On the third day after the grain transport team was robbed and killed, bad news came one after another.

First, several people sent by Li Feng to deliver the letter were all killed without exception. Fortunately, the content of the letter was a secret language that only Nangong Yuxiu could understand.

Secondly, there is no food in the city, and even the food in Prince You's Mansion is scarce.

The former can be postponed for a while, but the latter is urgent.

140,000 people have no food to eat, and many people have begun to pack up and prepare to leave to try their luck elsewhere.

The population of Youzhou City is already small. If you leave, it will definitely be difficult to come back. If the vicious cycle continues, the situation in Youzhou City will only get worse.

Li Feng racked his brains in the study, thinking about where to get food.

Although Zhao Kang was arrested, the robbers who ambushed the grain transport team outside the city were still there. If he bought more grain, he would just put it into their pockets in vain.

Moreover, this group of people is very hateful. They don't care about the people who are leaving, and they only rob and kill those who deliver the messages. They have a clear goal and are confident.

In the territory of Daqian, the only person with such power besides Your Majesty is Taiwei Zhao Yan.

Thinking of the old man who smiled very kindly, Li Feng wanted to chop off his head.

But no matter how Li Feng fantasizes, Zhao Yan cannot really be killed by him. The current crisis cannot be solved by lust.

When I was worrying in the study, the cook from the palace came in: "Your Majesty, the rice vat is out of rice."

Before Li Feng could answer, Liu Ji ran over in a hurry: "Your Majesty, some of the people want to leave, and some of them have arrived at the gate of the palace and want rice."

"Is the situation so serious?"

"It's going to be even more severe, and some gentry are also preparing to leave."

After the common people left, there was still a slight improvement, but if the gentry left en masse, Youzhou would really become a ghost town.

Li Feng thought for a moment and said: "Take out all the edible food in the palace, move it to the gate of the palace, and notify other gentry and family members."

Liu Ji asked: "My lord, what do you want to do?"

Li Feng didn't answer and strode out.

Before I even reached the door, I heard noisy sounds outside, and the door was banging and banging.

The housekeeper and the servants in the palace were struggling to hold the door open, fearing that the people outside would break in.

"What are you doing? Open the door."

The butler was shocked: "Your Majesty, there are all mobs outside."

"Fart, they are all my people in Youzhou, where did the mob come from?"

The housekeeper had no choice but to open the door, and the people outside rushed in. But when they saw Li Feng, the noise stopped immediately.

Relieving the people, defending Youzhou, and killing Zhang Cong, these three things gave Li Feng a lot of prestige among the people of Youzhou, and many of them recognized this prince.

Li Feng pressed his hands and said: "I know you are hungry, but I promise you that I will definitely let you have food to eat."

An old man from behind walked forward tremblingly: "Your Majesty, my old bones will die when they die, but I still have two children at home, and they have to eat."

Li Feng took a deep breath and waved to the cook to bring out all the food stored in the palace.

The palace has a good reputation, but it doesn't store much grain. After the rice is gone, there are only some whole grains, cabbage, radish and other vegetables that have been left for a long time, as well as some meat sauce and vegetable sauce.

When the people saw the grain, their eyes glowed green.

"These are all the grains in my palace. I will take them out and eat them with everyone. From now on, until the grains arrive, I will work at the gate of the palace and eat and live with everyone. Whatever you eat, I will eat."

The people stopped shouting and quietly exited the palace.

"Come here, please bring my table and bedding out and place them at the entrance of the palace, so that I can eat and live with you all."

Liu Ji was shocked. The prince's move was truly a stroke of genius. With just a few words, the people's dissatisfaction was alleviated.

The prince is like this, so what reason do they have for making trouble.

"Quickly, bring all the food from my house and I will eat and live with the prince!"

Liu Ji followed Li Feng's footsteps. Other officials who chose to follow Li Feng said nothing and asked their followers to go to their homes to carry food.

Li Feng stood outside and looked at the common people who were as skinny as jackals and some who were abnormally fat. He bowed deeply to them and said, "The current predicament in Youzhou is due to my incompetence in governance."

"But please stick to it for a few days. The food will definitely arrive in a few days."

I don’t know who cried first, but the cry infected the others.

Suddenly, there was a burst of crying in front of the palace, and even the officials who had always been aloof were affected and couldn't help but shed tears.

At this time, a man suddenly stood up from behind, looked at Li Feng fiercely, and asked: "Your Majesty, since you knew this situation earlier, why didn't you go buy food earlier?"

The speaker is tall and thin. Although there is no flesh on his cheeks, he is very energetic.

Liu Ji stepped forward and shouted: "Xie Zhixin, you are brave!"

Xie Zhixin showed no fear when facing Liu Ji.

Li Feng pressed down on Liu Ji and said to Xie Zhixin: "There are still more than three million taels of silver in the Youzhou treasury."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar. He had so much money, but he didn't go out to buy food? What was King You thinking?

Li Feng continued: "I have sent out two teams to buy food, but they were both robbed and killed. More than a hundred members of the food protection team were all killed."

As soon as these words came out, the people immediately scolded him.

Only Xie Zhixin made an expression that said I already knew it, as if he had already guessed this.

"Your Majesty, who robbed and killed the grain team?"

"This matter is still under investigation. When I get the results of my investigation, I will definitely give you an explanation. But before that, I hope you will work with me to tide over the difficulties."

Liu Ji was a little surprised. Why didn't the prince directly say that Zhao Kang did it?

After persuading the people to leave, Xie Zhixin stayed behind, showing off his elegant demeanor.

Liu Ji stepped forward and said, "He is Xie Zhixin. He passed the provincial examination high school and served as a lecturer. Later, because he could not stand corruption, he resigned in anger and made a living selling calligraphy and painting in Youzhou. Your Majesty, this man is a great talent.

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Li Feng looked at the arrogant Xie Zhixin and said to Liu Ji: "Drive him away and don't block him in front of the palace."

Liu Ji was shocked: "Xie Zhi's reputation as a new talent is known to many people in the capital. Why did the prince drive him away?"

"What I want is an official who can do things for me, not an unruly person in the name of literature. I don't like him."

Liu Ji couldn't understand Li Feng more and more. He could bow to the people, but he couldn't understand Jie Yuan's arrogance? What was this prince thinking in his heart?

Although he didn't know what Li Feng was thinking, Liu Ji followed his instructions and stepped forward to drive Xie Zhixin away.

However, for the sake of Xie Zhixin's reputation, Liu Ji was still very polite.

"Xie Zhixin, the prince wants you not to stand here blocking the way."
Chapter completed!