Before entering the camp, Qin Weishi's voice came from inside: "Lord Nine, the people who went to the state capital have already sent pigeons to send letters back, and the state capital refused to borrow grain to shirk the lack of harvest from the farmer, but this is not the case, I'm afraid ..."

"I'm afraid the state government doesn't have enough rice!" Mo Jinran was so angry that he strode into the tent.

Gu Hong also looked angry, but he was still a little embarrassed seeing Mo Jinran.But there is no time to worry about so much at this time, let's put those redundant emotions aside!

"Is there any news from the capital? When will the rice be delivered?" The only thing that can be seen now is the emperor's imperial decree. Maybe he can open the warehouse earlier to release the grain, or ask the towns closer to the border to borrow rice.This is a matter of official affairs, and only the imperial decree is useful.

"The emperor has already opened the storehouse to release grain, but how can the far water be so close to the fire?" Qin Weishi also looked distressed, "Hey! General Mo, why are your clothes and hair so messy?"

"This... I just forgot what you said about borrowing food. The people outside can't support it any longer, and ask us to give it to you!"

"What? They want us to give rice? What if there is not enough food and grass in the war? And we have already consumed a lot of rice every day!" Wang Xi, who had been standing behind Gu Hong, couldn't help interjecting.

"Actually, I can also understand them. Those who are hungry can't think of that anymore. Alas!" Mo Jinran sighed, looking at the pitiful appearance of the people, feeling very depressed.

At this time, Qing Shan hurried in from the outside and even forgot to report. "Ninth Prince, my lords, think of a way! The brothers at the gate are almost unable to hold on. General Mo ordered us not to harm the people, but they are attacking us!"

Hearing this, Gu Hong got up quickly and walked towards the gate.There was already a mess at the door, mostly shouting and cursing from the common people. Behind these playful common people, there were some women and children standing on tiptoe to see the situation. Although they understood somewhat, they also hoped to have a full meal.

"Ninth Prince, you are here, look at this..." Mou Eshuo was already standing there, looking embarrassed, seeing his soldiers being beaten was uncomfortable.

Gu Hong nodded, and ordered Wang Xi to move some big rocks so that he could stand higher. "Stop it all, listen to me, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!"

Gu Hong shouted, his thick voice was especially clear in this chaos, the people saw Gu Hong's clothes and momentum stopped, and they stopped pushing and beating the soldiers in the front row.

Only then did Gu Hong continue: "This king is the Nine Kings, and this time I will lead all the soldiers to fight. This king knows everyone's current mood, but the battle is imminent. I hope everyone will persevere. The emperor has already opened a warehouse to release rice. It will be transported to Saan City in the next day."

"Wow! It's the Ninth Prince, we met the Ninth Prince!"

"See Ninth Prince!"

... All the people knelt down one after another, only the few men who had just taken the lead in making trouble were still standing, looking back so everyone knelt down, and then knelt down embarrassingly.

"Let's all be flattened!" The Ninth Prince looked at those people, thinking about it.

So everyone stood up, and one of the five big and three thick men shouted: "Ninth Prince, although the emperor has opened a warehouse to release rice, but we don't know when it will be delivered to us. We have been eating rice soup for more than ten days. Even if you don’t starve to death, the weak will not be able to survive.”

Hearing the words, the Ninth Prince looked at the man carefully, and saw that his clothes were the same as those of ordinary people, and although his accent was a bit new, it was similar to the people in Sa'an City, but the jade hairpin on his head seemed to be very valuable.Although it is just a simple and slender jade hairpin, its color and texture are all high-quality. If you don't know jade very well, you will not be able to see it.

"Hehe, this fellow looks really strong, no wonder he keeps crying for hunger."

The man glanced his head, showing no respect at all. "Everyone is very hungry. What does the Ninth Prince mean? Could it be that you will feel full after eating this thin rice soup every day?"

"That's not true. This king just thinks that you are in good health. If you have time to make trouble here, it would be better to go to the nearby mountains to hunt some wild animals and come back."

When the man heard this, he was at a loss for words, and took a while to reply: "Yes, I can fight wild animals, but what about these women and children? I know some boxing skills, but some people don't. How many are there?" If my frail scholar enters the mountain, he will be eaten by wild beasts!"

When Gu Hong heard this, he curled his lips into a smile, stopped looking at this man, and turned to all the people and said loudly: "This king knows that everyone is suffering, but please believe that this king and the soldiers are saving money. It's just that the war is coming, the soldiers We can’t go to the battlefield hungry. If they share rice soup like you, how can we kill the enemy on the battlefield? When the city of Sa’an is occupied by other countries and our land is occupied, it’s you who will suffer!”

Speaking of this, Gu Hong carefully observed the people and saw that they were emotional before continuing: "I hope you will persevere. If you have a strong man in your family, you can go to the nearby mountains to hunt some wild animals and eat them. My king, who only has old, weak, women and children at home, can bring out more rice grains, and I hope everyone can work together until the rice grains arrive."

After finishing speaking, the people started whispering, although they were all poor people, there were still many people who were sensible, and after a while, many people withdrew and retreated to the back to discuss countermeasures.There were only a few left and those who had just taken the lead in making troubles refused to leave since they confronted the officers and soldiers.

"Why? Do you still want to rebel? You know, my king's giving of porridge is a kind act. Now that the war is imminent, even if this king refuses to give the porridge, the emperor will not blame him. If you insist on causing trouble like this again, don't blame me. Be polite!" Gu Hong was originally a bad-tempered master, and he was courteous to the suffering people, and he would not back down if he was unreasonable.And these words are also intended to warn these instigators, if they guess correctly, they are not the people of this city of Sa'an at all.

As a result, all the people who had just joined in the front all retreated, and only a few leaders left.This matter was considered to be understood, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Back in the big tent, Gu Hong's expression became much uglier. "It seems that stealing the Chuanguo gold pendant, spreading the news, destroying the protective forest in Sa'an City, and maliciously buying rice grains from nearby counties at high prices were all premeditated, and now the trouble is also planned by someone!"

"That's true! These people have really worked hard for my Canfeng Dynasty!" Qin Weishi agreed, and everyone nodded.

And Mo Jinran and Gu Hong also thought of someone at the same time, and that was Yan Ye.Intuition told them that he had something to do with this matter.

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