Yushan County.
There was a young man with a slender body, introverted and steady eyes, a long sword sheathed on his waist, a black and red long hat on his head, and a black and red long coat with the word "catching" written on the chest. He had finished his errands for the day. , walked into a chamber of commerce called Bafanglou.
"Master Su, you are here. What do you want to order today?"
A young man came up to him with a smile on his face and a humble attitude, as if this young man was some great person.
"Old rule, ten pounds of golden chicken rice."
The young man smiled.
Judging from his tone, this is not his first time coming to Bafanglou.
His name is Su Qian, and he is a police officer in Yushan County. Although he is not a big shot, he is more or less an official. With the salary paid by the county government, many people in Yushan County still have to give him a little face.
"Well, Mr. Su, I'll give you twenty taels of silver for ten pounds of golden chicken rice."
The smile on the boy's face became even brighter.
"Last month it was only one tael of silver, how could it have doubled in the blink of an eye?"
Su Gan frowned.
His monthly salary is only one tael and a half of silver. He gets one salary every month and doesn't care about anything else. He can't touch Bafanglou's ten kilograms of golden chicken rice. Life is tight. Now the price of golden chicken rice has doubled. The salary I just received today is not enough to buy rice.
"My dear Mr. Su, you should know better than me what's going on this year. The price of grain has doubled several times, and coarse grain costs a hundred cents per pound."
"Golden Chicken Rice has certain requirements for cultivation conditions. This price is for your sake, Mr. Su. If someone else comes, it won't be this price."
"And this is still today. Maybe the purchase price in the store will become higher tomorrow, and it will increase again then."
The boy said with an apologetic smile.
"That's all, just give me five pounds."
Su Gan had no choice but to give up.
He naturally understood what the boy was talking about.
Yushan County is a small county below Qinghe County, the eighteenth county in the south of Daxuan Kingdom. Three months ago, the eighteen counties in the south of Daxuan suffered from a once-in-a-century flood. An unknown amount of land was flooded, and then another flood occurred that was rare in a century. There was a severe drought and no rain fell for several months.
Floods and droughts that are rare in a century have caused more than 90% of the land in eighteen counties in the south to be harvested, and Yushan County has also been affected.
Now outside Yushan County, I don’t know how many refugees are waiting for the porridge shops that Yushan County opens outside the city every day to continue their lives.
A more important point.
Wu Wen, the current leader of the Daxuan Kingdom, has been in charge of Daxuan for decades. Now he has entered his old age. There is a possibility that Yulong will be buried in heaven at any time, and he has not decided on a crown prince. It seems that he has the intention to let the major princes of the Daxuan Kingdom compete for the throne. This resulted in the strange and changeable form of the Daxuan court.
There is instability in the court above, catastrophes from the sky below, and food shortages. Naturally, some people take the opportunity to drive up food prices and cause man-made disasters. Even the magistrate of Yushan County cannot stop it.
Just like the current Bafang Tower, there is a background behind it that even Yushan County magistrates are extremely afraid of. They cannot suppress it easily, otherwise they will suffer misfortune.
Soon, Su Gan spent one tael of silver to buy five kilograms of golden chicken rice from Bafanglou, returned to his small yard in Yushan County, and washed the golden chicken rice for cooking.
Golden Rooster Rice has the same name. It is about half the size of a pinky finger and is shaped like a golden rooster. It has the wonderful effect of strengthening the Qi and blood of warriors. It is a kind of rice that martial arts practitioners prefer to eat. It sells well throughout Daxuan Kingdom and is the most popular in Daxuan Kingdom. One of the most expensive rice grains.
Not long after.
A small bowl of golden chicken rice porridge with golden rice soup that looked a little thin was cooked by Su Gan. After drinking it while it was hot, I started boxing in my yard.
With one punch, he was like a tiger descending from a mountain, quite imposing.
Tiger Fist, a third-rate technique, is eligible to be received by people from all major yamen in Daxuan Kingdom. It allows people to practice to the third-rate realm. Only those who are like Su Qian and are public officials of Daxuan Kingdom are eligible to receive it. It is completely out of reach of other ordinary people.
"It will take half a year, at most half a year, to break through and get involved in the third-rate realm."
Half an hour later, Su Gan punched an old tree the size of a bowl in the yard, knocking off the dead leaves. Still wanting to finish, Su Qian stopped his fist and stopped.
Golden chicken rice, it is indeed golden chicken rice. It is a little expensive, but it is worth it. After drinking the small bowl just now, Su Qian used the tiger fist to draw the power of blood to beat the body, and his strength increased a little.
Unfortunately, the quantity of golden chicken rice porridge is not much, only a small bowl.
However, there is no way around this.
Poor in literature and rich in martial arts.
Poor people study literature, rich people practice martial arts.
