Shu Blossoms

Chapter 432 Borrowing Food
When everyone was making noise in front of Zheng Wei's door, she had already run to the door of Yu Tu's house, knocked on the door but no one answered, she pushed the door and went in and found no one in the house, turned around only to find that there was no one in the palace. There are no shadows.

She pondered for a while, took out a piece of paper and searched carefully in her sleeve pocket for a long time.

This is the palace route drawn by Qing Shiyi when he brought people here (stepping on the spot) to investigate. Although it is simple, it is barely usable.

Zheng Wei groped and came to the warehouse on the west side of the palace, and sure enough, he saw that it was bustling with activity.

The guards and servants were all busy pushing the carts, and the maids were helping to pour the grain into the pottery jars. Their faces were full of joy of harvest, and Yu Tu was carrying a sack of grain and laughed to encourage everyone, "Big guy!" Work harder, when the rice is pounded, we will have dry rice to eat!"

Everyone laughed and became more motivated!

Zheng Wei suddenly hesitated, she especially didn't like what she was about to do, but she had to do it.

At this moment, Zheng Wei had a decision in his heart, neither the imperial court nor Zhou Emperor should take away the food that other people depend on for survival with peace of mind.

"Cough!" Zheng Wei coughed lightly, and called out in a somewhat hoarse voice, "Yu Tu!"

Hearing the voice behind them, everyone subconsciously stopped what they were doing, turned their heads to look over, and saw that the person who came was actually Princess Danyang. This time, Mr. Shi, the supervisor, couldn't help but feel a little trembling.

After all, it would be considered dereliction of duty for them to let go of their respective responsibilities in the palace to collect food at this time.

For the first time, Zheng Wei felt a little guilty, she didn't dare to look at everyone's eyes, and said in a sullen voice, "General Yu, come out and say it!"

After she finished speaking, she took the lead to leave the warehouse, and stopped when she walked to an empty corner. Looking back, she saw that Yu Tu had followed her, looking at her with some anxiety.

Seeing that Yu Tu also looked like this, Zheng Wei couldn't help laughing, when they first met, she thought that General Yu was a smooth person, but after a short contact, she already found out that this might not be the case.

"General Yu, don't panic, this inspection is not looking for trouble with you, but for your help!"

Zheng Wei comforted him first, then Yu Tu breathed a sigh of relief, and said enthusiastically again: "Master Supervisor, please tell me, as long as I can do it, I will definitely do my best."

"It doesn't have to be so hard." Zheng Wei said halfway, seeing Yu Tu looked at him in surprise, and changed his serious tone, "You also saw that these scholars will probably live in the palace for the next three months."

"Don't worry, Supervisor, the residences of the scholars have been settled properly. Our palace has nothing but a lot of rooms. Each of the scholars has a very spacious room."

Yu Tu hastily interrupted.

"Not only to live, but also to eat!" Zheng Wei hesitated to say what should be said.

Yu Tu was stunned for a moment, then said in a dazed and somewhat anxious way: "Master Supervisor, the imperial court did not send rice and grain, and... moreover, the ministers are only the guards of the palace, and the accommodation and transportation of the scholars are not our responsibility."

"I know" Zheng Wei interrupted Yu Tu, she was afraid that if he let him continue, she would not be able to speak, "Although General Yu is trapped in the Fuzhou Mountain Palace, I also know that the entire Jiankang City was short of food a few days ago For one thing, although the crisis is temporarily resolved, there is still not enough food, and the imperial court can’t provide food for this place for the time being. Therefore, I would like to invite General Yu.”

Zheng Wei saw that Yu Tu's expression changed from unbelievable to silent, and she couldn't speak anymore, Da Zhou, who was promised to be big, couldn't provide food to support twenty scholars, she didn't even believe it when she said it.

If the food in the Zheng family and Danyang Zhuangzi hadn't been donated to the court, she would have paid for the food herself.

"Supervisor Shi, I know that it is against the law to open up wasteland on the mountain behind the palace without authorization. If the supervisor wants to report to His Majesty for a crime, not only the food, but us will also be punished." But Yu Tu looked up at Zheng Wei argues vigorously, "But I still have to argue a few words for everyone. These grains are likely to be the rations of dozens of people in our palace for a year. Although we still have to eat and eat, at least we will not die of starvation!"

"Since the failure of the Northern Expedition of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the food and salaries issued by the imperial court to the palace have been less and less. Until three years ago, there was only one payment every two months. There was no food at all. That little money is not enough for us to drink porridge every day. Yes. We had no choice but to risk our lives to open up wasteland in the back mountain and farm by ourselves. Although it is a big crime, I am glad that I brought the big guys to be self-sufficient, otherwise we would have starved to death before the danger of Jiankang City’s granary! "

Seeing that his body was tense and his fists clenched tightly, Zheng Wei knew that he was unwilling to hand over the food, so she was not angry, but still said solemnly: "Your Majesty rules the world and holds the Qingwei Division in his hand. Do you think His Majesty Do you really not know about your farming without authorization?"

Yu Tu asked in surprise, "Your Majesty already knew?"

"These scholars are carefully selected by the noble families of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so that they will be worshiped in the future. How noble! How could His Majesty not arrange them well? But this time, His Majesty did not give out a single grain of rice. General Yu doesn’t think about why?”

Zheng Wei tried to use tactful methods to make Yu Tu understand that Zhou Emperor's handling of this was already giving everyone in the palace a chance.

"Why? Your Majesty is angry? Want to deal with us?"

But Yu Tu is really an elm-headed one, he didn't walk in the direction Zheng Wei guided at all.

Zheng Wei sighed, and didn't bother with him anymore, otherwise the group of scholars would probably come here, and it would be even more difficult to end at that time!
"Your Majesty knew about your food growing a long time ago, but he never revealed it. Why didn't you send someone to ask you about the crime? Because your Majesty knew that the court had treated you badly because of the lack of money and food, and deliberately let you be self-sufficient. Even if the capital is in a food crisis, Your Majesty only eats a bowl of porridge for each meal, and he never made any plans for you, but instead guarded you tightly. But now that the palace is going to be requisitioned, you can’t hide it if you requisition the royal land without authorization. If a villain catches the handle and uses this as an excuse to make trouble, His Majesty really can't keep you! So His Majesty must use a reasonable excuse to block your grain fields from everyone's mouth."

Yu Tu couldn't react, and followed Zheng Wei's words in a daze, "You mean, we will be innocent if we hand over the food?"

Zheng Wei nodded, "Since these grains are used as rations for these scholars, it is to relieve the imperial court's urgent need, not only innocent but meritorious!"

Yu Tu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and then he was confused: "But if you give them all the food, the dozens of people in the palace will starve!"

Zheng Wei promised, "With our supervisors, naturally I won't default on your food and wages. If they don't pay you, I'll give you the food!"

Yu Tu didn't have much contact with Zheng Wei, and still couldn't believe it, Zheng Wei took out the seal of Princess Danyang from his bosom, and said to Yu Tu: "Come to my house later to get the IOU!"

Yu Tu saw that Zheng Wei had already backed down so much, and knew that this matter was a foregone conclusion, the food could not be kept, so he could only say helplessly: "Twenty scholars plus servants, the rice we pounded is only enough for these people to drink For the porridge, I will let them pound the rice overnight, so as not to delay the breakfast of the scholars tomorrow."

"Okay! Trouble everyone!" Zheng Wei cupped his fists to thank Tu Tu, and then said: "General Yu, please send another person to the supervisor's residence, and tell those scholars to go to the gazebo for dinner later!"

(End of this chapter)