"Yueque checked the classics and found that such a severe drought has only happened twice in the past five hundred years."
In other words, a once-in-a-century event?
All the ministers took a deep breath:
Oh my gosh, I didn’t expect this drought to be so serious?
Bai Yuyue frowned and continued:
"There is a servant in Yueque Mansion who lives in the west of Donghai County. I heard that the drought there is the most severe, almost - almost to the point of cannibalism!"
Cang Xilin almost lost his breath after hearing this, while the other subjects were also a little panicked.
"Yueque heard a saying when he was a child, 'Floods are on the front line, droughts are on the whole'. Droughts are always more serious than floods. Moreover, large-scale locust disasters may occur concurrently, which will intensify the disaster."
Bai Yu Yueque continued to state, and suddenly knelt down and said: "Please forgive Yue Que for being rude, Your Majesty. Yue Que has already asked his servants to purchase a large amount of grain."
"Why buy grain?"
Liu Zi was very good at reading the Jade Classics and History, and as a royal censor, he was also very good at criticizing, but he was not good at these important matters concerning the national economy and people's livelihood.
"During the lean period, grain merchants are likely to hoard."
Bai Yuyue said, "The emperor gave Yue 10,000 taels of gold, but Yue que has no use for it. It can be used as a relief at this time."
"Your Majesty, please pay attention to suppressing grain prices," Bai Yuyueque suggested, "This is a once-in-a-century opportunity for grain merchants to make a fortune, and they will never let go of this opportunity!"
"There are also border defenses..." Bai Yuyueque breathed out, "Liang Yinqing knows that Shengguo is facing a crisis at this moment, and it is very likely that he will seek to send troops!"
A group of people looked at Bai Yu Yueque as if she were stupid, seeming to think that she was a bit too omniscient and omnipotent.
What they didn't know was that Bai Yuyue had been thinking about this issue for several months.