that the line was still endless. After opening for a whole night yesterday, the line did not get shorter but longer. He looked carefully and saw that many people looked exhausted. He thought they were people from near the capital who had arrived.
Ye Qingyi got up early and replaced the palace maids, eunuchs, and Zhao Siqi and Wu Daniu who were on duty last night.
Seeing that he was not the one being visited, Tang Qingxi came to the warehouse and unexpectedly saw Emperor Wu and the old man squatting at the door of his own warehouse, grinning foolishly.
The emperor of a country was grinning foolishly, what a shame. Those old gentlemen didn't care and just followed suit.
Tang Qingxi picked up an adult at random, pointed at Emperor Wu, and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you running over here and smiling like an idiot?"
This gentleman was a young man, a minor official in the Ministry of Revenue who was in charge of finances. Seeing that Tang Qingxi was a little overwhelmed, he pulled Tang Qingxi and said with tears and laughter: "Don't you know how poor our emperor is! He just founded the country and has to appease the refugees, reduce taxes and levies, and reward officials and generals. The Ministry of Revenue's treasury is full of money. This is great, great."
Emperor Wu stood up and saw the clerk crying and exposing his past, but he was not angry. He was in a good mood today. Tang Qingxi asked, "What's wrong?"
It turned out that the emperor was in dire need of money. He came this morning to see how much money was sold yesterday and gave him some of it first. He wanted to buy food and provide porridge to the refugees.
They arrived early, and Tang Qingxi hadn't gotten up yet, so Ye Qingyi asked Emperor Wu to see how much gold and silver there was. Wow, there were two mountains of silver and one mountain of gold, and he had half of it. Emperor Wu thought that all the gold and silver awarded by the emperor were there, so that's why Tang Qingxi saw the scene he just saw.
Tang Qingxi didn't say anything more. He just waited for the guards outside to come and help His Majesty move the money, and started chatting with Emperor Wu while moving.
Early this morning, the streets of the capital were bustling with people eating and drinking. The shops on both sides of the road were eager to make money, so most of them were open. Tea shops, food shops, needlework shops, jewelry shops, as long as they were open, there were customers coming in. They made a lot of money early in the morning, and I thought that by the afternoon, all the shops on the street would be open.
Tang Qingxi saw people coming and going on both sides of the procession, some selling water with baskets on their shoulders, and others selling cakes with baskets on their shoulders. They were all ordinary people, so he asked the emperor, "Is there still no one coming to the first floor to buy food?"
Emperor Wu said, "No, the people don't believe that food can be so cheap."
Tang Qingxi had no idea what to do for the moment, so he decided to wait and see.
South of the capital,
This is a slum in the capital. People who live here do the most tiring work and earn the least money.
When the emperor entered the city, he ordered the soldiers not to disturb the people. Not a single person died in the area because of the war, but they were too scared to go out.
Each family had little food in stock, and it has almost all been consumed.
Dalang is the only strong laborer in Dalang's family. His wife, mother and children all rely on him to carry sacks for others to earn some food. His family ran out of food five days ago. These days, he drinks water when he is hungry, and his stomach rumbles when he stands up.
The little daughter at home was so hungry that she couldn't even make a sound. My wife would touch her nose from time to time to see if she was still alive.
Dalang got out of bed with his weak legs. He had to get some food, or his daughter would die. These days, people outside were calling the emperor to bring him some rice and noodles, two yuan a pound. No matter whether it was true or not, he had to give it a try.
"My dear, what are you going to do? Just lie on the bed and save your energy." The woman said weakly when she saw her husband get up.
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