In mid-April, the fifth prince received the order and set off for Beijing.

Cheng Qing had no intention of returning to Beijing, anyway, in the holy decree received by the five princes, Cheng Qing's name was not mentioned.

The fifth prince couldn't cry or laugh, "Don't be angry with your father." ”

"Your Royal Highness, the grass people are not angry, the grass people want to accompany their fiancées back to Nanyi to bury their grandfather, after the palace test last year, the grass people themselves also want to return to their hometowns to worship their ancestors, but they have not been able to make the trip, this time they will do two things together."

Cheng Qing's reason is very legitimate, not to mention the five princes, even the emperor is not good at stopping Cheng Qing from doing his filial piety.

The fifth prince congratulated Cheng Qing on his engagement, and also talked about the deceased old man He:

"He Lao was sick for Huainan disaster relief, this matter has nothing to do with He Lao, he took out the money to contribute to everything and did not fall behind, I must ask for a posthumous seal in front of my father."

Cheng Qing smiled and thanked him.

I didn't have much hope in my heart.

The officials who work for the Dog Emperor are treated like that.

Old Man He is a businessman who died for disaster relief, will the Dog Emperor be touched?

Maybe you will feel that it should be, it is the duty of the common people to share the worries of the Son of Heaven, and the businessmen are inferior to ordinary people, so it is an honor to be able to participate in such a major event as disaster relief.

Cheng Qing didn't care.

Because she knew that Old Man He was willing to come to Wuhe County, at first it was for her, and later because the old man himself wanted to help the displaced people outside the city.

The drought in Huainan caused incalculable losses to the imperial court.

Just for disaster relief, the imperial court allocated a total of 600,000 stone of grain and 400,000 taels of silver, and it cost a lot to recover Huainan from the hands of the scarf thieves and mobilize troops.

Moreover, Huainan has to recuperate, and the imperial court will not only not be able to collect taxes from the Huainan area in the next two or three years, but also continue to subsidize Huainan and let Huainan resume farming as soon as possible.

However, the gold bricks that the emperor got from the ancestral tomb were enough to make up for the financial expenditure of the Huainan drought, but I don't know if the emperor would fill the gold bricks into the treasury......

In addition to the imperial court's allocation of grain and silver, there are also a lot of private donations.

Wealthy merchants donating silver along the canal.

The Yu family who donated grain.

Old man He took more than 100,000 taels of silver one after another.

Including Rong Jiu, who was forced by Cheng Qing to donate 100,000 taels of silver, and Master Xu, who was robbed of ill-gotten wealth by Cheng Qing.

There is also Master Cui, who buys low and sells high, makes money from the scarf thief, and gives back the money he earns to the displaced people in the disaster.

Even Xiao Yunting, who was hiding his head and tail, had transported more than a dozen truckloads of medicinal materials to Wuhe County.

Without these civil forces, the 600,000 stone of grain and 400,000 taels of silver allocated by the imperial court alone would not be enough.

After the five princes and their entourage set off to return to Beijing, Cheng Qing also accompanied He Wan to send Old Man He's ashes back to Nanyi for burial. In late April, the epidemic was basically extinguished, and to do this, not only did Cheng Qing bring a few doctors from the capital, but later, many doctors came from Huai'an, Yangzhou and other places, and some old doctors were full of gray hair, escorted by their children and grandchildren, and came in ox carts.

Cheng Qing is disappointed in the Dog Emperor, not disappointed in the entire Great Wei, whether it is ancient or modern, there are good people and bad people, and only when there is a catastrophe can we see human nature clearly.

In general, the drought in Huainan has caused many deaths, and those who survive will also face the pain of life and death, and their families will be ruined.

But many others were saved.

It's not that Cheng Qing is arrogant, she feels that she has done her best to let some homeless people who would have died survive.

Why did she have the opportunity to save people, and why did she let others cooperate with her in disaster relief?

In the later stage, it can be said that it relied on personality charm, but in the early stage, it relied on the power of officials.

