Chapter 41: Uncomfortable
After a few days like this, Liu Qianyang received a letter from Nan Wuyang, there were only two words on the letter, but it made Liu Qianyang feel at ease, Nan Wuyang wrote "well".
As long as he is okay and can come back safely, Liu Qianwen blames all the fact that she feels this way, she took too many things from Nan Wuyang and owes him, so I hope he is well.
After a lot of hardships, Nanwuyang finally arrived at his destination, Licheng in the south.
At first, Nan Wuyang asked people to dress up as merchants to hurry, because he had to pass through many mountainous areas to reach Licheng along the way, and he was worried that the mountain bandits would have bad intentions, so he dressed up as a businessman.
He also ordered some people who were exploring the road in front to give some benefits to the mountain bandits, just to get the road unimpeded.
But when he almost arrived in Licheng, he saw the people along the way eyeing the supplies, and Nan Wuyang was worried that the people would not suffer too much and have bad intentions towards the passing caravans.
Therefore, Nan Wuyang also put on the outfit of an envoy again.
As soon as they arrived at the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city saw the supplies with straight eyes, even though they coveted them.
However, when Nan Wuyang and his entourage had a cold face and took out their identity tokens at the gate of Licheng, they all thought that it was the emperor's thing, and they didn't dare to touch it if they dared to do so.
"I am an envoy sent by the emperor, quickly open the city gate, and then let Liu Zhanxiao come out to count the supplies."
Liu Zhanxiao is the lord of Licheng, and this time he is about to be anxious about this disaster.
Sheltering the victims was the second best thing, and ordering his men to erect scaffolds in open areas to arrange beds and shelter from the wind and rain.
The most troublesome thing is the lack of supplies, even if he has the ability, it is impossible for him to conjure food and money out of thin air.
So after getting the report from the city gate guards, he didn't even care about his own image, and almost crawled to the city gate.
"The one who escorted the disaster relief materials, but His Royal Highness King An?" Liu Zhanxiao looked at Nan Wuyang worriedly, and waited for Nan Wuyang to nod.
Liu Zhanxiao was immediately overjoyed, "Liu Zhanxiao sees the prince." ”
Nan Wuyang had seen too many tragic situations along the way, and now he was not in the mood to negotiate with Liu Zhanxiao, so he simply went straight to the topic, "City Lord Liu, this king is here this time to come to disaster relief on the order of the emperor, and he also asked City Lord Liu to lead the way." ”
Liu Zhanxiao nodded, "What the prince said is extremely true, but when I see the prince so dusty, I must be tired, please go down to the city lord's mansion to settle down, and then discuss disaster relief matters." ”
Isn't it the case that the Qincha who comes from the capital is like this, first taking Qiao for a meal, eating, drinking and having fun, and then starting to distribute materials.
But he didn't want to, Nan Wuyang directly rejected Liu Zhanxiao's suggestion, "No, I'll wait for the nearest post house and live in a nearby post house." ”
Liu Zhanxiao was stunned, he didn't think about what Nan Wuyang could do from the beginning, or what hardships he could suffer.
So he just paid attention to the materials he brought, but he didn't expect him to propose to live in a post house.
Although she felt strange, Liu Zhanxiao didn't force it after all.
"In that case, please come with me."
"City Lord Liu should go and go about his own business." Nan Wuyang felt that Liu Zhanxiao didn't need to greet him in person, now Licheng is an extraordinary period, just open the city gate and let him go in and settle down in the post house by himself, Liu Zhanxiao can take someone to count the materials together, and hand it over after the inventory is completed.
Liu Zhanxiao didn't know that at this moment, he had already left an impression in Nan Wuyang's heart that he couldn't distinguish between priorities and urgency.
He also thought that he had neglected Nan Wuyang, so he sent a lot of subordinates to follow Nan Wuyang.
"You treat the prince well, you, go with me to count the supplies."
When Nan Wuyang saw this, he knew that he couldn't shirk it, so he didn't say anything and went to the post house.
Now that the disaster is raging, the environment up and down Licheng is extremely poor, Nan Wuyang doesn't mind, and after settling down, Nan Wuyang called some henchmen.
"You stay in the post house, tell the king about something, and the rest of the people will follow the king around this Licheng to find out the situation."
"Yes, lord." Nan Wuyang took a group of subordinates to wander around Licheng and watch the situation.
Everywhere Nan Wuyang went, almost all the people he saw had become yellow and thin due to natural disasters.
All the open spaces in the city that could be used to build scaffolds to house the victims were crowded with the victims.
The victims here were all emaciated, and some of them were even full of despair, lying limply on the ground.
The bark and grass roots around him have almost been eaten away.
Nan Wuyang's heart was ruthless, the disaster here was far more serious than the one that had reached the capital.
Nan Wuyang, an iron-blooded man, couldn't help but feel heavy when he saw this scene, as if he was overwhelmed.
"Your Highness?" When his subordinates saw that Nan Wuyang was in a daze frequently, they couldn't help but call him.
