Not long after, Hu Xuan and others came back from the prefect's mansion, but they did not see Liu Ting. Liu Yu thought that the second brother must have stayed to curry favor with the King of Chu.

After asking about Liu Yu's arm diagnosis and treatment, everyone looked very disappointed when they learned that there was no progress. Liu Yu also asked about the prefect's office discussing the issue of paying food.

"There is not much grain left in the granary under Fangzhou City, and the summer grain is not yet collected, so we can only rely on other ways." Hu Xuan said, "Following the will of King Chu and Prefect Yu, they wanted to use a method similar to the... sacrificial method to collect grain. This idea was proposed by Mingjin, who was around the King of Chu, and the King of Chu trusted him very much."

Liu Yuxin said that Fangzhou City had not suffered any disasters and did not bring Jiji rice on this trip, saying it was the "Jichuan method". To put it bluntly, it only highlighted the "生" and asked wealthy families to sell rice at low prices as disaster relief grain.

Su Yan was scolded by Liu Yu a few words before, and was a little disappointed. At this moment, he wanted to learn more and asked, "What is the method of relieving the sect?"

Hu Xuan was speechless immediately. When the King of Chu and others discussed some inherent nouns, they knew very well that they could not explain them. Hu Xuan knew nothing about disaster relief. How the King of Chu and others discussed, he just brought a message.

Fortunately, Qi Fang is also a scholar, and has a lot of knowledge. He can also be aware of it after listening. Qi Fang roughly explained the meaning of the method of remedy. To put it bluntly, it is to "rob the rich and help the poor" during the famine, and rely on the landlord's food to survive the famine. This method is a last resort, which can easily cause disputes and conflicts.

"Master, what do you mean?"

Liu Yu said: "Even if the rich manor in Fangzhou City is turned upside down, it will be difficult to collect the 10,000 stones of grain needed in the local area. So what if it is all? Just relying on the more than 100,000 stones of grain collected by a few princes, can the people of Guanzhong celebrate the New Year?"

Su Yan didn't understand even more, so he looked at Hu Xuan and was puzzled by him. He had to turn his attention to Qi Fang.

Qi Fang explained: "The number of people affected by the disaster in Guanzhong this time is as many as one million. There are 200,000 stones of grain and 24 million kilograms. The victims are divided into 20 kilograms of one person. They can only eat them for up to two months if they do not starve to death. This time, there is no harvest of summer grain in Guanzhong, and there is no hope of autumn grain. If there is no food left in the family of the victims, they will not be able to survive this year."

Su Yan originally thought that after returning from the food, he would save the disaster and do it. It was not difficult to do it. He just used it to come out for fun. Now he found that not only could not be taken up the food, but even after returning from the food, the disaster would still not be solved. He was extremely shocked.

"Master, you...you should tell me a solution, you have the best one." Su Yan hurriedly asked for help from Liu Yu.

"I am not a god and I can't spit out food. What can I do?" Liu Yu said with a complicated attitude, "Now my hand injury has not improved yet, so the rest can only be taken one step."

After lunch, Liu Yu wanted to continue to go out to visit the doctor for treatment. Before he went out, Liu Ting came back with a drunken meal and burping. When he saw Liu Yu, he smiled and said, "Yo, twelfth brother, haven't you eaten yet?"

When Liu Yu saw his smile, he knew that he must have climbed up to the vine of King Chu. Liu Yu just glanced at him. The two really lacked common language and came out with Su Yan and others.

It was fine in the afternoon. Su Yan and others accompanied Liu Yu to the outskirts of Fangzhou to find a doctor named He, who is said to be a famous local doctor.

The group was still extremely cautious. Although they were wearing few casual clothes, they still kept their weapons. First, they offended the bandits who had offended the Mengguizhai before, and second, they were more than 500 miles south of Fangzhou to the territory of the Huai King, and they had to guard against the enemy's territory when approaching the enemy.

Doctor He is a middle-aged man in his fifties. He has a goatee, and he asked Liu Yuwang for some questions and questions, and said, "Brother, this injury should be due to a blockage of the Qi and meridians. I guess it was caused by a martial arts master, right?"

This is the most reliable way to speak among the doctors Liu Yu has visited in the past few days, at least it explains the cause of his disease.

"Doctor He, how can this injury be cured?"

Doctor He shook his head helplessly and said, "I am sorry that I am knowledgeable and knowledgeable. This injury cannot be cured. I can only prescribe some medicines to promote blood circulation and relieve blood stasis. You should move your arms more to avoid getting disabled."

