Humans can't stand being exposed to the sun for a whole day, and I believe these locusts will be the same.

The most severe drought this time was in Xunguang City.

Although Hezhou was affected, it was not as serious as Xunguangcheng.

Hezhou asked the court for disaster relief.

Emperor Sheng Tong was distressed and left the matter entirely to Gao Yehua.

After reading a letter from Hezhou, Gao Yehua threw it back on the desk and said to the ministers:

"The people in Hezhou are now almost eating out the roots of turf trees, and some have begun to eat Guanyin soil."

Guanyin soil can satisfy hunger, but it cannot be digested and absorbed by the human body. After eating it, it will cause abdominal distension and difficulty in defecation. Eating a small amount will not be fatal.

Although you won't go hungry, you will still die due to lack of nutrition.

After eating Guanyin soil, the abdomen became as bloated as a drum, unable to defecate, and countless people died of suffocation.

Taifu Wen said: "Jiangcheng's harvest this year is good. We should purchase grain as soon as possible and transport it to the disaster area."

This can be considered a pertinent opinion.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue said bravely: "There are only 980,000 taels of silver left in the treasury."

Even if you spend all this money, it will not help.

Among the six ministers, the most difficult one now is the minister of Hubu.

The Minister of the Ministry of Finance has been able to sit in this position for more than two years without stepping down, which is also because of his extraordinary determination.

As soon as he said this, everyone else fell silent. Disaster relief requires spending money. If you don't have money, you can't use disaster relief.

Gao Yehua said: "Border towns were warned in advance and speculated that there might be a drought this year, so they stored a large amount of grain.

I am going to send people to the border town to borrow food, which one of you is willing to go?"

When everyone heard this, they all shrank their heads.

They had received the news early and knew that there was surplus food in the border town.

But no matter how much food the border towns had, they would not lend it to them.

After a while, Taifu Wen raised his head and said, "Prince, there are many wars going on in the border town. We may not be able to borrow food from the border town."

Gao Yeyun said expressionlessly: "If you don't try, how will you know it's not working? Let's talk about who would be more suitable to send?"

General Ye stood up and said: "Prince, I feel that it is inappropriate to send people to the border town to borrow food hastily. King Yun must refuse to borrow food because the war in the border town is tight."

Gao Yehua asked: "According to General Ye's wishes, how should this matter be handled appropriately?"

General Ye's intention was naturally to borrow grain from Gao Yeyun in the name of the imperial court.

If Gao Yeyun agrees, people will be sent to transport food at that time.

If Gao Yeyun disagrees, then there is no need to say anything.

Taifu Wen also agreed with General Ye's opinion: "This way, even if King Yun does not agree to borrow food, it will not harm the prince's face."

Anyone with a right mind knows that it is impossible for a border town to lend food to Gao Yehua.

Of course, Mr. Wen did not think that Gao Yehua's decision was wrong.

Because he knew that borrowing food was just an excuse for Gao Yehua, and he must have another agenda.

Gao Yehua thought for a moment and said, "That's it for the time being."

Gao Yehua deliberately proposed to borrow grain from the border town, in fact, he wanted to divert some of the pressure.

Back at the Prince's Mansion, General Ye told Gao Yehua something bad:

"Prince, Wei Chen has just received news that someone in the Hezhou area secretly dug potatoes from the ground to eat, and died as a result.

The doctor diagnosed that the man died after eating poisonous potatoes."

The life of the people was difficult, and many people did not have enough to eat. When they heard that potatoes were edible, they secretly dug them up and ate them.

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Gao Yehua said without thinking: "Impossible. If the potatoes are poisonous, and all the people in the border towns eat them, how come no one is poisoned to death?"

Wei Chen also just received the news, and the specific situation is not clear: "Your Highness, this is absolutely true and there is nothing wrong with it.

Wei Chen is worried that this potato is not suitable for planting in Hezhou?"

