There is a black lotus in the deep palace

Chapter 114 Disaster Relief
Tang Wanning is not sensitive to people, but is still sensitive to money.

All the way from Chuzhou to Jiangnan, she calculated the accounts clearly.

Chuzhou had a total of 2 victims, and the resettlement cost was [-] taels of silver and [-] shi for food. Except for those who were collected from the prefect of Chuzhou, there was almost no need for the court to pay anything.

"We only sold four thousand shi of grain in Chuzhou!"

"I have to say that the prefect of Chuzhou is quite rich, and it's easy to help four thousand victims with his own efforts!" Tang Wanning was overjoyed.

"If there are a few more corrupt officials like this in Jiangnan, then we will not only save energy, but also save money!"

Xia Houjue looked at her coldly.

"What's impossible?"

"It's a pity...Gu can't move them now!!"

His eyes were suddenly piercingly cold, his fists were clenched tightly, his joints turned white, and he didn't know how much effort he had to hold back the breath in his chest.

Yes, in order to protect himself, he can't touch them now.

Those people's forces are intertwined, involving a large number of people, and the father is old and getting fatuous, so he can't see it at all. .

And now he is just a regent prince.

The only rights in his hands are given by his father, and the smoke is billowing in front of him and behind him, he can only protect himself, and has no worries about other things.

It's not that there is no strength, but that you must not make a move unless you have to.

He has been in business for so many years and planned so much, and he must not be destroyed overnight.

For the long-term stability of the Great Xia Dynasty, and for the safety of the people of the world, he can only do what he is now.

Otherwise, once this world falls into the hands of the queen and others, it will be truly doomed.

"No...it's okay!" Tang Wanning tried to comfort him.

"Although I don't know what you've been through, I'm sure that if I were you, I might not even survive!"

When mentioning the past, Xia Houjue's face turned pale, and his tightly pursed lips trembled a little. He squeezed her hand hard, as if he was trying to resolve something.

For the first time, Tang Wanning did not pull away, and even felt a little distressed.

"Well, don't think about it too much, it will get better and better in the future!"

"Take a break, it will be afternoon, some people are busy!"

Tang Wanning comforted her a few words, then closed her eyes and rested in embarrassment.

Looking at her drooping eyelashes and slightly trembling eyelids, Xia Houjue breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly closed her eyes.

……

The [-]-mile journey was quickly completed, and in the afternoon, they arrived at Wujiang County, the worst-hit area in the south of the Yangtze River.

It is adjacent to two river embankment ports, and there is a lot of rain in midsummer, and the river embankments are already crumbling.

I thought it would be better in autumn, but I didn't expect the rain in autumn to be even worse, and the weather continued for half a month without good weather.

Finally, the flood broke out.

The two embankments burst at the same time, and the flood swept Wujiang County overnight like a beast, including some fields in the three prefectures and counties adjacent to Wujiang County.

According to statistics, tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land were inundated, thousands of people were killed and injured, countless livestock were inundated, and countless crops were submerged.

After the flood, the floating corpses were all over the field, and the wasteland was everywhere, which was horrible.

The carriage stopped on a hill at the entrance of Wujiang County.

It was Xia Houjue who came down first, and Tang Wanning wanted to follow, but he pushed her back.

"Wan Wan, go in!" He blurted out.

So, Tang Wanning was pushed in by him forcibly, and sat down on the soft cushion.

"Hello!" She was a little confused.

"What's the situation, what are you pushing me for?"

Xia Houjue didn't speak. At this moment, he was staring at the vast wasteland at the mouth of the river embankment with indescribable grief and forcibly red eyes.

"These people! Damn it!" His tone was cold, his fists clenched, as if he was going to kill someone immediately.

It turned out that the local officials did not send people to clean up the scene because they were lazy and slippery, and were afraid of danger.

All the drowned people just lay in the mud, the blisters were swollen and enlarged, it was horrible, and the whole scene was surrounded by white cloth, and there was no measure at all.

In such a situation, even if it is the Mid-Autumn Festival now, the plague will definitely break out.

"Damn!"

Xia Houjue slammed his fist on the door of the carriage, his eyes were red.

"Come on! Call all the local officials and let's see how afraid they are of death!"

After he finished his orders, Tang Wanning was left alone in the carriage.

He got on his horse and quickly walked in the forefront of the team.

……

This time I lived in the Imperial Palace, because the emperors of all dynasties liked to visit the south of the Yangtze River, so the royal family in the south of the Yangtze River is very rich.

They picked a place not far from the disaster area to live.

After tidying up and settling in properly, the front yard officials have also been summoned.

Xia Houjue sat on the high seat, and first glanced at them one by one, which made those fat-headed people feel cold in their hearts.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come from a long way, and the officials have lost their way, please forgive me!" Everyone knelt down obediently to curry favor with the Crown Prince.

"I don't need you to greet me alone, you have nothing to do with it, you don't need to forgive me!"

"It's just..." Xia Houjue smiled in a half-smile.

"When I came here, I passed the breach of the embankment. The people around there seemed to be very bad!"

When it comes to this, no matter how stupid a person is, he should understand what it means.

The group of people quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Your Highness doesn't know that it was still raining a few days ago, and the breach of the embankment is in danger of collapsing again at any time. In order to reduce casualties, the subordinate officials can only take this countermeasure and temporarily block off the place, and wait for the incident to pass... ..."

"Oh?" Xia Houjue narrowed his eyes.

"If you do this, how can things pass?"

"If there is no flood, there will be a plague. How many people are you going to die?"

"But it's Mid-Autumn Festival now!" an official insisted.

Xia Houjue glanced over.

"What about the Mid-Autumn Festival? Plague can break out even in winter!"

"It seems...you adults are very confident!"

"Don't dare!"

"I dare not! Your Highness the Crown Prince forgive me!"

With a wave of Xia Houjue's hand, Li Dequan directly read the emperor's imperial edict.

I heard the imperial decree clearly stated: Officials from a place in the south of the Yangtze River were at the disposal of the prince, and those talents finally lowered their noble heads.

"My minister would like to obey the holy order, and let His Royal Highness dispatch me!"

The corner of Xia Houjue's lips unconsciously evoked a sarcastic smile.

The fact is that, compared with the emperor, the power of the prince is really low. Without the order of the emperor, even the prince himself will not work.

This is probably why everyone in the world wants to sit on that throne, no matter what price they sacrifice, they will not hesitate.

Ha ha!

He is no exception. If he fails to ascend the throne smoothly, he will die and be buried in the place of death. He will go to hell with everyone's expectations.

……

After the imperial decree was read out, Xia Houjue had no time to rest, and directly excluded all the officials under the whole city to clean up the scene. The disaster had already happened, and there should be no more epidemics.

(End of this chapter)