Liu Yu sighed, and a hope was shattered again. The doctor named He said that he was considered to be of excellent medical skills, but he still could not heal his injuries. It seems that dissolving an arm is the price for him to get freedom.

Although Liu Yu's arms hurts very much as he moves, he still often endures pain and moves to smooth the blood and blood. In fact, his lower arm is not different from normal, except for the redness and swollenness, and his bones, tendons and blood vessels are not damaged, so it is not good.

After coming out of Dr. He's house, Xu Xuanzhu's eyes were red. She kept blaming herself for her. She encouraged Liu Yu to go to the next yard to have a meal that caused trouble. She also blamed herself for being a "human life". Liu Yu cherishes her wholeheartedly and has injuries on her hands, but he is not the kind of pessimistic and disappointed person. After a lifetime of disaster, even if she is disabled, as long as she can live happily every day, it is acceptable for him.

"Husband, I submitted a document to the emperor with an urgent document of 800 miles at noon, informing him of his injuries, and asked the emperor to send an imperial physician to treat him." Xu Xuanzhu looked at Liu Yu and said, "Husband, don't worry, if the imperial physician is here, you won't be afraid."

Liu Yu hesitated and said, "It's not good to use the resources of the court to cure his injuries... isn't it?"

"What's wrong with it?" Su Yan said, "The master was also injured when he came out for office work. I believe his father would understand that the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment level is no hundreds of times better than that of doctors in these small places?"

Liu Yu glanced at the confident Su Yan. He knew that in Su Yan's eyes everything from the royal family was good, otherwise he would not have squeezed back desperately after becoming a commoner. But the imperial doctor is also a Chinese medicine doctor, and Liu Yu always felt that this was unreliable, so he said that.

The group was walking back to the city. After passing a small market, a group of children suddenly ran out and threw things like wood. Liu Yu subconsciously wanted to block the things he threw at him with his hands, but forgot that his right hand could not move. The pull hurt so much that he could only stop temporarily.

The group of children were just playing and soon flashed into the Min Lane. Su Yan picked up all round things from the ground, looked left and right, and asked, "What is this?"

Qi Fang and others had seen it, but no one recognized it. Liu Yu took it. The round thing was not big, one finger long and an oval shape. It looked like a mountain fruit, with fur shaved.

"Maybe it's taro." Liu Yu said casually, throwing the thing in his hand behind him.

Su Yan still didn't understand, Liu Yu explained: "The taro paste you eat on weekdays is made of taro."

Liu Yu said, suddenly turned around, squatted down and looked at the "taro" he had just thrown away. Although the thing thrown by the children looked like taro and the skin was dry and wrinkled, Liu Yu still felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Liu Yu immediately picked a piece and put it in his mouth.

"Husband, dirty..." Xu Xuanzhu's reminder was no longer enough.

Liu Yu suddenly smiled and said, "This is not taro, it is clearly sweet potato."

Su Yan asked, "What is sweet potato?"

"Sweet potatoes are sweet potatoes." Liu Yu looked at everyone, and everyone's face was puzzled. Only then did Liu Yu realize that sweet potatoes were not native to the Middle Land, because there was another name for sweet potatoes, which came from foreign lands.

"How could there be sweet potatoes here?" Liu Yu stood up and looked around for the child who had just played, looking for some clues.

"Master, what's it just... sweet potatoes, what's the fuss about?" Su Yan didn't understand that Liu Yu had a little excitement on his face.

"What do you know? Hurry up and help find it."

Liu Yu held sweet potato in his hand, as if he was holding a treasure, steamed buns and sweet potatoes, which were two things that the older generation often talked about. Not only because these two things were daily food, but because of the high yields of these two things, especially sweet potatoes, were first-class in drought and harsh climates. In the old society where agriculture was underdeveloped, this was the foundation for ordinary people to live, and white flour rice was not affordable for everyone. The expansionary development of China's population after the Qing Dynasty was largely due to the introduction of these two crops.

Liu Yu had made popcorn and naturally knew that corn had been introduced to the Central Plains. He used to think that it would be great if there was a roasted sweet potato to eat. Now he had seen the sweet potato that excited him for the first time in this Jianghuai land.

"Who knows who belongs to those children?"

Su Yan went to the door of the box and looked at it. He had long disappeared and said with a sad face.

"Then go door to door and ask, go back and find more guards to come and ask around. If you can find out the source of this item, you will be rewarded." Liu Yu said in a unquestionable and decisive tone. (To be continued. Mobile phone users please read it.)
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