Otherwise, why didn’t the people in the border towns die after eating it, and why did the people in Hezhou die after eating it?

Gao Yehua shook his head and said:

"This is impossible. I have never heard of anything becoming poisonous if it is grown in another place. There must be a reason we don't know."

After thinking about it, Gao Yehua asked General Ye to ask the imperial doctor.

After Li Yuyi understood the details, he thought about it and said to General Ye:

"This potato is not ripe yet, so it may be toxic at this time. Once it matures, it will no longer be toxic. But these are just my guesses. Whether this is the reason can only be determined after the potato matures."

General Ye was a little surprised and said, "Is unripe potato poisonous?" This was the first time he heard such a thing.

Dr. Li nodded and said, "Some plants are like this."

Dr. Li now only regards potato as a medicinal material, not as food.

Gao Yehua heard what General Ye said and said, "I'm afraid that's the reason."

It makes no sense that what is grown in border towns can be eaten, but what is grown in Hezhou is poisonous.

General Ye asked about borrowing food: "Prince, why do you want to borrow food from the border town?"

He didn't even know the impossible, how could the prince not know!

Gao Yehua said: "If these victims know that there is a large amount of food stored in the border town, then the pressure on Hezhou can be reduced."

All the victims of the disaster in Xunguang City came to Hezhou.

My father left this matter to me. If I couldn't even handle this, wouldn't I be incompetent?

After finishing speaking, a sneer flashed across Gao Yehua's face and he said, "By the way, I'll also give King Yun a warning."

When General Ye heard this, he remained silent.

Recently, due to the drought among the people, the people were dissatisfied with the imperial court.

General Ye believed that this was the time to recruit troops to strengthen military defense so that if the people rebelled, they could be suppressed.

However, what is needed more right now is a military advisor to assist him in handling all matters in the army.

But on this day, General Ye heard that there was a wizard living on Qishan Mountain, whose surname was Ma Teng.

General Ye wanted to recruit him as a military advisor and keep him for his own use, so he visited him alone.

Ma Teng was taking a nap in the house when a boy outside the door came to report that a man had come to the door and asked to see him.

Ma Teng didn't know who it was, but he quickly got up to greet him.

The person he saw was a middle-aged man with slightly frosty temples and a somewhat respectful and serious look on his eyebrows.

"Excuse me, who is your Excellency?" Ma Teng looked at this person briefly and made sure that he did not recognize him, and said.

When General Ye saw Ma Teng come out, he said: "My surname is Ye, and I would like to visit Mr. Ma Teng. May I ask if you are Mr. Ma Teng?"

"That's right. Please come in and have some tea."

Although he didn't know Ma Teng, he was very respectful and invited him into the room to serve tea.

Ma Teng saw that General Ye looked a little tired, and thought it was because the mountain road was difficult to walk and he was tired all the way.

First, tea was served, and then meals were prepared.

General Ye was very hungry at this time and was not polite. After receiving the meal, he started chatting with Ma Teng.

"Seeing that you are not an ordinary person in the mountains, I wonder where you are employed?" Ma Teng asked, seeing General Ye's extraordinary demeanor.

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"Mr. Ma is so complimentary. I just brought a few soldiers." General Ye was a little humble.

"Your surname is Ye, and you are the one who leads the army. Could it be General Ye?" Ma Teng said.

"Sir, you really can know the world without going out!" General Ye smiled.

The person named Ye who led the troops was indeed the only one in the court.

General Ye saw that there was a Buddhist niche in the house and a Buddha statue hung in the middle of the hall.

Seeing that Ma Teng seemed to be very interested in Buddha, he said:

"Mr. Ma seems to be interested in Buddhism, but Buddhism is not popular in our Fenglin Empire."

"There is indeed some research." Ma Teng said.

"Sir, if you want to build a temple and promote Buddhism, Ye will definitely help you."

Before Ma Teng could speak, General Ye thought that Ma Teng thought he was talking empty words, so he said:
To be continued...