Qian Neng failed to obtain military rations, but there was nothing he could do about Wang Zhongbi. He could only leave in frustration.

But Qian Neng really cared about the people. While going to the court to read a book about Wang Zhongbi, he tried every means to collect food.

Porridge factories were opened in the east, south, west and north of the city. He also ordered all counties in Nanhai Prefecture to open porridge factories.

Serve thin porridge, that is, very thin porridge. It will be fine if you eat it like this for a while, but if it lasts for a long time, people will definitely have problems.

But for the people in the city, this is a way to survive. The people heard the news, dragged their families and went to the porridge factory to wait for porridge.

But soon, the porridge factory could no longer run. Qian could still be considered a good official, but he could not stand up to the many corrupt officials under his command. For example, Qian could order a pot of porridge and use a pound of rice.

Corrupt officials deducted one or two meters. This is one or two meters short, but it is difficult to see. People who have money can only stare at it. This makes the people even more hungry.

Moreover, not only the people in the city are panicking, but also the farmers outside the city. That's right. The farmers still have last year's autumn grain on hand, and they barely have enough to eat.

But how many people can survive until next autumn? And what if there is no harvest next autumn? There is really no way to rely on God.

Farmers also heard the news and came to the porridge factory outside the city to seize the rice porridge. This caused conflicts between the people in the city and the farmers outside the city, and some vicious fighting incidents occurred.

It also allowed me to store food that was not much, and it became less and less like running water.

The money can only last a few days, so I can only cut costs and make the rice porridge in the porridge factory thinner until it is as clear as rice soup.

But even for this kind of rice soup, people have to queue for a long time to get it. If they queue repeatedly, they will be beaten and scolded, or they will be taken away and locked up immediately.

morning.

Outside the porridge factory, there was a huge crowd. Among them were Zhang Menban and his wife, and their five children. Now everything in the city has stopped, and everyone is waiting for rice porridge.

Zhang Menpan has stopped working for a long time, and he waits here with his wife and children all day long. He hides all the money in the house on his body.

As the situation becomes turbulent, thefts also increase. Many homes have been robbed.

"Master, we will starve to death sooner or later." Zhang Menban and his wife had just taken their children, got seven bowls of rice porridge, and came to the corner to sit down.

Zhang's wife, whose chest was pressed against her back with hunger, looked at the rice soup in the bowl with a look of despair. In just a few days, their whole family had been hungry three times. If this continues, sooner or later they will become skeletons on the roadside.

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"What can we do? Just hold on." Zhang Menban gave a wry smile, then picked up the bowl, drank most of the rice soup, and then put it down. After the five children finished drinking, they immediately looked at Zhang eagerly.

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Zhang Menban mixed the half bowl of rice soup in the bowl and chopsticks and poured it out to the five children.

No matter what the reason is, most creatures in this world have the feeling of licking calves, let alone humans?

Unless absolutely necessary, no one will change their children and eat them. Even if it is absolutely necessary, some people will change their children and eat them, but some people will not.

The reason why the head of the house is the head of the house is because he is a man.

But if this continues, people will really die. Zhang Menban gritted his teeth and stood up, looking around to see if there was any way to survive.

At this moment, he heard the conversation between two people.

"If this continues, I'm afraid we will all die. I heard that General Fu Han in Yingqing Prefecture has food in his hands and is willing to share it with the people. The porridge factory he opened is thick porridge. It can hold up chopsticks without falling over. It's really

General Renyi."

"Is this true?"

"Of course it's true. Can I still lie to you? I plan to go to General Fu Han tomorrow."

"By the way. You should also know about offering sacrifices to the sky to pray for rain, right? The general is the one destined by fate. If you go to the general, you will definitely be able to survive."

The conversation between these two people made many people's eyes light up, including Zhang Menban. Zhang Menban touched his dry and flat belly, gritted his teeth, and thought.

"It's a dead end. It's better to go to Yingqing Mansion or Guangchuan Mansion to try your luck."

"General Fu Han's benevolence and righteousness can't be worse than these corrupt officials, right?"

Zhang Menban raised his eyes and looked at the officials who were serving porridge. They all had red faces and were in great shape. They had eaten a lot of oil and water.

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Zhang Menban quickly returned to his family, picked up his wife and said, "Let's go to Yingqing Mansion."

"Yingqing Mansion?"

Zhang's wife looked confused. Soon, the couple took their five children and ran towards Yingqing Mansion. And there were many such people.

In fact, they have become refugees and have begun to abandon their family property and beg for food.

If the situation gets worse, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang will rise up and shout, "Princes, generals, and prime ministers would rather have the seed."

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Fu Han General's Mansion, inside the main hall.

Wu Nian, Liu Zhixing, Wang Youxiao, Li Yong, Zhang Haiping, Chen Jiagui and others sat in order of priority, all with solemn expressions.

"General. Refugees are pouring in not only in Nanhai Prefecture, but also in Guangyang Prefecture and Huanglong Prefecture. And this is not natural. There is a big hand controlling everything."

"It is very possible that he is a Mongolian person."

Chen Jiagui took a deep breath, cupped his fists and saluted.

"General, what should we do now? We can only be self-sufficient in food. If too many refugees come in, we will soon be overwhelmed."

Li Yong didn't have any idea, he raised his head and said solemnly.

"There are two ways. One is to send troops to guard the mountain roads to prevent refugees from coming in. The other is to find ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure and accept all the refugees."

Liu Zhixing said in a deep voice.

"It can't be stopped." Wu Nian shook his head, stood up and said, "I fought against the Mongolians for the people of Liaodong. Now the people can't survive and come to me. How can I abandon them?"

"We will harvest as much as we can. Fortunately, our army has strict military discipline. We have reduced the army's rations and opened porridge factories everywhere to serve thick porridge that can stand up with chopsticks."

Liu Zhixing was not surprised at all by Wu Nian's decision. This general claimed to be a butcher, but he actually had a bottom line.

"But this is just a cost-cutting exercise. We can't sustain it," Liu Zhixing said, shaking his head.

Wu Nian paced with his hands behind his back, lowered his head and pondered. After thinking for a long time, he raised his head and said: "Since this is the conspiracy of the Meng Yuan people, I believe that the Meng Yuan people will have a back-up plan."

"Before, they gave money to pirates and blocked sea routes. Chu and Goguryeo both restricted the export of food."

"This blockade must be stricter now."

"Under normal circumstances, even if we have money, we can't buy food. We have to grab it ourselves."

"Li Tianbao, who was promoted to the Navy, was appointed as a captain and recruited refugees from Nanhai Prefecture to expand the army and collect ships. We had no choice but to break through the pirate blockade ourselves, land in Goguryeo, and grab food."

"Start preparations for war immediately. We will attack Nanhai Mansion. I heard that Wang Zhongbi has military rations in his hands."

"If that doesn't work, then we can only fight fiercely with the Meng Yuan people."

"It is better to die on the road to charge than to starve to death."

"If I don't live well, no one can live well."
Chapter completed!