A few days later, Nanshan Town Shanwang Mansion, Mu Chen and others had arrived at the gate of the palace. In a flash, the palace became more lively. Many guards and maids had already arranged it. Compared to when they first came,

The royal palace suddenly became very lively.

Seeing Mu Chen and others dismount, the escorts of the royal palace immediately stepped forward to greet him. "Young master, madam, young lady, you are finally back." A guard hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

Xiao’s mother: “What happened? Why are you so panicked?”

"Madam Qi Bing, Old City Lord Xiao has been visiting the royal palace recently, and it seems that there is something important. Now he is in the mansion and discussing important matters with General Fu."

"Father is here, Chen'er, Xiaoxue, let's go in and see if something big happened." My father often comes to the royal palace, and it seems that there is something important.

The three of them had no time to repair and came directly to the hall. Uncle Fu and Xiao Yuantu were discussing what. Uncle Fu was originally an old man from the royal palace. He had been a housekeeper in the royal palace for many years. He was both a teacher and a friend of the king of Zhenshan, and was in the royal palace.

His status may be a little higher than that of the mistress Xiao, the mistress. During the period when Mu Chen and others left the palace, everything was decided by Uncle Fu.

Seeing Xiao’er’s mother and others come back, Xiao Yuantu immediately said, “Xiaoqing, are you back? How is Chen’er’s health? Can you find a way to treat it.”

Mu Chen and others left the palace this time and claimed to be seeking medical treatment. Xiao Yuantu naturally cared about his only grandson.

"Father, Chen'er's health is already very good. As long as he is careful in his later stages, there is no problem if he wants to recover. However, my father has come to the royal palace several times, is there anything important?"

Xiao Yuantu was also very pleased to hear that Mu Chen could recover from his health and smiled and said, "As long as Chen'er recovers, everything else is a small problem, but since you are here, it's okay to come and listen."

Seeing Mu Chen and others sitting down, Uncle Fu also said: "Young Master, Madam, Lord Xiao came here mainly for disaster relief."

"Disaster relief? Grandpa, is there any place around Nanshan City causing disaster?"

Xiao Yuantu nodded and said, "That's right, in the boundary of Nanshan City, due to the days of rain and drought in the fields, many farmers have no grain harvests. At least three towns have been affected, and the number of people has reached one million." The population of Tianyuan Continent

There are many, but the food is very scarce, and starved ghosts are almost every day. Once there is a disaster, the number of deaths will be very exaggerated. Disaster relief is the main task of the main city and the best opportunity for the nobles to win over civilians.

Mu Chen: "It seems that the disaster area is quite large, but after such disasters are reported to the Celestial Empire, the Celestial Empire should allocate funds to provide relief."

"According to past experience, the documents that reported the disaster were rushed to the imperial capital a month ago. However, after so long, there was still no reply from the above. Moreover, today, Nanshan County is already the territory of Zhenshan Prince's Mansion.

According to the imperial law, the royal palace should report the disaster relief funds and submit it to the priest's house, and then approve the funds through His Majesty's order. But..."

Xiao's mother chuckled and said, "If we submit the disaster relief documents, I believe that old guy Murong Huai will not even look at it. Their Murong family is happy to watch my Murong family jokes."

Murong Huai is the prime minister of the Celestial Empire and the teacher of His Majesty today. If Zhenshan Palace is in the military, it is above ten thousand people, then the Murong family is at the level of the imperial aristocratic level, which means the one and only one master, even the current emperor

When making decisions, they had to pass through the Murong family and nodded, and their power was extremely powerful. (The regulations of the Celestial Empire were similar to those of the ancient monarchy on Earth, but they did not have various official positions, and were headed by lords and nobles.)

Since ancient times, civil officials and military officials have not been in harmony, and the Zhenshan Palace and the Murong family are also incompatible. The Murong family has always wanted to get involved in military power, but the Zhenshan Palace has opposed the Murong family everywhere, which has made the Murong family's wishes difficult to achieve.

Zhenshan Palace regarded it as a thorn in his side and wanted to get rid of it. Mu Chen suspected that his father died in the battlefield, and that he was attacked by someone, his dantian was deposed, and almost died, all of which were related to the Murong family.

Now that the strength of Zhenshan Palace is no longer the same, how could the Murong family miss such a good opportunity?

Xiao Yuantu also knew the grudge between the King of Zhenshan and the Murong family. It would be even more difficult to get the imperial capital to allocate funds to provide disaster relief.

Xiao’s mother said: “Father, the scope of the disaster this time is not large, and the number of people involved is not too large. Let the royal palace invest in disaster relief. More than one million gold coins can be paid for my royal palace.”

