Dai Shi Qiang was dissatisfied again, he was not satisfied with anything, no matter how good other people's ideas were, he was still not satisfied! If it were in modern times, this would be a kind of psychological disorder, but in the Tang Dynasty, there was no such term, and others wouldn't think that a fifth-grade official would have psychological problems, they hadn't even heard of such a thing!

  Dai Shi Qiang hummed and straightened his neck, saying: "This official thinks it's inappropriate, very, very inappropriate!"

  "This annoying guy from a faraway country, shaking his head said: 'What's wrong again? What's not right again? Can't you say the word "right" without adding a "not" in front of it?!'"

  Dai Shi-qiang suddenly gained momentum and shouted: "How, are you afraid to debate with this official? Isn't this precisely proof that you have no actual ability, only knowing how to listen to rumors and make reckless claims?"

  He saw that it was Chang Qingfeng who whispered something in Mi Yuanguo's ear, and only then did Mi Yuanguo have an idea. Mi Yuanguo annoyed him, and he also annoyed Mi Yuanguo. If it weren't for this old dry stick blocking his way, he would have been promoted to a higher position long ago. Why is he still just a Sima now?

  "Alright, speak up, what is it? The official is busy!" Mi Yuanguo furrowed his brow, and not just him, all the officials present were frowning. This Dai Shirong was really getting on their nerves!

  Dai Shi Qiang said: "The refugees are not allowed to enter the city, this matter is easy to solve. In fact, when you mentioned it, I was just about to say it, you only beat me by a little bit! However, now I want to ask Mr. Mi, where does the rice come from for your porridge distribution? The stored grain in the city's warehouse is limited, and there are so many refugees outside, how can we sustain this for several days if we distribute all of it?"

  Mi Yuan Guo hummed, although he didn't like to intervene in affairs, when others bullied him, he wasn't a soft-boiled egg that could be pinched at will. He said: "Dai Da Ren, you also have the nerve to ask such questions, the granary doesn't have much grain stored, but there are dozens of small and large rice shops in the city, buying rice from them is easy, what's difficult about it?"

  Dai Shi Qiang said with a smile: "Governor Mi, you're short-sighted. Let me ask you, when we go to buy rice from the rice merchants, what about the price? It's already rising three times a day now. If the government buys a large quantity of rice, won't the price rise ten times a day? When chaos erupts in the city, it's fine if you lose your head, Governor Mi, but do we have to follow you and lose our heads together?"

  Mi Yuan Guo was taken aback and thought to himself, "How could I have forgotten this... no, it's not that I forgot, but rather I only said it a little later than him!"

  He was stunned for a moment, and then he heard Dai Shiqiang say: "Huh, it's time! Lord Mi, why haven't you fainted yet? I'm getting impatient!"

  Mi Yuan Guo originally wanted to faint for a while, but after hearing this, he couldn't faint anymore. He was so angry that his whole body was shaking, and he pointed at Dai Shi Qiang's nose, shouting: "You, you, you, you, you..."

  "What's wrong with you, what do you want to say, hurry up and say it, everyone is listening!" Dai Shi-qiang saw that he was angry, feeling extremely pleased, hoping to be able to infuriate Old Man Mi to death in one go, then this stumbling block would be kicked away!

  "How dare you humiliate me! I will never forgive you!" Mi Yuanguo could no longer bear it, he bent down and took off one of his boots, ready to put it on Dai Shiqiang's head. This was a leftover rule from the previous Sui dynasty, the greatest insult among ministers was to "crown" someone with their boot!

  The officials were suddenly in a great commotion, rushing forward to pull them apart. "Don't do this! This will lead to eternal enmity!" they exclaimed. "We are all colleagues in the same city, why must it be like this?" The scene was thrown into complete chaos!

  Chang Qingfeng strode out of the crowd, came to Wang Ping'an's side and said: "You see that? This is what our Xuzhou officialdom is like. Isn't it absurd?"

  Wang Ping'an listened carefully and shook his head, saying: "This is not a difficult problem to solve, what's the point of arguing? Wanting to stabilize the grain prices in the city is also not difficult. On the one hand, open up the government granaries and release some grain, on the other hand, spread the word that my brother-in-law went to Luoyang this time specifically to ask for grain. Now the Luoyang side has already dispatched grain carts, and the disaster relief grain will arrive soon. Those grain merchants who see that they can't hoard grain prices anymore won't continue to do so!"

  Chang Qingfeng clapped his hands and laughed, "That's right! Originally, it was a bad thing that Governor Shi wasn't in the city, but now it seems like it's turned into a good thing. I'll go tell them!" He rushed back to the crowd, grabbed Mi Yuanguo who was still holding up his boots, and whispered another sentence in his ear.

  Mi Yuan Guo Da Xi, put down his boots and said: "Gentlemen, don't argue anymore. The official has another plan to stabilize grain prices!" He cleared his throat and spoke out the words taught by Chang Qing Feng.

  Other officials nodded one after another, all saying this idea is good and can alleviate the urgent situation!

  Dai Shi Qiang was dissatisfied again, and he said: "Your idea is like dog fart! I ask you, within a few days, this method can be used, but after a few days? The rice merchants are not fools, won't they send someone to Luoyang to investigate whether there are any grain carts coming out?"

  "You despicable thing, why do you always oppose me! Even if they understand later, won't the governor be back by then? It's a trivial matter, the governor will have his own way of dealing with it, does he need your farting around?"

  "Stop quarreling and stop cursing! You are all officials, this kind of mutual abuse is really unbecoming!"

  Mi Yuan Guo shouted: "This matter is under the official's jurisdiction, it will be done this way! Hmm, let Lord Chang handle it!" He now trusted Chang Qing Feng as if he were a confidant.

