Female supporting roles rely on food to save themselves

Chapter 795 Public opinion
"Princess!"

Qiuli and the others are preparing for the trip to Yanzhou. Halfway through the preparations, they suddenly feel a little worried. The princess said with certainty that the war has already begun. Then—it must be dangerous. Shouldn't this trip be made?

Just as they were struggling, there was a sudden commotion outside, Wang Zhixian and Zhou Xianwei came in a hurry, without caring about etiquette, they went straight into the courtyard, and said loudly, "Princess, someone from the government office is here, the court knows about Shouling! "

Gu Xiang raised his eyebrows, feeling a little surprised.

When Qiu Li opened the door, Wang Zhixian's red face was revealed. Gu Xiang smiled lightly: "Oh? It seems that Wang Zhixian has been commended?"

County Captain Zhou smiled and said, "Yes."

He paused: "The princess asked for credit for the Shouling gentry and merchants headed by the Niu family. Although there have been twists and turns, His Majesty has granted her permission and will make it known to the world."

Gu Xiang exhaled a little, and felt relieved.

Although she was very confident, after all, from what she saw, His Majesty was a flexible person, but a few praises and a little fame would allow the local gentry to do their best to rescue the disaster and ease the situation. In any case, it would be beneficial to the court.

But after all, she decided to cut the matter first and then act later. If the big families such as the Niu family failed to fulfill their wish, Gu Xiang would definitely lose face.

Zhou Xianwei said in a low voice: "The news from the capital, some ministers think that the Niu family and other merchants are suspected of inviting names. If the court agrees, it will be out of style, and this matter will almost cause trouble. Fortunately, the ministers in the court still understand It makes more sense."

"Also, of the many official documents we sent out earlier, more than half of them did not reach the capital, and the other half were suppressed in the capital. Show it to His Majesty."

The Zhou county lieutenant's face was filled with anger, "The postmen sent out, all those who entered the capital were detained. As for those who did not enter the capital, hey, no one was born and no corpse was seen. I'm afraid it's more ominous than good luck."

Before he could finish his sentence, County Captain Zhou had already shut up.

Gu Xiang was thoughtful.

Wang Zhixian wiped his face, and said again: "This matter can't be passed, the court will definitely investigate and find out. We don't have the energy to investigate carefully now, let's wait for the court's result."

He paused, let out his breath, bit the tip of his tongue lightly, his face was warm, "Now His Majesty has sent imperial envoys to investigate this case strictly, and that..."

The voice was weak, "It's the future 'Prince' who caused a lot of trouble in the city. He raised 180,000 guan in the capital and sent more than a dozen attendants to the disaster-stricken areas. Two of them came to our birthday first." Ling, he brought [-] shi of grain, and he just entered the city, and he was distributing grain to the common people at the south gate of the city... He said that he would come to see him as soon as the grain was distributed."

Qiu Li looked at each other in blank dismay.

It's really a sudden change, why does it seem that the rain has passed and the sky has cleared up in an instant, and the dark clouds have cleared?

Gu Xiang looked out the window, suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and chuckled softly: "Prince."

She blinked, and stretched out her hand to call the old dog over: "Take out all the heroic stories of the heroes who appeared in the bandit siege incident that we have compiled recently, and send them to the gentlemen, and push them outward, not with the capital city. Got in touch? Send it to the capital."

"Whether it's a soldier in the Courageous Army or an ordinary citizen who took up a pole and bravely fought against the enemy on the day the city was broken, find more people who can speak and write. The more popular the writing, the better."

"By the way, the deeds of Wangzhi County are already widely spread, so let's put more effort into it. The Niu family must also be interested in being famous. A few times, let them work hard themselves."

The old dog responded with a smile.

For a time, the songs of heroes were sung everywhere.

Even those brothels and cottages have changed from the previous style. For a while, heroes and characters have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Everyone's stories are particularly touching and true.

Among these heroes, there are officials, businessmen, sons and daughters, and poor beggars. Rong Yan, the speed of spreading is quite fast.

"Brother Wang, you are quite capable. Miss Xixi and the others all said that the book has spread all over the city, and the wind is about to blow to the capital."

Qiu Li sighed while handing the few notebooks from the old dog to her little lady.

Gu Xiang flipped through a few pages, and couldn't help but smile on his face: "It's really well written."

In the beginning of the book, there are still some signs of stacking text, but the later writing becomes more and more easy to understand, which is quite true.

These were written by some young local literati, some of whom were not even scholars.

Qiu Li blinked, feeling a little strange: "Why is my lady so concerned about this matter? Now that I've got in touch with the imperial court, I shouldn't need to worry about borrowing food from these wealthy people, why bother to make them famous. "

Gu Xiang smiled: "What's wrong with being famous more? Maybe you will encounter such a thing in the future, and other rich and noble families are willing to lend a helping hand. Moreover, it is not only for the gentry, there are more ordinary people."

As soon as Qiu Li heard it, she knew that the little lady was fooling herself.

At least, this reason is not comprehensive.

Gu Xiang smiled and didn't say much.

In fact, she was just planning for a rainy day. She suspected that the 'fake prince' in the capital wanted to gain fame and popular support, or he might have other ideas. Having thought of these, Gu Xiang didn't want the other party's plan to succeed.

He seems to want to set himself up as a good person who comes from the people, is compassionate, and cares about the people, so Gu Xiang will let everyone see what a real hero looks like.

The 'false prince' worked hard to raise food and grass in the capital. In order to find more rations for the courageous army who fought bravely, some ordinary people went into the mountains alone to hunt wolves. In Shouling County, the gentry donated food and materials, and the doctors gave free medicine. , In order to treat the common people, he was so tired that he passed out on the spot.

Even the performers in Wazi donated the little money they saved from their mouths to the county government to buy food to resist bandits.

With so many heroes, the compassion of the nobles in the capital must be lost in the crowd, and they will not cause too much trouble.

Within two days, Gu Xiang heard some people in Zuojin discussing that the 'Prince' has a pure character and truly cares about the common people. It's just different.

However, as Gu Xiang expected, these rumors are no different from other stories told by those rapping gentlemen on stage.

Even because Mr. Rap ​​definitely can't make fun of the "Prince", let alone talk about it. The topic of "Prince" cannot be compared with other stories at all.

In Shouling City, under the autumn wind, the two attendants of the 'Prince' who had suffered for several days and gave away a large pile of fine grains, saw that the trend in the county was like this, it was not as expected at all, they looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment What to do.

(End of this chapter)