Xu Shiji rushed to Jiyin City day and night, but Zhai Rang and his brothers left and returned to Dongjun.

Fang Xianbo told Xu Shiji that after Meng Haigong raised the flag in Zhouqiao, the uprising team grew rapidly, and it is said that there were tens of thousands of people. The main force of the Yingyang Mansion of Jiyin went to the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, leaving only one regiment to guard Jiyin City, which was difficult to protect himself, let alone suppress the thieves.

"Where is Mr. Meng Hai now?" Xu Shiji asked.

"I heard that I went to the north bank of Heshui and went to Juyezawa in Dongping County to join forces with Shuai Rentai and Huo Xiaohan's army to attack Juye City together."

"Why did he go to Dongping?" Xu Shiji was a little surprised.

"I heard that the Yingyang Prefecture troops of Liang County, Pengcheng County and Lu County have all arrived at the border area and are eyeing Meng Hai Gong. Meng Hai Gong just raised the flag, but his strength was not strong and his foundation was unstable. The same is true for Shuai Rentai and Huo Xiaohan in Dongping. The two sides hit it off and joined forces to fight against the government army."

Xu Shiji glanced at Fang Xianbo and suddenly asked, "Does Meng Hai Gong invite you to participate in the righteous act?"

Fang Xianbo nodded.

"What are you planning?" Xu Shiji asked.

"No plans yet." Fang Xianbo smiled, "The situation will take a sharp turn for the worse after the Eastern Expedition is over and the army returns, so it is extremely unwise to raise the flag at this moment."

Xu Shiji sighed, "I'm afraid the situation will become more and more chaotic."

Fang Xianbo shook his hand, "Dalang, don't worry. Even if the situation is very chaotic, it will not have much impact on your Xu family. Maybe you, Xu family, can still take the opportunity to make a big profit." Immediately thinking about something, Fang Xianbo immediately asked, "Why did Dalang say that the situation will become more and more chaotic?"

"It has been raining for a long time in the north and south of the Great River." Xu Shiji said with a melancholy expression. "Last year, the flood was flooded, and there was no harvest. If there was a severe drought this year, there would be no harvest again. Think about it, how many people would fall into a desperate situation? In addition, more and more people raised the flag to rebel, and everyone was not engaged in production, they all went to rob and rob, and who was robbed in the end? So it is not difficult to foresee that the situation will become more and more chaotic."

Fang Xianbo was reminded by Xu Shiji and immediately thought about why Mr. Meng Hai went to Juyeze. At this time, the fields were full of green seedlings, and crops were being produced, so there was no food, so he could only go to the lake to catch fish. Also, you are making Jiyin County so upset that the fields were barren and no one had food. How could the rebels survive? Mr. Meng Hai was quite clear-headed and did not want to harm his backyard. He ran to steal other people's homes, which was so clever.

Fang Xianbo decided to immediately warn Mr. Meng Hai, worried about severe drought. Once the big rivers and north of Henan and the north this year will suffer from drought, the consequences will be unimaginable. Therefore, when you can still grab food, you should quickly stock up to avoid even being able to eat grassroots in the critical moment.

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Xu Shijifei rushed back to the white horse like a flying boy.

Seeing that his son was dusty and had a haggard face, Xu Gai was very heartbroken, so he quickly ordered his servant to serve wine and food, and asked his son to make up for it.

Xu Shiji was indeed tired, but he had to solve his stomach problem before resting, and also talked to his father about the crisis that was coming.

Xu Gai opened his mouth, but it was Xu Shiji's marriage event. The young master of the Xu family, a rich second generation, a talented person, and the person who proposed to marry had already broken through the threshold. Xu Shiji was so amazed that he was so angry that he was in danger. The Xu family was in danger, but the adults in his family knew nothing, and he was still careless about his marriage event. Besides, Xu Shiji's vision is now high. Not to mention the daughter of merchants, even ordinary officials' daughters are not favored. Will there be a genius? Once I am also a king, prince, general, and minister, I am a new noble in Middle-earth, at least I can marry a second- and third-rate family? As for a super wealthy family like the Cui family, Xu Shiji dare not even think about it, that is heaven, and I can't climb up.

