Chapter 174

Meng Hun listened carefully. After all, he still didn't understand what she meant.

Jiang Pengji went on talking.

"I'm afraid you don't know. Because of the drought and food shortage in the surrounding counties, many people have to become bandits and hide in the mountains near Hejian county. Bandits and bandits have attacked their homes more and more frequently in recent days. At this time, if there is civil unrest, people will be in panic."

Meng Hun vaguely understood and asked, "is the little gentleman worried about the chaos of the people, the people are frightened, and the bandits take the opportunity to make trouble?"

She nodded, but shook her head slowly. "You're only half right, and the other half of the most important thing hasn't been pointed out."

Meng Hun didn't understand that he was just a rough man. Even if his mind was fine, his brain couldn't compare with those black hearted belly.

"If the people's hearts are confused, how do you think they will react?"

Jiang Pengji induced Meng Hun. She didn't continue to talk until Meng Hun showed a sudden realization.

"Food is the most important thing for the people. No matter when and where, food and clothing is the most priority for the people. However, now that the spring ploughing has just ended, it is estimated that things will spread completely in January. I'm afraid it will have to wait for summer planting, and it's far from autumn harvest. The farmer spent most of the harvest of the previous year. If someone deliberately spread rumors at this time, such as the war will spread to Hejian County, guess what?"

Meng Hun's mouth was dry, as if there was a fire in his throat. He said uncertainly, "if so, the people will compete to buy rice grain to avoid the spread of war. At that time, they will not have enough to eat... And the rice merchants will naturally take advantage of the situation to raise grain prices and make a lot of money."

When he left Meng County, the price of rice grain had soared to five or six times that of ordinary days. Such a price was in short supply.

It is conceivable that businessmen who only know how to pursue profits will make a fortune by taking advantage of this opportunity.

Food prices may soar from the original five or six times to more than ten times, or even dozens of times, under the hype of intentional people!

"More than that, you seem to have forgotten how many bandits have become bandits near Hejian... They have no food and rely on fighting and robbing houses for a living. How can they live when the war disaster starts? It's impossible to buy from the rice merchant, so they can only double plunder the people..."

After hearing this, Meng Hun was completely stunned.

He was also born in poverty and had tasted hunger. He even saw some people who were very hungry and dug grass roots and tree roots to eat.

If you can't even dig grass roots and tree roots, go and eat something called guanyintu, which will make your belly as big as a bucket and die.

Even worse, they will steal other people's children. If someone starves to death, the body will also be eaten, rather than buried.

Hejian county looks prosperous on weekdays, but hidden hidden dangers are also great.

Meng Hun chased Meng Da to Hejian and hid in the mountains and forests. During this period, he also encountered traces of the activities of several gangs of bandits.

But he didn't want to scare the snake or increase the loss, so he deliberately avoided them.

Now when he thought about it, he felt a little chilly.

Because they are not familiar with the land, they do not dare to go deep into the dense forest and only move or hunt in a certain range.

But in such a place, Meng Hun found more than one wave of bandits. What does this mean?

It shows that the seemingly peaceful Hejian county has been surrounded by bandits!

On weekdays, those desperate people will converge. Even if they rob their homes, they don't dare to go too far and cause human life.

But what would these bandits do if the people of Mengjun County in Cangzhou came?

They need to survive, they need food, and they need to make a windfall. In every chaos, the government can't control them.

In this way, will they be as self-discipline as usual?

Meng Hun doesn't know what the butterfly effect is, but he knows that if Hejian county becomes like that, it has an inseparable relationship with him.

For a moment, he seemed to be speechless and couldn't say anything.

Other subordinates also fell silent one by one. They were all born in poor families and had suffered. How can they not understand?

Jiang Pengji sighed, "however, I have a way to reluctantly lower the food price, which may alleviate the situation a little."

Meng Hun suddenly raised his head, and a pair of tiger eyes stared at him for a long time.

"What are you going to do? Do you need Meng?"

She raised her hand slightly wearily and pinched the center of her eyebrows, which seemed to be a great deal of trouble.

"I originally wanted to collect some food from Hu County. As you know, my father is the Sheriff of Hu County, and the place has been well managed by him. Citing the underground water, the drought has been greatly alleviated. Today's Hu county is thousands of miles away, and there is a surplus of food every year."

Meng Hun nodded eagerly and agreed, "I often hear merchants mention this. They said that the Hujun was empty and there were starving people everywhere. However, after Liujun took office, the situation was better and better year by year. Now it is a place that people all yearn for."

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and said in some embarrassment, "it's really a good thing that Xiao Lang tried to alleviate the food shortage in Hejian county with Hu County rice grain, but Xiao Lang is not weak and his money is not rich. Even if Liu Jun Shou agrees with you... I'm afraid the money and energy consumed before and after can't be counted, and... It may cause jealousy of others..."

Philanthropists are not easy to do. The governor of Hejian may not want to see such a good thing that is conducive to winning the hearts of the people.

Jiang Pengji said reluctantly, "what you said is right, but if you don't do so, do you just stand by?"

Meng Hun was stopped by her one sentence and couldn't speak at once.

She added, "if there were a better source of rice, I wouldn't want to do it... Just, who is willing to be so generous? Who has so much grain in the rice warehouse? In today's world, if people don't kill everyone for themselves, who is willing to spare rice to help ordinary people?"

Several questions asked the men in the whole room. They... They couldn't think of it.

At this time, the young man felt cute by Jiang Pengji suddenly looked like "I think it out".

He pointed to Meng data, who was still struggling and wanted to struggle, and stammered, "he, he, he can!"

Everyone was stunned and forced to face, with an expression of "you're teasing me".

If Meng data had such a good heart, would Du Wei be forced to this desperate situation?

They didn't react. Jiang Pengji suddenly understood, but she still hesitated.

Seeing her expression, Meng Hun knew that she might have thought of a way, but he was embarrassed to say it.

"If you have any good plan, you can say it. If you can use Meng's place, you won't refuse."

Jiang Pengji still didn't speak, but the boy stammered in a hurry, "Duwei, isn't this boy's rice barn full of insects? I heard you say before that the guards guarding the rice barn complained that rats had bitten a lot of food..."