After Wang Ping'an finished speaking, Yuchi Gong looked at the officials present. He was sophisticated that he could not see what other people's expressions were. He knocked on the table and asked, "Xiao Niu, I see that you don't seem to agree with this idea. Could it be that you have something better? Let everyone listen to it!"

Niu Zhenghong hurriedly said, "No, no, the subordinates do not agree with the gods. It's not that they disagree, but that they agree with it, and they agree!" After a brief pause, he said, "But the gods come from the capital and may not know much about the local affairs in Xuzhou, so, so..." While he was so, he observed Yuchi Gong's reaction.

Yuchi Gong snorted and waved his hand and said, "Don't say anything. If you have any words, you hate the most. You civil officials, you will make things in your stomach. Don't say it in person, but say it hard behind your back!"

Niu Zhenghong laughed dryly and then said, "God... God, our Xuzhou treasury has food stored in it. Naturally, it is to deal with unexpected situations. Logically speaking... Well, if this is to provide disaster relief according to the regulations of the court, it can provide relief for this disaster. But if you follow the method you said, then the food will not be enough. The money can be donated by the rich, but the food cannot be transformed out of thin air!"

Yuchi Gong glared at him and shouted, "Don't the grain merchants have food in their hands? Wouldn't they buy it from them? If anyone dares to take the opportunity to raise the price of grain, the Shangfang sword in my hand is not a decoration. What's the harm in killing him!"

Niu Zhenghong said twice, "The gods said it very well, it is completely correct, and the officials admire it. However, even if the grain merchants have food in their hands, they can only be eaten by the people of Xuzhou. To cope with the extra bulk expenditure, they have to adjust the grain from other places. However, at present, there are disaster victims everywhere, and Xuzhou cannot support other places, so naturally there is no way to support Xuzhou!"

Chang Qingfeng had just been promoted by Niu Zhenghong, so of course he had to speak for his superiors. He stood up and said, "God, the subordinates are responsible for specific matters. Knowing some inside information, Lord Niu said well. Even if we bought grain from grain merchants, we could not cope with such a large amount of expenses. Moreover, the project started, it would attract more victims to come here. At that time, the food required was probably doubled. Even if we were to do our best to supply, once the disaster period passed, the victims returned home, and Xuzhou had already exhausted the food. Wouldn't the people in the city become new victims? We can control the price of grain, but we cannot control whether there is any food or not!"

Wang Ping'an listened and sighed in his heart. His idea was good, but the situation did not allow it. The grain could not be transformed out of thin air. Even if Yuchi Gong was known as a "god", he would not be able to transform a grain of rice from his face. As for adjusting grain from other places, it is unrealistic under the current circumstances. The prefectures themselves cannot protect themselves, so how could they support Xuzhou!

Yuchi Gong was also in trouble and said, "What should I do? I'm afraid it's too late to see this!"

The officials said in their hearts: "Aren't you talking nonsense?"

Niu Zhenghong thought for a while and said, "Unless it is called for military rations, our Xuzhou is an important town. Even if there is not enough food among the people, the military rations must be enough!"

"This, this is a bit difficult!" Yuchi Gong didn't dare to say too much. Military rations were of great importance. Among the state's regular supplies, they were ranked before armor. After all, without armor, the soldiers could also fight, but if there was no military rations, then let alone wars, the army would have to disperse itself!

Is the former Sui army cruel? It is the most powerful army in the world and a real tiger and wolf army, but once the military rations are gone, it will still collapse!

When the officials saw that even Yuchi Gong was scared, they naturally had no choice. Everyone remained silent and made a fortune in silence! The lobby was in a strange silence, with only the breathing of everyone, but no one spoke.

Suddenly, there was a crying sound outside the mansion, followed by someone pounding the drum, and this was here to complain!

Yuchi Gong was in a bad mood and slapped the table and said angrily: "This is the governor's mansion, not the county government. Why did you come here to complain about the complaint?"

Niu Zhenghong didn't want to stay here as a "much chicken", so he hurriedly said, "Don't rest ashamed, please go and take a look now, and quickly repel the people from here, so that you can come back and listen to the gods' oracles!" He turned around and quickly walked out of the lobby and rushed to the door.

Not long after, Niu Zhenghong came back with a look of surprise and said to Yuchi Gong: "This is really a world of tricks, today's tricks are a thousand things! There is indeed someone complaining outside, and the defendant is He Louqi!"

Yuchi Gong said, "He Louqi? His surname is He Lou. His ancestors were also Xianbei people. This name sounds a bit familiar!" Like He Lou, Yuchi is also a Xianbei surname, but in the Central Plains, the Xianbei clan had disappeared, and the descendants of the Xianbei who settled in the Central Plains all became Tang people, so Yuchi Gong used the word "ye".