"Sir, are you in good health recently?" Xu Shiji put down his chopsticks and asked with concern.

"Okay, it's very tough." Xu Gai replied with a smile.

"What have you noticed about what's happening outside recently?"

"The white horse is calm and nothing is wrong. I heard that the situation in Hebei and Qilu is getting worse and worse. Many civilians have no way to survive and rebelled. There is also the Duke of Meng Hai of Jiyin County who has also rebelled. He is a rich man in Zhouqiao, so how could he have no food?" Xu Gai's smile gradually faded, and he looked at Xu Shiji and asked, "Did you see him on the way back from Pengcheng?"

Xu Shiji shook his head.

"Why are the brothers you make friends with are lawless thieves?" Xu Gai sighed, "Zhai Rang, Shan Xiongxin is like this, and Meng Haigong is like this. If this continues, it will inevitably implicate you."

"It will not only implicate someone, but also the Xu clan." Xu Shiji said seriously, "There is a crisis in front of him, and the lord didn't notice it?"

Xu Gai frowned slightly, thought for a while, and shook his head. Qilu, the situation in Hebei is not good, there are many rebels, but it is still a long way from Henan and Baima. Although Meng Haigong of Jiyin rebelled, it has not become a climate and will not pose a fatal threat to the Xu family in the short term. Xu Gai thought about it over and over again, but could not see any crisis in front of him.

"Sir, it has not rained in the north and south of the river for a long time, and there may be drought this year." Xu Shiji reminded, "Last year's flood caused disasters to both sides of the river. If drought occurs again this year, it will not only be the counties and counties on both sides of the river, but may spread to the entire Shandong."

Xu Gai was startled and then he didn't think so. It was indeed not raining along the river for a while, which affected the growth of crops. But if it doesn't rain now, it doesn't mean it doesn't rain all summer and autumn; if it doesn't rain along the river, it doesn't mean it doesn't rain all over Shandong. Xu Shiji's worries were some truths at first, and he was going to prevent problems before they happened, but if you think about it carefully, you may not be worried about it and scared yourself.

Xu Shiji looked serious and very serious, without exaggerating the meaning of the words.

He heard Li Fengyun say this year that Shandong had a severe drought. Li Fengyun did not say solemnly, but mentioned it occasionally in that valley. Li Fengyun was very pessimistic about the future situation and predicted that the Eastern Expedition would not only fail, but the emperor and the central government would also launch a second Eastern Expedition immediately under political pressure. This would cause fatal damage to the strength of China and the God of Heaven. There were continuous disasters in the north and south of the Great River. Last year, the drought this year led to starvation and deaths. But too many people died, which would inevitably cause the epidemic of plague, and the disaster would be even worse.

Li Fengyun said this with a purpose.

He was a thief from the Northeast, familiar with Liaodong, the Far East, and especially Goguryeo. The Eastern Expedition had the possibility of failure in theory, and this possibility was both political and military. The outcome of the war, the number of troops on both sides was only one of the conditions, and the geographical and climate were also important conditions. From the terrain, it was difficult for Goguryeo to prevent the Middle-earth Expeditionary Army from entering. From the climate, Liaodong came early in winter, and the expeditionary army had limited attack time. If it could not be in autumn, it was difficult for him to prevent the Central Plain Expeditionary Army from entering. The expeditionary army conquered Pyongyang in the sky. Considering the difficulty of transporting food and grass, the attack was unsustainable, they could only withdraw the Liaoshui River. In addition to the long journey, there is another reason for the difficulty of transporting food and grass. The spring and summer floods of Liaodong were also the spring floods and summer floods in Liaodong. The enemy's solid walls and cleared the fields, destroying all roads and bridges. When the flood season comes, the flood waters are flooded. In this case, how to transport food? Therefore, for Central China, the Eastern Expedition is a one-time war, and it is determined by one battle. If a battle solves the problem, it must not be delayed.

