Runniang knew about the situation in Jiangnan because she heard from Tang Xiaobei and Zuo Feifei.
Tang Xiaobei and Zuo Feifei knew this because one of them was the general manager of the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce and the other was a general of the Detachment of Women. They were both considered high-ranking officials in the imperial court.
And Li Doudou is just a little Doudou, a little Doudou who doesn't like to talk much and likes to climb trees and dig out bird's nests all day long. How could she know this?
Runniang's first thought was that someone told her.
As a result, Li Doudou shook his head: "No one told me."
"Then how do you know this?" Runniang asked.
"I read it in the newspaper," Li Doudou replied.
"Did the newspaper say this?" Runniang was stunned.
Although she also participated in literacy classes, she was not as attentive as Guan Xiaorou. She usually focused on cooking and almost never read newspapers.
Li Doudou is just the opposite and cares very much about newspapers.
And instead of going under the newspaper reading table to listen to the postman reading the newspaper, she went directly to the Jinchuan Newspaper Office.
As soon as she returned from Dangxiang, she followed Li Didi into the newspaper's printing shop to engrave illustrations for the newspaper.
After the printing factory employees learned about the brothers and sisters, they sympathized with them and took great care of them.
Although Li Doudou was still autistic at that time, she knew whoever was good to her.
Now my autism has improved, and I often go to the newspaper office.
The little girl was already popular, and because of Li Didi's relationship, Chen Wenyuan and Zhao Yue ignored her and allowed her to come and go from the newspaper office and printing factory as they pleased.
"The newspapers didn't say it directly, but they often analyzed the situation in Jiangnan and the Central Plains. Isn't it easy to deduce it?" Li Doudou asked rhetorically.
"Is this all your own guesses?" Runniang asked.
"Yes," Li Doudou nodded.
Jinchuan Daily has a limited page, and not all articles will be printed. Because he can freely enter and exit the newspaper office and printing factory, Li Doudou learned more news than what Jinchuan Daily published.
Coupled with the experience she gained in the Prime Minister's Mansion, she developed the habit of peeling off the cocoon and seeing the essence through superficial phenomena.
Run Niang was silent for a moment and gave Li Doudou a thumbs up: "Awesome!"
"No, no," Li Doudou lowered his head shyly: "My brother is so good, how can I be so good?"
"You and your brother are both awesome!"
Runniang praised again. Seeing that Li Doudou was shy, she looked at Xiao'e and the others: "You all remember, everyone in the world can say something bad about the leader, but we can never say something bad about him. Without him, you would
, and I might have starved to death a long time ago, do you understand?"
"Understood!"
Xiao'e, Achun and Ling'er nodded quickly.
"Okay, you guys eat quickly. After you finish eating, go back and wash yourself. Everyone is as dirty as a dog!"
After Chihiro Kita came back, although she did not directly train the four little ones, she asked the instructor to increase their training a lot. The four little ones ran with heavy loads in the mountains for half an afternoon, and they all got a lot of mud on their bodies.
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Outside the small courtyard, Jin Feng and Guan Xiaorou were walking one behind the other.
It was already dark at this time, but fortunately, oil lamps were lit on several main roads in Xihewan at night, so it was not difficult to see.
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Jin Feng didn't have any goals, so he walked aimlessly to the back mountain, then found a stone and sat down.
Guan Xiaorou looked at Jin Feng's back, hesitated for a moment and then walked over.
"Master, you also know that Xiao'e is a heartless girl. I will take care of her when I get back..."
Hearing Guan Xiaorou speak, Jin Feng realized that she was following her.
He patted the side and motioned Guan Xiaorou to sit down, and then said with a smile: "Tong Yan Wuji, what are you doing to deal with Xiao'e? Besides, you have to ask if you don't understand. She just asked the doubts in her heart."
Seeing that Guan Xiaorou still looked worried, Jin Feng directly pulled her to the side and sat down: "Don't worry, I didn't say anything sarcastic, and I'm not angry with Xiao'e."
"Then what's wrong with you, the master, that you're silent?" Guan Xiaorou asked.
"I'm reflecting," Jin Feng put his hands behind his back, supported the stone, and looked up at the dark night sky: "I'm wondering whether what I did is right or not."
"Master, of course you are doing the right thing!" Guan Xiaorou said: "If it weren't for you, I don't know how many people would have died in Sichuan and Shu!"
"But it's also because of me that many people may die in Jiangnan." Jin Feng replied.
In fact, before transferring grain from Jiangnan, Jin Feng knew what would happen to Jiangnan once a grain shortage broke out.
But when the Ninth Princess proposed to him to transport grain from the south of the Yangtze River, Jin Feng had no objection.
Jin Feng had been deliberately avoiding thinking about this issue before, but today Xiao'e raised that question, making it impossible for him to avoid it anymore.
"Master, you can't think like that."
Guan Xiaorou, who has never been good at persuading others, now started talking eloquently: "Master, it's not like you don't know who those grain merchants in Jiangnan are. They are profit-seeking businessmen who only want to make money and don't care about the people at all.
life and death!
The food is in their hands, and those who survive are the rich, but ordinary people will still starve to death.
Only when food is in our hands can it truly be delivered to those in need, and more people can survive!
So I think you and Wuyang did the right thing, and you don’t have to blame yourself for this!"
"I know," Jin Feng put his arms around Guan Xiaorou: "Thank you Xiaorou, thank you for understanding me!"
"We are all a family, so thank you."
Guan Xiaorou rolled her eyes at Jin Feng, then put her arm around Jin Feng's waist and rested her head on his shoulder: "Master, don't think so much. I know what you are doing now is not for yourself, but to let more people survive.
, this is enough.”
"Yeah!" Jin Feng nodded heavily.
In fact, he also knew that from a macro perspective, his decision was not wrong.
Grain merchants are only profit-seeking. What they pursue is money. They hoard grain to make money, not to allow more people to survive.
Moreover, grain merchants do not have enough armed forces to protect food security. When the number of disaster victims reaches a certain level, as long as someone raises their arms, the victims will attack the granary. Grain merchants hope that those thugs will not be able to hold on.
Food is flammable, and red-eyed victims are irrational, and will definitely cause a lot of casualties and waste.
Even if the victims do not waste food, the leader of the victims who controls the granary will most likely become a new grain merchant, using food to attract people and occupy the land as king.
At that time, it will still be the common people who will suffer.
Now that Sichuan and Shu are under his control, food will be more reasonably distributed in Sichuan and Shu. With the same food, more people can survive in Sichuan and Shu than in Jiangnan.
But when he thought that many people in Jiangnan fell into famine and might even starve to death, Jin Feng couldn't help but feel guilty.