Nan Wuyang came back to his senses and looked at the man, "What's wrong?" ”
The man persuaded in embarrassment, "Lord Wang, it's not early now, we should go back, there are still many things to be busy tomorrow morning." ”
There are indeed a lot of things to be busy with tomorrow, such as discussing the distribution of materials with the Licheng Lord, so it is useless for Nan Wuyang to look at it like this.
"Okay, let's go......" Nan Wuyang replied in a low voice, just about to leave, but saw a crying white-haired old lady on the side of the street.
She wailed and cried, hoarse, and her heart was broken.
Nan Wuyang was touched and couldn't help but step forward.
"This mother-in-law, why are you crying so much, but what happened?"
The old lady who was still crying, after seeing Nan Wuyang in luxurious clothes, her chaotic eyes were suddenly full of hope, and then she looked at Nan Wuyang cautiously.
"This son, please, save my poor child, he's dying, woo woo woo......"
The old lady was crying, and her eyes were almost fainting.
Nan Wuyang was startled, and hurriedly asked the guards to treat him, and the guards pressed the middle of the person before the old lady came to her senses.
"Mother-in-law, calm down, if there is anything difficult, mother-in-law can say it slowly."
"This natural disaster is really going to cut off my family's way of living, my poor grandson is sick, our family can't even take care of food, my grandson is sick and died, and now my son is sick again, I ......"
Speaking of grief, the mother-in-law couldn't help but cry bitterly.
Nan Wuyang's brows were tightly locked, and the natural disasters were ruthless......
"The dead are gone, my mother-in-law is still alive now, and she should live well." Nan Wuyang comforted, "The materials of the imperial court are about to be distributed, mother-in-law, don't give up." ”
When the old lady heard this, she wept bitterly again.
In fact, not only the old lady in front of her in Licheng, but also many other victims are like this.
Even if the imperial court sent a doctor who was willing to waive the consultation fee, the money for those medicines was inevitable.
It's just that now the disaster victims have become a problem with food and clothing, how can they afford to pay for medicine?
At such an age, my mother-in-law was not born in a rich family, and she did not enjoy any blessings, but she had to go through this experience again and again, and the white-haired people sent the black-haired people again and again.
Nan Wuyang couldn't bear it, so he took the silver tael he brought with him to his mother-in-law, but there were too many victims here, and if he took it out openly, he was afraid that it would attract the covetousness of other victims and be robbed.
Therefore, he just quietly stuffed it into his mother-in-law's hands, "You can use this money to hire a doctor for your family, and you have to be careful in everything." ”
The mother-in-law was stunned for a moment, and she wanted to refuse, but she really needed the money too much, so she put it away and thanked Nan Wuyang for her kindness.
"Son's great kindness, the old woman can't repay it in this life, so she can only wait for the next life to make cattle and horses for Engong......" After speaking, he wanted to kneel.
"Mother-in-law, don't do this!" Seeing this, the guards on the side helped Nan Wuyang to help the old lady up.
The old lady took the silver taels, and went home with great gratitude, and went to the sick man in the family to ask for a doctor.
"Let's go back." Nan Wuyang handled her mother-in-law's affairs, and then sighed and left the street with her subordinates.
At first, he just watched the miserable situation of these disaster victims, but after seeing it, his heart became even heavier.
The written word could not describe a tenth of what was going on here, and it was far less shocking than what he had seen with his own eyes.
Things like the old lady are by no means a few.
If there is really a plague here, it will really become a purgatory on earth, how can he prevent the occurrence of the epidemic?
After thinking about it, Nan Wuyang's brows became tighter and tighter, and he still couldn't come up with a way to use it.
After arriving at the post station, the people left behind by Liu Zhanxiao were quietly waiting for the order to be sent.
The materials brought have been brought back to the City Lord's Mansion by Liu Zhanxiao, and they must have been calculated.
However, the little things he brought with him now are probably not enough, especially the medicinal herbs.
"Lord Wang, do you want to eat first?" When the people below saw that he hadn't come out for a long time, they had the audacity to knock on the door and ask him.
Nan Wuyang was stunned, seeing that it was getting late, he wanted to agree, but thinking of what he had just seen in the city, he quickly shook his head and refused.
"This king wants to go to the city lord's mansion in person, and you can bring a few people to accompany this king."
Nan Wuyang led people straight to the City Lord's Mansion again, and when he arrived at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, his subordinates hurried to report.
At this time, Liu Zhanxiao was sorting out the materials brought by Nan Wuyang in the study, discussing how to distribute the materials with many strategists and staff, when he heard someone knocking on the door.
When he was in the study to deal with business, he heard a knock on the door, and his brows furrowed slightly, "What's the matter?" ”
"Lord of the city, it's Lord An who is here."
When Liu Zhanxiao heard that Nan Wuyang had come in person, she was surprised, and hurriedly put down what she was doing to greet her in person.
After arriving at the door, I saw Nan Wuyang waiting at the main gate.
Liu Zhanxiao's footsteps quickened and walked in front of Nan Wuyang, arching his hand and bending slightly, "Liu Zhanxiao saw the prince, I don't know what the prince is here to do?" ”
Nan Wuyang said, "This king does have something to come to you today, so don't say something cold to the city lord." ”
When Liu Zhanxiao heard that something was wrong, he immediately invited someone in.