Following.

Outside the Wude Gate, the beacon drum was beaten early and shook the sky.

Imperial.

Yunshen Temple.

"Oh no—no—the queen is bad—"

The little eunuch shouted for heaven and earth.

The queen was accompanying Mo Yunshen to breakfast, and when he shouted like this, her brain suddenly hurt.

"What's going on—"

The queen looked impatiently.

The little eunuch hurriedly presented an urgent military report.

When the queen opened it, her face changed greatly: "Not good! There is a flood in Fucheng! ”

Mo Yunshen's heart suddenly sank, and his brows jumped: "Queen Mother, there are more than 100,000 people in Fucheng, and this time to draw water, I am afraid that half of the people will be homeless!" Hurry up and send more people to send the relief food money over. ”

The queen frowned and replied anxiously: "I'm afraid it's too late." There was a small flood in Fucheng the year before last, and the imperial court had already allocated a fund. Fucheng is a pothole and a basin, and now there is a catastrophic flood, and it is impossible to rebuild the home. ”

"Then let the people of Fucheng go to the eight surrounding cities for the time being and disperse the relief. In this way, the losses caused by the disaster will be smaller, and the imperial court's disaster relief food will arrive in four days at the earliest! ”

Mo Yunshen couldn't sit still anymore, he looked at the queen and said firmly: "Queen Mother, this kind of thing happened. My father is not here, I must go to the disaster area to visit the people affected by the disaster on behalf of my father! ”

"No! Yun'er, what happened in Fucheng this time was a once-in-a-century flood! You're weak, and it's been raining a lot lately, and you're in danger if you go! ”

"No matter how dangerous it is, it is also a subject of our Mo family! The second brother hasn't woken up yet, and I must not sit idly by! ”

The queen intercepted again: "No! If you want to go, let you not wait to go! ”

"Him?"

Mo Yunshen's face sank: "He is the crown prince, if he goes, all the credit will be snatched." It's an eventful time now, if he gains more power, he will be seated in the position of prince! ”

This is the first time that Mo Yunshen has shown his selfishness in front of the queen.

The queen was also a little surprised, and asked repeatedly, "Yun'er?" Don't you want him to be the crown prince......"

After saying this, the queen immediately felt stupid.

His own Yun'er has been forbearant since he was a child, and the so-called generosity in the past was naturally done for others to see.

Mo Yunshen sneered: "Queen Mother, I originally wanted to be a brother and a brother." But look, what did I get in exchange for forbearance? The second brother is unconscious, and his father is easy to save at will. It's a mess! ”

The queen looked at him distressedly and comforted: "Then you should let Mo wait to go to Fucheng, this flood is difficult to cure!" He can't be cured, and we're just curing him! ”

"He's not a fool, how could he be fooled by this? Yun Jinglan will definitely find a way to send someone to go for him, rather than letting him empty the reputation of caring about people's livelihood, it is better for me to go in person. I don't believe it, I, the former prince, am not as prestige as him! ”

Mo Yunshen is like a tiger coming out of a hole at this moment, and his words and deeds are domineering and strong, and he is like two people who are gentle in the past.

"Okay, Nayun'er, you have to be careful. Go and see it and come back, in a few days, the grain and grass will arrive in Fucheng. ”

"Okay, then I'll go now, so as not to let him take the lead."

The queen nodded, and Mo Yunshen was also ready to go.

Suddenly, outside the Yunshen Palace, someone came to report: "Queen Mother, King Pingbei - the courtiers asked for instructions to convene an early dynasty to discuss the flood in Fucheng." ”

"Yun'er, then you can go after the discussion."

Mo Yunshen paid a little more attention and replied: "The queen mother can preside, I will take the first step." He may not be able to go to the morning today. Now that the morning dynasty is suddenly convened, if it is a trick, we will be fooled. ”

The queen nodded when she heard this, and then Mo Yunshen left in a hurry.

At the same time, the Pingxi Palace.

Yun Yuwei hurriedly prepared supplies for Fucheng for Mo Wait, for fear that something would be left behind.

A long line of wagons loaded with supplies that were not waiting for leisure.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the concubines also want to go together, and there is anything to discuss together."

Yun Yuwei held an umbrella and looked at Mo Wait, who was sitting in the carriage with a cold face, and her eyes were full of worry.

Mo Yixian frowned and said, "I'm going to disaster relief, not to play." Take a woman with you, what are you good for others to say about me? You just wait for me at the mansion, and let me know as soon as the queen has any news. ”

A group of people were huhula and loaded things, and after finally loading them, they were ready to go.

Don't wait to leave decisively, Yun Yuwei stood in place, quite worried.

The court hall on this day is also quite interesting, the two princes who can walk and jump both went to Fucheng, first cut and then play.

Leave the queen and a group of important ministers to discuss disaster relief.

What's even more interesting is that the state treasury was unwilling to allocate funds for Fucheng, and only agreed to revitalize the grain.

Some people believe that Fucheng has only more than 100,000 people, and the disaster is serious, and it is not worth the huge cost to rebuild the homeland.

And Fucheng is surrounded by water, and flooding is unavoidable, even if it escapes this time, it will start next time if it is not guaranteed.

So this silver was spent unjustly.

Some people suggested that the rest of the cities should contain more than 100,000 people in Fucheng, while others thought that this would increase the burden on the other eight cities, because the eight cities were also short of materials.

After endless debates, the early dynasty ended like this, and in the end, I couldn't decide whether to allocate funds for disaster relief.

It rained heavily for three days, and it was a long journey of wind and rain along the way, and Mo Waitian and Mo Yunshen arrived in Fucheng almost at the same time.

Fucheng.