A powerful person's good thought can save countless lives, and an evil thought, which can harvest many lives, this is the Great Wei under the feudal imperial system - how else to say that the big husband can't be without power for a day!

On the day Cheng Qing left Wuhe County, the time of departure was very early, that day, there was a drizzle, and before dawn, Cheng Qing and his party quietly went out of the city.

Cheng Qing didn't want people to send it.

The convoy left Wuhe County and arrived at the newly built embankment of the displaced people, and Cheng Qing immediately saw a dense crowd of figures.

These people didn't make a sound, and in the drizzle, they watched Cheng Qing and his party gradually move away.

Suddenly, someone shouted at the top of his voice:

"Master Cheng, the mountain is high and the road is long, you have to take care!"

Cheng Qing finally couldn't help but turn around and waved at the crowd who saw him off: "Let's all go back." ”

"Hey, the little ones are going back."

"Take care, adults!"

"The villain wishes the adults to be healthy and live a long life!"

"Miss He should also take care of herself, Miss is beautiful and kind."

"Little Pan girl, we all remember your ......"

In the carriage, Xiao Pan lifted the curtain and was blown by the cold wind in the early morning, and quickly put it down.

He Wan asked her with a smile, "Xiaopan, I gave you to Cheng Qing, do you still complain about me?" ”

Xiao Pan shook his head vigorously:

"The maid has never complained about Miss Wan."

Not only did she never complain, but she is still very grateful, not that Xiaopan has no conscience, but that without Cheng Qing, she would not be where she is now.

Xiaopan likes his current self very much!

……

The fifth prince left and took Cheng Zhixu, Cui Yan and others away.

Cheng Qing also left.

Rong Jiu was the last group to leave Wuhe County.

He didn't go back to Yangzhou directly, even if the old lady of the Rong family wrote him several letters, saying in the letters that he was thinking about his good grandson, Rong Jiu was indifferent.

It's not that the old lady is worried about him, it's the Rong family who is worried about him and wants to ask him about the situation of the Shi family.

The Shi family's brother-in-law is gone in February, and the Rong family is afraid that his sister Yu Niang will lose power in the Governor's Mansion!

Rong Jiu returned to Huai'an City first.

Rong Yuniang became a widow.

Although he still lives in the governor's palace, the living environment of brocade clothes and food has not changed, but his spirit is completely incomparable with before.

When her husband is alive, Rong Yuniang sometimes has greed, although her father-in-law is already very powerful, but her father-in-law also has a day when he can be an official, it would be good if her husband could also be an official.

As soon as her husband died, Rong Yuniang suddenly discovered that even if she was a sick husband, it was better than not having a husband!

A woman without a husband can see the end at a glance for the rest of her life.

Why do those widows like to pick up Buddha beans, one by one, the most time-saving beans, otherwise how to spend the long night?

Rong Yuniang married into the Shi family when she was a teenager, and now she is less than thirty years old, other widows can remarry, Rong Yuniang can't, she has to be guarded by Young Master Shi for the rest of her life.

Rong Yuniang is not a water-based poplar until her husband died for two months, she had other thoughts, but the rest of her life at a glance, so that Rong Yuniang became a remnant flower that barely stayed on the branches after the heavy rain, and had already bloomed...... When Rong Jiu saw his sister's appearance, he was both angry and wanted to cry.

Brother-in-law Shi has just left, did the Shi family suffer grievances for Sister Yuniang?

Even if the Shi family makes Sister Yu Niang feel wronged, what can they do!

The surname Cheng said that he just borrowed the power of the Shi family, and without the power of the Shi family, he himself would not have the ability to make people look up.

Rong Jiu was enthusiastic, "Sister, you wait for me, my brother-in-law is gone, I will support you in the future!" ”

What to do, Rong Jiu himself has no clue, he should be rewarded by the imperial court for this disaster relief, but this is not enough.

Perhaps, he should go to Cheng Qing, for so many years, only Cheng Qing told him the truth!