Chapter 110 Natural disasters are ruthless

"Your Majesty, are you worried about His Highness's safety?"

Bai Lai couldn't help but ask.

The emperor hummed, "What they are doing now is almost detrimental to the interests of those people. I'm afraid..." there will be dangers everywhere.

"Your Majesty, I think it will be fine. You have forgotten that in addition to Mr. Xia and the others, His Highness also left two thousand Silver Feather Guards to follow. Even if those people want to attack the two young Highnesses, they have to consider whether they have the ability.

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Bai Lai consoled him.

Although he was also worried, he knew that His Highness was no longer the innocent little Highness he once was, and he already knew how to protect himself.

The emperor snorted coldly and said in a cold voice: "Let people keep an eye on them, and don't let some news that shouldn't get into their ears. If they run away and Yu'er comes back, I don't know how to explain it."

"only."

Bai Lai naturally understood that as the eldest princess's rear, they could not take off her hind legs; only with their rear being stable, she could do her own thing with peace of mind in the front.

But at this moment, a little eunuch ran in from outside

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is not well!"

Bai Lai scolded, "Bah, bah, bah...what's wrong with your majesty? Your majesty is fine!"

The young eunuch immediately realized that he had made a mistake, but he had no time to correct it, so he hurriedly reported it.

"An emergency report just came in. Minghe Mansion's embankment burst and sea water poured in!"

The emperor's expression changed, and he strode forward to take the report from his hand, his expression completely darkened.

"Bailai, the two ministers of the Xuanhu Department and the Ministry of Industry, as well as Shi Yan, will go to the Imperial Study Room to discuss matters first."

The time was pushed to half a month ago.

Minghe Prefecture, Taiping County.

Taiping County Magistrate Ban Zheng looked at the heavy rain in front of him with a heavy face, wondering what he was thinking.

"grown ups."

Behind him, the master came over and stood beside him.

"What are you worried about, sir?"

Ban Zheng exhaled heavily, "This heavy rain has been falling for several days in a row. It seems that it has not stopped at all. I am afraid... Taiping County is built along the coast and is located in a low-lying area. If the rain continues,

I'm afraid the sea water will surge and the rivers will burst their banks, which will be dangerous."

"It shouldn't be that serious."

The master couldn't help but said: "We have never had such heavy rain before, and we have never had any accidents."

"At that time, the rain was not as heavy as it is these days. It was like a hole in the sky and the rainwater poured down into the world desperately."

"Yang Hong, I feel uneasy for some reason." This is a feeling I have never had before.

The water on the ground is accumulating more and more, and it is almost impossible to drain out. Even the county government is like this, so it is probably even more serious outside.

Yang Hong didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only comfort him.

"I think you just have thoughts every day and dreams every night."

However, Ban Zheng didn't think so. His eyes sank, as if he had made up his mind, and he said loudly.

"Here comes someone."

"What are your orders, sir?"

The officials behind him stepped forward.

"Captain Zhou, please immediately send personnel to river embankments and low-lying areas to persuade people to evacuate to safe places prepared by the Yamen. If necessary, you can forcibly evacuate people, knock them unconscious and take them away."

"yes."

Zhou Captou hesitated for a moment, but didn't say much. He raised his hand and waved.

"You guys come with me."

Almost all the government officials in the government came out.

"Sir, most of the time nothing that you are afraid of has happened. If we do this today, I'm afraid it will cause protests from the people."

Master Yang Hong is still a little worried.

"But what if there is? By then it will be too late."

When rivers and seas burst their banks, people in low-lying areas had no time to escape.

"Don't worry, if something really happens, I will personally prepare a report to Your Majesty, and you will be responsible for it alone!"

Fortunately, Ban Zheng was an honest official and had a good reputation among the people. As soon as they heard that he was paying attention to him at home, most of them packed up their valuable belongings and went out.

Some places were low-lying, and the rainwater had even reached their waists, so the government officials could only carry the elderly people slowly outside.

The entire Taiping County was almost filled with cries of despair, but it was a pity that God could not hear them.

An hour later, seawater began to pour in and the river embankments burst. However, in an instant, almost half of the houses in Taiping County were broken by the river water. Some people who were reluctant to evacuate were directly swallowed by the water and disappeared without a trace.

This incident soon reached Ban Zheng's ears, and he couldn't help but close his eyes.

After all, it’s still a step too late!

Time is back on track.

Here, Xia Hanyu, who had been traveling for several days, was sitting next to the carriage and resting, holding a bowl of warm food in his hand and eating slowly.

Xia Ji sat next to her.

Suddenly, a carrier pigeon fell from a high place and was caught by Yu Xiao in his hand. He pulled out the letter at his feet and sent it to Xia Ji.

"grown ups."

Xia Ji put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hands, took them and opened them, his eyebrows gradually wrinkled.

"What happened?"

Xia Hanyu looked at his face and asked subconsciously.

Xia Ji handed the letter into her hand, "Your Highness, Taiping County's embankments burst and seawater poured into the entire Minghe Prefecture. More than 2,000 households were affected, and there were countless casualties."

"What did you say?"

Xia Hanyu took the letter in disbelief and frowned heavily.

It was her fault. During this period, her eyes and thoughts were all on the mine and completing the task, and she forgot about such an important disaster.

It's a pity that she didn't pay attention to this in her last life. She only heard that the flood in Minghe Mansion was serious, and her father sent Xia Ji to rescue the disaster. Even in Beijing, many victims poured in, but she didn't remember the specific day. .

Xia Hanyu once again denounced his stupidity in the previous life.

She held the letter tightly in her hands and stood up suddenly.

"Xia Ji, tell your father that we won't be going there for the time being. We will change our destination and go to Taiping County first."

I heard that Taiping County was the most serious, and an official was punished at that time.

But before going there, she also had something to prepare.

Since you are going to provide disaster relief, you cannot go empty-handed.

When Xia Ji heard her words, he took a deep look at her, cupped his hands and said, "Wei."

Then he turned around and wrote the memorial himself and sent it back on a flying pigeon.

Next to Xia Hanyu, Xia Chengyun had never seen a natural disaster and couldn't help but ask her.

"Sister, is the disaster particularly serious?"

"Well, it's very, very serious. Such despair and scenes cannot be described in words." Xia Hanyu closed her eyes and opened them again. She turned sideways to face Xia Chengyun and put her hands on his shoulders.

"Chengyun, natural disasters are ruthless and terrible, and people are in dire straits. You will know when you see them."

Xia Chengyun nodded obediently.

He looked at his sister and his eyes became serious.

After a while, Xia Ji came back.

"Your Highness, do you need to leave now?"

Xia Hanyu shook his head, "I still need you to arrange for someone to get some things back for me, especially sacks."

Because she has to bargain with the system...!

And she is confident that she can win this time.

(End of chapter)

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