When the news of Mo Yunshen's arrival reached Fucheng, it really shook the heartstrings of a group of people.

Everyone thought that the disaster relief money from the imperial court was coming, but what they were waiting for was the two princes who were empty-handed.

Disappointment and cold eyes were cast on them.

Due to the heavy rain, the original small river became a large river, and the river began to burst its banks, and the two princes could not enter the city.

What is the situation in Fucheng, neither of them knows.

In the inn.

Don't wait for him to be anxious, he looked for someone to enter the city to inform the water cage smoke that had been in Fucheng for a long time, and wanted to know the disaster inside.

But the water cage smoke did not reply for a long time, and the person who went in to pass the word did not come out again.

The flood flooded for a full seven days before it began to show signs of receding, and the thick dark clouds that had been gathering above Fucheng finally retreated little by little.

This catastrophe has passed.

The two princes entered Fucheng almost immediately, and they were ready to express their words of condolence, as long as they saw the victims, their concern and heartfelt worries could be expressed.

Strangely, after entering the city, it seemed to be empty except for the collapse of the houses and the destruction of buildings everywhere.

The two teams of people walking at the scene of the disaster were very puzzled.

"It's strange that even if it's dead, the body should be in these places. Why does it look like nothing? ”

Mo was full of doubts, looked at Mo Yunshen, and Mo Yunshen also shook his head.

They searched almost the entire Fucheng city, and they never saw a single person again.

When the sun fell, someone came to report: "The two princes of Qiqi, the people have been transferred to the eight cities!" ”

"What? When did this happen? ”

Mo Yunshen was surprised, it took him three days to get here, the order from the imperial court must not have come yet, who ordered them to go to the Eight Cities?

Mo Wait, who was on the side, immediately reacted that it was made of water cage smoke.

He immediately asked, "Where is the water cage smoke now?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the water general is requisitioning militia in Liangcheng and preparing to build a dam!"

"What?"

The two spoke in unison, and then rushed to Liangcheng.

Good city.

Hai time.

It was already late for them to enter the city, and the water cage smoke had already been ready to greet them, and the walls of Liangcheng were full of people who welcomed them into the city.

After seeing the water cage smoke, Mo Yunshen frowned and asked, "Who made you do this?" ”

At a glance, Shui Xiangyan knew that he had come to Xingshi to ask about the crime, and he didn't care, and said lightly: "I did it for the imperial court." ”

"You don't have the power! Did you know that the cost of requisitioning civil labor is very high? You are trying to be quick for a while, isn't this money still from the court? ”

Mo Yunshen knew that the treasury was not rich, and the construction of the dam cost a lot, but the people of the Nine Cities combined were less than one million.

It is a waste to spend huge money to build a dam for a slum of less than a million people!

This is also the reason why the imperial court has refused to allocate funds to build dams for 20 years.

"Has the court discussed the result?"

Shuilong Yan was not afraid at all, took a sip of tea casually, and asked him.

Mo Yunshen frowned: "I only got the news three days ago, and the imperial court is still discussing, and it is estimated that there will be results in two days." ”

Shuiqian Yan looked over coldly and sneered: "What can be the result?" In the eyes of the imperial court, Jiucheng is very chicken. Twenty years of floods have never been properly resolved, and only disaster relief funds have been allocated for the flood development, and the funds have been decreasing year by year. Will we be able to allocate funds this year? ”

Mo Yunshen saw that she despised the court so much, and he was even more angry, pointing at her and scolding: "You are a martial artist! What do you know? The court has its own ruling on how much money it is! I don't need you to point fingers here! ”

The water cage snorted contemptuously and replied, "Where can there be more?" Judging from the past records, it is the first time that there are more. 300,000 taels of silver, and that time did not bring relief food. ”

"Water cage smoke! What a arrogant tone! Is this money out of your pocket? Is it only 300,000 taels of silver? Then how much did your Shui family come up with? ”

Mo Yunshen's eyes were full of contempt for her, after going through so many things, he didn't expect Shui Qian Yan to stand on the same line with them at all.

What's more, Shuicage Smoke is already an idle retainer.

They are incompatible.

"I don't dare to express my opinion, since the imperial court is already deliberating, let's wait for the result. But I guess the imperial court will not give out a penny of grain this time! ”

Shuilongyan was full of confidence, and at the same time, his eyes were full of contempt for the imperial court.

Why did she assert that? Because in the previous life, this flood almost wiped out the entire army of Fucheng, and the imperial court thought that Fucheng was no longer necessary, so it just let the refugees enter the other eight cities and did things hastily.

It was this incident that caused the indignation of the people in the remaining eight cities, as well as the hatred of the survivors of Fucheng.

In their eyes, the court is just an ornament.

Mo Yunshen didn't bother to play tricks with her, so he just asked in a cold voice, "Why did you get here before us?" Who informed you that there was a flood in Fucheng? ”

The water cage glanced at him, and said coldly: "The heavy rain this month has been continuous, and the rain is amazing. In previous years, Fucheng was the first to bear the brunt of this situation. Isn't the imperial court alert? ”

Mo Yun was deeply deflated, it was true, the heavy rain this month was pouring, and even Lin'an City was a little uneasy, he should have thought that there would be another flood in Fucheng.

"Then how did you come up with the idea of letting the people of Fucheng live in the Eight Cities? Have you convinced the Lord of the Eight Cities? ”

What Mo Yunshen is most curious about is this, which of the eight city lords is not an old treacherous and cunning, and he can't afford to be early?

The court ordered that they may not be so neat, not to mention that Shui Cage Yan is just alone?

Asked about this, Shui Cangyan just smiled indifferently: "This is my ability, King Pingbei doesn't need to ask so much." ”