With Su Qian's salary, being able to eat Golden Chicken Rice is already considered good, and can even be said to be a luxury. Most other people with the same income as Su Gan are not willing to spend a tael of silver every month on Golden Chicken Rice. superior.
Now that the price of golden chicken rice has increased, I can only save a little.
As for the disciples of those big families who have taken root in Yushan County for hundreds of years, they eat golden chicken rice every day, or even rice made from rice that is even rarer than golden chicken rice. You can eat a bowl or throw away a bowl. .
After a brief wash, Su Qian returned to his sleeping room, closed all the doors and windows, and carefully took out something from the inner pocket of his underwear that was sewn with needle thread, his thoughts wandering a bit.
This object is the size of a pigeon egg, and is a black stone that is as black as ink.
He was originally one of the living beings on the other side of the Milky Way. It was precisely because of this black stone that he appeared in this world. That's all... The past cannot be traced. Everything is gone with the wind. No matter what his previous identity was, he is now the most The main thing is to live in the moment.
next moment.
A faint light flashed across the black stone.
In the blink of an eye, Su Gan appeared in a strange space.
This space is the own space of the black stone. It is a half-acre of fertile land that is as black as ink. There is only one thing on it, which is a kind of blood-red rice covered with full blood rice.
"According to this trend, it should take about a month before it is almost fully mature. By then, you can save money on buying golden chicken rice."
Su Gan couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw the plump ears of rice that were half-bent under the weight of the blood rice.
Blood Rice has existed since Su Qian obtained the Black Stone.
The rice grown from it has blood-red sprouts. According to the information given by the Black Stone Space, this rice can enhance the strength of the warrior's qi and blood, and increase the strength of the warrior's bloodline. It has unparalleled benefits for martial arts practitioners, Su The dried rice is called blood tooth rice.
"Wait for a while, wait for a while."
Su Gan pressed down to pick the nearly ripe blood tooth rice, and with the excitement of trying its true wonders, he stepped out of the black space.
Although the blood tooth rice is about to mature, it is not really mature yet, and the effect is naturally not as strong as that of a fully mature one. I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. After waiting for so many years, Su Gan doesn't mind waiting a little longer.
A night of silence.
Early the next morning, Su Gan stepped into the county government office and found that besides the policemen like them, there were many other people in the county government office.
Da da da.
Not long after, the sound of footsteps came from the back hall of the county government office, and an official wearing a green soap coat walked out of it. He was Yushan County Magistrate Liu Mang.
Different from the ordinary people's impression of a short and fat county magistrate with a greasy body and a fat face, Liu Mang is eight feet tall, tall and mighty, with a body of tendon meat, strong and powerful. If he takes off his official robe and puts on armor, what do you think? Some people believe that he is a strong general who charges forward.
"I've met the magistrate."
Many detectives bowed their hands in greeting.
"Everyone, our eighteen counties in the south of Daxuan were first hit by a once-in-a-century flood, and then by a once-in-a-century drought. There are hundreds of millions of acres of fertile land, with no harvest. Our Yushan County is not spared either. Please ask the imperial court for disaster relief. I’ve already learned a lot about the Zhezi.”
"Now I have received a clear reply."
"Since all eighteen counties in the south of Daxuan were hit by disasters, most of which were more serious than our Yushan County, the imperial court could not afford so much money and food at once, so it could only take care of the most severely affected counties, our Yushan County, first. You can only figure it out on your own.”
"And now our Yushan County's grain reserves under the control of our county government have been consumed more than half. If this continues, we can last for another month at most."
Liu Mang stopped and said in a deep voice.
"What, let us figure it out ourselves."
"We are still waiting for the government to allocate disaster relief food funds to save lives. We need money but no money, and we need food but no food. Let us find a way on our own. Doesn't this mean that we are waiting to die?"
"It's over, it's over now."
Liu Mang's words were like a depth charge thrown into the pond.
Eighteen counties in the south of Daxuan were affected by large-scale disasters. The pressure on the imperial court may be a bit high, and they cannot provide so much food and money for disaster relief at the moment. However, no matter how much, they must give a little, whether it is more or more, to show that the imperial court has not taken them into consideration. A laissez-faire attitude.
Let Yushan County figure out its own solution, what about playing?
If Yushan County had a solution, it would still need to ask for help.
"Quiet, there is so much noise and commotion in the court hall, what's the decorum? Although the superiors did not allocate money or food, they sent five books of second-rate exercises and one incomplete first-rate exercise."
Liu Mang slapped the alarm and dropped another explosive news.
"What, there is a skill?"
"There are five second-rate exercises, and one is a first-rate incomplete exercise. If these were sold, they would probably fetch a sky-high price."
"Sir, I wonder what you mean?"
Many people exclaimed, and there were sounds of swallowing saliva. Even the fact that the Daxuan court had not distributed money and food for disaster relief was temporarily put aside.
Su Qian's eyes instantly became extremely hot.
PS: Please pay attention to the new book.