Xiao Yuantu said helplessly: "Xiaoqing, you underestimate the seriousness of this problem too much. If it can be solved with just money, I don't need to go to the palace many times."

Mu Chen: "Grandpa, what other problems are there?"

Uncle Fu: "Young Master, a few days ago, I and Lord Xiao saw that the imperial capital had not responded, and the disaster was urgent. I had already taken out some money and purchased a large number of ordinary coarse grains for disaster relief. However, the coarse grains were on the road and were all bandits.

"The Tianyuan Continent, after the Battle of Destruction, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth collapsed. Even after tens of millions of years of recovery, the spiritual energy is still very thin. The food that can be eaten contains a lot of impurities, which is hindered from cultivation. Coarse grains are

The lowest-level grain can indeed fill the stomach after eating it, but the impurities in the coarse grains will gradually deposit in the human body, hindering cultivation.

"Not only that, when we raise funds again and purchase coarse grains, we find that there is no extra coarse grain in the shops in Nanshan City. If we buy refined grains, the expenses will be very large." Xiao Yuantu was a little helpless.

At any time, grain is the most critical strategic material. Coarse grains are cheaper and have high output, and are the best food for ordinary people. Essential grains are not only delicious than coarse grains, but also have no impurities and have no impact on cultivation. Of course, the price will be much more expensive than coarse grains.

Generally, only nobles can afford it; those that are more advanced than essence grain are spiritual grains, which are not only delicious but also contain a small amount of spiritual energy, which is extremely beneficial for cultivation. Only great nobles are qualified to enjoy it.

Mu Chen frowned at this time. The purchase of refined grains to provide disaster relief was too great, and the royal family could not afford it: "Someone gathered coarse grains at this time, do they want to make disaster money?"

Uncle Fu shook his head and said, "No, we have also tried to increase the purchase price, but we still can't buy a kilo of coarse grain. According to my husband, some people don't want us to go to provide disaster relief."

Mu Chen thought for a moment and said with a smile: "I have a good mind. My royal mansion has just taken over Nanshan County. If I can't even do the most basic disaster relief well, I will be criticized for treating the people harshly. At that time, the royal mansion will want to manage Nanshan well.

It's not that easy for the county."

Uncle Fu was a little stunned at this time. He didn't expect that Mu Chen, who was reckless and innocent, had such thoughts at this time. I wonder if he had suffered a big disaster and suddenly became enlightened.

Xiao’er: “Chen’er, what have you thought of?”

Xiao Yuantu also said: "Chen'er doesn't need to worry. I have sent someone to the nearby city to purchase coarse grains. I will have news after waiting a few days. As long as there are coarse grains, disaster relief is definitely not a problem."

"Grandpa, don't worry. I want to know who is the bandit who robbed us of our coarse grains, and who is the one who bought coarse grains in Nanshan City before us."

"This... the one who robbed our coarse grains was the most active bandit gang in the local area - Eagle Village. The one who bought coarse grains was Tianrong Trading Company. This business is said to have a lot to do with the Murong family, and it is in the entire Nanshan County.

They all have branches and are very powerful. Chen'er, do you know what these are going to do? Don't act rashly. The current royal palace cannot withstand big moves."

"Grandpa Don't worry, I won't do anything randomly. There are probably many people in the imperial capital waiting for our Mu family to make a mistake. We can't move this Tianrong Trading Company now, why can't we move this Hungry Wolf Bandits group?"

"Chen'er, you don't know anything. Nanshan County is full of high mountains and ridges. The bandits hide in the mountains all year round, knowing the environment in the mountains as if they are well aware of the mountains. There are also many secret mechanisms and ferocious beasts in the mountains. Even if we organize elite soldiers to rush in, we will rush in.

The mountains and forests encircle and suppress them. The bandits leaped into the secret passage and hid in the jungle. We had no choice but to do anything about them. When we retreated, they would come back without any impact on them. This is also the biggest problem in Nanshan City." Speaking of the bandits, they would not be able to do anything.

Xiao Yuantu had a headache.

"Then grandpa, how much coarse grain can we mobilize now."

"There are still a lot of coarse grains reserved in the City Lord's Mansion, but these coarse grains are needed for combat preparations and are not large in quantity. Even if they are taken out, they cannot solve the problem."

Bo Fu: "There are still many military rations in the barracks of the royal palace. If these are added, it should be enough to solve the problem of disaster relief."

Xiao's mother refused directly: "No, those military rations were born and died in the royal palace. No matter what, they could not touch their rations. If there was no subsequent food supplement, the soldiers would not go hungry! I disagree!"

Mu Chen smiled in his heart and said, "Don't worry, Mother, I won't let our soldiers starve. I have my own way. If my mother can trust me, I will give me a day to consider it. I will definitely solve this food problem."
Chapter completed!