When Jun Canglan saw the soft and cute little girl, he felt itchy in his heart.
Although this little girl has a cold and world-weary face, she is still unbearable when she acts coquettishly.
Seeing that the girl wanted to continue, he nodded with a serious face: "Okay, okay, I'll take you with me!"
As he spoke, he picked up Jun Xiangxiang and walked towards the porridge stall.
When they passed by, several people had just received their porridge.
[Ugh! This porridge is all water!]
【What kind of porridge is this? 】
[Is the food supply in Canghe City so low? ]
Jun Canglan looked at this scene with cold eyes.
The imperial court allocates disaster relief funds every year, but now it cannot afford to buy food.
How is this possible?
It seems that this silver really went into the pockets of the prefect and the gentry.
He wanted to see where all the silver was hidden.
Jun Canglan did not stay here for too long, but walked around to see the specific situation of Canghe City.
Jun Xiangxiang didn't say anything.
"I heard the rainy season is coming!"
"By then, food will probably be extremely scarce!"
"We have to buy some now and stock up!"
"I just don't know why, but there is so little food on the market right now!"
As they walked forward, several men who were eating wontons were discussing what to do next.
Jun Canglan's brows tightened a little.
Short of food?
He walked directly in front of those people and asked, "There is very little food on the market!"
"Then may I ask, where is the food now?"
When the two men saw Jun Canglan suddenly running over with a child in his arms, they were also slightly stunned.
But then I thought, these people have just arrived in Canghe City and may not know much about Canghe City.
"Are you from out of town?"
Jun Canglan didn't deny it.
Several people shook their heads: "You came at the wrong time!"
"The rainy season is coming, and our Canghe City will be flooded again!"
"If you don't prepare food well, people will die when the rainy season comes!"
"I advise you to leave quickly!"
“Come back after the rainy season!”
Jun Canglan frowned, feeling a bit of a headache: "But you've already said that, I've almost used up most of my belongings to buy a house in Canghe City!"
"It's impossible for me to leave!"
"So, I'm asking you brothers if you know where there's food!"
"Since there's no food on the market, I heard that the imperial court allocates disaster relief funds every year!"
"There's no way there's no food in Canghe City. I think there must be some somewhere!"
The few of them had not expected that the man in front of them was so smart and knew that their Canghe City was not completely without food.
They didn't want to hide it. After all, since they had been in Canghe City for a long time, it would be easy for them to know about it.
The two waved and gestured for them to sit down.
Jun Canglan, Li Gaoyi, and Jun Xiangxiang were very cooperative and sat on one side.
Jun Xiangxiang looked at the wontons and swallowed.
【These wontons smell so good! 】
【I want to eat! 】
Jun Canglan looked at the little girl swallowing her saliva, and the corners of his lips twitched.
It seems I have to prepare a bowl of wontons for Jun Xiangxiang.
He immediately asked the shopkeeper to prepare a bowl of wontons.
Jun Xiangxiang sat aside and started eating immediately.
Several people looked at the little girl, who was eating quickly, with the corners of her lips curled up and smiling.
They all have families, so naturally they hope that their children can eat and drink well.
Seeing that Jun Canglan and the others were also like this, they lowered their voices and continued, "Young Master, you are indeed right. It is impossible that Canghe City is completely without food!"
"There's a place in Canghe City that specializes in buying and selling grain, but the prices there are very high!"
"Normally speaking, based on the current grain prices in Xichen Country, one stone of rice costs one thousand coins."
"But over there, you have to pay ten times the price to get a stone of rice!"
"One thousand coins, almost ten thousand coins, or ten taels of silver, to get this one stone of rice!"
“This is more expensive than outside!”
"But if you want to survive here, you have to buy this!"
"Those with a little money might be able to afford these ten taels of silver, but ordinary people..."
"yes!"
At the end of their conversation, several people sighed slightly.
[Hiss! This rice is so expensive!]
Jun Canglan's brows were furrowed, and his eyes were cold.
Although their Xichen Kingdom is still relatively wealthy now, ordinary people can earn ten taels of silver a year!
Here, food is necessary to survive. One stone of rice would cost ordinary people a year's silver, which is no different from taking their lives.
"So, that porridge shed is set up for those people?"
Several people nodded: "Yes, but you should have seen it too!"
"That's not porridge at all, it's just rice soup. There's barely a grain of rice in it!"
"This is not enough to fill you up, but there is nothing they can do!"
Jun Canglan said with a sullen face, "Is there no way to solve this? Doesn't the prefect of Canghe City care about this?"
Seeing that Jun Canglan's voice was a little loud, several people immediately lowered their voices and said, "Shh! Don't speak loudly about this!"
"There's a place to buy and sell food, and there's also a place to give out porridge!"
"Doesn't that mean that the prefect of Canghe City is in collusion with those people?"
"This is not something that ordinary people like us can care about!"
"We're lucky to be alive!"
“That’s right!”
"Ladies and gentlemen, if you want to buy rice!"
"Just head to South City, there's an auction house!"
"It's an auction house on the surface, but it's actually a food trading place!"
"If you want, you can go anywhere!"
Jun Canglan nodded: "Thank you!"
He waited for the little girl to finish eating, then took Jun Xiangxiang towards the auction house.
But once we arrived at the auction house, it was not so easy to get in.
The guards had to prove their assets, and no one would be allowed in without them.
Jun Canglan looked at the guards who were blocking them and smiled...
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