Based on this, Li Fengyun made a conclusion that if the Eastern Expedition fails, it will fail due to the food and supplies. The shortage of food and supplies is probably due to the arrival of the flood season, and the arrival of the flood season will delay the evacuation speed of the army, which will lead to unstable morale. Once the army suddenly encounters a sudden change, the morale of the army will inevitably be in chaos, and will be defeated without fighting, and will be defeated.

The Twelve Lady and Cui Jiu were about to fly to the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition to meet Cui Hongsheng. Li Fengyun took this opportunity to elaborate on the major military risks of the Eastern Expedition. He hoped that they could tell or remind Cui Hongsheng, one of the commanders of the Eastern Expedition army, to let Cui Hongsheng take precautions in advance. In his opinion, since I said Cui Hongsheng was going to die, he might die on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, which is also the reason why the Twelve Lady flew to the front line of the Eastern Expedition. If your Twelve Lady wants to go against the will of heaven to save your father's life, then let Cui Hongsheng eliminate the military risks on the battlefield and ensure that he escapes unstoppable.

Cui Hongsheng's importance to the Cui family is self-evident, but Li Fengyun is worried that the Twelve Lady and Cui Jiu are afraid of Cui Hongsheng's authority and cannot do their best, so he predicts the increasing seriousness of the domestic crisis. The more serious the domestic crisis, the more serious the Cui family's crisis will be, which will force the two to persuade Cui Hongsheng at all costs to save Cui Hongsheng.

Things on the battlefield in the Eastern Expedition had nothing to do with Xu Shiji, but the domestic crisis, especially the continued deterioration of the situation in the north and south of Henan, was related to Xu Shiji's interests, so he rushed back in an eager manner, trying to avoid the blow to the Xu family as much as possible.

"If a person has no long-term plan, he will have immediate worries. Good! Good!" Xu Gai admired his son's prudence very much and was not stingy in complimenting words. "We should prevent problems before they happen and take precautions in advance. Can Dalang have a plan to be prepared?"

"Stoppers, stock up on food quickly." Xu Shiji said without hesitation, "Immediately, I'm sending the deacons of Jiangzuo to stock up on food at all costs."

"The food is not easy to buy now, and the price is high." Xu Gai sighed, "Because of the Eastern Expedition, the food in Jiangzuo was also very tight, and governments in various places strictly prohibit merchants from hoarding grain. Once severe punishment is found, is this plan appropriate?"

"Who said that the Lihu Xu family wanted to stockpile grain?" Xu Shiji shook his hand, his eyes showing a cunning look, "Who dares to stop the Cui family of Boling want to buy grain?"

Xu Gai was shocked, "No, how can you hide the fact that you use Cui's name to do personal gain?

"I went to Pengcheng to meet the promise of Cui."

Xu Gai didn't believe it at all, "How could Cui make money from the country and make money from ignorant people? Don't do anything wrong and cause trouble for yourself."

"The master misunderstood." Xu Shijie said with a smile, "Cui's stockpiling of grain is not to make money from the national crisis, but to help the victims and save all people from the fire and water."

Xu Gai was stunned for a moment, and then frown. Cui was very calculating. I used my Xu family's money to promote your Cui family's name. Could it be that my money was drifted away? I smiled happily again. What a wealthy family is Cui family? A little leaked in my fingers is enough for several generations of my Xu family to eat and drink without worries, but this is still secondary. The important thing is that Cui used my Xu family's money to buy food and let my Xu family do things for him. That is trust in my Xu family and the glory of my Xu family. My Xu family's lintel is about to grow up. My descendants want to leaps over the dragon gate, shine their ancestors, be nobles, bureaucrats, and be superiors.

"Good! Good! Good!" Xu Gai was overjoyed and cheered, "Take all the Xu family's belongings, buy as much as you can. In addition, mobilize as many ships as possible to transport the food over as soon as possible to avoid disasters and being at a loss."

Xu Shiji said repeatedly and smiled happily. This time, he tricked the adults, and Xu's success or failure is here to fight.

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Chapter completed!