  Chang Qingfeng was overjoyed, things had gone well, and as soon as the governor returned, his own official position would likely be promoted again!

  Dai Shi Qiang narrowed his eyes and looked at Wang Ping An not far away, thinking: "These two ideas seem to be his, and Chang Qing Feng just passed on the message. Who is this person, so capable! However, it's also quite despicable, making me lose face in front of everyone!"

  As long as someone takes charge, things will get done quickly. But even if Chang Qingfeng works hard, it's not something that can be accomplished overnight. After bustling around for almost half a day, grain was finally transported from the warehouse and dozens of large pots were prepared. It wasn't until dusk that the city gate was reopened!

  Just then, the sky had unpredictable wind and cloud, and it started raining again. At first, it was light and sparse, but soon it grew heavier. The officials were short-handed, so they had to call in a troop of soldiers, with the help of refugees outside, set up a shed for cooking porridge, and began boiling the porridge inside. It wasn't until late at night that they started distributing it. The refugees waited in the rain all along, the scene was desolate, beyond words.

  Wang Pingan and others opened the city gate and then took a ride out of the city, returning to Wulicun.

  As soon as he entered the house, he saw that the servants were busy moving boxes and sacks. It seemed that Wang Youcai had bought back a lot of medicinal materials, several large carts full. Yang was standing under the eaves, surrounded by many people, supervising the steward's accounting and paying the pharmacy clerks.

  Wang Ping'an went to his mother's side and said, "Mother, these medicinal materials must be kept dry and cannot be soaked in water. Let them be careful!"

  Yang said: "Mother, don't worry, son, these medicinal materials are all money, once they're soaked in water, they won't be worth anything!"

  Seeing his mother personally supervising the accounts, but without her usual petty appearance, Wang Ping'an smiled and said: "Mother, you're being very generous this time. You didn't deduct their medical expenses, did you?"

  Yang said with a snort, "Before spending money, of course, we must calculate clearly. However, since the money must be spent, then it's just that much. Your mother wouldn't even notice these few small coins, don't mention the word 'frugal'!"

  Wang Ping'an laughed a few times and went back to his study to change into some dry clothes.

  The Wang family was busy until the second half of the night, and only then did they finish checking the medicinal materials and distributing the money. Yang Shi really didn't deduct a single penny, just as she said herself: since we have to spend, let's do it generously and quickly, no need to be stingy at the last minute!

  It rained all night, and by the second half of the night, it could be described as a torrential downpour! Wang Ping'an thought of those refugees outside and sighed in his heart. It's really "when it rains, it pours", one disaster after another, it's not easy to live in this world!

  The next morning, I got up early and the rainstorm had stopped, but the weather suddenly became scorching hot. Although the sun hadn't risen high yet, the temperature rose sharply, just like in midsummer. It's still spring now, but this kind of weather has appeared, it's really shocking!

  Wang Ping'an took the fire jar and went into the city to see Niu Bula, giving Old Master Niu a fire jar treatment for his high blood pressure.

  Using fire cupping to treat high blood pressure is an art, with many methods for selecting acupoints. However, Wang Ping'an chose the most common ones: Dazhui, Ganshu, Xinshu, Lingtai, Pishu and Shenshu on Niu Bula's body. After selecting these points, he applied the puncture and cupping method. The puncture and cupping method involves first using a needle to prick the acupoints, then applying the flash fire method to place the fire cup on the pricked area for one minute.

  The ox doesn't feel bad, it's quite comfortable after pulling the fire jar, and let Wang Pingan come again tomorrow. However, Wang Pingan told him that this treatment method does not need to be done every day, once every other day is enough. He left the fire jar in the Stabbing History Bureau for convenient use.

  The following days were relatively calm, and three days passed in a row. Every day was either going to the governor's mansion or reading books at the academy, and after returning home, sorting out those medicinal materials, nothing else happened. The city inside and outside was still under the control of Chang Qingfeng, and it was relatively stable.

  That afternoon, the weather was extremely hot, and it was almost impossible for people to stay in the study hall. The students couldn't bear the heat, so they either went home early or gathered under the shade of trees. Wang Ping'an also couldn't stand it, and he found a shady spot with Zhao Bi and Lu Xiu, where they drank cool tea while pretending to read their books.

  Zhao Bi wiped his handkerchief, sweat dripping on the ground. He said: "Good guy, like washing with water! You say this day is really evil, how did it suddenly get hot? Too abnormal!"

  Lu Xiuzhi counted on her fingers and said, "When things go against the norm, it's a sign of evil spirits. Could it be that there's an evil spirit in the imperial court? Let me calculate it!"

  Wang Ping'an smiled and shook his head, he was so hot that he didn't even have the energy to make jokes.

  Just then, someone outside the garden shouted: "Is Ping'an Xiaoyi in?"

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  Strengthening muscles and bones medicinal diet

  Beef stir-fried with eggs

  Ingredients: 500g beef, 9 eggs, 3g salt, 15ml soy sauce, 2ml peanut oil, appropriate amount of starch.

  Production: 1. Wash the beef, slice it, put it in a bowl, add salt, cooking wine, 2 egg whites, and starch to mix with the marinade; beat the remaining egg liquid into another bowl, add salt and mix well.

  2. Heat wok over fire, add peanut oil, heat until 60% hot, add beef slices, stir-fry until cooked, then pour into a colander to drain excess oil.

  Add peanut oil to the wok and heat it up, pour in egg liquid and beef slices, stir with a spoon until the eggs are cooked, then serve.

  Dosage: Take with meals.

  Function: Tonify spleen and stomach, benefit Qi and blood, strengthen tendons and bones.

  Taboo: Those with stomach heat should avoid eating.