More than half a month has passed quickly, and the city of Chang'an is still shrouded in ice and snow.

The Xuzhou Mi family's food shortage plan, although it cost the life of Mi Fang, the second head of the family, was achieved as expected.

Not only did the people in the city The food supply is almost at the bottom, and even the food outside the city cannot be transported in.

In addition to the thousands of miles of ice, the Guandong princes are working behind the scenes and blocking the food road.

The only Liangzhou that Dong Yu can influence and control is not a food-producing area. It is lucky that the food currently accumulated can ensure the local people and the garrisoned troops survive the winter. How can there be any excess? Where's the food coming in? The residence of Great Sinong Cai Yong was injured. He looked at the order Dong Yuxin gave him. After reading it carefully, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said,

"How difficult the world is. If the battle for food cannot be fought well and the people complain, it will be difficult for us to garrison the city of Chang'an!"

Hearing his father's rare lament, Cai Yan asked curiously while serving tea sensibly ,

"What order did General Wei give you, and why did your father sigh so much?"

Cai Yong didn't shy away from anything.

He explained,

"In order to cope with possible enemy offensives in the coming spring, General Wei"

"Recently, thousands of people have been trained, and these people consume a lot of food."

"It has already affected the food rations of the people in Chang'an City."

"Mr. Dong ordered me to reduce the food rations and turn them into porridge sheds, so that the food in hand can continue to ensure the survival of the people!"

"ah?"

Cai Yan was also surprised,

"It turns out that Chang'an City's food supply is already stretched thin."

"It’s just that Yan’er thought that before we distributed food rations to the people,"

"Now that it has suddenly been transformed into a porridge shack for serving porridge, the people are afraid that they will complain!"

Cai Yong shook his head helplessly.

As a great farmer, he was also Dong Yu's most trusted person in the court.

Only he could handle this matter.

"Instruct the servants in the house,"

"From today on, all of us in the Cai Mansion will go to the porridge shed regularly to drink porridge, and all the food at home will be handed over!"

Cai Yong was indeed extremely loyal to Dong Yu.

He was neither a counselor nor a general.

As a civil servant, he could only lead by example and win the hearts and minds of the people on Dong Yu's behalf.

Sure enough, in the evening of that day, a long queue had already formed at the food rationing place. The common people, carrying empty pockets in their hands, said one by one,

"I wonder if we can get an extra tael of food today. My dog Sheng is just growing up and has a huge appetite!"

"Grandma of the Li family, you have a good idea. All the food companies in the city are out of food. These food are all military rations. How can they give you more?!"

"Hey, I heard that as long as you sign up to join the army, you can receive food directly. Is this true?"

The man who suddenly interrupted was immediately looked up and down by the people chatting beside him.

"Look at you like this, you're as skinny as a rib."

"If I really join the army, I'm afraid I'll be like my neighbor, who will be kicked out in a long time!"

"I really thought military rations were so delicious……"

At this moment, the time had come, and everyone stopped chatting, stretched their necks, squeezed the pockets in their hands, and walked forward in a crowd.

But this time, what they were looking forward to was not food, but buckets of ready-made white porridge.

At the same time, the sign that said"fixed food rationing" was removed and replaced. The sign is a"fixed porridge" sign.

When the illiterate people saw that the characters on the sign changed from six to four, they immediately understood that there was a change.

The faces of the literate people all changed.

"Why are you giving porridge?"

"Is there no food left?"

"Can not be done! There is someone in our family who is sick in bed and wants me to bring food back!"

These people expressed their dissatisfaction one after another.

What is food? If you have food, you can live.

Whose family has no one, old or young?

There are also those who are sick in bed.

They need food even more.

Therefore, food is What they need.

As for a bowl of porridge, it can only fill the stomach and extend life.

The difference between the two is like a clear mirror in the hearts of these people.

With the first person to complain, the irritable atmosphere began to gradually spread.

Soon the group of people began to shout loudly,

"We want food! food!"

The militiamen who were maintaining law and order at the scene looked helpless.

At this moment, an unexpected person appeared. Cai Yong, who was wearing the official uniform of Jiuqing and was a senior farmer, came to the porridge shed in person.

He Without saying anything, he walked to the front, picked up a pottery bowl, made a bowl of porridge himself, and then ate it in big mouthfuls.

All the people present watched this scene quietly,

After finishing eating, Cai Yong turned around and said to everyone present,

"Everyone, I understand how you want food."

"But the white porridge in front of us is also food."

"It was also what General Wei captured from a group of profiteers."

"At least, the white porridge in front of me is not priced at hundreds of yuan per tael by those profiteers."

"General Wei gives it to you for free!"

"And from today on, all officials in the imperial court and everyone in your family will join you in giving porridge."

"We all eat the same thing!"

Cai Yong's words shocked everyone, and the people of Chang'an City began to understand that

Dong Yu wanted them to live, and did not want them to die.

As for how to live, they could only overcome it by themselves...

Soon nearly a month later. Time is about to pass, and the continuous heavy snow weather has stopped.

Although there are still gusts of cold wind, the ice and snow outside Chang'an City have begun to gradually melt.

It seems that the breath of spring is accumulating, just waiting for spring to come!

And in the Xiliang Army In the camp,

Dong Yu looked at the three thousand soldiers selected in front of him, feeling very solemn...

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