The two continued chatting, and as they chatted, Qian Chunhua brought up the topic again.
"When I passed by the grain store just now, there were so many people queuing up. It was so troublesome to buy grain." Qian Chunhua complained casually.
The waiter nodded in agreement, "Not only is it troublesome, but you can't buy much food at a time."
"Why is this happening?" Qian Chunhua pretended not to know what was happening outside.
The waiter looked around carefully and whispered, "I heard that there is famine in Ganzhou and Leizhou, and the price of food has increased, so our county magistrate has controlled the amount of food that each household can buy."
After that, the waiter kindly reminded, "Auntie, your family should also try to buy more food."
"We are doing fine in Nanzhou County. We are not short of food."
"Oh, who can tell what will happen in the future?" the guy sighed.
In this world, everyone is hoarding food, and few people come to the pastry shop. If things continue like this, the shop assistants are worried that they will go out of business.
Fortunately, I met Auntie, a big customer, that day.
The waiter decided to be nicer to the big customer and continued to whisper to Qian Chunhua what he knew, "Auntie, there is not only famine in Leizhou, but also bandits are rampant, and a large number of refugees have fled Leizhou."
After saying that, the waiter paused, took out dozens of pieces of oil paper from the counter and continued packing.
Seeing Qian Chunhua's interest, the waiter said as he packed the food, "My boss said that when he passed through Leizhou from the capital, he encountered a large number of refugees. Our boss cooked some meat porridge on the roadside, but it was all sold out."
The waiter shook his head, fortunately their boss brought guards with him, otherwise, not only would they lose the meat porridge, but they would also lose their lives.
Seeing that his big customer was still listening attentively, the waiter continued, "Later, our boss didn't dare to cook food on the road, for fear that the smell of the food would attract refugees."
Qian Chunhua nodded after hearing this. It seemed that he also needed to store cooked food in the space. Otherwise, when the real famine came, the smell of cooking food would also bring disaster to him.
The guy continued to tell Qian Chunhua about the situation outside. It was really amazing that this guy had a lot of information and knew a little bit about everything.
Qian Chunhua learned about it from his waiter.
The bandits in Leizhou have occupied several major hilltops in the area and have become the kings of the mountains.
All the officials from the major government offices in Leizhou abandoned their posts and fled for their lives.
The people of Leizhou could not survive, so they left the area one after another, became refugees, and all flocked to the capital.
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It's not just Leizhou, there's also Ganzhou, Bingzhou... but among these prefectures, the situation in Leizhou is the most serious.
"Our Yongning Prefecture is still good. At least there is order and no chaos." Although the waiter sighed, he was also proud of the provincial capital where he came from.
"Why?" Qian Chunhua asked curiously. The world was in chaos, so it didn't make sense that Yongning Prefecture would be the only one to stay out of it.
The waiter pointed to the sky and said, "It's all thanks to King Yongning. With him in charge of Yongning Prefecture, we can have peace here."
"Who is King Yongning?" Qian Chunhua felt a little embarrassed.
The waiter looked at Qian Chunhua strangely. He didn't even know about King Yongning. Considering that he was a big customer, the waiter kindly explained, "He is the fifth son of the emperor. Our Yongning Prefecture is his fiefdom."
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