Yi Cheng headed north, bypassing several prefectures along the way, and would stop for a while in all cities and cities to find out the news in the city.

But what he knew was very limited. He only knew that the person who adopted his younger brother's surname was Zhao. He was now in his forties. He was from a noble family with a northern accent and probably had no concubine. He had an only son about fifteen years old.

He had to ask which wealthy families in the city had surnames Zhao, and the information was consistent with it.

But after half a year, he walked through three states along the way and searched dozens of cities, but few met the conditions, and the final verification was not the case. Yi Cheng was a little confused, but he did not do it, just like the last time he searched.

My sister’s solution is that it doesn’t work. The area is too large and there are too few clues in her hands. The fundamental way is to do it.

When Yi Cheng arrived in Cangzhou, it was already June. The weather in the north was hot and June was already scorching.

After running for half a year, Yi Cheng was also a little tired. Although he could walk thousands of miles a day while sitting on a horse, he couldn't bear it after so long that he continued to rush. Yi Cheng was determined to stay in Cangzhou for a few days and rest.

But not long after arriving in Cangzhou, Yi Chengru saw hungry people everywhere along both sides of the official road, dragging their families with their families, supporting their elderly and young people, all with pale faces and thin skin. They were strong when walking, and seemed to fall down at any time.

Yi Cheng fled with his mother since childhood. What he saw along the way was similar to that at this time. Someone died at any time. The scene now appears in front of him again, but it is a very miserable word.

Yi Cheng then dismounted and stopped a middle-aged man to ask why. When the man saw Yi Cheng dressing up, he knew that he was a gangster, but he didn't dare to refuse, so he told Yi Cheng about the matter.

It turned out that Cangzhou suffered a 100-year-old drought this year, with grain pellets harvested and the people put rice in the pot. Although the governor saw the disaster in the beginning of spring and applied for relief from the court, other prefectures could only deliver the grain here after harvest. Several nearby

The state transported too much food to support millions of victims.

A large amount of relief food will be transported from the south, and it will take at least three months. Therefore, the victims can only escape to the capital. I think there will always be a way out when they come to the capital.

Yi Cheng was deeply moved after hearing this. He immediately took off the drinking food he carried with him and handed it to the middle-aged man. The man thanked him and immediately distributed it to the elderly and children around him and the family.

After everyone thanked Yi Cheng Qianqian, they hurriedly started eating. Yi Cheng saw that they had been hungry for many days and ate the food they had eaten.

After they finished eating, Yi Cheng asked the middle-aged man again, "I heard that Cangzhou has always been a place with high grain production, and the grain supply in the capital has been supplied from then on in the past year. How could there be no surplus grain for living? Is it because the surplus grain in the government warehouse

?”

After hearing Yi Cheng's words, the middle-aged man showed resentment and said, "In the past, when we were in a bumper harvest, we did not only leave food, and sold the rest to grain merchants to supply them to the capital. But now we have suffered a hardship, but we have ended up like this.

The end."

After hearing this, Yi Cheng said a little surprised: "Although I don't live in the capital, I have also heard that the emperors are now politically clear and love the people quite well. How could they ignore the lives and death of the people?"

The middle-aged man heard this and said, "Oh, it's not the fault of the government. Our governor of Cangzhou is also a good official, but the grain was hoarded by those grain merchants, and the price increased ten times. Originally, one stone of grain was 1 tael of food.

The silver is now worth 10 taels, and we can afford it. The government used treasury silver to buy some porridge sheds, but now the porridge sheds can't be opened, so we can only escape."

Yi Cheng was furious after hearing this and said, "These profitable merchants have made a lot of money from you in the past, but now they really want to make disaster money. Can't the governor force them to submit?"

The middle-aged man heard this and said, "Hey, these people have a great background. They supply food and grass to the court all year round. They have support from officials in the court, and there are many guards around them. The governor also easily touched them.

Now the seven largest grain merchants in several nearby states are in Canghai City, the capital of Cangzhou, waiting for the governor to agree to their price."

After hearing what he said, Yi Cheng gave him some silver and let him leave. He rode his horse straight to Canghai City.

Since he is easy to achieve, he must try his best to save this matter, otherwise he will inevitably feel uneasy. Since he entered the world, he has always done his own things according to his heart and never did anything against his will.

When I arrived at Canghai City, Yi Cheng gradually had plans along the way, but it was probably not easy to do this matter by himself. If the governor cooperated with this matter, it would have been much easier.

Seeing that the refugees were living like years, Yi Cheng did not delay. After entering the city, he headed straight for the governor's mansion.

Yi Cheng came to the governor's mansion and told the guard that he wanted to meet the governor. The guardian saw that he was not very old and did not know him, and he also had a position in the court. How could he let him in? The governor wanted to meet him.

Just see.[

Yi Cheng saw that the guard was blocking him and was not inconvenient to move here, so he waited to find another secluded place to sneak in. Just now he turned around, but someone called him behind him: "Please stay, this young man!"

Yi Cheng felt familiar when he heard this. When he turned around, he found that it was an old friend, Zhang Sheng, the young master of the Zhang family in Canglan City, was the one who took Ru Meng away.

Yi Cheng saw the old friend and said a little happy: "Brother Zhang, it's you. I really don't meet you in life. After years of separation, I don't want to meet you here today. Brother Zhang is so good, and he has already tied up with Miss Ru Meng.

It's all right, I'll have to drink the wedding banquet for you two."

Zhang Sheng heard this and said, "It's really you, Brother Xiao, I was grateful to you that day, and I and Ru Meng have today. Haha, Ru Meng would be happy if you knew you were here. I don't know why Brother Xiao came here. It seemed like that just now.

I heard that Brother Xiao wants to meet the governor?"

Yi Chengdao: "That's right, but I have a chance to meet the governor, Brother Zhang seems to be doing things here, I wonder if I can guide you on behalf of you?"

Zhang Sheng smiled and said, "Brother Xiao is polite. As long as you report your name, the governor will definitely sweep the bed to greet him. Why do I need to attract you? Everyone wants to see the true face of Mount Lushan, the Xiaoyao swordsman, now!"

As he said that, he led Yi Cheng to the mansion. The guard heard Zhang Sheng's words and was stunned on the spot. Xiaoyao Swordsman used his own strength to destroy more than a dozen leaders of the Qing Gang to eliminate the great harm for Qingzhou. It has been a long time since the incident.

He actually blocked him outside the door. If the adults knew, wouldn't he be unable to take it, so he quickly apologized to Yicheng.

Yi Chengzi would not care about him and walked inward with Zhang Sheng.

Along the way, Yi Cheng also understood why Zhang Sheng was here. That day, Zhang Sheng left Canglan City like a dream and rushed to the capital. Zhang Sheng was indeed very talented. He won the championship in the imperial examination last year and was received by the emperor.

Seeing that he was not only outstanding in writing, but also had a lot of insight in his words and admired him very much, Xiaobai sent him to Cangzhou for training and entrusted him with a great task in time.

The Governor of Cangzhou is also a capable and clear-headed person, named Hai Dongqing. When he saw Zhang Sheng, he stayed by his side as an aide. Recently, the Governor was busy due to drought, but he had no choice.

Although he was the governor of a state, he could not move any of the grain merchants. When he was worried alone, he saw Zhang Sheng coming to see him, saying that it was Xiao Yi, a swordsman who was widely circulated in the world, so he asked for a meeting.
Chapter completed!