The goddess medical concubine charms the world

Chapter 239 The capital is short of rice
  Mu Jin'an was stunned for a moment, then heard Gu Youyou say:

"How about building a village here?"

Mu Jin'an looked around and saw that the terrain was vast.

It is still some distance away from the capital, if a village is built here. That will solve the current problem.

Mu Jin'an laughed instantly. He gave Gu Youyou an appreciative look, and then looked at Wang Xuran:

"Building a village here is indeed a good idea, and we also need some labor. If you want to stay, then participate in this construction together! The imperial court will take care of two meals a day. There will be more I'll give you the wages.

I will arrange for someone to build a temporary residence here for you in a while! When the village is built, I will allocate houses to you according to your status. "

When Wang Xuran heard this, if he could provide two meals a day and still have money to take, it would be a life-saving medicine for displaced people like them.

"Really? You won't drive us away again?"

Mu Jin'an walked up to Wang Xuran and said:
  "Our emperor has always governed the world with benevolence and righteousness. He does not allow you to enter the city just because there are some evildoers among you. Now the evildoers have not been cleared away, so you can only live here temporarily.

As for the issue you mentioned about the increase in food prices, I will enter the palace later and report this matter to heaven. Send ministers to investigate. When this matter is dealt with, it will be up to you to decide whether you want to return to your hometown or stay! "

After hearing Mu Jin'an's words, the refugees present knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Mu Jin'an.

After the matter was successfully resolved, Mu Jin'an and Gu Youyou got into the carriage and prepared to go back.

In the carriage, Gu Youyou was thinking about today's events:
  "After I send you back, I'm afraid I'll have to leave the capital for a while!"

Gu Youyou looked at Mu Jinan and said with a smile:
  "Okay, then you go and come back early. However, if someone deliberately disrupts the market this time, it must be expected that someone will go to investigate. They must have been prepared for the response. This time, it will be thrilling!"

"I know! But it concerns the people, so I have to go!"

The two of them arrived at Gu's house just like that.

After getting off the carriage, the two chatted at the door for a while before Mu Jinan left.

Gu Youyou returned to the mansion, and when passing by the garden, she happened to see Gu Wenyu walking with Lan Feirou.

In the past few days, Lan Feirou had been hiding in her room to rest because of the cold weather. Gu Wenting's kick completely injured her body.

Now she was completely sick.

When Gu Youyou passed by, she looked up.

He happened to be eye-to-eye with Gu Youyou. Lan Feirou opened her mouth:

"That, Youyou!"

Gu Youyou stopped and looked at Lan Feirou, then nodded slightly to Lan Feirou:
  "Hello Mrs. Gu!"

Then he turned around and walked towards Orchid Garden. Lan Feirou opened her mouth and stretched out her hand to shout. But when the words came to her lips, she found that she couldn't shout them out.

Gu Wenyu said aloud at this time:
  "Sister, my mother has been resting in her room these days. She finally came out. Why don't you stay and take a walk with us?"

Gu Youyou stopped and looked at the two of them quietly:

"I haven't read the account book my grandmother gave me, so I won't keep it!"

Gu Youyou's tone was calm and there was no hint of emotion or anger, as if he was talking to a familiar yet unfamiliar outsider.

Lan Feirou looked at Gu Youyou's alienation and felt a severe pain in her heart.

She wanted to speak, but in the end she swallowed her words. She didn’t speak again until Gu Youyou left. Gu Wenyu supported Lan Feirou and said:

"Mom, don't be sad. It's probably because the eldest sister is too busy! Let's have a good talk with the eldest sister after the Chinese New Year. As long as the eldest sister and mother can open up, our family will be fine in the future."

Lan Feirou's heart became more clogged:
  "Let's go back!"

She whispered, and Gu Wenyu immediately helped Lan Feirou back.

She could see Gu Youyou's alienation just now. If Gu Youyou really had feelings for her, he would never look at her with the indifference he did just now.

She felt that she might really lose her daughter.

After Mu Jin'an returned to Beijing, he went straight to the palace and told the emperor about the food price. Mu Yibai was furious and directly issued an imperial edict to have people investigate the matter.

Mu Jin'an took over the job and left the capital with his men without waiting for Mu Yibai's nod.

Mu Yibai looked at Mu Jin'an's leaving figure and stamped his feet angrily.

"This brat, how can he have the same temper as the emperor's brother? He has to take everything into his own hands!"

The eunuch beside him smiled and said:
  "Your Majesty, aren't the prince and prince feeling sorry for you?"

Mu Yibai pursed his lips:
  "I know, don't I feel sorry for them? I don't know what's going on with the weather. It's already March and it's snowing heavily! It's really giving people no way to survive!"

As Mu Yibai spoke, he suddenly thought of something:
  "Jin'an said someone is deliberately raising the price of food, right?"

The great eunuch immediately saluted and said:

"Yes, Your Majesty! Your Majesty said that many people have no food to eat and have left their hometowns to come to our capital!"

"Yes. Then I will issue another imperial edict. Let all prefectures, counties, and counties where prices have increased open warehouses to release grain! After Jin'an cleans up those profiteers who have raised prices indiscriminately, they can take back the grain for me!"

As Mu Yibai spoke, he took out a blank imperial edict and began to write it. The imperial edict stated the opening of warehouses to release grain, and also included regulations prohibiting increases in grain prices in various prefectures and counties.

After this imperial edict was issued, the grain merchants in the capital who were planning to increase their prices immediately gave up their thoughts.

The imperial edict was taken away by the eunuch and sent to various ministries. Each ministry immediately printed out the imperial edict and then sent it to all parts of the country.

I thought the matter would end just like that.

On the third day, Gu Youyou went to Changshengzhai for dinner and frowned when she saw the rice served by Aunt Feng:

"What happened to the rice?"

The old lady looked at the rice that was served and frowned:

"Why does this rice look like this color?"

The rice eaten by officials at home is basically polished rice with full grains. Crystal clear. But today's rice is yellow and woody. It's limp and doesn't look like normal rice.

Even the particles are glued together.

Nanny Feng was a little embarrassed at this time and said:
  "Our granary here in the capital is stocking grain. In the past few days, the number of refugees coming to the capital has been several times greater than before. Now they are all gathering on the outskirts of the capital to build villages, but the grain from the capital has been unable to come in since years ago. .

This led to a shortage of food. Even the grain stores in the rice shops were empty. I don’t know if the grain merchants were deliberately hiding the grain. The rice bought in the house these days is like this. The rice we ate in Changshengzhai a few days ago was all saved from years ago.

I finished eating the polished rice yesterday. That’s why I blame the old slave for being useless and not buying better rice! "

(End of this chapter)