Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

After having lunch at home, the two of them went into the city in the heat wave. Zhang Wu drove straight to the largest pharmacy in the city. When they arrived, Song Shiwei took out a list of frostbite herbs written by Xu Shihe himself from his sleeve and ordered ten portions of each herb.

The two of them came at the right time. Due to rumors of extreme cold, the shop had just collected fresh medicinal herbs that had not yet been processed. Song Shiwei bought five more and planned to plant them in the space after returning.

After loading the herbs onto the carriage, Song Shiwei achieved his goal and did not plan to stay in the city any longer, so he asked Zhang Wu to drive back.

As the carriage drove out of the city gate, Zhang Wu saw Zhou Huai and Li An standing not far away. He then turned his head and asked, "Master, Master Zhou and the others are over there. They should be waiting for us. Do you want to go over?"

Song Shi in the carriage frowned slightly: "Don't pay attention to it, just go back."

"Yes," Zhang Wu got the answer from his master. He didn't even look at Zhou Huai and drove away without looking away.

The smile on Zhou Huai's face paused.

Li An looked at the carriage, then turned to look at Zhou Huai, his eyes wide open: "Master, this Zhang dares to ignore us."

Zhou Huai raised his hand and smiled again: "It's okay, I think it's what Miss Song meant. It seems that Miss Song doesn't want to see me."

Li An was puzzled, so he asked, "I saw Miss Song was talking and laughing with you before, how come she didn't like you in just a few days?"

Thinking of Song Shiwei's cold eyes, Zhou Huai smiled calmly, with his hands behind his back: "I heard Xiaoyi say before that Miss Song is not easy to approach, and I also felt it after a few contacts."

Zhou Huai twisted the dead leaves: "It's really hard to approach."

Li An held his sword at his side and said nothing.

"Let's go home. It's time to make some arrangements."

The two of them walked away slowly, and the dead leaves slowly fell to the ground with the breeze and were soon carried into the soil.

Not long after Song Shiwei arrived home, an order was issued from the city government, with the Zhou family in the lead, calling on the city government's officers and soldiers to guide the people in the northern border to store food and firewood, to demonstrate with action that the Zhou family took the rumors seriously.

Zhou Huai sat firmly in the city and issued a series of arrangements to further maintain the public order of grain shops in the city. He also sent several teams of officers and soldiers in disguise to go to the rice-rich areas such as Jiangnan to buy grain and transport it back.

Every citizen in the North took action.

Not only did Zhou Huai make various arrangements for the upcoming extreme cold, but Shen Qianxue and Xie An had also taken action long ago.

When the Shen and Xie families first arrived in the city, they met with Zhou Wende privately that night and changed the story of Shen Qianxue's rebirth into a precognitive dream. They not only told him about the extreme cold, but also about the flood and plague that would follow the extreme cold, and asked Zhou Wende to make plans early.

Zhou Huai was also present at the scene. He did not believe it at first, but was later shocked by what they said, especially Shen Qianxue's telekinesis performance. After the Shen and Xie families left the city, Zhou Huai immediately arranged for people to spread the news of the extreme cold to the aristocratic families in the form of rumors to avoid future chaos.

As for Song Shiwei, Zhou Huai just wanted to take advantage of this matter, but who would have thought that the other party would still be so cold and indifferent. He couldn't help feeling a little powerless.

At this time, Shen Qianxue and Xie An were already on their way back to the northern border. After they arrived at their destination and settled their families, Shen Qianxue and Xie An set off for Jiangnan under the protection of the Zhou family. Before leaving, Shen Qianxue emptied all the supplies in the space so that they could be used to store food.

A space of 500 square meters and 10 meters high was used entirely to store food, which was quite spectacular. The two men also brought hundreds of Zhou family soldiers with them, and all of them were openly required to transport back large quantities of food.

The North does not have much grain storage capacity, so it can only seize the time to purchase grain from the south of the Yangtze River before the extreme cold comes. The south of the Yangtze River has always been known as the land of grain, and the grain storage capacity is huge. Even if half of it is bought by the North, it will not shake the foundation.

Zhou Huai originally wanted to tell Song Shiwei the news that the food would be delivered back soon, thinking that if she still wanted to buy food, he could leave some more for her. However, he didn't know that the other party didn't want to see him at all, so he had no choice but to give up.

Zhou Huai had just finished dealing with the problems of various industries when Song Shiwei's face appeared in his mind again. The hand holding the brush paused slightly, and he chuckled and called Li An: "A large amount of grain will arrive in the city soon. Go to the Desert Village and tell Miss Song the news."

Li An immediately raised his head and looked at Zhou Huai: "Ms. Song doesn't even like you, what if I go and she doesn't want to see me?"

In the end, Li An was still a little angry. His son was the legitimate son of General Zhou of the Northern Territory and the future heir of the Zhou family. When and where had he ever been treated so lightly? The noble families of the Northern Territory tried to please the son in every possible way. Only the woman named Song Shiwei always looked unhappy and expressionless every time she saw the son.

To Ang Lee, the young master's action was tantamount to trying to please someone coldly, so his tone of voice was not very good.

Zhou Huai frowned upon hearing this, and his gaze shot straight at the guard who had followed him for many years like a sharp arrow: "How can you tell me what happened to Miss Song?"

Zhou Huai stood up and walked slowly to Li An. Zhou Shen said fiercely, "Li An, don't let me see you being rude to Miss Song again."

Li An pursed his lips and lowered his head: "Yes, I know I was wrong."

Zhou Huai raised his hand and waved: "Go."

"I'll take my leave," Li An clasped his fists and left.

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Song Shiwei put down the teacup and raised her eyebrows slightly: "Is the person Zhou Huai sent to buy grain coming back soon?"

Li An, who was standing in the middle of the hall, nodded: "Yes, the food in the city is almost sold out. Many people go to the grain store to line up to buy food before dawn. The food reserves in the city are running out, so two more teams have been sent to the south. Now the food is about to arrive in the north. The young master is afraid that the young lady has not bought enough food, so he specially asked me to tell the young lady that if she needs to buy more, the young master can leave some food for her so that she doesn't have to go to the grain store to buy it."

Song Shiwei blinked gently, and her thick, long and curled eyelashes cast a faint shadow under her eyelids, making her expression a little unpredictable.

"Thank you for thinking about this for me, Master. However, I have already bought enough food and stored enough firewood. I will not waste Master Zhou's kindness."

"That's good. I think my master won't have to worry if he knows about it. Then Miss Song, I will go back first."

Song Shi smiled and nodded: "Zhang Wu, send him out."

"Yes."

When Zhang Wu sent Li An back into the main hall, he looked at Song Shiwei with a hesitant look.

Song Shiwei was amused: "Just say it if you have something to say."

"Master, I think... that Mr. Zhou is too enthusiastic towards you."

Song Shiwei took a sip of tea and said calmly, "I guess he hasn't given up on letting me join the Zhou family."

Zhang Wu had a hunch that something was wrong and immediately shook his head: "It is true that Mr. Zhou wanted the master to join the Zhou family at first, but I have seen that Mr. Zhou may have some impure thoughts about the master, at least that is what I think. Otherwise, given Mr. Zhou's status in the North, there is no need for him to lower himself and be overly enthusiastic just to recruit someone."

Song Shiwei glared at Zhang Wu and said unhappily, "I was wondering if you and Miss Huang have made any progress recently? Why are you thinking about love?"