"The prince said that he laughed, I just happened to think a little differently from you, it's not a big deal." Being looked at by the other party's serious eyes, Tao Mingxi suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and lowered his head slightly and replied.

In fact, this can't be blamed on Xing Tianze, he is a smart person, and if he is serious, he doesn't know how many times smarter he is.

It's just that he has known and been educated since he was a child, and there is only one way to deal with floods - blocking.

This kind of thinking has been ingrained in his heart, so it is impossible to get him to change his mind for a while, and he will not be able to think of a useful way all along.

But Tao Mingxi is different, she just went to junior high school when she learned Dayu to control the water in history class, and her thinking was different.

It's just that she didn't say these words, if she really said it, maybe she would be regarded as some kind of demon girl or something!

……

After the two discussed the matter, Xing Tianze began to act on the second day, and took Tao Mingxi to the refugee cave.

The place was very messy, the small space was crowded with people, everyone's face was not very good, and some of them even cried loudly and sobbed low because of the loss of relatives and friends.

The surrounding atmosphere was very depressing, Xing Tianze sent people to gather these refugees in a relatively open place, stood in the front, and spoke: "This king has summoned you today, mainly to find some able-bodied people from among you to dredge the river and contribute to the control of the flood. ”

As soon as these words came out, the people below immediately began to talk about it, but most of them said something bad.

"Controlling the flood is a matter for the imperial court, what does it have to do with us?" One of the more daring people in the crowd directly opened his voice and asked, not afraid of being questioned.

"That's it!" As soon as he said this, some other refugees who had already had opinions in their hearts couldn't help it, and they all echoed it: "We have become so miserable now, not only are we homeless, but we also have no food and clothing, why do we have to work?" ”

Xing Tianze's brows tightened, the words of the refugees below became more and more ugly, and his face became more and more ugly, but before he could say anything, he heard Tao Mingxi beside him already yell: "Shut up for me!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was really startled, and there were still different opinions below, constantly complaining that people quieted down almost immediately, and turned their heads to look at Tao Mingxi in a daze.

"You want to ask why you should help dig the river, right? You think that flood control is all a matter for the government, and it has nothing to do with you, do you? ”

Tao Mingxi spoke sharply, she couldn't bear it anyway.

What she hates most in her life are those rice borers, these refugees hide in the slums every day and sigh, but they never think about how to solve the current predicament, just waiting for the court to bring a bowl of gruel to relieve them.

When the court was powerless, they went to beg everywhere! Obviously, most people still have hands and feet, but they do not hesitate to put down their dignity and kneel on the ground and beg others to eat.

It's ridiculous!

"Isn't that so?"

There was silence below, but there were still some people who were not afraid of death, and they retorted.

Tao Mingxi lowered his head and saw the person who spoke in the crowd, glanced at the other party, and didn't pay attention to him.

"You want to know why, right? Then I'll tell you now! Just because Huailing County is your hometown and where you want to live! It was your home that was flooded, and you didn't want to save it yourself, so why should you ask others to take the responsibility? ”

Tao Mingxi looked down with resolute eyes, without too much expression on his face, and continued,

"You feel that you have a bad experience now, and it is miserable, so you should not be allowed to do this kind of thing. But who hasn't had a hard time? These are natural disasters, not what the court owes you! Why should you ask the imperial court to contribute money and efforts to solve your troubles, and in the end make you take it for granted? ”

After saying a questioning word, Tao Mingxi took a breath and didn't speak again, just stood there quietly, watching the reactions of those people.

Many people didn't speak, I don't know if they were weak-hearted, they didn't dare to respond, or they didn't accept it......

Xing Tianze was also taken aback by Tao Mingxi's appearance when he listened to it, although she didn't look like a lady with everyone on weekdays, she had never been like this...... Tough.

It all scared the hell out of him!

"Now I will make it clear that the court will not take silver for nothing to raise a group of white-eyed wolves who do not know how to be grateful, and we will give a certain amount of remuneration to those who agree to dig the river, and we will naturally be responsible for eating on weekdays. As for those who don't want to, from now on, we will never care about it anymore, and we will leave you to fend for yourself, whatever you want. ”

Tao Mingxi took a deep breath and spit out the last sentence she wanted to say, and then she felt that her whole body was relaxed, she had been holding back when she heard those people speak just now!

After listening to her words, the people below were completely silent, and no one spoke to refute them, and the empty place was suddenly quiet.

"Okay," calmed down his excitement, Tao Mingxi said again: "Okay, now the people who are willing to dig the river stand on the left, we will arrange tools for you as soon as possible, and start construction tomorrow!" If you don't want to, no matter whether you go or stay, we won't care anymore. ”

After listening, most of the people moved to the left, and the remaining Tao Mingxi didn't even look at it.

Among the people who agreed to dig the river, there were many women and children, but Tao Mingxi turned around and ordered the accompanying guards to arrange for them to be arranged, and the women and children could not dig the river and were responsible for cooking food and washing clothes.

After arranging everything, he ordered the people to disperse.

For a while, only Tao Mingxi and Xing Tianze were left in the open space, she breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, her legs weakened, and her body fell backwards.

Xing Tianze hurriedly helped the person up, this can be regarded as coming back from the shock, he saw a Tao Mingxi who was very different from usual today, she made him shocked, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.

It's good that such a woman is his princess.

Looking at Tao Mingxi's face becoming weak, Xing Tianze couldn't help but be a little funny, and teased: "Isn't the princess still majestic?" Why can't you stand on your feet now? ”