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

It was half an hour later when Zhang Wu came back, and he reported Zhou Huai's invitation to Song Shiwei.

It was not until 9:00 p.m. the next day that Song Shiwei slowly went out, and it was still early when he arrived at the restaurant.

"You can go back and have your meal. As for the three people learning to read, don't worry about it for now. Giving too many good things at once can easily make people grow greedy. Anyway, the city gates are closed now, so let's talk about it later."

Zhang Wu agreed with a smile and drove the carriage back.

Song Shiwei originally thought that he would have to wait for Zhou Huai for a long time since he came so early, but he didn't expect to meet Li An who came down as soon as he entered the restaurant, and their eyes met directly.

Li An waved his hand at the shopkeeper who was flattering him, and strode to Song Shiwei with a bright smile on his face: "Miss Song, you are here so early. My master is in the private room upstairs. I will take you there."

Song Shiwei followed behind Li An and said as he walked: "Then your young master came quite early too."

Li An had no way to respond to this, so he could only smile. When he reached the third private room upstairs, Li An stopped, turned around and said with a smile, "The young master is inside. I still have things to do, so I won't bother you and your husband for dinner."

Song Shiwei nodded modestly: "Thank you."

"You should, please, young lady."

Song Shiwei pushed the door open and walked in. As soon as he entered, he saw Zhou Huai sitting and drinking tea.

Their eyes met, and Song Shiwei nodded at him: "I thought I came early enough, but I didn't expect that Mr. Zhou came even earlier."

Zhou Huai laughed out loud: "I came early because I was afraid that Shi Wei would have to wait for a long time. This tea tastes good, and now is the right time to drink it."

Song Shiwei didn't bother to be polite with him. After sitting down opposite him, he picked up the teacup and took a sip. The tea soup was indeed throat-soothing. Song Shiwei's eyebrows flew up: "It's really good. It seems that there was no such tea before."

"I brought it from home. If you like, I'll have Li An send some to you later."

Song Shiwei waved her hand immediately: "How can I take away someone's favorite? This rare tea should be kept for yourself, Master Zhou. You said before that you wanted me to treat you to a meal, so today you can order whatever you want. I just don't know if the food here suits your taste."

Zhou Huai's smile deepened upon hearing this, and his voice became gentler: "I've been to this restaurant several times, and some of the dishes there taste good. Shi Wei will try some later."

"Then you order," although Song Shiwei really wanted to say that he had tried almost all the food in this restaurant, saying it would inevitably spoil the fun.

After he ordered the dishes, Song Shiwei asked casually, "What's the situation outside the city?"

"Thanks to the two doctors Xu's generosity in treating the disease, the plague outside the city has been brought under control. With the soldiers guarding the city, no one is causing trouble. I think it won't be long before those people are properly arranged. However, the plague was so severe this time that the people who fled had a hard time traveling, and many died."

Song Shiwei asked again: "Have the dead been burned?"

"It was burned. They dug a hole near the tent. At first, the people didn't accept it and made a fuss twice. It was only after several doctors who went out of the city to treat the people patiently explained that the people were finally calmed down. The plague in the north was brought under control. Several doctors were made dukes. Prefect Yang is going to report to the court to request credit for them."

Song Shiwei thought of Xu Shihe's character and shook his head: "I suggest that we wait until they come back and ask them what they think. As far as I know, Doctor Xu doesn't care about these fame and fortune."

Zhou Huai showed a rare hint of surprise: "Are you saying that Doctor Xu might not want the court to know?"

"I can't say what they think, but I heard Doctor Xu say that the greatness of a doctor lies in benefiting the common people. I think he doesn't care about fame and fortune."

Zhou Huai frowned: "Then I have to tell the prefect when I have time, so as to avoid doing bad things with good intentions."

"As it should be."

At this point Zhou Huai smiled again: "The timing of the plague also played a role. Those who came into contact with the plague drank the medicine in advance, so very few people in the city were infected with the plague."

Song Shiwei waved his hand, not caring at all: "It's just two prescriptions, it can't be said to be effective. It's only because of Doctor Xu's superb medical skills that they can work."

Before Zhou Huai could say more, there was a knock on the door of the private room. The restaurant owner came in personally carrying the food, speaking nice words while carefully sizing up Song Shiwei.

Song Shiwei had long been immune to such looks, so he didn't care.

I had just finished half of the meal when the door of the box was pushed open again.

Li An walked in hurriedly and went straight to Zhou Huai. Without even having time to greet Song Shiwei, he leaned over to Zhou Huai's ear and whispered in his ear.

Zhou Huai's brows knitted tightly, and after listening to it, he put down his bowl and chopsticks, and looked at Song Shiwei with an apologetic look: "It's a pity that Shiwei treated us today. Something happened outside the city, and I have to go and take a look."

"Are you going out of town?"

Zhou Huai nodded, looking quite serious, but still said carefully: "The doctors who left the city were kidnapped by the people. Since they are working for the northern border, they should go and check the situation."

Song Shiwei also frowned when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I'll go with you."

Zhou Huai looked disapproving, "The plague outside the city has not been completely resolved yet. It's too dangerous to go out now. If you want to know the news, I'll let Li An find you. You'd better stay in the city."

Song Shiwei wanted to go because he was a little worried about Xu Shihe and the old man, and also because he wanted to know what had happened.

The plague was finally under control, and the victims were causing trouble now? They even kidnapped the doctors who came to save their lives. This was not right no matter how I thought about it.

However, Song Shiwei still appreciated Zhou Huai's kindness.

After the two left, Song Shiwei also went downstairs to pay the bill, walked out of the restaurant and went straight towards the city gate.

There were soldiers guarding the city gate, so it was not a good idea to go out carelessly. Song Shiwei glanced at the towering city wall, turned around, walked to the corner of the city wall, took out a mask from the space and put it on, then put on another face mask, and then walked out of the corner.

It’s not a good idea to go out directly, so it’s also good to stand at the city gate and listen.

The guarding soldiers did not drive them away when they saw this, as long as they did not want to leave the city at this time.

But Song Shiwei heard shocking news when he heard it.

He didn't know what the two people outside the city were talking about. In short, Song Shiwei had stumbled upon a trap that the bandits had carefully designed for Zhou Huai.

According to what the two men said, a large number of bandits were ambushed by Zhou Wende and his troops before, which caught them off guard and many of them were scattered. The two people who were talking were the bandits who were scattered, and it was also their idea to kidnap the doctor this time.

Inciting hundreds of refugees, he successfully gathered hundreds of people together with a speech that put himself in their shoes and expressed his grievances. His purpose was to kidnap the doctor and force Zhou Huai to show up, and take the opportunity to harm Zhou Huai in order to avenge Zhou Wende's sneak attack and let Zhou Wende also taste the pain of losing his loved ones.

Putting all the things together, Song Shiwei felt worried for Zhou Huai.

It has to be said that those bandits were smart people. They knew that the city gates would not be opened until the plague outside the city was completely resolved, let alone letting Zhou Huai leave the city. So they thought of kidnapping those doctors. Zhou Huai intended to win over Xu Shihe and his master, and other doctors even volunteered to go out of the city to participate in the treatment. If anything happened to them, Zhou Huai would not sit idly by.

The bandits gathered hundreds of people and brainwashed them all day long, making them think that Zhou Huai was a selfish villain and that they didn't let them in because they wanted to kill them. So many brainless people really believed it and participated in the plan to besiege Zhou Huai, and even felt that they were doing justice for the people.