Niu Zhenghong hurriedly said, "He Louqi is indeed a descendant of the Xianbei. He is the big businessman in charge of military rations in Xuzhou!"

"Ah, I remembered it. It turned out to be the turtle loach. Isn't he a loyal lackey of Changsun Wuji?" As soon as he mentioned the military rations, Yuchi Gong immediately remembered who He Louqi was!

Before Yuchi Gong surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, he was living under Liu Wuzhou's hands. In one battle, it was because of insufficient military rations, which led to a great defeat. At that time, those who provided military rations to Liu Wuzhou's army were either others, or He Louqi!

Niu Zhenghong said: "That is, He Louqi and Wuji have a good bus. The Tang Dynasty founded, and he made some contributions, but for some reason he did not become an official in the court, but came to Xuzhou to support his elderly care. Wuji ordered him to provide military rations in the state. This job has been done for more than twenty years!"

Yuchi Gong shouted: "Why didn't he join the court as an official? Because he offended too many people, your Dao Master is one of them!" All the new and old hatreds were aroused for a moment. Yuchi Gong slapped the table and shouted: "Please He Louqi up, Dao Master... I will try him personally!"

Niu Zhenghong grinned and looked at your appearance, it didn't seem like he was trying to judge him, but just wanted to kill him! He toughened his head and said, "God, He Louqi did not make any mistakes, nor did he come!" He told the whole story.

It turns out that the price of grain in the city has soared. He Louqi has been buying and selling dry grain for so many years, so of course he will not make the mistake of hoarding. In addition to military food business, he also does private business. His rice shop still sells rice at the original price, but only sells twenty stones a day!

Has the price increased? He did not raise the price, and the charge of raising the price of rice could not be held on him! Has he hoarded? But he sold rice, but he didn't say he wouldn't sell it, but he sold it less! Which law stipulates how many rice the grain merchants must sell every day, no!

There are not only modern people who take advantage of loopholes in the law, but also many in ancient times. He Louqi is also the best among them. He will never give anyone a handle!

Today, many people lined up to buy rice. By the time the queue was reached, the twenty stones had been sold out. Of course, the people were unwilling to do so. They were excited and smashed the store door with stones and smashed the store door. The shopkeeper came out and grabbed the person who threw the stones and asked them to compensate the person. The families of the people ran to the governor's house to complain. When they saw that they would not return the person, they were furious and ran to the governor's house to complain!

Niu Zhenghong said with a frown: "It's okay to let someone go, but you have to pay for your family first. The money from those people is not enough to buy rice, so they naturally can't pay for the family. Could it be that the governor's mansion will pay for them?"

Wang Ping'an whispered from the side: "Sir, you can't find someone else's fault. As long as you ask him to let him go, the Helou family will definitely release him immediately. Don't compensate the family. Instead, it shows that his family is generous and does not blame him, but it makes people feel that you are bullying the people with the officials and suppressing the small ones with the big ones. So through this matter, you will not be angry!"

Yuchi Gong thought about it and nodded, "Yes, you're right! Why not leave this matter to you? If you want someone, it's better to be tough and let him beat you!"

Wang Ping'an said, what does it mean, why do I take the initiative to get beaten? Just to make you find a fault and repair someone!

Yuchi Gong said honestly: "You are the general manager of disaster relief in Xuzhou. Now the city is facing no food. Who will stand up if you don't stand up?"

Wang Ping'an said: "Didn't I say that when you are there, I have to stand aside?"

Yuchi Gong smiled and said, "You go and explore the way first. If He Louqi does something stupid, then I will take action. On the one hand, I will vent my anger, and on the other hand, I will have an excuse to get some military rations from him. Then your ideas will be useful! Then I will remember you in the memorial!"

"What if you offend Mr. Wuji?" Wang Ping'an was worried about this.

Yuchi Gong chuckled: "I will deal with it in the capital. Don't worry, Changsun is not that small. As long as you can help Xuzhou overcome the difficulties, he thanks you for not having time!"

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Heat-clearing and diuretic medicinal diet

Bitter melon rock sugar drink

Recipe: 60 grams of japonica rice, 15 grams of purslane, 100 grams of bitter melon and rock sugar each.

Production: 1. Remove the bitter melon from both ends, wash it, cut it into pulp and cut it into small dices; wash the purslane and cut it into pieces; wash the japonica rice.

2. Place the pot on the heat, add appropriate amount of water, add japonica rice and cook porridge. When the rice is half-cooked, add diced bitter gourd and minced purslane. Continue to cook until the porridge is about to be cooked, add rock sugar, boil for a few more times, and the rice is soaked and sugared and eaten.

Food method: used for breakfast or late-night snack.

Efficacy: clears heat and detoxifies, strengthens the stomach, kills bacteria and stops diarrhea.
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