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

Watching Cao Chong enter the secret passage with his own eyes, Song Shi raised his eyebrows slightly, put the tiles back in place, then turned over and lay on his back on the roof, with his arms behind his head, admiring the moonlight tonight.

In fact, a lot of information has been revealed in the conversation between Cao Chong and another person just now. At least now Cao Chong is standing on the boat of the Second Prince. The Second Prince's men were escorting military supplies to the southern border, but were robbed halfway. Now is the time to make up for the shortfall.

If one wants to ascend the supreme throne, power is already there, so the only thing left is money, which is why the Second Prince's people have set their sights on the Lin family.

Thinking about the plan they talked about, Song Shiwei smiled coldly.

After drinking a cup of tea on the roof, I heard some noise coming from inside the house. After a while, Cao Chong came out and left. After a while, the whole house fell into silence.

It was at this time that Song Shiwei appeared in the house. His figure was like a ghost in the dark. He walked quietly to the secret passage. After groping on the wall, the secret passage slowly opened. Song Shiwei walked into the secret passage step by step. After the secret passage closed, he took out a torch from the space and illuminated the entire dark passage.

The secret passage was not long, and it took only a minute to reach a door. He raised his hand and pushed it gently, and the wooden door opened immediately. Under the light of the fire, everything in the dark room was clearly visible.

This darkroom was also not big, only about 50 square meters. The entire darkroom was filled with heavy wooden boxes. Song Shiwei opened the nearest box, which was full of gold, shining brightly under the firelight.

The answer is already clear. This secret room is filled with Cao Chong's private property, all gold and silver. If you count carefully, there are as much as 100,000 taels.

Song Shiwei unceremoniously put the box in the darkroom into the space. When he was about to leave, he paused, the corners of his mouth slowly rose, he took out paper and pen from the space, drew a big smiley face on the paper, and then threw the smiley face into the darkroom.

After leaving Cao Chong's house, Song Shiwei teleported directly back to East City. When he passed by the Lin family, his figure flashed, and when he appeared again, he was already outside the room of Lin Shouren and his wife.

After standing there and pondering for a moment, Song Shiwei pursed his lips, but still picked up stones and threw them at the window continuously. Only when he heard noises coming from inside the room and the candles were lit did he stop.

Lin Shouren was awakened by the strange noise coming from the window. He thought it was just a wild cat making trouble, but the sound of knocking on the window was very rhythmic. He was startled and got up to look at his sleeping wife. He got up quietly and put on his clothes. After lighting a candle in the outer room, he opened the door and came out, just in time to see a figure standing in the yard.

Lin Shouren rubbed his eyes and was about to ask when he heard the other party's voice and was stunned.

"Uncle Lin," Song Shiwei called softly.

Lin Shouren walked quickly to Song Shiwei with a candle in his hand, with a puzzled look on his face: "Shiwei? Why are you here?"

After saying that, he felt something was wrong. Isn't this his own yard? How could the other party appear here so late?

Song Shiwei nodded slightly and spoke in a low voice: "After thinking about it, there is something I should tell my uncle. It concerns the safety of the Lin family. Shiwei has no choice but to disturb you late at night."

Lin Shouren's heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly took Song Shiwei to the study. After entering the study, he waved away the servant and personally poured a cup of hot tea for Song Shiwei.

"You just said it was about the safety of the Lin family, but what happened?"

Song Shiwei nodded and told Lin Shouren everything that Cao Chong and the Second Prince's men had said tonight. As for why he followed Cao Chong and searched Cao Chong's secret room, Song Shiwei did not say.

As soon as the last word fell, Lin Shouren's face was full of anger, his eyes were gloomy, and he slapped his palm on the table. His voice was deep and full of anger: "Okay, very good, this is targeting my Lin family, you really think too highly of us."

Song Shiwei put down his teacup: "I think they are determined to start with Niao Niao, uncle should think of a countermeasure as soon as possible."

"Don't worry. It's fine if you didn't know about this. Now that we know about it in advance, we naturally have to deal with it." Lin Shouren looked up at Song Shiwei. His face, which was furious a moment ago, now turned cloudy and sunny. He looked at her kindly: "Shiwei saved the Lin family and Niao Niao again this time. Uncle doesn't know how to thank you."

"Niao Niao and I are good friends, so there is no need to be so polite, uncle. Besides, I have gained a lot from Cao Chong this time, and I learned about Niao Niao's affairs by accident, so it is nothing."

Lin Shouren looked disapprovingly, "It's nothing to you, but if you didn't tell us about this, how could we prepare in advance? We might be able to get away with it. We are the vested interests, so we can't take it for granted."

Lin Shouren paused for a moment, the anger on his face had long since disappeared, and he said with a smile: "You are really the same as what Niao Niao said. You seem indifferent to everything, but you are sincere to your friends. I am most relieved that Niao Niao has a friend like you, but you should not refuse the repayment. Just think of it as a small token of my appreciation as an elder."

Song Shi was silent for a few seconds, then nodded: "I dare not refuse the gift from the elder."

Lin Shouren was very satisfied, and his smile deepened. "That's right, this is a good child. Don't worry about Niao Niao. Just do as you wish. I think hiding all the time is not a good idea. I will arrange more people to protect him secretly. As for the Second Prince, they dare to plot against my Lin family. The Lin family is not that easy to bully, and they will repay them."

These words were spoken in a very domineering manner.

Song Shiwei felt relieved knowing that Lin Shouren was confident, so he stood up, said goodbye to him and went home.

After Song Shiwei left, the smile on Lin Shouren's face disappeared instantly. With a fierce look in his eyes, he ordered the servant to call his son. Only the parties involved knew what the father and son talked about in the study. The servants only knew that the two had not slept all night. The master of the house and the eldest son had a fierce aura around them, and it was obvious that they were in a bad mood, so they were more cautious in their words and actions.

After Song Shiwei returned home, he lay in bed and slept until the afternoon. When he woke up, there was confusion in his eyes.

Song Shiwei has been in this world for so long and actually seldom dreams. But this time, he dreamed of a drought in the southern border. There had not been a drop of rain for months. The people in the southern border were living in dire straits and fled to the capital for survival. Food prices in various places subsequently skyrocketed.

This dream was too real, so real that Song Shiwei was still a little confused after waking up.

Regardless of whether it is true or not, there is still half a year before the drought in the dream occurs, so there is no need to rush.

After getting up and washing, Song Shiwei simply ate a few bites of the snacks made by Mrs. Cai, and then wrote a letter to Zhang Wu, asking him to prepare more food and water, and to move to the house in Zhending Prefecture if necessary. After writing the letter, he asked Feng Ru to send it.

I don’t know whether Lin Shouren and Lin Ting knew about the plot, because Lin Ting didn’t come to see Song Shiwei until the evening.

Song Shiwei went out again after nightfall, still wearing a black outfit, still heading towards the north city.